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Who is Joana? Joana, (AKA Mancow, or FuriousPaul) speedran 1-60 vanilla WoW from 2005 - 2007. I have been server first to level 60 seven times in a row, along with winning Blizzard's "First to level 50" contest they held back in 2006. I also have the fastest time through original vanilla 1-60 WoW in 4 days 20 hours. I have produced a very useful 1-60 horde speed leveling guide along with a 1-60 speedrun video.
While this might be a change for the better,leveling in Classic will most certainly be different than leveling in Vanilla. In addition to sharding making the beginner zones much more friendly to the hordes and hordes of players storming the gates when Classic comes out, theVanilla leveling process has been studied thoroughly since the game came out 14years ago. Since then, not only have players leveled multiple alts and characters through the beginning zones in Vanilla, but they have done so on a multitude of private servers intended to have the most ‘Blizzlike’ experience. So while leveling a character from 1 to 60 will still be a long, arduous process, it will no longer be marred by mistakes made by players going from zone to zone, continent to continent, searching desperately for a place to level. The zones and routes have been thoroughly mapped out by the Vanilla WoW community at large, and with the internet being much more robust in 2019, that information is just a google search away. Is that a bad thing? I would venture to say that it isn’t, as knowing where to go and what to do doesn’t make it any less challenging and time consuming. It does take away from that exploration aspect,however. You might not have those moments of wandering into Feralas for the first time, or running from Storm wind to Strangle thorn just for the hell of it,or getting lost trying to get to Iron forge from Darnassus on a fresh Night elf.No, those moments, just like many fond memories of Vanilla, are lost in time.
I now have a Patreon Page where you guys can support me while I work on Vanilla WoW leveling guides every day. I appreciate all of you who support me on there, it means a lot to me right now. Doing this full time is taxing on my financial situation. My goal is to make the best Vanilla WoW leveling guides on the web and the donations keep me going at it healthfully. There is also cool rewards you get in return for donating. Thanks!
So even though you can play a WoW Classic demo today, we’re not done quite yet. We have lots of capital city features to look at, such as banks and auction houses. We need to test our dungeons and raids to make sure the bosses’ abilities all still work correctly. We need to examine all of our PvP systems. But we’re committed to taking a close look at all of these and more as continue bring the classic game back to life.
For another example of lighting, we looked at Elwynn Forest. We had a period in Warcraft’s history where we changed all the lighting equations and as a result, our environment artists had to take a pass over all of the zones to improve the lighting and take advantage of the new equations. To recreate the original experience, we had to rewind those changes. The first thing we did was restore the old lighting data. This brought us much closer to the original lighting—and with a few more changes to the distance formula, fog formulas, and some changes to shadows, we were able to bring things even closer to the original lighting.
As it had been executed in Vanilla, Can Blizz launch the PvP rank system? As somebody who was wow classic gold around back then, and without needing to get overly hand-wringy, I feel that the position system itself supported some fairly unhealthy behaviors. That top rank took months of continuous grinding, and I mean constant, 10 to 12 hours each day, to the stage where people weren’t even functioning properly and everything out of that honor grind was excluded. There were things in WoW Classic that you had to forfeit your wellbeing and life outside of WoW Classic to obtain.
All the work we’re doing will ultimately allow us to recreate an authentic classic experience on a platform that is much more optimized and stable, helping us avoid latency and stability issues. Additional improvements will include modern anti-cheat/botting detection, customer service and Battle.net integration, and similar conveniences that do not affect the core gameplay experience.
Other decisions were slightly less clear cut. At one point in WoW’s history, there was an 8 debuff limit on any one target. This was later raised to 16, and today there is no debuff limit. Thes change radically changed the balance of classes and strategies players could employ when using these debuffs to overcome content. To preserve that balance—and to avoid the slippery slope of retuning patch 1.12 data to compensate for such modern-era changes—we’re looking at setting a debuff limit of 16 for WoW Classic.
Classic WoW is the highly anticipated, upcoming (re) release of the original, first World of Warcraft version, known as Classic and by it's other popular ice-cream like name: Vanilla WoW. Dubbed Retail Classic, or Official Classic by the playerbase - it was finally announced by Blizzard in November 2017, after a lot of pressure from the Private Server World of Warcraft community, since the latter's shutdown of the most popular Private Server called Nostalrius which featured the first WoW version in two separate PvP and PvE servers.
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Darwin's Beetle, Lost and Found
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"Parapsychologist" Finds Mental Disorders in the Dead
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This Caterpillar’s Stink Breath Keeps the Spiders Away
Bad breath usually won’t win you many friends, but at least it will keep your enemies at arm’s length, too. The larval caterpillar form of a moth called the tobacco hornworm, scientists have discovered, uses a blast of nasty air to fend off wolf spiders and other predators. The source of the stench is the hornworm’s preferred meal: tobacco leaves.... READ ON
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There are some 70,000 species of crustacean—the group that includes crabs, lobsters, shrimp and crayfish—in the world, and until very recently, none of them were known to be venomous. Now, biologists have found an exception to the trend. Meet the remipede Speleonectes tulumensis.... READ ON
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According to forest rangers who were led to a hilltop grow site by under-the-influence animals in Italy, deer who’ve consumed marijuana plants are “unusually frisky” and “abnormally high-spirited.” This got us wondering what kind of effect marijuana had on other animals.... READ ON
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Ford > Model A
32 Ford Roadster on 2040-cars
US $27,500.00
Year:1932 Mileage:32000 Color: Black
Bethpage, New York, United States
Bethpage, New York 11714
Mauve leather and Gray Fabric
1932 Ford Street Rod for sale. My dad built it in the early 1990s (probably 1992 or 1993), in Florida. (He was the car guy, and I learned some stuff from him, so these are the details that I know.) Has a 1970s-era Chevy 350 engine, special heads, and an automatic transmission (I know, I know... he chose automatic so my mom could drive it!). Dyno-tested at approx 325hp. I do know it has a special carburetor (not sure of brand), and I also have a spare carb and alternator too. Of course, the exterior is black. Look closely at the pinstriping down the side-- it's a copy of one of my father's EKG printouts from his doctor !! The interior is mauve and gray. The doors open by pressing on a switch under the dash on the driver's side. The hard top lifts off easily, after pulling out a few pins/cotterpins. Steering column and bucket seats are from a early '80s GM vehicle. Up until late 2012, the car was in Florida, and was babied by my father. I don't think it's ever been driven in rain (though it does have a small driver side wiper). I can tell you that it is an absolute BLAST to drive. Super fast. Can light the tires up without breaking a sweat! My dad did all the maintenance, but since I've had it, I've had my mechanic take care of it-- he's done the following: new plugs, battery, master cylinder and rear brake cylinders.
Price: $27,500 negotiable
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First retail 2015 Ford Mustang headed to Barrett-Jackson
Want to be the very first person to own a 2015 Ford Mustang GT? Here's what you'll need to do: be in Scottsdale, AZ on January 18 for the Barrett-Jackson auction and bring a very big checkbook. Having a passion for charity isn't a bad idea either.
Yes, the first 2015 Mustang to be sold to the public will be crossing the block at Barrett-Jackson in Scottsdale, with proceeds from the auction going to JDRF, the charity formerly known as the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
"Ford Mustangs have always been among the most popular collector cars at Barrett-Jackson Collector Car events," said the president of Barrett-Jackson, Steve Davis. "While every collector wishes they had snapped up the first Mustang sold in 1964, this is an opportunity to realize that dream in a different way."
Ford Mustang SVT caught looking fierce on the 'Ring
The next-generation Ford Mustang SVT is one of the most anticipated performance cars of the moment. We've already seen it testing multiple times, but it has always been covered is some very heavy camouflage. However, Ford has just given us our best view yet of the new muscle car. According to our spy photographer, the Mustang was at the Nürburgring for high-speed testing, which meant that the Blue Oval had to remove most of the heavy obfuscation that the SVT has worn previously.
The stylish, more revealing camo makes picking out some of the more interesting details about the SVT rather easy. Starting from the front, there is the big hood scoop to feed cold air to its still mysterious engine. You can also immediately make out the model's new grille and lower front air dam. It has a vertical piece running from the bottom of the hood all the way to the ground. The aggressive styling almost gives the 'Stang the look of two fangs ready to bite down. The hood seam is even taped off here, which shows us its outline.
Around the side, it appears that the front and rear fenders are wider than stock, and the sills are certainly much larger. You can also just make out the SVT's bigger brakes behind its black wheels with a polished lip. Finally, at the rear, things appear mostly stock other than the diffuser that the exhaust outlets nestle into.
Ford readying dozen+ Mustang models for SEMA
Wed, 22 Oct 2014 15:58:00 EST
Ford is unsurprisingly bringing a herd of its new 2015 Mustang models to next month's SEMA show in Las Vegas. Over a dozen of them are arriving from top aftermarket outfits like Galpin Auto Sports, Steeda, Roush and others. The Blue Oval isn't just shining a spotlight on the V8 model, though. The new EcoBoost 2.3-liter version with 310 horsepower and 320 pound-feet of torque is also getting its time in the sun.
Among the shined-up ponies will be a showcar helping Galpin celebrate the Mustang's golden anniversary, with the car is covered in the precious metal. The black paint over the body has gold flecks in it, and the wheels, side sills, brake calipers and badges all match, as well. However, it takes more than something shiny to truly impress at SEMA, and Galpin's Mustang also packs a Whipple supercharger for the 5.0-liter V8, boosting the bottom line to 725 horsepower. Take that, Hellcat. There's even a window in the hood to look through, not unlike a Chevrolet Corvette ZR1. The coupe also wears new headlights with LED turn signals that activate in sequence, just like the taillights, and the interior features black-and-gold Recaro seats.
Also set for its SEMA debut is an MRT showcar that takes the EcoBoost Mustang for a gallop with its TKO treatment. The black and orange two-tone car has been designed to incorporate select road racing elements. Mechanical upgrades include 14-inch brake rotors with new ducts, a Vortech air-to-air intercooler and an Air Lift suspension. The Mustang also shows off the company's products for added style and performance including a hood with integrated heat extractors and a unique front splitter.
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Around Town / Front Page / Lifestyles
Around Town: Meet the Youngest Authors in the DMV
by editorial · December 6, 2016
Avery and Spencer Park write second book and explain how a city works.
By Sabrina Pinkney
Arlington authors Spencer and Avery Park hold copies of their books.
“I want to be a Harvard businesswoman,” says Avery Park, age 10, as she discusses her new book, “How Your City Works!! Behind The Scenes in Arlington, VA.”
Co-authored with her brother, Spencer Park, age seven, the book explores the facilities and jobs that keep a city running. In 2015, Avery and Spencer published their first tome, “Arlington Playground Guide!!” and because of the connections they made with city officials for that project, they were given access to places that would be off-limits to most.
Avery and Spencer are both quite ambitious for their age, and their greatest ambition for now is to share their sense of community and fun-loving attitudes in explaining every detail in a way kids understand best.
For “Arlington Playground Guide!!,” Avery and Spencer visited all 70 public playgrounds in Arlington to let readers know the best parks in the area, and for “How Your City Works!!” they continue to share their discoveries.
“How Your City Works” by Avery and Spencer Park is available on Amazon.
“Some people might not know how everything works, and they might not get to go to all the places we get to go,” said Spencer.
“Not all the kids our age will find a way or have the time to go to all those places, so we though it would be fun for them to read our book,” Avery chimed in.
“My favorite place was the animal shelter,” she continued. “Apparently dogs really like canned pumpkins.”
“They just renovated the cats section… (and) don’t put them to sleep unless the animal is too aggressive,” she adds. “If they can’t find a place for them, then they just send them to a different shelter. They take care of a thousand animals every year and there are over three million that are homeless and are in animal shelters in America.”
In addition to visiting the shelter, Avery and Spencer explored the fire training center, hospital, police station and more.
Flipping through the pages of her book, she described each adventure.
“We met two different K9 officers that were working, and this is Hugo,” she said, pointing to picture. “We also met buster. They’re both German shepherds.”
“(Police officers) showed us around and this is the investigating room,” she demonstrated again, “where they interview you. And in the dispatcher room we couldn’t get pictures of things.”
“When people make emergency phone calls, they (dispatchers) take them and they’ll get all your information and where you are and stuff, and they’ll determine if you need an ambulance or a police.”
“They also have computers that are connected to the street cams,” Spencer added.
Between homework, piano practice, trips to the station and writing, Avery and Spencer must be the busiest kids in the DMV. And though they do not spend their free time watching TV or playing video games like many other kids (or anyone else for that matter), they do not feel like they’re missing out on anything. The only downside, according to Avery?
“It steals time from my homework,” she explained. “I can’t do extra credit all the time.”
“Arlington Playground Guide!!” or “How Your City Works!! Behind The Scenes in Arlington, VA” are both available on Amazon.
Tags: Avery ParkSpencer Park
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Salgaocar FC U19 kicked off their 3rd Division campaign
in style defeating Cortalim Villagers 8-0
Salgaocar FC’s juniors put on a stellar display to kick-off their 3rd division campaign with an 8-0 demolition of Cortalim Villagers. The winners led 7-0 at half time. AIFF U19 products Naro Hari (12’, 15’, 35’)and Harmanjot Singh (32’, 53’) signed by the Greens at the start of the season, helped themselves to a fine hat-trick and a brace respectively, whilst Samson (4’), Munna (8’) and Samuel (40’) also found the back of the net. Fresh from their 3rd place finish at the recently concluded Gandhinglaj Cup in Kolhapur, the Salgaocar teenagers were in punishing mood from the outset.
Youth development is an integral part of the philosophy at Salgaocar FC and it comes as no surprise therefore, that each year 4-5 players from the junior teams receive a call up to the senior team.
In a one sided affair, the Greens got off to a brisk start and used the width of the flanks to excellent effect. Raja, Lalit and Harmanjot delivered crosses with pin point precision that ensured the Cortalim defenders were perpetually kept on their toes. The floodgates opened as early as the 4th minute as a quick break saw Samson through on goal and he kept his calm to slot past an on-rushing keeper.
The Salgaocar lads kept attacking relentlessly and continued finding the back of the Cortalim net with relative ease. At the breather, coach Anthony Pereira chose to give a couple of his young teenagers a run out and the script was no different. Salgaocar FC’s U19s could have easily reached double figures if not for their erratic finishing in front of goal. Their dominance was such that the Salgaocar keeper did not have a single save to make through the course of the game. Salgaocar’s juniors next take on Cortalim SC on the 8th of November.
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KRUGER - Lodges and Towns nearby
Hamilton Parks Country Lodge
Hamilton Parks Country Lodge - KRUGER - Lodges and Towns nearby, Kruger Region
R40, White River Road, Kiepersol, Hazyview, Kruger Region South Africa Show map
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When you stay at Hamilton Parks Country Lodge in Hazyview, you'll be within the vicinity of Hazyview Elephant Sanctuary.
Make yourself at home in one of the 13 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars. Bathrooms have bathtubs or showers and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include safes and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Enjoy recreation amenities such as an outdoor pool or take in the view from a garden. Getting to nearby attractions is a breeze with the area shuttle (surcharge).
Enjoy a satisfying meal at a restaurant serving guests of Hamilton Parks Country Lodge. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
Featured amenities include a business center, luggage storage, and laundry facilities. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available on request), and free parking is available onsite.
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Hamilton Parks Country Lodge R40, White River Road, Kiepersol, Hazyview
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700-sq-foot (65-sq-meter) individually decorated room, furnished patio with garden views
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Air conditioning, Coffee/tea maker, Daily housekeeping, Deep soaking bathtub, Designer toiletries, Desk, Furnished patio, Hair dryer (on request), Heating, Hypo-allergenic bedding available, Individually decorated, Individually furnished, Non-Smoking, Number of bathrooms - 1, Private bathroom, Refrigerator, Separate bathtub and shower, Shampoo, Soap, Toilet paper
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Effective Donor Engagement and Retention: Tips and Strategies
“Hello, I’d like to cancel my donation.” I sigh inside but greet the caller happily as I bring up their donor file on the database. It’s never a nice start to a day, to listen to a supporter call in to stop their monthly support. Despite the setback, we’ve found a way to turn this into a positive conversation.
Greenpeace is an independent campaigning organisation that uses non-violent, creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems and promote peace. The organisation does not take money from corporations or governments and relies on individuals to provide a consistent and much-needed source of funding for its work. A majority of donations are from monthly supporters and like many nonprofits, it’s a difficult job to fight the high rates of donor attrition.
Based on what most supporters say during the donation cancellation call, many stop giving because of financial difficulties like unemployment, retirement, illness or simply because they wish to support another organisation. Fortunately, it’s rarely because they disagree with the organisation’s environmental campaigns.
The term donor retention refers to the number of supporters that continue to donate to an organisation after their first gift. It’s very important for nonprofits to focus on retaining as many supporters as possible as the cost of acquiring new donors is far greater than that of retaining existing ones. Nonprofits lose 40% of their supporters within the 1st year of giving and thus need to engage in strong donor retention efforts in order to sustain long-term revenue.
Greenpeace as a global organisation set up the Save a Supporter Program with the objective of improving donor stewardship and reducing donor attrition. This was crucial as our current donor base depends on a reliable base of monthly supporters and this pool of donors has been shrinking as donor acquisition costs continue to rise. In Greenpeace Canada, the Save Supporter Program launched in 2010 with help from an international expert who trained the Supporter Care team. The team needed to change their communication style with supporters – this was not an easy change to make. The staff who were previously responsible for answering phones and cancelling monthly donations on the database were now having to include an additional step – a positive conversation with the donor encouraging them to stay on and for some team members, this was a big change.
As the person responsible for ensuring that as many supporters as possible are retained with each donation cancellation call, I quickly realized that the biggest asset was my team. I needed to ensure they were not only engaged with Greenpeace’s core mission but understood the importance of aligning their own individual goals with those of the organisation. They had to be friendly and personable to supporters, listen more, pay close attention to the details and offer doable options.
We started off slowly that first year, retaining only 7-8% of donors who called to cancel. By 2012 we had our retention engine running: we finally hit our fundraising goals for that year and were actively saving supporters as well as providing excellent donor service and building a culture of donor love.
We adopted new techniques for answering phone calls – we’d smile when speaking on the phone and call donors by their first names. Our emails were more personal and friendly and so were the letters and postcards we were mailing out. We moved to crafting messages in more creative and inspirational ways and thanked supporters more often and communicated how valuable their donations were to our campaigns and told them why we needed them to stay on. Our aim is to make supporters feel irreplaceable.
Here’s the strategy we use:
Always use informal, conversational tone during phone calls
Acknowledge/thank the supporter
Ask why he/she/they want to stop the donation. (Use open-ended questions)
Listen/empathize with supporter
Offer options for continuing donation e.g. lower amount, suspend donation for some months.
Repeat acknowledgement
We use the same technique for emails and always personalize the messages:
(Personalized subject lines): Jane, we don’t want to see you go!
It may not seem as though one small monthly contribution makes a difference, but it truly does, and that’s why we’re so grateful for all your support. One more supporter means it’s that much harder for our critics to dismiss us as extremists, so we really do need you!
Would you consider dropping your donation to $xx or $xx, or even taking a 3-month break and re-starting in January 2017? We will even offer a reminder service!
The last thing we want to do is burden you; it takes a lot of resources to recruit new supporters. Imagine the impact if instead, we put those resources towards campaigns like our fight to Save the Arctic!
Time is running short. The Arctic ice is already two-thirds gone—and counting. If the Arctic’s climate-cooling effect is lost for good, I shudder to think of the consequences.
There is strength in numbers, and together we CAN build a movement towards our vision of a green and peaceful future.
Today, as a staff member, volunteer and monthly supporter who truly believes in Greenpeace’s mission, I am asking you to stand with us and loudly proclaim, “I share that vision.” We believe that we’re at a defining moment in history, and we are determined to be on the right side of that battle—and to win.
What do you say—will you stand with us?
[Team member name] Supporter Services, Greenpeace
At Greenpeace we believe that focusing on engagement helps to retain existing supporters, bring in new people and develop them to be agents of change for social and environmental justice. We also use a wide range of tactics to bring in a diverse group of supporters. For instance we engage supporters through social media and unless they opt-out, they receive our e-newsletters about campaigns and e-alerts to participate in peaceful protests or rallies. Even if supporters are unable to continue with financial contributions, we make sure they leave feeling pleased to have supported the organisation and offer them options to maintain their connection with us through the volunteer program or as activists.
One way to motivate the team handling donation cancellations throughout the day was to celebrate “saved” supporters who we’d managed to convince to stay on with us by banging a gong. This was heard throughout the office and let other staff know that we’ve saved Greenpeace money by retaining a donor, it’s a pretty fun and engaging activity too as other staff in the office would chime in with applause and it reminded them how important fundraising activities such as these are for the organisation.
As part of the team’s stewardship efforts, we also conduct Thank You calls to supporters who make single-gift donations and we also do ‘Welcome calls’ to new monthly supporters to welcome them to the organisation. This also gives us a chance to ask supporters how they’d like us to communicate with them and we update our database accordingly. Supporters don’t always answer the calls but we leave happy voicemails expressing our appreciation for the gift. When these supporters actually pick up the phone, many are pleasantly surprised that we called them for a simple thank you. The sole purpose of this call is stewardship.
Our current save rate is 30% and we aim to surpass this. All in all, our successful stewardship and “donor love” efforts have contributed to happier supporters who stay longer with Greenpeace, which in turn adds significant long term value of donor revenue. As a long term investment, we’ll continue to see the yields for many years to come.
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James Bond Villian Richard Kiel is No More
By APGlitz On Sep 12, 2014
The famous Hollywood actor and popular villain in James Bond Movies Richard Kiel passed Away at the age of 74. Richard Kiel, the actor who played the villain Jaws in the ‘James Bond’ films had broken his leg recently following which he was taken to hospital recently but it is not sure if the injury is the reason for his death. Richard Kiel starred in many films in 50 years his long career.
Richard Kiel The American actor was born on September 13, 1939, Detroit, Michigan, United States.
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Urban Parterre
Sans Facon 'Urban Partere' 2009. Image courtesy of the artist and Crest Nicholson.
Developed as part of Grant Associates master plan for Crest Nicholson’s waterside development, the Urban Parterre is an integrated artwork by Calgary based artist/architects Sans Facon.
Sans Facon (Tristan Surtees & Charles Blanc)
Urban, Landscape, Environmental Planning, Alternative Space, Integrated
Sans Facon were asked to look at an unclear area comprising of a series of residual spaces between development plots fronting the public highway, and an old industrial site.
The site, which used to be a haven for wild vegetation was populated with many plants, some of which came from South America, carried accidentally by ships and merchandise, fig trees and pampas grasses, representing a whole life that disappears as the city redevelops.
The design concept proposed a way to unify these spaces with the creation of a parterre carrying across the different areas, cutting through the road, the pavement, etc. Parterres were used in XVIIth century gardens as an aestheticization and a demonstration of the control of man over nature, working as a presentation of the mansion in the background. Contrary to the traditional box hedge parterre, the work at Harbourside is made of cuts in the ground surfaces to allow the urban vegetation to thrive in this controlled pattern, unifying all these left over spaces and bringing back some of the ruderal plants.
Sans Facon
Artist and architect duo Sans façon, Tristan Surtees and Charles Blanc, explore the relationship between people and places through their site-specific projects which range from ephemeral performances and permanent pieces in public spaces, to developing and implementing strategies involving artists in their thinking and re-qualification of specific places.
The majority of their work renews awareness and tempts interaction with the surroundings and aredeveloped in close collaboration with communities, organisations and individuals including City councils, theatre companies, architects and composers.
They like to see the role of the artist and of art as a catalyst in a process of raising questions and inviting one to look and think differently. They aim to create work that can be valued, not solely as product but for what it reveals, what it allows to be seen, enjoyed and thought about.
Artist involvement in built environment projects generates an opportunity for continuous exchange with the locale, its people, its spaces and its belonging to a wider context. Beyond a way of looking, the artists interventions allow to share a situation for all parties involved, creating continuity between the existing and the future of the place.
Current projects include: Watershed+, a city-wide program for the City of Calgary to renew the relationship between citizens and watershed where artists and artistic practices are embedded within the City's core activities, participating as members on infrastructure design teams, contributing to project design, development of events, community education and communication; Laycock Park, part of the design team for an urban park in Calgary, including temporary and permanent interventions; Limelight: Saturday Night, an international light installation and video work exploring the potential of public spaces by expanding the role of urban lighting, replacing street lighting with theatre follow spots in ten cities; Urban Orchard, design and implementation of a public space for Worcester University City Campus.
Crest Nicholson
Grant Associates Landscape Architects, Edward Cullinan Architects
shy Fountain
Sans Facon (artist web site)
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'Body of Work'
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CRAFTING THE HUMAN BODY
I began my studies in 2009 where my theme and passion for conceptual art began. Wanting to learn specific skills and understand how to manipulate materials, in 2013 I graduated with a Masters in 3D Materials Practice, Wood, Metal, Plastics and Ceramics (WMCP) from The University of Brighton. Since I have been living and working in London. My studio is based in Trinity Buoy Wharf and i'm a member of Trinity Art Studio. I create commissions for inspired individuals and continue to develop my practice.
It is my belief that materials of the human race have just as valid aesthetics as their virginal material resource. For this reason my work is focused around the human body's intricate materials which we love and care for, yet once removed we seem repulsed. For example hair; we spend thousands of pounds on our hair in a life-time but when we find a single hair in our food, we are revolted. My intention is not to shock, but to question people's preconceptions and explore personal significance as I believe ultimately, these materials help build our identity.
I began accumulating and diagnosing a durational analysis of my own bodies’ materials back in 2008. However, not until four years later did I realise my research had crafted a 'Body of Work'. Presented to the public, they found a natural curiosity to make direct comparisons and connections between themselves and my practice.
Using this information, I approached the public and collected their bio-materials in order to create artefacts that provided key times in one’s life. Through an intricate coded process of material tests I created the Placenta Photo Frame. In 2013, a media frenzy broke out surrounding the piece, bringing attention from all over the world and, although not intentional, it was because of this the Placenta Photo Frame became a sellable product. Since my aim is to create a sellable range of mementos which suggests personal significance and identity and continue to develop and exhibit my 'Body of Work'.
artistic ethics
Please be aware that my work follows Health and Safety regulations at all times and has been assessed and certified by the Faculty Research Ethics and Governance Committee (FREGC) . I follow an ethical structure ensuring my work is executed and created in an appropriate manner.
'Life, Death, Whatever.' The National Trust's Sutton House on behalf of the Best Funeral Guide, London, October 2016
SHE: An International Arts Collaboration Exploring The Construct of Femininity, Sweet Art, London, July 2016
'Crafting Anatomies' The Bonnington Gallery, Nottingham, Jan - Feb 2015
'New Designers' The Business Design Centre, London, July 2013
'Grad Show' University of Brighton Graduate Show, Brighton, June 2013
'Up and Beyond' University of Brighton Graduate Show, Brighton, June 2012
'Make Do' University of Brighton, Brighton, May 2011
South East BBC News 2013 - (LINK TO FOLLOW)
Irish Radio, 2013
Brisbane ABC Radio, 2013 http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2013/11/susan-hetheringtons-family-affairs.html
BBC Radio, 2013 - Sussex, Jersey, Leicester, Leeds, Shropshire, Newcastle, Bristol, Lincolnshire, West Midlands, Norfolk, Solent, Nottingham & Suffolk
France 5, 2013 http://www.allodocteurs.fr/actualite-sante-du-placenta-dans-vos-cadres-photo-pour-noel--11869.asp?1=1
Time Out, London 2013
Ripley's - Believe it or Not! 2015 Edition
CHAT, Women's Magazine, 2014
Nurture, The Portland Hospital Parenting Magazine, Spring / Summer 2014
http://www.theportlandhospital.com/about-us/nurture-magazine/
Pretty Litter Magazine, 2014
UK NEWS PAPERS & ONLINE ARTICLES
Secretopia - https://www.mediamatic.net/en/page/371096/the-dirt-we-carry
Birmingham Mail - http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/navy-heros-remains-preserved-picture-8357322
Nottingham Post - http://www.nottinghampost.com/Art-review-Crafting-Anatomies-Bonington-Gallery/story-25831635-detail/story.html
Evening Telegraph - http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/life/weird-life/artist-uses-ashes-in-picture-frames-1.760128
Sunday Post - http://www.sundaypost.com/that-s-life/funday-post/in-other-news-2.1544/artist-uses-ashes-in-picture-frames-1.760028
TalkTalk - http://www.talktalk.co.uk/news/odd/article/artist-uses-ashes-in-picture-frames/154608/
BT News - http://home.bt.com/news/uk-news/artist-uses-ashes-in-picture-frames-11363952122344
Belfast telegraph - http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breakingnews/offbeat/artist-uses-ashes-in-picture-frames-30868114.html
Nottingham Post - http://www.nottinghampost.com/Art-fashion-human-body-meet-new-Bonington/story-25782896-detail/story.html
Western Daily Press
Guernsey Post
The National (Scotland)
The Herald (Scotland)
The Argus - http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10832238.Brighton_graduate_develops_placenta_picture_frames/?ref=nt
Irish Independent - http://www.independent.ie/world-news/enjoy-your-babies-photos-with-a-placenta-frame-29783751.htmlHuffington
Huffington Post - http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/11/25/placenta-photo-frame_n_4338125.html
Western Daily Press (Bristol)
Hartlepool Gazette
Daily Mirror http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/science/placentas-can-turned-picture-frames-2849332
Daily Mail - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2513181/The-photo-frames-PLACENTAS-Woman-creates-marble-effect-frames-crushed-dried-offcasts.html
Daily Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/10472487/New-mothers-can-buy-picture-frames-made-from-own-placenta.html
Guardian - http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/shortcuts/2013/nov/22/placenta-picture-frames
Yahoo - http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/photo-frames-made-of-placenta--new-mothers-can-buy-frames-made-of-dried-and-crushed-pieces-104747631.html
BT - http://home.bt.com/lifestyle/familyhome/parenting/youve-been-framed-in-placenta-11363852764424
Made for Mums - http://www.madeformums.com/baby/london-artist-creates-photo-frames-out-of-placentas/28336.html
Newstalk - http://www.newstalk.ie/Seans-Opening-Story:-What-to-do-with-your-after-birth-left-overs
Belfast http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breakingnews/offbeat/placentas-put-back-in-the-picture-29782097.html
ITV News- http://www.itv.com/news/update/2013-11-26/placenta-picture-frame-proving-popular-with-new/
OUTSIDE THE UK - NEWSPAPERS AND ONLINE ARTICLES
Jersey Evening News
Times of Malta - http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20141230/world/World-briefs.550056
El Nashra, Arabic
Jacaranda FM http://www.jacarandafm.com/post/placentas-used-for-frames-for-newborn-photos-pics/
Canada Canoe - http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2013/11/25/21292651.html
New Zealand - http://topnews.net.nz/content/231076-placentas-can-be-turned-photo-frames
Australia Nine News - http://news.ninemsn.com.au/
Toronto Sun - http://www.torontosun.com/2013/11/25/placenta-frame-developed-by-british-artist
France 7sur7 - http://www.7sur7.be/7s7/fr/1504/Insolite/article/detail/1746556/2013/11/25/Transformez-votre-placenta-en-cadre-photo.dhtml
Romania Envenementul - http://www.ziarulevenimentul.ro/stiri/lifestyle/parintii-sunt-innebuniti-dupa-aceste-rame-de-fotografie-mai-ales-dupa-ce-afla-din-ce-sunt-facute--119932.html
Malta Times - http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20131126/world/World-briefs.496331#.UpRxjaxKTN0
USA Top News - http://topnews.us/content/259113-placentas-can-be-new-photo-frames-show-newborn-baby-pics
USA - http://news.softpedia.com/news/Woman-Creates-Photo-Frames-from-Placentas-403472.shtml
Indonesia - http://health.detik.com/read/2013/11/26/140300/2423870/763/simsalabim-plasenta-bayi-pun-disulap-jadi-bingkai-foto
France 5 - http://www.allodocteurs.fr/actualite-sante-du-placenta-dans-vos-cadres-photo-pour-noel--11869.asp?1=1
Dutch - http://www.wtf.nl/grenzeloos/16059/maak-een-fotolijst-van-je-placenta.html
Portugal - http://diariodigital.sapo.pt/news.asp?id_news=671047
Spain - http://informe21.com/actualidad/hace-marcos-de-fotografia-con-placentas
Australia - Melbourne Age, Western Australia Today, Goodiwindi Argus, Naracoorte Herald, Mudgee Guardian, Blacktown Sun, Wagin Argus, Macarthur Advertiser. Glenn Innes Examiner, Flinders News, Cowra Guardian, Barossa and Light Herald, Wingham Chronicle, South West Advertiser, St George and Sutherland Shire Leader, Blue Mountains Gazette, Daily Liberal, Wagga Wagga Daily Advertiser, Central Midlands & Coastal Advocate, Whyalla News, Bega District News, Wollondilly Advertiser, Town and Country Magazien, Albury Border Mail, Western Magazine, Gippsland Times, Wellington Times, Great Lakes Advocate, West Coast Sentinel, Border Watch, Blaney Chronicle, Dungog Chronicle, Hunter Valley News, Hills News, Walcvha News, Camden Advertiser, Bendigo Advertiser, Murray Valley Standard, Wauchope Gazette, Cooma Monaro Express, Augusta Margaret River Mail, Avon Valley Advocate, Fairfield Champion, Busselton Mail, Cessnock Advertiser, Rouse Hill-Stanhope Garden News, Border Chronical, Goulburn Post, Northern Argus, Tenterfield Star, Grenfell Record, St Marys Star, The Queanbeyan Age, Eden Magnet, South Coast Register, Parramatta Sun, Inverell Times, Donnybrooks and Bridgetown Mail, Newcastle Star, The North West Star, Singleton Argus, Illawarra Mercury, Penrith Star, Warnambool Standard, Bombala Times, The Armidale Express, Hawkesbury Gazette, Mandurah Mail, Esperance Express, Bunbury Mail, Cootamundra Herald, Munswellbrook Chronicle, The Ararat Advertiser, Wimmera Mail, Scone Advocate, Yass Tribune, Harden Express, Eyre Peninsula Tribune, Kingscote Islander, Port Stephens Examiner, LakesMail, Collie Mail, Guyra Argus, Liverpool Champion, The Ridge News, The Advocate, Southern Weekly, Bathurst Western Advocate, Riverina Rural, Manning River Times, Kiama Independent, Central Western Daily, Gloucester Advocate, Trasmania Examiner, Canberra Times, The Stawell Times News, Forbes Advocate, Newcastle Herald, Sydney Morning Herald, Victor Harbor Times, Port Lincoln Times, Cooma-Monaro Express, Maitland Mercury, Tenterfield Star, The Advocate, Brisbane Times, Ballarat Courier, Barossa and Light Herald, Bathurst
Brasil - http://g1.globo.com/ciencia-e-saude/noticia/2013/11/britanica-cria-porta-retratos-feito-com-placenta.html
Italy - http://www.newsabruzzo.it/articolo/cornici-per-foto-alternative/42041.html
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Uniqueness of solutions for second order Bellman-Isaacs equations with mixed boundary conditions
Monica Motta and Caterina Sartori
2008, 20(4): 739-765 doi: 10.3934/dcds.2008.20.739 +[Abstract](1142) +[PDF](340.3KB)
We investigate the uniqueness of solutions for boundary value problems in bounded and unbounded domains involving nonlinear degenerate second order Bellman-Isaacs equations and mixed boundary conditions (Dirichlet, generalized Dirichlet and state constrained conditions). These boundary value problems arise from exit or stopping time stochastic differential games or optimal control problems with constraints, such as state and integral constraints.
Monica Motta, Caterina Sartori. Uniqueness of solutions for second order Bellman-Isaacs equations with mixed boundary conditions. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2008, 20(4): 739-765. doi: 10.3934\/dcds.2008.20.739.
Existence of periodic solutions of a system of damped wave equations in thin domains
Bouthaina Abdelhedi
We prove the persistence of the existence of a time-periodic solution both in the non-autonomous and autonomous cases for a system of damped wave equations in a thin domain. The methods used are a combination of a refined version of the fixed point theorem and a functional characterization of periodic solutions.
Bouthaina Abdelhedi. Existence of periodic solutions of a system of damped wave equations in thin domains. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2008, 20(4): 767-800. doi: 10.3934\/dcds.2008.20.767.
A Gauss-Bonnet-like formula on two-dimensional almost-Riemannian manifolds
Andrei Agrachev, Ugo Boscain and Mario Sigalotti
We consider a generalization of Riemannian geometry that naturally arises in the framework of control theory. Let $X$ and $Y$ be two smooth vector fields on a two-dimensional manifold $M$. If $X$ and $Y$ are everywhere linearly independent, then they define a classical Riemannian metric on $M$ (the metric for which they are orthonormal) and they give to $M$ the structure of metric space. If $X$ and $Y$ become linearly dependent somewhere on $M$, then the corresponding Riemannian metric has singularities, but under generic conditions the metric structure is still well defined. Metric structures that can be defined locally in this way are called almost-Riemannian structures. They are special cases of \ar s, which are naturally defined in terms of submodules of the space of smooth vector fields on $M$. Almost-Riemannian structures show interesting phenomena, in particular those which concern the relation between curvature, presence of conjugate points, and topology of the manifold. The main result of the paper is a generalization to almost-Riemannian structures of the Gauss-Bonnet formula.
Andrei Agrachev, Ugo Boscain, Mario Sigalotti. A Gauss-Bonnet-like formula on two-dimensional almost-Riemannian manifolds. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2008, 20(4): 801-822. doi: 10.3934\/dcds.2008.20.801.
Topological invariants for singularities of real vector fields in dimension three
C. Alonso-González, M. I. Camacho and F. Cano
We give topological invariants for a wide class of abso-lutely isolated singularities of three-dimensional real vector fields. Our invariants are complete once the desingularization morphism $\pi$ is fixed. They are obtained in terms of a finite set of configurations depending only on the eigenvalues of the singularities.
C. Alonso-Gonz\u00E1lez, M. I. Camacho, F. Cano. Topological invariants for singularities of real vector fields in dimension three. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2008, 20(4): 823-847. doi: 10.3934\/dcds.2008.20.823.
Physical measures at the boundary of hyperbolic maps
Vítor Araújo and Ali Tahzibi
We consider diffeomorphisms of a compact manifold with a dominated splitting which is hyperbolic except for a "small" subset of points (Hausdorff dimension smaller than one, e.g. a denumerable subset) and prove the existence of physical measures and their stochastic stability. The physical measures are obtained as zero-noise limits which are shown to satisfy the Entropy Formula.
V\u00EDtor Ara\u00FAjo, Ali Tahzibi. Physical measures at the boundary of hyperbolic maps. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2008, 20(4): 849-876. doi: 10.3934\/dcds.2008.20.849.
Optimal Lyapunov inequalities for disfocality and Neumann boundary conditions using $L^p$ norms
Antonio Cañada and Salvador Villegas
Motivated by the applications to nonlinear resonant boundary value problems with Neumann boundary conditions, this paper is devoted to the study of $L^{p}$ Lyapunov-type inequalities ($1 \leq p \leq \infty$) with mixed boundary conditions. We carry out a complete treatment of the problem for any constant $p \geq 1.$ Our main result is derived from a detailed analysis of the relationship between the existence of nontrivial solutions of these two different boundary problems.
Antonio Ca\u00F1ada, Salvador Villegas. Optimal Lyapunov inequalities for disfocality and Neumann boundary conditions using $L^p$ norms. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2008, 20(4): 877-888. doi: 10.3934\/dcds.2008.20.877.
Smoothness of classical solutions to the Vlasov-Maxwell-Landau system near Maxwellians
Yemin Chen
In this paper we prove that under the assumption that the electromagnetic field is smooth initially, even if the distribution function is not smooth initially, the classical solutions (both the distribution function and the electromagnetic field) to the Vlasov-Maxwell-Landau system become immediately smooth with respect to all variables.
Yemin Chen. Smoothness of classical solutions to the Vlasov-Maxwell-Landau system near Maxwellians. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2008, 20(4): 889-910. doi: 10.3934\/dcds.2008.20.889.
On small oscillations of mechanical systems with time-dependent kinetic and potential energy
Nicola Guglielmi and László Hatvani
Small oscillations of an undamped holonomic mechanical system with varying parameters are described by the equations
$\sum$nk=1$(a_{ik}(t)\ddot q_k+c_{ik}(t)q_k)=0, (i=1,2,\ldots,n).$(*)
A nontrivial solution $q_1^0,\ldots ,q_n^0$ is called small if
$\lim _{t\to \infty}q_k(t)=0 (k=1,2,\ldots n).
It is known that in the scalar case ($n=1$, $a_{11}(t)\equiv 1$, $c_{11}(t)=:c(t)$) there exists a small solution if $c$ is increasing and it tends to infinity as $t\to \infty$.
Sufficient conditions for the existence of a small solution of the general system (*) are given in the case when coefficients $a_{ik}$, $c_{ik}$ are step functions. The method of proofs is based upon a transformation reducing the ODE (*) to a discrete dynamical system. The results are illustrated by the examples of the coupled harmonic oscillator and the double pendulum.
Nicola Guglielmi, L\u00E1szl\u00F3 Hatvani. On small oscillations of mechanical systems with time-dependent kinetic and potential energy. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2008, 20(4): 911-926. doi: 10.3934\/dcds.2008.20.911.
Blowup rate estimates for the heat equation with a nonlinear gradient source term
Jong-Shenq Guo and Bei Hu
The gradient blowup rate of the equation $u_t = \Delta u + |\nabla u|^p$, where $p>2$, is studied. It is shown that the blowup rate will never match that of the self-similar variables. In the one space dimensional case when assumptions are made on the initial data so that the solution is monotonically increasing in time, the exact blowup rate is found.
Jong-Shenq Guo, Bei Hu. Blowup rate estimates for the heat equation with a nonlinear gradient source term. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2008, 20(4): 927-937. doi: 10.3934\/dcds.2008.20.927.
Dynamics of local map of a discrete Brusselator model: eventually trapping regions and strange attractors
Hunseok Kang
The reaction-diffusion equation for the Brusselator model produces a coupled map lattice (CML) by discretization. The two-dimensional nonlinear local map of this lattice has rich and interesting dynamics. In [7] we studied the dynamics of the local map, focusing on trajectories escaping to infinity, and the Julia set. In this paper we build a correspondence between CML and its local map via traveling waves, and then using this correspondence we study asymptotic properties of this CML. We show the existence of a bounded region in which every trajectory in the Julia set is eventually trapped. We also find a region where every bounded trajectory visits. Finally, we present some strange attractors that are numerically observed in the Julia set.
Hunseok Kang. Dynamics of local map of a discrete Brusselator model: eventually trapping regions and strange attractors. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2008, 20(4): 939-959. doi: 10.3934\/dcds.2008.20.939.
Lyapunov exponents and the dimension of the attractor for 2d shear-thinning incompressible flow
P. Kaplický and Dalibor Pražák
The equations describing planar motion of a homogeneous, incompressible generalized Newtonian fluid are considered. The stress tensor is given constitutively as $\T=\nu(1+\mu|\Du|^2)^{\frac{p-2}2}\Du$, where $\Du$ is the symmetric part of the velocity gradient. The equations are complemented by periodic boundary conditions.
For the solution semigroup the Lyapunov exponents are computed using a slightly generalized form of the Lieb-Thirring inequality and consequently the fractal dimension of the global attractor is estimated for all $p\in(4/3,2]$.
P. Kaplick\u00FD, Dalibor Pra\u017E\u00E1k. Lyapunov exponents and the dimension of the attractor for 2d shear-thinning incompressible flow. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2008, 20(4): 961-974. doi: 10.3934\/dcds.2008.20.961.
On a certain kind of polynomials of degree 4 with disconnected Julia set
Koh Katagata
For a polynomial of degree at least two, the Julia set and the filled-in Julia set are either connected or have uncountably many components. In the case that the Julia set of a polynomial of degree 4 is neither connected nor totally disconnected, there exists a homeomorphism between the set of all components of the filled-in Julia set and some subset of the corresponding symbol space. Furthermore the polynomial is topologically conjugate to the shift map via the homeomorphism. Moreover there exists a homeomorphism between the Julia sets of the polynomial and that of a certain polynomial semigroup.
Koh Katagata. On a certain kind of polynomials of degree 4 with disconnected Julia set. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2008, 20(4): 975-987. doi: 10.3934\/dcds.2008.20.975.
Asymptotics of the Arnold tongues in problems at infinity
Victor Kozyakin, Alexander M. Krasnosel’skii and Dmitrii Rachinskii
2008, 20(4): 989-1011 doi: 10.3934/dcds.2008.20.989 +[Abstract](1449) +[PDF](328.0KB)
We consider discrete time systems $x_{k+1}=U(x_{k};\lambda)$, $x\in\R^{N}$, with a complex parameter $\lambda$, and study their trajectories of large amplitudes. The expansion of the map $U(\cdot;\lambda)$ at infinity contains a principal linear term, a bounded positively homogeneous nonlinearity, and a smaller vanishing part. We study Arnold tongues: the sets of parameter values for which the large-amplitude periodic trajectories exist. The Arnold tongues in problems at infinity generically are thick triangles [4]; here we obtain asymptotic estimates for the length of the Arnold tongues and for the length of their triangular part. These estimates allow us to study subfurcation at infinity. In the related problems on small-amplitude periodic orbits near an equilibrium, similarly defined Arnold tongues have the form of narrow beaks. For standard pictures associated with the Neimark-Sacker bifurcation of smooth discrete time systems at an equilibrium, the Arnold tongues have asymptotically zero width except for the strong resonance points. The different shape of the tongues in the problem at infinity is due to the non-polynomial form of the principal homogeneous nonlinear term of the map $U(\cdot;\lambda)$: this form implies non-degeneracy of the nonlinear terms in the expansion of the map iterations and non-degeneracy of the corresponding resonance functions.
Victor Kozyakin, Alexander M. Krasnosel\u2019skii, Dmitrii Rachinskii. Asymptotics of the Arnold tongues in problems at infinity. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2008, 20(4): 989-1011. doi: 10.3934\/dcds.2008.20.989.
The pointwise estimates of solutions for dissipative wave equation in multi-dimensions
Yongqin Liu and Weike Wang
2008, 20(4): 1013-1028 doi: 10.3934/dcds.2008.20.1013 +[Abstract](1437) +[PDF](204.6KB)
In this paper we focus on the pointwise estimates of the solution to the Cauchy problem for the dissipative wave equation in multi-dimensions. By using the method of Green function combined with the Fourier analysis, we obtain the pointwise estimates of the solution, which yields the $L^p(1\leq p\leq\infty)$ decay estimates of the solution.
Yongqin Liu, Weike Wang. The pointwise estimates of solutions for dissipative wave equation in multi-dimensions. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2008, 20(4): 1013-1028. doi: 10.3934\/dcds.2008.20.1013.
Semi-hyperbolicity and hyperbolicity
Marcin Mazur, Jacek Tabor and Piotr Kościelniak
We prove that for $\mathcal{C}^1$-diffeomorfisms semi-hyperbolicity of an invariant set implies its hyperbolicity. Moreover, we provide some exact estimations of hyperbolicity constants by semi-hyperbolicity ones, which can be useful in strict numerical computations.
Marcin Mazur, Jacek Tabor, Piotr Ko\u015Bcielniak. Semi-hyperbolicity and hyperbolicity. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2008, 20(4): 1029-1038. doi: 10.3934\/dcds.2008.20.1029.
Chain recurrence in multidimensional time discrete dynamical systems
Piotr Oprocha
The author investigates the behavior of multidimensional time discrete dynamical systems. Problems of expansivity, P.O.T.P. and chain recurrence are considered in particular. The main result of this article is a general version of Spectral Decomposition Theorem.
Piotr Oprocha. Chain recurrence in multidimensional time discrete dynamical systems. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2008, 20(4): 1039-1056. doi: 10.3934\/dcds.2008.20.1039.
Boundary stabilization for the wave equation in a bounded cylindrical domain
Kim Dang Phung
We provide a polynomial decay rate for the energy of the wave equation with a dissipative boundary condition in a cylindrical trapped domain. A new kind of interpolation estimate for the wave equation with mixed Dirichlet-Neumann boundary condition is established from a construction based on a Fourier integral operator involving a good choice of weight functions.
Kim Dang Phung. Boundary stabilization for the wave equation in a bounded cylindrical domain. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2008, 20(4): 1057-1093. doi: 10.3934\/dcds.2008.20.1057.
Right-permutative cellular automata on topological Markov chains
Marcelo Sobottka
In this paper we consider cellular automata $(G,\Phi)$ with algebraic local rules and such that $G$ is a topological Markov chain which has a structure compatible to this local rule. We characterize such cellular automata and study the convergence of the Cesàro mean distribution of the iterates of any probability measure with complete connections and summable decay.
Marcelo Sobottka. Right-permutative cellular automata on topological Markov chains. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2008, 20(4): 1095-1109. doi: 10.3934\/dcds.2008.20.1095.
On circle rotations and the shrinking target properties
Jimmy Tseng
We generalize the monotone shrinking target property (MSTP) to the $s$-exponent monotone shrinking target property ($s$MSTP) and give a necessary and sufficient condition for a circle rotation to have $s$MSTP.
Using another variant of MSTP, we obtain a new, very short, proof of a known result, which concerns the behavior of irrational rotations and implies a logarithm law similar to D. Sullivan's logarithm law for geodesics.
Jimmy Tseng. On circle rotations and the shrinking target properties. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2008, 20(4): 1111-1122. doi: 10.3934\/dcds.2008.20.1111.
Stability of traveling waves with critical speeds for $P$-degree Fisher-type equations
Yaping Wu and Xiuxia Xing
This paper is concerned with the stability of the traveling front solutions with critical speeds for a class of $p$-degree Fisher-type equations. By detailed spectral analysis and sub-supper solution method, we first show that the traveling front solutions with critical speeds are globally exponentially stable in some exponentially weighted spaces. Furthermore by Evans's function method, appropriate space decomposition and detailed semigroup decaying estimates, we can prove that the waves with critical speeds are locally asymptotically stable in some polynomially weighted spaces, which verifies some asymptotic phenomena obtained by numerical simulations.
Yaping Wu, Xiuxia Xing. Stability of traveling waves with critical speeds for $P$-degree Fisher-type equations. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2008, 20(4): 1123-1139. doi: 10.3934\/dcds.2008.20.1123.
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He Writes the Songs
Us Before the Concert
Last night I joined Barry Manilow for a night of Music and Passion. My mom came too.
It was so much fun, and we had great seats. Seriously, I don't think I've ever seen her have as much fun as she did when he started into Copacabana. Oh my, did we dance.
But first, let's talk about the opening act. His name was Brian Culbertson, and he apparently had a hit song on the smooth jazz radio format last year. Lord willing, this is the only reference you will ever see to "smooth jazz" on this blog. Not particularly my cup of tea, but oh my word, he was very talented and in touch enough with the crowd he was playing for to cover some some Earth, Wind, and Fire. Moving on.
Barry. The hits. The legend. He played all the greats. I was reading the Dallas Morning News review, and the reviewer said it very well...he turned a large group of people into "one big sappy family." He is a fantastic entertainer. During Mandy, he actually sang and played a duet with his 1974 self on the big screen. I can't believe I'm saying this, but it was rather emotional! We also got Manilow glow sticks to take home. How cool is that? I'm not really the biggest Barry fan, but the glowsticks really won me over.
I'm going straight home today to download Barry on iTunes.
Barry during Mandy -- in a duet with himself, 30 years ago
Love Barry's face on the screen in this one
AK February 21, 2008 at 7:56 AM
Girl. I have been to his concert and you cannot help being happy. He's cheese and all that, but there is something about THOSE SONGS! And being surrounded by a bunch of grown women singing every single word. At our concert we had adult women fighting over the glow sticks. The usher had to assure them that there were plenty for everyone.
Amy February 21, 2008 at 11:30 AM
WOW! I am a huge Barry fan. Everyone makes SO MUCH fun of me because I used to listen to Barry while working out. He moves me. Seriously.
Have fun in the sun!!!
cindy March 1, 2008 at 8:50 PM
Thanks for taking me "mom" to the concert. Yes, I do know every word to every song. Everyone at school was green with envy. I think I'll buy me some yellow feathers for my hair and a dress cut down to there......I know, "enough Mom!" I had a great time.
Love Mom!
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Home Latest News Online system launched to disburse agriculture, rural loans
Online system launched to disburse agriculture, rural loans
DHAKA, July 19, 2018 (BSS) – From now on, the farmers would be able to apply for agriculture and rural credits without physically visiting the banks or other relevant offices as the application and disbursement process of the loans came under the online system today.
The Access to Information (a2i) program, Bangladesh Bank (BB) and Agrani Bank Limited jointly launched a “Simplified Service for Agricultural and Rural Credit” project at the central bank headquarters in the city, said a press release.
BB’s Deputy Governor S M Moniruzzaman inaugurated this service as the chief guest at the function while Channel i Director Shykh Seraj, Agrani Bank Limited Managing Director and CEO Mohammad Shams-Ul Islam and BB Executive Director Ashok Kumar Dey were present.
Joint Secretary and Project Director of a2i Program M Mustafizur Rahman chaired the function.
Under the new project, all scheduled bank officials, relevant officials at the district and upazila levels and union digital center entrepreneurs in Chattogram have already received training on how to operate this system.
Within this project, a web- and mobile-based application has been created through which the entire process starting from receiving loan application from farmers to final disbursement has been automated.
The system shows the user a list containing updated information on all steps of application, loan interest rates, and documents to be attached with the application.
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Haunted by the King of Death (Eternal Mates Romance Series Book 11)
A ruthless vampire warrior, Grave Van der Garde rules the mercenary Preux Chevaliers with an iron fist, determined to retain his hard-won position as one of the most powerful men in Hell and his reputation as the heartless King of Death. But beneath the cold façade beats the heart of a vampire torn between love and hate, ripped in two directions by a single ethereally beautiful female—his fated phantom mate.
Driven by her phantom instincts, Isla used a spell to make her solid in order to deceive the vampire who killed her sister’s demon mate and have revenge on him, condemning him with a single kiss to become a phantom too. But her plan took an unexpected turn when she fell in love with him, and with her new life, and the night she betrayed him shattered both of their hearts. Now, he lives to make her suffer through their connection, one that is fading with them as they begin to slip into the phantom world, and she must face the monster she created if she is to save herself and the vampire she still loves.
With a demon from Grave’s past determined to destroy him and everything he holds dear, and the clock ticking down to their inevitable doom, can he and Isla overcome their past and their pride to work together to claim the future they both desire deep in their hearts? Or will death finally catch up with the vampire king and his phantom mate?
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Haunted by the King of Death – Excerpt
Isla lingered in the shadows, her right shoulder pressing against the dark stone wall of the building beside her in the middle of the large town in the free realm of Hell, a place that many species called home.
Including vampires.
Her blue eyes remained fixed on the towering creamy yellow walls across the expansive square in front of her, never moving from them. She used what senses she had to track those who passed between her and her point of focus, ensuring no one dared anything while she studied the fort that was home to the First Legion of the Preux Chevaliers.
And their captain.
Grave.
The town had grown since she had last been here, almost a century ago, continuing to spread outwards with the fort at its centre, becoming a bustling hub thanks to the sheer number of people who came to seek the aid of the Preux Chevaliers. She had passed more inns than she could count during her journey from the nearest portal, and walked along cobbled streets packed with stores selling everything imaginable. The people of the free realm were certainly entrepreneurs, taking advantage of the popularity of the mercenary vampires to line their pockets with coin.
Two vampires emerged from the arched entrance in the golden wall of the fort and she tracked them for a moment before returning her gaze to the barrier before her.
She wiped her palms on her blue leathers and took a deep breath to steady her shaky heart, exhaling it hard in an attempt to expel her nerves.
Inside those walls stood another town, a cluster of yellow rendered buildings that were more at home in Italy than they were in Hell. She smiled as she recalled the first time she had set eyes on the bastion of the First Legion, and how Grave had reacted with horror when she had pointed out that it was strange for a vampire to choose such a sunny colour for his home.
Gods, how many times had she teased him with that word after that?
She had slipped it into comments on everything from his palace to his disposition, and every time he had reacted so beautifully, turning horrified pale blue eyes on her that had gained a ring of crimson around the outside of his irises, a warning she had pressed his buttons again.
Her smile faltered and then died as she reminded herself that those days were long gone, and she was the one who had destroyed them.
Maybe if she had realised before completing her plan and leaving him that everything had been real, including the feelings in her heart, things might have been different. Maybe if she had been braver, had found the courage to return to him despite knowing how angry he was with her, how deeply he wanted to kill her for what she had done to him, she might have been able to fix things.
She looked down at her hands.
She definitely wouldn’t have been fading if Melia was right and the bond between them needed to be periodically strengthened in order to keep her corporeal, and him with her.
Those hands shook and she lowered them to her sides and clenched them into fists.
Her gaze returned to the walls that looked so innocent, belying what was beyond them, tricking her into thinking it was a place of peace, not a haven for close to two thousand vampires of the most dangerous degree.
Including one vampire who wanted her dead.
It was only the morbid display of power that stood outside the gates that gave any hint of what the bastion contained.
She eyed the six tall rusted metal spikes that were set into the flagstones at a forty-five-degree angle and the corpses that had been impaled on them, dangling high above the ground. A warning to any who saw them.
Her stomach turned.
Some of them were demons, including one she recognised as being from the Fifth Realm. There was a bear shifter too, still in his animal form, and on the far right was what looked like a sorceress. The other three had rotted too much for her to tell what they had been.
The First Legion had been busy.
Pools of crimson lay below the fresher corpses, and empty shallow dips were beneath the rotten ones, a sign of how often the spikes were occupied, so frequently that the blood that dripped from them had worn down the black stone.
She pulled down another deep breath to quell her nerves and stepped out into the main square.
A passing vampire male eyed her and her courage failed and she slinked back into the shadows of the alley. She couldn’t do this. She hadn’t seen Grave in the flesh in decades and she wasn’t strong enough to face him now.
Isla gritted her teeth and scolded herself.
She was strong enough. She had to do this. Both of their lives were on the line.
Thoughts of how he would react rushed through her mind, none of them good, and she shook as she took another step back, away from the fortress.
He hated her. Wanted her dead.
She closed her eyes and steeled herself, using the same mantra she had since leaving him.
He had deserved it.
He had killed her sister’s beloved, leaving their son fatherless.
She had only done what any phantom would have in her position. She had taken revenge on the man who had destroyed her sister’s world.
Isla kept telling herself it but the conviction she normally felt when she chanted it was nowhere to be found today. The cold remained, the sense of shame that lurked inside her heart still there despite her efforts to expel it.
She had only meant to use her corporeal form to tempt Grave into her trap, seducing him so he would fall foul of the effects of kissing a phantom, an act that would condemn him to becoming incorporeal. A phantom’s kiss was their most devastating weapon, one used to turn someone of the opposite sex into a phantom too so they could mate with that person. Some phantoms chose to devour the soul of that victim afterwards, and others left them to drift through eternity incorporeal and unable to touch anyone.
Her stomach rumbled at the thought of eating and she pushed her hunger aside, unwilling to use the excuse of finding a suitable soul to feed on in order to escape facing Grave. She would feed afterwards.
After she had seen him and begged him to do the right thing and help her.
After she had seen him.
Gods. She shivered at the thought of being in his presence again, at the thought she would finally be close to him once more, able to smell him and see him with her own eyes, to feel him near her.
She should have left after kissing him, should have made her escape that night as planned.
She had tried, but Grave had been too addictive, weaving a spell that had held her captivated by him.
His savage beauty, his lethalness that was countered by how attentive and tender he had been to her, all of him enchanted her. Every facet.
There wasn’t a part of him that she hadn’t fallen in love with.
His spell had been thorough, and she believed that perhaps she had cast one upon him too. Not the spell she had meant to cast, one solely to make him suffer as a phantom, but the same spell he had cast upon her.
Had he loved her?
Was there any part of him left that still felt something for her or had she destroyed it all?
The months she had passed with him had been bliss, but the birth of Tarwyn had been a reminder the phantom part of her hadn’t been able to ignore. When she had held the babe in her arms the first time, had gazed down at his face and seen Valador in him, and how devastated Melia had been by the birth of her son when she should have been happy, should have had her mate there with her, she had been filled with rage and had directed it at Grave.
The way he had reacted when she had told him she was a phantom and it had all been a lie designed to turn him into a phantom too fuelled the belief that he had felt something for her, his hurt so phenomenal she had experienced it too, hadn’t been able to breathe because of it.
But that hurt had quickly morphed to fury and a terrible rage of his own, a determination to make her suffer. He was slowly taking his own form of revenge on her, and now there was a part of her that couldn’t blame him for it.
Even when a small fragment of her, her deepest phantom instincts, took pleasure in how he still suffered with the knowledge he would become a phantom too, that his actions on the battlefield had a consequence and he was paying for taking Valador from her sister.
Isla stared at the grand archway in the wall, able to glimpse the elegant sandstone flags of the courtyard through it and a hint of the corner of one yellow building.
How many times had she wanted to see him again?
Now she stood on the threshold of his home, knew he was there because the black flag of the Preux Chevaliers stood proud at the top of the pole above the gates, signalling the First Legion were in their barracks.
She stood on the verge of seeing him again, and the part of her that feared him was slowly losing ground against the part of her that ached for him.
Their decades apart had been cold and lonely, filled with that constant ache in her heart, a need to be close to him again.
Whenever that ache grew too fierce, she found herself reaching for him, forcing open the connection between them so she could see him, could know what he was doing and spend time with him in her own way. She knew he didn’t like it. He had told her that countless times, looking in a mirror at his reflection and cursing her.
The sensation that had come over her shortly after she had taken up position opposite his fortress grew stronger, and she knew he was aware of her and she wasn’t welcome. The bond between them relayed it to her, but she clung to the tattered shreds of her courage, determined to see this through.
To face him.
If he didn’t have his men turn her away at the gates anyway.
She palmed the smooth wooden hilts of the two curved short blades strapped to her lower back, snug against the blue leather of her corset, and courted the idea of fighting her way in if they tried to deny her entrance.
Probably not a wise idea.
She wanted Grave to listen to her, and harming his men would only give him more reason to kill her.
The two guards outside the gates changed with another pair dressed in fine black knee-length jackets, tight trousers and riding boots.
Gods, Grave had looked so good in his uniform, the material fitted closely to his body and accentuating every inch of it.
She shook that image away and pushed off, crossing the expanse of black stone flags between her and the gate before she could lose her nerve again. Her heart accelerated as she neared the arched entrance, thundering against her ribs.
The two vampire males at the gate eyed her but didn’t stop her from passing.
Isla let out the breath she had been holding and slowed her pace as she crossed the threshold and entered the home of the First Legion. On the left and right sides of the elegant square, yellow plastered buildings with terracotta roofs and black shutters formed a line, and through the gaps between them, she saw similar buildings beyond them.
Ahead of her.
She swallowed hard as she faced the palace beyond the grand white marble fountain.
It was as beautiful as she recalled, the same colours as the other buildings within the fortress, but different in style. The façade stretched across the huge square, three storeys high, with rectangular black-shuttered windows only two metres apart, the white stone casings that surrounded them a stunning contrast against the yellow render. Between each window, a white flat stone column stretched the height of the floor, appearing to hold up the matching pale stone band that ran across the top and bottom of each level.
Words carved in Latin decorated the band across the top of the ground floor, centred above the arched entrance.
Nulla Misericordia.
Isla made her way past the fountain, focusing on the gentle sound of the water to calm her rising nerves, and strode towards the entrance. Vampires passed her but none of them stopped her from advancing. In fact, most of them didn’t look at her at all.
She wasn’t sure that was a good sign.
Was Grave luring her into a trap, or did he really want to see her?
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'Indecent' is a gripping, complex play on art and censorship
Wednesday, February 28, 2018 by Jay Gabler in Arts & Leisure
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In the program of the Guthrie Theater’s production of Indecent, Pulitzer-winning playwright Paula Vogel recalls being asked to write about the 1923 court battle over Sholem Asch’s supposedly obscene play, God of Vengeance. “I’d love to write this story,” she said, “but I don’t think it’s about the obscenity trial alone.”
The trial, which turned in part on Asch’s depiction of a love affair between two women, became just one inflection point in Vogel’s play. Indecent tracks a half-century of history, from God of Vengeance being unveiled in fin de siècle Warsaw to the aged Asch facing a summons from the House Un-American Activities Committee.
Indecent premiered in 2015, and last year it became Vogel’s first work to move to Broadway. The new production now playing on the Wurtele Thrust Stage also marks the playwright’s long-overdue Guthrie debut.
It’s a remarkable feat of storytelling, bursting with confident energy—and stirring genuine pathos—under the direction of Wendy C. Goldberg.
Set designer Arnulfo Maldonado envelops the cast in the crumbling remains of a once-majestic theater. Pouring dust from their pockets to evoke the tragically evanescent nature of existence, several actors rise like ghosts to enact the evening’s drama. Three musicians (accordionist Spencer Chandler, violinist Lisa Gutkin, and Pat O’Keefe on clarinet) take the stage as well, completely integrated with the proceedings.
The seven Indecent cast members, spanning generations, change characters as time progresses, and the fact that this is never confusing—even though costume changes are sometimes subtle—is a credit to the acting and direction, as well as to the clarity of Vogel’s writing.
Goldberg has assembled a locally rooted dream cast, clearly delighted to be sharing the stage as the ensemble of such a powerful production. A modest Hugh Kennedy plays Asch for most of the show, with the priceless Robert Dorfman balancing levity and gravity in roles including the God of Vengeance patriarch. Steven Epp has a memorable turn as a rafters-shaking rabbi, and Ben Cherry plays the stage manager who keeps faith in Asch’s vision even when the writer himself has doubts.
Ultimately, though, it’s the women who anchor this play. Here, that means Gisela Chípe and Miriam Schwartz as the couple whose onstage embraces echo their parallel offstage romantic relationship. They’re joined in the cast by a wry Sally Wingert, who goes toe-to-toe with Dorfman.
Tumbling through time with a wealth of fascinating detail and on-point musical selections, Indecent is a riveting exploration of art and intersectionality during a wrenching epoch in world history. Complex but accessible, the Guthrie production touches on profound sadness while simultaneously celebrating the joys of exuberant performance and trusting companionship.
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MGE Energy, Inc. :MGEE-US: Earnings Analysis: Q3, 2017 By the Numbers : December 11, 2017
December 11, 2017 by CapitalCube
MGE Energy, Inc. reports financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2017.
We analyze the earnings along side the following peers of MGE Energy, Inc. – DTE Energy Company, CMS Energy Corporation, Alliant Energy Corp, Xcel Energy Inc., WEC Energy Group Inc, American Electric Power Company, Inc., Ameren Corporation, ALLETE, Inc. and Otter Tail Corporation (DTE-US, CMS-US, LNT-US, XEL-US, WEC-US, AEP-US, AEE-US, ALE-US and OTTR-US) that have also reported for this period.
Summary numbers: Revenues of USD 139.54 million, Net Earnings of USD 26.63 million.
Gross margins narrowed from 37.97% to 36.35% compared to the same period last year, operating (EBITDA) margins now 42.54% from 42.62%.
Year-on-year change in operating cash flow of -12.25% is about the same as the change in earnings, likely no significant movement in accruals or reserves.
Narrowing of operating margins contributed to decline in earnings.
The table below shows the preliminary results and recent trends for key metrics such as revenues and net income growth:
Relevant Numbers (Quarterly)
Revenues (mil) 139.54 126.46 156.82 138.93 136.72
Revenue Growth (%YOY) 2.06 4.02 6.3 6.07 -2.9
Earnings (mil) 26.63 15.54 19.3 14.5 27.88
Earnings Growth (%YOY) -4.49 -3.76 13.34 29.11 -1.67
Net Margin (%) 19.08 12.29 12.31 10.44 20.39
EPS 0.77 0.45 0.56 0.42 0.8
Return on Equity (%) 3.57 2.11 2.65 2.01 3.92
Return on Assets (%) 5.91 3.48 4.31 3.26 6.35
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Market Share Versus Profits
MGEE-US’s change in revenue this period compared to the same period last year of 2.06% is almost the same as its change in earnings, and is about average among the announced results thus far in its peer group, suggesting that MGEE-US is holding onto its market share. Also, for comparison purposes, revenues changed by 10.34% and earnings by 71.32% compared to the immediate last period.
Leader, Earnings Focus, Laggard, Revenues Focus
Earnings Growth Analysis
The company’s year-on-year decline in earnings was influenced by a weakening in gross margins from 37.97% to 36.35%, as well as issues with cost controls. As a result, operating margins (EBITDA margins) went from 42.62% to 42.54% in this time frame. For comparison, gross margins were 25.70% and EBITDA margins were 32.36% in the previous period.
Differentiated; Low Cost, Commodity; Low Cost, Commodity; High Cost, Differentiated; High Cost
Gross Margin Trend
Companies sometimes sacrifice improvements in revenues and margins in order to extend friendlier terms to customers and vendors. Capital Cube probes for such activity by comparing the changes in gross margins with any changes in working capital. If the gross margins improved without a worsening of working capital, it is possible that the company’s performance is a result of truly delivering in the marketplace and not simply an accounting prop-up using the balance sheet.
MGEE-US’s decline in gross margins has not produced any significant offsetting improvement in its working capital . This leads Capital Cube to conclude that the decline in gross margins are likely from operating issues and not trade-offs with the balance sheet. Working capital days are currently 109.70 days, compared to last year’s level of 96.35 days.
Customer Financed, Cash Starved, Supplier Financed, Cash Rich
Cash Versus Earnings – Sustainable Performance?
It is important to examine a company�s cash versus earnings numbers to gauge whether its performance is sustainable.
MGEE-US’s change in operating cash flow of -12.25% compared to the same period last year is about the same as its change in earnings this period. Additionally, this change in operating cash flow is about average among its peer group. This suggests that the company did not use accruals or reserves to manage earnings this period, and that, all else being equal, the earnings number is sustainable.
Cash Flow based Earnings, Likely Non-cash Earnings, Low Cash Flow Base, Likely Undeclared Earnings
The company’s decline in earnings has been influenced by the following factors: (1) Decline in operating margins (EBIT margins) from 34.42% to 32.96% and (2) one-time items that contributed to a decrease in pretax margins from 31.89% to 30.25%
Operation driven Earnings, One-time Favorables, Low Earnings Base, One-time Unfavorables
MGE Energy, Inc. provides natural gas and electric services. The company operates its business through the following segments: Regulated Electric Utility Operations, Regulated Gas Utility Operations, Non-Regulated Energy Operations, Transmission Investments and All Other. The Regulated Electric Utility Operations segment engages in generating, purchasing, and distributing electricity. The Regulated Gas Utility Operations segment engages in purchasing and distributing natural gas. The Non-Regulated Energy Operations segment engages in owning and leasing electric generating capacity. The Transmission Investments segment represents investment in American Transmission Company LLC, a company engaged in the business of providing electric transmission services primarily in Wisconsin. The All Other segment invests in companies and property that relate to the regulated operations and financing the regulated operations. MGE Energy was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.
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posted Feb 4, 2014, 8:58 AM by Samantha Carter [ updated Feb 4, 2014, 9:28 PM by Brutus Youn ]
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The chances of Raquel, a Black Mouth Cur, being adopted were about as slim as winning the lottery. Despite the odds, she hit the jackpot with her new owner, Jackie Frierman of Tampa.
Jackie, a soft-spoken artist, recently recognized that she had room in her heart and her home that needed to be filled and began her quest for a dog. After pursuing a few dead-end leads, she ran across https://www.facebook.com/FriendsofCitrusCountyAnimalServices and decided to drive the hour and a half to Inverness to see a dog. Unfortunately, the dog wasn't compatible with her cat. Volunteers, James and Laci, at Citrus County Animal Services helped Jackie and directed her to Jeremy Burns, a kennel tech. They told her about a young dog that was desperately in need of love and a home.
It's possible Raquel may have been used as a "bait dog," and was so timid that she crawled on the floor. Despite her wounds and scars, Jackie saw Raquel's pure soul and realized that scars, like beauty, are only skin deep. The connection was immediate and mutual. The paperwork was completed for the adoption and arrangements made for Raquel to be spayed. Jackie would return one long week later to take her home.
Because of Raquel's special needs, Jeremy realized that Jackie may need some help with the transition from shelter to home. He suggested she contact, Rafael Cabrera, Dog Behavior Specialist, with Casita Big Dog Rescue. Rafael, well-known as "the dog whisperer of Citrus County," has hundreds of success stories helping people understand and modify their dog's behavior, making them enjoyable, long-term members of the family.
He met Jackie at the shelter when she returned and explained that Raquel may never have been adopted because of her appearance and fearful demeanor. She wasn't an outgoing, tail-wagging puppy that rushed out to lick people and probably would have been overlooked in the multitude of other available dogs. Rafael advised Jackie on many subjects concerning Raquel's needs and care and answered her questions. He assured her that he would be a phone call away if she needed help.
When Jackie placed the matching pink collar and leash on Raquel, she immediately transformed into a happy dog. Outside they walked tall and they both appeared to smile. Jackie hugged Raquel and said, "I feel like I was sent here to find you." Raquel sat up proudly and licked Jackie gratefully.
For more photos and a video of Raquel licking her new pal, Homer, the cats see: https://www.facebook.com/CasitaBigDogRescue and for photos of Jackie's artwork see:https://www.facebook.com/Art4Elephants
Post adoption picture: Here is Raquel living the good life with Jackie! She looks pretty darn happy!
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Friends of the Congo, True-Walker Productions, and Maysles Cinema PresentCongo in Harlem 3October 16 - 23, 2011
Congo in Harlem 3 is the third annual series of Congo-related films and special events at the Maysles Cinema in Harlem. This year's program features a wide range of films by Congolese and international directors, representing some of the most important issues facing the Democratic Republic of Congo today. Most screenings will be followed by panel discussions, special events, musical performances, and receptions. Congo in Harlem 3 will provide audiences with more than the traditional movie-going experience -- it will offer opportunities to celebrate Congolese culture, learn about the ongoing humanitarian crisis, engage in dialogue, and get involved.A critical focus of this year's program will be the upcoming 2011 presidential elections in Congo, scheduled to take place in late November. Key issues will be addressed in panel discussions and post-screening Q&As.Highlights of the program include Kafka in Congo and Murder in Kinshasa (October 19th and 20th) featuring post-screening discussions with directors Marlène Rabaud and Arnaud Zajtman; a dynamic duo of sensational music films, Kinshasa Symphony and Benda Bilili! (October 17th and 21st) ; and a special appearance by Djo Munga, acclaimed director of Viva Riva!(October 22nd and 23rd).Throughout the series, there will be a silent auction of fashion items created by African designers, courtesy of Bel Esprit. Proceeds from the auction will help support the ongoing programming of Congo In Harlem.
Congo in Harlem 3 is a non-profit series. All events have been made possible by the generous support of DISH Africa TV, Caipirinha Foundation, V-Day, Panzi Foundation USA, and contributions from other organizations and individuals.
***Proceeds from Congo in Harlem will go toward a fund for emerging Congolese filmmakers***
Series Partners and Friends: Friends of the Congo,V-Day Harlem, Man-Up, Now AfriCAN, New York African Film Festival, Project Girl Performance Collective, HEAL Africa, Panzi Foundation, Cultures of Resistance, Mutaani FM, Yole!Africa, V-Day,
Tabilulu Productions, Music Box Films, National Geographic Entertainment, Africa.com
Sunday,Oct. 16,
3:00 pm Congo in Harlem 3A week of films and events celebrating Congolese culture and raising awareness about the conflict
Breaking the Silence: Congo WeekCultures of Resistance, 2010, 3 min.Blood in the Mobile
Dir. Franck Piasecki Poulsen, 2010, 82 min.
Director Franck Piasecki Poulsen embarks on a personal mission to uncover the origin of the minerals in his Nokia cell phone. Navigating the bureaucracy, corruption, and dangers of eastern Congo, he arrives at Bisie, one of the largest and most notorious illegal mines in the region, where armed groups maintain tight control and inhumane conditions, and child labor runs rampant. Determined to know if his cell phone is funding conflict in Congo, Poulsen works his way into Nokia's corporate offices, where he confronts executives about their mineral supply chain.
Discussion with Sekombi Katondolo (producer of Blood in the Mobile and founder/director of MutaaniFM), David Aronson (freelance journalist and blogger), Eric Kajemba (founder and director of Observatoire Gouvernance et Paix), Mvemba Phizo Dizolele (writer, foreign policy analyst, and independent journalist), and Steven Hege (UN Group of Experts for the Democratic Republic of Congo).
Monday,Oct. 17,
Papa Wemba: Singing for a Democratic CongoCultures of Resistance, 2010, 4 min.Kinshasa Symphony
Dir. Claus Wischmann and Martin Baer, 2010, 95 min.
In a country better known for conflict and corruption, a group of 200 individuals has managed to forge one of the most complex systems of human cooperation ever undertaken: a symphony orchestra. As the musicians prepare for a public performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, they must overcome a litany of challenges, including power cuts, traffic noise, makeshift instruments, and the rigors of survival in one of the world's most chaotic cities. The result is a document of passion, cooperation, and the power of music.
Tuesday, October 18, 7:30PM Congo in Harlem 3A week of films and events celebrating Congolese culture and raising awareness about the conflict Project Girl Performance Collective (Performers)
Co-Presented by the Panzi FoundationPANEL DISCUSSION
Re-contextualizing Rape
Congo has been dubbed the "Rape Capital of the World",but why? This panel will explore the complexities that contribute to gender-based violence in Congo, and examine the role of rape in popular understanding of Congo's crisis. Panelists will discuss activist dilemmas in tackling the problem, offer perspectives from the ground, and suggest meaningful ways to make a difference.
Marie-Ange Bunga, Founder of Congo Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School
Lee Ann De Reus, President of the Board, Panzi Hospital Foundation
Shana Mongwana, , Founder and director of AFRICALIVES! Productions
Esther Ntoto
Panel Preceded by:
Voices Without Borders: Project Girl Congo
Project Girl Performance Collective will perform excerpts from a theatrical piece written and performed by youth (ages 12-21) based on the experience, strength and hope of girls in DR Congo and their own personal stories of survival. This original work was commissioned by Panzi Hospital Foundation USA.
Women Beyond War: A World March in Africa
Cultures of Resistance, 2010, 5 min.
Congo: A Common Cause
Dir. Shana Mongwana, 2011, 15 min.
Dir. Dieudo Hamadi, 2010, 18 min.
Wednesday, October 19, 7:30PM Congo in Harlem 3A week of films and events celebrating Congolese culture and raising awareness about the conflict
Kafka in Congo Dir. Marlène Rabaud and Arnaud Zajtman, 2010, 59 min.
Fifteen years ago, Gorette Mawuzu's land was stolen from her. Too poor to hire an attorney, she had been representing herself in court for the past decade and a half without clear resolution. At the same time, Bahati Lukwebo, an administrator responsible for the National Congolese Assembly's finances maneuvers to maintain his position within a dysfunctional bureaucracy. From opposite ends of the social spectrum, this elegantly observed film reveals the challenges and corruption built into Congo's legal system.
Discussion with directors Marlène Rabaud and Arnaud Zajtman, moderated by attorney/activist Joseph Mbangu
Series Partners and Friends: Friends of the Congo, V-Day Harlem, Man-Up, Now AfriCAN, New York African Film Festival,
Project Girl Performance Collective, HEAL Africa, Panzi Foundation, Cultures of Resistance, Mutaani FM, Yole!Africa, V-Day,
Thursday, October 20, 7:30 pm Congo in Harlem 3A week of films and events celebrating Congolese culture and raising awareness about the conflict
Thembo Kash: Cartooning For Justice DRC/CongoCultures of Resistance, 2010, 5 min.Murder in Kinshasa: Who Killed Laurent Désiré Kabila?
Dir. Marléne Rabaud and Arnaud Zajtman, 2011, 48 min.
On January 16th, 2001, Laurent Désiré Kabila, the President of DR Congo, was murdered by one of his bodyguards. Moments later, the bodyguard was shot and killed, setting the stage for one of Congo's greatest mysteries. With unprecedented access to key actors in the assassination -- including a hidden camera passed to one of the accused in prison -- Murder in Kinshasa poses vital questions about a case that will likely go unsolved in the annals of Congolese history.
Discussion with directors Marlène Rabaud and Arnaud Zajtman.
Friday, October 21, 7:30 pm Congo in Harlem 3A week of films and events celebrating Congolese culture and raising awareness about the conflict
Musician Isaac Katalay
Lexxus Legal: Hip Hop for Social ChangeCultures of Resistance, 2010, 4 min.Benda Bilili! Dir. Renaud Barret and Flaurent De La Tullaye, 2010, 85 min.Courtesy of National Geographic Entertainment
From the gritty slums of Kinshasa to packed concert halls in Europe, Benda Bilili! charts the improbable transformation of five paraplegics and a virtuoso street-kid into a global music phenomenon. Their band, Staff Benda Bilili ("Look Beyond Appearances") is living proof that against all odds, dreams can become reality.
Reception featuring live Congolese music by Isaac Katalay
Saturday, October 22, 2:00 pm Congo in Harlem 3A week of films and events celebrating Congolese culture and raising awareness about the conflict
**Special Riverside Church Screening***Presented by Friends of the Congo Location:Room 9T, Riverside Church New York City490 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10027Crisis in the Congo: Uncovering the Truth
Friends of the Congo, 2011, 26min.
A sneak peak at a short version of the forthcoming film Crisis in the Congo: Uncovering The Truth, which will explore the role that the United States, Rwanda, and Uganda have played in Congo's ongoing humanitarian crisis. The film unveils analysis and prescriptions from leading experts, practitioners, activists, and intellectuals, locating the Congo crisis in a historical, social, and political context.Panel discussion and reception with Congolese food.
This screening is free and open to the public
Viva Riva! Dir. Djo Munga, 2011, 96 min.Courtesy of Music Box FilmsRiva is a small time operator who has just returned to Kinshasa with a fortune in hijacked petrol. With wads of cash and out for a good time, Riva is soon entranced by a beautiful nightclub siren, who also happens to be the kept woman of a local gangster. Into the mix comes Riva's Angolan crime-lord ex-boss, who is after his stolen fuel. Director Djo Munga's high-octane thriller is the first major action film shot in Kinshasa in nearly two decades, and landmark film in Congolese cinema.Discussion with director Djo Munga + Reception with Congolese food
3:00 pm Congo in Harlem 3A week of films and events celebrating Congolese culture and raising awareness about the conflict Jimmie Briggs (Panelist) Kambale Musavuli (Panelist)
Youth Power: From Cairo to Congo Using the North African revolution as a starting point, this panel will explore the Congolese youth movement, and its potential impact on the upcoming elections as young Congolese strive to have greater say in the future of their country.
Jimmie Briggs, Journalist, author, and founder of the Man-Up campaign
Nathaniel Houghton, Founder and CEO of Congo Leadership Initiative
Priscillia Kounkou-Hoveyda, Co-Founder of NowAfriCAN
Kambale Musavuli, Activist and student coordinator for Friends of the Congo
Building Beyond Conflict: Inspiring Congolese Kids For A Brighter Future
Papy (Mon Histoire) Dir. Djo Munga, 2007, 53 min.When Papy, a policeman living in Kinshasa, discovers that he has AIDS his life begins to spin out of control. His wife abandons him, leaving him to care for their two children, and he is even rejected by his own sister. In order to get treatment, he must have a family member serve as a confidant, but with nobody to turn to, what will Papy do? Based on a true story, Papy is hard-hitting drama that ultimately inspires a message of hope.Discussion with director Djo Munga + closing night reception featuring Congolese music by Isaac Katalay
343 Malcolm X Boulevard / Lenox Avenue (between 127th and 128th Streets)
Suggested Admission: $10 (unless otherwise noted). The box office is open 12 - 6pm Monday - Friday and 1 hour before all showtimes till event end.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs,in partnership with the City Council.
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Vol.185
China's Interactive Displays Market Grew 15% in 2018
11 Jun 2019 - China’s interactive displays market continues to thrive, with last year’s sales closing in on 1.3 million units, according to a new Global Interactive Displays report from Futuresource Consulting.
Global Gaming Software Spend Hits $132 Billion
10 Jun 2019 - Consumer spend on gaming software continues to grow, achieving $132 billion, including mobile, PC and console games worldwide in 2018, according to a gaming trends market report from Futuresource Consulting.
80% of Universities in the USA Will Enable Cashless Payments by 2020 According to New Study
1 May 2019 - A new study carried out by Futuresource Consulting gauges the size of the higher education sector in North America and Western Europe and analyses how computing devices and related technologies are employed.
Amazon and Harman Wrestle for the Global Home Audio Crown, as Shipments Climbed 20% Year-on-Year
26 Apr 2019 - Home audio equipment shipments continue to climb, growing globally by nearly 20% year-on-year in Q4 2018, according to the Home Audio Tracker Report from Futuresource Consulting.
Media Box Market Sees a Return to Shipment Growth
19 Mar 2019 - The worldwide media box market, comprising set-top boxes (STBs) and media streamers, is forecast to achieve shipment growth of 1% in 2019, according to a new industry report from Futuresource Consulting.
True Wireless Headphones Demand Up 182% in Q4 2018
06 Mar 2019 - The global headphones market continued its meteoric rise in Q4 2018, with revenue growth outpacing unit shipments by a substantial margin, according to new quarterly figures released by Futuresource Consulting.
Wearables Riding High, 100m+ Units Shipped in 2018
28 Feb 2019 - Wearable technology continues to capture the interest of consumers and is riding an upward trend, with close to 105 million wearables shipped in 2018, a year-on-year increase of 10%, according to the latest Wearable Technology market report from Futuresource Consulting.
Foldable Phones at MWC: The Hype and the Future
26 Feb 2019 - MWC 2019 is in full flow in Barcelona, with foldable phones making their presence felt in news reports, and prototypes from a range of manufacturers stealing the show.
Global Home Audio Trade Revenues Approached $15 billion in 2018
The worldwide home audio market realised an increase of 21% in units in 2018, whilst posting revenues of nearly $15 billion, according to year-end estimates from a new Futuresource Consulting report.
Adoption of Voice Assistants Continues Grow and Expand
The recent uptake and demand for devices featuring voice assistants has continued to surge, according to findings from Futuresource Consulting’s new Voice Assistants in Home Electronics market report. Futuresource’s latest findings for home CE with voice assistants ‘built in’ showed 119 million devices were shipped worldwide in 2018.
Headphones Market Revenues Surged 26% in Q3
The global headphones market enjoyed an upsurge in revenues in Q3 this year, growing by 26% year-on-year, according to the latest quarterly tracking report from Futuresource Consulting.
4K UHD to Surpass 100 Million Shipments
As 2018 draws to a close, consumer interest in 4K UHD continues to climb, receiving a further push due to average retail prices reaching parity with HDTV sets, according to the latest market tracking report from Futuresource Consulting.
VR Games on Track 220% Growth in 2018
VR gaming and head mounted displays (HMDs) continue to experience rapid innovation in a stuttering market, amid a range of challenges and a turbulent hype cycle.
Gaming Headset Market to Exceed 50% Growth this Year
The video gaming headset market is on track to grow more than 50% this year, achieving a global market value of $1.2 billion, according to a new industry report from Futuresource Consulting.
Next Gen Driving Puts CE Companies Behind Wheel
30 Oct 2018 - As the automotive and entertainment worlds continue to converge, with next generation driving technology firmly at the wheel, Futuresource Consulting explores the trends and developments in its comprehensive new automotive market report.
4K UHD Poised to Take Over the Living Room
30 Oct 2018 - 2018 will be the year 4K UHD moves mainstream, accounting for nearly 50% of all TVs shipped worldwide by year end, according to a market tracking report from Futuresource Consulting.
K-12 Education Market Continues to Provide Growth Opportunities to PC OEMs and the Major OS Providers
05 Sep 2018 - Sales of Mobile PCs* into the K-12 education sector continue to rise in H1 2018, with annual shipments growing 4.6% year-on-year in the second quarter, reaching 6.5 million units, up from 5.5 million in the same period last year.
Smartwatch Market Expected to Grow 41% in 2018
30 Aug 2018 - We are experiencing exciting times across the mobile technology market, most notable the smartwatch category, which is witnessing a hotbed of diversification and innovation.
Advancements in the Consumer Video Device Market - How Action and 360-Degree Cameras are Capturing Public Interest
31 Aug 2018 - Worldwide volume demand for dedicated consumer video devices, such as action cameras, remained resilient in 2017. Futuresource’s new ‘Dedicated Consumer Video Device Market Report’ details how the demand for action cameras continues to be driven by sports enthusiasts, and more increasingly, casual users.
Global Home Audio Market Breaks the $13 Billion Barrier
31 Aug 2018 - The global home audio market continues to climb, with hardware shipments increasing by 23% in 2017, according to a comprehensive new report from Futuresource Consulting.
Voice Assistant Technology Making Waves into the B2B and Institutional Sectors
05 Jul 2018 - The explosion of Voice Assistant (VA) technology in the consumer segment has been phenomenal, with 37 million units of smart speakers installed worldwide as of end 2017.
The Game Changing Dynamics of the Wearables Market
2 July 2018 - The latest quarterly worldwide wearables market report is now available from Futuresource. It highlights game-changing dynamics across this market landscape, which shipped 24.3 million devices in Q1 2018, generating a total market retail value of US$4.4 billion.
Worldwide Home Audio - A Landscape of Stark Contrasts and Opportunities: Pricing, Shipments, Regions and Brands
07 Jun 2018 - The latest quarterly update on the worldwide audio market is now available from Futuresource Consulting and states that 'home audio' shipments, including wireless speakers, soundbars and hi-fi systems, grew by 25%, accumulating a total of 27 million units during January to March 2018.
FIFA World Cup Propels 4K Projector Market to Fever Pitch, as Sales Soar 808% YoY
05 Jun 2018 - Although the first match day is just over a week away, the impact of the promotional sell-in activity surrounding the World Cup is already being felt in the projector market. Feedback from the channel, across both sides of the Atlantic, suggest that brands are 'making hay while the sun shines' with regard to the World Cup, heavily publicising recent price drops of the 4K and 1080p solutions.
Collaboration, Innovation, Flexibility - Making Sense of Meeting Room Technology Spend
15 May 2018 - Futuresource Consulting has announced the availability of its brand new 'Corporate End-User Study', which highlights the opportunities for an ever-broadening range of suppliers to the this rapidly evolving and developing market sector.
Location-Based VR to Reach $809 Million, as Consumers Embrace the Social Side of the Immersive Tech
31 May 2018 - News reports of experiential location-based virtual reality (LBVR) in shopping arcades, theme parks and movie theatres are taking the global press by storm. Companies including FoxNext, Zero Latency and Disney's ILMxLab with Star Wars are demonstrating that LBVR is a viable business for investment, which is clearly enticing mainstream consumers to satisfy their VR curiosity.
Smart Home Devices and Appliances: Consumer Ownership and Attitudes - The Battle of the Smart Home Trojans Continues
As Google and Amazon continue to jostle to position themselves as providers of the leading smart home voice control device, Futuresource Consulting delivers its fourth timely consumer survey.
4K UHD and Premium Sets to Drive Worldwide TV Trade Value up 5% in 2018
Consumer demand for TV sets is poised to return to growth in 2018, according to the latest Worldwide TV Market Report from Futuresource Consulting.
Voice Assistants Incorporated Into the Fabric of the Smart Home
08 Mar 2018 - Voice Assistants (VAs) are being integrated into an increasing number and variety of connected consumer devices in multiple markets and are on course to develop as a major user interface over the next 2-3 years, according to the latest Futuresource Consulting Report 'Voice Assistants in Consumer Electronics'.
Global K-12 Mobile PC Market Projected to pick up in 2018, as Large National Projects Compensate the Slow Down in the USA
06 Mar 2018 - Global sales of Mobile PCs into the K-12 market increased in 2017, with annual shipments growing 11% year-on-year, reaching 29.2 million units, up from 26.3 million in 2016.
Mobile Gaming 40% of Global Spend on Games
22 Feb 2018 - According to the latest research from Futuresource Consulting, software spend across all gaming platforms (mobile, PC and console) and regions reached $116 Billion in 2017, with mobile accounting for $46 billion. This is expected to exceed $60 billion by 2022, with China anticipated to drive growth and account for almost a fifth of global mobile gaming revenue.
Virtual Reality Evolution Continues but Expectations Re-Assessed
28 Feb 2018 - At the beginning of 2017, VR (Virtual Reality) was course to enjoy widespread adoption. However, during the year device sales fell short of expectations, according to the latest findings from Futuresource Consulting's latest VR quarterly tracker.
US SVoD Culture Continues to Strengthen, Reaching 125 Million Subscribers in 2018
19 Feb 2018 - The overall US video and Pay-TV market continues its healthy overall growth and is set to reach $140 billion by the end of 2018, according to the latest video entertainment report from Futuresource Consulting.
Wireless Speakers Command 75% of Home Audio Shipments, Smart Speakers Driving Growth
09 Jan 2018 - Wireless speakers accounted for three in every four shipments across the entire home audio hardware category in 2017, according to global end-of-year estimates released by Futuresource Consulting.
Wi-Fi Set to Dominate Smart Laundry and Refrigeration Appliances
03 Jan 2018 - Connected refrigerators and washing machines more than doubled in sales in 2017 and are on course to represent more than half of the global market by 2021, according to Futuresource Consulting's latest Worldwide Home Appliance Market report.
Mobile PC Sales in to US K-12 Education Starting to Slow as the Market Looks Towards Replacement Cycles
06 Dec 2017 - Following multiple years of strong double-digit growth, the market for Mobile PCs* into the US K-12 education sector is showing signs of maturity, as penetration is starting to reach relatively high levels. Quarter three saw market volumes grow just 3.5% year-on-year.
Comprehensive CE Update Reveals Winners, Losers and Future Opportunities
30 November 2017 - Futuresource Consulting has published its comprehensive annual report on the state of the worldwide consumer electronics landscape, revealing worldwide CE sales grew 0.3% in 2016 to reach $673 billion at trade level, on track to achieve 1.7% CAGR to 2021.
Smart Home Market Worth $6 Billion By End of Year and Rising Fast
04 Oct 2017 - Smart home devices are shaking off their novelty image and moving mainstream to become one of the fastest growing consumer electronics categories of 2017.
Consumers' Desire for 'Smart' Audio Systems Speaks Volumes
20 Sep 2017 - Voice enabled 'smart' speakers are driving global home audio sales upwards, despite a softening in demand for non-smart speakers and soundbars and a decline in sales of hi-fi systems, per Futuresource Consulting's latest Home Audio Quarterly Tracker.
Wireless Technology Giving More Impetus for Growth in New Segments
20 Sep 2017 - Futuresource Consulting has published its worldwide headphone quarterly tracker and the latest figures indicated that shipments rose to 80.2 million units in the second quarter of 2017, helping drive retail revenues up 28% year-on-year.
Shifting Demographics and Premium Tiers Driving Next Wave of SVoD Growth
05 Sep 2017 - Subscription Video on Demand (SVoD) is maintaining its momentum, with Netflix and Amazon continuing to lead the charge in the first half of 2017, despite increased maturity. This is according to the latest biannual 'Living With Digital' consumer research report from Futuresource Consulting covering the USA, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Australia and Japan.
Mobile Augmented and Mixed Reality - The Race Is On
Augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) presents many opportunities for application enhancement and new monetisation opportunities, but the technologies are still a long-way from being an everyday feature of consumers' lives, according to Futuresource's latest industry tracking report for AR and MR in mobile.
Home Audio Revenues on Target to Grow 17% in 2017
A new report from Futuresource Consulting shows the home audio market continues to outpace the wider home electronics market.
Smart Speakers Set to Capture 30% of US Audio Market in 2017, VPAs Poised to Create New Market Opportunities
The allure of smart speakers continues to attract the attention of consumers, bucking the wider audio market's slowdown and even reinventing Amazon as the world's largest audio equipment vendor. However, that's just the beginning of a wider market transformation, with voice personal assistants (VPAs) at the heart of a new CE land grab, according to a comprehensive new market report from Futuresource Consulting.
Smart Device Owners Enjoy Their Benefits Around the Home and Want More
The smart home is poised to emerge by stealth as consumers who install their first device will be keen on automating further, according to the latest Futuresource consumer research.
VR IN EDUCATION: GENUINE LEARNING APPLICATIONS BUT COMMERCIALISATION UNCLEAR
Immersive technologies are creating whole new EdTech worlds and opportunities for learning, yet monetisation models need to be established.
MOBILE GAMING SALES DRIVES GLOBAL MARKET PAST $100 BILLION
The global video games software market will exceed $100 billion this year, driven by phenomenal growth of both mobile and PC and new console launches from all three of the major players providing stimulus to the category finds Futuresource Consulting in its new GAMES INSIGHTS: Global Video Games Market Report. Consumer spending on mobile gaming will account for half ($45 billion) of all digital gaming software revenues this year as smartphone and tablet install bases are increasingly reaching their peak in developed countries, and developing nations growth is exploding.
STRONG 4K UHD UPTAKE HELPING MAINTAIN VALUE IN CHALLENGING TV SET MARKET
4K UHD TV sales are poised to grow by a further 38% in 2017 to account for more than a third of the worldwide TV market, according to latest projections from Futuresource Consulting.
SCREENLESS TV: CHINESE BRANDS CHANGING THE FACE OF THE LIVING ROOM
Innovative technologies for displaying TV content without the glass oblong or staid grey box are set to offer consumers a new viewing concept and a fantastic opportunity to re-invigorate living room design, according to 'A Review of the Global Screenless TV Market' report released by Futuresource Consulting.
Demand for home appliances is accelerating, with ‘SMART’ features now poised for rapid roll-out
The home appliances sector accelerated in 2016, as global shipments grew by 4% to 247 million refrigeration and laundry units according to the latest 'Worldwide Home Appliance Market Report' published by Futuresource Consulting. Continued volume growth is expected over the next five years, for a market that is worth $85 billion a year.
FLEXIBLE DISPLAY MARKET EXPECTED TO SURGE TO OVER $200BN WITHIN 5 YEARS, CREATING RADICAL NEW PRODUCT CONCEPTS
Smartphones which unfold to become tablets, adjustable curved TVs and pop-up presentation screens are just some of a radical new wave of product concepts made possible by advances in flexible display technology, highlighted in the latest research report from Futuresource Consulting.
US K-12 Education Digital Management Platforms & Tools Market to Grow at a CAGR of 4.5% to 2020, to Reach $1.83 Billion
The education technology landscape is rapidly evolving. The adoption of mobile PC's in classrooms, the digitisation of content, a growing reliance on cloud services and a high penetration of smart devices amongst parents, teachers and students are just some of the catalysts for change.
Audio Hardware Sales Up 28%, Futuresource Quarterly Tracker Reveals
Audio hardware continues to outpace the wider CE sector, with global Q4 sales growing 28% year-on-year to $10.2 billion, according to new data from Futuresource Consulting's quarterly audio tracking service.
INNOVATION DRIVES AUDIO MARKET TO NEW HEIGHTS
Sales of wireless audio devices and headphones are already booming – and there’s much more growth in prospect as a result of developments such as Voice Personal Assistant (VPA) speakers and feature-rich headphones, according to research from Futuresource Consulting.
THE NEVER-ENDING MARCH OF ENTERTAINMENT ROUND THE WORLD - GLOBAL HOME VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT SPEND REACHED $251.5 BILLION IN 2016
Futuresource Consulting has recently released its annual evaluation of the health and shape of global home video entertainment, detailing the macro trends of 2016, in addition to insights for 2017 and beyond.
WORLDWIDE CE REVENUES RETURNED TO GROWTH IN 2016
CE market revenues returned to growth in 2016, following 2015's 'blip'. Growth was modest, however, at 1.2% (to reach $680 billion), as 'emerging' markets faltered, mobile revenues slowed and categories such as small-screen TV's and cameras continued to be squeezed by convergence.
Futuresource Consulting has recently released its annual evaluation of the health and shape of global home video entertainment, detailing the macro trends of 2016, in addition to insights for 2017 and beyond. This latest analysis highlights that households are spending more than ever before on video entertainment, and in 2016, the combined home video and Pay-TV market totalled $251.5 billion, up by 3% comparative to 2015
Worldwide TV Market Begins to Stablise, Worth $86 Billion by Year End
After a 2% decline in worldwide TV shipments last year, 2016 is showing signs of a turnaround, with the market flattening out to end the year on 225 million units, achieving a value of $86 billion according to a new report from Futuresource Consulting.
CE Manufacturers the Real Winners from 4K UHD
Futuresource Consulting has published its latest 4K report highlighting industry momentum for the adoption of 4K Ultra High Definition (UHD). Consumer electronics manufacturers are rolling out a greater range of capable devices at mass market prices.
The World of Digital Entertainment and Multi-tasking Generation Z
Futuresource has recently published the latest findings from the 6th wave of Kids Tech. Its consumer research programme specifically focused on children aged 3 through to 16 across USA, UK, Germany & China, providing ongoing monitoring of their digital media consumption and its influence on their habits and interests.
Audio Industry Set to Capitalise on New Role at Centre of the Smart Home
Voice recognition technology is shaking up the CE industry, broadening the horizons of speaker vendors and reinventing the audio device as the gatekeeper of voice, smart home and machine learning.
Sales of Personal PCs into Global K-12 Education Market Hits Short Term Slow Down in 2016, as Poor Economic Conditions Hit Large Education Tenders
Futuresource Consulting projections of a difficult year for the sales of personal computers into the K-12 education sector* are looking correct with the status of several large scale national tenders uncertain due to unstable economic and political conditions.
New Consumer Research Study by Futuresource Consulting:Smart Home and Smart Appliances is Next Battleground for CE Sector, But Consumer Confusion Widespread
Smart home automation, smart appliance ownership and smart home surveillance could be primed and ready for growth, though progress is being hindered by widespread confusion, according to a comprehensive new consumer research report from Futuresource Consulting.
Voice Heralds Next Generation Features in Wireless Speakers and Smart Home Applications
With the consumer electronics (CE) show IFA now in full swing, Futuresource Consulting would like to highlight the importance that voice will play in next generation CE products.
Video Drone Sales Reach $1.5 Billion in 2015, with Further Growth Predicted
Futuresource Consulting has announced the release of a new worldwide drone market report, which addresses the potential for the overall drone market, with an in-depth look into the key trends, opportunities and barriers across the video, toy and specialist drone markets.
Futuresource Proves Accuracy of its Forecasting - Expects Projector Market Value to Climb
Despite the numerous and varied factors impacting the projector market, Futuresource continues to predict the development of volume sales with supreme accuracy.
Wearable Tech a Key Growth Area in a Heavily Challenged Consumer Electronics Market
Futuresource Consulting's latest review of the long term outlook for the worldwide consumer electronics market highlights the challenges and opportunities that face the industry following a year that saw trade value fall by 1.3% to $676 billion.
Digital Media Adaptor (DMA) Market Growth Fuelled by Strong Uptake of OTT Services
Futuresource Consulting has published its latest worldwide digital media adaptor (DMA) report to provide a comprehensive insight into the media streaming device market. 2015 saw shipments of 42 million DMAs,
Audio Business Continues to Evolve with new Entrants Amazon and Google Creating Opportunities for Growth and Innovation
Futuresource Consulting has announced the latest results from its worldwide audio equipment tracking service, which states that in 2015, worldwide demand for home audio products grew by 24% to 88.2 million units, whilst trade value remained stable at $9.8 billion.
Futuresource Consulting – E3 Gaming Show- Los Angeles – Outlook and Opportunities in the $80 Billion Games Software Market
With E3 now upon us, Futuresource Consulting has recently published its Global Video Games Market Report, which complements the anticipated key themes from the show. It also provides a benchmark for current market performance, sizing and trends together with an outlook to 2020 on a global and regional basis. As part of this, it highlights growth opportunities, which are anticipated to be reflected by announcements that Futuresource expects to see at #E32016.
Personal Computing in K-12 Q1 2016:Global K-12 Education Market Projected to Slow in 2016 as Poor Economic Conditions Hit Large Education Tenders
Futuresource Consulting – London is projecting a difficult year for the sales of personal computers into the K-12 education sector*, with the status of several large scale national tenders uncertain due to unstable economic conditions.
Digital Disruption in the Photo Apps & Sharing Market
The consumer photo printing market is changing before our eyes. In the last couple of years the traditional digital and film print market has seen, a yearly, double digit decline. In 2015, the consumer photo print market in Western Europe fell, in value terms, by 4.7%. Conversely, today we see it stabilise through digital disruption, in the positive sense.
Worldwide Headphones Market worth $11.2 Billion as Prices Accelerated by 11% in 2015
New research from Futuresource Consulting reveals that the worldwide headphones market enjoyed another year of robust volume and price growth in 2015. Shipments grew 7% to reach 331.3 million units, while retail value surged by an impressive 19% to $11.2 billion.
4K UHD TV Sales Leapt by 160% in 2015 and will Approach 140 Million Units Globally by 2020:
Futuresource Consulting has released its latest worldwide TV market report which states that shipments of 4K Ultra High Definition (4K UHD) sets grew by almost 160% in 2015 to total 32 million units, equivalent to 14% of all sets sold. This is expected to rise to almost 140 million by 2020, by which time 4K UHD shipments will command 52% of the market.
Education Hardware Technology Spend in K-12 Increases by 7% in 2015
Futuresource Consulting, the leading provider of education technology research, has published its annual strategic technology in education report, delivering a fully-comprehensive view of the global education landscape.
Basel World - Smartwatch Market 2016
Futuresource Consulting is about to release its latest Global Wearables Q4 2015 results, which highlights that 99 million devices were sold across all categories, growing by 76% year-on-year. Retail value was $24bn, increasing by 267% from the previous year, highlighting a marginal increase in the overall average selling price per device.
Personal Computer Sales to K-12 Education Continue to Rise as OS War Hots Up
7th March 2016 – London - Adoption of personal computers within the K-12 education sector continued to increase across 2015, with shipments of devices rising more than 12% globally according to the recently published Futuresource Consulting 'Personal Computing in K-12 Education – Q4 2015 Market Track' report. Global shipments reached 29.6 million units in 2015, up from 26.4 million in 2014.
What to Expect at Integrated Systems Europe ISE2016
The Futuresource Professional Display team is all set to explore the halls of the Amsterdam RAI exhibition centre to scope out what is on offer at The Integrated Systems Europe 2016 (#ISE2016) during the 9th to the 12th February.
Consumer VR Content to reach $8.3 Billion by 2020
Futuresource Consulting has announced the publication of its new Virtual Reality (VR) Report titled 'Virtual Reality – Niche or Mass Market?' This review provides unique user and consumer insight data, as well as presenting a kaleidoscopic view of the barriers, drivers and ecosystems that should be considered when evaluating investment in this market place and understanding what key factors will take this technology from niche to mass market.
Pro Camcorders are Increasingly Being Used Within Studio Settings
According to the 2016 System & Box Camera Market report from Futuresource Consulting pro camcorders are increasingly competing with system cameras in the studio environment due to CAPEX savings.
Worldwide Photographer Population to Exceed 4 Billion in 2015, Fuelled by Smartphone Adoption and Usage
According to the latest report issued by Futuresource, the worldwide population of photographers has grown by a factor of 8 over the last 10 years, to more than 4 billion, while the number of photos captured annually has increased 6-fold to 1.2 trillion.
A Day in a Life of the 2015/2016 Kids
Futuresource Consulting will this week be going to field with its latest wave of consumer research focusing on kids between 3 and 12 years old, highlighting patterns and insight into technology usage and entertainment content consumption in the USA, China, Germany and UK.
Microsoft Expected to Fight Back in Global K-12 Market in 2016
According to the latest Futuresource Consulting Education-Tech K-12 Market Report*, Microsoft and its Windows Operating System (OS) is poised to raise its game in the fight for adoption and market share in the worldwide K-12 PC/Tablet market in 2016.
Virtual and Mixed Reality - The Future is Nearly Here
Innovative, cutting edge technology and what it means to consumer entertainment continues to be on the forefront of the agenda at Futuresource Consulting as it announces the imminent release of its latest report covering Virtual Reality (VR) and Mixed Reality (MR).
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Futuresource Predicts Bluetooth Headphones to be One of the Top Selling CE Gifts this Christmas
The latest Futuresource Headphones Market Report provides not only a snapshot of the current trends and forthcoming evolutions in headphone technology but also serves as a tip top guide for Christmas tech gadget shopping.
Photo Printing from Smartphones has Doubled in Two Years
Photo printing seems like a long-forgotten exercise for many and, for others, it's something that they are too young to have grown up with.
September 7th 2015
Virtual Reality is Growing at a Rapid Pace, Opening up New Markets for Various Industries
The truly immersive experience of VR is opening up new markets for various industries to diversify and integrate into.
September 1st 2015
Another Record Quarter for the Interactive Displays Market
The interactive whiteboard market has grown at a tremendous pace over the last decade. Initially major uptake was in the UK, Mexico and the USA, but they have now become common place across the globe.
Worldwide 4K TV Shipments Set to Surpass 30m Units in 2015:Futuresource Consulting
According to the worldwide TV market report from Futuresource Consulting, 4K TV shipments are expected to grow by 147% in 2015, despite overall 2% fall in TV sales.
Distribution Encoder Market Revenues to Decline 21% by 2020
According to the latest report from Futuresource Consulting, the broadcast (linear) encoder markets are due to decline over the next five years. Revenues are expected to decline by 21% in the distribution market and by 10% in the contribution market.
July 23 2015 Bluetooth Speakers Drive Growth in Home Audio
According to the latest Worldwide Home Audio Market report from Futuresource Consulting, the home audio market (Wireless Speakers, Soundbars, Hi-Fi Systems, A/V Receivers and Speaker Docks) grew by 22% to ship 71 million units.
03 July 2015 Worldwide Action Camera Market Up Nearly 50%
According to the latest report issued by Futuresource Consulting, the worldwide action camera market grew by 44% year on year in 2014, reaching 7.6 million units, with a retail value of $3.2 billion.
White-Label Tablet Sales Continue to Outpace the Market
According to the latest Worldwide Tablet Report from Futuresource Consulting the emergence of low-cost Android devices are causing a dilution of Apple's market share. The introduction of lower-priced iPads, and the aggressive PC brand pricing strategy has made the average tablet price fall dramatically between 2010 and 2014.
Narrow Pixel Pitch LEDs Showing its Powerful Punch in the Global Videowall Market and is predicted to own 31% of Videowall Value by 2019
Futuresource Consulting has continued its decade long study and released the fifth edition of the global videowall report which explores the adoption rates of technologies in the tiled display market.
Leading Headphones Brands 'Rock It Up' as Market Celebrates Growth
According to a new report by Futuresource Consulting, worldwide shipments of headphones grew by 8.5% in 2014 to 309.5 million units.
Seizing the Smart Home Opportunity:Futuresource Consulting Maps out the Landscape for the Next Big Bang
Futuresource Consulting has just released its latest smart home report, which maps out the smart home landscape. The report identifies the key drivers, such as security, that are shaping demand and assesses the likely impact these drivers will have on the expanding consumer markets.
Global Market for Wearable Technology Worth $8.9bn in 2014
Futuresource, UK, 9 April 2015 - is announcing the release of the global wearable technology report highlighting how the market for wearable technology was worth over $8.9bn in 2014, with 56 million devices shipped in the year. Here are some highlights from the latest research:
Digital Video Market Set to Flourish in 2015
Futuresource Consulting, UK, April - Futuresource Consulting has announced the release of the Video Insights series, a collection of market reports that map out and assess the current and future trends across the video entertainment landscape, highlighting latest market trends, challenges and opportunities across Australia, Italy, Russia, Turkey, UK and USA.
Interactive Display Market Remains Resilient with Market Value Up 19%:
Despite the increased focus on PCs and tablets, interactive display value is growing due to a strong transition to higher priced interactive flat panels, which accounted for over 1/3rd of the market in 2014, according to the latest research from Futuresource Consulting.
Mobile Computing Devices Gaining Traction in Education: Futuresource Issues Personal Computing in K-12 Education Market Track Report
Futuresource, UK, 1 March 2015 – According to the latest report from Futuresource Consulting, the market for mobile computing devices in the compulsory education sector (K-12) has risen by 18.3%, with the number of devices shipped into K-12 education globally in Q4 2014 amounting to 5.7million.
Online Subscription Video Services Driving Connected TV Activities:
Futuresource Consulting
Futuresource Consulting's latest wave of Living with Digital consumer research highlights the continued shift in entertainment behaviour amongst respondents. One key trend is the emergence of TV as an increasingly connected device, either directly on the connected TV or through ancillary devices such as digital media adaptors (DMA) or connected set-top-boxes, both of which have emerged as very important devices.
The Real Scoop on International CES - Wearable Tech:
With International CES well underway and a team of Futuresource analysts walking the halls and reporting their findings in breakfast webinars, this release is the first in a series that explores some of the key technologies on show and provides Futuresource market forecasts for the relevant CE segments.
4K Demand To Grow at 72% CAGR Until 2018
The worldwide television market is forecast to grow to 234 million units in 2014, representing a 3% growth from 2013, according to the latest research from Futuresource Consulting.
Record Quarter for Chromebooks in US K-12 Education Market: More Than One Million Units Shipped
Google's Chromebook platform is the best-selling device in US K-12 education for the second quarter in a row, according to the latest report from Futuresource Consulting on the global uptake of personal computers in K-12 education.
7 November 2014 Smart TV Sales Skyrocket, TV Brands Rethink Content Strategies
Smart TV sales reached 90 million units worldwide in 2013 and will grow at 21% CAGR to reach 228 million in 2018, according to a new Smart TV report from Futuresource Consulting.
05 November 2014 Q3 Wearables Market Up 40% Year-on-Year: Futuresource Consulting
Consumer demand for wearable technology is rising fast, with Q3 global shipments totalling 12.7 million units, up 40% from just over nine million units in Q3 2013, according to the latest quarterly research from Futuresource Consulting.
October 2014 Headphones Market Booming, Volume and Value On The Up
The global headphones market expanded by nearly 10% in volume last year to reach 286 million units shipped, triggering 16% growth in retail value and revenues of $8.4 billion, according to a new market report from Futuresource Consulting.
Tablets On The Upswing In Global Education Markets, Achieve 100% Growth:
Uptake of personal computers in the global K-12 education market is growing apace, with competition between different form factors intensifying, according to the latest edition of Futuresource Consulting's K-12 Education Technology Market Track study.
K-12 Education Market Hotting Up as Form Factors Go To War
Competition between different personal computing devices and form factors is hotting up within the US K-12 education market as districts and schools continue to purchase personal computers for students and teachers.
Interactive Displays Achieve 270,000 Unit Sales in Q2 2014
Interactive whiteboards and interactive flat panel displays in the education and corporate sectors achieved close to 270,000 unit sales in Q2 2014, a similar volume to Q2 last year and a good pick up after a quiet Q1, according to the latest quarterly research from Futuresource Consulting.
Global Pro Camcorder Market up 5% in H1 2014, 4K is Key to Future Growth
The global pro camcorder market enjoyed a buoyant first half of 2014 with an overall increase of 5% (7,000 units) from H1 2013 to reach a total of 149,000 units, according to the latest pro camcorder tracking report from Futuresource Consulting.
Streaming Music Subscriptions to Exceed $3bn in USA and Western Europe this Year
Paid-for streaming music subscription services have experienced significant growth in both the USA and key markets in Western Europe, with paid-for subscribers in these territories expected to double to over 20 million in 2014 compared to 2012, according to the latest research from Futuresource Consulting.
Global Smartphone Shipments to Exceed 1.2 Billion in 2014
Global smartphone unit shipments were up 50% in 2013, exceeding one billion units, and on target to surpass 1.2 billion shipments in 2014, according to the latest research from Futuresource Consulting.
Q2 Global Projector Market Grows 17% in Volume, 9% in Value
Global projector shipments grew a staggering 17% in volume YoY in Q2, to two million units and in value terms the market grew 9% to hit $2.4 billion, according to the latest quarterly research from Futuresource Consulting.
Set-Top-Box Market Trade Value at $20 Billion in 2013
Global STB (Set-Top-Box) shipments in 2013 remained relatively stable, despite competition from other devices such as Smart TVs and Digital Media Adaptors, according to the latest research from Futuresource Consulting.
US Video Entertainment Spend to Peak at $123 Billion Next Year
The overall US video entertainment market (subscription Pay-TV, box office, packaged home video, Pay-TV VoD and paid-for online video) continues to grow in low single digits, reaching $120 billion in 2013 - a 2% increase on 2012 - and is on track to peak at $123 billion in 2015, according to the latest industry report from Futuresource Consulting.
Action Cameras on Course to Reach 9 Million Units in 2018
Worldwide demand for action cameras reached almost 5 million units in 2013 - which represented annual growth of 47% - and on track to reach 9 million units in 2018, according to the latest research from Futuresource Consulting.
Children's Research Study Shows Traditional Playtime Still Relevant in a High-Tech World
It's easy to get carried away with the idea that the increased availability of technology, broadcast programming and digital content has radically changed the make-up of children's playtime and altered overall habits for device usage and media consumption.
European Photo Prints Market Still Greater Than Photobook and Photo-Merchandise Combined
The photo prints market continues to make up the lion's share of revenues within the European photo industry, last year generating revenues at retail that were 130% the size of the photobook and photo-merchandise markets combined, according to the latest research from Futuresource Consulting.
Global Education Hardware Technology Spend Hits $13 Billion
The global spend on education technology within classrooms reached US$13 billion last year, up 11% on 2012, according to a new market study from Futuresource Consulting, the leading provider of education technology research.
Global Video Wall Market Posts 25% YoY Growth
The videowall market maintained its strong growth trajectory in 2013, posting nearly 60% CAGR from 2009 to 2013 to reach sales of 449,000 units, according to a new industry report from Futuresource Consulting.
Total UK Video Entertainment Spend Expected to Reach ﾂ｣10 Billion by 2018
Overall video entertainment spend in the UK is expected to reach ﾂ｣10 billion by 2018, averaging 2% annual growth between 2014 and 2018. Pay-TV and subscription VoD services will be the key drivers, with transactional digital video showing moderate growth.
Mexican Video & TV Entertainment Spend set to Reach USD 4.5 Billion in 2014
Overall consumer spend on video and TV entertainment in Mexico grew by 9% in 2013 to reach USD$4.2 billion (54.5 billion pesos) and is forecast to reach USD$4.5 billion (58.8 billion pesos) in 2014, according to the latest research from Futuresource Consulting.
Global TV Set Market Forcast for Growth, 4K to Boost Value
After a weak performance from the global TV set market in 2013 - with revenues and shipments down 4% and 2.6% respectively - the segment is expected to return to growth in 2014, according to a new strategic report from Futuresource Consulting.
Global Large Format Display Market Posts 20% Growth in 2013
Worldwide shipments of professional flat panel displays increased by 8% quarter-on-quarter in CYQ4 2013 to reach 567,000 units and finish the year with 20% volume growth, according to the latest research from Futuresource Consulting.
Worldwide shipments of Front Projectors reach $2.63 billion
Worldwide shipments of front projectors grew reasonably year-on-year by 6% to 2.12 million units in CYQ4 2013, representing $2.63 billion in value, according to the latest research from Futuresource Consulting.
Record-breaking sales of 1.3 million for interactive whiteboards and flat panel displays.
Global sales of interactive whiteboards and interactive flat panel displays in the education and corporate sectors reached 1.3 million units in 2013, up 1% on the previous year and making it the largest year on record, according to the final 2013 quarterly research report from Futuresource Consulting.
Consumer Photobook market hit unit sales of 25 million in 2013:
The Western European consumer photobook market is on track to achieve unit sales of almost 27 million units in 2014, according to the latest photobook research from Futuresource Consulting, up from an expected 25 million in 2013.
Global Pro Camcorder Market Remained Stable Overall in 2013, Though Many Regional Fluctuations
The global* pro camcorder market remained stable in 2013 with a decrease of less than 1% from the previous year, to reach 289,000 units in total, according to newly released figures from Futuresource Consulting. However, the end of year data shows that the stability of the overall market hides very different regional pictures.
One billion TV-centric connected devices now in homes.
The global installed base of TV-centric connected devices surpassed one billion units in 2013 and will exceed two billion by 2017, driven by smart TV, IP-enabled set top boxes, game consoles, Blu-ray players and low cost digital media adapters, according to the latest research from Futuresource Consulting.
Individual Computing Devices at 10% Penetration in K-12 Education by 2017:
Global penetration of mobile computing devices within K-12 education is forecast to reach almost 10% by the end of 2017, growing from just over 3% in 2012, according to Futuresource Consulting's quarterly tracking service 'Mobile Computing in Education'.
Wearable electronics market on track to exceed $8 billion in 2013.
The consumer wearable electronics segment - comprising wireless and smartwatches, activity trackers, wearable GPS, heart rate monitors and smartglasses - is experiencing a period of rapid growth with a forecast value of over $8 billion in 2013, according to the latest research from Futuresource Consulting.
European action cam sales will exceed 60 million in 2013, up 47% on last year
Action Camera sales in Europe are on track to grow 矜ｬｱ17 million in 2013, to reach 矜ｬｳ61 million and are forecast to continue the strong growth for the next five years according to a new report from Futuresource Consulting.
Headphones market to exceed $8 billion in 2013
The worldwide AV headphones market is on track to ship 284 million units this year, equivalent to growth of 9% over 2012, with revenues forecast to reach $8.2 billion according to new research from Futuresource Consulting
Smartphone market continues to see rapid growth in 2013 with a growth rate of 29% from 2012
The smartphone market continues to see rapid growth worldwide, reaching 919 million units in 2013, representing a growth rate of 29% from 2012 and total mobile handsets grew 6.9% to reach 1.7 billion units. Also in 2013 for the first time, shipment volume of Smartphone handsets will overtake the number of standard handsets shipped and this trend will continue through to 2017.
Digital games spend wins out against packaged product: $23 billion and climbing
2013 is expected to be a landmark year for digital gaming, with the launch of Sony's PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's Xbox One, together with the growing role of non-dedicated gaming platforms, as the boom in smartphone and tablet adoption continues.
Global 3DTV sales to increase 166% by 2017, though content becomes restricted:Futuresource Consulting
Consumer uptake of 3D hardware continues apace, with the market on track to achieve 157.7 million 3DTV sales in 2017, up from a forecast of 59.3 million for 2013, according to a new report from Futuresource Consulting.
50% of people sharing digital images via laptop, 1 in 3 still printing photos: New Futuresource Research
50% of people across the UK, Germany, Russia and the USA are using their laptops to share digital images with their family and friends, according to a new consumer research study from Futuresource Consulting.
Packaged console games market to grow by $400m+ in 2014
With the launch of Xbox One and PS4 confirmed for Q4 this year (Asia 2014), the global packaged console games market will increase by $430 million in retail value in 2014, reaching ﾂ｣18.7 billion according to a new console, handheld and PC gaming market report from Futuresource Consulting.
Pay TV set top box market healthy, growth expected to 2016
August 2013 London, UK-Global Pay TV set top box (STB) shipments continue to grow, with demand expected to peak at 180 million units in 2016, according to new research from Futuresource Consulting.
Interactive whiteboard and flat panel display sales up 20% in first half 2013
For the first half of 2013, sales of interactive whiteboards and interactive flat panel displays in the education and corporate sectors were up 20%, according to the latest quarterly research from Futuresource Consulting.
TV Market Returns to Growth in 2013, 4K Breaking Through from 2015:New Research from Futuresource Consulting
The global TV market will return to growth in 2013 after shipments fell by 6% last year, with growth continuing out to 2017 according to a new report from Futuresource Consulting.
Digital Media Adaptor Market on track for 40% Growth:New Futuresource Consulting Report
Global shipments of Digital Media Adapters 矚ﾅ‥evices designed to stream content to the TV from the internet and IP connected devices 矚ﾅ『ill grow nearly 40% this year, with the market on track to double in size by 2017, according to a new industry report from Futuresource Consulting.
EMEA HDD Tracker: Futuresource Q4 results show market declining 17%
The external hard disk drive market in EMEA had a difficult first half last year, mainly due to supply chain challenges in 2011, culminating in annual volumes for 2012 falling by 17% to 21.5 million.
Mobile Computing in Schools: 29% Growth in 2012
Global sales of mobile computing devices in K12 education exceeded 4.4 million units in Q4, with full year performance for 2012 increasing by 29% to reach 15.6 million, according to the latest research from Futuresource Consulting.
Camera Accessories Market: $5.1bn Trade Value in 2012
Worldwide demand for camera accessories including lenses, bags, cases, supports and flashes, reached a trade market value of $5.1bn in 2012, according to a new global industry report from Futuresource Consulting.
USA Photo-Merchandise Market Grew 18% To Over $1.5 Billion In 2012
The USA consumer photo-merchandise market grew 18% to over $1.5 billion in 2012 and positive growth is expected to continue with the market developing to over $1.9 billion by 2015, according to the new photo-merchandise market report from Futuresource Consulting.
2012 Q4 Tablet Market Skyrockets, With 64 Million Units Shipped
Global tablet sales reached 64 million units in Q4 2012, representing quarterly growth of nearly 100% and year-on-year growth of 119%, according to the latest industry research from Futuresource Consulting.
Connected Devices Driving CE Market Performance
By Simon Bryant, Head of Consumer Electronics, Futuresource Consulting
Connectivity is rapidly becoming a standard feature across all consumer electronics products and is having a huge impact upon the way that people access content at home and on the move.
Total Global Tablet Market Exceeds 32m Shipments in Q3 2012
The total global tablet market exceeded 32 million shipments in Q3 2012, growing 75% year on year, according to a new Tablet Market Update report from Futuresource Consulting.
90% of Consumers Are Sharing Digital Images with Family and Friends: New Futuresource Photosharing Study
For calendar year Q3, sales of interactive whiteboards and interactive flat panel displays in the education and corporate sectors are up 22% year-on-year, according to the latest quarterly research from Futuresource Consulting.
Interactive Flat Panel Displays and Whiteboards Sales Up 22% YoY: Futuresource Consulting
Health of the Global CE Industry
This is the sumamry report from Futuresource Consulting about Global CE Industry.
(PDF download only available)
CEATEC Special
Global CE Market Snapshot 2012
Global CE sales rose 6.3% in 2011, to reach $553bn, in spite of a challenging economic climate, saturation in key product categories such as TV, Cameras, and Home Video equipment, and the impact of floods in Thailand and residual effects of Japan earthquake.
Worldwide Action Cam Market to Achieve Nearly Two Million Unit Shipments in 2012
In 2011, the action cam market achieved 24% growth, reaching nearly 1.5 million units shipped, according to a new report from Futuresource Consulting.
Headphone Market Booming as Portable Devices Become Primary Music Player
The global AV headphones market is expected to witness growth of 20% in 2012 to reach $6 billion in value, increasing from $5 billion in 2011, according to a new report from Futuresource Consulting.
Sales of IT Hardware into the Global Education Sector Expected to Grow By 12% in 2012, reaching 10.6 Billion $
Whilst the education sector is not immune to the impact of the economic downturn, it is bucking the downward trends that are currently the norm in other sectors of the electronics market.
Global Video Wall Market On Track For 60% Growth In 2012
The global video wall industry is experiencing renewed growth, with the market on track to reach 380,000 unit sales in 2012, equating to year-on-year growth of 60%, according to a new industry report from Futuresource Consulting.
Global TV Market On Track For 239m Shipments This Year
The global TV market is forecast to reach shipments of 239m units in 2012 according to a new TV market tracking report from Futuresource Consulting.
Projector Market Holds Up in Q2 2012
After a reasonable start to calendar year 2012, the projectors market (excluding pico) had another solid quarter in Q2 2012, bolstered by strong demand in the corporate and home markets of Western Europe as Poland and Ukraine played host to the European Football Championships.
Smartphone Handset Market on Track to Become Largest Consumer Electronics Segment in 2012
With total global trade revenues in excess of $100 billion in 2011 and 30% further growth expected in 2012, the smartphone market is on track to become the largest consumer electronics segment in 2012, exceeding that of televisions.
Games Market to Reach Nearly $16 Billion in the USA in 2015
The games market across the USA and Western Europe is to witness steady growth through to 2015, reaching $15.7 billion and 矜ｬｱ0.2 billion respectively in total retail value, according to new research from Futuresource Consulting.
Global Consumer Tablet Market reaches 18.8 Million Shipments in Q1 2012
The consumer tablet market reached a global total of nearly 19 million units shipped in Q1 2012, growing by 188% from the same period in 2011, according to the latest Tablet Tracking report from Futuresource Consulting.
Global Set Top Box Sales to Reach 228 Million Units in 2012
Following several years of healthy growth, demand for set top boxes (STBs) continues to climb this year, on track to reach 228 million units shipped globally, according to a new report from Futuresource Consulting.
Soundbar Shipments on the Rise
Worldwide shipments of soundbars 矚ﾅ《eparate speaker units containing two or more speakers that are connected to a television - doubled in size between 2010 and 2011 to reach nearly 2.5 million units, with the market expected to enjoy further growth throughout the forecast period to 2016.
Tablet ownership to increase by 200% in USA and Western Europe in the next two years: Futuresource Consulting
Total global tablet sales including consumer, commercial, industrial and institutional exceeded 64 million units in 2011 and are on track to soar to 232 million units in 2016, according to the latest Tablet Technology and Markets report from Futuresource Consulting.
3D: The Positive Global Outlook Continues
The global outlook for 3D continues to be positive across the various entertainment platforms, according to a new strategic report from Futuresource Consulting.
Mobile Apps on track to reach $16bn
global retail value by 2015
The mobile apps market has evolved significantly over the last two years, helping improve the range and quality of content available to consumers on their mobile phones, as well as providing opportunities for a whole range of industry segments to reach out to their target audiences and realise new revenue streams, according to a new market report from Futuresource Consulting.
Market Movements Within Home Entertainment
The global home entertainment sector, both hardware and content, remains fairly resilient in times of economic downturn, and although 2011 was a challenging year it would appear that the industry fared better than many others.
From physical to digital: networking to revolutionise home audio market
By 2014, 60% of all home audio shipments across the USA, Western Europe and Japan will feature networking connectivity, according to Futuresource Consulting, rising from forecasts of 10% in 2012 as networking takes over as the major growth area.
Connected TV to Dominate Global TV Shipments by 2015
With forecasts exceeding 80% of units shipped by 2015, connected TVs are expected to lead the way in global TV shipments escalating from 27% in 2011, according to new research from Futuresource Consulting.
PC shipments into education on track for 28% growth
London, 05 January 2012 - Futuresource Consulting has released a strategic research report focusing on the opportunities for personal computer devices within the K-12 education sector, showing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 28% for 2011 to 2016.
Multiple platforms now the norm when sharing personal photos
Highlighting many similarities in camera ownership and behaviour between consumers in the UK and USA, a new wave of consumer research by Futuresource Consulting looks into image-capturing and photo-sharing behaviours across these two major markets.
Digital Services to Boost Russian Home Video Market
The growing presence of online video has given rise to significant advances in the overall Russian home video market, with uptake in digital viewing triggering market growth forecasts in the region of 1000% in 2011, according to new research from Futuresource Consulting.
Online Video Revenues to Exceed $3bn in 2011 across USA, UK, France and Germany
Consumption of legitimate free and paid-for online video is on track to exceed 770 billion views across the USA, UK, France and Germany this year, according to a new report from Futuresource Consulting.
50% of consumers using second screen when watching television
Nearly 50% of consumers are using another electronic device while watching TV at home, according to findings from a new wave of 矚ﾏｭiving with Digital矚ﾑ…onsumer research carried out by Futuresource Consulting.
Futuresource White Paper Health of the Global CE Industry
This is the sumamry report from the sessions which Futuresource Consulting addressed at the International Business Session of CEATEC JAPAN 2011 Official Conference�(PDF download only available)
CEATEC JAPAN 2011 Report
Futuresource has attended CEATEC JAPAN for many years however 2011 marked the first time Futuresource has teamed up with CEATEC JAPAN in an official capacity, as its 'knowledge partner'.
The Future of the Fixed Broadband Market
The continued rise in the consumption of digital content in the home, whether through a laptop, PC, connected TV, games console or Blu-ray player has led to an increased demand for higher speed fixed broadband connections.
Highlights from IFA
Despite doubts about the world economy, the IFA Consumer Electronics Show in Berlin had a record number of visitors this year, at 238,000. Trade attendees were up 12% on previous years, exceeding 132,000, and nearly 40% of trade attendees came from outside Germany.
USA Photobook market on track to reach 25 million units this year
Demand for photobooks from consumers in the USA continues to rise, providing a profitable revenue stream to many companies operating within the sector, with the market growing last year by nearly 25% to achieve in excess of 20 million units sold. Moving forward, this market is on track to make double-digit volume growth again this year and also through into 2012, with Futuresource forecasts predicting 25 million photobooks in 2011 and nearly 29 million in 2012.
New Business Models will Restore Growth to Japanese TV Set Market
Analogue switch-off and the "eco points" discount scheme have had a massive impact on Japanese TV set demand but it is access to online video services through in-built IP Connectivity that will be key to driving demand in the near future.
Smartphone Market Movements
The continuing strong demand for smartphones has revitalised the global handset market, with the smartphone installed base expected to double by the end of 2011, compared with 2009 levels.
Internet Radio: New Business Models Will Define Growth
Pure-play (online only) Internet radio and music streaming services continue to experience relatively high consumer usage, although revenue stream development remains key to the future.
Nearly 40% of Western European homes will own a 3DTV by 2015
"There are around 10 million televisions being sold each year in the UK - and that's in a country that has just 25 million households," says Jim Bottoms, Director and Co-Founder, Futuresource Consulting, "which means every home is going out and buying a TV every two and a half years."
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Total home audio shipments grew 32% between Q2 2016 and Q2 2017 to reach $3.7 billion in revenues, with the fastest moving category of smart speakers delivering an extraordinary year-on-year growth of 843%.
Smart speaker shipments reached 4.2 million units in the quarter, with Amazon alone accounting for 82% of overall sales. Google is anticipated to grow rapidly with its smart speaker products, as it gears up to enter more markets from Q3 onwards.
The overall average prices declined 2% for total home audio, although soundbar prices grew in Q2, driven by demand for premium products. Despite the decline in the soundbase segment, Sonos' Playbase priced at $699 was popular in many markets.
Harman/JBL emerged as the top audio brand in the second quarter of this year, taking a 17%-unit share. In revenues, Bose was the top brand, followed by Harman/JBL and then Amazon.
This is just a snapshot of key trends and statistics recorded in the Home Audio Quarterly Tracker, authored by Senior Market Analyst Rasika D'Souza. The tracker analyses trends, brands, segments, sales and pricing of home audio products in key markets including North America, Latin America, China, The Netherlands, France and the UK.
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G.R. No. 151801 November 11, 2002 - HAWAIIAN PHILIPPINE COMPANY v. HERNANDO BORRA, ET AL.
G.R. No. 154512 November 12, 2002 - VICTORINO DENNIS M. SOCRATES v. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS
G.R. No. 126462 November 12, 2002 - NATALIA REALTY INC. v. COURT OF APPEALS
G.R. No. 133978 November 12, 2002 - JOSE S. CANCIO, JR. v. EMERENCIANA ISIP
G.R. Nos. 139240-43 November 12, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. ROLANDO ASPURIA
G.R. Nos. 143689-91 November 12, 2002 - SIXTO M. BAYAS and ERNESTO T. MATUDAY v. THE SANDIGANBAYAN, ET AL.
G.R. No. 146423 November 12, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES v. TEODORO D. DIVINA
G.R. No. 147395 November 12, 2002 - ADZHAR I. JAMAANI v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES
G.R. No. 147806 November 12, 2002 - NERISSA BUENVIAJE ET. AL. v. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS ET AL.
A.M. No. P-02-1569 November 13, 2002 - CARMELITA S. DANAO v. JESUS T. FRANCO, JR.
G.R. No. 133763 November 13, 2002 - UNITED HARBOR PILOTS’ ASSO. OF THE PHIL. v. ASSO. OF INTL. SHIPPING LINES
G.R. No. 140088 November 13, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. PHOEBE ASTUDILLO, ET AL.
G.R. No. 141943-45 November 13, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. DIOSDADO P. RECEPCION, ET AL.
G.R. No. 146100 November 13, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. JOHNNY LOTERONO
G.R. No. 146468 November 13, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. ROQUE ABELLANO
G.R. Nos. 146521-22 November 13, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. NARDITO ALEMANIA
G.R. No. 153475 November 13, 2002 - MIGUEL M. LINGATING v. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 143005 November 14, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES v. JUANITO ESTRADA
G.R. No. 143868 November 14, 2002 - OSCAR C. FERNANDEZ v. SPS. CARLOS and NARCISA TARUN
A.M. No. 2002-15-SC November 15, 2002 - Re: Habitual Tardiness First Semester 2002
A.M. No. RTJ-01-1663 November 15, 2002 - MAIMONA MANONGGIRING v. JUDGE AMER R. IBRAHIM
G.R. Nos. 132484-85 November 15, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES v. JULLIVER DE LEON
G.R. No. 141314 November 15, 2002 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES v. MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY
G.R. Nos. 146464-67 November 15, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. JOSE VILLANUEVA
G.R. No. 148699 November 15, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. AM WILSON L. MANIJAS
G.R. No. 152332 November 15, 2002 - DR. ROBERTO DE LEON v. EDUARDO CALALO
G.R. No. 152886 November 15, 2002 - ROSENDO E. CAPIRAL v. SPS. MAXIMA and DANIEL VALENZUELA
A.M. No. P-93-960 November 18, 2002 - TERESITA ROMERO v. ENRIQUETA CASTELLANO
G.R. No. 113459 November 18, 2002 - COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. JOSEFINA LEAL
G.R. No. 129235 November 18, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. FAUSTINO MORANO, ET AL.
G.R. No. 130423 November 18, 2002 - VIRGIE SERONA v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 131421 November 18, 2002 - GERONIMO DADO v. PEOPLE OF THE PHIL.
G.R. No. 137191 November 18, 2002 - BEN B. RICO v. PEOPLE OF THE PHIL.
G.R. No. 137454 November 18, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. JERRY D. CANTUBA
G.R. Nos. 140004-05 November 18, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. VICTORIO C. NEBRIA
G.R. No. 140216 November 18, 2002 - THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES v. RENATO C. BACUS
G.R. No. 140635 November 18, 2002 - THE PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. MARIO O. TERRIBLE
G.R. No. 142244 November 18, 2002 - ATLAS FARMS v. NLRC, ET AL.
G.R. Nos. 146641-43 November 18, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. RICA G. CUYUGAN
G.R. Nos. 149414-15 November 18, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. ANGEL AMANTE
G.R. No. 151891 November 18, 2002 - MAUYAG B. PAPANDAYAN, JR. v. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 152163 November 18, 2002 - SABDULLAH T. MACABAGO v. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 127060 November 19, 2002 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHIL. v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 132389 November 19, 2002 - PEDRO CUPCUPIN v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES
G.R. No. 139492 November 19, 2002 - LAGUNA CATV NETWORK v. HON. ALEX E. MARAAN
G.R. No. 142133 November 19, 2002 - METRO TRANSIT ORGANIZATION, INC. ET AL. v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. Nos. 143844-46 November 19, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. ATANACIO MENDOZA
G.R. No. 136762 November 21, 2002 - ASSOCIATED COMMUNICATIONS and WIRELESS SERVICES v. FIDELO Q. DUMLAO, ET AL.
G.R. No. 138494 November 21, 2002 - LEOSANDRO MELAYO v. PEOPLE OF THE PHIL.
G.R. No. 139368 November 21, 2002 - ROBIN M. CANO v. PNP CHIEF EDGAR C. GALVANTE, ET AL..
G.R. No. 139830 November 21, 2002 - ROLLY ADAME v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 139982 November 21, 2002 - JULIAN FRANCISCO ET. AL.. v. PASTOR HERRERA
G.R. No. 140731 November 21, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. PABLITO A. ILO
G.R. No. 141344 November 21, 2002 - TEMISTOCLES TAPDASAN, JR. v. PEOPLE OF THE PHIL., ET AL.
G.R. No. 141592 November 21, 2002 - MARCELO CENTENO v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 141914 November 21, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. PEDRO G. MONDIJAR
G.R. No. 144314 November 21, 2002 - SKIPPERS PACIFIC, INC., ET AL. v. MANUEL V. MIRA, ET AL.
G.R. No. 146103 November 21, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES v. GEORGE WAD-AS
G.R. No. 146276 November 21, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. ANTONIO C. DUROHOM
G.R. No. 146425 November 21, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. ARNOLD NARCISO
G.R. No. 147182 November 21, 2002 - EVELYN M. RELUCIO v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION and COURT OF APPEALS
G.R. No. 147671 November 21, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. RENANTE MENDEZ, ET AL.
G.R. Nos. 148917-18 November 21, 2002 - THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES v. ABSOLON YONTO y UTOM
G.R. No. 149800 November 21, 2002 - RICARDO V. QUINTOS v. COMELEC, ET AL.
G.R. No. 137533 November 22, 2002 - TALA REALTY SERVICES CORPORATION v. BANCO FILIPINO SAVINGS AND MORTGAGE BANK
G.R. No. 144116 November 22, 2002 - CESAR MONTANEZ v. NESTOR MENDOZA
G.R. No. 146470 November 22, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES v. MILA RAZUL y BASHIED
A.M. No. MTJ-99-1223 November 26, 2002 - SPS. TEOFILA and GREGORIO MAGALLON v. JUDGE ANTONIO F. PARAGUYA
A.M. No. RTJ-02-1711 November 26, 2002 - Atty. BENJAMIN RELOVA v. Judge ANTONIO M. ROSALES
G.R. No. 120014 November 26, 2002 - FRANCISCO Q. AURILLO v. NOEL RABI
G.R. No. 132081 November 26, 2002 - JOEL M. SANVICENTE v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES
G.R. No. 138478 November 26, 2002 - PACIFIC AIRWAYS CORPORATION, ET AL. v. JOAQUIN TONDA
G.R. No. 143196 November 26, 2002 - STI DRIVERS ASSOCIATION, ET AL. v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 143376 November 26, 2002 - LENI O. CHOA v. ALFONSO C. CHOA
G.R. Nos. 145339-42 November 26, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES v. ARTHUR MENDOZA and DAVE MENDOZA
G.R. No. 148514 November 26, 2002 - LUCRATIVE REALTY AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION v. RICARDO C. BERNABE JR.
G.R. No. 149375 November 26, 2002 - MARVIN MERCADO v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES
G.R. No. 150164 November 26, 2002 - GLORIOSA V. VALARAO v. CONRADO C. PASCUAL and MANUEL C. DIAZ
A.M. No. 02-2-12-SC November 27, 2002 - DR. CORA J. VIRATA v. JUDGE FRANCISCO G. SUPNET
A.M. No. 00-6-09-SC November 27, 2002 - RE: IMPOSITION OF CORRESPONDING PENALTIES
A.M. No. 02-9-24-0 November 27, 2002 - RE: LOSS OF EXTRAORDINARY ALLOWANCE CHECK NO. 1106739 OF JUDGE EDUARDO U. JOVELLANOS
G.R. No. 133386 November 27, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES v. ROMEO LLANDA
G.R. No. 133827 November 27, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES v. COSME L. PASTORETE
G.R. Nos. 137766-67 November 27, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES v. ILADIO CARALIPIO
G.R. No. 138197 November 27, 2002 - MA. ELIZA C. GARCIA v. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 139130 November 27, 2002 - RAMON K. ILUSORIO v. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. Nos. 139187-94 (140427-34) November 27, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES v. RICARDO SOLMORO
G.R. No. 139472 November 27, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. RAUL R. GUIMBA, ET AL.
G.R. No. 139946 November 27, 2002 - RAMON J. FAROLAN v. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 140374 November 27, 2002 - JANE C. ABALOS, ET AL. v. PHILEX MINING CORPORATION
G.R. No. 141365 November 27, 2002 - SPS. FELIPE and FLORA YULIENCO v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 143369 November 27, 2002 - LEOPOLDO C. LEONARDO v. VIRGINIA TORRES MARAVILLA, ET AL.
G.R. No. 144266 November 27, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES v. WILSON ANTONIO, JR.
G.R. No. 145727 November 27, 2002 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES v. RONILO FERRERA
G.R. No. 146553 November 27, 2002 - BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS v. Sps. WILLIE AND JULIE L. EVANGELISTA, ET AL.
G.R. No. 153700 November 27, 2002 - ESTRELLA C. PABALAN v. ANASTACIA B. SANTARIN
A.M. No. P-02-1649 November 29, 2002 - OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR v. ELIZABETH T. IBAY
A.M. Nos. RTJ-01-1639 & 00-9-427-RTC November 29, 2002 - JUDITH B. ERMITANIO v. MA. THERESA DELA TORRE-YADAO
G.R. Nos. 141489–90 November 29, 2002 - SENATOR AQUILINO Q. PIMENTEL, ET AL. v. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL, ET AL.
Philippine Supreme Court Jurisprudence > Year 2002 > November 2002 Decisions > G.R. Nos. 143689-91 November 12, 2002 - SIXTO M. BAYAS and ERNESTO T. MATUDAY v. THE SANDIGANBAYAN, ET AL.:
[G.R. Nos. 143689-91. November 12, 2002.]
SIXTO M. BAYAS and ERNESTO T. MATUDAY, Petitioners, v. THE SANDIGANBAYAN (FIRST DIVISION), THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and THE OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR, Respondents.
D E C I S I O N
PANGANIBAN, J.:
May pretrial stipulations duly signed by the accused and their counsel be unilaterally withdrawn before the commencement of the trial? To this main issue, the answer is "No." Stipulations freely and voluntarily made are valid and binding and will not be set aside unless for good cause. The Rules of Court mandate parties in a criminal case to stipulate facts. Once they have validly and voluntarily signed the stipulations, the accused and their counsel may not set these aside on the mere pretext that they may be placed at a disadvantage during the trial.chanrob1es virtua1 1aw 1ibrary
Statement of the Case
Before us is a Petition for Certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court, praying for the setting aside of the April 28, 2000 1 and the May 26, 2000 2 Orders of the Sandiganbayan 3 (SBN) in Criminal Case Nos. 25280-82. The first Order denied petitioners’ Motion to Withdraw the Joint Stipulation of Facts and Documents, 4 while the second denied reconsideration. 5
On May 6, 1999, three Informations 6 were filed before the SBN, charging Petitioners Ernesto T. Matuday and Sixto M. Bayas with violation of Section 3(e) of RA No. 3019, as amended; and two counts of malversation through falsification penalized under Article 217, in relation to Article 171, of the Revised Penal Code. They were charged in their capacities as municipal mayor and municipal treasurer, respectively, of the Municipality of Kabayan, Province of Benguet.
During their arraignment on September 21, 1999, petitioners pled "not guilty." The pretrial conference scheduled on October 15, 1999 was cancelled and reset to November 5, 1999, because the counsel for the accused, Atty. Jose M. Molintas, was not prepared. 7 On November 5, 1999, the pretrial was again cancelled because of the absence of Atty. Molintas, who was allegedly "suffering from the flu." Nonetheless, the Sandiganbayan urged the accused to discuss with their counsel the stipulation of facts drafted by Ombudsman Prosecutor II Evelyn T. Lucero. They were asked to do so, so that at the resumption of the pretrial on December 10, 1999, they could expeditiously pass upon all other matters that still remained to be resolved. 8
On December 10, 1999, the parties submitted a "Joint Stipulation of Facts and Documents," which had been duly signed by the two accused (herein petitioners), Atty. Molintas and Prosecutor Lucero. It is reproduced hereunder:jgc:chanrobles.com.ph
"JOINT STIPULATION OF FACTS AND DOCUMENTS
"COME NOW the accused, counsel for the accused and the Prosecution, by and through the undersigned Special Prosecution Officer, Office of the Special Prosecutor, unto the Honorable Court, most respectfully aver: THAT —
"1. After a conference the Defense and the Prosecution admitted the following facts as follows:jgc:chanrobles.com.ph
"a. Accused Ernesto Matuday was then the Municipal Mayor and accused Sixto Bayas was and [is] still the Municipal Treasurer and designated Municipal Accountant both of Kabayan, Benguet during the period relevant to this case;
"b. Both of the accused admit the disbursement of the amount of P510,000.00 and P55,000.00.
"2. The Prosecution and Defense jointly admit the following documents as their respective documentary exhibits . . . ([with] reservation to mark additional exhibits during the trial of the case) as follows:chanrob1es virtual 1aw library
‘For the Exhibits Description
Prosecution for the
Common Defense
‘A’ ‘1’ COA Report dated February
‘B’ ‘2’ COA Memorandum Dated
‘C’ ‘3’ Page of journal entry of the
Office of the Municipal
‘D’ ‘4’ Resolution No. 138 of the
Sangguniang Bayan of the
Municipality of Kabayan
Benguet carried on August
‘E’ ‘5’ Transcript of the
[S]tenograghic Notes taken
during the closed door
session of the Sangguniang
Bayan[,] Kabayan, Benguet
on August 15, 1996 at
‘F’ ‘6’ Result of the Statement of
Investigation conducted On
‘For Criminal
Cases Nos.
‘G’ ‘7’ Undated disbursement
Voucher No. 401-9505186
For the payment of
Mobilization fee for the
various Projects at Kabayan,
Benguet For P510,000.00
‘H’ ‘8’ Check No. 60915S-1 for
P510,000.00 dated May 4,
1995 signed by both Accused
Mayor Matuday and
Treasurer Bayas
‘H-1’ ‘8-a’ Dorsal portion of Check No.
60915S-1
‘H-1-a’ ‘8-a-1’ Signature of accused Mayor
Matuday at the Dorsal
portion of Check No.
60915-S-1
‘Criminal Cases
Nos. 25282-25280
‘I’ ‘a’ Check No. 609177 for
P55,000.00 dated June 28,
1995 signed by Mayor
Matuday and Treasurer Bayas
‘I-1’ ‘9-a’ Dorsal portion of Check No.
‘I-1-a’ ‘9-a-1’ Signature of Yolanda Millanes
‘I-1-b’ ‘9-a-2’ Signature of Mayor Matuday
‘J’ ‘10’ Undated Disbursement
Voucher for P55,000.00
"3. The Defense shall present at least four witness while the Prosecution opts not to present any witness considering that Defense admitted all the documentary evidence of the Prosecution.
"Quezon City, December 10, 1999.
(signed) (signed)
ATTY. JOSE M. MOLINTAS ATTY. EVELYN TAGUBA LUCERO
Counsel for Accused Ombudsman Prosecutor II
SIXTO BAYAS ERNESTO MATUDAY
Accused Accused" 9
On January 14, 2000, the pretrial conference was again scuttled due to the absence of Atty. Molintas. The hearing was rescheduled for February 14, 2000. However, on February 7, 2000, he moved to withdraw as counsel for the accused. His motion was granted by the anti-graft court in an Order dated February 14, 2000. In the same Order, the pretrial was rescheduled for March 31, 2000, to give the accused ample time to employ a new counsel.chanrob1es virtua1 1aw 1ibrary
On April 26, 2000, the accused, represented by their new counsel, Atty. Cecilia M. Cinco, moved to withdraw the Joint Stipulation of Facts and Documents. Specifically, they sought to withdraw, first, Stipulation 1(b) which states that "Both the accused admit the disbursement of the amount of P510,000.00 and P55,000.00" ; and second, Exhibits "1" to "8-a." They invoked their constitutional right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Ruling of the Sandiganbayan
The Sandiganbayan justified its denial of petitioners’ Motion to Withdraw Joint Stipulation of Facts and Documents in this wise:jgc:chanrobles.com.ph
". . . . [For] the fact that there [was] express statement from Atty. Rogelio A. Cortes this morning that neither fraud nor any other mistake of a serious character vitiated the consent of the parties when they affixed their conformity to the stipulations of facts, the reason put forth by the accused or movant’s counsel at this time, is that if these stipulations were to remain, then the accused might as well not present any evidence on the entire accusation against him as this will already be supported by the evidence on record. While the court, indeed, sees this as a possibility, that, by itself, is not a ground for withdrawing any stipulation freely and knowingly made and given." 10
In the second assailed Order, the anti-graft court denied reconsideration and reiterated its previous stand, as follows:jgc:chanrobles.com.ph
". . . . The fact that the stipulation of facts leaves less or no room for the accused to defend himself is not a ground for setting aside a pre-trial order; in fact, an accused can plead guilty if he so desires or make admissions as he deems appropriate and truthful, even if in the mind of the new counsel, it gave very few opportunities to present contesting evidence." 11
It then added that "the pre-trial order shall remain. The admissions therein contained can be used in this case and for whatever purpose the Rules on Evidence will allow."cralaw virtua1aw library
Hence, this Petition. 12
In their Memorandum, petitioners raise the following issues for the Court’s consideration:chanrob1es virtual 1aw library
"I
Whether or not respondent Sandiganbayan committed grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction in denying petitioners’ Motion to Withdraw the Joint Stipulation of Facts and Documents, considering the relevant facts and applicable laws and rules.
"II
Whether or not the denial by respondent Sandiganbayan of the withdrawal of the Joint Stipulation of Facts and Documents would result in manifest injustice and impairment of the constitutional rights of the petitioners.
"III
Whether or not there is a law or rule which would bar petitioners from withdrawing their Joint Stipulation of Facts and Documents from the respondent Sandiganbayan." 13
Plainly put, the issue raised by petitioners is whether they may be allowed to withdraw unilaterally from the Joint Stipulation of Facts and Documents.chanrob1es virtua1 1aw 1ibrary
The Court’s Ruling
The Petition has no merit.
Main Issue:chanrob1es virtual 1aw library
Withdrawal from the Joint Stipulation
Petitioners contend that pretrial stipulations may be unilaterally withdrawn by the accused because allegedly, they are not binding until after the trial court has issued a pretrial order approving them. We are not persuaded.
Petitioners fail to appreciate the indispensable role of stipulations in the speedy disposition of cases. The new Rules on Criminal Procedure mandate parties to agree on matters of facts, issues and evidence. Such stipulations are greatly favored because they simplify, shorten or settle litigations in a faster and more convenient manner. They save costs, time and resources of the parties and, at the same time, help unclog court dockets.
Once validly entered into, stipulations will not be set aside unless for good cause. 14 They should be enforced especially when they are not false, unreasonable or against good morals and sound public policy. 15 When made before the court, they are conclusive. And the party who validly made them can be relieved therefrom only upon a showing of collusion, duress, fraud, misrepresentation as to facts, and undue influence; 16 or upon a showing of sufficient cause on such terms as will serve justice in a particular case. 17 Moreover, the power to relieve a party from a stipulation validly made lies in the court’s sound discretion which, unless exercised with grave abuse, will not be disturbed on appeal. 18
Validity of the Joint Stipulations
While petitioners wish to be relieved from the stipulations, they, however, do not allege that these were false or misleading or were obtained through force or fraud. On the contrary, they do not dispute the finding of the anti-graft court that no fraud or serious mistake vitiated their and their counsel’s consent to the signing of these stipulations. They even admitted, in answer to its query, that they had freely given their consent.
Nonetheless, in a desperate bid to strengthen their position, petitioners lay the blame on the alleged incompetence of their former counsel. They claim that, in agreeing to the Joint Stipulation, he failed to consider their legal interests.chanrob1es virtua1 1aw 1ibrary
To be a ground for relief against a stipulation, a mistake must be one of fact — not, as in this case, a mere lack of full knowledge of fact because of failure to exercise due diligence in ascertaining it. 19
Moreover, it is hornbook doctrine that parties are bound by the action or the inaction of their counsel. To all intents and purposes, the acts of a lawyer in the defense or the prosecution of a case are the acts of the client. The rule extends even to the mistakes and the simple negligence committed by the counsel. 20
In their effort to withdraw from the Joint Stipulation, petitioners argue that the two questioned items impair their constitutional right to be presumed innocent, violate their right against self-incrimination, and deny them due process in the sense that the trial would be a "useless formality, an idle ceremony." 21
Other than by generalized argumentation, petitioners have not convinced us that the aforementioned constitutional rights would be violated. True, the old Rules of Court frowned upon stipulations of facts in criminal cases because of a perceived danger — that by the mere expedient of stipulating with the defense counsel the elements of the crime charged, the prosecution would relieve itself of its duty to prove the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt. 22 However, the Rules were amended in 1985, precisely to enable parties to stipulate facts. The amendment was carried over to the 2000 Revised Rules on Criminal Procedure. 23
The acceptability of stipulating facts has long been established in our jurisprudence. In a case involving illegal possession of firearms, 24 the prosecution and the defense stipulated the fact that the accused had been found in possession of a gun without the required permit or license. In People v. Bocar, 25 the Court considered as valid the admission by the accused of the existence of certain affidavits and exhibits, which the prosecution had presented to dispense with oral testimonies on the matter contained therein. In People v. Hernandez 26 which involved illegal recruitment, the Court upheld the joint stipulation that the accused had not been licensed or authorized by the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency to recruit workers for overseas jobs.cralaw : red
There is nothing irregular or unlawful in stipulating facts in criminal cases. The policy encouraging it is consistent with the doctrine of waiver, which recognizes that." . . everyone has a right to waive and agree to waive the advantage of a law or rule made solely for the benefit and protection of the individual in his private capacity, if it can be dispensed with and relinquished without infringing on any public right and without detriment to the community at large." 27
In the present case, the Joint Stipulation made by the prosecution and petitioners was a waiver of the right to present evidence on the facts and the documents freely admitted by them. There could have been no impairment of petitioners’ right to be presumed innocent, right to due process or right against self-incrimination because the waiver was voluntary, made with the assistance of counsel and is sanctioned by the Rules on Criminal Procedure.
Necessity of a Pretrial Order
Petitioners further contend that the law on pretrial requires the issuance of a pretrial order to make pretrial stipulations binding. We do not agree.
Section 2 of Rule 118 of the Rules of Court states:jgc:chanrobles.com.ph
"Sec. 2. Pre-trial agreement. — All agreements or admissions made or entered [into] during the pre-trial conference shall be reduced in writing and signed by the accused and counsel, otherwise, they cannot be used against the accused. The agreements covering the matters referred to in section 1 of this Rule shall be approved by the court." 28
Based on the foregoing provision, for a pretrial agreement to be binding on the accused, it must satisfy the following conditions: (1) the agreement or admission must be in writing, and (2) it must be signed by both the accused and their counsel. The court’s approval, mentioned in the last sentence of the above-quoted Section, is not needed to make the stipulations binding on the parties. Such approval is necessary merely to emphasize the supervision by the court over the case and to enable it to control the flow of the proceedings.
Once the stipulations are reduced into writing and signed by the parties and their counsels, they become binding on the parties who made them. They become judicial admissions of the fact or facts stipulated. 29 Even if placed at a disadvantageous position, a party may not be allowed to rescind them unilaterally; it must assume the consequences of the disadvantage. 30 If the accused are allowed to plead guilty under appropriate circumstances, by parity of reasoning, they should likewise be allowed to enter into a fair and true pretrial agreement under appropriate circumstances.
There is another cogent reason why the Joint Stipulation should be binding. It must be noted that the SBN could not fully act on the matter, not through its fault, but because of the continued absence of petitioners’ counsel. Verily, the records reveal that at the intended completion of the pretrial on January 14, 2000, it could not pass upon the Joint Stipulation because he was absent. Also, the pretrial conference had to be re-scheduled six times, just to ensure the attendance of the parties and their counsels and to prepare them for the conference.chanrob1es virtua1 1aw 1ibrary
Therefore, under these circumstances, the SBN cannot be faulted for its failure to approve expressly the stipulations. It had the opportunity to rule on the matter only when the accused, through their new counsel, Atty. Cecilia L. Cinco, moved to withdraw their stipulations. In its first assailed Order, the SBN upheld their validity, thereby effectively approving the submitted Joint Stipulation of Facts and Documents. The assent of the court to agreements of the parties, assisted by their counsel, is assumed until they indicate a dissent. 31 Thus, the stipulations freely made by the latter are to be respected as their true will and intention with regard to the facts and evidence of the case, especially if the anti-graft court has not struck them down for being violative of the law.
Role of Lawyers in Pretrials
Pretrial is meant to simplify, if not fully dispose of, the case at its early stage. It is therefore important that the parties take active roles in the proceedings. The Rules on Criminal Procedure provide that if the counsel for the accused and/or the prosecutor do not appear at the pretrial and do not offer an acceptable excuse for their lack of cooperation, the court may impose proper sanctions or penalties. 32
Verily, during pretrial, attorneys must make a full disclosure of their positions as to what the real issues of the trial would be. They should not be allowed to embarrass or inconvenience the court or injure the opposing litigant by their careless preparation for a case; or by their failure to raise relevant issues at the outset of a trial; or, as in this case, by their unilateral withdrawal of valid stipulations that they signed and that their clients fully assented to. 33
The records reveal that the parties were the ones who volunteered to make the Joint Stipulation of the facts of the case. Thus, the anti-graft court can rightfully expect that both parties arrived upon it with fairness and honesty. Therefore, petitioners may not assail it on the mere ground that it would allegedly put the accused at a disadvantage. Furthermore, a new counsel cannot justify such withdrawal by the simple expedient of passing the blame on the previous counsel, who had supposedly not sufficiently discharged his duty to the client.
If we allow parties to renege on stipulations they validly entered into during the course of pretrial proceedings, there would be no end to litigations. 34 Lawyers can wiggle in and out of agreements the moment they are disadvantaged. Lawyers should remember, however, that they are not merely representatives of the parties but, first and foremost, officers of the court. As such, one of their duties — assisting in the speedy and efficient administration of justice 35 — is more significant than that of acquitting their client, 36 rightly or wrongly.chanrob1es virtua1 1aw 1ibrary
We stress that candor in all dealings is the very essence of membership in the legal profession. Lawyers are obliged to observe rules of procedure in good faith, not to misuse them to defeat the ends of justice. 37 They should realize that the earlier they dispose of their cases, especially at the pretrial stage, the better for them. In doing so, they can now concentrate and work more efficiently on their other cases. 38
Grave Abuse of Discretion
As already discussed, the power to relieve a party from a stipulation validly made lies at the sound discretion of the court. Unless exercised with grave abuse, this discretion will not be disturbed on appeal. 39 There is "grave abuse of discretion" where "a power is exercised in an arbitrary, capricious, whimsical or despotic manner by reason of passion or personal hostility, so patent and so gross as to amount to evasion of positive duty or virtual refusal to perform a duty enjoined by, or in contemplation of law." 40
Petitioners in this case failed to prove that the Sandiganbayan committed grave abuse of discretion in disallowing them to withdraw the stipulations that they had freely and voluntarily entered into. Also, no bad faith or malice was or can be imputed to the anti-graft court for failing to immediately act upon the Joint Stipulation. The delay was due, not to its deliberate evasion of its duty, but to the continued absence of petitioners’ counsel.
WHEREFORE, the Petition is DENIED, and the assailed Orders AFFIRMED. Costs against petitioners.chanrob1es virtua1 1aw 1ibrary
Puno, Sandoval-Gutierrez, Corona and Carpio-Morales, JJ., concur.
1. Rollo, p. 27.
2. Id., pp. 28-29.
3. First Division. Signed by Justice Francis E. Garchitorena (Division chairman) and Justices Catalino R. Castañeda Jr. and Gregory S. Ong (members).
4. Rollo, pp. 45-48.
6. Records, pp. 224-229.
7. Sandiganbayan Order dated October 15, 1999; records, p. 77.
8. Sandiganbayan Order dated November 5, 1999; id., p. 67.
10. Assailed Order dated April 28, 2000; rollo, p. 27-A.
11. Assailed Order dated May 26, 2000, p.1; id., p. 28.
12. The case was deemed submitted for decision on May 10, 2001, upon this Court’s receipt of petitioners’ Memorandum, which was signed by Attys. Rogelio A. Cortes and Cecilia L. Cinco of the "CRC Law Firm." Respondents’ Memorandum, filed on April 25, 2001, was signed by Attys. Rodrigo V. Coquia and Ireneo M. Paldeng of the Office of the Special Prosecutor/Ombudsman.
13. Petitioners’ Memorandum, p. 12; rollo, p. 128: Original in upper case.
14. National Council of Knights and Ladies of Security v. Scheiber, 169 NW 272, October 25, 1918.
15. Esch v. Forster, 168 So. 229, January 20, 1936.
16. 83 CJS 90 (1953).
17. Woods v. First National Bank of Chicago, 41 NE2d 235, April 20, 1942.
18. Ibid.
20. Villa Rhecar Bus v. De La Cruz, 157 SCRA 13, January 7, 1988; Legarda v. CA, 280 SCRA 642, October 16, 1997.
21. Petitioners’ Memorandum, p. 24; rollo, p. 140.
22. People v. Hernandez, 260 SCRA 25, July 30, 1996.
23. Section 1, Rule 118:jgc:chanrobles.com.ph
"SECTION 1. Pre-trial; mandatory in criminal cases. — In all criminal cases cognizable by the Sandiganbayan, Regional Trial Court, Metropolitan Trial Court, Municipal Trial Court in Cities, Municipal Trial Court and Municipal Circuit Trial Court, the court shall, after arraignment and within thirty (30) days from the date the court acquires jurisdiction over the person of the accused, unless a shorter period is provided for in special laws or circulars of the Supreme Court, order a pre-trial conference to consider the following:chanrob1es virtual 1aw library
‘x x x
`(b) stipulation of facts;
‘x x x.’"
24. See People v. Mapa, 20 SCRA 1164, August 30, 1967.
25. 27 SCRA 512, March 28, 1969.
26. 260 SCRA 25, July 30, 1996.
27. Herrera, Remedial Law, Volume IV, 2001 ed., pp. 667-668, citing People v. Donato, 198 SCRA 130, 154, June 5, 1991; People v. Hernandez, supra.
28. 2000 Rules of Criminal Procedure.
29. Schreiber v. Rickert, 50 NE 2d 879, October 13, 1943.
30. See Dequito v. Llamas, 66 SCRA 504, September 4, 1975.
31. McLeod v. Hyman, 116 A. 535, February 6, 1922.
32. Section 3, Rule 118 of the Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure.
33. Maryland Casualty Co. v. Rickenbaker, 146 F. 2d 751, December 15, 1944.
34. Gacutana-Fraile v. Domingo, 348 SCRA 414, December 15, 2000.
35. Muñoz v. People, 53 SCRA 190, September 28, 1973.
36. City Sheriff, Iligan City v. Fortunado, 288 SCRA 190, March 27, 1998.
37. Far Eastern Shipping Company v. Court of Appeals, 297 SCRA 30, October 1, 1998.
38. J. Bellosillo, Effective Pre-trial Technique, 1990 ed., p. 199.
39. Supra, note 17.
40. Baylon v. Office of the Ombudsman, GR No. 142738, December 14, 2001.
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BBC World Music Awards (and the absence of TGU)
Questions, comments, criticisms and conundrums raised by listeners
by Ian A. » Fri May 09, 2008 12:49 am
Another problem has beset this year's rather accident-prone Awards For World Music. This in from organiser Hélène Rammant. In a subsequent phone conversation I gather that the BBC powers-that-be are very touchy over anything to do with the integrity of competitions and the public vote after all the various scandals and adverse publicity recently
This is to inform you that we have had to withdraw the Audience Award.
There have inadvertently been some misinterpretations of the voting procedures which had been sent to nominees in April. We believe that this may have led to some unfairness between the nominees, which could have adversely affected the overall integrity of the vote. For this reason we have unfortunately decided that we have no choice but to withdraw the Listeners' Award for this year.
We know that this will be a disappointment and we are very sorry that we have had to take this course of action.
We are posting a note of explanation on the website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/worldmusic/ ... ward.shtml
Ian A.
Location: The glorious heights of Brissle
by Chris P » Fri May 09, 2008 8:12 am
Doesn't that mean there'll be a spare performer slot at the Albert Hall available now ? Step forward TGU....?
Chris P
by Jamie Renton » Fri May 09, 2008 10:42 am
Chris Potts wrote: Doesn't that mean there'll be a spare performer slot at the Albert Hall available now ? Step forward TGU....?
Transglobal stand no chance, as apparently the spare performer slot has already been offered to the Blue Peter cat and Ant & Dec (allegedly)
Jamie Renton
Location: Exotic Barnet
by mike gavin » Fri May 09, 2008 1:23 pm
Erm, what does 'inadvertently been some misinterpretations of these procedures' mean - is this BBC for cheating?
mike gavin
by Jill Turner » Fri May 09, 2008 4:08 pm
Initially, I wasn't going to post on this thread but I can't stop thinking that
maybe the reason the Club Global winners, Transglobal Underground are not performing at the BBC 3 Awards for World Music winners concert, is perhaps some kind of censorship.
Please tell me I am wrong , I can't help thinking that Radio 3's decision to broadcast the concert as part of their Proms season, is influencing who plays on the night, in order to satisfy a listener demographic. Are they scared that the proms audience wouldn't appreciate TGU ?
........ I was at a recent Toumani Diabate concert in Manchester and I was really surprised by the audience demographic, which was predominantly white and over 55. Is this the demographic for "world music" ?
The night before I had djayed at the CND / Amnesty, Drop Beats not Bombs in Birmingham, playing a very roots based global music set. It was somewhat out of place amongst the urban, broken beats and electro sets of the other djays and I did question myself ! However, interestingly a number of the young djays wanted to know more about what the music was, where it came from, what the instruments were and importantly where they could hear more of it.
We need to mix up the more classical and traditional forms of "world music" . By doing this our "clubbers" will get turned onto more traditional forms of music and hopefully start exploring the vast musical world out there and our listeners with a more classical background, will hopefully enjoy a good dance knowing where the roots of the dance music come from.
Why have a winners concert where only some categories are represented.
by Ian A. » Fri May 09, 2008 7:14 pm
mike gavin wrote: Erm, what does 'inadvertently been some misinterpretations of these procedures' mean - is this BBC for cheating?
It basically means, and I don't think this is spilling too many beans, that all nominees were told they could have no paid promotion of the possibility of voting for them, to keep a level playing field. Some artists' record companies nevertheless sent around emails to fan bases flagging it up, since they genuinely thought that would be OK. But since this could be interpreted as paid promotion as the PR doing it is presumably paid, whereas they'd assumed it only applied to taking out paid adverts etc, there was the possibilty of results being challenged.
by Gordon Moore » Sat May 10, 2008 9:03 am
I might have misinterpreted what Ian said, but is this implying that it is wrong to promote an act (paid or not)? I thought that was the almost entire nature of the music industry.
Hillary's financial adviser would be ecstatic if the same ethic applied to the US primarys.
I am Gordon Moore and I have approved this post.
Gordon Moore
Location: Feeling Blue about CG
by Des » Sat May 10, 2008 11:09 am
I think most of the Club Global stuff is little more than a token gesture to the more 'hip' cats out there to attract the yoof. The actual music strikes me as just an exotic-tinged bolt-on to a normal dance thang. But there again I'm a grumpy old bloke.
I must admit by being turned off by too many white people in bands that are billed as 'African'. Rachid Taha's, Tony Allen's and Amadou and Mariam's band spring to mind. If I want to see a load of white blokes from London rather than Africans from Bamako I can see them any day.
And if Thomas Brooman was responsible for booking so many white acts at Womad then surely it's a good thing he's gone?
There I've said it. HELP!
Please don't have a go at me!
Goodbye just in case!
Location: Bristle
by Dayna » Sat May 10, 2008 3:16 pm
I finally heard one of their songs. I would definitely go see Transglobal Underground if I could. I think a mixture of styles is great.
I love Amadou and Mariam.
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Location: Ohio,USA
by Des » Sat May 10, 2008 5:38 pm
I like Amadou and Mariam as well, Dayna, it's just when I saw them live a few times they had Europeans playing in their band.
by Rob Hall » Sat May 10, 2008 7:09 pm
Surely Amadou & Mariam are entitled to hire/play with whoever they choose? For my own prt, I can't say that it would bother me at all where the musicians come from, provided they can cut the mustard musically.
Location: Home, home on the range
by Charlie » Sat May 10, 2008 7:25 pm
Rob Hall wrote: Surely Amadou & Mariam are entitled to hire/play with whoever they choose? For my own prt, I can't say that it would bother me at all where the musicians come from, provided they can cut the mustard musically.
As Adam Blake and Justin Adams have proved, ethnicity is no automatic guide to musical worth. (*)
But, after seeing Amadou & Mariam perhaps as many as ten times, I began to resent how formulaic their accompaniment was, and wished I could hear them with musicans who were not Paris session men. On the DVD made soon after the release of Dimanche a Bamako, there is footage of the duo playing in Bamako itself with a group of Malian musicians. The difference is remarkable - there's danger, improvisation, laughter, challenge.
A variety of practical barriers made it impossible for that African band to be available for all the European work, from the increasing paperwork involved in obtaining visas for the musicians to the the costs of keeping them in Europe during the periods between gigs and tours.
(*) Before anyone should run away with the notion that all you need to be an acceptable white musician is for Adam to be part of your name, consider Bryan
by Alannah » Sat May 10, 2008 7:47 pm
how about the melancholic Ryan...?
by aj » Sun May 11, 2008 2:48 pm
It was my understanding that WOMAD was always to be an East/West (North/South) meeting place for global musicians to perform and possibly play together. I might be wrong but I think not. It was always a good mixture right from the start with many bands "from the West" like Echo and The Bunnymen, The Beat, The Pogues, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, New Order, The Fall entering gladly into the spirit of the event. The first WOMAD collaboration being the Drummers of Burundi and The Bunnymen in 1982 at Pete De Freitas's (Bunnymen drummie) suggestion.
Of course, with world music being unborn as a category in the early days, having names like Peter Gabriel and Simple Minds on the bill helped bring the project to wider attention. People were perhaps a little more open minded and eclectic in their tastes in the post punk days too. World music on the front page of the NME, UK bands like 23 Skidoo, Pigbag, and Rip Rig and Panic taking on esoteric influences. Not to mention Talking Heads in America.....
All of these people helped in some small or big way to create momentum and interest. Of course musicians from Africa and Asia and elsewhere had appeared in Britain before at the South Bank, at Commonwealth celebrations, in community halls at Southall or Handsworth and at weddings and barmitzvahs but rarely to a "pop audience" (and let's take popular in its literal sense) in the days when we were young.
Bring on Vampire Weekend I say.... and the new generation.
by Dayna » Thu May 15, 2008 7:37 pm
Someone sent me one song called Khalegi Stomp & it's on my iPod & a CD that I made & I like it a lot. It's the first time I've heard Transglobal Underground.
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from Fables For Children, Stories For Children, Natural Science Stori - WHERE LOVE IS, THERE GOD IS ALSO
Therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well:
and it was about the sixth hour. There cometh a woman of Samaria to
draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. (For his
disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) Then saith the
woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest
drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no
dealings with the Samaritans. Jesus answered and said unto her, If
thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee,
Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, for the Father
seeketh such to worship him. (John iv. 19-23.)
Two old men got ready to go to old Jerusalem to pray to God. One of them
was a rich peasant; his name was Efim Tarasych Shevelev. The other was
not a well-to-do man, and his name was Elisey Bodrov.
Efim was a steady man: he did not drink liquor, nor smoke tobacco, nor
take snuff, had never cursed in his life, and was a stern, firm old man.
He had served two terms as an elder, and had gone out of his office
without a deficit. He had a large family,--two sons and a married
grandson,--and all lived together. As to looks he was a sound, bearded,
erect man, and only in his seventh decade did a gray streak appear in
his beard.
Elisey was neither wealthy nor poor; in former days he used to work out
as a carpenter, but in his old age he stayed at home and kept bees. One
son was away earning money, and another was living at home. Elisey was a
good-natured and merry man. He liked to drink liquor and take snuff, and
sing songs; but he was a peaceable man, and lived in friendship with his
home folk and with the neighbours. In appearance he was an undersized,
swarthy man, with a curly beard and, like his saint, Prophet Elisha, his
whole head was bald.
The old men had long ago made the vow and agreed to go together, but
Tarasych had had no time before: he had so much business on hand. The
moment one thing came to an end, another began; now he had to get his
grandson married, now he was expecting his younger son back from the
army, and now he had to build him a new hut.
On a holiday the two old men once met, and they sat down on logs.
"Well," said Elisey, "when are we going to carry out our vow?"
Efim frowned.
"We shall have to wait," he said, "for this is a hard year for me. I
have started to build a house,--I thought I could do it with one
hundred, but it is going on now in the third. And still it is not done.
We shall have to let it go till summer. In the summer, God willing, we
shall go by all means."
"According to my understanding," said Elisey, "there is no sense in
delaying. We ought to go at once. Spring is the best time."
"The time is all right, but the work is begun, so how can I drop it?"
"Have you nobody to attend to it? Your son will do it."
"Do it? My eldest is not reliable,--he drinks."
"When we die, friend, they will get along without us. Let your son learn
it!"
"That is so, but still I want to see things done under my eyes."
"Oh, dear man! You can never attend to everything. The other day the
women in my house were washing and cleaning up for the holidays. This
and that had to be done, and everything could not be looked after. My
eldest daughter-in-law, a clever woman, said: 'It is a lucky thing the
holidays come without waiting for us, for else, no matter how much we
might work, we should never get done.'"
Tarasych fell to musing.
"I have spent a great deal of money on this building," he said, "and I
can't start out on the pilgrimage with empty hands. One hundred roubles
are not a trifling matter."
Elisey laughed.
"Don't sin, friend!" he said. "You have ten times as much as I, and yet
you talk about money. Only say when we shall start. I have no money, but
that will be all right."
Tarasych smiled.
"What a rich man you are!" he said. "Where shall you get the money
from?"
"I will scratch around in the house and will get together some there;
and if that is not enough, I will let my neighbour have ten hives. He
has been asking me for them."
"You will have a fine swarm! You will be worrying about it."
"Worrying? No, my friend! I have never worried about anything in life
but sins. There is nothing more precious than the soul."
"That is so; but still, it is not good if things do not run right at
home."
"If things do not run right in our soul, it is worse. We have made a
vow, so let us go! Truly, let us go!"
Elisey persuaded his friend to go. Efim thought and thought about it,
and on the following morning he came to Elisey.
"Well, let us go," he said, "you have spoken rightly. God controls life
and death. We must go while we are alive and have strength."
A week later the old men started.
Tarasych had money at home. He took one hundred roubles with him and
left two hundred with his wife.
Elisey, too, got ready. He sold his neighbour ten hives and the increase
of ten other hives. For the whole he received seventy roubles. The
remaining thirty roubles he swept up from everybody in the house. His
wife gave him the last she had,--she had put it away for her funeral;
his daughter-in-law gave him what she had.
Efim Tarasych left all his affairs in the hands of his eldest son: he
told him where to mow, and how many fields to mow, and where to haul the
manure, and how to finish the hut and thatch it. He considered
everything, and gave his orders. But all the order that Elisey gave was
that his wife should set out the young brood separately from the hives
sold and give the neighbour what belonged to him without cheating him,
but about domestic affairs he did not even speak: "The needs
themselves," he thought, "will show you what to do and how to do it. You
have been farming yourselves, so you will do as seems best to you."
The old men got ready. The home folk baked a lot of flat cakes for them,
and they made wallets for themselves, cut out new leg-rags, put on new
short boots, took reserve bast shoes, and started. The home folk saw
them off beyond the enclosure and bade them good-bye, and the old men
were off for their pilgrimage.
Elisey left in a happy mood, and as soon as he left his village he
forgot all his affairs. All the care he had was how to please his
companion, how to keep from saying an unseemly word to anybody, how to
reach the goal in peace and love, and how to get home again. As Elisey
walked along the road he either muttered some prayer or repeated such of
the lives of the saints as he knew. Whenever he met a person on the
road, or when he came to a hostelry, he tried to be as kind to everybody
as he could, and to say to them God-fearing words. He walked along and
was happy. There was only one thing Elisey could not do: he wanted to
stop taking snuff and had left his snuff-box at home, but he hankered
for it. On the road a man offered him some. He wrangled with himself and
stepped away from his companion so as not to lead him into sin, and took
a pinch.
Efim Tarasych walked firmly and well; he did no wrong and spoke no vain
words, but there was no lightness in his heart. The cares about his home
did not leave his mind. He was thinking all the time about what was
going on at home,--whether he had not forgotten to give his son some
order, and whether his son was doing things in the right way. When he
saw along the road that they were setting out potatoes or hauling
manure, he wondered whether his son was doing as he had been ordered. He
just felt like returning, and showing him what to do, and doing it
himself.
The old men walked for live weeks. They wore out their home-made bast
shoes and began to buy new ones. They reached the country of the
Little-Russians. Heretofore they had been paying for their night's
lodging and for their dinner, but when they came to the Little-Russians,
people vied with each other in inviting them to their houses. They let
them come in, and fed them, and took no money from them, but even filled
their wallets with bread, and now and then with flat cakes. Thus the old
men walked without expense some seven hundred versts. They crossed
another Government and came to a place where there had been a failure of
crops. There they let them into the houses and did not take any money
for their night's lodging, but would not feed them. And they did not
give them bread everywhere,--not even for money could the old men get
any in some places. The previous year, so the people said, nothing had
grown. Those who had been rich were ruined,--they sold everything; those
who had lived in comfort came down to nothing; and the poor people
either entirely left the country, or turned beggars, or just managed to
exist at home. In the winter they lived on chaff and orach.
One night the two old men stayed in a borough. There they bought about
fifteen pounds of bread. In the morning they left before daybreak, so
that they might walk a good distance before the heat. They marched some
ten versts and reached a brook. They sat down, filled their cups with
water, softened the bread with it and ate it, and changed their
leg-rags. They sat awhile and rested themselves. Elisey took out his
snuff-horn. Efim Tarasych shook his head at him.
"Why don't you throw away that nasty thing?" he asked.
Elisey waved his hand.
"Sin has overpowered me," he said. "What shall I do?"
They got up and marched on. They walked another ten versts. They came to
a large village, and passed through it. It was quite warm then. Elisey
was tired, and wanted to stop and get a drink, but Tarasych would not
stop. Tarasych was a better walker, and Elisey had a hard time keeping
up with him.
"I should like to get a drink," he said.
"Well, drink! I do not want any."
Elisey stopped.
"Do not wait for me," he said. "I will just run into a hut and get a
drink of water. I will catch up with you at once."
"All right," he said. And Efim Tarasych proceeded by himself along the
road, while Elisey turned to go into a hut.
Elisey came up to the hut. It was a small clay cabin; the lower part was
black, the upper white, and the clay had long ago crumbled
off,--evidently it had not been plastered for a long time,--and the roof
was open at one end. The entrance was from the yard. Elisey stepped into
the yard, and there saw that a lean, beardless man with his shirt stuck
in his trousers in Little-Russian fashion was lying near the earth
mound. The man had evidently lain down in a cool spot, but now the sun
was burning down upon him. He was lying there awake. Elisey called out
to him, asking him to give him a drink, but the man made no reply. "He
is either sick, or an unkind man," thought Elisey, going up to the door.
Inside he heard a child crying. He knocked with the door-ring. "Good
people!" No answer. He struck with his staff against the door.
"Christian people!" No stir. "Servants of the Lord!" No reply. Elisey
was on the point of going away, when he heard somebody groaning within.
"I wonder whether some misfortune has happened there to the people. I
must see." And Elisey went into the hut.
Elisey turned the ring,--the door was not locked. He pushed the door
open and walked through the vestibule. The door into the living-room was
open. On the left there was an oven; straight ahead was the front
corner; in the corner stood a shrine and a table; beyond the table was a
bench, and on it sat a bareheaded old woman, in nothing but a shirt; her
head was leaning on the table, and near her stood a lean little boy, his
face as yellow as wax and his belly swollen, and he was pulling the old
woman's sleeve, and crying at the top of his voice and begging for
Elisey entered the room. There was a stifling air in the house. He saw a
woman lying behind the oven, on the floor. She was lying on her face
without looking at anything, and snoring, and now stretching out a leg
and again drawing it up. And she tossed from side to side,--and from her
came that oppressive smell: evidently she was very sick, and there was
nobody to take her away. The old woman raised her head, when she saw the
"What do you want?" she said, in Little-Russian. "What do you want? We
have nothing, my dear man."
Elisey understood what she was saying: he walked over to her.
"Servant of the Lord," he said, "I have come in to get a drink of
water."
"There is none, I say, there is none. There is nothing here for you to
take. Go!"
Elisey asked her:
"Is there no well man here to take this woman away?"
"There is nobody here: the man is dying in the yard, and we here."
The boy grew quiet when he saw the stranger, but when the old woman
began to speak, he again took hold of her sleeve.
"Bread, granny, bread!" and he burst out weeping.
Just as Elisey was going to ask the old woman another question, the man
tumbled into the hut; he walked along the wall and wanted to sit down on
the bench, but before reaching it he fell down in the corner, near the
threshold. He did not try to get up, but began to speak. He would say
one word at a time, then draw his breath, then say something again.
"We are sick," he said, "and--hungry. The boy is starving." He indicated
the boy with his head and began to weep.
Elisey shifted his wallet on his back, freed his arms, let the wallet
down on the ground, lifted it on the bench, and untied it. When it was
open, he took out the bread and the knife, out off a slice, and gave it
to the man. The man did not take it, but pointed to the boy and the
girl, to have it given to them. Elisey gave it to the boy. When the boy
saw the bread, he made for it, grabbed the slice with both his hands,
and stuck his nose into the bread. A girl crawled out from behind the
oven and gazed at the bread. Elisey gave her, too, a piece. He cut off
another slice and gave it to the old woman. She took it and began to
chew at it.
"If you would just bring us some water," she said. "Their lips are
parched. I wanted to bring some yesterday or to-day,--I do not remember
when,--but I fell down and left the pail there, if nobody took it away."
Elisey asked where their well was. The old woman told him where. Elisey
went out. He found the pail, brought some water, and gave the people to
drink. The children ate some more bread with water, and the old woman
ate some, but the man would not eat.
"My stomach will not hold it," he said.
The woman did not get up or come to: she was just tossing on the bed
place. Elisey went to the shop, and bought millet, salt, flour, and
butter. He found an axe, chopped some wood, and made a fire in the oven.
The girl helped him. Elisey cooked a soup and porridge, and fed the
The man ate a little, and so did the old woman, and the girl and the
little boy licked the bowl clean and embraced each other and fell
asleep.
The man and the old woman told Elisey how it had all happened.
"We lived heretofore poorly," they said, "but when the crop failed us,
we ate up in the fall everything we had. When we had nothing left, we
began to beg from our neighbours and from good people. At first they
gave us some, but later they refused. Some of them would have been
willing to give us to eat, but they had nothing themselves. Besides we
felt ashamed to beg: we owed everybody money and flour and bread. I
looked for work," said the man, "but could find none. People were
everywhere looking for work to get something to eat. One day I would
work, and two I would go around looking for more work. The old woman and
the girl went a distance away to beg, but the alms were poor,--nobody
had any bread. Still, we managed to get something to eat: we thought we
might squeeze through until the new crop; but in the spring they quit
giving us alms altogether, and sickness fell upon us. It grew pretty
bad: one day we would have something to eat, and two we went without it.
We began to eat grass. And from the grass, or from some other reason,
the woman grew sick. She lay down, and I had no strength, and we had
nothing with which to improve matters."
"I was the only one," the old woman said, "who worked: but I gave out
and grew weak, as I had nothing to eat. The girl, too, grew weak and
lost her courage. I sent her to the neighbours, but she did not go. She
hid herself in a corner and would not go. A neighbour came in two days
ago, but when she saw that we were hungry and sick, she turned around
and went out. Her husband has left, and she has nothing with which to
feed her young children. So we were lying here and waiting for death."
When Elisey heard what they said, he changed his mind about catching up
with his companion, and remained there overnight. In the morning Elisey
got up and began to work about the house as though he were the master.
He set bread with the old woman and made a fire in the oven. He went
with the girl to the neighbours to fetch what was necessary. Everything
he wanted to pick up was gone: there was nothing left for farming, and
the clothes were used up. Elisey got everything which was needed: some
things he made himself, and some he bought. Elisey stayed with them one
day, and a second, and a third. The little boy regained his strength,
and he began to walk on the bench and to make friends with Elisey. The
girl, too, became quite cheerful and helped him in everything. She kept
running after Elisey: "Grandfather, grandfather!"
The old woman got up and went to her neighbour. The man began to walk by
holding on to the wall. Only the woman was lying down. On the third day
she came to and asked for something to eat.
"Well," thought Elisey, "I had not expected to lose so much time. Now I
must go."
The fourth day was the last of a fast, and Elisey said to himself:
"I will break fast with them. I will buy something for them for the
holidays, and in the evening I must leave."
Elisey went once more to the village and bought milk, white flour, and
lard. He and the old woman cooked and baked a lot of things, and in the
morning Elisey went to mass and came back and broke fast with the
people. On that day the woman got up and began to move about. The man
shaved himself, put on a clean shirt,--the old woman had washed it for
him,--and went to a rich peasant to ask a favour of him. His mowing and
field were mortgaged to the rich man, so he went to ask him to let him
have the mowing and the field until the new crop. He came back gloomy in
the evening, and burst out weeping. The rich man would not show him the
favour; he had asked him to bring the money.
Elisey fell to musing.
"How are they going to live now? People will be going out to mow, but
they cannot go, for it is all mortgaged. The rye will ripen and people
will begin to harvest it (and there is such a fine stand of it!), but
they have nothing to look forward to,--their desyatina is sold to the
rich peasant. If I go away, they will fall back into poverty."
And Elisey was in doubt, and did not go away in the evening, but put it
off until morning. He went into the yard to sleep. He said his prayers
and lay down, but could not fall asleep.
"I ought to go,--as it is I have spent much time and money; but I am
sorry for the people. You can't help everybody. I meant to bring them
some water and give each a slice of bread, but see how far I have gone.
Now I shall have to buy out his mowing and field. And if I buy out the
field, I might as well buy a cow for the children, and a horse for the
man to haul his sheaves with. Brother Elisey Kuzmich, you are in for it!
You have let yourself loose, and now you will not straighten out
things."
Elisey got up, took the caftan from under his head, and unrolled it; he
drew out his snuff-horn and took a pinch, thinking that he would clear
his thoughts, but no,--he thought and thought and could not come to any
conclusion. He ought to get up and go, but he was sorry for the people.
He did not know what to do. He rolled the caftan up under his head and
lay down to sleep. He lay there for a long time, and the cocks crowed,
and then only did he fall asleep. Suddenly he felt as though some one
had wakened him. He saw himself all dressed, with his wallet and staff,
and he had to pass through a gate, but it was just open enough to let a
man squeeze through. He went to the gate and his wallet caught on one
side, and as he was about to free it, one of his leg-rags got caught on
the other side and came open. He tried to free the leg-rag, but it was
not caught in the wicker fence: it was the girl who was holding on to
it, and crying, "Grandfather, grandfather, bread!" He looked at his
foot, and there was the little boy holding on to it, and the old woman
and the man were looking out of the window. Elisey awoke, and he began
to speak to himself in an audible voice:
"I will buy out the field and the mowing to-morrow, and will buy a
horse, and flour to last until harvest-time, and a cow for the children.
For how would it be to go beyond the sea to seek Christ and lose him
within me? I must get the people started."
And Elisey fell asleep until morning. He awoke early. He went to the
rich merchant, bought out the rye and gave him money for the mowing. He
bought a scythe,--for that had been sold, too,--and brought it home. He
sent the man out to mow, and himself went to see the peasants: he found
a horse and a cart for sale at the innkeeper's. He bargained with him
for it, and bought it; then he bought a bag of flour, which he put in
the cart, and went out to buy a cow. As he was walking, he came across
two Little-Russian women, and they were talking to one another. Though
they were talking in their dialect, he could make out what they were
saying about him:
"You see, at first they did not recognize him; they thought that he was
just a simple kind of a man. They say, he went in to get a drink, and he
has just stopped there. What a lot of things he has bought them! I
myself saw him buy a horse and cart to-day of the innkeeper. Evidently
there are such people in the world. I must go and take a look at him."
When Elisey heard that, he understood that they were praising him, and
so he did not go to buy the cow. He returned to the innkeeper and gave
him the money for the horse. He hitched it up and drove with the flour
to the house. When he drove up to the gate, he stopped and climbed down
from the cart. When the people of the house saw the horse, they were
surprised. They thought that he had bought the horse for them, but did
not dare say so. The master came out to open the gates.
"Grandfather, where did you get that horse?"
"I bought it," he said. "I got it cheap. Mow some grass and put it in
the cart, so that the horse may have some for the night. And take off
the bag!"
The master unhitched the horse, carried the bag to the granary, mowed a
lot of grass, and put it into the cart. They lay down to sleep. Elisey
slept in the street, and thither he had carried his wallet in the
evening. All the people fell asleep. Elisey got up, tied his wallet, put
on his shoes and his caftan, and started down the road to catch up with
Efim.
Elisey had walked about five versts, when day began to break. He sat
down under a tree, untied his wallet, and began to count his money. He
found that he had seventeen roubles twenty kopeks left.
"Well," he thought, "with this sum I cannot travel beyond the sea, but
if I beg in Christ's name, I shall only increase my sin. Friend Efim
will reach the place by himself, and will put up a candle for me. But I
shall evidently never fulfil my vow. The master is merciful, and he will
forgive me."
Elisey got up, slung his wallet over his shoulders, and turned back. He
made a circle around the village so that people might not see him. And
soon he reached home. On his way out he had found it hard: it was hard
keeping up with Efim; but on his way home God made it easy for him, for
he did not know what weariness was. Walking was just play to him, and he
swayed his staff, and made as much as seventy versts a day.
Elisey came back home. The harvest was all in. The home folk were glad
to see the old man. They asked all about him, why he had left his
companion and why he had not gone to Jerusalem, but had returned home.
Elisey did not tell them anything.
"God did not grant me that I should," he said. "I spent my money on the
way, and got separated from my companion. And so I did not go. Forgive
me for Christ's sake."
He gave the old woman what money he had left. He asked all about the
home matters: everything was right; everything had been attended to and
nothing missed, and all were living in peace and agreement.
Efim's people heard that very day that Elisey had come back, and so they
came to inquire about their old man. And Elisey told them the same
"You see," he said, "the old man started to walk briskly, and three days
before St. Peter's day we lost each other. I wanted to catch up with
him, but it happened that I spent all my money and could not go on, so I
returned home."
The people marvelled how it was that such a clever man had acted so
foolishly as to start and not reach the place and merely spend his
money. They wondered awhile, and forgot about it. Elisey, too, forgot
about it. He began to work about the house: he got the wood ready for
the winter with his son, threshed the grain with the women, thatched the
sheds, gathered in the bees, and gave ten hives with the young brood to
his neighbour. When he got all the work done, he sent his son out to
earn money, and himself sat down in the winter to plait bast shoes and
hollow out blocks for the hives.
All that day that Elisey passed with the sick people, Efim waited for
his companion. He walked but a short distance and sat down. He waited
and waited, and fell asleep; when he awoke, he sat awhile,--but his
companion did not turn up. He kept a sharp lookout for him, but the sun
was going down behind a tree, and still Elisey was not there.
"I wonder whether he has not passed by me," he thought. "Maybe somebody
drove him past, and he did not see me while I was asleep. But how could
he help seeing me? In the steppe you can see a long distance off. If I
go back, he may be marching on, and we shall only get farther separated
from each other. I will walk on,--we shall meet at the resting-place for
the night."
When he came to a village, he asked the village officer to look out for
an old man and bring him to the house where he stayed. Elisey did not
come there for the night. Efim marched on, and asked everybody whether
they had seen a bald-headed old man. No one had seen him. Efim was
surprised and walked on.
"We shall meet somewhere in Odessa," he thought, "or on the boat," and
then he stopped thinking about it.
On the road he fell in with a pilgrim. The pilgrim, in calotte, cassock,
and long hair, had been to Mount Athos, and was now going for the second
time to Jerusalem. They met at a hostelry, and they had a chat and
started off together.
They reached Odessa without any accident. They waited for three days for
a ship. There were many pilgrims there, and they had come together from
all directions. Again Efim asked about Elisey, but nobody had seen him.
Efim provided himself with a passport,--that cost five roubles. He had
forty roubles left for his round trip, and he bought bread and herring
for the voyage. The ship was loaded, then the pilgrims were admitted,
and Tarasych sat down beside the pilgrim he had met. The anchors were
weighed, they pushed off from the shore, and the ship sailed across the
sea.
During the day they had good sailing; in the evening a wind arose, rain
fell, and the ship began to rock and to be washed by the waves. The
people grew excited; the women began to shriek, and such men as were
weak ran up and down the ship, trying to find a safe place. Efim, too,
was frightened, but he did not show it: where he had sat down on the
floor on boarding the ship by the side of Tambov peasants, he sat
through the night and the following day; all of them held on to their
wallets and did not speak. On the third day it grew calmer. On the fifth
day they landed at Constantinople.
Some of the pilgrims went ashore there, to visit the Cathedral of St.
Sophia, which now the Turks hold; Tarasych did not go, but remained on
board the ship. All he did was to buy some white bread. They remained
there a day, and then again sailed through the sea. They stopped at
Smyrna town, and at another city by the name of Alexandria, and safely
reached the city of Jaffa. In Jaffa all pilgrims go ashore: from there
it is seventy versts on foot to Jerusalem. At the landing the people had
quite a scare: the ship was high, and the people were let down into
boats below; but the boats were rocking all the time, and two people
were let down past the boat and got a ducking, but otherwise all went
safely.
When all were ashore, they went on afoot; on the third day they reached
Jerusalem at dinner-time. They stopped in a suburb, in a Russian
hostelry; there they had their passports stamped and ate their dinner,
and then they followed a pilgrim to the holy places. It was too early
yet to be admitted to the Sepulchre of the Lord, so they went to the
Monastery of the Patriarch. There all the worshippers were gathered, and
the female sex was put apart from the male. They were all ordered to
take off their shoes and sit in a circle. A monk came out with a towel,
and began to wash everybody's feet. He would wash, and rub them clean,
and kiss them, and thus he went around the whole circle. He washed
Efim's feet and kissed them. They celebrated vigils and matins, and
placed a candle, and served a mass for the parents. There they were fed,
and received wine to drink.
On the following morning they went to the cell of Mary of Egypt, where
she took refuge. There they placed candles, and a mass was celebrated.
From there they went to Abraham's Monastery. They saw the Sebak garden,
the place where Abraham wanted to sacrifice his son to God. Then they
went to the place where Christ appeared to Mary Magdalene, and to the
Church of Jacob, the brother of the Lord. The pilgrim showed them all
the places, and in every place he told how much money they ought to
give. At dinner they returned to the hostelry. They ate, and were just
getting ready to lie down to sleep, when the pilgrim, who was rummaging
through his clothes, began to sigh.
"They have pulled out my pocketbook with money in it," he said. "I had
twenty-three roubles,--two ten-rouble bills, and three in change."
The pilgrim felt badly about it, but nothing could be done, and all went
As Efim went to sleep, a temptation came over him.
"They have not taken the pilgrim's money," he thought, "he did not have
any. Nowhere did he offer anything. He told me to give, but he himself
did not offer any. He took a rouble from me."
As Efim was thinking so, he began to rebuke himself:
"How dare I judge the man, and commit a sin. I will not sin." The moment
he forgot himself, he again thought that the pilgrim had a sharp eye on
money, and that it was unlikely that they had taken the money from him.
"He never had any money," he thought. "It's only an excuse."
They got up before evening and went to an early mass at the Church of
the Resurrection,--to the Sepulchre of the Lord. The pilgrim did not
leave Efim's side, but walked with him all the time.
They came to the church. There was there collected a large crowd of
worshippers, Greeks, and Armenians, and Turks, and Syrians. Efim came
with the people to the Holy Gate. A monk led them. He took them past the
Turkish guard to the place where the Saviour was taken from the cross
and anointed, and where candles were burning in nine large candlesticks.
He showed and explained everything to them. Efim placed a candle there.
Then the monks led Efim to the right over steps to Golgotha, where the
cross stood; there Efim prayed; then Efim was shown the cleft where the
earth was rent to the lowermost regions; then he was shown the place
where Christ's hands and feet had been nailed to the cross, and then he
was shown Adam's grave, where Christ's blood dropped on his bones. Then
they came to the rock on which Christ sat when they put the wreath of
thorns on his head; then to the post to which Christ was tied when he
was beaten. Then Efim saw the stone with the two holes, for Christ's
feet. They wanted to show him other things, but the people hastened
away: all hurried to the grotto of the Lord's Sepulchre. Some foreign
mass was just ended, and the Russian began. Efim followed the people to
the grotto.
He wanted to get away from the pilgrim, for in thought he still sinned
against him, but the pilgrim stuck to him, and went with him to mass at
the Sepulchre of the Lord. They wanted to stand close to it, but were
too late. There was such a crowd there that it was not possible to move
forward or back. Efim stood there and looked straight ahead and prayed,
but every once in awhile he felt his purse, to see whether it was in his
pocket. His thoughts were divided; now he thought that the pilgrim had
deceived him; and then he thought, if he had not deceived him, and the
pocketbook had really been stolen, the same might happen to him.
Efim stood there and prayed and looked ahead into the chapel where the
Sepulchre itself was, and where over the Sepulchre thirty-six lamps were
burning. Efim looked over the heads to see the marvellous thing: under
the very lamps, where the blessed fire was burning, in front of all, he
saw an old man in a coarse caftan, with a bald spot shining on his whole
head, and he looked very much like Elisey Bodrov.
"He resembles Elisey," he thought. "But how can it be he? He could not
have got here before me. The previous ship started a week ahead of us.
He could not have been on that ship. On our ship he was not, for I saw
all the pilgrims."
Just as Efim was thinking this, the old man began to pray, and made
three bows: once in front of him, to God, and twice to either side, to
all the Orthodox people. And as the old man turned his head to the
right, Efim recognized him. Sure enough, it was Bodrov: it was his
blackish, curly beard, and the gray streak on his cheeks, and his brows,
his eyes, his nose, and full face,--all his. Certainly it was he, Elisey
Bodrov.
Efim was glad that he had found his companion, and he marvelled how
Elisey could have got there ahead of him.
"How in the world did Bodrov get to that place in front?" he thought.
"No doubt he met a man who knew how to get him there. When all go out, I
will hunt him up, and I will drop the pilgrim in the colette, and will
walk with him. Maybe he will take me to the front place."
Efim kept an eye on Elisey, so as not to lose him. When the masses were
over, the people began to stir. As they went up to kiss the Sepulchre,
they crowded and pushed Efim to one side. He was frightened lest his
purse should be stolen. He put his hand to his purse and tried to make
his way out into the open. When he got out, he walked and walked, trying
to find Elisey, both on the outside and in the church. In the church he
saw many people in the cells: some ate, and drank wine, and slept there,
and read their prayers. But Elisey was not to be found. Efim returned to
the hostelry, but he did not find his companion there either. On that
evening the pilgrim, too, did not come back. He was gone, and had not
returned the rouble to Efim. So Efim was left alone.
On the following day Efim went again to the Sepulchre of the Lord with a
Tambov peasant, with whom he had journeyed on the ship. He wanted to
make his way to the front, but he was again pushed back, and so he stood
at a column and prayed. He looked ahead of him, and there in front,
under the lamps, at the very Sepulchre of the Lord, stood Elisey. He had
extended his hands, like a priest at the altar, and his bald spot shone
over his whole head.
"Now," thought Efim, "I will not miss him."
He made his way to the front, but Elisey was not there. Evidently he had
left. On the third day he again went to the Sepulchre of the Lord, and
there he saw Elisey standing in the holiest place, in sight of
everybody, and his hands were stretched out, and he looked up, as though
he saw something above him. And his bald spot shone over his whole head.
"Now," thought Efim, "I will certainly not miss him; I will go and stand
at the entrance, and then he cannot escape me."
Efim went out and stood there for a long time. He stood until after
noon: all the people had passed out, but Elisey was not among them.
Efim passed six weeks in Jerusalem, and visited all the places,
Bethlehem, and Bethany, and the Jordan, and had a stamp put on a new
shirt at the Lord's Sepulchre, to be buried in it, and filled a bottle
of Jordan water, and got some earth, and candles with blessed fire, and
in eight places inscribed names for the mass of the dead. He spent all
his money and had just enough left to get home on, and so he started for
home. He reached Jaffa, boarded a ship, landed at Odessa, and walked
toward his home.
Efim walked by himself the same way he had come out. As he was getting
close to his village, he began to worry again about how things were
going at his house without him. In a year, he thought, much water runs
by. It takes a lifetime to get together a home, but it does not take
long to ruin it. He wondered how his son had done without him, how the
spring had opened, how the cattle had wintered, and whether the hut was
well built. Efim reached the spot where the year before he had parted
from Elisey. It was not possible to recognize the people. Where the year
before they had suffered want, now there was plenty. Everything grew
well in the field. The people picked up again and forgot their former
misery. In the evening Efim reached the very village where the year
before Elisey had fallen behind. He had just entered the village, when a
little girl in a white shirt came running out of a hut.
"Grandfather, grandfather! Come to our house!"
Efim wanted to go on, but the girl would not let him. She took hold of
his coat and laughed and pulled him to the hut. A woman with a boy came
out on the porch, and she, too, beckoned to him:
"Come in, grandfather, and eat supper with us and stay overnight!"
Efim stepped in.
"I can, at least, ask about Elisey," he thought. "This is the very hut
into which he went to get a drink."
Efim went inside. The woman took off his wallet, gave him water to wash
himself, and seated him at the table. She fetched milk, cheese, cakes,
and porridge, and placed it all on the table. Tarasych thanked her and
praised the people for being hospitable to pilgrims. The woman shook her
"We cannot help receiving pilgrims," she said. "We received life from a
pilgrim. We lived forgetting God, and God punished us in such a way that
all of us were waiting for death. Last summer we came to such a point
that we were all lying down sick and starved. We should certainly have
died, but God sent us an old man like you. He stepped in during the
daytime to get a drink; when he saw us, he took pity on us and remained
at our house. He gave us to eat and to drink, and put us on our feet
again. He cleared our land from debt, and bought a horse and cart and
left it with us."
The old woman entered the room, and interrupted her speech:
"We do not know," she said, "whether he was a man or an angel of the
Lord. He was good to us all, and pitied us, and then went away without
giving his name, so that we do not know for whom to pray to God. I see
it as though it happened just now: I was lying down and waiting for
death to come; I looked up and saw a man come in,--just a simple,
bald-headed man,--and ask for a drink. I, sinful woman, thought that he
was a tramp, but see what he did! When he saw us he put down his wallet,
right in this spot, and opened it."
The girl broke in.
"No, granny," she said, "first he put his wallet in the middle of the
room, and only later did he put it on the bench."
And they began to dispute and to recall his words and deeds: where he
had sat down, and where he had slept, and what he had done, and what he
had said to each.
Toward evening the master of the house came home on a horse, and he,
too, began to tell about Elisey, and how he had stayed at their house.
"If he had not come to us," he said, "we should all of us have died in
sin. We were dying in despair, and we murmured against God and men. But
he put us on our feet, and through him we found out God, and began to
believe in good people. May Christ save him! Before that we lived like
beasts, and he has made men of us."
They gave Efim to eat and to drink, and gave him a place to sleep, and
themselves went to bed.
As Efim lay down, he could not sleep, and Elisey did not leave his mind,
but he thought of how he had seen him three times in Jerusalem in the
foremost place.
"So this is the way he got ahead of me," he thought. "My work may be
accepted or not, but his the Lord has accepted."
In the morning Efim bade the people good-bye: they filled his wallet
with cakes and went to work, while Efim started out on the road.
Efim was away precisely a year. In the spring he returned home.
He reached his house in the evening. His son was not at home,--he was in
the dram-shop. He returned intoxicated, and Efim began to ask him about
the house. He saw by everything that the lad had got into bad ways
without him. He had spent all the money, and the business he had
neglected. His father scolded him, and he answered his father with rude
"You ought to have come back yourself," he said. "Instead, you went away
and took all the money with you, and now you make me responsible."
The old man became angry and beat his son.
The next morning Efim Tarasych went to the elder to talk to him about
his son. As he passed Elisey's farm, Elisey's wife was standing on the
porch and greeting him:
"Welcome, friend!" she said. "Did you, dear man, have a successful
journey?"
Efim Tarasych stopped.
"Thank God," he said, "I have been at Jerusalem, but I lost your husband
on the way. I hear that he is back."
And the old woman started to talk to him, for she was fond of babbling.
"He is back, my dear; he has been back for quite awhile. He returned
soon after Assumption day. We were so glad to see him back. It was
lonely without him. Not that we mean his work,--for he is getting old.
But he is the head, and it is jollier for us. How happy our lad was!
Without him, he said, it was as without light for the eyes. It was
lonely without him, my dear. We love him so much!"
"Well, is he at home now?"
"At home he is, neighbour, in the apiary, brushing in the swarms. He
says it was a fine swarming season. The old man does not remember when
there has been such a lot of bees. God gives us not according to our
sins, he says. Come in, dear one! He will be so glad to see you."
Efim walked through the vestibule and through the yard to the apiary, to
see Elisey. When he came inside the apiary, he saw Elisey standing
without a net, without gloves, in a gray caftan, under a birch-tree,
extending his arms and looking up, and his bald spot shone over his
whole head, just as he had stood in Jerusalem at the Lord's Sepulchre,
and above him, through the birch-tree, the sun glowed, and above his
head the golden bees circled in the form of a wreath, and did not sting
him. Efim stopped.
Elisey's wife called out to her husband:
"Your friend is here."
Elisey looked around. He was happy, and walked over toward his friend,
softly brushing the bees out of his beard.
"Welcome, friend, welcome, dear man! Did you have a successful journey?"
"My feet took me there, and I have brought you some water from the river
Jordan. Come and get it! But whether the Lord has received my work--"
"Thank God! Christ save you!"
Efim was silent.
"I was there with my feet, but in spirit you were there, or somebody
else--"
"It is God's work, my friend, God's work."
"On my way home I stopped at the hut where I lost you."
Elisey was frightened, and he hastened to say:
"It is God's work, my friend, God's work. Well, won't you step in? I
will bring some honey."
And Elisey changed the subject, and began to speak of home matters.
Efim heaved a sigh. He did not mention the people of the hut to Elisey,
nor what he had seen in Jerusalem. And he understood that God has
enjoined that each man shall before his death carry out his vow--with
love and good deeds.
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Apache achieves first oil at Garten Development
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Apache Corporation has announced it has initiated production from its Garten development on Block 9/18a Area-W in the United Kingdom sector of the North Sea. The discovery well, which is located six km south of the Beryl Alpha Platform, was placed on production in late November, less than eight months after being drilled in March 2018.
The discovery well at Garten encountered a downthrown structural closure with 778 ft of net oil pay in stacked, high-quality, Jurassic-aged sandstone reservoirs. The well is currently producing from the Beryl sand at a rate of 13.7 thousand BOE/d and 15.7 million cu ft of gas per day. Two lower zones were also successfully tested, and all three zones will ultimately be commingled to maximize recovery. The strong initial rate establishes excellent momentum late in the year and will positively impact Apache’s 2019 production guidance. As previously disclosed, the recoverable resource is expected to exceed 10 million bbl of light oil plus associated natural gas. Apache has a 100% working interest in the Garten development.
“We are proud to have brought the Garten field online well ahead of our original target of Q1 2019,” Jon Graham, Region Vice President – North Sea for Apache, said. “Performance from the three zones we tested is very encouraging, and we expect this field will significantly increase Apache’s reserves and production in the UK. With exposure to strong Brent oil and UK natural gas prices, Garten will be a notable contributor to Apache’s cashflow in 2019.”
“The Garten project is an excellent example of Apache’s strategy in the North Sea to focus exploration activity near operated facilities and leverage existing infrastructure,” Mr Graham said. “The pace of this project would not have been possible without the skills and expertise we have within our team and close collaboration with companies in our supply chain. The support we received from the Oil and Gas Authority cannot be overstated, and we are proud to be contributing toward maximizing economic recovery in the UK North Sea with the successful development of the field.”
“Garten is a unique technical achievement and represents Apache’s most complex smart well completion to date,” Mark Hobbs, Director of Operations & Projects at Apache North Sea, said. “Our delivery on this project underscores Apache’s strong mix of integrated technical capabilities, project management expertise and cost discipline.”
“It is great to see the Garten field come onstream less than a year from the original discovery and well ahead of the original plan,” Dr Andy Samuel, Chief Executive of the Oil and Gas Authority, said. “The Garten well was the 2,500th exploration well on the UK Continental Shelf. Apache’s continued success reinforces the tremendous potential of the UKCS, which Apache is unlocking using advanced data gathering and analytics with excellent application of a number of technologies including 3D seismic to uncover high-value near-field prospectivity.”
The Garten field is tied back to the Beryl Alpha platform, which is located 180 miles northeast of Aberdeen. It follows Apache’s Callater field discovery in the Beryl area, which came online in May 2017.
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The station will be ahead in standards when compared to that of London and New York subways.
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Inspection being conducted on the Saidapet, AG-DMS, and Central Metro Stations. (Chennai Metro Rail/Facebook)
Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) is all set to open its biggest station on Poonamallee High Road in the next couple of months.
The enormous Central Metro station will be 28 metres underground with more than 60 staircases, 35 escalators and 15 elevators. The three-decked metro station will be nothing less than a maze-like structure spread across over 3 lakh square feet area, according to The Times of India.
R Ramanathan, former metro rail director, said the station will be ahead in standards when compared to that of London and New York subways. The metro station which will boast of high standards and facilities has been thoughtfully constructed with the likes of metro stations in Singapore, Hong Kong and Europe. “In terms of interiors, signalling and safety systems, Central Metro will be more modern than those in Europe which are several decades old. The station is bigger than Rajiv Chowk in Delhi,” Ramanathan said.
The sprawling metro station which has been built by Afcons Infrastructure, will have platform levels double in size with two island platforms in between tracks built on two levels. While, the siding lines for drivers to start train operations will make it easy for commuters to board trains faster.
The station will boast of a number of facilities from the entry level to the platforms. Right from the ticketing level to the platforms, the station will be equipped with world class facilities. There will be nearly 50,000 square feet space for food and entertainment, and 14 ticket counters manned by staff in formal uniforms to help those travelling by metro trains. More
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Witchhammer aka "Kladivo na carodejnice" [Blu-ray]
(Otakar Vávra, 1970)
Theatrical: Filmové studio Barrandov
Video: Second Run
Resolution: 1080P / 24 fps
LPCM Audio Czech 2304 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
English, none
• New and exclusive filmed appreciation by writer and film historian Kat Ellinger (22:16)
• Otakar Vávra's short film The Light Penetrates the Dark (Svetlo proniká tmou, 1931) (4:41)
• Booklet featuring a new essay by writer and film critic Samm Deighana
Description: Kaplický s 1963 novel, chronicles the series of notorious 17th Century Czech witch trials, undertaken using the infamous Malleus Maleficarum (the Witchhammer of the title), the Catholic treatise on witchcraft which endorses the extermination of witches and developed a detailed legal and theological theory for this purpose. Using genuine court transcripts from the forced confessions of those accused of sorcery and collusion with the Devil, it is a powerful and often shocking allegory of life under totalitarian rule.
With echoes of Bergman and František Vláčil, and with literary antecedents in Arthur Miller's The Crucible and Aldous Huxley's The Devils of Loudon, it is a disturbing political fable; and like Ken Russell's controversial, expressionistic adaptation of Huxley's text, The Devils (1971) and other films of the period such as Michael Reeves' Witchfinder General (1968) and Michael Armstrong's Mark of the Devil (1970), it serves as both grim genre film and compelling historical drama.
Second Run are delighted to produce the World Premiere on Blu-ray.
The film doesn't shy away from the brutal methods used to extract confessions but also skillfully explores some of the mores of its period. This was a time of piety in which sex was perceived as immoral, yet young daughters were readily married off to rich older noblemen. In a provocative opening scene we watch a number of the girls frolicking as they bathe in a way which almost taunts us in our complicity. If desire is wrong then where does that evil originate? In their beauty or our own lustful thoughts?
Excerpt fromAllSightReserved located HERE
“The Witch’s Hammer” takes its title from the 15th century Malleus Maleficarum, a handbook for witch-hunting inquisitors that set scant limitations on the use of pain and trickery for extracting confessions. The work is not mentioned by name in the film, but it makes two cameos. At one point it shows up as “the only book I need” on the desk of Boblig, the self-serving anti-intellectual judge who orchestrates a spiral of accusations, trials and stake-burnings. It casts a more chilling shadow in the form of an unconventional narration by a mad-eyed monk, who reads lurid passages about witch rituals while staring directly into the camera and not otherwise commenting upon the actual story events.
Our hero is Lautner (Elo Romancik), a good man well-versed in legal practice whose honesty and courage stands in great contrast to Boblig, a greedy conniving hypocrite who instantly recognizes a chance to snatch power and never lets go. The performances are top notch all around, but the various voices of reason tend to be less interesting than the petty villains. I think Vavra intentionally defuses any hope for heroism or righteousness to prevail by leaving us with the stolid, common-sensical Lautner. His unwilling to bend makes the search for his breaking point all the more excruciating.
Excerpt from FilmWalrus located HERE
Coming from a country rich in experimental, absurdist, surrealist-tinged and fantastical cinema, the Czech film Witches’ Hammer is a surprisingly formalist and unambiguous comment on life under a totalitarian regime. Based on actual transcripts of Moravia’s witch-trials during the period 1667-1695, and using the same allegorical language as Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and Aldous Huxley’s The Devils of Loudon, the message is as subtle as a two-foot bodkin to the inner thigh: positioning religion as a state-bound brand of delirium and control.
Excerpt fromMondoStumpo located HERE
Witchhammer gets an impressive transfer to Blu-ray from Second Run. It's in dual-layered territory with a max'ed out bitrate. Witchhammer is an absolute visual treat and the 1080P supports the 2.35:1 film with consistent contrast exhibiting a detailed, rich, textured image. It may have a touch of green or sepia infiltration. It's advertised as "presented from a new HD transfer from original materials by the Czech National Film Archive". There are some minor frame-specific marks and a few visible cue blips (see sample at bottom) but the overall Blu-ray presentation shows depth and is gorgeous. The HD visuals are immensely impressive.
Visible Cue Blip
The audio is transferred by Second Run in a linear PCM track at 2304 kbps (24-bit) in the original Czech language. There are religious and period chanting in the background as well as fire and shrieks - all carrying depth, plus a score by Jirí Srnka - born in Písek, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. Dialogue is very clear and there are optional English subtitles and my Oppo has identified it as being a region FREE!
Second Run add a new and exclusive filmed appreciation by writer and film historian Kat Ellinger running over 22-minutes - she references the film as a dialogue heavy drama rich with metaphors far different from films like Witchfinder General, Rosemary's Baby, Cry of the Banshee and other 'witch-related' sub-genre work with themes of sex and rape although Witchhammer is considered more political also owing an allegiance to Dreyer's Day of Wrath. Her analysis is excellent and highly revealing. Excellent. Also included are Otakar Vávra's short film The Light Penetrates the Dark (Svetlo proniká tmou, 1931) running just under 5-minutes. It is cited as first work of the Czech experimental filmmaker when he was only twenty years of age. The package has a liner notes booklet featuring a new, substantial, essay by writer and film critic Samm Deighana.
Witchhammer is a deeply-layered, pagan witch-hunt and political allegory. Sona Valentová really has a Mila Kunis-thing go'in on, too. The Second Run Blu-ray provides an excellent a/v presentation with very appreciated supplements. I was so impressed with Witchhammer and the analysis by Kat Ellinger's visual essay and Samm Deighana's text enhances further appreciation. We congratulate Second Run on this Region FREE Blu-ray release - this is brilliant and may be my favorite package from them yet! - which is saying a lot! Our highest recommendation.
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Migrants bring joy and prosperity
May 29, 2011. Read this morning in the Economist as a wake up call for a new day: ‘If rich countries were to admit enough migrants from poor countries to expand their own labour forces by a mere 3%, the world would be richer, according to one estimate, by $356 billion a year. Completely opening borders would add an astonishing $39 trillion over 25 years to the global economy. That is more than 500 times the amount the rich world spends on foreign aid each year. Migration is the most effective tool yet devised for reducing global poverty.’
Frank van Empel for Ecolutie.nl
Nothing new for me as an economist, because I know that there are two flips to every coin, and so has every other aspect of a specific phenomenon like migration. The same worker can earn 10 to 15 times as much if he or she moves from say, Ethiopia to the Netherlands. The wage gap between rich and poor countries is far wider than it was a century ago. The emotional costs of leaving home, though still hefty, are much lighter than they were. To quote the Economist: ‘A 19th-century Russian emigrant might never see or speak to his family again. A 21st-century migrant can Skype them in the taxi from the airport. No wonder that the number of international migrants has doubled in the past quarter century, to more than 200m. Increasing mobility combined with cheaper communications means that in the future, the global community is becoming connected in a manner not experienced since our small-world evolutionary origins in Africa.’[1]
Poor migrants who work in the rich part of the world send ‘home’ almost all their earnings. Doing so they are helping to smooth out the differences in wealth worldwide. People who get the money send by bank, spend it completely to usefull things like food and shelter. The farmers who produce the food and the construction workers who build the shelters will spend it adequately too. The money multiplies faster in countries like Ethiopia and Marocco than in fat countries like the Netherlands, where round bellied people just add more lazy money to their bank account or spend it on a third tv or second car. Money just moves faster through the economy in a poor country and as long as the production capacity is not completely occupied, the prices won’t rise, but the volume of economic activities will.
That is the secret of the European Union: Money travelling from north to south boosted the economies of Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece in the 1960s and 1970s and nowadays the same trick works out well from west to east. Right wing politicians who hammer on the migration issue and on the issue of debt, are wrong. Together we would be better off when we (all the rich countries) would open our inflexible and slow labour markets to fresh, willing people from outside. Think of all that nine-to-fivers working for the government, banks, energy-companies and other sheltered (from real competition) and tied (with red tape) parts of our gated European and North American economies and communities. Newcomers would have shaken up our lazy bones and would have trimmed down our fat asses. They would have blown more entrepreneurial spirit into our economies. In the economy as well in psychology exists some kind of principle that can be labelled as ‘mutual gains’. The money we give to someone who needs it badly, will come back somehow, sometime, somewhere in our local and regional economy. If the poor get richer they need some of our products and services too. We could have been richer and healthier as we are now and we still can be richer in body, mind and bank account tomorrow if we throw off our anxiety for the unknown and unexperienced. Joseph Schumpeter already noted that new ways of thinking and doing face a lot of problems: ‘In the breast of one who wishes to do something new, the forces of habit rise up…The reaction of the social environment against one who wishes to do something new, may manifest itself first of all in the existence of legal or political impediments…Any deviating conduct by a member of a social group is condemned…Even a mere astonishment at the deviation…exercises a pressure on the individual.’[2]
We have to change our narrow minded thoughts and politicians for more openhearted and openminded ones. Migrants are not creepy, they bring prosperity. Rightwing, narrow programmed politicians are stealing our money and lives.
[1] Exceptional People: How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future. By
Ian Goldin, Geoffrey Cameron and Meera Balarajan. Princeton University Press; 352 pages;
$35 and £24.95.
[2] J.A. Schumpeter, The theory of economic development, Harvard University Press, 1934.
Dit artikel is geschreven door Frank van Empel en Caro Sicking op zondag, mei 29, 2011, 9:27. Frank van Empel en Caro Sicking heeft geschreven 125 artikelen Op deze site.
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How to install the iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 public beta
Apple has now officially begun its public beta test of iOS 13. The beta is expected to last until the public release in September, with updates every week or two. We caution you not to install the beta on a critical device—it is often full of bugs and rife with issues like poor battery life. That’s what a beta is for, after all: finding and fixing bugs.
We have lots of details about iOS 13 here, but if all you want to know is how to install it on your iPhone (or install iPadOS 13 on your iPad), follow these instructions.
Back up your device
Before you install any new OS update, and especially before you install a beta, it’s very important to make sure your device is backed up. Apple has a step-by-step guide to backing up your iPhone or iPad; we suggest performing an iTunes backup and creating an encrypted backup. That will ensure that your Health and Activity data is backed up as well.
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First Look: reMarkable writing test vs. Apple Pencil
Macworld’s Leif Johnson takes his writing utensils very seriously. If he’s not writing on pen and paper he’s usually scribbling away on an iPad Pro with the Apple Pencil—a tool he’s very fond of.
In this video, Adam surprises Leif with a new product called the reMarkable tablet to test out his writing chops. It’s a 10.3-inch e-ink based tablet made with one goal in mind: a paper-like writing experience. Our review of the reMarkable tablet is coming soon, but in the meantime check out Leif’s initial thoughts in the video.
macOS Catalina 10.15 Public Beta is now available
Want to run the next version of macOS? You can if you join Apple’s Public Beta program. Apple has a macOS Catalina Public Beta available for anyone willing to try the new version of the Mac operating system before it is officially released.
Here’s what you need to know about the Public Beta.
The latest: macOS Catalina Public Beta now available
Apple has released the latest version of the beta, called macOS Catalina 10.15 Public Beta. New features include new Music, Podcasts, and TV apps; the ability to use an iPad as an external display; Screen Time; enhanced security; and more.
To install, the 10.15 Public Beta, you must be enrolled in the Public Beta program. Then, you can install the update through macOS’s Software Update (About This Mac > Overview > Software Update.)
iPhone 2019 rumors: Case renders show camera bump, mute slider
What’s in store for the new iPhone in 2019? We won’t officially know until the fall (most likely in September), but until then, you can bet that the rumor mill will be fully operational. This page will keep track of what’s being rumored as new features of the 2019 iPhones, and we’ll provide some analysis and whether or not a rumor seems feasible.
Updated 06/24/19: Renders from case maker Olixar (found at mobile retailer MobileFun) show an iPhone with the expected square camera bump and a new vertically-sliding mute switch.
The bigger MacBook Pro everyone’s waiting for might be priced more like a desktop than a laptop
Apple might have just updated its 13- and 15-inch laptops with better processors and a tweak to the much-maligned butterfly keyboard, but there might be a completely new model arriving later this year. Unfortunately, you probably won’t be able to afford it.
Echoing a previous report by Ming-Chi Kuo, IHS Markit analyst Jeff Lin says that Apple is planning to release a 16-inch MacBook Pro in September, marking the first new size for Apple’s flagship notebook since the 13-inch model was introduced in 2009. It would also represent the biggest MacBook since the 17-inch MacBook Pro was discontinued in 2012.
Samsung SmartThings expands its lineup with a Wi-Fi security camera, a smart bulb, and a smart plug
A smart home system with broad third-party device support gains three new first-party devices.
Apple Watch Series 5: Rumors, price, features, and release date
Let's be clear: Apple has not yet even acknowledged the existence of an Apple Watch Series 5, much less told us anything about it. We've gotten the lowdown on watchOS 6, but that's all.
This is not unusual, of course, Apple very rarely talks about future products until they're ready for their official on-stage announcement. This is a collection of our expectations and the internet's most probable rumors. We'll update it as more concrete info comes in.
Every Apple Watch so far has been unveiled during Apple's September event, where it also announces new iPhones. It is, essentially, the iPhone accessory, so it makes sense.
WatchOS 6: Everything you need to know about the new feature, faces, and functions
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Goodman HTS Manual
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Goodman High Throughput Spectrograph
Updated Mar 2017
C. Briceño/S. Points
Goodman Overview: At Least Read This! [2]
Goodman Cheat Sheet [3]
Introduction [4]
Instrument Overview [5]
Philosophy and Structure of this Manual [6]
Supplemental Information [7]
The Goodman Hardware [8]
The Goodman Blue Camera [9]
The Goodman Red Camera [10]
The Camera [11]
The Camera Focus Stage [12]
The Shutter [13]
The VPH Gratings [14]
The Grating Rotation and Translation Stage [15]
The Filter Wheels [16]
The Collimator [17]
The Slit Mask Assembly [18]
The Goodman Software [19]
Logging on to the Data Acquisition and Data Analysis Computers [20]
Starting and Stopping the Data Acquisition GUI [21]
Starting and Stopping the Data Analysis GUI [22]
Basic GUI Layout [23]
Observing with Goodman [24]
Before Your Run [25]
Setting Up for for the Start of Your Night/Run [26]
During Your Night/Run [27]
After Your Night/Run [28]
The Step-by-step Goodman Observing Guide (PDF) [29]
Observing guides [30]
Measuring Radial Velocities with Goodman (PDF #1 [31])(PDF #2 [32])
Reducing Goodman Data [33]
Introduction to the Goodman HTS
Instrument Overview
The Goodman High Throughput Spectrograph has been upgraded to provide users with the choice of one of two separate cameras.
One is the original UV-optimized Blue Camera, with a 4096x4096 Fairchid CCD. The new device is the Red Camera, equipped with an e2v 4096x4096 detector optimized for work at red wavelengths with negligible fringing redward of ~650nm compared to the Blue Camera. For both detectors the pixel scale is the same (0.15 arcsec per pixel). This provides a 3096 x 3096 unbinned pixels (~7.2 arcmin diameter) FOV in imaging mode and a 4096 x 1896 unbinned pixels FOV in spectroscopic mode. The long slit masks in spectroscopic mode are approximately 3.9 arcmin in length and cover ~1560 unbinned pixels, leaving enough pixels above and below the slit to obtain an estimate of the stray and scattered light.
In both cameras, the CCD is read by the Spectral Instruments [34] controller. In the Blue Camera through 1 amplifier.
Blue Camera: Depending on binning and the gain setting, the CCD can be read in as little as 20 seconds (1x1 fast readout) to as long as 80 seconds (1x1 slow readout) in spectroscopic mode. Please see the table given in the Goodman Overview [2] page for a more detailed description.
The data are taken via a vncviewer on the Goodman data acquisition computer (soaric6 for the Red Camera and soaric2 for the Blue Camera) and examined via a vncviewer on the Goodman data analysis computer (soaric7). From soaric7, one can transfer the data to their home institution using "scp".
Unbinned Goodman spectra plus overscan and header information are approximately 16 Mbytes each. A typical night produces about 2-4 Gbytes of data and easily transferred over the internet. This is the preferred method of the SOAR partners. If this is unfeasible, please contact Sean Points prior to your run so that other options can be discussed.
The Goodman imaging (first) filter wheel contains space for 4 square 4x4 inch filters, plus one blank position. The second filter wheel holds 4 inch diameter circular filters, and has 6 positions, 5 regularly equipped with the order sortting spectroscopic filters, and one open position. Filters may be up to 10mm thick.
For the list of available filters look at the SOAR Filters page. [35] Special arrangements for installing filters should be consulted well in advance of an obsreving run with the Instrument Scientist.
Philosophy and Structure of this Manual
This manual is intended for an observer planning to use the Goodman spectrograph. It is not intended to serve as a hardware or software reference document describing the inner workings of Goodman, although some details at that level may appear to help the observer plan observing strategies. Also, we assume that the observer is already familiar with CCD cameras, spectroscopic observations, and data reductions.
The Goodman Overview [2] is at the front of this manual. If you've read this far, and don't plan to read any further, be sure you understand the Goodman Overview [2] pages.
Development of the Goodman High Throughput Spectrograph is a continuing process. Throughout the lifetime of the instrument, filters will be added, old ones replaced, and software enhanced. This manual represents the status as of the date on the cover page. We expect to revise the manual occasionally to include information gained during engineering runs, as well as to reflect new filters.
A Beginner's Guide to Using IRAF [36] (IRAF Version 2.10), Jeannette Barnes, August 1993
A User's Guide to CCD Reductions with IRAF [37], Philip Massey, February 1997
A User's Guide to Reducing Slit Spectra with IRAF [38], Phil Massey, Frank Valdes, Jeannette Barnes, April 1992
Guide to the Slit Spectra Reduction Task DOSLIT [39], Francisco Valdes, February 1993
The Goodman Hardware
In this section you will find a description of the hardware and main components of the Goodman HTS. Click on this link for a PDF file containing photos and further notes of each mechanism. [40]
The Blue/Red Camera Stage
Both the Blue [9] and Red [10] cameras are installed on an articulated stage, which is moved by a wormdriven annular stage directly encoded with a resolution of 0.6 μ-radians. To minimize flexure the camera platform rides on a concentric 400mm curved bearing rail. The platform that holds the camera optics and dewar is attached at two points to the central stage and at two points to the bearings on the curved rail. The coupling between the bearing assembly and the camera platform is through tuned flexures that both relieve the overconstraint between the central bearing and the rail, and act as a restoring spring for two piezo-electric actuators that can move the whole platform up and down to compensate for instrument flexures. These flexures are pre-loaded with 100kg of tension, which is more than twice the total weight of the camera assemblies, to insure that the bearings on the curved rail remain on the same contact surface (the underside of the rail) during rotation of the instrument. Flexure compensation on the orthogonal axis uses the articulation motion at very low speed.
The Camera Focus Stage
The camera optics tube rides on lead-screwdriven crossed roller bearing stages. The camera stage is a custom low profile design that had to be incorporated into the articulation assembly. The camera focus stage incorporates external temperature sensors, constructed from temperature-to-voltage converters that feed built-in analog-to-digital converters in the Silvermax motors driving the stage. The optics mounts do not include passive thermal compensation, so measurements are required to correct for focus changes with temperature.
The Shutter
The clear aperture at the front of the camera is 4” and it is 2.8” at the last optic, which doubles as a dewar window. The shutter adds only ¼” to the width of the camera optics (except for a strategically positioned motor), and adds only 1” in length to the front of the camera. It consists of a friction driven curved stainless plate 0.010” thick that rides in a curved teflon track to cover the 4” entrance to the camera optics. The stepper motor can open or close the shutter in under 200 msec.
The VPH Gratings
We have available VPH gratings of 400, 600, 930, 1200, 1800, 2100 and 2400 l/mm, that have been produced in a holographic exposure facility at UNC that is currently capable of making 4” size VPH gratings. These gratings are of quality equal to or exceeding those produced by most vendors.
The Grating Rotation and Translation Stages
The grating changer can position any of three gratings at the 75 mm pupil, or lower them out of the way for imaging mode. This translation is subordinate to the grating rotation, so that the grating can be inserted and removed quickly from the pupil without resetting the angle. The rotation is driven by a Newport rotary stage at the bottom and a matching bearing at the top. This stage was retrofitted with a Silvermax motor. The stage is directly encoded with a resolution of 0.9 μ-radians, and the Silvermax motor uses feedback from this encoder for fine position control. Gratings are mounted in frames that are held by ball detents in the translation mechanism.
The Filter Wheels
The Goodman spectrograph uses two filters wheels.
The first filter wheel is used mostly for imaging. It can hold up to 4 holds 4x4 inch square filters. The SOAR filter page [35] shows the list of available filters.
The second filter wheel has 6 positions for 4-inch diameter circular filters. It normally holds the 5 spectroscopic order sorting filters, and an open position.
Filters are placed in the collimated beam where they cause a pupil shift instead of a more irritating refocus, but this made them large, to accommodate the 75 mm pupil, and difficult to place. The wheels are suspended from a plate mounted to a cantilevered extension to the truss. The wheels are tilted enough to place any reflection ghosts the filters generate outside of the imaging field. Filters are mounted in rings that are held in the wheels using spring loaded ball detents. This allows exchange of filters without tools or fasteners that get lost or dropped in the instrument. Likewise, the wheels are held on their bearings by a hub that can be removed by hand. The wheels have teeth around their perimeter and are driven by smaller gears engaged by a spring loaded mechanism.
The Collimator
The Goodman Spectrograph collimator has a set position at this time and cannot be moved. The collimator focus value is 1000.
Slit Masks
Goodman slit masks are 3x5 arcmin on the sky. Single longslits are available in widths ranging from 0.46 to 10 arcsec. They are all roughly 3.9 arcmin long. See the Goodman longslit page for more details. [41] Slit masks are installed on a 36 position carrousel.
Multiobject slit masks are also 3x5 arcmin on the sky. At present the mask carrousel can hold 17 MOS masks at one time, the remaining 19 positions are used by longslits, image slicers, and a few non-operative slots. Changing MOS masks is a daytime operation.
The Goodman Software
The Goodman Spectrograph Control System (GSCS) is a system of Labview programs running on a Windows machine, with which observers control the spectrograph and take data using its CCD camera. To access this software, users must use a graphical desktop sharing system to connect to the spectrograph’s control computer. We recommend using a VNC connection (see the SOAR Remote Observer's Guide [42]), but other types of software may be used, such as Windows Remote Desktop. The following set of instructions for linking to the Goodman computer assumes that the user has established a secure VPN connection and will use a VNC or Remote Desktop session (click here to for a PDF document providing additional information on how to connect and run the Goodman GUI). [43] This dcument shows the example for the Blue Camera. For the Red Camera only the name of the computer changes (see below).
Logging on to the Data Acquisition and Data Analysis Computers
The data acquisition computers are:
soaric2 if using the Goodman Blue Camera [9]
soaric6 fif using the Goodman Red Camera. [10]
The data visualization computer running IRAF is soaric7. A number of different ways to logon to these machine exist, depending upon your preference. These methods are discussed below.
From Cerro Pachón:
The mountain staff or your support scientist will show you the computer on which you can obtain and analyze your data. To open the Goodman user control panels:
Double click on the "Scroll Lock" Key
A window will open displaying the names of the computers to which you can connect
Use the "Up" and "Down" arrow keys to highlight a free machine.
If the Data Acquisition and Analysis windows are running, you can skip to the GUI Layout section of this manual. If these GUIs are not running, skip to the Starting and Stopping the Data Acquisition GUI and Starting and Stopping the Data Analysis GUI sections of this Manual.
From the Remote Observing Center in La Serena:
Log on to the observing account using the username and password provided to you by the instrument scientist (Sean Points, César Briceño, Regis Cartier or Alfredo Zenteno if your time is through NOAO or Chile, or your Brazilian Support astronomer if you are observing through Brazil time). If forgotten, these are posted on a list near the door.
Start the Data Acquisition GUI by typing the following command from a terminal command line on the GNU/Linux computer in the remote observing center:
> vncviewer -Shared soaric2.ctio.noao.edu & (Blue Camera [9])
> vncviewer -Shared soaric6.ctio.noao.edu & (Red Camera [10])
Log on to the vncviewer with the password provided by the instrument scientist.
Start the Data Analysis GUI by typing the following command from a terminal command line on the GNU/Linux computer in the remote observing center:
> vncviewer -Shared soaric7.ctio.noao.edu:4 &
If you are a Remote Observer:
Start the VPN connection on your computer, using the username and password information provided by your Support Scientist: Sean Points or César Briceño if your time is through NOAO or Chile, your Brazilian Support astronomer if you are observing through Brazil time, or your SOAR Support person at UNC or MSU.
Log on to the vncviewer with the password provided by the instrument scientist. Set this GUI in one of your monitors.
Log on to the vncviewer with the password provided by the instrument scientist. Set this GUI in another of your monitors. Remember that a minimum of 2 monitors is required to carry out remote observing at SOAR, and the recommended setup is 3 monitors (see the SOAR Remote Observer's Guide). [42]
In most cases the GUIs should be started and you will be presented with a data acquisition screen and data analysis screen as shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4: The Goodman Data Acquisition and Data Analysis GUI windows.
Starting and Stopping the Data Acquisition GUI
If the data acquisition GUI has not been started, then one should see a blue screen in the soaric2 VNC window. At the bottom of the screen, you should see that the SI Image SGL D and SI Image are minimized. You may also see that the LabVIEW Transfer_To_SOARIC7 vi and the LabVIEW Goodman Spectrograph Control System vi are minimized. If these are minimized, the you just need to click on them to start the data acquisition GUI. Click here for a PDF file with additional information on the start-up of Goodman. [44]
To start the data acquisition software:
Figure 5: Selecting the CCD parameters (e.g., 1x1 imaging, 2x2 imaging, 1x1 spectroscopic, 2x2 spectroscopic, etc.)
Figure 6: Selecting the detector readout parameters.
Click the Transfer_To_SOARIC7 LabVIEW shortcut on the Desktop and start the application by clicking on the white arrow.
Open the Goodman controls by clicking on the GSP_Main LabView shortcut on the Desktop and start the application by clicking on the white arrow.
Check the camera panel. If a green button is present for "Connection Open/Getting Data" in the upper left of the GUI, Goodman "sees" the SI Image camera control software and a TCP/IP connection is available to take data. You can confirm this by clicking on the "Obtain Camera Status" button. During a normal startup of the GSP_Main vi the CCD Temp will read "0". If the TCP/IP connection is operating, clicking on the "Obtain Camera Status" button will show the latest temperature measurement. If Goodman is cooled, the CCD Temp should be -106.5. If the CCD Temp does not update, you will need to check the SI Image SGL D window and make sure that a TCP/IP connection is open.
Click on Main tab and logon;
Use the account appropriate for your observing program (i.e., BRAZIL, CHILE, MSU, NOAO, OTHER, or UNC) with the password provided by your institution.
Click the User tab, go to "Home Systems", and select "Home All". You should see the dark green lights change to yellow on the control panel as systems are being homed. Upon a successful homing of the systems, all lights should be bright green, except the Collimator Focus which well remain a dark green. If there are any red lights, you will need to log out of GSP_Main and shutdown and cycle the power on the Goodman motor electronics.
After the camera is homed, start the flexure correction by clicking the flexure LED. It should change from dark green to bright green.
Select the imaging or spectroscopic mode in which you want to work.
Select Gain and Readout Setting. These values are given in the Goodman Overview [2] and in the Goodman Cheat Sheet [3]. Usual values are 100 KHz ATTN0 with the Blue Camera, which provides gain=1.06 and readout noise= 3.72 e-, and 344KHz ATTN3 with the Red Camera, which provides gain=1.48 and read noise=3.89.
Set up the grating and camera angles for your observations. The pre-defined modes are listed in the Goodman Overview [2].
You are now ready to use Goodman.
If the data acquisition GUI needs to be stopped:
Single click on the Main tab and log out.
Click on the Main tab and Shutdown. This will move all the systems back to their "Home" positions.
After the shutdown has finished you should ask the TelOps staff to turn off the power to the Goodman electronics box.
A more detailed explanation of the Startup and Shutdown procedures can be found in the Goodman step-by-step User's Observing Guide (PDF). [45]
Starting and Stopping the Data Analysis GUI
The Goodman data analysis VNC window (soaric7:4) has a relatively simple layout. If the IRAF data analysis windows are not open, you should see an IRAF button in the lower right corner of the VNC window. Single click on the IRAF button and an IRAF xgterm and a ds9 window will open. Load any IRAF package you may need for your observing. You will also want to make sure that you are in the correct directory to analyze your data.
> cd /home3/observer/today/
Basic GUI Layout
All observing with the Goodman Spectrograph is handled through the Data Acquisition GUI. Upon successful startup of the Goodman data acquisition GUI on soaric2, one should check that the Goodman data acquisition window looks something like that shown in Figure 4.
The Goodman observing GUI can be divided into certain distinct regions as shown in Figure 7. These include the:
Figure 7: The Goodman data acquisition GUI with regions demarcated and labeled.
TCS Status Region - This region shows various telemetry data from the instrument, as well as information obtained from the Telescope Control System (TCS) and the SOAR Environmental Station. These data include the current RA and Dec of the telescope, the airmass, the sidereal time, the ISB rotator angle, etc.
Connection Info Region - This region shows if the LabVIEW GSP_Main vi has a TCP/IP connection to the SI Image software. If the conection is active, then you should see a green box stating that the TCP/IP conection is open and that the SI Image software is receiving commands from the GSP_Main vi. One method of checking this connection is to click on the "Obtain Camera Status" button while you are not taking an image. This should update the "CCD Temp." and "Vacuum Pressure" fields above the camera status button. Also included in this section of the GUI is the "General" tab. If an observer selects this, they will be able to edit the "Observer" and "Proposal ID" keywords for the FITS headers.
Acquisition and Exposure Status Region - This region of the GUI is complex and contains many items of which the observer should note. In this region, the observer can do the following:
Figure 8: Selecting the CCD binning and image size.
Figure 9: Selecting the Goodman readout parameters.
Figure 10: (a) Taking an internal calibration quartz spectrum. In this image the internal quartz lamp is off. (b) Taking an internal lamp quartz spectrum. The quartz lamp has been turned on at the 70% level.
Change the OBSTYPE (OBJECT, FLAT, COMP, DARK, or ZERO) of the image by clicking on the appropriate tab.
Edit the "Object Name" for the FITS headers.
Set the number of exposures for each OBSTYPE.
Set the base name of the FITS file.
Set the exposure time.
Select the CCD binning and image size. The default 1x1 imaging mode has an image size of 3096x3096 pixels. The default 1x1 spectroscopic mode has an image size of 4142x1896 pixels. Please note that no overscan region is written for imaging mode. The overscan region is only read if the serial dimension is greater than 4096 pixels.
Select the CCD readout speed, gain and readnoise parameters.
Turn on/off calibration lamps (HgAr, CuHeAr, Ne, Ar, Quartz). For example, select the "Flat" tab in the "Acquisition and Exposure Status" region of the GUI (see Figure 10). All of the calibration lamp LEDs should be dark green (Figure 10a). If you are using the internal quartz lamp, select the desired intensity value and then click the dark green box beneath the "Quartz" label. The dark green box should now be bright green (Figure 10b). You should always check with the telescope operators that the calibration lamp has been turned on.
Make a telescope offset.
View the exposure time and readout status.
All of these features will be discussed in more detail in the Observing with Goodman [46] section of this manual.
Instrument Status Region - This region of the GUI is equal in its complexity as the Acquisition and Exposure Status Region. In this section, the observer controls the physical setup of the spectrograph. In this region, the observer can do the following:
Figure 11: Changing the primary filter.
Figure 12: Changing the secondary filter.
Figure 13: Selecting the slit mask assembly.
Figure 14: Selecting the grating.
Figure 15: Selecting the camera and grating angles (Wavelength Assembly).
Figure 16: Selecting the camera focus. The set camera focus region is located in the bottom right-hand corner of the GUI. To change the camera focus, the observer should change the "Target" value to the desired camera focus and then press the "Set" button.
Check on the status of the motor sub-systems. This is indicated by the vertical column of round lights (LEDs) on the left of the display. If the lights are bright green, it signifies that the sus-systems are homed and/or in their proper positions as determined by the sub-displays in this region. If the lights are dark green, it indicates that the sub-system has not been homed. At present, only the status light for the Collimator Focus should be dark green (see below). If the status light is yellow, it signifies that the sub-system is moving from one state to another. For example, if you change the Slit Mask from the 0.46" slit to the 1.03" slit, the light to the left of "Mask Assembly" will change from bright green to yellow and then back to bright green during the exchange of slit masks. If a motor light should be red, it indicates that an error has occurred and that the observer needs to shutdown the Data Acquisition GUI and restarted after the power to the instrument electronics box has been cycled.
Change the "Primary Filter". The Goodman filter wheels can hold 5 +1 (empty) 4" diameter filters. We have placed UBVR filters on the Kron-Cousins system in the primary filter wheel on Goodman (see Figure 11).
Change the "Secondary Filter". The Goodman filter wheels can hold 5 + 1 (empty) 4" diameter filters. We have placed GG-385, GG-455, GG-495, and OG-570 order blocking filters in the secondary filter wheel.
Change the "Slit Mask". An observer can change the Slit Mask from that which is currently in place by clicking on the upper-most button under the "Mask" section of the GUI and select a different slit mask (see Figure 13). After a successful startup of the GUI no slit mask will be in place. The observer should then choose from among our current long-slit masks as given in the Goodman Overview [2].
Change the "Grating". An observer can choose from no grating, to any of the maximum of three gratings that can be installed at a given time, e.g., the 400l/mm, 600l/mm, or 1200l/mm by clicking on the grating selection button. For the updated list of available gratings see the Goodman Overview page [2].
Select the "Camera and Grating" angles for the observations. This feature allows the observer to select among the various predetermined spectroscopic modes of the instrument (see Figure 15). These modes are listed in the Goodman Overview [2] section of this manual. We provide examples of HgAr and CuHeAr spectra in the Comparison Lamp [47] section of the Goodman documentation.
The "Camera Focus" depends upon the observing setup that the observer chooses. The TelOps staff have a list of the most recent camera foci that have been determined during an engineering run. If in doubt, the observer should determine the best camera foci for their run during afternoon calibrations. More information on determning the camera focus is given in the User's Guide to Observing with Goodman. [24]
(Last Update on Feb 7, 2018)
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[30] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/soar/content/observing-goodman/#S6
[31] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/soar/sites/default/files/GOODMAN/RV.pdf
[32] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/soar/sites/default/files/GOODMAN/goodman_rv.pdf
[33] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/soar/content/goodman-data-reduction-pipeline
[34] http://www.specinst.com/
[35] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/soar/content/filters-available-soar
[36] http://iraf.noao.edu/iraf/ftp/pub/beguide.ps.Z
[37] http://iraf.noao.edu/iraf/ftp/iraf/docs/ccduser3.ps.Z
[38] http://iraf.noao.edu/iraf/ftp/iraf/docs/spect.ps.Z
[39] http://iraf.noao.edu/iraf/ftp/iraf/docs/doslit.ps.Z
[40] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/soar/sites/default/files/GOODMAN/where_does_the_light_go.pdf
[41] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/soar/content/ghts-long-slits
[42] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/soar/content/soar-remote-observers-guide
[43] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/soar/sites/default/files/GOODMAN/connecting_to_goodman.pdf
[44] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/soar/sites/default/files/GOODMAN/starting_up_spectrograph.pdf
[45] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/soar/sites/default/files/GOODMAN/Goodman_Tutorial_2017.pdf
[46] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/soar/content/goodman-observing-guide
[47] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/soar/content/goodman-comparison-lamps-updated
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Johor Darul Ta'zim
KL Felda United
Petaling Jaya City FC
PKNP
PKNS
JDT leading the way for Malaysia in Asia
Johor Darul Ta'zim Nov 22, 2018 John Duerden
Cornthwaite's fresh start away from 'stagnant' A-League
Perak Feb 25, 2018 Jason Dasey
S.League hot shot Ramazotti joins PKNS
Malaysia Super League Jan 30, 2018 Paul Murphy
Perak want to 'do a Leicester City' in MSL
Selangor FA denied return to Shah Alam
Vietnam lose to Uzbekistan in AFC U23 final
AFC U23 Championship Jan 27, 2018 Paul Murphy
JDT stars Tan, Syamer to go to Portugal
Malaysia Jan 25, 2018 Paul Murphy
Malaysia U23 boss OKS to Atletico Madrid
JDT to focus on MSL after ACL thrashing
AFC Champions League Jan 23, 2018 Paul Murphy
JDT thrashed 5-2 in ACL playoff in Thailand
Safiq's JDT primed for ACL Thailand playoff
Ong proves Malaysia doubters wrong
AFC U23 Championship Jan 21, 2018 Michael Church
Malaysia to learn from AFC U23 run - Ong
Malaysia pipped in AFC U23 quarterfinal
AFC: Ong says Malaysia can match S Korea
Vietnam join Malaysia in AFC U23 quarters
Sablon prodigies must fill S.League void
Singapore Jan 17, 2018 Neil Humphreys
Ong hails Malaysia AFC U23 giant killers
Danial seals historic Malaysia U23 victory
Perak TBG sign Cornthwaite from WSW
Transfers Jan 15, 2018 AAP
Luciano Figueroa header gives JDT win in Thai warm-up for ACL
Jason Dasey and John Wilkinson discuss Pep Guardiola's promise to visit JDT if Manchester City win the Premier League title.
Malaysian champions Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT) got their preseason tour of Thailand off to a winning start while former Home United teammates Hassan Sunny and Hariss Harun were reunited on opposing sides.
JDT earned a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Thai League 2 (T2) side Army United, with the only goal coming from Luciano Figueroa's header at the beginning of the second half.
But the visitors were given a good workout in a competitive fixture as they prepare to face Muang Thong United in the AFC Champions League qualifier on Jan. 23.
The hosts had the better of the first half, with Hazwan Bakri's low drive the only time JDT tested Hassan in the Army goal.
Junior Eldstal and Fazly Mazlan were both booked as JDT struggled to impose themselves on the game.
However, it was a different story in the second half after some changes were made, and it was not long before they opened the scoring through Figueroa's fine header.
While JDT took their time to get going, they looked comfortable for most of the second half, despite failing to trouble Hassan after the goal.
JDT midfielder Hariss' Bangkok reunion with Hassan came just months after the two Singapore internationals had played together at Home United in the S.League last season.
"It's good to see him as we were teammates at club and international level last year," Hariss told ESPN FC. "I am happy for him as he's playing in Thailand at a higher level.
"He's a top goalkeeper so I'm sure he'll bring a lot to this team and put in a lot of really good performances like he did before he left."
Hariss was happy with the overall performance of his team, and he gave a solid performance in the middle of the park in the second half as he seeks to re-establish himself, following last season's loan in Singapore.
"I think it was a good game to try and test ourselves," Hariss said. "I think we played particularly well in the second half. I think it was a good performance, but we always have to look to improve."
Meanwhile, Hassan was delighted to be back playing for the club that he served with distinction in 2015 and 2016.
"It feels too good to be back," Hassan told ESPN FC. "My last game was on 18th November in Singapore, so it's been a while since I last played.
"I think we have a lot of fighters now in the team. It's a totally different team to what we had two or three years ago.
"I think we are adapting well to the new system our coach has brought to us, so it will be very interesting to see how we cope [in T2]."
Hassan felt the performance against an opponent like JDT was very encouraging as they prepare for a battle to try and work their way back into contention for a place in the top tier of Thai football.
"Looking at the JDT squad, they have more than 10 national team players," Hassan said. "I think we coped very well.
"We played against a strong, solid team. They have good balance in all departments. Now we have a good run with a few more friendly matches and we'll see how it goes."
JDT next play Chonburi on Jan. 13 and round off their Thailand tour against Port FC two days later.
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A Personal Miscellany
Music and culture, mostly.
2012 – a year in listening
Look back number 10, a decade’s worth of reflection – which makes it sound far grander than it is. I’m as rapacious and I think catholic in my listening as ever, perhaps more so. My habit seems to be focused on intense bouts of listening to certain artists, periods which might last anywhere between a month and a year or more; then moving on, the trail gone cold, sometimes to be returned to, sometimes not. Those artists that bear return tend to hover around the top of my listening chart, namely Kraftwerk, Miles, Scott, Kip.
A quick iTunes smart playlist for 2012 turns up remarkably few notable albums. I wonder whether I’ve deleted noteworthy releases, but if they were worthwhile I probably wouldn’t have removed them. I’m forced to conclude that most of the wonderful music I’ve listened to wasn’t released this year. Looking back at 2011, it seems like there were more worthwhile releases. I’m firmly not of the belief that music is on the wane, but I wonder whether as I grow older I’m less interested in the new. Something to keep an eye on.
Music released in 2012
Actress – R.I.P.
Thank god for ambition, for a desire to push boundaries and question.
Andy Stott – Luxury Problems
Took a while for this to click with me. Will be playing this intermittently, but regularly through 2013 I suspect.
Kuedo – Work, Live and Sleep in Collapsing Space
Just an EP with one new track and two remixes. Will there be more in the vein of Severant in 2013?
Mala – Mala in Cuba
Unexpectedly great fusion of Cuban music and dubstep. Would love to hear this developed further, suspect it never will be.
Scott Walker – Bish Bosch
This has just been released, I’ve only heard it eight times, but I expect to hear it a lot more. It sounds lighter than The Drift which was such a challenge, as though something dark shot suddenly out into bright sunshine. Scott’s voice is pitched slightly higher, there seem a few more hooks, a slight return to the heights of Tilt. Each album is an unknown, this I suspect will grow and grow in stature.
Sigur Rós – Valtari
Such keening grandeur, the group’s first album after the departure of their drummer begs the question of what the future holds for the group. Sincere thanks to Arthur for buying this and visiting me with it this year. Some years ago I’d bought (), but I’d never been able to engage with it very much. Valtari, with its gorgeous cover image, just made sense and led me to gradually acquire their whole back-catalogue. At time of writing I may or may not be on the verge of ceasing to listen to them. Then again I’m playing Valtari right now and adoring it again on its 37th listen. They make simply beautiful music, I love the Icelandic sounds of Jonsi’s words, their productions, the swooning loveliness of it all. I do adore generosity, which Sigur Rós share with the likes of Penguin Cafe Orchestra I have tickets to see them with Amy and Gabriel and Arthur in Glasgow in March, can’t wait!
The xx – Coexist
More of the same, just even subtler than the debut. Lovely. Favourite recent play, driving in the falling darkness and light rain over the moors on the A66 from Frodsham to Richmond with Amy and Gabriel between Christmas and New Year.
Music released before 2012
I listened to a lot of Miles this year, something I expect to continue doing. The revelation this year was the wonderful Complete Session of the 1965-68 Second Great Quintet, I’ve known this music for more than 20 years, but the door just opened fully this year on the wonder of this group’s music. Sigur Rós were this year’s major discovery due again to ears opening on Valtari and then exploring backwards. I started listening again to Kip Hanrahan despite this year’s new album (At Home With Anger) being a disappointment. I returned to Scott and am amazed by Bish Bosch, released only a month ago, an incredible work that reignited my passion for all his work. I listened to a lot of Fovea Hex who produced wonderful soundtracks to my walks along the silent, distant parts of the Thames and other riverways. Wim Mertens was another new discovery, his music helped during my dad’s illness, especially when there seemed no hope. Mertens led to Michael Nyman whose soundtracks for Greenaway are just wonderful, likewise his Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat operetta as well as the Celan and Ariel song suites sung by Ute Lemper. Billie Holiday’s been playing on fairly constant rotation recently, her bittersweet range a source of solace, as was Eleni Karaindrou’s elegiac compositions for Angelopoulous’ films. Michael Mantler was another new discovery, intense and challenging, must start listening to him again as have stopped the last few months. This past month I’ve started to listen to The Durutti Column again, music from my youth that still gives me great pleasure, Dagmar Krause, Can and Roxy Music. What will 2013 bring?
My listening in numbers
1. Miles Davis (2,153)
2. Sigur Rós (1,851)
3. Kip Hanrahan (1,101)
4. Scott Walker (875)
5. Robin Williamson (752)
6. Fovea Hex (646)
7. Kraftwerk (604)
8. Shackleton (524)
9. Arto Lindsay (516)
10. John Martyn (480)
11. Wim Mertens (476)
12. Tindersticks (466)
12. Michael Nyman (466)
14. Actress (445)
15. The Incredible String Band (442)
16. Duke Ellington (434)
17. Al Di Meola (408)
18. Kuedo (393)
19. Billie Holiday (391)
20. Wayne Shorter (363)
21. Main (337)
22. Fluxion (325)
23. Eleni Karaindrou (320)
24. Michael Mantler (315)
25. David Bowie (307)
26. Seefeel (306)
27. Lambchop (304)
28. Marilyn Mazur (286)
29. Bill Evans (275)
30. Andy Stott (272)
Last year, my top 30 artists totalled 20,215 scrobbles (the reduction from this year’s 16,833 may be attributable to no longer being able to listen to music at work). Only 9 artists in this year’s chart remain from last year (Miles Davis, Scott Walker, Robin Williamson, Kraftwerk, Arto Lindsay, John Martyn, Tindersticks, Marilyn Mazur).
Thanks to last.fm
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Stuart Brannan 05.01.13 / 3pm
Wondered when you’d get around to your retrospecive for 2012. Here’s mine… http://stuartbrannan.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/2012-music/
I actually found a lot to like in 2012.
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I’ve been writing this blog for quite a lot longer than three years and now I’m finally getting round to writing something in the About page. But what to write? Oh well, if you check the category listings you’ll see what I cover. It’s a ragtag assortment of bits and bobs, anything that catches my fancy really. Unsurprisingly, much of that is music. I much appreciate comments, but whether you feel like making them or not, I hope you find something of interest.
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31.12 2016 – a year in listening
15.12 A decade of listening
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12.12 On not getting Kraftwerk tickets today…
25.11 With a printer…
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Net service
MichiKaifu
Earthquake, Net service, Social Network
New Episode of "Social Media" Revolution in the War against Nuke Plant
In ancient Japan, or so the folktale goes, there used to be a mountain where old people were taken and abandoned once they reached 60 years of age. Although the practice of obasute was probably more rural legend than actual reality, it is a chilling reminder of the perils of old age in a nation where roughly one-quarter of Japanese are now 60 years old or above.
via globalspin.blogs.time.com
This news has been going around on Twitter world in Japan for some time - a group of retired engineers are getting together and trying to volunteer in the war zone of Fukushima to stop the nuke power plant calamity. I was thinking that although it was such a brave move, Japanese government and TEPCO would be too bureaucratic to allow such an unprecedented grass-roots move to take any realistic effect.
Now, I just heard the news that the group was officially asked to help by the government and TEPCO, negotiating their position, and that they are currently in the process of establishing themselves as NPO.
This is truly amazing. I don't think it is anything unique to Japan - forget about Bushido, it is long gone, but Americans are known for hero-loving and any other countries have enough number of conscious minded people who would do this under such circumstance. But Japanese have been generally shy and are not used to organizing such things in large scale.
I think Internet age made the change. They put up the site and spread the words through Twitter and other social networks. Domestic and international media took it up, and even more people agreed to join in. It created the momentum.
It may help that the leader, Mr. Yastel Yamada, was a left-wing activist as a student in the 1960's. But the tools - net, Twitter and social media - are there to help now. They don't have to throw the fire bottles against the establishment - Tweets are stronger than bottles.
So, in a totally different angle, I believe it is another case of "social media" revolution, following "Jasmin Revolution" in Tunisia and Egypt.
Here is the link to their official site. The announcement of the government/TEPCO acceptance is only written in Japanese - the meeting was held on May 26, and was announced on 6/3.
http://bouhatsusoshi.jp/english
Net service, Web/Tech
Great news for all Japanese entrepreneurs - Zynga Buys Tokyo-Based Startup Unoh
via techcrunch.com
Congrats to my friend Shintaro Yamada, founder and CEO of UNOH, for (reportedly) successful exit with Zynga!!
Not only for Shintaro, but also to all entrepreneurs in Japan. There has been lots of talks about why there aren't enough successful Japanese startups, and I said in my 2008 book "Paradaisu Sakoku" (Seclusion in Paradise) that the biggest problem, although not often mentioned in Japanese press, is that there is no exit, except for IPO - Japanese big corporations just don't acquire startups. IPO is a high hurdle, particularly these days. In Silicon Valley, the most common exit is the acquisition by a bigger company.
Now, this precedent will HUGELY encourage Japanese entrepreneurs. Even though Japanese companies don't acquire startups, US companies can.
Shintaro has lots of friends in the Valley. It is not a luck. He worked really hard to make it happen, not just by building services, but also by building human relationships in the Valley. He knows what is important in this world.
Hope many more will follow his trail.
Asiajin » Japan’s 13 Major Radio Station To Start Simulcast On The Web
Most of the Tokyo’s one are so-called “key station” which provides programs to local countryside radio stations, and Osaka’s are “sub-key station”. Those 13 had formed a IP simulcast council in last December [J]. This move is also supported by giant ad agent Dentsu. They already cleared copyrights issues with rights holders like JASRAC(Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers), JAAA(Japan Advertising Agencies Association) and talent agencies, as Nikkei Business says.
via asiajin.com
This is still a small "ant's hall", but can be the beginning of the end of Japan's old media regime. Dentsu changing their stance about net media has a significant meaning, and if they are pushing the "rights clearing house" scheme for music, it can be a pivotal event in Japan's rigid "copyrights" framework. It could spread over to the video/TV as well. I am curiously watching.
Asiajin » NHK World TV iPhone app: English TV programs on Japan in your pocket
I have become a bit of NHK fan lately, because of their continued effort to adjust themselves to the net/web world, and of their recent hit dramas full of my favorite actors. I tried out this iPhone app, and currently the program line up is not necessarily "attractive" for me (e.g. I was hoping to watch "Salaryman Neo", my favorite satire/comedy show), I still want to support their effort to open up their window.
I am sure very few people would enjoy it, but it is an interesting effort to broadcast "English" shows globally via Net.
They can do this because they are independent from TV CM. They have "subscription" based business model, so they don't have this REALLY tangled relationships with Japanese big ad agencies and actor management offices. They can be the "disruptive technology" in Japanese TV circle... I hope.
Japan's internet ad market shake up
I was aware that Yahoo! Japan is totally a different animal from its U.S. version, and that they have the majority share of searches in Japan, not Google.
But I didn't know that Yahoo's dominance is such, until I saw the article on Nikkei last night.
It reported that NTT (Japan's dominant telecom carrier) and Microsoft are teaming up to form an Internet advertising network. The initial network will include MSN/WindowsLive and Goo/OCN/Plara (NTT group's portal/search engine), as well as third party sites such as Niko Niko Douga (YouTube-like video sharing site), nifty, and Sony's So-net. The entity will sell the ad space to the advertisers and distribute through the network sites.
And according to the chart that goes with the article, the pageview ranking of Japanese domestic internet sites (Dec.08) are:
Yahoo! Japan 23.710
Google 3,738
Rakuten 3,277 (e-commerce site)
YouTube 1,822
Mixi 1,774 (social network site)
MSN/Windoes Live 1,615
Goo 1,152 (NTT's search and portal)
(numbers are in million pageview, during the month of December 08)
(Source: NetRatings via Nihon Keizai Shimbun)
New NTT/MS ad network would jump up to the #2 position with almost 5 billion PVs, surpassing Google, but it sill is less than 1/4 of Yahoo Japan.
Yahoo! Japan, despite its namesake, is a separate entity from Yahoo!. Yahoo! US has just a minority investment and provide brandname and trademark, similar touch and feel and menu of services, but the strategy and site management decisions are totally up to the Japanese entity, the crown jewel of Mr. Masayoshi Son's Softbank group.
Japan's net advertisement market is said to have gone through a major shakeout in 2007, when SNS site Mixi started to dump its huge page inventory and the price per PV plummeted in order of 1/100's. With the tough economic environment, this move by NTT and MS is seen not only as the challenge to the mighty Yahoo, but also as an effort to consolidate the market, in a Japanese way, to avoid further damage.
Another special factor in Japan is Dentsu's existance. Dentsu is the largest ad agency in Japan, and I am hearing that they still have significant power even in the Internet ad market, through their close relationships with the advertisers. I don't know how Dentsu's position will be in this situation. Dentsu is often accused by "net" side people as the "dark side", who tries to keep the traditional media dominance and suppress the new development in the net media. I am curious how the power will (or will not) shift in this world's #2 ad market.
Nintendo and Hatena come up with a cloudish service for DSi
Nintendo and their neighbor in Kyoto, Hatena, who provides blog and other web-based services, jointly announced the new service "Ugoku Memo-Cho" (moving memo) today. With this service, you write/draw doodles or edit photo on DSi, enjoy it on its "Ugo Memo Theater" and share it on Hatena service "Ugo Memo Hatena".
CNET Japan article
Ugoku Memo-Cho website
UgoMemo photos
Sharing photos or drawings on the Web is nothing new, but it is considered significant as it involves Nintendo's hugely popular portable game machine, and integrates with Hatena's cloud on the back-end.
Nintendo's creator Yoshiaki Koizumi states that they chose to work with Hatena, because "it takes a special skill sets to maintain the User Generated Contents (UCG) site, and we don't have that skill. We rely on Hatena on that part."
Hatena's founder and president Junya Kondo explains that Hatena's motivation to work with Nintendo is "to expand our user community to non-traditional PC users", as Hatena, despite its cult-like status in Japaenese Web community, is often criticized as "pegeon hole" of Web geeks. Hatena's community is not exactly kids-friendly, so they are planning to employ various filter technology to adjust the contents to younger and wider audience of Nintendo DSi.
The service is provided for free to the user, and Hatena maintains the back-end server.
Personally I am a heavy user of Hatena Diary (blog service) and Hatena Bookmark ("Digg" of Japan) - actually one of the better-known writers on their blog, so I hope Hatena does well in this new attempt. They are both from Kyoto, the ancient capital of 1000 years with a pride, and Kyoto people often feels Tokyo as their "rival". It is nice to see some "diversity" in otherwise pretty homogeneous Japan.
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Halo: Reach Getting Stroked in Early Reviews
by Matt Heywood on September 12, 2010 Gaming NewsReviewsXbox 360 awesome fanboys gaming geeks Halo videogames Xbox360
I can’t believe Halo: Reach is almost here and I haven’t even pre-ordered it yet. After reading some early reviews of the game it’s safe to say that I’ll be hitting up my local Gamestop today. It’s not like I wasn’t going to get Halo: Reach, it’s more of me being a lazy gamer. Every review I’ve seen has more or less sucked Bungie’s collective weiners over this game. That isn’t surprising considering Bungie is one of the best game devs out there, but Halo: Reach is probably getting the most praise a Halo game has ever received. I must admit, reading these reviews have finally got me jacked for this game.
I may have to participate in the midnight launch now with all of the other degenerates and parents who can’t say NO to their sh*tty teenagers. I really wasn’t looking forward to the awkwardness felt at these events, but the reviews are giving me motivation to deal with said doucheness. Too bad most of my gaming crew has moved out West, so this is the one issue that may prevent me from doing the midnight shuffle. It’s sort of been tradition for games like this to play cooperatively with bros as soon as it comes out, but after reading these reviews that may have to be broken. Check them out below and get ready for the last Bungie created Halo game, or so they say. We could have a Legendary Solo run in the making a la Par Don U style! You’ve been trying to pretend you don’t care about Halo: Reach…
Joystiq Halo: Reach Review
Kotaku Halo: Reach Review
Tags : awesomefanboysgaminggeeksHalovideogamesXbox360
DTV – My Kind of Skateboard!
Lord of the Rings Goes Gangster!
Halo: Outpost Discovery Touring Experience Brings the Game to the Real World
The Halo Theme Was Meant to be Acapella as Evident by This Video
Halo TV Show Greenlit By Showtime – Primetime Spartans
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10. The Wabbit in the Adventure Caffè
"Who's that?" asked the Wabbit. "Marco Mengoni of course." Lapinette, stabbed the magazine with her paw. The Wabbit looked quizzical. "He's a singer songwriter. He won the Italian X-factor," said Lapinette. "Oh really," said the Wabbit without enthusiasm. The Wabbit only liked old scratchy jazz records that he found in markets."Don't let Skratch see it," he said. "He'll give us a lecture on popular culture." "Too late!" said a familiar voice. "That Mengoni fellow has a sort of captivating meaow." "Oh hello Skratch," cooed Lapinette. "You tell us what kind of adventure we just had." "An interesting Brechtian escapade," said Skratch. "You certainly made your point." "Oh thanks," said the Wabbit smiling. "Well you made it rather a lot," purred Skratch. "But it was accessible enough." "Anything else? "asked the Wabbit with hesitation. "It looked good," said Skratch. The Wabbit's face fell. "But nothing, however good it looks," quoted Skratch, "should be termed good unless it is." Now the Wabbit really grinned. "Thank you Skratch, you're a most intelligent feline." "Any more good quotes, Skratch?" asked Lapinette. Skratch paused. "There are some with brains and some without," he said. "It makes for a better division of labour."
The Wabbit and the No. 9 Tram
9. The Wabbit suggests a Deal
8. Lapinette and the Fake Fur Futures
7. The Wabbit and the Confrontation
6. The Wabbit and the Change of Plan
5. The Wabbit and Livestock Exchange
4. The Wabbit of the Stockyards
3. The Wabbit and the Watching Brief
2. The Wabbit and the Fashion of Fur
1. The Wabbit and the Fashion Poster
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Proposed Amazon logistics center facing community pushback in Prince George's County
Mom of 3 killed in apparent murder-suicide by man she met on dating app, family says
Six Flags holds 'Coffin Challenge' requiring guests to stay in coffin for 30 hours
A light illuminates an empty casket in the funeral parlor of Greenwich Village Funeral Home on November 20, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
(Fox News) – Six Flags amusement park in Eureka, Mo., is holding a morbid contest for the brave – and not claustrophobic.
The theme park has announced a competition inviting guests to stay in a tight coffin for nearly 30 hours straight.
The Fright Fest 30-Hour Coffin Challenge will take place on Saturday, October 13 and reward those who make it through the night with more than just bragging rights. The prizes include two 2019 Gold Season Passes, a Fright Fest prize package, two VIP Haunted House passes and a ticket for two to ride the Freak Train for Freak Unleashed. The winner will also be entered in a drawing for a $300 prize.
Six Flags will provide “six, deluxe, 2’ x 7’, slight used coffins,” as well as “meals, snacks and drinks in bed,” as well as a six-minute bathroom break every hour.
The coffin is also available to take home if the winner desires.
See the Full Story at FoxNews.com
Firebird roller coaster stuck at Six Flags America, officials say
BOWIE, Md. (FOX 5 DC) — A roller coaster was stuck Thursday evening at Six Flags America in Bowie.
Six Flags officials say the Firebird roller coaster came to a “controlled stop at the top of the lift hill” at around 6:15 p.m.
Around 8 p.m., passengers were escorted off of the ride.
By fox5dc.com staff , Paul Wagner, FOX 5 DC
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (FOX 5 DC) — Prince George's County Police have arrested a Baltimore man and charged him in connection with the June murder of a transgender woman who was found shot to death in Fairmount Heights.
Zoe Spears was killed just moments after having a brief conversation with a man in a van who then used a shotgun to kill her, according to police.
They say they were able to arrest Gerardo Thomas after tracking more than 30,000 vehicles through license plate readers.
The heat wave which has brought intense heat and humidity to the D.C. region over the last several days will continue Thursday with temperatures expected to soar to dangerous levels over the weekend.
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FOX 5's Michelle Rotella says temperatures will drop slightly today giving us highs around 93 degrees but the heat index, which is what it feels like based on the temperature and humidity, could climb back up to around 105 degrees by later this afternoon.
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From my discourse with Mr. Lloyd, and from the above reported conference between Bessie and Abbot, I gathered enough of hope to suffice as a motive for wishing to get well: a change seemed near,—I desired and waited it in silence. It tarried, however: days and weeks passed: I had regained my normal state of health, but no new allusion was made to the subject over which I brooded. Mrs. Reed surveyed me at times with a severe eye, but seldom addressed me: since my illness, she had drawn a more marked line of separation than ever between me and her own children; appointing me a small closet to sleep in by myself, condemning me to take my meals alone, and pass all my time in the nursery, while my cousins were constantly in the drawing-room. Not a hint, however, did she drop about sending me to school: still I felt an instinctive certainty that she would not long endure me under the same roof with her; for her glance, now more than ever, when turned on me, expressed an insuperable and rooted aversion.
Eliza and Georgiana, evidently acting according to orders, spoke to me as little as possible: John thrust his tongue in his cheek whenever he saw me, and once attempted chastisement; but as I instantly turned against him, roused by the same sentiment of deep ire and desperate revolt which had stirred my corruption before, he thought it better to desist, and ran from me tittering execrations, and vowing I had burst his nose. I had indeed levelled at that prominent feature as hard a blow as my knuckles could inflict; and when I saw that either that or my look daunted him, I had the greatest inclination to follow up my advantage to purpose; but he was already with his mama. I heard him in a blubbering tone commence the tale of how “that nasty Jane Eyre” had flown at him like a mad cat: he was stopped rather harshly—
“Don’t talk to me about her, John: I told you not to go near her; she is not worthy of notice; I do not choose that either you or your sisters should associate with her.”
Here, leaning over the banister, I cried out suddenly, and without at all deliberating on my words—
“They are not fit to associate with me.”
Mrs. Reed was rather a stout woman; but, on hearing this strange and audacious declaration, she ran nimbly up the stair, swept me like a whirlwind into the nursery, and crushing me down on the edge of my crib, dared me in an emphatic voice to rise from that place, or utter one syllable during the remainder of the day.
“What would Uncle Reed say to you, if he were alive?” was my scarcely voluntary demand. I say scarcely voluntary, for it seemed as if my tongue pronounced words without my will consenting to their utterance: something spoke out of me over which I had no control.
“What?” said Mrs. Reed under her breath: her usually cold composed grey eye became troubled with a look like fear; she took her hand from my arm, and gazed at me as if she really did not know whether I were child or fiend. I was now in for it.
“My Uncle Reed is in heaven, and can see all you do and think; and so can papa and mama: they know how you shut me up all day long, and how you wish me dead.”
Mrs. Reed soon rallied her spirits: she shook me most soundly, she boxed both my ears, and then left me without a word. Bessie supplied the hiatus by a homily of an hour’s length, in which she proved beyond a doubt that I was the most wicked and abandoned child ever reared under a roof. I half believed her; for I felt indeed only bad feelings surging in my breast.
November, December, and half of January passed away. Christmas and the New Year had been celebrated at Gateshead with the usual festive cheer; presents had been interchanged, dinners and evening parties given. From every enjoyment I was, of course, excluded: my share of the gaiety consisted in witnessing the daily apparelling of Eliza and Georgiana, and seeing them descend to the drawing-room, dressed out in thin muslin frocks and scarlet sashes, with hair elaborately ringletted; and afterwards, in listening to the sound of the piano or the harp played below, to the passing to and fro of the butler and footman, to the jingling of glass and china as refreshments were handed, to the broken hum of conversation as the drawing-room door opened and closed. When tired of this occupation, I would retire from the stairhead to the solitary and silent nursery: there, though somewhat sad, I was not miserable. To speak truth, I had not the least wish to go into company, for in company I was very rarely noticed; and if Bessie had but been kind and companionable, I should have deemed it a treat to spend the evenings quietly with her, instead of passing them under the formidable eye of Mrs. Reed, in a room full of ladies and gentlemen. But Bessie, as soon as she had dressed her young ladies, used to take herself off to the lively regions of the kitchen and housekeeper’s room, generally bearing the candle along with her. I then sat with my doll on my knee till the fire got low, glancing round occasionally to make sure that nothing worse than myself haunted the shadowy room; and when the embers sank to a dull red, I undressed hastily, tugging at knots and strings as I best might, and sought shelter from cold and darkness in my crib. To this crib I always took my doll; human beings must love something, and, in the dearth of worthier objects of affection, I contrived to find a pleasure in loving and cherishing a faded graven image, shabby as a miniature scarecrow. It puzzles me now to remember with what absurd sincerity I doated on this little toy, half fancying it alive and capable of sensation. I could not sleep unless it was folded in my night-gown; and when it lay there safe and warm, I was comparatively happy, believing it to be happy likewise.
Long did the hours seem while I waited the departure of the company, and listened for the sound of Bessie’s step on the stairs: sometimes she would come up in the interval to seek her thimble or her scissors, or perhaps to bring me something by way of supper—a bun or a cheese-cake—then she would sit on the bed while I ate it, and when I had finished, she would tuck the clothes round me, and twice she kissed me, and said, “Good night, Miss Jane.” When thus gentle, Bessie seemed to me the best, prettiest, kindest being in the world; and I wished most intensely that she would always be so pleasant and amiable, and never push me about, or scold, or task me unreasonably, as she was too often wont to do. Bessie Lee must, I think, have been a girl of good natural capacity, for she was smart in all she did, and had a remarkable knack of narrative; so, at least, I judge from the impression made on me by her nursery tales. She was pretty too, if my recollections of her face and person are correct. I remember her as a slim young woman, with black hair, dark eyes, very nice features, and good, clear complexion; but she had a capricious and hasty temper, and indifferent ideas of principle or justice: still, such as she was, I preferred her to any one else at Gateshead Hall.
It was the fifteenth of January, about nine o’clock in the morning: Bessie was gone down to breakfast; my cousins had not yet been summoned to their mama; Eliza was putting on her bonnet and warm garden-coat to go and feed her poultry, an occupation of which she was fond: and not less so of selling the eggs to the housekeeper and hoarding up the money she thus obtained. She had a turn for traffic, and a marked propensity for saving; shown not only in the vending of eggs and chickens, but also in driving hard bargains with the gardener about flower-roots, seeds, and slips of plants; that functionary having orders from Mrs. Reed to buy of his young lady all the products of her parterre she wished to sell: and Eliza would have sold the hair off her head if she could have made a handsome profit thereby. As to her money, she first secreted it in odd corners, wrapped in a rag or an old curl-paper; but some of these hoards having been discovered by the housemaid, Eliza, fearful of one day losing her valued treasure, consented to intrust it to her mother, at a usurious rate of interest—fifty or sixty per cent.; which interest she exacted every quarter, keeping her accounts in a little book with anxious accuracy.
Georgiana sat on a high stool, dressing her hair at the glass, and interweaving her curls with artificial flowers and faded feathers, of which she had found a store in a drawer in the attic. I was making my bed, having received strict orders from Bessie to get it arranged before she returned (for Bessie now frequently employed me as a sort of under-nurserymaid, to tidy the room, dust the chairs, &c.). Having spread the quilt and folded my night-dress, I went to the window-seat to put in order some picture-books and doll’s house furniture scattered there; an abrupt command from Georgiana to let her playthings alone (for the tiny chairs and mirrors, the fairy plates and cups, were her property) stopped my proceedings; and then, for lack of other occupation, I fell to breathing on the frost-flowers with which the window was fretted, and thus clearing a space in the glass through which I might look out on the grounds, where all was still and petrified under the influence of a hard frost.
From this window were visible the porter’s lodge and the carriage-road, and just as I had dissolved so much of the silver-white foliage veiling the panes as left room to look out, I saw the gates thrown open and a carriage roll through. I watched it ascending the drive with indifference; carriages often came to Gateshead, but none ever brought visitors in whom I was interested; it stopped in front of the house, the door-bell rang loudly, the new-comer was admitted. All this being nothing to me, my vacant attention soon found livelier attraction in the spectacle of a little hungry robin, which came and chirruped on the twigs of the leafless cherry-tree nailed against the wall near the casement. The remains of my breakfast of bread and milk stood on the table, and having crumbled a morsel of roll, I was tugging at the sash to put out the crumbs on the window-sill, when Bessie came running upstairs into the nursery.
“Miss Jane, take off your pinafore; what are you doing there? Have you washed your hands and face this morning?” I gave another tug before I answered, for I wanted the bird to be secure of its bread: the sash yielded; I scattered the crumbs, some on the stone sill, some on the cherry-tree bough, then, closing the window, I replied—
“No, Bessie; I have only just finished dusting.”
“Troublesome, careless child! and what are you doing now? You look quite red, as if you had been about some mischief: what were you opening the window for?”
I was spared the trouble of answering, for Bessie seemed in too great a hurry to listen to explanations; she hauled me to the washstand, inflicted a merciless, but happily brief scrub on my face and hands with soap, water, and a coarse towel; disciplined my head with a bristly brush, denuded me of my pinafore, and then hurrying me to the top of the stairs, bid me go down directly, as I was wanted in the breakfast-room.
I would have asked who wanted me: I would have demanded if Mrs. Reed was there; but Bessie was already gone, and had closed the nursery-door upon me. I slowly descended. For nearly three months, I had never been called to Mrs. Reed’s presence; restricted so long to the nursery, the breakfast, dining, and drawing-rooms were become for me awful regions, on which it dismayed me to intrude.
I now stood in the empty hall; before me was the breakfast-room door, and I stopped, intimidated and trembling. What a miserable little poltroon had fear, engendered of unjust punishment, made of me in those days! I feared to return to the nursery, and feared to go forward to the parlour; ten minutes I stood in agitated hesitation; the vehement ringing of the breakfast-room bell decided me; I must enter.
“Who could want me?” I asked inwardly, as with both hands I turned the stiff door-handle, which, for a second or two, resisted my efforts. “What should I see besides Aunt Reed in the apartment?—a man or a woman?” The handle turned, the door unclosed, and passing through and curtseying low, I looked up at—a black pillar!—such, at least, appeared to me, at first sight, the straight, narrow, sable-clad shape standing erect on the rug: the grim face at the top was like a carved mask, placed above the shaft by way of capital.
Mrs. Reed occupied her usual seat by the fireside; she made a signal to me to approach; I did so, and she introduced me to the stony stranger with the words: “This is the little girl respecting whom I applied to you.”
He, for it was a man, turned his head slowly towards where I stood, and having examined me with the two inquisitive-looking grey eyes which twinkled under a pair of bushy brows, said solemnly, and in a bass voice, “Her size is small: what is her age?”
“Ten years.”
“So much?” was the doubtful answer; and he prolonged his scrutiny for some minutes. Presently he addressed me—“Your name, little girl?”
“Jane Eyre, sir.”
In uttering these words I looked up: he seemed to me a tall gentleman; but then I was very little; his features were large, and they and all the lines of his frame were equally harsh and prim.
“Well, Jane Eyre, and are you a good child?”
Impossible to reply to this in the affirmative: my little world held a contrary opinion: I was silent. Mrs. Reed answered for me by an expressive shake of the head, adding soon, “Perhaps the less said on that subject the better, Mr. Brocklehurst.”
“Sorry indeed to hear it! she and I must have some talk;” and bending from the perpendicular, he installed his person in the arm-chair opposite Mrs. Reed’s. “Come here,” he said.
I stepped across the rug; he placed me square and straight before him. What a face he had, now that it was almost on a level with mine! what a great nose! and what a mouth! and what large prominent teeth!
“No sight so sad as that of a naughty child,” he began, “especially a naughty little girl. Do you know where the wicked go after death?”
“They go to hell,” was my ready and orthodox answer.
“And what is hell? Can you tell me that?”
“A pit full of fire.”
“And should you like to fall into that pit, and to be burning there for ever?”
“What must you do to avoid it?”
I deliberated a moment; my answer, when it did come, was objectionable: “I must keep in good health, and not die.”
“How can you keep in good health? Children younger than you die daily. I buried a little child of five years old only a day or two since,—a good little child, whose soul is now in heaven. It is to be feared the same could not be said of you were you to be called hence.”
Not being in a condition to remove his doubt, I only cast my eyes down on the two large feet planted on the rug, and sighed, wishing myself far enough away.
“I hope that sigh is from the heart, and that you repent of ever having been the occasion of discomfort to your excellent benefactress.”
“Benefactress! benefactress!” said I inwardly: “they all call Mrs. Reed my benefactress; if so, a benefactress is a disagreeable thing.”
“Do you say your prayers night and morning?” continued my interrogator.
“Yes, sir.”
“Do you read your Bible?”
“With pleasure? Are you fond of it?”
“I like Revelations, and the book of Daniel, and Genesis and Samuel, and a little bit of Exodus, and some parts of Kings and Chronicles, and Job and Jonah.”
“And the Psalms? I hope you like them?”
“No? oh, shocking! I have a little boy, younger than you, who knows six Psalms by heart: and when you ask him which he would rather have, a gingerbread-nut to eat or a verse of a Psalm to learn, he says: ‘Oh! the verse of a Psalm! angels sing Psalms;’ says he, ‘I wish to be a little angel here below;’ he then gets two nuts in recompense for his infant piety.”
“Psalms are not interesting,” I remarked.
“That proves you have a wicked heart; and you must pray to God to change it: to give you a new and clean one: to take away your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”
I was about to propound a question, touching the manner in which that operation of changing my heart was to be performed, when Mrs. Reed interposed, telling me to sit down; she then proceeded to carry on the conversation herself.
“Mr. Brocklehurst, I believe I intimated in the letter which I wrote to you three weeks ago, that this little girl has not quite the character and disposition I could wish: should you admit her into Lowood school, I should be glad if the superintendent and teachers were requested to keep a strict eye on her, and, above all, to guard against her worst fault, a tendency to deceit. I mention this in your hearing, Jane, that you may not attempt to impose on Mr. Brocklehurst.”
Well might I dread, well might I dislike Mrs. Reed; for it was her nature to wound me cruelly; never was I happy in her presence; however carefully I obeyed, however strenuously I strove to please her, my efforts were still repulsed and repaid by such sentences as the above. Now, uttered before a stranger, the accusation cut me to the heart; I dimly perceived that she was already obliterating hope from the new phase of existence which she destined me to enter; I felt, though I could not have expressed the feeling, that she was sowing aversion and unkindness along my future path; I saw myself transformed under Mr. Brocklehurst’s eye into an artful, noxious child, and what could I do to remedy the injury?
“Nothing, indeed,” thought I, as I struggled to repress a sob, and hastily wiped away some tears, the impotent evidences of my anguish.
“Deceit is, indeed, a sad fault in a child,” said Mr. Brocklehurst; “it is akin to falsehood, and all liars will have their portion in the lake burning with fire and brimstone; she shall, however, be watched, Mrs. Reed. I will speak to Miss Temple and the teachers.”
“I should wish her to be brought up in a manner suiting her prospects,” continued my benefactress; “to be made useful, to be kept humble: as for the vacations, she will, with your permission, spend them always at Lowood.”
“Your decisions are perfectly judicious, madam,” returned Mr. Brocklehurst. “Humility is a Christian grace, and one peculiarly appropriate to the pupils of Lowood; I, therefore, direct that especial care shall be bestowed on its cultivation amongst them. I have studied how best to mortify in them the worldly sentiment of pride; and, only the other day, I had a pleasing proof of my success. My second daughter, Augusta, went with her mama to visit the school, and on her return she exclaimed: ‘Oh, dear papa, how quiet and plain all the girls at Lowood look, with their hair combed behind their ears, and their long pinafores, and those little holland pockets outside their frocks—they are almost like poor people’s children! and,’ said she, ‘they looked at my dress and mama’s, as if they had never seen a silk gown before.’”
“This is the state of things I quite approve,” returned Mrs. Reed; “had I sought all England over, I could scarcely have found a system more exactly fitting a child like Jane Eyre. Consistency, my dear Mr. Brocklehurst; I advocate consistency in all things.”
“Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties; and it has been observed in every arrangement connected with the establishment of Lowood: plain fare, simple attire, unsophisticated accommodations, hardy and active habits; such is the order of the day in the house and its inhabitants.”
“Quite right, sir. I may then depend upon this child being received as a pupil at Lowood, and there being trained in conformity to her position and prospects?”
“Madam, you may: she shall be placed in that nursery of chosen plants, and I trust she will show herself grateful for the inestimable privilege of her election.”
“I will send her, then, as soon as possible, Mr. Brocklehurst; for, I assure you, I feel anxious to be relieved of a responsibility that was becoming too irksome.”
“No doubt, no doubt, madam; and now I wish you good morning. I shall return to Brocklehurst Hall in the course of a week or two: my good friend, the Archdeacon, will not permit me to leave him sooner. I shall send Miss Temple notice that she is to expect a new girl, so that there will be no difficulty about receiving her. Good-bye.”
“Good-bye, Mr. Brocklehurst; remember me to Mrs. and Miss Brocklehurst, and to Augusta and Theodore, and Master Broughton Brocklehurst.”
“I will, madam. Little girl, here is a book entitled the ‘Child’s Guide,’ read it with prayer, especially that part containing ‘An account of the awfully sudden death of Martha G---, a naughty child addicted to falsehood and deceit.’”
With these words Mr. Brocklehurst put into my hand a thin pamphlet sewn in a cover, and having rung for his carriage, he departed.
Mrs. Reed and I were left alone: some minutes passed in silence; she was sewing, I was watching her. Mrs. Reed might be at that time some six or seven and thirty; she was a woman of robust frame, square-shouldered and strong-limbed, not tall, and, though stout, not obese: she had a somewhat large face, the under jaw being much developed and very solid; her brow was low, her chin large and prominent, mouth and nose sufficiently regular; under her light eyebrows glimmered an eye devoid of ruth; her skin was dark and opaque, her hair nearly flaxen; her constitution was sound as a bell—illness never came near her; she was an exact, clever manager; her household and tenantry were thoroughly under her control; her children only at times defied her authority and laughed it to scorn; she dressed well, and had a presence and port calculated to set off handsome attire.
Sitting on a low stool, a few yards from her arm-chair, I examined her figure; I perused her features. In my hand I held the tract containing the sudden death of the Liar, to which narrative my attention had been pointed as to an appropriate warning. What had just passed; what Mrs. Reed had said concerning me to Mr. Brocklehurst; the whole tenor of their conversation, was recent, raw, and stinging in my mind; I had felt every word as acutely as I had heard it plainly, and a passion of resentment fomented now within me.
Mrs. Reed looked up from her work; her eye settled on mine, her fingers at the same time suspended their nimble movements.
“Go out of the room; return to the nursery,” was her mandate. My look or something else must have struck her as offensive, for she spoke with extreme though suppressed irritation. I got up, I went to the door; I came back again; I walked to the window, across the room, then close up to her.
Speak I must: I had been trodden on severely, and must turn: but how? What strength had I to dart retaliation at my antagonist? I gathered my energies and launched them in this blunt sentence—
“I am not deceitful: if I were, I should say I loved you; but I declare I do not love you: I dislike you the worst of anybody in the world except John Reed; and this book about the liar, you may give to your girl, Georgiana, for it is she who tells lies, and not I.”
Mrs. Reed’s hands still lay on her work inactive: her eye of ice continued to dwell freezingly on mine.
“What more have you to say?” she asked, rather in the tone in which a person might address an opponent of adult age than such as is ordinarily used to a child.
That eye of hers, that voice stirred every antipathy I had. Shaking from head to foot, thrilled with ungovernable excitement, I continued—
“I am glad you are no relation of mine: I will never call you aunt again as long as I live. I will never come to see you when I am grown up; and if any one asks me how I liked you, and how you treated me, I will say the very thought of you makes me sick, and that you treated me with miserable cruelty.”
“How dare you affirm that, Jane Eyre?”
“How dare I, Mrs. Reed? How dare I? Because it is the truth. You think I have no feelings, and that I can do without one bit of love or kindness; but I cannot live so: and you have no pity. I shall remember how you thrust me back—roughly and violently thrust me back—into the red-room, and locked me up there, to my dying day; though I was in agony; though I cried out, while suffocating with distress, ‘Have mercy! Have mercy, Aunt Reed!’ And that punishment you made me suffer because your wicked boy struck me—knocked me down for nothing. I will tell anybody who asks me questions, this exact tale. People think you a good woman, but you are bad, hard-hearted. You are deceitful!”
Ere I had finished this reply, my soul began to expand, to exult, with the strangest sense of freedom, of triumph, I ever felt. It seemed as if an invisible bond had burst, and that I had struggled out into unhoped-for liberty. Not without cause was this sentiment: Mrs. Reed looked frightened; her work had slipped from her knee; she was lifting up her hands, rocking herself to and fro, and even twisting her face as if she would cry.
“Jane, you are under a mistake: what is the matter with you? Why do you tremble so violently? Would you like to drink some water?”
“No, Mrs. Reed.”
“Is there anything else you wish for, Jane? I assure you, I desire to be your friend.”
“Not you. You told Mr. Brocklehurst I had a bad character, a deceitful disposition; and I’ll let everybody at Lowood know what you are, and what you have done.”
“Jane, you don’t understand these things: children must be corrected for their faults.”
“Deceit is not my fault!” I cried out in a savage, high voice.
“But you are passionate, Jane, that you must allow: and now return to the nursery—there’s a dear—and lie down a little.”
“I am not your dear; I cannot lie down: send me to school soon, Mrs. Reed, for I hate to live here.”
“I will indeed send her to school soon,” murmured Mrs. Reed sotto voce; and gathering up her work, she abruptly quitted the apartment.
I was left there alone—winner of the field. It was the hardest battle I had fought, and the first victory I had gained: I stood awhile on the rug, where Mr. Brocklehurst had stood, and I enjoyed my conqueror’s solitude. First, I smiled to myself and felt elate; but this fierce pleasure subsided in me as fast as did the accelerated throb of my pulses. A child cannot quarrel with its elders, as I had done; cannot give its furious feelings uncontrolled play, as I had given mine, without experiencing afterwards the pang of remorse and the chill of reaction. A ridge of lighted heath, alive, glancing, devouring, would have been a meet emblem of my mind when I accused and menaced Mrs. Reed: the same ridge, black and blasted after the flames are dead, would have represented as meetly my subsequent condition, when half-an-hour’s silence and reflection had shown me the madness of my conduct, and the dreariness of my hated and hating position.
Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavour, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned. Willingly would I now have gone and asked Mrs. Reed’s pardon; but I knew, partly from experience and partly from instinct, that was the way to make her repulse me with double scorn, thereby re-exciting every turbulent impulse of my nature.
I would fain exercise some better faculty than that of fierce speaking; fain find nourishment for some less fiendish feeling than that of sombre indignation. I took a book—some Arabian tales; I sat down and endeavoured to read. I could make no sense of the subject; my own thoughts swam always between me and the page I had usually found fascinating. I opened the glass-door in the breakfast-room: the shrubbery was quite still: the black frost reigned, unbroken by sun or breeze, through the grounds. I covered my head and arms with the skirt of my frock, and went out to walk in a part of the plantation which was quite sequestrated; but I found no pleasure in the silent trees, the falling fir-cones, the congealed relics of autumn, russet leaves, swept by past winds in heaps, and now stiffened together. I leaned against a gate, and looked into an empty field where no sheep were feeding, where the short grass was nipped and blanched. It was a very grey day; a most opaque sky, “onding on snaw,” canopied all; thence flakes felt it intervals, which settled on the hard path and on the hoary lea without melting. I stood, a wretched child enough, whispering to myself over and over again, “What shall I do?—what shall I do?”
All at once I heard a clear voice call, “Miss Jane! where are you? Come to lunch!”
It was Bessie, I knew well enough; but I did not stir; her light step came tripping down the path.
“You naughty little thing!” she said. “Why don’t you come when you are called?”
Bessie’s presence, compared with the thoughts over which I had been brooding, seemed cheerful; even though, as usual, she was somewhat cross. The fact is, after my conflict with and victory over Mrs. Reed, I was not disposed to care much for the nursemaid’s transitory anger; and I was disposed to bask in her youthful lightness of heart. I just put my two arms round her and said, “Come, Bessie! don’t scold.”
The action was more frank and fearless than any I was habituated to indulge in: somehow it pleased her.
“You are a strange child, Miss Jane,” she said, as she looked down at me; “a little roving, solitary thing: and you are going to school, I suppose?”
“And won’t you be sorry to leave poor Bessie?”
“What does Bessie care for me? She is always scolding me.”
“Because you’re such a queer, frightened, shy little thing. You should be bolder.”
“What! to get more knocks?”
“Nonsense! But you are rather put upon, that’s certain. My mother said, when she came to see me last week, that she would not like a little one of her own to be in your place.—Now, come in, and I’ve some good news for you.”
“I don’t think you have, Bessie.”
“Child! what do you mean? What sorrowful eyes you fix on me! Well, but Missis and the young ladies and Master John are going out to tea this afternoon, and you shall have tea with me. I’ll ask cook to bake you a little cake, and then you shall help me to look over your drawers; for I am soon to pack your trunk. Missis intends you to leave Gateshead in a day or two, and you shall choose what toys you like to take with you.”
“Bessie, you must promise not to scold me any more till I go.”
“Well, I will; but mind you are a very good girl, and don’t be afraid of me. Don’t start when I chance to speak rather sharply; it’s so provoking.”
“I don’t think I shall ever be afraid of you again, Bessie, because I have got used to you, and I shall soon have another set of people to dread.”
“If you dread them they’ll dislike you.”
“As you do, Bessie?”
“I don’t dislike you, Miss; I believe I am fonder of you than of all the others.”
“You don’t show it.”
“You little sharp thing! you’ve got quite a new way of talking. What makes you so venturesome and hardy?”
“Why, I shall soon be away from you, and besides”—I was going to say something about what had passed between me and Mrs. Reed, but on second thoughts I considered it better to remain silent on that head.
“And so you’re glad to leave me?”
“Not at all, Bessie; indeed, just now I’m rather sorry.”
“Just now! and rather! How coolly my little lady says it! I dare say now if I were to ask you for a kiss you wouldn’t give it me: you’d say you’d rather not.”
“I’ll kiss you and welcome: bend your head down.” Bessie stooped; we mutually embraced, and I followed her into the house quite comforted. That afternoon lapsed in peace and harmony; and in the evening Bessie told me some of her most enchanting stories, and sang me some of her sweetest songs. Even for me life had its gleams of sunshine.
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by krista on May 4, 2010
It’s not often that I encounter a knife and fork prawn, a meaty curled specimen that’s more than three bites. Raan Jay Fai’s pad kee mao goong is full of these monster shrimp; maybe that’s why this dish commands the notoriously high 250-baht-price ($7.75 today) when you can get a plate of drunken noodles for a fraction of that elsewhere in Bangkok.
These wide rice noodles are seared with a crisper bin worth of vegetables: shiitakes, strips of carrot and red pepper, fat snap peas and wedges of a sweet crunchy root that I’m 85% sure was taro though it lacked the tell tale mauve speckles.
The charcoal-fueled flames waiting for a wok.
Rows of condiments waiting to be used. I had heard about long lines and crowds but the open-air restaurant was next to empty shortly after their 4pm opening.
Raan Jay Fai * 327 Mahachai Rd., Bangkok, Thailand
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About The PROJECT 100 VOLCANOES - Grzegorz (Gregory) Gawlik
The 100 VOLCANOES PROJECT is realized since 2006 and aims to explore the 100 volcanoes, of which half of them must be active.
Volcanoes are precisely tailored, difficult to access and very interesting in terms of exploratory and scientific. Often wild, most active, the highest.
Project 100 volcanoes is unique on a global scale, approaching the half. Is realized individually (solo).
The achievement of the project are located in two tables, primary and subsidiary.
As at November 01 (2015) at the main table are 39 volcanoes of which 27 were active, they are: Toba, Kerinci, Soputan, Lokon Tompaluan, Anak Krakatau, Papandayan Merapi, Semeru (Mahameru), Bromo, Ijen, Rinjani, Tambora (INDONESIA); Licancabur, Sairecabur, Lascar, Copahue (CHILE, ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA); Western Elbrus, Kazbek (Mkinvartsveri) (RUSSIA and GEORGIA); Khorgo (MONGOLIA); Ararat (TURKEY); Damavand (IRAN); Thrihnukagigur (Three Peaks Crater, descent to the bottom of the crater, more than 120m), Hvannadalshnukur (Oraefjokull), Ok, Hverfjall (Hverfell), Krafla (Leirhnjukur), Askja and Viti, Hrossaborg, Hljódaklettar (Echo Rocks) i Raudhólar (Red Hills), Laki-Lakagigar-Tjarnargigur, Eyjafjallajokull summit and Magni & Módi (Fimmvordduhals), Eldfell, Hekla, Reykjanes (ICELAND); Nea Kameni (GREECE); Etna (ITALY); Taal, Bulusan, Pinatubo (PHILIPPINES).
Among the above volcanoes are from 100 to over 6000 meters above sea level. Volcanoes covered with glaciers, tropical and situated in the deserts. Stratovolcanoes, shields and fissures - volcanoes. Extinct, dormant and active volcanoes, including the most active volcanoes. Located in different countries on several continents. As well as volcanoes very little known and famous of the huge eruptions.
In the auxiliary table is 68 items: Other volcanoes: Anak Soputan (INDONESIA); Helgafell, Kristinartindar, Ludentarborgir, Unnamed volcano near Nordurnamshraun lava field, Brennisteinsalda (Torfajökull system), Krysuvik (ICELAND). Other volcanic areas, volcanic mountains, volcanic rock formations, lava fields, cinder cones, volcanic calderas, volcanic deserts, volcanic plateaus: Volcanic Cordillera (Plateau) (MEXICO); lava field next to Terchiin Tsagaan Nuur lake (MONGOLIA); Massif of Mayon volcano during the eruption, Lignon Hill, Bulusan Lake (PHILIPPINES);Tengger caldera and Mount Penanjakan, Parangtritis volcano beach (INDONESIA); Pali Aike volcanic field, volcanic plateau Puna de Atacama, volcanic plateau of the Altiplano, old lava fields in the Atacama desert (ARGENTINA, CHILE, BOLIVIA); parts of Silesia and Lesser Poland, parts of Sudetes and Carpathian mountains (POLAND); Badacsony (HUNGARY); Vihorlat mountains (SLOVAKIA); Castle Hill in Edinburgh (UNITED KINGDOM); fields of lava and parasitic craters in the massif of Mount Etna, Alcantara Gorge (Goals dell`Alcantare) (ITALY); Palea Kameni island, Santorini island (Kokkini Paralia (Red Beach), volcanic beaches, lava and volcanic rocks - several other locations on the island), caldera Santorini, Cape Koloumbo (next to underwater volcano) (GREECE); Reykjanes peninsula (among other things: the fields of lava, Reykjanesta, Bridge Between Continents (tectonic rupture intercontinental)), Godaland & Kattarhryggur, Dyrholaey & Reynisdrangur, Fjadrargljufur, Laki area - lava fields, Asbyrgi canyon, Myrdalssandur, Skeidararsandur, Interior (the central part of the island, the whole cross-section), Vikursandur, Ódáðahraun, Jökulsárgljúfur canyon, Drekagil, canyon, Kverkfjöll area and around Holuhraun, Jardbadshólar, Laxádalslava, Dimmuborgir, Hvitserkur, Hallmundarhraun, Thingvellir, Gerduberg, Lóndrangar-Malarrif-Svalþúfa, Snaefellsjokull-Stapafell area, Arnarstapi, Lavas around the of the Skaftafellsjokull glacier, Eldborg & LIjósufjoll area, Volcanic rocks in Stykkisholmur & Islands Western (including Flatey), Kjalhraun (Kjolur), Bifrost area (ICELAND). Geysers field and fumaroles, thermal springs and geothermal fields: Geysers El Tatio (CHILE); Fumaroles Sol de Manana (BOLIVIA); Strokkur geyser & Geysir geothermal field, Kisilhóll Hill & Gunnuhver, Blue Lagoon and Svartsengi Geothermal Power Station, Reykjanes Geothermal Power Station, Krafla Geothermal Power Station, Grjótagjá and Stóragjá (thermal springs in caves), Hverir (Námaskard) with Mount Namjafall, Jarobodin, Leirhnjukur (Clay Hill), Reykhólar, Landmannalaugar (Laugahraun, Stórihver, Blahnukur), Deildartunguhver, Reykholt, Seltun-Fulipollur, Hveragerdi and Reykjadalur (Hengill volcano system), Hveravellir (ICELAND). Volcanic caves: Lofthellir (Lofthellar), Vatnshellir, Raufarhólshellir, The volcanic cave near Laki (ICELAND). OTHER: Viti (The crater after the eruption of gases), Skutustadagigar (gases craters) (ICELAND). OTHER (not of volcanic origin) Herlany cold geyser (SLOVAKIA), mud volcanoes in Qobustan (AZERBAIJAN).
The next expedition (November 2015 - March 2015) will include volcanoes of Chile (including Easter Island), Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico and the United States. I'll try to determine which volcano is the highest active volcano on Earth (Ojos del Salado or Llullaillaco - contentious topic), expedition will include: Villarrica and Pissis volcanoes, volcano Sangay in Ecuador and volcanoes: Popocatepetl and Orizaba in Mexico (possibly Colima volcano too). The final part of the journey will involve Yellowstone Park and Mount St. Hellena. Additional objectives: among other things, attempt to reach the highest situated lake in the world in the massif of the volcano Ojos del Salado. Read more: Sporting, exploration and scientific successes of EXPEDITION 2015/2016 - project 100 VOLCANOES.
Grzegorz (Gregory) Gawlik - polish traveler, mountaineer, volcanoes explorer, journalist, and photographer. A lawyer by education.
●Visited about 70 countries, 6 continents.
●More than 30 peaks 4-, 5-, 6- and 7-thousandths include in the Himalayas, the Andes, Pamir, Caucasus, in the High Atlas and Borneo, hundreds of lower peaks.
●39 volcanoes (27 active) - THE PROJECT "100 VOLCANOES" since 2006) and 68 other volcanic places, including less important volcanoes, volcanic: deserts, caves, rock formations, fields and geothermal geysers, lava fields.
●Exploration: deserts, polar lands, jungles, seas and oceans, coral reefs, waterfalls, caves, canyons, the world's largest cities and priceless artifacts, animal watching, learning about different cultures.
●Cooperation with many television stations, radio stations, internet portals, with the press.
●Winner of journalism awards, travel awards, plebiscites.
●Author of thriller-adventure novel: "Stone of Annihilation", author of reportages, feuilletons, interviews, press articles and blogs.
●Collection of more than 250 varieties of minerals and approximately 1500 to 2000 specimens.
●And much more.
Examples of volcanic galleries: PHOTO GALLERY 1 and PHOTO GALLERY 2 and a few photos below:
About The PROJECT 100 VOLCANOES - Grzegorz (Gregory) Gawlik - Grzegorz Gawlik
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The Joint Commission (TJC) this week announced revisions to its suicide prevention National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) to improve quality and safety of care for patients treated for behavioral health conditions and who are identified as high-risk for suicide.
Effective July 1, 2019, NPSG.15.01.01 (Reduce the risk for suicide) is applicable to all Joint Commission-accredited hospitals and behavioral healthcare organizations. The revised requirements are based on more than a year of research, public field review, and analysis with multiple panels convened by TJC and representing provider organizations, suicide prevention experts, behavioral facility design experts, and other key stakeholders.
The requirements are detailed in a new R3 Report published by TJC. The NPSG encompasses seven elements of performance (EP) that TJC will use to review hospitals and behavioral healthcare organizations during accreditation surveys. This is an increase over the three EPs in the current version of NPSG.15.01.01 (Identify individuals at risk for suicide).
“The science of suicide prevention has really advanced over the past few years, including better tools for screening, assessment of suicidal ideation, identification of environmental hazards in health care facilities, and methods to prevent suicide after discharge,” said David W. Baker, MD, MPH, FACP, executive vice president, TJC’s Division of Health Care Quality Evaluation, in a release. “We had not updated the NPSG since its original release in 2007. This revised version and the accompanying resource compendium will more robustly support health care organizations in preventing suicide among patients in their care.”
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Environmental risk assessment and action to minimize suicide risk
Use of a validated screening tool to assess at-risk patients
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(Video) 2016 World Junior Championship: Aleksi Saarela, Niko Mikkola, and Sami Niku, Finland
By Chapin Landvogt
Photo: Team Finland players Miska Siikonen (#13), Mikko Rantanen (#15), Juho Lammikko (#28), and Vili Saarijarvi (#18) jump over the boards to celebrate after Finland defeated Sweden in the semi-finals of the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship (courtesy of MARKKU ULANDER/AFP/Getty Images)
Team Finland will have the chance to win a gold medal on home ice at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship after defeating Sweden by a 2-1 score at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland.
The win sends the Finns into the championship game against Russia, a team they have already faced once at this tournament. That prior game in the preliminary round went to Russia by a 6-4 score, a game in which the Finns led 3-1 before the Russian rattled off four straight second period goals an another in the third to secure the win.
One Finnish player that had some success against the Russians in that last game was forward Aleksi Saarela (NYR), who netted two goals in the loss. Saarela has provided secondary scoring for Finland at this WJC, posting four goals and two assists in six games.
A defensive pairing that has turned in a solid showing for the Finns is one that consists of Sami Niku (WPG) and Niko Mikkola (STL). While neither player has produced much in the way of points – Niku has a goal and an assist and Mikkola has an assist – both have posted +4 ratings for a team that is in the middle of the pack at this tournament in terms of goals allowed.
Saarela, Mikkola, and Niku spoke with Hockey’s Future after Finland’s semi-final win, conversations that are included in this HF video.
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Created by George Hara. Released under a Common Sense License.
The name "fluon" comes from the Latin "fluo" which means "to flow", as in "flow through a fracture in space, from source to destination". This is different from "jump" because there is no jump, but mere smooth flowing of matter through the remapped continuity of the space.
See some pictures of fluons.
You should also read about MDNT.
In the videogame Portal, portals are like fluons, so you can experience how it would be to travel through fluons.
The fluon theory is a mathematical view which separates the abstractions from the conventions (= intuitive representation) of the continuity of mathematical space. The fluons theory describes how space continuity is being remapped within the mathematical context.
To understand what a fluon is, you must make a fundamental change in the way you regard mathematical conventions, that is, purely conventional. You have to understand that two dimensional graphical representations of functions are a convention designed to help us see the shape of the functions.
Let's say that if you were to apply a function in a 1D space you would get the result in a 2D space. But then, if you were to apply a function in a 3D space, would you get the result in a 6D space? Why would space dimensionality grow as you scale your function? The only reason: because of conventions.
The X and Y axes (= domain and codomain) are "connected" only because the X axis is deformed into the Y axis, not because the X and Y axes are perpendicular (as distinct dimensions are). The two axes are not axes in a 2D space, they are in the same space and are linked by a function. Axiomatically, we say that along the function's curve, the axes overlap / touch, that is, are one. This overlap is the fluon!
Here is a graphical example (the OpenDraw file is here):
As a practical application, an object can move from one point to another (in an D-dimensional space) without passing through the space in between, but rather skipping all that and going like through a door because the space remaps it's continuity. This happens because real space has a tangible fabric. It vibrates, it twists, it twirls, it bends, it breaks and it remaps it's continuity at different distances. Real space is not a mere mathematical abstraction, an ineffability.
By applying a function on a MDN{D} space S, its continuity is remapped to another MDN{D} space D (situated at any distance from space S). The function which is applied on space S is called fluonic function, and it creates a link between space S and space D as if there is no other space between them. Here is a graphical example (the OpenDraw file is here):
Space S is defined from x0 to xn, where n is any integer bigger than (or equal with) 0. Space D is defined from y0 to yn. The fluonic function is defined as yk = f(xk), where k is any integer between 0 and n.
The MDN{D - 1} space which bounds space S (or D) is called fluonic boundary. For space S this is x0 and xn (for space D this is y0 and yn).
The MDN{D - 1} space which wraps around space S (or D) is called fluonic frontier. For space S this is x0 - h, x0 + h, xn – h, xn + h (for space D this is y0 - h, y0 + h, yn – h, yn + h), where h tends to 0.
A discontinuity occurs between the frontier of space S (or D) and the boundary of space S (or D). This discontinuity is called fluonic fracture. For space S this discontinuity is between x0 – h and x0, x0 + h and x0, xn – h and xn, xn + h and xn (for space D this is between y0 – h and y0, y0 + h and y0, yn – h and yn, yn + h and yn).
Although space S and space D are discontinuous in the place of their fluonic fractures, but space S-D is continuous. The continuity of the space is remapped between the frontier of space S (or D) and the boundary of space D (or S). The continuity of the space S-D is bidirectionally remapped from x0 – h to y0 to y0 + h, from x0 + h to x0 to y0 – h, from xn – h to xn to yn + h, from xn + h to yn to yn – h.
The continuity is not remapped inside space S (or D).
The two spaces S and D, together with their frontiers, boundaries and fractures, form a fluonic space, also known as fluon.
If after the application of a fluonic function on space S, all the points from space S and space D have identical relative positions, and are bound by a fluonic fracture but are not traversed by any other one, the generated fluon is called coherent, else incoherent. In such a case, the densities of space S and of space D are the same.
In a fluon, an object which is within space S (or D) is not in two places at the same time. The continuity of the spaces has been remapped, but the spaces remain independent. Jumping from one space to the other occurs only at the fluonic fractures, not inside space S (or D).
The movement through space (including through fluons) is a continuous movement. The movement of an object is not the movement of a zone of space through the surrounding space, but the movement of the space-density wave which generates the object.
The movement through a fluonic fracture is seen by an external observer like a jump in space; the jump occurs only at a fluonic fracture, not inside a fluon. However, for the moving object there is no jump because the remapped space (of the fluon) is continuous.
If a fluonic function y = f(x) is applied in point x then an object can't travel from x - h to x + h because of the discontinuity between x – h and x, and between x and x + h. However, the object can travel from x - h to y and then to y + h. When the object reaches y, it is at the destination of the travel.
The direction of the movement of an object through a fluonic fracture corresponds with the way the points of the domain (space S) and codomain (space D) of the fluonic function correspond with each other.
If the fluon is a MDN{D} zone in a MDN{D} space (like a sphere in a 3D space), the "jump" occurs both when an object enters in the sphere and when it exits (or just when the object exits the sphere, if the object was inside the sphere when the fluon was created). This means that if there are any natural thin fluons, an object can't disappear somewhere else in space because it would go through both fractures of the fluon (and would thus remain at the source location). This is the reason why we don't have much chances to move through a natural fluon and remain at the destination.
For an object to remain at the destination location, it must move inside the fluon and fit entirely in it and then the fluon would have to be closed. Another way is for a fluon to be created around an object, and then the object would have to move outside the fluon so that the object could "jump" to destination. Here is a graphical example (the OpenDraw file is here):
If the fluon is a MDN{D - 1} zone in a MDN{D} space (like a plane in a 3D space), an object would remain at the destination location if it would simply move through the fluon. Here is a graphical example (the OpenDraw file is here):
Real space has density. The undeformed space has a density of 1.
The length of the space changes according to its density.
There are two ways to understand density of space (can they both be real?):
Absolute. For example, one meter turns into two meters; then a photon would need twice the amount of time to travel the same distance.
Relative. For example, one meter scales into two meters; then a photon would need the same amount of time to travel the same distance.
The most elementary object which can exist is a density wave, that is, a zone of space which has a density different than 1, and which moves around (/ vibrates). A density wave is created by a wave function applied to the space. A wave is a function which describes a property of space, not the phenomenon itself.
Superiorly organized objects are a complex of density waves.
What is a fluon?
Fluons are not about something new (particles or anything like that), but about a different way to look at mathematics. In mathematics, you can apply a function on a point and associate a different value to it; you know, each X has an Y associated. Point X actually becomes another point Y by applying a function on it.
The real / physical space manifests "features" like mathematical functions: points from it can become other points. To understand this, one has to simply translate the mathematical vision in real space, but by thinking that the X and Y axis overlap (instead of forming a 2-dimensional space like in any mathematical representation of a function). Of course, manifestation of fluons in reality is pure speculation. The fluon theory is purely mathematical.
There is no such thing as "particle", but only space that changes / "vibrates" constantly. Particles that appear to people are actually some sort of lumps of space. But these lumps are actually ripples in space, ripples that can be described with wave functions. There is no particle per se, but only density waves of space (just like the ripples in water).
What is a fluon good for?
Fluons can be used for transportation from one place to any other place, without any distance being traveled, like walking through a door.
Can you help me picture a fluon?
A fluon isn't an object, it's the very continuity of space remapped. Don't separate matter / energy / forces from space. Everything is space.
One of the properties of real space is that it randomly remaps it's continuity. This as an axiom. This happens on a tinny scale billions of times per second. This is an intrinsic property of space. It happens because it is the nature of real space. Space is not a void. Space is something with properties.
Is a fluon a phenomenon or its description?
A wave is not a phenomenon. A wave is a description of a phenomenon. It's a tricky thing to separate reality from the description of reality. We do not know what the phenomenon itself is. We describe it's evolution, but we do not know why and how it occurs from nothingness. This is the point where (and the point why) fluons describe a phenomenon, they are not the phenomenon itself.
A wave is a mathematical function that describes the change of space during a certain natural phenomenon. Does the wave function describe a real phenomenon, or only a mathematical description? Perhaps it's real! Just the same, a fluonic function may describe a real phenomenon.
Nobody knows what reality really is because we don't know how it came into existence and what actually makes it tick. Are we born from nothingness? How can something come up from nothing, from void? We do not know how and why things happen, but we can describe their evolution.
How would a fluon be created?
Probably some sort of electromagnetic or gravitational field can be used to apply some mathematical function (= the fluonic function) in the real space, like Y = f(X), and that the continuity between the space X (the source location of the travel) and space Y (the destination location of the travel) is remapped in the real / physical space, that is, the space which surrounds space X becomes continuous with space Y.
The origin point of the space is also generated by the fluonic function.
How would space travel work?
Fluons can be used for instantly jumping from anywhere to anywhere, regardless of the distance. Still, there are things which may make such jumps perilous.
Most likely, some sort of some device would be used to create some sort of doors to various locations, at any distance. The difference between this type of door and wormholes is that there is nothing between the two locations linked by the door (like is hyperspace in the case of wormholes). It's just a door. It's like you would look / walk through a door and on the other side is a star / planet which is normally 1 million light years away.
Such a device doesn't consume more energy if the distance between the two points linked is increased. However, it may have one parameter called "positioning error" which results from calculation errors, so it may increase proportionally with the distance.
The positioning error refers to the inability of the device to create a door to the exact specified destination coordinates. Instead, the destination is randomly positioned inside some sphere around the specified destination coordinates; the radius of the sphere is the positioning error. This way, the actual destination coordinates are not precisely know before the jump is made, but only after.
This this kind of door doesn't have the usual problem of jumping into stars (and planets) because there is a certain energy required to create the door. If at the destination there is some dense object (which compresses the space), more energy is probably required to open the door.
The device probably requires significant energies to open the door near stars and planets (due to their gravitational fields which "press shut" the door). It's also possible that if the jump is performed close to stars / planets, the positioning error increases.
Can you help me visualize space travel?
To have a clear image of the process, imagine that you create a spherical fluon around a ship. This fluon links to another place in the Universe, of identical size and shape. Then, you move your ship out of this sphere, with 100 km/h. If this sphere is only imaginary, you would exit the sphere still at the source location. However, if the sphere is a fluon, you would exit through the same area but at the destination.
Unfortunately, using a 3D fluon in the Universe's 3D space means that the ship would end up still at the source location after it exists the sphere because it crosses two fluonic fractures (= the in-out edges of the spheres). This is because the actual jump happens at the 2D edge of the 3D sphere, edge called fluonic fracture.
While the ship is inside the sphere, it actually exists in both locations at the same time.
Now imagine that the fluon is a very thin circle. You move the ship through it and when it's half way in you would have two parts of your ship in two zones of the Universe: half at the source location, half at the destination. It's like your ship is broken in two, but it's not really broken because the space of the fluon is continuous. Note that if the destination location is behind your ship, you would actually exit behind your source location, but your ship would preserve it's direction (or if the fluon is shifted at 45 degrees you would have a 45 degrees change in the direction).
Do objects which move through a fluon remain intact?
Incoherent fluons do distort the objects which pass through them, but if the fluon is only slightly incoherent, it may regain its initial form because of the elastic forces within it.
Real fluons probably can't be created with absolute precision, that is, each micron from the source location is not mapped exactly into another micron at the destination location. If there are strong electromagnetic or gravitational forces near the source or destination locations of fluons, this problem could be increased.
What happens if a fluon closes while a ship is part inside and part outside the fluon?
The object could be severed where the fracture of the fluon is. However, it is possible that the fracture would not close because the object opposes a certain force.
What happens if I move through space and encounter a tinny fluon? Would I be sucked in?
Depends on the fluon. In most cases, nothing would happen because what would enter in the fluon through one fracture would get out through the opposite fracture, in the same location, like the fluon wasn't even there.
In the nasty, but rare cases, the fluon would act like a pin, that is, if you move toward it and keep going, it would rip away a part of your body because most of your body would go around the fluon (and only a small part of your body would actually go through). Still, you should feel some force keeping you back as the molecules of your body are strongly connected to one another. You feel the same thing when you push a pin into your body.
Is fluonic drive faster than light travel?
No. The objects which move through a fluon, move just as they move without the fluon, that is, move in continuous space. For example, quantum tunnelling may be explained like this: an electron does not jump over space, it moves in a continuous space, but the structure of the space itself is changed. So, objects could move at 1 meter per second through a fluon, yet they would still show up instantly at the destination because for them there is no space between the source and the destination. The length of the space between source and destination is smaller than in normal space, it's simply zero.
Saying that fluons remap the space is as vague as saying "to travel faster than light, you must active the super drive"
Right. Just as saying "there are 4 forces in the Universe" is only a statement. Nobody knows how come they exist, why they exist, or how they have occurred. Of course, there is a difference: we can observe these forces. We can also observe black-holes. One day we might observe fluons.
Maybe quantum tunnelling is a manifestation of fluons. Maybe electrons only appear to jump over space, but they actually go through a fluon.
Maybe the source and destination spaces of a fluon act as a single space and quantum entanglement is a manifestation of two particles which share this space.
Since fluons occur randomly, quantum tunnelling would also have to happen randomly
Since quantum tunnelling happen in specific physical conditions, those conditions could be responsible for the non-random final effect.
What does it mean "continuous space" and "discontinuous space"?
Continuous space is what you know as normal space.
A discontinuity is something like: 1, 2, 3, 20, 21, 22, 7, 8, 9, 10 ... Here you have a discontinuity at 3 because there should be 4 after 3 instead of 20 (and a discontinuity at 7 because there should be 6 before 7 instead of 22). The 20, 21, 22 sequence is the inside of the fluon.
How a fluon can be generated in practice remains a mystery. You have to apply a function on the real space, but how such a function can be "applied" is the missing link. For example, if you apply f(x) = x + 14 in the points 4, 5, 6, they are transformed into 20, 21, 22. This is how the continuity of the space is remapped, and the fluon created.
What happens if there is a discontinuity in space? Would there be a wall?
If there is a discontinuity in the sense f(x) = 1 / (x – 1), when x -> 1 then f(x) would be infinity. But there would be no wall there since infinity can't actually be reached.
What happens if a fluon is a plane (a 2D space)? When an object which moves through the fluon is half way in, can an observer from the destination see inside the object if he looks from behind the fluon?
The continuity of the space which is in front of space S is remapped with the space which is in front of space D. Thus, an observer which looks at the back of space D would see the back of space S.
What are space and time?
"Space" is "something" which behaves like the mathematical space of a function (called fluonic function), where the continuity of the space can be remapped (= one part of space can be made continuous with any other part). The result of the remapping is manifesting as a continuous space, named fluon (or fluonic space).
In the Universe, fluonic functions (applied on the space) can simply occur (out of nothing): the space is spontaneously distorted. The space is not static: the probability for a fluonic function to occur is not zero. It is essentially wrong to assume that the space is static.
Most people think that the default state of the space is lack of movement. There is no scientific proof in this regard. There is a non-zero probability for the density of the space to change constantly. This is Nature: pure probability! The Universe is probabilistic, not "certain".
"Time" is the succession of the change of the space. When the continuity between two points in space changes (by applying a fluonic function to one of them), time has passed. Time is the representation of the change, not an absolute reference system. Therefore, time can pass only in one direction: forward.
After a change in space continuity, the continuity can change again (even if it reverts the previous change), but this is done only with another change, so, this means that time passes forward again.
Why is the Universe like this?
This answer requires understanding probability and the cause-effect concepts.
The known Universe appeared because a (very small) fluon (with a very high density) exploded (= it tried to balance its density); because the probability of such a fluon to occur is very small, this happens rarely. Since the probability for the density of a fluon to be homogeneous is very low, the Universe is not homogeneous (although, once matter started to organize, it formed certain homogeneous structures).
In an infinite time-space, with a non-zero probability, one Universe out of many takes a specific form. Humans are in one of these forms, one of many.
The Universe does not exist as such so that people can ask questions, but people can ask questions because the Universe exists as such. If the Universe would be different, a person would ask the same question about that different form of the Universe. So, the question has no relevance because it's the same for all solutions of the Universe.
Just now there are, for example, 10^1000 forms of Universes where nobody asks such questions because those Universes are invalid (= can't sustain life, a hierarchy of its building blocks). The problem is that the people who ask this question in this Universe ignore all the invalid Universes because they are not visible to them, and believe that this Universe is somehow magic / special / unique. It's just a valid speck in a sea of invalid specks.
What are the necessary axioms for fluons?
The appearance axiom. The probability of a fluonic function to appear from "nothing", in any given place in MDN{D}, is not zero. The bigger the fluon is, the smaller its probability to occur is. The farther the density of the fluon is from 1 (= no fluon), the smaller its probability to occur is. This is the most important axiom in understanding the creation of the Universe, and is an intrinsic property of the space.
The disappearance axiom. A fluon with density different than the density of the space around it, tries to equilibrate its density, thus imploding or exploding. The fracture moves with finite speed (because the equilibration tension is limited). The space density may swing until it equilibrates. Because fluons appear and disappear quickly, it looks like the space is vibrating.
In a MDN{D} space there can be any MDN{< D} space. Still, its manifestation may be almost nonexistent.
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The Louvre on its own, and its environs (like the Rue de Rivoli and the PLace de la Concorde) and things of beauty in themselves. As was the very nice Siunday lunch I once enjoyed at the Brasserie du Louvre.
As for the charge that les Parisiens are a haughty, rude buch, all I can say is: mais, non!. Coming home from Eurosdisney with my daughter when she was little, we got of the RER at Nanterre, where we were staying (I know, a bit of a trek...) and came out of the station. Katie was carying a Minnie Mouse balloon, but the string had broken and she was holding onto the balloon itself. As we came through the exit barriers, the balloon came out of her hands and drifited up to the ceiling, which was about 12 feet up. She was heartbroken. However, a ticket inspector saw this, and stopped us. He told us to wait, and then set about trying to retrieve the balloon, by standing on a chair. No luck. He then got two other staff incvoled trying to grab it, but still to no avail. Suddenly, another guy appeared, whose shift (I'm guessing) was about to start. When he arrived, he went off to a janitor's cupaord and came back with a long-handled net-thing, which he eventaully used to grab the balloon. Then they dfisappeared for a couple of seconds and even put some new string for her. Cue one beaming little girl, and one effusively thankful Dad. But this wasn't the only example of polite and friendly Parisian behaviour I saw. Perhaps it was because I was with my daughter; who can say? All I know is that I don't quite buy the rude Parisian steroetype, especially if propagataed by Londoners wgo think that making eye contact and smiling on a Tube is a sign of weeakness
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And it’s own version of a Zombies mode.
Insurgency: Sandstorm announced that a few changes are on the way for the tactical shooter. The changes will arrive later today (10 pm, BST) and the latest update will be available for everyone to try out because Insurgency: Sandstorm will have a free play weekend, starting on Thursday, June 20 and running until Monday, June 24.
The big news is that today’s update will be reviving the Ministry map from 2014’s Insurgency. Developer New World Interactive has said that the map is a remake of the original so it’s likely that it won’t be a direct duplicate. Still, the reinvention of a fan-favourite map ought to have a few of you itching to get involved again.
Along with Ministry, the new update will introduce two new Assault Rifles and – perhaps more importantly – a new co-op Zombies mode. The zombies mode, being called Frenzy, will pit a small squad against a horde of zombies and as you’d expect, survival is the name of the game.
The latest update for Insurgency: Sandstorm will arrive tonight in the UK with the new map, mode, and weapons arriving for free.
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The Sphinx of Russian music. In an intimate circle, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky with his fragile charm could be spell-binding to all those who enjoyed the privilege of his presence. At times, however, he developed a shyness towards people that left him no other possible way out than to flee in panic.
The years from 1876 to 1878 were particularly rich in personal crises. And yet he wrote in this period two piano cycles that contain real jewels of consummate poetry – ʻThe Seasonsʼ Opus 37 bis and the ʻChildren’s Albumʼ Opus 39. The catchy titles of the pieces and their readily comprehensible melodies make it easy to forget that their true nature is that of models, of studies on a greatest diversity of compositional problems.
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Footy Fever and A Muddy River of Wonders!
by , 24 Sep 2018
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and Melbourne’s trams hold the key to the city’s sights JOHN McNAMEE reports
It wasn’t looking so good. We were seven points down with just as many minutes left to run and we couldn’t get our hands on the pill.
We didn’t come almost a thousand kilometres on this school holiday weekend to visit one of the sporting icons of the world, among other things, just to suffer a disappointing defeat.
After all, I’d promised the wife that she was in for an experience of a lifetime. I’d taken her along with other members of the family to the home of Aussie Rules, the majestic Melbourne Cricket Ground, better known as the MCG and more affectionately, just as the ‘G.
We were up in the ‘Gods’, on Level Four, looking down the dizzying heights to the manicured green grass of the pitch vividly outlined with its bright white lines and fluttering goalpost flags.
Where else would you go when you were in Melbourne on a fairly chilly mid-winter day?
And along with almost 70,000 vocal fans we were seeing two of the traditional rivals, Collingwood and Essendon, battle it out for 100 torrid minutes of helter-skelter football.
As the ominous dark clouds rolled over, the massive floodlights flickered on to their maximum glaring intensity, adding a spectral atmosphere to the crowded yawning stands.
Now you can tell me about those other great arenas of gladiatorial combat.. Yankee Stadium, Madison Square Garden, Wembley Stadium, Twickenham, the SCG, Sydney’s Olympic Stadium, and going back a couple of thousand years, the ancient Romans loved gorging on the gory spectacles in their blood-soaked Colosseum.
But nothing compares to the high-octane, blood and guts excitement of tens of thousands of vociferous footy fans barracking for their beloved ‘Pies or Bombers, Kangas or Tigers, Demons or the Carlton Blues on a pulsating afternoon at the mighty ‘G.
On her first visit to the ground, I told the wife there’d be three major experiences even before the first ball was bounced …. the surge and hubbub of the thousands of people milling along the wide promenades towards the yawning gates in the towering concrete sides of the massive stadium.
Secondly, she’d never forget the eye-boggling sight as she climbed the seemingly endless flights of stairs and stepped out of the ‘tunnel’ to be greeted by the awesome spectacle below.
And thirdly, the deafening roar of the huge crowd as the blast of the hooter signalled the start of the game and the field umpire held the shiny, scarlet-coloured Sherrin football high above his head while the jostling ruckmen pranced and bumped against each other, waiting to contest that first important bounce. And then the Big Men Flew, as they say in the song!
The three hours pass quickly and after the game as the stadium’s inner gates are thrown wide open and, win or lose, as you make your way out to walk back to your hotel along the muddy old Yarra river, you know you’ve added a vivid memory to your lifetime’s store of great moments.
And speaking of the Yarra, I describe it lovingly really, because it is as vital an artery in the Melbourne landscape as the Seine is to Paris, or the Thames to London.
Here we go, I hear you say, you’re going to say the heady, bustling banks of the Yarra Southbank remind you of the fabulous French capital.
But it’s true…particularly at night as the towering office skyscrapers which line the river throw down their glittering array of multi-coloured flashing luminosity onto the slowly flowing water.
Jugglers, tumblers, buskers, street artists, hustlers, strollers, happy family groups and lovers contribute to the continental atmosphere. The cafes, pubs, food halls, trendy shops, all add to the frenetic mix and transport you to another world.
Splash of colour on one of Melbourne’s spectacular street flower stalls.
On the other side of the river, across from the iconic Flinders Street railway station, are the many shopping centres, cosy, dimly-lit laneways lined with moody coffee shops and ‘bijou’ boutiques. Nearby is the famous Young and Jackson’s pub, with its internationally known painting of the lissomly naked Chloe.
We were staying at the Accor group’s Quay West Apartments on Southbank Avenue where we had a wonderful modern unit with the bedroom windows looking out over the river to the lofty spires of St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral and the soaring high-rise office blocks of the prosperous Victorian capital.
We were a short walk outside the hotel door to the impressive Hamer Hall auditorium, home of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra among other well-known music groups, and the nearby imposing Arts Centre.
Colourful street markets lined St Kilda Road on the Sunday morning, and despite a sprinkling of wintry rain, hundreds of eager ‘treasure hunters’ sauntered along the stalls all offering their weird and wonderful wares. Red-garbed, friendly city “ambassadors” were always on hand to guide you in the right direction.
Armed with our vital Myki travel passes, we took one of the city’s famous trams down to the breathtaking Shrine of Remembrance and its Eternal Flame and marvelled at its adjoining Poppy Memorial dedicated to the fallen heroes of World War I.
Emboldened with the ease and comfort of the wonderful tramway system, we ventured further on the route to St Kilda beach itself, only to be met by frigid, buffeting winds and nasty choppy seas and so we scurried back to the nearest tram stop and headed back to town through picturesque Albert and Middle Parks.
Melbourne’s sprawling inner-city area is a fare-free zone on the trams and you only need the Myki pass for the longer trips and on the rail network. Traffic flows freely and easily along the wide boulevard-style streets.
You can’t deny Melbourne has a wonderful, magnetic charm and, frankly, its ever-changeable weather seems quite tolerable. We didn’t need the extra layers we’d packed so carefully!
Just to walk along the river in the early pre-dawn darkness and see the dedicated rowers lugging their spindly, slender craft out of the sheds down to the water’s edge had an appeal of its own. Some of the blokes clambering into the eights on the icy waters were as old as I am. “You wouldn’t be dead for quids would you mate,” one old stalwart grinned at me as we passed by.
Famous rowing clubs such as Melbourne University, Caulfield Grammar, St Catherine’s and the Mercantile, all boast a long sporting and Olympic heritage, which is dramatically illustrated by the gallery of photographs along their historic walls.
The city itself is surrounded by beautifully-kept parklands such as the Alexandria and Treasury Gardens, with impressive fountains, historic statues and modernistic sculptures.
As we were on a short-stay visit, we didn’t venture much further than the Southbank area which gave us a chance to really concentrate our sightseeing time.
And what happened in the game? Luckily, one of Collingwood’s elusive young guns banged through three quick ‘majors’ and we walked away happily with a 16-point win.
We were still smiling a couple of hours later as we tucked into some sizzling pizza and pasta and toasted the black and white heroes with a glass of heady house shiraz at the riverside BearBrass bistro and promised ourselves we’d definitely made a return trip to the ‘G!
*Author’s Note: My Dad was born in Collingwood back at the start of the previous century so I was destined to be a lifelong ‘Pies supporter from the time I could pick up a battered old Sherrin. But as longtime loyal Sydneysiders we’ll always have a soft spot for the Swannies!
Main Picture: Floodlights cast an eerie glow over the vast expanse of the MCG as the two teams prepare for battle.
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While dealing with the loss of her mother, a young woman is torn between two worlds – one of good and one of evil. As her unattached state of mind weakens, she turns to drugs and during an overdose, hallucinates to the recollection of her past. Before death, she is faced with her final judgement. For the better of mankind, she will have to make a choice. Her choice, a predetermined path to darkness.
Having never seen any of Klayton Dean’s work, I had no idea what to expect when he sent me his thirty minute short titled Feed the Black. Well…holy shit. To say that this film is a complete shock to the senses is an understatement at best. It begins with a black screen and an eerie voice-over accompanied by low, hypnotic chanting. The speaker asks you to close your eyes as he sets a somber tone. After nearly five minutes of thought-provoking suggestions, the film begins.
Being only thirty minutes, there isn’t much about the film that I want to give away other than what you’ve already read in the synopsis above. The scenery is beautifully haunting and the music is intensely ominous. Dean is able to spin a frighteningly dark and insanely frantic tale using only a few gifted actors, very little dialogue and a wicked artistic vision. Bravo, sir.
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BAYO Style Harvest 2016 Collection- A Playful Holiday
Thursday, November 17, 2016 • Advertisement, BAYO, BAYO Style Harvest, clothing, fashion, outfit, Style Harvest, women's fashion
Hello dearies! I'm sure you are all excited to attend Christmas parties and reunions as the merriest season of the year is just around the corner. Christmas is fast approaching and it is indeed that time of the year to wear this season’s festive colors through Bayo’s 2016 Holiday Collection, featuring warm, playful and trendy pieces.
Inspired by classic children’s toys such as yoyos, slinkys, pick-up sticks, building blocks, puzzles, and toy soldiers, this year’s holiday collection is titled Style Harvest: A Playful Holiday. Scroll down and see some of the pieces from the collection now!
Style Harvest: A Playful Holiday
This collection for holiday 2016 showcases pieces with flattering silhouettes, cuts, and prints that will surely take every Filipina down the memory lane.
With timeless pieces such as tops, pants, skirts, and dresses, the latest collection features cheerful Christmas colors—mainly blues, reds, yellows and greens.
Anna Lagon, Bayo’s creative director, said the team was inspired to create a collection that would bring out fun memories of childhood and that its holiday line of Style Harvest is memoir to every adult and young adults’ Christmas.
“We literally had a playful time while working on the various pieces along with the unique artworks, inspired by the iconic toys we have chosen; it did bring out the child in us. After all, this season, is the happiest time of the year not only for the young, but also for the young at heart,” Lagon said.
Bayo’s color palette was based on happy hues and shades that complement the season. “Design sensibilities remain classic and elegant, which are all consistent with what Bayo is all about” Lagon said.
This year, Bayo is partnering with KIDS 4 Others (Kids in Dedicated Service 4 Others) to celebrate the season of giving. Part of the proceeds from this collection will go to the Concordia Children’s Services and Gentle Hands Inc.
Style Harvest is a collaborative brand of Bayo launched in 2013 promoting Filipino creativity. This brand also aims at helping communities and organizations by sponsoring projects that help cultivate Filipino talent and ingenuity.
Last year, Bayo collaborated with the Tourism Office of Pampanga that invoked the Filipino Christmas tradition by taking inspiration from the parols made by the artisans of San Fernando Pampanga. Bayo also made partnership with Virlanie Foundation, Inc. to support its mission to help less fortunate children. Both organizations foster the love for the Filipino and its heritage.
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Avaya embarks on channel roadshow to take training to partners in MEA region
By Julian Pletts Published May 5, 2008
IP communications vendor Avaya has set off on a six-stop Middle East and Africa partner tour in an effort to underline its rapid regional expansion and increase the applicable knowledge of its channel.
Touching down in Egypt first and then stopping off in other major markets including Turkey, the vendor says that it plans to train more than 240 partners. In addition to training sessions it will run to enhance the product know-how of its established partners, the company claims it will also be bringing its newly appointed partners up to speed with specific focus sessions.
"We are aggressively expanding our operations across the region to keep pace with the strong demand from customers," said Roger El Tawil, channel and marketing director for the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey at Avaya.
"We invest significantly in the training of our business partners as it is crucial that they are in sync with Avaya's latest product offerings and market strategy. Not only does training give them a competitive advantage by helping them understand customer requirements and enabling them to leverage Avaya's communications technology to businesses across the region. We see this is one of the key differentiators that will allow us to crack new business opportunities and fuel our regional growth," added El Tawil.
Avaya has doubled its channel in the region over the past six months, with new partnerships in countries including Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Egypt. To emphasise the importance of educating and supporting its channel partners as it works hard to increase its channel breadth across the region, Avaya also revealed that last quarter it trained more than 100 of its business partners.
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WWII Seaman Brings History Alive at Westwood School
When Westwood Elementary preschool teacher Annie Miceli noticed an elderly man wearing a USS Cincinnati cap in the Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris last June, she sensed a connection.
What she could not have foretold was that the chance sighting would lead, some eight months later, to a firsthand account of history delivered by former World War II Seaman Vernon “Moon” Miller to sixth graders at her school.
On March 20, Miller, a spry 88-year-old living in Dayton, Ohio, spoke to a rapt student audience about his experiences on the USS Cincinnati, a light US Navy cruiser that served as escort flagship guarding convoys of men and equipment in the Atlantic Ocean during the run-up to the D-Day invasion of Normandy.
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Home > Articles > Home & Office Computing > Microsoft Windows Vista & Home Server
Getting the Most Out of Windows Vista User Accounts
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Tired of your daughter changing the wallpaper and leaving files scattered on the desktop? You need the user accounts feature contained in Microsoft Windows Vista. This sample chapter will introduce you to user accounts and shows how you can use accounts to your advantage.
Microsoft Windows Vista Unleashed
Do you share your computer with other people either at work or at home? Then you're no doubt all too aware of one undeniable fact of human psychology: People are individuals with minds of their own! One person prefers Windows in a black-and-purple color scheme; another person just loves that annoying Peace wallpaper; yet another person prefers to have a zillion shortcuts on the Windows desktop; and, of course, everybody uses a different mix of applications. How can you possibly satisfy all those diverse tastes and prevent people from coming to blows?
It's a lot easier than you might think. Windows Vista lets you set up a different user account for each person who uses the computer. A user account is a username (and an optional password) that uniquely identifies a person who uses the system. The user account enables Windows Vista to control the user's privileges; that is, the user's access to system resources (permissions) and the user's ability to run system tasks (rights). Standalone and workgroup machines use local user accounts that are maintained on the computer, whereas domain machines use global user accounts that are maintained on the domain controller. This chapter looks at local user accounts.
Security for Windows Vista user accounts is handled mostly (and most easily) by assigning each user to a particular security group. For example, the built-in Administrator account and the user account you created during the Windows Vista setup process are part of the Administrators group. Each security group is defined with a specific set of permissions and rights, and any user added to a group is automatically granted that group's permissions and rights. There are two main security groups:
Administrators—Members of this group have complete control over the computer, meaning they can access all folders and files, install and uninstall programs (including legacy programs) and devices, create, modify, and remove user accounts, install Windows updates, service packs, and fixes, use Safe mode, repair Windows, take ownership of objects, and more.
Users—Members of this group (also known as Standard Users) can access files only in their own folders and in the computer's shared folders, change their account's password, picture, and run programs and install programs that don't require administrative-level rights.
In addition to those groups, Windows Vista also defines up to 11 others that you'll use less often. Note that the permissions assigned to these groups are automatically assigned to members of the Administrators group. This means that if you have an administrator account, you don't also have to be a member of any other group in order to perform the task's specific to that group. Here's the list of groups:
Backup Operators—Members of this group can access the Backup program and use it to back up and restore folders and files, no matter what permissions are set on those objects.
Cryptographic Operators—Members of this group can perform cryptographic tasks.
Distributed COM Users—Members of this group can start, activate, and use Distributed COM (DCOM) objects.
Guests—Members of this group have the same privileges as those of the Users group. The exception is the default Guest account, which is not allowed to change its account password.
IIS_USRS—Members of this group can work with a remote Internet Information Server.
Network Configuration Operators—Members of this group have a subset of the Administrator-level rights that enables them to install and configure networking features.
Performance Log Users—Members of this group can use the Windows Performance Diagnostic Console snap-in to monitor performance counters, logs, and alerts, both locally and remotely.
Performance Monitor Users—Members of this group can use the Windows Performance Diagnostic Console snap-in to monitor performance counters only, both locally and remotely.
Power Users—Members of this group (also known as Standard Users) have a subset of the Administrator group privileges. Power Users can't back up or restore files, replace system files, take ownership of files, or install or remove device drivers. In addition, Power Users can't install applications that explicitly require the user to be a member of the Administrators group.
Remote Desktop Users—Members of this group can log on to the computer from a remote location using the Remote Desktop feature.
Replicator—Members of this group can replicate files across a domain.
Each user is also assigned a user profile that contains all the user's folders and files, as well as the user's Windows settings. The folders and files are stored in \%SystemDrive%\Users\user, where user is the username; for the current user, this folder is designated by the %UserProfile% variable. This location contains a number of subfolders that hold the user's document folders (Documents, Pictures, Music, and so on), desktop icons and subfolders (Desktop), Internet Explorer favorites (Favorites), contacts (Contacts), saved searches (Searches), and more.
There are also a number of user folders within the hidden %UserProfile%\AppData folder that contain the user's application data. Some are in %UserProfile%\AppData\Local, whereas others are in %UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming (supposedly because they'll be used with a roaming profile—a network-based user profile that enables you to log on to any computer and see your profile data. Table 6.1 lists some of the more important of these application data subfolders.
Table 6.1. Some Hidden User Profile Folders
Cache\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files
Internet Explorer History
\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History
Internet Explorer Cookies
\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies
\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent
\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
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Korean entertainment companies' profits to rise 51.5% in 2019: market tracker
South Korean entertainment companies are expected to post solid profit growth this year despite fallouts caused by a scandal centered on a K-pop boy band member, a local market tracker said Thursday.
According to forecasts by FnGuide Inc., the operating profits for the big three labels -- SM Entertainment, JYP Entertainment, YG Entertainment -- could spike 51.5 percent on-year in 2019, following a similarly strong showing last year.
The estimate, based on the consensus of local brokerages, showed that combined profit of the three companies could hit 130.3 billion won ($114.3 million) for the whole of this year, up from 86 billion won tallied in 2018.
Broken down, the financial industry tracker said SM's operating profit should stand at 60.8 billion won this year, with numbers for JYP and YG standing at 44.8 billion won and 24.6 billion won, respectively.
The strong numbers are noteworthy as Seungri, formerly a member of YG's popular group Big Bang, is the focus of a snowballing criminal investigation that has, to some extent, tarnished the image of K-pop's "clean" appeal. The disgraced star is accused of procuring sex services and possible involvement in a crime-riddled night club, Burning Sun, in southern Seoul.
The expected gains by the entertainment companies come as growth numbers for 262 listed companies checked by FnGuide, showed that operating profit is expected to drop 11.9 percent on-year to 159.35 trillion won for this year.
For the first quarter, initial consensus data showed operating profits of the three leading companies hitting 19.6 billion won, up 43.5 percent from a year earlier.
In addition to the three, if earnings of Big Hit Entertainment, the management of global boy band sensation BTS, is counted, numbers could be even higher this year, although details need to be checked. At present there is no earnings consensus being filed for Big Hit, which is a relative newcomer to the K-pop entertainment business world.
For 2018, if the operating profits of Big Hit are included in the earnings of the four entertainment companies, the total stood at 150.1 billion won.
"K-pop and related entertainment businesses are posting solid growth with the growth trend expected to continue going forward," a Hyundai Motor Securities analyst said.
Others pointed out that with K-pop's strength on YouTube unlikely to be affected, companies in their sector can expect steady growth for the foreseeable future. (Yonhap)
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New species of Stenhelia (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Diosaccidae) from the Bohai Sea (China) with notes on subgeneric division and phylogenetic relationships
Mu, F.-H.; Huys, R. (2002). New species of Stenhelia (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Diosaccidae) from the Bohai Sea (China) with notes on subgeneric division and phylogenetic relationships. Cah. Biol. Mar. 43(2): 179-206
In: Cahiers de Biologie Marine. Station Biologique de Roscoff: Paris. ISSN 0007-9723
New genera; New species; Stenhelia Boeck, 1865 [WoRMS]; Stenheliinae Brady, 1880 [WoRMS]; INW, Bohai Sea; Marine
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Two new species of Stenhelia (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Diosaccidae) are described from subtidal sediments in the Bohai Sea, China. The traditional subgeneric division of Stenhelia is abandoned since both subgenera, Stenhelia(Stenhelia) and Stenhelia (Delavalia), are polyphyletic taxa. The latter is tentatively upgraded to generic rank pending a phylogenetic analysis of the Stenheliinae. The genus Stenhelia is restricted to a core group of species formerly allocated to the subgenus Stenhelia (Stenhelia), including S. gibba, S. proxima, S. curviseta, S. divergens, S. peniculata, S. pubescens and both new species from the Bohai Sea, S. sheni sp. nov. and S. taiae sp. nov., which are most closely related to S. pubescens, described from the Sea of Japan. The genus Beatricella, erroneously considered a junior objective synonym of Stenhelia, is reinstated to accommodate S. aemula as the type species. The problematic S. asetosa is transferred to a new genus Anisostenhelia primarily on account of the sexual dimorphism of the swimming legs and is regarded as the sistergroup of Stenhelia. The P1 endopod of the bathyal S. diegensis is reinterpreted and consequently the species is re-assigned to the genus Delavalia where it is most closely related to other deepwater species. S. xylophila is designated as the type of a new genus Hicksia. Swimming leg morphology suggests a close relationship with Delavalia hanstromi and D. bocqueti, indicating at least a dual origin of the 2-segmented P1 endopod in the Stenheliinae.
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Lib Research
The Liberian Institute for Biomedical Research (LIBR)
The general direction of LIBR is to develop programs of applied and operational research geared toward developing technology for the control of diseases prevalent in Liberia; to assist in providing community health services; to develop the capability for providing specialized diagnostic services; to train individuals in priority research procedures and techniques; and offering opportunities to Liberian University and medical college students for advancement in molecular biology diagnostic techniques and the field of endemic tropical diseases in Liberia and clinical research methodologies.
As Director I am responsible for providing scientific leadership to promote interchange and collaboration between LIBR scientists, Liberian scientists from other institutions, as well as, investigators from other Institutions in West Africa, the USA, Europe and elsewhere. These goals are facilitated by the organization of:
Annual meetings of all LIBR investigators and interested persons. These meetings which are held at the Institute and allow presentation of detailed research reports by investigators or groups. The LIBR Scientific Council, collaborating Liberian and overseas investigators and WHO are invited to these meetings.
Quarterly meetings of LIBR staff for Research-In-Progress presentations from hospitals and findings from health related projects, especially health services in the country.
The intent of this direction is for the LIBR to progressively be staffed by Liberian scientists with scientists from external entities playing a supportive and collaborative role. Due to attrition of the trained staff of the Institute as a direct result of the Liberian civil conflict, we are in a period of rapid capacity building and training. Collaboration and acceleration of the development of new tools for handling health problems in Liberia are always encouraged at LIBR.
I thank you for your interest in the Liberian Institute for Biomedical Research.
Fatorma K. Bolay, PhD
Director, LIBR
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Category / Festival
Cardiff Book Festival 2017
Cardiff Book Festival returns for second year on 22 – 24 September.
GQ editor Dylan Jones headlines the Friday night in conversation with NME editor Mike Williams about his upcoming book David Bowie-A Life, an engrossing, magisterial biography drawn from Jones’ interviews with the enigmatic star and over 180 interviews with friends, rivals, lovers and collaborators.
Gregory’s Girl star and now crime novelist John Gordon Sinclair opens the evening discussing his new novel, Walk in Silence, a taut, dark page-turner that sees lawyer, Keira Lynch, enter the brutal world of the Albanian mafia in her search for a kidnapped child.
Cardiff-born literary agent Cathryn Summerhayes from Curtis Brown will be hosting a Pitch in the Pub session in the Angel Hotel’s pub The Castle Arms, where aspiring writers can pitch their future bestsellers over Twitter and in person.
Ever wondered how Lady Macbeth’s torment or Cinderella’s sunny disposition were influenced by their DNA? Either way, join Green Man Festival as their Library of Imagined Genes, a biobank containing genetic samples of fictional characters, takes over Cardiff Central Library for the day.
Saturday morning sees local historian Neil M. Sinclair share tales from Tiger Bay, with one of the founding fathers of the British games industry, Ian Livingstone taking to the stage in the afternoon. Livingstone launched Games Workshop, Tomb Raider and the Fighting Fantasy gamebooks which have sold almost 20 million copies worldwide, and will reflect on his career as his new book The Port of Peril marks the 35th anniversary of the series.
Cardiff’s own Sunday Times bestseller Kate Hamer, author of The Girl in the Red Coat and The Doll Funeral follows Livingstone, before Marcel Theroux discusses his latest novel, The Secret Books, an epic adventure through a world of spies, propaganda and revolution in a mystery about the lost years of Jesus Christ.
Adam Kay, a junior doctor turned sold-out Edinburgh Fringe comedian, Radio 4 The Now Show regular, and writer for shows including Mrs Brown’s Boys, will share stories from his new book. This Is Going To Hurt is a first-hand account of life as a junior doctor in all its joy, pain and sacrifice and a love letter to those who might be holding our lives in their hands.
Adam will be joined by Dr Dean Burnett, a doctor of neuroscience at Cardiff University who moonlights as a comedy writer and stand-up comedian. Whoopi Goldberg’s production company has bought the rights to his book The Idiot Brian, which celebrates the imperfections of the human brain in all their glory, and the impact of these quirks on our daily lives.
In Visit Wales’ Year of Legends, Horatio Clare re-tells ancient tales from the Brecon Beacons and his new Myths and Legends book, including Arthur and his Slumbering Knights, the White Lady of Tretower Court and the gory tale of Black Vaughan.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist James Ball will tackle the fake news post-truth world covered in his book How Bullshit Conquered the World, while a special event will remember First Minister Rhodri Morgan as his memoir is released to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the vote that created the National Assembly for Wales.
The co-creator of the hit TV show Hinterland/Y Gwyll, Ed Thomas, and the photographer David Wilson will be in conversation on how the west Wales landscape inspired the noir detective drama which has taken images of Ceredigion to televisions in over 100 countries throughout the world, as documented in the book Hinterland: Ceredigion Landscapes.
The rest of the programme includes:
Writing workshops with Kate Hamer and author of The Unforgotten Laura Powell
Happily Ever After? with Cardiff’s Laura Kemp and Jo Carnegie, looking at whether rom com books are needed more than ever in these troubling times
Lucy Owen and family reading in English and Welsh from her children’s book Boo-a-Bog in the Park
The Clydach Murders- John Morris asks whether an innocent man was wrongfully convicted of the 1999 murders of the Power family, sharing captivating evidence to illustrate his powerful case
Merthyr: the crucible of modern Wales? sponsored by Modern Wales, Parthian with Dai Smith, Joe England and Huw Lewis interrogating Merthyr’s role in the 19th century development of Wales and a moving memoir of growing up in Aberfan in the 1960s and 70s
The Arthurian Place Names of Wales with Scott Lloyd examining the sites around Wales associated with the legendary King Arthur
Dark Land, Dark Skies with Martin Griffiths exploring The Mabinogion in the night sky
New Poetic Voices Showcase with Rhiannon Hooson, Rhian Edwards, Emily Blewitt, Sophie McKeand, Susie Wild, Natalie Ann Holbrow and Rhys Milsom
Migration, Love and Loss including stories written in response to the refugee crisis with Maggie Harris
Gaslight with Eloise Williams, a gothic mystery for children and young adults set in Cardiff
Scientists of Wales/Gwyddonwyr Cymru, a bilingual event exploring some of Welsh science’s greatest discoveries
Lost Lines of Wales, a nostalgic steam-powered journey with Tom Ferris as he explores the history, heritage and social background of the railway and its passengers brought to life
Why Wales Never Was/Pam Na Fu Cymru, a bilingual event where Simon Brooks undertakes a devastating analysis of the historical failure of Welsh nationalism with an apocalyptic vision of a non-Welsh future
Tickets: Weekend wristbands which get you into every event* are available at the early bird price of £25 until 14 July and £30 until 18 August with tickets for individual events starting at £5 for adults and £3 concessions from www.cardiffbookfestival.co.uk
Follow Twitter for updates @cardiffbookfest #cardiffbookfest.
*first come first served if events are oversubscribed. Not including writing workshops.
Visit Organiser Website
£10 / £5
Dreaming the Night Field: a legend of Wales
Menter Y Felin UchafPwllheli
from £550 per person
Mon 12 Aug - Sat 17 Aug
Refining and Editing your Prose
Tŷ Newydd Writing CentreCricieth
CF10 1SZ
Fri 22 Sep - Sun 24 Sep
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CYBERSAFE, what you need to know to safely navigate the internet By Frank Mosco
TEXT BOOK FOR YOUNG COMPUTER USERS. The Internet is vast, confusing, dangerous and can cost the cyber surfer dearly in terms of time, money, and personal safety. "CYBERSAFE" is a guide to... More > safe, knowledgable traveling through the vast and often intimidating World Wide Web. It offers the newly introduced Internet user critical information on; - Getting on line safely - Learning the language of the PC/Internet world - Traveling & exploring the Internet safely - Privacy & Security on the Internet - Avoiding Fraud & Scams - Safely using the Internet for Investing - Dealing with Spam, the dangers of social networking, & other threats Be you 6 or 60, CYBERSAFE is the must-have book to sit next to your computer! (Material for this book was contributed and/or reviewed by the Federal Trade Commission, National Consumers League, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, Federal Citizen Information Center, National Cyber Security Alliance, and Microsoft Corporation.)< Less
Cane's Gate By Frank Mosco
~ Award winning author Frank Mosco again looks to his favorite old city of St. Augustine, Florida, for the inspiration to create another entertaining novel. Mixing a bit of history with a lot of... More > fantasy creates a great read full of mystery, action, and adventure that transports the reader from the 17th century to the turn of the 21st. ~ SCENARIO: In old St. Augustine, Florida an ancient mystery is revealed when a young boy and his three friends (the Lighthouse Gang) find a magic medallion thousands of years old. The revelations of the mysterious relic prompts their interest in a legendary pirate and the old St. Augustine lighthouse. Through forces unknown they find themselves lost in a subterranean world in which they encounter dangerous creatures and discover a long lost Mayan city. Calling on the aid of a beach bum genius, a 17th century pirate, and the medallion's incredible ancient magic, they endeavor to overcome evil forces and events to save themselves, the city, and its people from destruction.< Less
Searching for Jimmy Buffett By Frank Mosco
A burned out hippy flower child of the 60's thinks her late in life son is the by-product of an imagined one night stand with Jimmy Buffett. On her deathbed her final words inadvertently send her... More > son, 14 year old Bean, on a quest to find his famous father. From old St. Augustine naïve Bean and his telepathic dog Fruitcake head south to all points weird. Along the way they collect three companions in the person of Chi Chi, a fast thinking Cuban girl pursued by agents of Fidel Castro, a vagrant genius calld Roachie, who lost a billion dollar enterprise, and Boner Jones, a strange mysterious schizophrenic conspiracy theorist with a deep secret. Bean and company encounter bizarre situations that include surf Nazis, Haitian drug runners, a Cuban Revolutionary group, a Parrot Head cult, idiot Mexican pirates, Bayou gypsies, California crackpots, and more, all the while being pursued by a Catholic priest hitman. A wild road trip story and hilarious politically incorrect book full of non-stop humor and social satire.< Less
Cane's Gate - A Lighthouse Gang Adventure By Frank Mosco
~ Award winning author Frank Mosco again looks to his favorite old city of St. Augustine, Florida, for the inspiration to create another entertaining novel. Mixing a bit of history with a lot of... More > fantasy creates a great read full of mystery, action, and adventure that transports the reader from the 17th century to the turn of the 21st. ~ SCENARIO: In old St. Augustine, Florida an ancient mystery is revealed when a young boy and his three friends (the Lighthouse Gang) find a magic medallion thousands of years old. The revelations of the mysterious relic prompts their interest in a legendary pirate and the old St. Augustine lighthouse. Through forces unknown they find themselves lost in a subterranean world in which they encounter strange and dangerous creatures, and a long lost Mayan city. Calling on the aid of a beach bum genius, a 17th century pirate, and the medallion's incredible ancient magic, they endeavor to overcome evil forces and events to save themselves, the city, and its people from destruction.< Less
Monkey: A Crimson Glory Adventure: Bonus Edition By Frank Mosco
1st PLACE WINNER of the 2008 DIY Book Festival. Monkey is great fun and destined to become a cult classic. Author Frank Mosco goes against the grain of expectation to present a compelling page turner... More > of humor, adventure and surprise. In 1933, following the release of the movie King Kong, a disgruntled old sailor imparted his secret regarding the true facts of the storied creature and it's mysterious island to two young men. Armed with the old sailor's map, an arsenal of weapons, a desire to prove themselves, and a fully crewed three masted barkentine, fifteen members of the Princeton University Rugby Club eagerly embark on a search for adventure and riches that result in discoveries far exceeding anything they could have expected with an outcome none of them could possibly have imagined. A must read for Kong and classic adventure fans everywhere. This bonus edition includes the original screenplay on which the novel is based.< Less
Monkey: A Crimson Glory Adventure By Frank Mosco
(1st PLACE WINNER at the 2008 DIY Book Festival!) SCENARIO - In 1933, following the release of the movie KING KONG, a disgruntled old sailor and soul survivor of an encounter with the real great ape... More > imparted his secret to two young men. Armed with the old sailor's map, an arsenal of weapons, a desire to prove themselves, and a fully crewed three-masted barkentine, fifteen members of the Princeton University Rugby Club eagerly embark on a search for adventure and riches, collecting along the way a Chinese Rhodes Scholar, an Australian girl Rambo, a jungle boy prone to profanity, and a tribe of alcoholic natives. Not to mention a 30 foot gorilla with an identity problem. Their journey results in discoveries far exceeding anything they would have expected with an outcome no one could possibly have imagined. Full of old fashion appeal with a number of contemporary twist and endearing characters, this book is a must read for classic adventure and KONG fans everywhere.< Less
The Last Ghostrider: A novel of the Vietnam War By Frank Mosco
A hilarious yet tragic book of war. THE LAST GHOSTRIDER follows the haphazard life and times of Army enlisted man Vincent Fusco during the years 1968 to '71 as he somehow manages to wade through the... More > often incoherent reasoning and random events of military life and war. Fusco's journey takes you from his ridiculous stateside antics to the strange reality and unforgettable heroic characters of the chopper war in the central highlands of Vietnam and Cambodia. An American G.I.'s saga that is of interest not only because of its revealing story but in the frank, humorous, and candid style in which it's told. A style that readers have already placed on par with MASH and CATCH-22. A novel of "faction" inspired by the experiences, events, and real characters known to the author during his service with the famous 189th Assault Helicopter Co. Ghostriders that can only be described as insightful, revealing, surprising, and politically incorrect.< Less
The Whitemoon Crisis: A Chilling Story of Terrorism on a Scale Never Before Imagined By Frank Mosco
From the latter years of the Cold War comes a chilling story of terrorism on a scale never before imagined! A story of intrigue and suspense, The Whitemoon Crisis draws you into a world of wondering... More > - could this really happen This fictional suspense thriller introduces Commander Ramsey Lightner, Pentagon Navy Intelligence Officer who facing the threat of world war, uncovers a multi-layered conspiracy of power and destruction that reaches from the Caribbean to the balmy tourists town of St. Augustine, Florida, and beyond to the highest levels of government in Washington. This novel of intrigue contains all that a reader expects of a suspense novel in the tradition of Ian Fleming. Written in 1982 and originally published in 1986, THE WHITEMOON CRISIS has proven to be an intense preview of events of our new century, raising the question and challenge of how to defend against the exceptional resourcefulness of hate driven terrorism. A must read for those who enjoy this genre of literature.< Less
A burned out hippy flower child of the 60's thinks her late in life son is the by-product of an imagined encounter with Jimmy Buffett. On her deathbed her final words inadvertently send her son, 14... More > year old, Bean, on a quest to find his father. From old St. Augustine Bean and his telepathic dog Fruitcake head south to all points weird. Along the way they collect three companions in the person of Chi Chi, a fast thinking Cuban girl pursued by agents of Fidel Castro, a vagrant genius called Roachie, who lost a billion dollar enterprise, and Boner Jones, a strange, mysterious schizophrenic conspiracy theorist with a deep secret. Bean and company encounter bizarre situations that include surf Nazis, Haitian drug runners, a Cuban Revolutionary group, a Parrothead cult, idiot Mexican pirates, Bayou gypsies, California crackpots, and more, all the while being pursued by a Catholic priest hitman. A hilarious politically incorrect book full of non-stop humor and social satire.< Less
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Home » Reviews » CD » S » Skald - Vikings Chant
Skald - Vikings Chant
Vikings Chant
by Chris Hawkins at 10 December 2018, 5:06 AM
Quorthon must be smiling down at us from Valhalla. Viking culture has truly proliferated western culture over the last few years as evidenced by the television show as well as various music projects. Of course, MYRKUR and AMON AMARTH come to mind, but also WARDRUNA, created by members of GORGOROTH to celebrate their heritage by performing in the ancient tradition. They were lucky enough to have their music featured in the television show which did nothing but help the case for SKALD, the band around which this review is centered. “Vikings Chant” is the debut from this new group, and they have a profound opportunity to reach the masses in that they are signed to a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. SKALD began when producer/composer Christophe Voisin-Boisvinet met a trio of singers who not only had extraordinarily unique sounding voices but also performed many ancient instruments of Viking culture. This is not a Metal record, but those with an open mind and expansive imagination will truly find it to be an uncommonly rare experience, a peak at long ago through modern technology.
“Enn Atti Loki Fleiri Born” serves as the introduction to the album as it opens the ensuing ceremony by gently lighting the candles and incense of tradition. The first full song is “Run” which begins with a beautifully articulated guitar riff and is soon joined by tribal drums. Female vocals arrive enhancing the reverent atmosphere. The air is intoxicating and it is easy to imagine falling into a trance-like state. “Niu,” the fourth track, is enchanting with a softly-plucked finger style guitar playing the melody. Female vocals become the lead to a round of sorts that is soon joined by a male chorus. The emphasis is clearly on atmosphere as the gentle sound of splashing water accentuates the mood.
“Gleipnir,” the sixth track, is a more upbeat selection with furiously played tribal drums and male vocals. The male vocals create a mystical atmosphere through imaginative harmonies with female vocals soon joining to enhance the music. There is a protracted feeling of the surreal, of words and music channeled through spiritual means. The following track, “Krakumal,” is based upon a simple melody performed by a bowed instrument and accompanied by a solitary male vocal. Soon, other voices join to enrich the piece. There is an archaically esoteric vibe created as if the music is the very gateway to the past. “Ec Man Iotna,” the ninth track, is a compelling a capella track performed by female vocals. A generously rich texture is formed propagating original melodies and counter-melodies. One is overcome with a solitary mood, perhaps even sadness and longing.
What is of particular interest is the instrumentation involved in the (re)creation of the ancient music. In terms of percussion, it is of a tribal nature with drums of varying size which are reinforced by smaller percussion tools such as bones or even antlers. There is an opulent depth of stringed instruments employed including the lyre, the talharpa, the citole whci is a bowed instrument, and the nyckelharpa also known as a keyed harp. What is truly special is the multitude of vocal techniques, harsh and soothing, employed by the three singers. Indeed, their voices are the vocal point of the music, and their interplay coupled with sheer creativity demonstrated cause this to be a recording that is truly special beyond the confines of genre.
It is hopeful for society to know that such a uniquely primordial musical project has an outlet to expose people from all walks of life to their art. Anyone sharing a fascination for Viking culture or history will truly find this to be a rewarding experience. Ideally, to be able to light some candles and create whatever personal touch allowing a pensive soul-searching atmosphere is the way to enjoy this experience. By connecting as such to out past whether through imagination or the metaphysical, we learn that after all, not much has changed for we are all human blessed with traditions and a rich heritage which should be duly honored and revered.
1. Enn Atti Loki Fleiri Born
3. Valfreyjudrapa
4. Niu
5. Fluga
6. Gleipnir
7. Krakumal
8. O Valhalla
9. Ec Man Iotna
10. Yggdrasil
11. Odinn
12. Ginnunga
13. Joga
Christophe Voisin-Boisvinet- Producer/Composer
Justine Galmiche – Vocals/Various Instruments
Pierrick Valence - Vocals/Various Instruments
Mattjö Haussy – Vocals/Various Instruments
Record Label: Decca Records France
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MotoGPJanuary 30, 2018
Postive test for Repsol Honda
Repsol Honda riders Marc Marquex and Dani Pedrosa declared themselves happy at the end of the Sepang test.
The Spanish duo were talking after completing their three day program in Malaysia, as they prepare for the new season.
Pedrosa led the timing sheets on the the last day, before Jorge Lorenzo set his record breaking time. He would end the day in second place overall, just ahead of fellow Honda rider Cal Crutchlow.
Marc Marquez set the seventh fastest time of the day, as he focussed on bike setup and completing a race simulation. He opted against aiming for a quick lap time in favour of longer assessments.
Marquez opted against testing the new aero fairing that Honda had supplied for the test, preferring to test the regular fairing. Pedrosa had three bikes in his garage, both with and without the new fairing.
Speaking after the test, Pedrosa said:
I think we had a positive final day, and a positive test in general here in Sepang. The team did a very good job, as we correctly planned the work schedule for each day. Today we put together all the best aspects from the previous two days and worked on our speed, improving our fast lap and our pace, and completing a long run of almost race distance on a good rhythm. We worked on the engine, aerodynamics, suspension, and tyres—both soft and hard specs. You could say we addressed more or less every area of the setup, and we got a good general feeling and collected a lot of data. We have to analyse everything more thoroughly, but the feeling was there. Now we look forward to confirming everything on other tracks.
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至爱音乐论坛 » 『欧美专辑分享』 » Yuna - Rouge WEB (2019) [R&B]
标题: Yuna - Rouge WEB (2019) [R&B]
Yuna - Rouge WEB (2019) [R&B]
enraged: (adjective)
very angry; furious
RELEASEINFO
ARTIST.....: Yuna
TITLE......: Rouge
LABEL......: A Verve Forecast release; UMG Recordings, In
GENRE......: R&B
01. Castaway 04:29
02. Blank Marquee 03:40
03. (Not) The Love Of My Life 03:37
04. Teenage Heartbreak 04:17
05. Pink Youth 04:00
06. Forget About You 04:28
07. Likes 03:35
08. Amy 03:21
09. Does She 03:22
10. Forevermore 03:53
11. Tiada Akhir 02:44
Yunalis binti Mat Zara'ai, professionally known as Yuna, is a
Malaysian singer-songwriter. Yuna's initial exposure came through
the viral success of her music uploaded to Myspace, which
received over one million plays. This online success alerted the
Indie-Pop label/management company to her music, and in early
2011 she signed with the Fader Label. She is best known for the
collaboration with Usher on her breakout single, "Crush", which
peaked at number 3 on the US Billboard Adult R&B chart.Born and
raised in Kedah and Selangor, she began writing songs at age 14
She soon taught herself to play guitar, and by 2006, in need of a
creative outlet while attending law school, performed for an
audience for the first time. Joined by guitarist Pa'an, bassist
Efry Arwis, and drummer Adib Azfar, Yuna made her recorded debut
album in Malaysia in 2008 with a self-titled EP, earned five
Malaysian Music Awards nominations. She took home four trophies
including Best New Artist and Best Song.The Decorate followed two
years later
Rouge is the upcoming fourth international studio album by
Malaysian singer-songwriter Yuna. The album, which saw her
collaborate with many international acts, is scheduled to be
released on July 12, 2019, by labels Verve Forecast Records and
Universal Music Group. Three songs were released as singles: the
lead single, "Forevermore", "Blank Marquee", with American rapper
G-Eazy and "Pink Youth", with English rapper Little Simz. Rouge
Yuna's seventh album overall, was recorded between 2017 and 2019
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About :: Staff and Board
Alicia Reban, Executive Director
Since 1998, Alicia has been dedicated to preserving the State of Nevada’s open spaces. In 2002, she served on the campaign executive committee for Nevada’s State Question One for Clean Water, Parks and Wildlife, and in 2000 she successfully managed the campaign for Washoe County Question 1 for Parks, Libraries, Trails, and Open Space. Alicia graduated from the University of Texas; and has also completed additional courses in conservation and real estate law.
Kim Pezonella, Finance Manager
I come to NLT with nearly 20 years of experience working in the non-profit world. I last served as Associate Director of Trinity Services, Inc. A self-proclaimed Excel nerd, I love the logic of numbers and math. Then making those numbers make sense to other people. I was born and raised in Southern California but moved to Reno with my husband in 1998 to start a family. Most of the time when not at work I can be found watching my 2 sons play baseball, a lot of it. When not at the field I enjoy camping, hiking, running, snowboarding, and chilling by our backyard firepit listening to country music.
Graduated with a BA in Sociology from California Lutheran University and a MA in Social Science from Pacific Lutheran University.
Sarah McNeal, Compliance Manager
Sarah is Nevada Land Trust’s Compliance Manager. Sarah joined the group in November 2008 after a 10-year career in Banking and Finance. She is working diligently to help the organization become accredited by the Land Trust Alliance in 2013, as well as managing the record keeping and files that the staff generates. Having had the opportunity to explore many wonderful places, Sarah finds working for NLT a refreshing change from the banking sector, if only for the amazing scenery! When not knee deep in Land Trust files or laundry, Sarah enjoys spending quality time with her husband and two beautiful daughters, adventuring outdoors and experiencing nature.
Alex Hoeft, One Truckee River Associate Coordinator
Alex joined Nevada Land Trust as an AmeriCorps intern, managing the communication of the One Truckee River Initiative. She became an official NLT staff member in February 2016 after receiving her Master’s degree in digital new media from the University of Nevada, Reno. Much of Alex’s experience is spread across the communications world, with familiarity in journalism, marketing, design, video, audio, photography, and social media. Alex is a big sports fan (go S.F. Giants!), bigger bookworm, and biggest animal lover.
Alex is from the southern half of Nevada (Las Vegas), and received a Bachelor of Arts from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
Marsha Cardinal, GIS Specialist
Marsha joined the Nevada Land Trust as the GIS Coordinator, after retiring from 15 years in Washoe County’s GIS program. Previously, she has mapped trees for the Wilbur D. May Arboretum and Truckee River water rights for the State of Nevada. As an archeologist for 10 years, she mapped cultural resources for the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, as well as numerous other sites throughout the Great Basin.
She received a Bachelor of Science in Biology in 1988. Born in San Francisco, but transplanted as a young sprout to northern Nevada, she enjoys birding, botanizing & photographing around the Great Basin, as well as gardening in our rigorous climate.
Brian Bonnenfant, Chair
Devere Dressler, Vice Chair
Harry Parsons, Treasurer
Holly Pecetti, Secretary
Candace Evart
Karen Mullen-Ehly
Tina Nappe
Karen Ross
Reed Simmons
Jane Tors
Nazir Ansari
Stephen Ascuaga
Alice Baldrica
David Bobzien
Jack Byrom
Jean Carbon
Stacey Crowley
Darrel Cruz
Frankie Sue Del Papa
Craig Etem
Ginnie Kersey
Jim Greil
John Hester
Deborah Lassiter
Debbie Leonard
John McLain
Alan Means
Tina Miller
Willie Molini
David E. Moore
Ron Parsons
Trent Schmidt
Katy Simon Holland
Caryn Swobe
William Thornton
Jack Trainor
Sue Wagner
Bill Watson
Don Wilkerson
Bradley E. Woodring
Gregg Zive
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Windows 8 fear and uncertainty kicks in
Windows 8 FUD is starting to hit the fan.
That would be fear, uncertainty, and doubt. As in, "I think that Windows 8 is kind of a catastrophe for everybody in the PC space."
That was said yesterday by Gabe Newell, a former Microsoft employee and managing director of Valve Software, which makes games such as Half-Life and created the Steam gaming platform for Windows and Apple's OS X.
Newell's company is now moving Steam to Linux. Thus the comment, "we're trying to make sure that Linux thrives" from Newell (in the same story linked above) before his Windows 8 critique.
You could almost mistake all of the fuss for the fall presidential election, not the general release of Windows 8. "Windows 8 is treason! Linux will win the future!" (or substitute Android or OS X for Linux).
That said, Microsoft is in a hard place.
One, PC makers are no doubt reconsidering -- either casually or seriously -- their commitment to Windows because of the Microsoft-branded Surface tablet due to arrive around the same time as Windows 8 (more on that below).
Two, there is a growing chorus of critics that despise the Metro interface. (I'm not one of them.)
Three, Metro and the Windows Store -- that is, the way users will install apps -- could make Windows less open, as IDC analyst Jay Chou pointed out to me today.
And Microsoft didn't help matters when it stated in its annual report filed today with Securities and Exchange Commission that "our Surface devices will compete with products made by our OEM partners, which may affect their commitment to our platform."
No way around it, that's a prickly statement when it's coming directly from Microsoft.
So, will the FUD stick? It will probably get worse as we get closer to the general release. When Microsoft takes a hard turn to a new operating system, pundits pounce and users revolt (just read some of the comments attached to the Building Windows 8 blogs).
What makes it different this time is the Surface factor and Microsoft's need, apparently, to adopt Apple's and Google's strategies, as Venkatesh Rao writes in a Forbes blog.
Google "is winning using Microsoft's original winning...strategy" (by using an open OS layer of the stack, commodity hardware), he writes. "Google is out-Microsofting Microsoft."
But is all of this an unmitigated catastrophe?
If users and PC makers both flee in droves, it could get pretty hairy for Microsoft.
"Long term, PC makers know they need to find viable alternative to Microsoft, either via Google Android or the open Linux community. Neither [of those] alternatives have done much for OEMs, but as Android's experience improves and its ecosystem grows, it is a real threat," said Pat Moorhead, principal analyst at Moor Insights.
Somewhere between the status quo and catastrophe lies the more likely scenario, I think. Some PC vendors will begin to focus more on other platforms and some users (like they're doing already) will jump to Android or Apple.
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PROS SHUTOUT SOCAL SC IN FINAL HOME MATCH
The Albion SC PROS continued their push for the playoffs in their final home match of the season with a 2-0 victory over SoCal SC on July 1 at Mission Bay Stadium.
Aggressive play between both teams began almost immediately with several tackles at the midfield. The referees called a combined 13 fouls in the first 20 minutes of play.
With a high number of midfield fouls, the action in front of goal remained relatively low. At the close of the first half, the PROS and SoCal remained locked 0-0.
“[In] first half we were actually pretty good. We created a number of chances … We didn’t give much away,” said Head Coach Ziggy Korytoski.
At the start of the second, Korytoski subbed out the PROS’ newest addition Townsend Meyer in favor of forward Tre Hayes.
“It was more tactical [to not put Tre in until the second half]. We wanted to make sure we controlled midfield and out-possessed them and wore them down,” said Korytoski.
In minute 52, Hayes connected with Sean Callan for the first PROS goal of the night, eliciting a roar from the already raucous PROS fan base.
After several shots on goal by Hayes in the minutes to follow, Hayes finally found the back of the net in the 62nd minute with a well-timed assist from Michael Turner.
“When I got in the game … I just wanted to be a nuisance the whole time I was in,” said Hayes. “I was blessed enough to do that and come away with a goal.”
After their second clean sheet of the season against SoCal SC, the PROS now prepare for their final regular season match on the road against Corinthians USA on Saturday, July 8.
“Going into Corinthians, obviously we want to max out with our points and make sure we put ourselves in a position to be that sixth seed if not even a little bit better,” said Korytoski.
“[Looking ahead to] playoffs, we know that we’re a good team, that we can beat anyone in the country on any given day. We have that much depth and talent on our roster.”
ROUND TWO OF THE PORTLAND DERBY GOES TO FCM PORTLAND
VAQUEROS CLINCH PLAYOFF BERTH AFTER VICTORY IN HOUSTON
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The Senate has approved a bipartisan IRS reform bill, which now heads to President Trump’s desk. Trump is expected to sign the bill into law.
The reworked Taxpayer First Act ( HR 3151) cleared the Senate on the evening of June 13. The revamped measure had been approved unanimously in the House on June 10.
"After years of good-faith, bipartisan work, our IRS reforms are finally going to become law," House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., and ranking member Kevin Brady, R-Tex., said in a joint statement. "In this historic legislation, we focused on putting taxpayers first."
Likewise, Senate Finance Committee (SFC) Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, praised the passage of the bipartisan, bicameral IRS reform bill. "It’s a big first step toward strengthening taxpayer protections and turning the IRS into the customer service organization it ought to be," Grassley said in a statement. "I look forward to President Trump signing it into law so the IRS can begin implementing long overdue reforms that will put taxpayers first," he added.
Reworked Bill
The reworked IRS reform bill, originally introduced in the last Congress, was revised earlier in June after the House passed a prior version in April. However, the original House-approved Taxpayer First bill (HR 1957) was deemed doomed in the Senate by May because of recent controversy surrounding the IRS’s Free File program. Thus, the provision codifying the Free File program was stripped from the original bill; the measure was reintroduced as HR 3151. It then quickly cleared each chamber.
Service Improvements
Generally, the Taxpayer First Act aims to reform the IRS for the first time in 20 years to better meet the needs of taxpayers. It requires the IRS to develop a comprehensive customer service strategy, as well as a plan to redesign its structure, modernize its technology, and enhance its cyber security. In addition, the new law will:
waive the application fee for an offer in compromise (OIC) by a low-income taxpayer;
clarify information available about low-income taxpayer clinics (LITCs);
codify the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program;
require notice regarding the closure of taxpayer assistance centers (TACs);
improve the IRS whistleblower program; and
modify the private debt collection program.
The legislation includes a number of provisions to help protect taxpayers from tax ID theft and improve taxpayer interaction with the IRS should they become a victim. For example, the IRS must provide a single point of contact for victims of identity theft, notification of suspected identity theft, and guidelines for stolen identity refund fraud cases.
The IRS is required to expand its current program that allows victims of tax ID theft to obtain a personalized PIN. Any individual must be allowed to request an identity protection personal identification number (IP PIN) to confirm a taxpayer’s identity on tax returns.
Electronic Filing
The IRS reform bill directly impacts taxpayers and other persons by reducing the threshold for filing electronically from 250 or more returns during the year. The threshold is 100 or more returns for 2021, and 10 or more return after 2021. The IRS can waive the e-file requirement for tax return preparers in areas with limited internet access.
The e-filing threshold for a partnership with 100 or fewer partners remains unchanged before 2022. The threshold is 150 returns for 2019, 100 returns for 2020, and 50 returns for 2021.
E-filing requirements are also extended to all tax-exempt organizations that file returns or statements, regardless of amount of assets, gross receipts, or number of returns to be filed. In addition, the IRS is directed to develop an internet portal to allow taxpayers to file series Form 1099, similar to the portal used to file series Form W-2 with the Social Security Administration.
Other Electronic Services
To help increase the use of electronic services, the IRS must publish within six months uniform standards for accepting electronic signatures on requests for disclosure of taxpayer information (Forms 2848, 4506-T, and 8821). It must also limit the redisclosure of return information by a designee to only those expressly consented to by the taxpayer.
The new law increases the penalty for improper disclosure or use of information by return preparers. It also puts new limits on access to returns and return information by non-IRS employees.
Overall, the IRS must develop procedures to authenticate users of its suite of electronic services, to prevent tax refund fraud. Included in these services, the IRS must develop an automated version of its Income Verification Express Service (IVES) for third-parties.
Planning Note: The legislation also allows the IRS to accept credit and debit card payments for the payment of taxes directly, as opposed to through a third party. In addition, the IRS must establish procedures for taxpayers to report misdirected deposits of refunds.
Additional changes made by the Taxpayer First Act include:
clarifying procedures for equitable relief from joint liability;
establish new safeguards on the seizure of funds believed to be structured to avoid the $10,000 financial reporting requirement; and
modify procedures for the issuance of summons and notice of third party contacts by the IRS.
To help pay for these changes, the minimum penalty for failure to file returns is increased after 2019 to the lesser of $330 (indexed for inflation) or 100 percent of the amount required to be shown on the return.
Proposed Rules Explain 199A Deduction for Cooperatives and Patrons
Taxpayers may rely on two new pieces of IRS guidance for applying the Code Sec. 199A deduction to cooperatives and their patrons:
Proposed regulations provide detailed rules for coop patrons and specified cooperatives to calculate the deduction.
A proposed revenue procedure provides three methods for specified cooperatives to calculate W-2 wages.
199A Deduction for Cooperatives and Patrons
The 199A deduction, also known as the pass-through deduction or the QBI deduction, generally allows individuals, estates and trusts to deduct up to 20 percent of their qualified business income (QBI) from sole proprietorships and pass-through entities. Since most coops are C corporations, they cannot claim the deduction. However, their members may receive patronage dividends that are included in QBI.
Despite these general rules, certain agricultural or horticultural coops, known as "specified cooperatives," can claim their own version of the a deduction under Code Sec. 199A(g). A specified coop can also pass through any portion of this deduction by making qualified payments to its patrons. The patrons must reduce their own QBI accordingly.
For specified coops, the 199A(g) deduction retains many of the rules that governed the Code Sec. 199 domestic production activities deduction before it was repealed at the end of 2017. For example, the 199A(g) deduction is based on the specified coop’s domestic production gross receipts (DPGR) and qualified production activities income (QPAI), rather than its QBI.
Sec. 199A Deduction for Coop Patrons in General
Under the proposed regulations, any coop patron’s QBI may include patronage dividends and an exempt coop’s non-patronage dividends that:
are related to the patron’s trade or business,
are qualified items of income, gain, deduction or loss at the coop level,
are not from a specified service trade or business (SSTB), and
are properly reported to the patron.
The proposed regulations provide detailed rules for how coops must report the required information to their patrons. However, the coop does not report any W-2 wages or unadjusted basis in qualified property immediately after acquisition (UBIA). The W-2/UBIA limit that can reduce QBI for higher-income taxpayers is calculated only at the patron level.
Sec. 199A(g) Deduction for Specified Cooperatives
Code Sec. 199A(g) allows specified coops to claim a 199A deduction and pass through any portion of it by making qualified payments to its members. However, as mentioned above, a specified coop’s deduction is largely based on the pre-2018 domestic production activities deduction (DPAD). This means that the 199A(g) deduction for specified coops is effectively separate from the general Code Sec. 199A(a) deduction for other taxpayers.
Since specified coop patrons might be able to claim both the general 199A(a) deduction and the passed-through portion of the coop’s 199A(a) deduction, they must reduce their 199A(a)deduction by nine percent of QBI (or if less, 50 percent of W-2 wages) that is allocable to the qualified payments from the specified coop.
The proposed regulations offer a safe harbor that patrons can use to calculate this reduction. The patron allocates aggregate business expenses and W-2 wages between qualified payments and other gross receipts by ratably apportioning them based on the ratio of qualified payments to total gross receipts in QBI.
The proposed regulations also define several terms that are relevant to the 199A(g) deduction for specified coops, including:
Patron,
Specified cooperative,
Agricultural or horticultural products (though the IRS is also considering broader definitions), and
In whole or significant part.
Sec. 199A(g) Deduction and DPAD
The proposed regulations also provide four steps to determine the amount of a specified coop’s 199A(g) deduction. A specified coop that is not tax-exempt must:
separate patronage and non-patronage gross receipts and related deductions;
identify patronage gross receipts that qualify as DPGR,
use the patronage DPGR from step (3) to calculate QPAI, and
calculate the 199A(g) deduction, which is generally nine percent of the lesser of QPAI from step (4), or taxable income
These last three steps are virtually identical to the pre-2018 DPAD rules.
A tax-exempt specified coop calculates two separate 199A(g) deductions: one based on gross receipts and related deductions from patronage sources, and one based on those items from non-patronage sources.
The proposed regulations also apply DPAD-types rules to:
determine the coop’s DPGR,
reduce a specified coop’s 199A(g) deduction to reflect oil-related QPAI, and
pass through the deduction to patrons.
In addition, the proposed regulations provide special rules for partnerships and expanded affiliated groups (EAGs).
Specified Coops and W-2 Wages
Although the proposed regulations treat the 199A(g) deduction as largely independent from the general 199A(a) deduction, both deductions generally use the same rules for W-2 wages. However, under the proposed regulations, W-2 wages for the 199A(g) deduction cannot include wages paid with respect to employment in Puerto Rico.
As mentioned above, a wages/UBIA limit may reduce the 199A deduction for higher-income taxpayers. A proposed revenue procedure provides three methods for calculating W-2 wages for purposes of the 199A(g) deduction:
unmodified Box method
modified Box 1 method
tracking wages method.
These methods are largely identical to the methods provided in Rev. Proc. 2019-11, but are intended to better reflect changes that may be made in the underlying Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement.
Effective Dates for 199A Proposed Regulations and Revenue Procedure
The regulations are proposed to apply to tax years beginning after the date they are published as final. However, taxpayers may apply them in their entirely before that date.
The notice of the proposed revenue procedure is effective on June 18, 2019. Specified cooperatives may rely on the proposed procedure before it is published in its final form.
IRS Invites Comments on Proposed Rules for Sec. 199A
The IRS requests comments on the proposed regulations and the proposed revenue procedure. In particular, the IRS invites comments on the following elements:
A coop’s reporting of W-2 wages and UBIA,
The safe harbor for coop patrons,
Definitions,
A specified coop’s separation of patronage and non-patronage income,
DPGR treatment of minor assembly and contract work, and
W-2 wages and Puerto Rico.
Comments are due by August 19, 2019. They may be mailed or hand-delivered to the IRS, or submitted electronically via the Federal eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov. Comments on the proposed regs should reference "IRS REG-118425-18" and comments on the proposed revenue procedure should reference "Notice 2019-27".
Final Rules Limit Charitable Contributions Made for SALT Credits
The IRS has issued final regulations that require taxpayers to reduce the amount any charitable contribution deduction by the amount of any state and local tax (SALT) credit they receive or expect to receive in return. The rules are aimed at preventing taxpayers from getting around the SALT deduction limits. A safe harbor has also been provided to certain individuals to treat any disallowed charitable contribution deduction under this rule as a deductible payment of taxes under Code Sec. 164. The final regulations and the safe harbor apply to charitable contribution payments made after August 27, 2018.
SALT Limit
An individual’s itemized deduction of SALT taxes is limited to $10,000 ($5,000 if married filing separately) for tax years beginning after 2017. Some states and local governments have adopted laws that allowed individuals to receive a state tax credit for contributions to certain charitable funds. These laws are aimed at getting around the SALT deduction limit by creating a charitable deduction for federal income tax purposes. Regardless of state and local law, however, federal law controls when determining charitable deductions for federal income tax purposes.
Return Benefit
The final regulations generally adopt the rule in proposal regulations ( NPRM REG-112176-18) that the receipt of a SALT credit for a charitable contribution is the receipt of a return benefit (quid pro quo benefit). If a taxpayer makes a payment or transfers property to Code Sec. 170(c) entity, he or she must reduce any charitable contribution deduction for federal income tax purposes if he or she receives or expects to receive a SALT credit in return. A taxpayer is generally is not required to reduce the charitable deduction on account of its receipt of state or local tax deductions. However, the taxpayer must reduce its charitable deduction if it receives or expects to receive state or local tax deductions in excess of the taxpayer’s payment or the fair market value of property transferred.
De Minimis Exception
The final regulations retain the de minimis exception that a taxpayer’s charitable deduction is not reduced if the SALT credits received as a return benefit do not exceed 15 percent of the taxpayer’s charitable payment. The 15-percent exception applies only if the sum of the taxpayer SALT credit received or excepted to receive does not exceed 15 percent of the taxpayer’s payment or of the fair market value of the property transferred.
The IRS has also issued Notice 2019-12 providing a safe harbor for certain individuals if any portion of a charitable contribution deduction disallowed due to the receipt of a SALT credit. Under the safe harbor, any disallowed portion of the charitable deduction may be treated as the payment of SALT taxes for the purposes of deducting taxes under Code Sec. 164.
Eligible taxpayers can use the safe harbor to determine their SALT deduction on their tax-year 2018 return. Those who have already filed may be able to claim a greater SALT deduction by filing an amended return if they have not already claimed the $10,000 maximum amount ($5,000 if married filing separately).
Final and Proposed Regs on GILTI-Related Matters
Final regulations address the global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) provisions of Code Sec. 951A. The final regulations retain the basic approach and structure of the proposed regulations published on October 10, 2018. The final regulations address open questions and comments received on the proposed regulations.
Final regulations on the foreign tax credit also adopt proposed regulations published December 7, 2018. These rules were issued to ensure that the applicability dates coincide with the applicability dates of the Code sections to which they relate. The final foreign tax credit regulations also retain the basic structure and approach of the proposed regulations.
Also, a number of provisions were substantially revised.
Domestic Partnerships
The final regulations treat a domestic partnership as an entity for purposes of determining whether a U.S. person is a U.S. shareholder and whether a foreign corporation is a controlled foreign corporation (CFC). But the final rules treat a domestic partnership as an aggregate for purposes of determining whether and to what extent a partner of a domestic partnership has a GILTI inclusion.
Transfers During Qualified Period
The final regulations allow taxpayers to make an election that eliminates disqualified basis in property, by reducing a commensurate amount of adjusted basis in the property for all purposes of the Code.
Specified Tangible Property
A CFC may elect to use its non-ADS depreciation method for property acquired before enactment of the GILTI rules. A special rule requires depreciation of the salvage value: the portion of the basis in the property that would not be fully depreciated under the non-ADS depreciation method.
Anti-Abuse Rule
Under a "per se" rule in the proposed regulations, property was deemed to be held for the principal purpose of reducing a GILTI inclusion if held by the CFC for less than a 12-month period. The final regulations convert the per se rule to a rebuttable presumption. Under a second presumption, property held for more than 36 months is not subject to the rule. A safe harbor applies for certain transfers.
Foreign Tax Credit
The foreign tax credit proposed regulations contained a rule for determining the adjusted basis of the stock of the foreign corporation for purposes of allocating expenses to stock of certain foreign corporations. The final regulations provide that a taxpayer should not have an adjusted basis below zero in stock of a foreign corporation. A taxpayer’s adjusted basis may be reduced below zero as a result of an adjustment for earnings and profits deficits, as long as the adjustment for earnings and profits increased the adjusted basis of the foreign corporation above zero.
Applicability of Final Regs
The final GILTI regulations generally apply to tax years of foreign corporations beginning after December 31, 2017, and to tax years of U.S. shareholders in which or with which such tax years of foreign corporations end.
The Treasury Department and the IRS also issued proposed regulations on the treatment of domestic partnerships for determining amounts included in their partners' gross incomes under Code Sec. 951 with respect to CFCs owned by the partnership, and the GILTI treatment of gross income that is subject to a high rate of foreign tax under Code Sec. 951A.
The proposed regulations would affect U.S. persons that own stock of foreign corporations through domestic partnerships and U.S. shareholders of foreign corporations. The Treasury Department and the IRS request timely comments on all aspects of the proposed rules. A public hearing will be scheduled if requested in writing by any person that timely submits written comments.
Aggregate Treatment Adopted
To be consistent with the treatment of domestic partnerships under Code Sec. 951A, Treasury and the IRS determined that a domestic partnership should also generally be treated as an aggregate of its partners in determining stock owned under Code Sec. 958(a) for Code Sec. 951 purposes.
Expansion to Exclude Other High-Taxed Income
Treasury and the IRS also determined that the GILTI high tax exclusion should be expanded (on an elective basis) to include certain high-taxed income even if that income would not otherwise be foreign base company income (FBCI) or insurance income. Further, taxpayers should be allowed to elect to apply the Code Sec. 954(b)(4) exception (the "GILTI high tax exclusion") for certain classes of income that are subject to high foreign taxes.
Temporary Regulations Limit Application of Participation DRD To Prevent Tax Avoidance
Newly issued temporary regulations limit the application of the Code Sec. 245A participation dividends received deduction (the participation DRD) and the Code Sec. 954(c)(6) exception in certain situations that present an opportunity for tax avoidance. The temporary regulations also provide related information reporting rules under Code Sec. 6038.
Participation Exemption Regime
The transition to the participation exemption system introduced by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, P.L. 115-97 (the Act) is effected through several interlocking provisions – Code Secs. 245A, 951A, and 965. All three provisions have different effective dates so there are periods in which some but not all of them apply. The participation exemption system operates alongside the subpart F regime.
Code Sec. 245A generally allows a domestic corporation a 100-percent dividends received deduction (a participation DRD) for the foreign-source portion of a dividend received after December 31, 2017, from a specified 10 percent-owned foreign corporation (an SFC). Generally, only earnings that are not taxed under the subpart F or the global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) regime can, upon distribution, give rise to a dividend eligible for the participation DRD. Distribution of earnings and profits that is taxed under the subpart F or GILTI regime is a distribution of previously taxed earnings and profits (PTEP) that is not treated as a dividend and cannot qualify for the participation DRD. The participation DRD applies to distributions made after December 31, 2017.
The participation DRD does not apply to untaxed earnings of U.S. shareholders as of December 31, 2017. Instead, such earnings are subject to a transition tax under Code Sec. 965. For fiscal year CFCs, there is a gap period during which certain of their earnings may escape taxation.
Code Sec. 951A (the GILTI regime) taxes a U.S. shareholder on its global intangible low-taxed income, or GILTI, with respect to its CFCs at a reduced rate. The GILTI regime applies in the first tax year of a CFC beginning after December 31, 2017.
Code Sec. 954 generally provides that a dividend received by a CFC is included in the CFC’s foreign personal holding company income (FPHCI). Under Code Sec. 954(c)(6), however, a dividend received by a CFC from a related CFC is not included in the CFC’s FPHCI if certain requirements are satisfied (the section 954(c)(6) exception).
Scope of the Temporary Regulations
The temporary regulations limit the availability of the participation DRD and the section 954(c)(6) exception in specific and narrow cases where the deduction or exception, respectively, effectively eliminates subpart F income or GILTI from the U.S. tax system. Specifically, the temporary regulations address transactions that have the effect of avoiding tax under Code Sec. 965, 951A, or 951by inappropriately converting income that should have been subject to U.S. tax into nontaxed income. The temporary regulations also include information reporting rules under Code Sec. 6038 to facilitate administration of certain rules in the temporary regulations. The temporary regulations do not include general rules relating to dividends eligible for the participation DRD since those rules will be included in separate guidance.
Overview of the Temporary Regulations
Code Secs. 245A, 951A, and 965 generally act to tax foreign source income equivalently across taxpayers and sources so long as a U.S. shareholder owns the same amount of stock of a calendar year CFC throughout the CFC’s entire tax year. However, deviations from this condition potentially allow taxpayers to avoid tax by claiming a participation DRD in situations where otherwise identical income would be subject to U.S. tax. The following two situations may present such an opportunity for tax avoidance: (1) a U.S. corporation is the shareholder of a fiscal year CFC during 2018, or (2) a CFC pays a dividend and experiences a direct or indirect change in ownership during a tax year. The temporary regulations limit the application of the participation DRD in these situations.
With respect to the first situation, described above, as a result of a gap in the effective dates of these related international tax provisions, the difference between calendar year and fiscal year CFCs is significant and presents the potential for substantial tax avoidance when utilized to artificially generate earnings and profits in non-ordinary course transactions between related parties.
The temporary regulations refer to the portion of a dividend attributable to earnings and profits arising from such a transaction during this period as an "extraordinary disposition amount." An extraordinary disposition amount consists of certain earnings and profits resulting from transactions between related parties during the disqualified period. Although the period during which extraordinary dispositions may have occurred has passed, the regulations will potentially apply to any distributions of the associated earnings and profits after 2017.
In the second situation, described above, the participation DRD could facilitate the avoidance of the subpart F and GILTI regimes by allowing a U.S. shareholder to transfer, before the end of a CFC’s tax year, stock of the CFC to a new shareholder who will not be taxed on the CFC’s subpart F income or tested income.
The earnings and profits representing the portion of a dividend of a CFC attributable to subpart F income or tested income that, absent a transfer of the CFC stock pursuant to an extraordinary reduction, would have been subject to the subpart F or GILTI regimes are referred to as an "extraordinary reduction amount" in the temporary regulations. An extraordinary reduction amount consists of certain earnings and profits generated during a CFC’s tax year beginning after 2017 in which a domestic corporate U.S. shareholder reduces its ownership of the CFC by certain threshold amounts (e.g., a decrease in ownership of more than 10 percent). For this purpose, "certain earnings and profits" refers to income generally subject to inclusion under the subpart F or GILTI regimes.
Results similar to the ones described in the context of extraordinary disposition amounts and extraordinary reduction amounts can be achieved using the exemption from subpart F income under Code Sec. 954(c)(6) and lower-tier CFC dividends to upper-tier CFCs. Thus, the temporary regulations limit the application of the section 954(c)(6) exception in order to prevent similar results in circumstances in which a lower-tier CFC pays a dividend to another CFC, instead of directly to a U.S. shareholder.
Operation of the Temporary Rules
The temporary regulations do not permit the participation DRD for the portions of dividends made by CFCs that are attributable to ineligible amounts, which comprise extraordinary reduction amounts and 50 percent of any extraordinary disposition amounts.
To accomplish this, the temporary regulations disallow a deduction for transactions that have the effect of avoiding tax under Code Sec. 965, 951A, or 951. The extraordinary disposition rules accomplish this by denying the participation DRD for a narrowly and objectively defined class of earnings and profits generated by transactions undertaken in the disqualified period in circumstances that raise abuse concerns.
The extraordinary reduction rules accomplish this by denying the participation DRD for certain earnings distributed in the same year as reductions in ownership of CFC stock by a controlling Code Sec. 245A shareholder. The temporary regulations contain similar rules with respect to the section 954(c)(6) exception.
Information Reporting under Code Sec. 6038
Ineligible amounts, tiered extraordinary disposition amounts, and tiered extraordinary reduction amounts must be reported on the appropriate information reporting form in accordance with Code Sec. 6038. A transition rule mandates that taxpayers report the required information on the first return filed following the issuance of revised forms, instructions, or other guidance with respect to reporting such information. The transition rule also requires a corporation to report the information with respect to a predecessor corporation.
Applicability Dates
The rules in the temporary regulations relating to eligibility of distributions for the participation DRD apply to distributions occurring after December 31, 2017. The rules in the temporary regulations relating to the eligibility of dividends for the section 954(c)(6) exception also apply to distributions occurring after December 31, 2017, subject to a transition rule.
Final Regulations Reduce Section 956 Income Inclusions by Domestic Corporations Owning CFC Stock
Final regulations reduce the Code Sec. 956 amount for certain domestic corporations that own stock in controlled foreign corporations (CFCs). The regulations are intended to ensure that Code Sec. 956 is applied consistently with the participation exemption system under Code Sec. 245A.
Subpart F Rules
Under the subpart F rules, U.S. shareholders of a CFC are currently taxed on their pro rata shares of the CFC’s subpart F income without regard to whether the income is distributed to the shareholders ( Code Sec. 951(a)). Subpart F income generally includes passive income and other income that is readily movable from one taxing jurisdiction to another ( Code Sec. 952). A U.S. shareholder is a U.S. person (e.g., individual citizen, domestic corporation, etc.) that owns or is treated as owning 10 percent or more of the voting power or value of a foreign corporation ( Code Sec. 951(b)).
The U.S. shareholders of a CFC are taxed on their pro rata share of the CFC’s earnings that are invested in U.S. property during the tax year and not distributed or otherwise taxed (the "section 956 amount"). U.S. shareholders are effectively taxed on foreign source earnings brought back into the United States, on the theory that the returned earnings are substantially the same as a dividend. This rule is intended to create symmetry by taxing effective repatriations of earnings in the same manner as actual repatriations of earnings are taxed.
Participation DRD
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) ( P.L. 115-97) added Code Sec. 245A, which allows a 100-percent participation exemption deduction—a participation dividends-received deduction (DRD)—for the foreign-source portion of dividends received from a specified 10-percent owned foreign corporation by a domestic corporation that is a U.S. shareholder of the foreign corporation. A specified 10-percent owned foreign corporation is any foreign corporation (other than certain passive foreign investment companies) in which a domestic corporation is a U.S. shareholder.
However, a domestic corporation cannot claim a participation DRD for a dividend on any share of the foreign corporation’s stock:
that the domestic corporation holds for 365 days or less during the 731-day period that begins on the date that is 365 days before the date when the share becomes ex-dividend with respect to the dividend; or
to the extent the domestic corporation is obligated to make related payments on positions in substantially similar or related property ( Code Sec. 246(c)).
Under the TCJA, a Code Sec. 956 inclusion is not eligible for the DRD because it is not a dividend.
Tax Treatment Symmetry
The participation exemption system has made the current broad application of Code Sec. 956 to corporate U.S. shareholders inconsistent with the Code section’s purposes and the scope of the transactions it is meant to address. In response, the regulations:
exclude corporate U.S. shareholders from the application of Code Sec. 956 to the extent necessary to maintain symmetry between the taxation of actual repatriations and the taxation of effective repatriations, so that neither an actual dividend to a corporate U.S. shareholder nor the shareholder’s Code Sec. 956 amount will result in additional U.S. tax; and
reduce the Code Sec. 956 amount otherwise determined regarding a U.S. shareholder for a CFC’s tax year ( "tentative Section 956 amount") to the extent that the shareholder would be allowed a participation DRD had the shareholder received a distribution from the CFC equal to the tentative Code Sec. 956 amount (the "hypothetical distribution").
The regulations include an ordering rule to address the previously taxed earnings and profits (PTEP) rules in Code Sec. 959. Under the ordering rule, the hypothetical distribution is treated as:
first attributable to earnings and profits (E&P) described in Code Sec. 959(c)(2) (amounts attributable to subpart F inclusions); and
then attributable to E&P described in Code Sec. 959(c)(3) (all other E&P).
The regulations also address the tentative section 956 amount with respect to domestic partnerships. The regulations provide that the tentative section 956 amount with respect to a domestic partnership is reduced to the extent that one or more of the domestic corporate partners would be entitled to a participation DRD if:
the partnership received the amount as a distribution; and
the remaining amount of the inclusion under Code Sec. 956 is allocated to the partners in the same proportion as net income would result to partners upon a hypothetical distribution.
Applicability Date
The regulations will apply to tax years of CFCs beginning on or after July 22, 2019, and to tax years of U.S. shareholders in which or with which such tax years of CFCs end.
The regulations may be applied to tax years of CFCs beginning after December 31, 2017, and to tax years of U.S. shareholders in which or with which such tax years of CFCs end, provided the rules are applied consistently by the taxpayer and U.S. related persons.
Employers Can Offer HRAs Integrated with Individual Coverage
Final rules allow employers to use health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) to reimburse employees for the purchase individual insurance coverage, including coverage on an Affordable Care Act Exchange. The rules also allow "excepted benefit HRAs," which would not have to be integrated with any coverage. The rules generally apply for plan years starting on or after January 1, 2020.
HRA Use Expanded
The final rules expand the use of HRAs by:
allowing integration of an HRA with individual health insurance coverage and thereby satisfy the Affordable Care Act’s annual dollar limit and preventive care cost sharing requirements;
creating "excepted benefit HRAs" limited in amount and to the types of coverage for which premiums may be reimbursed;
providing new premium tax credit eligibility rules for individuals who are offered an HRA integrated with individual health insurance coverage;
clarifying that individual health insurance coverage, the premiums of which are reimbursed by an HRA or qualified small employer HRA (QSEHRA), does not become part of an ERISA plan when certain conditions are met; and
adding new special enrollment for the individual market for individuals who gain access to HRAs integrated with individual health insurance coverage or who are provided a QSEHRA.
The final regulations add conditions on individual coverage HRAs intended to prevent a negative impact on the individual market.
Integration With Individual Coverage
Almost any employer can satisfy Affordable Care Act reimbursement requirements by having employees buy their own individual coverage. An employers may integrate an HRA with individual health coverage only if:
participants and dependents are actually enrolled in individual health insurance coverage (though not coverage that consists solely of excepted benefits) for each month they are covered by the HRA;
coverage is offered to a class of employees to whom a traditional group health plan is not offered;
coverage is offered on the same terms in amount and conditions to all employees within each class (though certain variations based on age are allowed);
an opt out option is provided for individuals who prefer Affordable Care Act Exchange coverage, but would not be eligible for the premium tax credit if enrolled in an employer health plan such as an HRA; and
substantiation and notice requirements are met.
To guard against adverse selection, the final rules add a minimum class size requirement that will apply to certain classes of employees in certain instances. Classes of employees may include full-time employees; part-time employees; seasonal employees; employees who are included in a unit of employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement in which the plan sponsor participates; employees who have not satisfied a waiting period for coverage; employees who have not attained age 25 prior to the beginning of the plan year; nonresident aliens with no U.S.-based income; employees whose primary site of employment is in the same rating area; and groups combining any of these classes of employee.
Excepted Benefit HRAs
An employer that wants to offer an HRA that is not integrated with non-HRA group coverage, Medicare, TRICARE, or individual health insurance coverage may do so as an excepted benefit. As excepted benefits, these HRAs would not be subject to the employer group plan rules, including the market reforms under the Affordable Care Act. An excepted benefit HRA:
must not be an integral part of the plan;
must provide benefits that are limited in amount ($1,800 per year, adjusted for inflation after 2020);
cannot provide reimbursement for premiums for certain health insurance coverage; and
must be made available under the same terms to all similarly situated individuals.
Final Regs Address CPEO Requirements, Responsibilities
Final regulations provide requirements that a person must satisfy to become and remain a certified professional employer organization (CPEO), as well as the CPEO’s federal employment tax liabilities and other obligations.
CPEOs
Some employers contract with PEOs to complete and file tax returns, pay and withhold employment taxes on wages paid to employees, or provide other employee benefits. Code Sec. 3511 and Code Sec. 7705 provide certification requirements for PEOs, and codify the employment tax consequences of being CPEO.
For federal employment tax purposes, a CPEO is generally treated as the employer of any individual who is:
performing services for a customer of the CPEO; and
covered by a contract between the CPEO and the customer.
Employer treatment applies only to remuneration paid to the covered employee by the CPEO. If an individual covered by a CPEO contract performs services for a customer at a work site that meets certain coverage requirements, only the CPEO is treated as the employer for federal employment tax purposes for remuneration its pays to that work site employee.
A person must apply to the IRS to become a CPEO, and the IRS must certify that the person meets certain requirements. A CPEO must:
meet tax status and background requirements;
meet bond, financial review, and quarterly reporting requirements; and
notify the IRS of any change that materially affects the continuing accuracy of information it has provided to the IRS.
The Treasury Secretary can suspend or revoke CPEO certification if the person does not satisfy certain agreements or applicable requirements.
Final Regs
The final regulations adopt and amend proposed regulations published in 2016 ( NPRM REG-127561-15), and reflect and address certain interim guidance ( Rev. Proc. 2016-33, 2016-25 I.R.B. 1034; Notice 2016-49, 2016-34 I.R.B. 265; Rev. Proc. 2017-14, 2017-3 I.R.B. 426). In finalizing the regulations, the IRS reviewed and analyzed a variety of issues affecting CPEOs, including:
maintaining a separate annual FICA tax and FUTA tax wage base and withholding threshold for each customer for which a covered employee performs services during a calendar year;
the treatment of tax credits, including the addition of the employer credit for paid family and medical leave and certain employee retention credits to the list of specified credits that apply to the CPEO customer and not the CPEO;
the treatment of self-employed individuals under the CPEO rules;
CPEO reporting to the IRS, such as reporting the commencement or termination of CPEO contracts and service agreements;
the meaning of key terms such as "responsible individuals" (certain owners, officers, and other persons of the CPEO), "work site," and "work site employee";
the CPEO application process, including when an applicant may reapply for certification;
CPEO "suitability" requirements, including domestic disregarded entity and sole proprietorship certification, fingerprint cards and background checks, and the waiver of confidentiality and privilege;
working capital requirements, including a limited exception to the positive working capital requirement;
bond requirements, including a provision that the IRS Commissioner may provide exceptions to the rule that a CPEO must meet the bond requirements without posting collateral; and
maintaining employee records.
The final regulations are effective on May 28, 2019.
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India squad announced for 2020 Women's Olympic qualifiers
Source: PTI | By Sajjad Qazi | Published on 4th November 2018, 6:33 PM | Sports News |
New Delhi: The Indian senior national women's team will travel to Myanmar for the first round of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics qualifying tournament later this month, the squad for which was announced on Saturday.
Coach Maymol Rocky named the final squad of players that will make the trip to Yangon.
Over the last two weeks, the players were camped in Mumbai as they prepared for the task ahead.
A total of 10 teams will move forward to the second round and if the Indian team is to progress, it will be a remarkable achievement for the women's team, which has never crossed the first hurdle at Olympic level in the past.
Talking about the team, Rocky said, "The girls are ready and looking forward to play. We will enter the tournament with a positive mindset among the players as well as the entire staff.
"Our aim is to go through to the next round and we are looking forward to that. We need to qualify and I'm confident that we will do so."
She added, "I expect all the girls to rise to the occasion and give a good account of themselves. The players in the starting XI as well as the substitutes - each member will have a crucial role to play."
The Indian team will take on Nepal in their first encounter on November 8, followed by Bangladesh on November 11 and hosts Myanmar on November 13.
The team selected is as follows:
GOALKEEPERS: E. Panthoi Chanu, Aditi Chauhan, M. Linthoingambi Devi
DEFENDERS: L. Ashalata Devi, Manisha Panna, Ng. Sweety Devi, Jabamani Tudu, Dalima Chhibber, Pyari Xaxa
MIDFIELDERS: Sangita Basfore, Sanju Yadav, Margaret Devi, Ranjana Chanu, Indumathi Kathiresan
FORWARDS: Y. Kamala Devi, Anju Tamang, N. Ratanbala Devi, Ng. Bala Devi, Dangmei Grace, R. Sandhiya Ranganathan.
India squad announced for 2020 Women's Olympic qualifiers http://sonews.in/82RfM
Hima Das wins fourth gold in 15 days, Muhammad Anas also wins top spot
NEW DELHI: Star Indian sprinter Hima Das clinched her fourth gold of the fortnight as she won the 200m race with a creditable time in the Tabor Athletics Meet in Czech Republic here Wednesday. ...
New Zealand coach calls for WC rules review, says 'feeling very hollow'
Wellington, July 16 (PTI) New Zealand coach Gary Stead Tuesday called for the ICC World Cup rules to be reviewed, saying the feeling is "very, very hollow" after England beat them on a bizarre technicality in the ...
World Cup final was a bit unfair on New Zealand: Pujara
India's Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara Monday said it was a "bit unfair" on New Zealand to finish second best after England were adjudged the World Cup winners on boundary count following an edge-of-the-seat final at ...
World Cup 2019: We had Allah with us, says Eoin Morgan after England’s historic win
After leading the England men’s team to their maiden World Cup glory, skipper Eoin Morgan said that “we had Allah with us” and also mentioned that New Zealand had a better outing as compared to the hosts.
BCCI to check on Kohli-Rohit rift, split captaincy an option
Ever since Indias ouster in the semi-final of the 2019 World Cup, there have been a lot of talks about the areas where the team lacked and also how it was too reliant on the duo of skipper Virat Kohli and his deputy ...
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HMA v Kelly Hand, Clare Hand and Graeme Spence
Wednesday, 8 August, 2018
At the High Court in Edinburgh today, Wednesday 8 August 2018, Lord Woolman sentenced Kelly Hand, Clare Hand and Graeme Spence to imprisonment for their parts in serious assaults.
HMA v Slavi Todorov
Monday, 6 August, 2018
At the High Court in Edinburgh today, 6 August, 2018, Lord Ericht sentenced Slavi Todorov to 7 years imprisonment for causing death by dangerous driving.
HMA v B
At the High Court in Edinburgh today, 3 August 2018, Lady Scott imposed a Community Payback Order with an offender supervision requirement of two-and-a-half years upon a 15-year-old boy who pled guilty to the culpable homicide of Jack Wilson, having decided that there were a number of factors which rendered the circumstances of the case “exceptional”.
HMA v Paul Beattie
Thursday, 2 August, 2018
At the High Court in Edinburgh today, 2 August 2018, Lady Scott sentenced Paul Beattie to nine years’ imprisonment after the accused was found guilty of the culpable homicide of James Gatti.
HMA v James Cook, Peter Brown and Jamie Cook
At the High Court in Glasgow today, 30 July 2018, Lord Matthews sentenced James Cook, Peter Brown and Jamie Cook to life imprisonment after the three accused were found guilty of the murder of Jason McCue. James Cook was given a punishment part of 16 years and four months, Peter Brown was given a punishment part of 18 years, and Jamie Cook was given a punishment part of 17 years and three months.
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'Puja' at Ram Nath Kovind's ancestral village in UP
Kanpur Dehat, UP: 'Havan' and 'puja' are underway at the native Paraukh village of NDA presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind since last evening, as...
Admin1 | Updated on:19 July 2017 8:01 AM GMT
Kanpur Dehat, UP: 'Havan' and 'puja' are underway at the native Paraukh village of NDA presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind since last evening, as the villagers wait with bated breath the announcement of the poll result tomorrow. Voting for the Presidential poll was held on July 17 and the counting of votes will take place in New Delhi as Kovind is in direct contest against joint Opposition candidate Meira Kumar. Even as Kovind's family members and relatives were away in New Delhi, the villagers expressed happiness in their own way. Elderlies were holding 'puja' and 'anusthan' at Pathri Devi temple for the success of the 'son' of their village. On the poling day the villagers were in upbeat mood as youngsters danced on the beats of 'dholak' synchronised with melodious tunes of harmonium and voice of folk artistes by squatting in front of Kovind's ancestral house in the village. 'We have been praying to the Almighty for Kovindji's victory. We are sure that he will head the nation. It will be a great achievement for him and a proud moment for all of us," said Jaswant Singh, a childhood friend of Kovind and a local of Paraukh village. It is expected that Mr Kovind will visit Paraukh soon after his victory. "We have planned a grand welcome for him. A grand ceremony will be organised to felicitate him on his success", said Anil Kumar, Kovind's nephew. 'We will raise a grand welcome gate at the village entrance. He will be welcomed with great fanfare. Not only people of Paraukh, but everyone in the region is happy about his expected entry in the Rashtrapati Bhawan", said Savitri , another villager said. There has been non-stop celebration in our village since June 19 as feast. Almost every day the villagers are seen feasting and dancing", said Suresh, native of Paraukh village. Kovind's sister-in-law Vidhyawati, who stays in Jhinjhak area of Kanpur Dehat, had thanked God, when her brother-in-law, was sworn-in as governor of Bihar. Little did she realise that he would soon be on the country's top position. "I have been praying to God since he was nominated for the country's top post. I am sure, Kovindji will win with a comfortable margin," said Vidhyawati. Many villagers have even booked taxis and buses for going to Delhi to meet Kovind in person after results are declared. The scene was same in the adjoining Kanpur industrial city where enthusiastic people were organising a 24-hour long 'hawan' at Vaibhav Lakshmi Mata temple. "We are organising a 24-hour long special puja and 'hawan' here for the health and success of Ram Nath Kovindji," said Anup Kapoor, priest of Vaibhav Lakshmi Mata temple.
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Rants and Reviews
Okay, I got to be honest, Malaysia is pretty much one of those countries that does not (really) put Music and Art industry on the map compared to our neighbors like Indonesia and even Singapore. For us, the Malaysians, we really do think that Indonesian music is so much better than ours. Don't get me wrong, we do have a LOT of good, potential talents, even the indie artists here are awesome...but seriously, they are not as big as those outside there.
IMHO (in my humble opinion), it does have to do with non other than the good 'ol education system. Here, if you're a smarty pants, you go to Science stream and yes, art stream is for those who don't make the grade. Science stream is SO highly anticipated that they (the government) have a few branches of Science dedicated school known as MRSM (Maktab Rendah Sains Mara).
What about the young, creative minds like artist, writers, musicians and performing artists? Do we have high school for arts? NO WAY. Oh sure, we just take an extra subject for our SPM (high school exam paper) and what next? Science scholars get to earn scholarship to further tertiary education, not us. What a perk!
Pushing the sour note aside, as I was surfing through some online shopping sites (thanks to that certain someone :p), I found an article about a new Malaysian musician by the name of Zee Avi or Koko Kaina. My jaw dropped having to know that she is in the same recording label as my favorite musician of all time, Jack Jackson!!! As much as I want to be a green eyed-monster over a girl who is my age and gets to go for tours with budding Brushfire musicians, I can't help but to be proud and awe with this fellow Malaysian. She has the Cat Power thing going on. Well, that's the closest voice I can relate to actually, but yeah, she's gooooood...
Zee Azi, if you're reading this, please persuade Jack Johnson to come to Malaysia for a concert/gig. Good luck and all the best girl!!! YOU GO GIRL!!!
Tossed by Roze Boomerang at 9:12 AM
She's a Sarawakian! woot woot :P
Roze Boomerang April 4, 2009 at 12:21 PM
Hahahhaa..so proud with your Eastern heritage now eh? :))
DEWEY, the true story of a Library Cat
CORRECTION UPDATE on Jamiroquai F1 Concert
Edie Sedgwick, The Factory Girl
Matt Bublé Week in AI!
Catsy Cats!
Of All the Schlongs in the Watchmen...
Look Who's Invading the F1???
Home, at last!
Good Morning Ubud!
Green Field- a $16 Paradise!
Adam Lambert, you really rock!!!
My Endless Ocean Moment in Bali
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RYAN THORN
Baritone Ryan Thorn is gaining attention as an emerging artist of great promise. As a member of the Portland Opera Resident Artist program (2016-17), he performed Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Taddeo in the Portland Opera premiere of L'italiana in Algeri, Schaunard / Marcello cover in La bohème, Birdseller and Jonas Fogg / Sweeney cover in Sweeney Todd, and First Priest / Papageno cover in Die Zauberflöte. Mr. Thorn returns to Portland Opera in their 2018 festival season to make his role debut as Dandini in La Cenerentola.
Accomplished in a variety of serious and comic roles, Mr. Thorn's repertoire includes the title characters of Don Giovanni, Le nozze di Figaro, and Viva la Mamma (the outrageous stage mother role of Donna Agata). He enjoys a rewarding relationship with Pacific Opera Project, with whom he has performed Marcello in La bohème, Angelotti in Tosca, the Musiklehrer in Ariadne auf Naxos, and the dual role of Giove and Giove in Diana in La Calisto, for which he was praised as "the musical and dramatic anchor of the production." He has also debuted with Madison Opera as both Moralès and Le Dancaïre in Carmen, and has collaborated with composer Mark Carlson and librettist Bruce Olstad to create the character of Arthur Dimmesdale in their forthcoming opera, The Scarlet Letter.
Equally at home in concert and recital repertoire, Mr. Thorn has performed the baritone solo in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 as a 2015 Vocal Fellow at Music Academy of the West, and debuted with the Pasadena Master Chorale as the baritone soloist in Carmina Burana. He has appeared in recital under the auspices of Portland Opera and as part of Carnegie Hall's Neighborhood Concert series, hosted by legendary mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne.
Mr. Thorn's talent has been acknowledged in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, in which he was a 2016 Oregon District Winner. An alumnus of the Franz-Schubert-Institut in Baden-bei-Wien, he has had the privilege of honing his Lieder interpretation with such master teachers as Elly Ameling, Edith Wiens, Helmut Deutsch, and Julius Drake. Mr. Thorn earned his MM from the University of California Los Angeles, where he studied with Vladimir Chernov, and his BM from the University of Wisconsin - Madison.
Baritone Ryan Thorn as Marcello was a complete delight. His tall and solid form executed the required physical comedy with ease... Thorn so looked and acted the effortlessly cool hipster part that one suspects he actually is a hipster.
– RD Foster (www.examiner.com)
Ryan Thorn’s voice (Angelotti) was steel-cut and bell clear. He anchored the stage and entire room with its granite power. I longed to hear more of it.
Thorn hilariously hams it up as Giove, setting the tone for La Calisto from start to finish. His versatile voice is almost equally at home in the falsetto he adopts for his Diana disguise as for the commanding baritone he wields so effortlessly as king of the gods... Thorn is the musical and dramatic anchor of the production.
– Barnaby Hughes (Stage and Cinema)
In ‘Marriage of Figaro,’ (we saw the second-night cast), the heavenly and masculine baritone voice of lead character Ryan Thorn as Figaro, and that of the Count Luvi Avendano are very pleasing and strong. Their comic chops help carry the show.
–George Umano (Splash Magazine)
Throughout, the composer uses interludes with Tim the Candy Butcher to break up the story. Thorn’s comedic abilities and booming voice brought to life the less-than-two-minute monologue he has each time he arrives, hawking apples (later, candy, and later still, magazines) to all the passengers. Thorn is so jovial and home-grown in his delivery, that one really wishes we could interrupt the opera and buy an apple from him.
– Yilin Hsu Wentlandt (Singerpreneur)
PO resident artist Ryan Thorn does a bang-up job of playing Taddeo, an Italian suitor of Isabella who’s wrapped in a rug with a lampshade on his head for most of the opera. He has a full-on baritone and plays his role with a wry, and sometimes naïve, sensibility. It’s hard to keep a straight face when he’s onstage.
– Angela Allen (Oregon ArtsWatch)
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The future, bad and good
Some looks at the future, some worrying but others wonderful, today from different sources. Let’s get the bad news over with first. Ken Chad argues that ebooks are a greater threat to public libraries than the current cuts whereas Tim Coates stresses in the Telegraph that, on the contrary, ebooks could be great for libraries if only publishers stopped restricting them. Mick Fortune expresses concern about the changing of the role of library self-service machines from being devices for the library to being devices for paying council tax etc; and wonders if libraries will get their money back. The, admittedly more distant, good news is that Maker Spaces could be the saviour and there’s a whole new website just gone online looking at how public libraries can get on board.
Back to the here and now, a judge has given the squatters at Friern Barnet Library three more months and, in a weird mirror image of what is happening to its counterpart in London, the Glasgow Women’s Library is moving to a new home. Finally, and perhaps weirdly to many librarians, Hampshire records that its loaning of magazines has been a success.
“Our fringe debates at this year’s Labour and Conservative Party conferences were very well-attended with standing room only. Key issues raised included the teaching of phonics and there was a recognition of the importance of libraries. The panel and audience attending our Conservative Party conference event praised the London Evening Standard’s literacy campaign and called for a similar national media campaign. We also took Dean Atta, the first-ever conference poet in residence, and held poetry workshops with local pupils.” Calls for national literacy campaign at Conservative conference – National Literacy Trust.
Isle of Wight deploy “mycommunity” from Bibliotheca – RFID: Changing Libraries for Good? / Mick Fortune. Looks at the new self-service add-on to library machines installed in the Isle of Wight. This adds on other councils services (such as paying council tax) to existing library machines. “One wonders if library chiefs will get a refund from their councils for having purchased self-service library equipment that will now be used for rather different purposes?”
Keep public libraries free: the time to act is now – Lianza (New Zealand). Campaign for “an opportunity for New Zealand to get what so many countries around the world already have – protection for free public library services in legislation. That’s right – we don’t have that now. Your Council has to allow free membership to the library, but isn’t obliged to provide free lending of any kind. Or even to provide a library at all. ” Includes also a good campaigning guide that can be used as a template in other settings.
Payments in public libraries – PanLibus / Capita – See page 3/15. A look at how to increase income generation in public libraries.
Tim Coates: Publishers are placing the public library at risk – Daily Telegraph. “Restrictions on the availability of e-books in libraries are ‘placing at risk the entire library service’, according to Tim Coates.In a speech today at the Frankfurt Book Fair, Coates will dismiss as ‘ludicrous’ the expensive technology being used to distribute e-books: “Nothing could be more ludicrous – for this is the technology that makes the whole idea of a public library become infinitely more practical than it has ever been.”The whole point of the e-book technology is that the world distribution and replication costs are nil,” he said.”
“Coates, who founded the online e-book store Bilbary, believes that if publishers continue to restrict access to e-books, then they “will make them redundant very fast”. “Removal of books from libraries is the opposite of what should be happening. “E-book technology offers wonderful opportunities. Having removed the printing and distribution costs, we have made the whole canon of literature through e-books instantly and more cheaply accessible to people anywhere in the world.”
Welcome to Maker Librarian – Maker Librarian. “Having been involved in Maker Culture since 2009, I’ve taken a lot of pleasure in watching the maker and hacker movement intersect with libraries and was excited to play a small role in making this happen. And in the last year interest seems to have exploded! This is where Maker Librarian comes in…The goal of Maker Librarian is to serve as the primary resource for librarians who want to learn about makers, hackerspaces, the participatory library and everything in between.”
What’s the strategy of your public library? – PanLibus / Ken Chad. A look at the digital/ebook challenge which is a greater threat than current cuts. Also looks at how to create a strategy.
Hampshire – New magazine loaning scheme introduced.
Barnet – Friern Barnet Library squatters appeal for court appearance support – Times series.
Friern Barnet library eviction proceedings delayed until December – Press series. “a judge adjourned eviction proceedings until mid-December. Squatters occupying the former library in Friern Barnet Road have just over two months to prepare their defence against Barnet Council, which is attempting to have them removed from the building. ” … “deputy council leader and cabinet member for resources Daniel Thomas, who attended the hearing, said the council had only offered the activists the chance to buy the library building for £400,000, or the use of Friary House in Friary Park as a community-run library.”
Croydon – Library spending figure “plucked from the air” meeting is told – News from Crystal Palace. Upper Norwood Joint Library: In-depth report on the proceedings. “Cllr Fitzsimons, told Cllr Tim Pollard, council deputy leader and cabinet member for culture, “You seem unconcerned about the costs and justification behind this decision.” Cllr Fitzsimons (Lab. Addiscombe) said the report was very confident about the £245,000 it would cost to run UNJL. He told Cllr Pollard: “It would be really interesting to hear from you to see how you justify that figure””
Glasgow – Women’s Library set to book into historic home – Evening Times. “The Glasgow Women’s Library which attracts visitors from around the world is moving to the city’s East End. It is switching to a historic building which opened more than 100 years ago to house the Bridgeton District Library. The move will be made next year following the completion of a new £10million community hub at the site of the local Olympia Theatre.”
Hampshire – Magazines now available for loan at county council libraries – Gazette. “The county council says that since their introduction in April this year, there have been more than 13,000 items checked out, including titles such as Vogue, Empire, BBC Good Food, Lonely Planet, What Car? and Practical Photographer. Loans of orchestra sets and vocal scores, used by local orchestral and choral groups, have also increased this year.”
Suffolk – Are Suffolk’s libraries really “close to breaking point”? – James Hargrave’s Blog. Questions accusations of stress in Suffolk Libraries and notes link to a “Left Socialist” blog. Points out that problems mentioned are hangovers from when service was run by Suffolk Council, not the new Industrial and Provident Society … “The IPS needs to sort out the buildings issues as well as staffing structures and fix the new library system it inherited. I would suggest that all of us who want to see Suffolk’s libraries succeed get behind them and help make the IPS a success. It is s still a publicly funded service accountable to the people of Suffolk and the County Council. “
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The beauty of the depths
By rivqa ¶ Posted in Reviews ¶ Tagged environment, retro review, science
Valerie Taylor gets up close to a shark. Credit: Madman Entertainment/Ron Taylor Film Productions.
Inner Space: The Complete Series
Directed by Robert Walker, Madman Entertainment, 1973, released on DVD 2012
This review was originally published in COSMOS Magazine.
Over Inner Space’s 13 episodes, Ron and Valerie Taylor showcase their impressive knowledge and sheer love of all things marine.
William Shatner’s gorgeous narration (he refers to leopard sharks as “streamlined spaceships of the sea”) and Sven Libaek’s pleasant jazz soundtrack (included on CD) make it easy listening. But the real joy is the Taylors’s boundless curiosity and unfailing bravery. It’s delightful watching them make friends with sea lions and hitch a ride on a giant whale shark.
Produced in 1973, Madman Entertainment pursued Inner Space for many years before managing to secure the rights and release the only commercially available version of the series.
Inner Space is clearly dated, with its slow pace and muted colours. The night diving and close-up camera provide the best-quality footage, and fascinating insights – such as the beauty of tiny hermit crabs and polkadot baby barramundi.
If anything, the series is a little light on facts, tending to give the visuals space to speak for themselves. It may thus appeal more to viewers who know little about marine life. But whether they’re collecting specimens and fossils for scientists or discovering new species, the Taylors’s contribution to science shouldn’t be underestimated.
The footage used in Inner Space was filmed over 10 years, documenting the beginning of the Taylors’s evolution from spearfishing champions to conservation advocates.
The coral-eating crown-of-thorn sea star is demonised as a reef killer – its ecological purpose and causes for its overpopulation are now better known. And I watched in mixed horror and amazement as one of the Taylors colleagues killed a shark (“man’s most-feared, deadliest enemy”) that seemed threatening, then proceeded to deliver her babies when he realised she was pregnant. But the Taylors subsequently endanger themselves to rescue a shark caught in their equipment, even performing shark CPR.
Later, they try to stop divers from killing endangered grey nurse sharks. These small, gentle sharks had a bad rep at the time, and were easy prey for divers looking to kill for sport. Ron and Val were determined to clear their names, and I’m struck by their important role of PR for species conservation.
As Shatner puts it, “it seems like a horrifying debt man is building up against nature”. The series ends by exploring shipwrecks as potential artificial reefs for aquafarming – both for food and as a way to repair the damage people have done to the ocean. It’s clear that the Taylors helped humanity on the road to start paying it back.
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Machines On The Grid
Posted on December 27, 2018 @ 9:16pm by Coqui
Scenes from the grid
Rolling vectors spill across the shimmering surface of the game grid, your vessel moves silently over the face of the waters. Lost in the slipstream of Tron 1982, new wave post-disco Radio Clash bizzness mashed into Mtume's Green Light. Plant life blooms between the cracks in the bassline of Veridis Quo, prefiguring Daft Punk's return to the grid a quarter century later, once everything had changed. At the time, 12:51 seemed an anomaly; in retrospect it looks an awful lot like a warning shot from a sub-generation dwelling in the shadows.
It's a long way back to the wilderness years, sidewalking in the nineties to sounds old and new, rearranged in parallel and both imbuing each other with a layer of meaning beyond the literal. Kleeer 's neon-lit boogie, cruising like a light cycle through the corridors of your mind, while DJ Quik picks up the echo of Tonight/Tonite and the possibilities refract into endlessness. Zapp's Computer Love seems to stop time in its tracks. Squares light up and back out again on the grid of the dancefloor, shifting in time to the music, the bassbins seem to trigger their state beneath the feet of the dancing people.
Solar Sailer soars lonely into the night sky, and Carl Craig's Landcruising casts a long sprawling shadow out across its path. The Mind Of A Machine thinking a quarter century ahead in mere moments, forecasting the future like some sort of chrome-eyed oracle rattling binary figures off into the ether. The Infoworld sprawls out in every direction, vectors stretch like frail fingers to link it all up to the mainframe. You are the computer. Like DJ Rashad, Feelin' the city lights like circuitry spread out beneath a silicon sky... the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.
Posted on December 27, 2018 Categories MiragesTags 12:51, Carl Craig, Computer Love, Daft Punk, DJ Quik, DJ Rashad, Feelin', Flynn, Green Light, Infoworld, Kleeer, Landcruising, Mind Of A Machine, Mtume, Octagon Beats, Radio Clash, Solar Sailer, Tonight, Tonite, Tron, Veridis Quo, ZappLeave a comment on Machines On The Grid
Posted on December 22, 2018 @ 12:35pm by Coqui
Damon G. Riddick: L.A.'s Laidback Ambassador Of Machine Soul
I'm in Texas this weekend, which is strangely enough an ideal time and place to talk about the machine soul exploits of one Damon Riddick, aka Dâm-Funk. Ideal because of that Houston connection — UGK, DJ Screw, E.S.G., Fat Pat et. al. — and its strange affinity with L.A.'s sprawling funk. Those low-slung horizontal soundscapes, zero-gravity funk on an endless horizon, a sound that seemed to have a reciprocal impact on L.A.'s g-funk just as N.W.A. had earlier on the Geto Boys between the release of Making Trouble and Grip It! On That Other Level. It's just another example of your classic cross-country exchange of ideas, moods and grooves, a meeting of the minds that has the added benefit of becoming a multiplier of sorts for all parties involved.
The Egyptian Lover On The Nile Egyptian Empire
As much as the central L.A.-Egyptian Lover/Ronnie Hudson thread of post-Zapp machine funk, Texas always seems to be lurking there just beneath the surface (see The D.O.C., Snoop Dogg, etc.), spiking the drink with a a heady dose of sun-glazed psychedelia. It's the sort of thing you wouldn't necessarily notice at first glance, but look at it long enough and eventually the pieces come together, like a magic eye painting it gradually all becomes clear. Alongside the twisted world dreamed up by George Clinton's P-Funk empire and Public Enemy's hard-edged Bomb Squad soundscapes, it's all part of the cocktail that came together to mutate L.A.'s sound toward the streamlined g-funk of The Chronic (as outlined here).
Warren G Regulate... G Funk Era Violator
The g-funk sound reached its overcast, burnished apogee with Warren G's Regulate... G Funk Era, a record that seemed to get at the heart of g-funk's smooth flight of fancy from the grittiness of Efil4zaggin toward the sound and imagery previously essayed by jazz refugees like Roy Ayers, Norman Connors and Lenny White, delving as they did into a jazz/funk/boogie interzone that was sun-glazed and moon-lit in equal measure. See the oft-quoted (with outsized incredulity) Michael McDonald samples in Regulate, although it all becomes less improbable with context (James Ingram, Steely Dan, et. al.).
JT The Bigga Figga Dwellin' In Tha Labb Get Low
Just like I'm always talking about SA-RA before SA-RA records, I've got my mini-pantheon of proto-Dâm-Funk outings. As much as L.A.'s preceding records, I hear a lot of Bay Area rap like Too $hort, E-40, Ant Banks in his music as well. However, the big one for me is JT The Bigga Figga's awesome 1995 album Dwellin' In Tha Labb, which prefigures that same neon-lit vector geometry, its sound like a long, free-flowing superhighway stretching along the Pacific coast with the sunset looming on the horizon. It's the sound of the great Trans-Californian highway, cutting a slow-burn path through its center — between the mountains rising to the east and the ocean waves rolling in the west — palm trees and pines swaying in the breeze to the rhythm of the music.
Dâm-Funk Rhythm Trax Vol. 4 Stones Throw
Which brings us to the man of the hour, Dâm-Funk. I remember hearing the first rumblings of Riddick's rise about a decade ago with things like the Rhythm Trax Vol. 4 mini-album and the Burgundy City EP. It was all so casually unassuming that I never could have imagined the heights it would all lead to. These records cropped up on the newly reinvigorated Stones Throw — recently given a new lease on life thanks in large part to J Dilla's epochal swan song Donuts — just as it was branching out from underground hip hop roots and stepping into its next chapter as a multi-faceted powerhouse. Riddick himself was something of an enigma, a figure swathed in mystery in the finest Detroit tradition. When it came to facts on the ground, it was largely a matter of rumor and conjecture... word was that he'd been a behind-the-scenes figure on various g-funk records back in the day, building up a cache of his own idiosyncratic beats over the years.
Dâm-Funk Adolescent Funk Stones Throw
This era's music later manifested in the Adolescent Funk archival collection, featuring a bunch of music dating back to the late-80s/early-90s fulcrum-between-eras, from the prime new wave pop of It's My Life! to the post-Sign "O" The Times machine funk of Sexy Lady, and even the florid proto-techno of I Love Life and When I'm With U I Think Of Her's rubberband deep house inna half-lit Nu Groove-stylee. In other words, even way back when, his sound was already fully formed, his vision laid out on a series of bedroom-taped audio cassettes. Do U Feel Like I Feel? already sounds just like the sort of thing that would later define his 5xLP masterwork, Toeachizown. Maybe less-polished, less-widescreen, the unabashedly youthful vocals in particular betraying a winning amateurism, but all the elements are there in a gloriously lo-fi, nimble and skeletal funk (see also Raindrops and Attitude, with their Hashim/Primrose Path-esque slap bass grooves). It's so evocative of a very particular place and time — an era and locale when I first really became aware of a lot of this music (a lifelong affinity forged) — that it may as well come housed in a DeLorean.
Dâm-Funk Toeachizown Stones Throw
The man made his big splash with Toeachizown right there at the end of the decade, with the awesome 5xLP extended excursion Toeachizown. The record was a well-deep rumination on everything from Mtume and Kleeer to Prince and DJ Quik to Larry Heard and Juan Atkins, enshrining the whole interzone between boogie, g-funk, r&b, deep house and techno (what I've loosely termed machine soul) into a sprawling nocturnal wonderland laid out beneath a neon glow. In many ways, it's comparable to records like The Rolling Stones' Exile On Main St. and Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti, which — coming from the rock world — enshrined a mythic vision of roots-inflected rock 'n roll within towering slabs of gatefold glory.
Steve Arrington & Dâm-Funk Higher Stones Throw
Running parallel to — and likely springing from — his strange brew roots-n-future cocktail, Riddick has also had a strong propensity to work with various figures that have been influential or important to him. I believe the first instance came with his stellar production for Slave's Steve Arrington on the Goin' Hard EP, a three-song venture (with vocal versions on one side mirrored by their instrumentals on the other) that culminated in the Higher LP (jointly credited this time to Steve Arrington & Dâm-Funk. I still remember the week it came out: I was up in L.A. for the weekend on a record-buying jaunt with Pops, at the Poo-Bah record shop up in Pasadena, only to be confronted with this stunning slab of wax hanging on the wall. On discussing it with the owner, it turned out that not only had Riddick once worked in this very shop back in the day, he'd even featured it in a cameo in the music video for Hood Pass Intact when he gives the owner handshake and a pound over the counter! A great shop, Poo-Bah, with a welcome focus on the boogie/funk/r&b side of things. There were even stacks of bargain records in the anteroom, where I came upon a cache of old Inner City 12"s! At any rate, further collaborations came with fellow travelers like Nite Jewel (as Nite-Funk) and Snoop Dogg (on the 7 Days Of Funk record) over the next few years.
Dâm-Funk Invite The Light Stones Throw
I was lucky enough to catch Mr. Funk live at The Casbah on the date of release for what remains his latest LP, Invite The Light. The album followed on the heels of the Steve Arrington collaborations with further links made into the realm of classic, no-nonsense electro-funk. Featuring figures like Junie Morrison, Leon Sylvers III (and IV!) and Jody Watley, you also get MCs like Q-Tip, Snoop Dogg thrown into the bargain, not to mention frequent collaborators Nite Jewel and Computer Jay, and even fellow Angelenos like lo-fi wizard Ariel Pink and The Red Hot Chili Peppers' bassist extraordinaire Flea! The record found him branching out from the atmospheric, largely instrumental debut in a brave attempt to throw the biggest intergalactic party of the year on wax in classic P-Funk tradition.
Dâm-Funk DJ-Kicks Stones Throw
And then he came out of nowhere with an entry in Studio !K7's beloved DJ-Kicks series, immediately following the outing from another Parallax hero, Moodymann! Not since the golden years of Terranova and Smith & Mighty has there been such a concentration of figures close to my heart to be found back to back within the halls of the series. With a vision spanning from the peak-era West Coast electro of Uncle Jamm's Army to Chicago house maven Gemini's deep house slates, it merged a whole raft of hard-to-find vintage boogie with the ambient drift of Gaussian Curve's Broken Clouds and a few modern tracks (by himself and fellow travelers) in an understated tour-de-force of back-to-the-future machine boogie.
Alongside more recent 12"s like the EKKAH collaboration and the Architecture EPs, its just another reminder that Dâm-Funk is one of modern music's most solid, indefatigable institutions. In the aftermath of SA-RA's apparent dissolution nearly ten years ago (we've all wept!), he's carried the torch for vibed-out machine soul well into this following decade with a style all his own. After all, it's a 21st century, Back To The Future, wormhole-in-time kinda thang. Detroit may have the great Kenny Dixon Jr., but on the West Coast we've got Dâm-Funk... and thank goodness for that.
Posted on December 22, 2018 February 24, 2019 Categories FiguresTags 7 Days Of Funk, Adolescent Funk, Ant Banks, Architecture, Ariel Pink, Attitude, Back To The Future, Bay Area, Broken Clouds, Burgundy City, Chicago, Computer Jay, Dâm-Funk, Damon Riddick, DeLorean, Detroit, DJ Quik, DJ Screw, DJ-Kicks, Do U Feel Like I Feel?, Donuts, Dwellin' In Tha Labb, E-40, E.S.G., Efil4zaggin, EKKAH, Exile On Main St., Fat Pat, Flea, Funkadelic, Gaussian Curve, Gemini, George Clinton, Geto Boys, Goin' Hard, Grip It! On That Other Level, Hashim, Higher, Hood Pass Intact, Houston, I Love Life, Inner City, Invite The Light, It's My Life!, J Dilla, James Ingram, Jody Watley, JT The Bigga Figga, Juan Atkins, Junie Morrison, Kleeer, L.A., Larry Heard, Led Zeppelin, Lenny White, Leon Sylvers III, Leon Sylvers IV, Machine Soul, Making Trouble, Michael McDonald, Moodymann, Mtume, N.W.A., Nite Jewel, Nite-Funk, Norman Connors, Nu Groove, On The Nile, Pacific Ocean, Parliament, Pasadena, Physical Graffiti, Poo-Bah, Pops, Primrose Path, Prince, Public Enemy, Q-Tip, Raindrops, Regulate, Regulate...G Funk Era, Rhythm Trax Vol. 4, Ronnie Hudson, Roy Ayers, SA-RA Creative Partners, Sign "O" The Times, Slave, Smith & Mighty, Snoop Dogg, Steely Dan, Steve Arrington, Stones Throw, Terranova, Texas, The Bomb Squad, The Casbah, The D.O.C., The Egyptian Lover, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Rolling Stones, Toeachizown, Too $hort, UGK, Uncle Jamm's Army, Warren G, West Coast, When I'm With U I Think Of Her, ZappLeave a comment on Dâm-Funk
Terminal Vibration: My Machines
Extraterrestrial Raggabeats In Outer Space
One thing that's become apparent as we've moved through the various stations of this whole Terminal Vibration saga is that the music grows decidedly more electronic, and more sequenced, with every passing chapter. Starting out in the largely played-on-live-instruments punk/funk/new wave mash-up of the first few segments, it ever-so-gradually transitioned into the cavernous spaces of dub and hip hop's illogical sound mazes, before ultimately sliding into the whole electro/synth/industrial slipstream and the digital realms of house and techno earlier this year. Electronic music through and through, in other words.
SA-RA Creative Partners The Decadent Dimensions EP Wonderful Noise
The culmination of the tech jazz/r&b interface
That's where we left it before stopping off in the canyon for a spell, but now we're back again for the final chapter. The destination in our protracted journey — teasing out the connections between post punk and machine funk — lies in the rolling silicon hills of machine soul, music which as often as not sounds as if it were carved from slabs of onyx. The line between techno and machine soul is sometimes so subtle as to be barely detectable (see the oeuvres of Dâm-Funk, Juan Atkins, SA-RA Creative Partners and Anthony Shakir, for instance), but it's there nonetheless.
Underground Resistance Interstellar Fugitives Underground Resistance
Gibson-esque electroid post-hip hop madness
This faint delineation highlights that which is so undeniably distinctive about each form — even as they run parallel to each other as post-disco flavors of machine music — both are thrown into stark relief by their inherent proximity to one another. Like the colors red and green or orange and blue residing across one another on the same color wheel, one seems to illuminate the other, making it pop from the page. The juxtaposition of Anthony Shakir's Tracks For My Father against Erykah Badu's Mama's Gun, 69's 4 Jazz Funk Classics with Tony! Toni! Toné!'s Sons Of Soul or Missy Elliott's Da Real World with UR's Interstellar Fugitives seems to animate the sound and vision of all parties involved with an amplified clarity, serving as a decoder ring of sorts in getting to the heart of both musics.
Massive Attack Mezzanine Wild Bunch
Somewhere between Metal Box and Pony lies the Mezzanine
Throw in the breakbeat science of 4 Hero, A Guy Called Gerald, Shut Up And Dance and the Kemet Crew — on one hand — and Tricky, Terranova, Massive Attack and Smith & Mighty's time-ravaged trip hop noir on the other, and you've got a stunning image of the intersecting, criss-cross paths of modern music coming into their own at virtually the exact same time. Even now, we're still riding that wave, felt beneath the surface of today's pop fabric even if a frustratingly large swathe fails to live up to the initial promise. Diminishing returns, or a momentary calm before the storm? My money's on the latter... it has to be.
The Prodigy The Prodigy Experience XL
Trip Into Drum And Bass Version
In the meantime, over the course of this year it seemed to make sense to check in with this particular stretch of post-punk/post-disco road, one that seemed (in part at least) to imbue the music with tactile physicality and a sense of ATMOSPHERE. This was music that emerged from somewhere — be it Bristol, Chicago, New York or Detroit — with a singular story to tell, a story that was told as much between the lines as within them. Perhaps it's at this axis of human and machine interface — I'm talking about Mike Dean's basslines and Jimmy Douglass behind the boards, The Prodigy's on-the-fly mix-downs and Moodymann's mirage of sequencer programming and live instrumentation — where the magic happens?
Public Image Ltd. Metal Box Virgin
The key...
At any rate, just as with all the others, the final Machine Soul chapter of Terminal Vibration will feature a handful of satellite entries (the first of which we've already seen with the Alexander O'Neal record) cleaving to its theme, which in this case will last us for the remainder of the month (and year, for that matter). Then, we'll wrap up the whole Terminal Vibration saga with a monster break out to kick off the new year. There's also one record that perhaps makes sense of the entire selection, which we're going to give the deeper look-in it deserves, along with a bit of back story that improbably crosses wires with the canyon (but then, as I often say, it's all connected... it's all of a piece).
All of that coming very soon. Until then, stay tuned to the Terminal Vibration...
Posted on December 17, 2018 Categories DispatchesTags 4 Hero, 4 Jazz Funk Classics, 69, A Guy Called Gerald, Alexander O'Neal, Anthony Shakir, Bristol, Charly (Trip Into Drum And Bass Version), Chicago, CJ Bolland, Da Real World, Dâm-Funk, Detroit, Erykah Badu, Extraterrestrial Raggabeats, Interstellar Fugitives, Jimmy Douglass, Juan Atkins, Kemet Crew, Machine Soul, Mama's Gun, Massive Attack, Metal Box, Mezzanine, Mike Dean, Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Moodymann, New York, Paperclip People, Pony, Public Image Ltd., Ravesignal III, SA-RA Creative Partners, Shut Up And Dance, Smith & Mighty, Sons Of Soul, Terminal Vibration, Terranova, The Decadent Dimensions EP, The Prodigy, The Prodigy Experience, The Secret Tapes Of Dr. Eich, Tony! Toni! Toné!, Tracks For My Father, Tricky, Underground Resistance, William GibsonLeave a comment on Terminal Vibration: My Machines
Alexander O’Neal – Alexander O’Neal
In the annals of great soul men, Alexander O'Neal stands astride the worlds of smooth soul and modern r&b like a colossus. His incomparable croon took center stage on a prime selection of Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis' finest productions, a series of machine-driven soul missives that defined the idea of the Minneapolis sound, alongside the output of figures like The S.O.S. Band, The Time and Prince himself. This was era-defining pop at the height of electro boogie's protracted reign, and a state-of-the-art retrofit of the smooth soul blueprint that went on to send reverberations throughout the remainder of the decade (and beyond — just ask The Neptunes).
The Time The Time Warner Bros.
O'Neal was originally a member of funky rabble-rousers The Time before being shunted aside (the reasons vary depending on who you ask), leaving Morris Day to embody the mischievous personality of the band in the public consciousness. It turned out to be an unlikely case where everyone seemed to benefit — most of all the listener — as The Time indulged its deliciously impish sense of humor across a series of wild, careening funk LPs while O'Neal's more subdued approach became the very definition of modern soul. Grown folks music, to borrow a phrase. So as much as it might be perversely enticing to imagine these very disparate approaches juxtaposed on the same slab of wax, the listener is free to enjoy twice the amount of good music than they likely otherwise would have. And that's always a good thing.
Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
At any rate, this freed up Alexander O'Neal for to pursue a solo career in earnest, encouraged by Jam & Lewis (who themselves had been edged out of The Time shortly after). The duo crafted a lush sonic penthouse around O'Neal, which he inhabited with singularly debonair style, distinguished by an elegant, soulful voice and tailored suits to match. From the cover image on down, O'Neal's self-titled debut conjures up images of late night rendezvous, city lights, moonlight drives and panoramic, ECM-esque twilight skies. Naturally, the music itself is the perfect soundtrack to such furtive nocturnal activities, an ideal nighttime record whether you're out for a night drive or just chilling at your spot for the evening.
Alexander O'Neal Alexander O'Neal
Tabu 1985
With his self-titled debut, Alexander's overriding preoccupation lies with matters of the heart. In fact, that might have made an accurate alternate title for this record: Matters Of The Heart. Throughout the album's 42 minutes, he chronicles various states of heartbreak and healing in a frieze of passionate emotion, putting the soul in the machine with what sounds like a well of tortured experience to draw upon. From dramatic balladry to motorik mid-tempo burners and even maddening electro boogie workouts, Alexander O'Neal offers seven varied snapshots of this crazy thing called love.
Alexander O'Neal All True Man Tabu
The record opens with the sultry strains of A Broken Heart Can Mend, an unhurried mid-tempo slow burner that chugs beneath Alex's smoldering vocals as they glide across it all with an effortless panache. Coming on like deep house pitched-down about 10bpms, its lush groove seems to gently unfurl on an infinite, motorik plane while Alex is enveloped in the surrounding moonlit production. In a way, it even predicts the sound of the Frankie Knuckles Big House Mix of All True Man from six years later, underlined by the way those backing vocals coax out the chorus, offering a reassuring repetition of the song's title sentiment and comforting the wounded loverman in his declared vows to press on. Brilliant!
Still from the If You Were Here Tonight music video1
The graceful twilight architecture of If You Were Here Tonight follows, dropping the tempos way down into prototypical slow jam territory. This kicks off a three song run of prime balladry, all produced by Monte Moir (also of The Time). Don't tune out though, all you footloose kiddies, for this is one of the true highlights of the record (and that's really saying something with a tracklist this stellar). Crystalline harp-like synths duet with a Spanish guitar over crashing drums and a sustained proto-techno bassline in this towering quiet storm epic. Needless to say, Alex's vocals soar gracefully throughout.
He imbues each and every word with the most searching tone imaginable, and when he sings if you could only know my feelings, you will know how much I do believe, it's as if time itself stands still. He's for real, man! Deep synths sweep beneath it all in the aftermath of the chorus, embodying a sense of shelter from the storm. The whole thing brilliantly capturing the seeming life-and-death struggle and intolerable gravity of a soul caught in the throes of passion and romantic love. I imagine many could relate...
It all fades to reveal a loping percussion figure, the only thing accompanying Alex's sensual ad libs in a sea of reverb. It's the first of many seemingly off-the-cuff moments that give the record its buttoned-down, almost live feel. I'd compare its strikingly evocative effect to that achieved by Moodymann — specifically on things like the Kenny Dixon, Jr. Remix of Innerzone's version People Make The World Go Round — paradoxically managing to imbue these machine music proceedings with a strong sense of human intimacy.
Note also the rather expressive music video, the mood of which captures the whole nighttime in the city vibe of this record with a perfectly 1980s (that is, early music video-era) charm. But then, I suppose I'm a sucker for such things...
Alexander O'Neal Hearsay Tabu
After the fathoms-deep raw power of If You Were Here Tonight, you're more than ready for a bit of a breather, something a little less emotionally draining, and Alex delivers yet again in the shape of Do You Wanna Like I Do. The song lies in the middle of a three-song stretch of slow jams, building a sort of opulent momentum as the record progresses. The lovesick melody is carried by a bevy of crashing pianos, while an electro-funk bassline's pulse weaves through the gaps in the chord progression in studied slow-motion. The lustrous, shimmering atmosphere conjured up by Monte Moir offers the perfect counterpoint to Alex's pleas in a stirring fusion of hi-tech heartbreak, setting the stage for Hearsay's lush slow jams like Sunshine and Crying Overtime a couple years later.
Sade Diamond Life Epic
The record's last big slow jam comes into focus with Look At Us Now, which couldn't be further from the twin desperate pleas of If You Were Here Tonight and Do You Wanna Like I Do. With its casual saxophone sway evoking shades of Sade's Diamond Life, it seems to capture the quiet glow of contentment even as it finds Alex begging his woman to stay. It's almost as if he were trying to evince a quiet confidence in their state of affairs as he goes about building a case for her to stick around.
The effect takes every mildly disparaging remark you've ever heard about the aspirational aspects of this era's soul music and simultaneously fulfills and transcends them at once in a great cresting wave of world-weary optimism. The whole tune just shimmers, hanging there in midair as if suspended on nothing but moonlight and a prayer. It closes the first side leaving you ready to take on the world, and my bet is that she does stay after all.
Cherrelle High Priority Tabu
Conversely, the Innocent/Alex 9000/Innocent II medley opens the second side with a ten-minute strong electro boogie monster jam, still resolute but this time coming from an entirely different direction. It's the record's one true (extended) moment of uptempo funk, firmly in the tradition of marathon Minneapolis workouts like The Time's The Walk, Sheila E.'s The Glamorous Life and Prince And The Revolution's America. Featuring backing vocals from Tabu Records label-mate Cherrelle, with whom O'Neal would duet later that year on Saturday Love (from her debut LP, High Priority), the effect is not unlike that of The Glamorous Life's deadpan backing refrain.
Jellybean Johnson, renaissance man
At the four-minute mark, the tune's snaking electro boogie synths spiral into a strained solo (nascent shades of proto-techno in evidence) before the tenor begins to shade toward the intimate. Then, fellow ex-Time member Jellybean Johnson starts shredding some guitar for the protracted mid-section, which also features gang shouts a la New Order's Confusion and some Prince/Ready For The World-style whoah-oh backing chants. Brilliant stuff, yeah?
Then, with but a minute-and-a-half remaining, the tune transforms entirely amid a rush of snares into a funky coda led by Terry Lewis' slap bass and the gang shouts as they return with a vengeance. This seems to be the Alex 9000 portion of the trip. The group vamps on the theme for a spell before cresting into Revolution-style buildup for the climax. Finally, the original groove returns for a couple bars (Innocent II) before collapsing completely into a cascading synth figure and the tortured distortions of Jellybean's guitar still hanging in the air.
Alexander O'Neal performs What's Missing on Soul Train2
What's Missing seems to fuse all the different aspects of this record — from the atmosphere of the lush slow jams to the motorik groove of the mid-tempo burners and even a casual return of nimble digital funk — into an infectious tonic that just might be my favorite thing here. On the face of it, the tune seems understated, slight even, but when that chorus hits — with Alex's passionate we used to have good love, but now its gone a naggingly infectious hook — I'd wager its the tune you'll have the most trouble getting out of your head.
In fact, of all the tunes here, I'm absolutely certain I remember hearing it on the radio when I was a kid (back when Michael Jackson was Captain EO and the Padres still wore brown and gold). I just noticed that there's some footage on Youtube of the man's performance of What's Missing on Soul Train, looking ten times more in-his-element than in any high concept music video. I should probably apologize in advance for the difficulty you'll have in getting this song out of your head, but trust me... you'll thank me later!
Stephanie Mills If I Were Your Woman MCA
The record closes with You Were Meant To Be My Lady Not My Girl, the title alone of which hints at this record's intended mature, sophisticated audience (see also Stephanie Mills' If I Were Your Woman). Alex ain't messing around here, he's down for commitment! The tune's slow-burning mid-tempo groove mirrors the opening moves of A Broken Heart Can Mend (shades too of The Gap Band's carefree Outstanding), this time offering the sweet catharsis of renewal.
In certain ways, the tune's elegant synth flourishes make me flash on the cascades of atmosphere in certain dreamy China Crisis moments (on one hand) and Larry Heard's mid-period, jazz-inflected soul man forays on the other. There's a definite sense of winding-down as the tune casually unfolds — even finding the band messing around and then collapsing into laughter over its extended coda of percussion — in contrast to the preceding songs' dramatic catharsis.
This is the sound of hard-won contentment, made all the more poignant in light of all the emotional turmoil that came before. It's the perfect way to end the record... the culminating moment in a survey of assorted conditions of the heart.
Leroy Hutson Hutson Curtom
When all is said and done, this is simply a superb album. The midpoint between Marvin Gaye's I Want You and Tony! Toni! Toné!'s Sons Of Soul, it's a crucial outpost connecting two very distinct eras of music. Alex's soulful delivery exists in the tradition of everything from Solomon Burke to Teddy Pendergrass, while its carefully-crafted song cycle evokes memories of classic records by the likes of Eddie Kendricks, Leroy Hutson and Isaac Hayes.
Ginuwine Ginuwine... The Bachelor 550
Meanwhile, its steel-rimmed dreamtime loverman moves seem to sow the seeds for everything from Chez Damier's lush deep house slates and Larry Heard's post-Mr. Fingers output to Janet Jackson's Jam & Lewis-fueled trajectory into the 90s and even Timbaland's post-disco r&b moves as laid out on records like Aaliyah's One In A Million, Ginuwine's The Bachelor and Playa's Cheers 2 U. It's a roots 'n future mash-up in an entirely different fashion than you'd usually expect.
Spacek Curvatia Island
Moving into more recent, esoteric terrain, Spacek's acid jazz-limned techno forays (especially the first album) seem to be the logical descendant of the record's most motorik mid-tempo moments, while even SA-RA's remarkably physical manifestations of machine soul seem to fulfill the promises made in Alexander O'Neal's electric blue twilight moves. In that sense, it's future music, pure and simple, in which entire futures are augured within its neon-lit blueprints.
Fingers Inc. Another Side Jack Trax
As such, it's one of the decade's greatest, most important records, lodged in at the axis of the decade alongside other crucial incursions like Jamie Principle's Waiting On An Angel, Model 500's Night Drive, Wally Badarou's Chief Inspector Tenor Saw's Fever and Mantronix's debut album, sharing with all those records a set of undoubtedly far-reaching implications. This lays out the foundations for a future music in the same way Fingers Inc.'s Another Side, Smith & Mighty's production for Fresh 4's Wishing On A Star and Guy's self-titled debut all would a few years later. Taken together, those four records are something like a compass rose for everything would come to be called machine soul.
As such, it makes this the perfect antidote to your typical 1980s decade overviews that tend to neglect the music from these shadowy corners of the soundscape for the more straightforward rock/new wave/synth pop/alternative-derived canon (plus rap — if you're lucky). There's a whole world out there! In a sense, that's what this whole Terminal Vibration saga is about, breaking open the more typical view of the decade to tease out some of its most innovative sounds, hidden in plain sight.
Alexander O'Neal is certainly definitive within the context of this trip's long-delayed machine soul-shaped denouement, setting us up perfectly for the final chapter. As such, for curious souls looking to unearth the shadowy origins of machine soul magic scrawled between the lines in this most misunderstood of decades, Alexander O'Neal is the perfect place to start. It's a key record or the eighties packed with great music... you can't go wrong.
O'Neal, Alexander. If You Were Here Tonight. Alexander O'Neal. ?. Tabu, 1985. Music Video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7hY5W_oPqs
Youtube. Soul Train, live performance ofWhat's Missing by O'Neal, Alexander. Live performance. 1985.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfKonO9KKm8
Posted on December 12, 2018 December 13, 2018 Categories TilesTags A Broken Heart Can Mend, Aaliyah, Alex 9000, Alexander O'Neal, All True Man, All True Man (Big House Mix), America, Another Side, Captain EO, Cheers 2 U, Cherrelle, Chez Damier, Chief Inspector, China Crisis, Confusion, Crying Overtime, Curvatia, Diamond Life, Do You Wanna Like I Do, ECM, Eddie Kendricks, Fever, Fingers Inc., Frankie Knuckles, Fresh 4, Ginuwine, Ginuwine... The Bachelor, Guy, Hearsay, High Priority, Hutson, I Want You, If I Were Your Woman, If You Were Here Tonight, Innocent, Innocent II, Isaac Hayes, Jam & Lewis, Jamie Principle, Janet Jackson, Jellybean Johnson, Jimmy Jam, Kenny Dixon Jr., Larry Heard, Leroy Hutson, Look At Us Now, Machine Soul, Mantronix, Marvin Gaye, Matters Of The Heart, Medley: Innocent/Alex 9000/Innocent II, Michael Jackson, Minneapolis, Model 500, Monte Moir, Moodymann, Morris Day, Mr. Fingers, New Order, Night Drive, One In A Million, Outstanding, Padres, People Make The World Go Round, People Make The World Go Round (Kenny Dixon Jr. Remix), Playa, Prince, Ready For The World, SA-RA Creative Partners, Sade, Saturday Love, Sheila E., Smith & Mighty, Solomon Burke, Sons Of Soul, Soul Train, Spacek, Stephanie Mills, Sunshine, Tabu, Teddy Pendergrass, Tenor Saw, Terry Lewis, The Album, The Gap Band, The Glamorous Life, The Neptunes, The Revolution, The S.O.S. Band, The Time, The Walk, Timbaland, Tony! Toni! Toné!, Waiting On An Angel, Wally Badarou, What's Missing, Wishing On A Star, You Were Meant To Be My Lady (Not My Girl)1 Comment on Alexander O’Neal – Alexander O’Neal
Motion 002
Posted on December 8, 2018 @ 4:26pm by Coqui
Motion 002: Trip Into The Groove
This latest Motion playlist dates back to late summer, with the tempo dropping accordingly. Still, the mix managed to hang around as the days grew shorter, its machine soul/trip hop/techno mash-up the perfect soundtrack to running at dusk as the city lights begin to switch on. As me move back into Terminal Vibration territory — particularly its final Machine Soul chapter — it seemed as good a time as any to blog it on up here...
The Herbaliser What What Bring It Ninja Tune
Tripping back into action with a bit of downbeat hip hop from Ninja Tune stalwarts The Herbaliser, we start out our trip on the downbeat tip (that way it's harder to fall behind the pace!). One of three tracks from their sophomore set Blow Your Headphones to feature the great Jean Grae (back when she was still known as What What), this is firmly in the vein of stoned mid-period hip hop like Bahamadia, The Pharcyde and Guru's Jazzmatazz series.
Playa Don't Stop The Music Def Jam
Peak-era Timbaland, featuring his chrome-plated r&b vision writ large on this production for the trio of Smokey, Black and Static. Static (aka Stephen Garrett was one of the songwriters in Timbaland's Bassment crew, responsible for tunes like Aaliyah's Are You That Somebody? and Try Again.
This quasi-cover version of the classic Yarbrough & Peoples boogie chestnut is prototypical machine soul, picking up where Juan Atkins left off three years earlier with The Flow G-Funk Mix. Dig those deft harmonies weaving in and out of that trademark digi-funk riddim, the pulsing synth bassline shadowboxing Tim's clipped drum machine shuffle.
The line between the finest trip hop (in the Smith & Mighty tradition) and this sort of pre-millennial tension is a thin one indeed.
Mélaaz Non, Non, Non BMG
Smoked-out French rap, this was picked up by Ultimate Dilemma for the Musical Dilemmas compilation and thus became something of an trip hop stone tablet by default, even showing up a decade later on Daddy G's stellar DJ-Kicks outing. Hardly surprising, given that it fits Massive Attack's remit perfectly (in fact, it would slot right in on Protection's cinematic second side).
Having picked this up back in the day, I was pleased to get a little more context on the record in Kevin Pearce's excellent nineties dance tome A Cracked Jewel Case.
Timbaland And Magoo Clock Strikes Blackground
More Timbaland, this time from his own record with Magoo. Effortlessly funky machine music. His beats from this era are perfect for all your running needs. I know a lot of people don't dig it, but I'm actually a huge fan of Timbaland's style on the mic, midway between low-rocking trip hop mumble and Jamaican producer behind the boards, punching in on the mix.
I used to listen to this album on continuous loop with Octave One's The Living Key To Images From Above, Reprazent's New Forms and the East Flatbush Project record, which along with Kevin Saunderson's X-Mix was my early '98 in a nutshell.
Tricky DJ Milo & Luke Harris How's Your Life Studio !K7
Recentish Tricky with fellow Bristol luminary DJ Milo. I was crushed that I missed the tour behind this album, which stopped in Linda Vista's Belly Up Tavern. This decade's found Tricky back in the groove in a big way, indeed recent records like False Idols rival his nineties output.
Case in point How's Your Life. This is so subtle, so smooth even, and yet it's totally savage. I love the almost subconscious inevitability of that quiet storm loop, apparently from a mid-eighties Larry Carlton record. It just draws you into concentric orbit, Tricky running tings below the radar.
Sade Surrender Your Love Kenny Larkin Remix Illegal Detroit
Slowly swinging up to a house tempo with this killer Sade bootleg from Detroit. Not much to add to what I said here, but at this point in the run things really slide into the groove. Machine soul keeps you running like a machine, and for this tune's eleven minutes, you feel like you could keep on running forever.
Yage Coda Coma Jumpin' & Pumpin'
Some tasty Jumpin' & Pumpin' action, taken from Yage's Fuzzy Logic EP. This is up there in the upper echelon of post-Detroit work by the likes of 4 Hero, Basic Channel and The Black Dog. Killer breakbeat techno, its soaring synth choirs chopped with soundtrack strings and funereal organs that all recede gracefully into the overcast horizon. A snatch of dance vocal slides in over its rugged analogue bassline before the breaks kick back into gear.
Another under-acknowledged masterpiece from the pre-FSOL Dougans and Cobain (and believe me, there's more where that came from), this is the equal of anything on Accelerator.
Chaka Khan I Know You, I Live You Warner Bros.
Sublime post-disco almost-boogie from the great Chaka Khan. All would-be divas take note of that soaring chorus, it's like sunlight reflecting off the surface of parting storm clouds. Later the basis for Agent-X's awesome Detroit house slate In The Morning, warped post-Kenny Dixon Jr./Moodymann filter-disco of the highest caliber. Hearing Chaka's original for the first time is such a joy.
Throbbing Gristle Hot On The Heels Of Love Ratcliffe Remix NovaMute
Impossibly lush take on this O.G. industrial crew's creepy slab of claustrophobic proto-techno. This remix by one half of Basement Jaxx takes it into big room, widescreen territory. Shimmering multi-layered synths shift and glide over a heavy Reese bassline and shuffling percussion. There's even an exotic vocal snatch chucked into the bargain.
First heard this in a Luke Slater mix where it rubbed shoulders with Isolée and Dopplereffekt, this is originally from a compilation of remixes of Throbbing Gristle tunes by contemporary dance artists. Carl Craig even provides another, more faithful mix of Heels Of Love, but make no mistake: this Jaxx version is where its at. Visionary stuff.
Alec Empire SuEcide Force Inc.
Closing out the mix, and giving you that last little boost, is a pure adrenaline rush of rave techno from the pre-Atari Teenage Riot/Mille Plateaux Alec Empire. This would be a stone cold killer if it were just the sub-bass locking with the stop-start funk sample, but then that proto-trance lead drops into the mix and sends it all over the edge to the sublime. It just glides over the whole of it.
The effect is breathtakingly cinematic, indeed this sort of thing belongs not in a museum but in a movie (preferably something based on a William Gibson novel). I've often thought that this track is a kindred spirit with Carl Craig's 69 output.
And that's it, you're back through the front door. Repeat as necessary. From downbeat to uptempo, once you dip into the second half of the mix you'll be impossible to stop. You are the machine.
Posted on December 8, 2018 Categories SerialsTags 1998, 4 Hero, 69, A Cracked Jewel Case, Aaliyah, Accelerator, Agent-X, Are You That Somebody?, Atari Teenage Riot, Bahamadia, Basement Jaxx, Basic Channel, Belly Up, Black, Blow Your Headphones, Brian Dougans, Bring It, Carl Craig, Chaka Khan, Cheers 2 U, Clock Strikes, Coda Coma, Da Bassment, Daddy G, Detroit, DJ Milo, DJ-Kicks, Don't Stop The Music, Dopplereffekt, East Flatbush Project, False Idols, Fuzzy Logic EP, Gary Cobain, Guru, Hot On The Heels Of Love, Hot On The Heels Of Love (Carl Craig Re-Version), Hot On The Heels Of Love (Ratcliffe Remix), How's Your Life, I Know You I Live You, In The Morning, Isolée, Jazzmatazz, Jean Grae, Juan Atkins, Kenny Dixon Jr., Kenny Larkin, Kevin Pearce, Kevin Saunderson, Larry Carlton, Linda Vista, Luke Harris, Luke Slater, Magoo, Massive Attack, Mélaaz, Mille Plateaux, Moodymann, Motion, Musical Dilemmas, Mutant Throbbing Gristle, New Forms, Ninja Tune, Non Non Non, Nude Photo, Octave One, Playa, Protection, Reese, Reprazent, Roni Size, Sade, Skilled Mechanics, Smith & Mighty, Smokey, Static, Stephen Garrett, SuEcide, Surrender Your Love (Illegal Remixes), Surrender Your Love (Kenny Larkin Remix), The Black Dog, The Flow, The Flow (G-Funk Mix), The Future Sound Of London, The Herbaliser, The Living Key (To Images From Above), The Pharcyde, Throbbing Gristle, Timbaland, Timbaland And Magoo, Tricky, Tried By 12, Try Again, Ultimate Dilemma, Welcome To Our World, What Cha' Gonna Do For Me, What? What?, William Gibson, X-Mix: Transmission From Deep Space Radio, Yage, Yarbrough & PeoplesLeave a comment on Motion 002
Students Of The Future
Posted on December 5, 2018 @ 11:59pm by Coqui
The Bay.. The Bowl... The Universe
This time of year — when late autumn begins giving way to the dawning chill of winter — often takes me back to the year 2001, when I spent my days going to community college out in Grossmont and shelving books at the Clairemont Library to make a little money. Then, I'd spend my nights making beats and spinning out mix after mix down in the lab (this the era of Futureform, Percussitron and Mettrex Recordings), bouncing tracks and ideas back and forth with Snakes three blocks over across the web. Good times. It was in this climate that — after a few years of hardcore focus on my twin loves of trip hop and techno — I'd begun to branch out into the wider world a little.
Primary lines of flight included the music that the Detroit gang came up on during the progressive era — loosely put the records The Electrifying Mojo played in the early eighties — alongside the dub/reggae/post punk/hip hop cocktail that the Bristol scene emerged from. I'm talking about Smith & Mighty, The Wild Bunch, Tricky, and so on. I'm going to set aside the Bristol contingent for the moment, since that's a story of it's own (that I'll return to next year). I was also feeling gravity's pull from the jazzier end of electronic music (those crazed skyscrapers-on-the-moon tonalities) and the throbbing discoid vibes of house music, both of which urged me to dig deeper into the dusty past. Like Lamont Dozier, I was Going Back To My Roots.
The B-52's The B-52's Warner Bros.
It all started when I picked up the first B-52's record, a tile I'd borrowed extensively from my uncle back in the day but never actually owned for myself. I suppose it was only natural that it'd all start here, since new wave was my first musical love, a sound that stayed with me through the nineties (which didn't always go over well at school, let me tell you!).
Coincidentally, the Detroit cats were mad for it back in the day, folding it into a selection of post-disco music on the slipstream of the era's more adventurous dancefloors. For me, Dan Sicko's coverage of this pre-history was one of the highlights of Techno Rebels, which I'd have been reading right around then (2000-2001).1 In the context of the moment, it made an ideal wormhole in time through which to go back and explore a little further.
Cybotron Enter Fantasy
That was what progressive-era Detroit was all about, club kids getting down to exotic European sounds alongside a bedrock of post-disco/post-Parliament funk. You'd hear guys like Kevin Saunderson repping New Order, Prince and The B-52's in interviews. They were speaking my language! Carl Craig even put out a compilation of material from that era featuring the killer B-52's cut Mesopotamia (Hey, there's the vocal loop from that one Shake record!) alongside George Clinton's Atomic Dog and Cybotron's Alleys Of Your Mind. I never actually owned the disc itself (called Abstract Funk Theory), but I used its tracklist like a roadmap, checking out all the tunes that I hadn't heard before and digging up all the ones I had, throwing them on and hearing them anew.
Parliament Chocolate City Casablanca
With Derrick May's oft-quoted Kraftwerk/George Clinton roots-of-techno equation, those twin dynasties were the next port of call. I started with a Parliament compilation and the Chocolate City LP, before happening upon a late-period Funkadelic round up. That led me to grab Uncle Jam Wants You, bought primarily for the full-length version of Not Just Knee Deep (clocking in at 15 minutes of electro-tinged madness, it's one of the great extended night drive grooves). At first I dug p-funk at its most electronic (the 12" version of Atomic Dog a particular revelation), but gradually worked my way back to the acid-fried climes of Maggot Brain and Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow.
Sly & The Family Stone Greatest Hits Epic
I'd already dove into Sly Stone's oeuvre earlier that summer. I remember buying the O.G. Greatest Hits — along with Innerzone Orchestra's Programmed, Horace Andy's Living In The Flood and the Skylarking compilation — after an ill-fated beach party that never really came off. At first it sounded ancient. Drum breaks recorded from beyond the dawn of time. That was the thing that used to always jump out at me with sixties music back then, for whatever reason: the drums sounded old.2 I didn't really grow up around much sixties music; Pops was a 70s/80s kind of guy. He was the next generation.
Sly & The Family Stone There's A Riot Goin' On Epic
There's A Riot Goin' On is what I was really after (I'd heard rumors of drum machines), but for whatever reason it was impossible to find at the time. NONE of the music on the Greatest Hits was from the 70s! However, it gradually grew on me to the point that I bought all the albums (Riot was actually the last one I managed to get ahold of), and to this day they're one of my favorite bands of all time. It's funny, I hadn't thought about it until just now but that Greatest Hits must have been the first sixties record I ever owned. Although that Melankolic Skylarking compilation did have some tracks from the sixties on it too, so consider it a tie...
Sly & The Family Stone Fresh Epic
Of Sly's seventies albums, Fresh was much easier to get ahold of. Fresh is great, a more streamlined follow up to Riot. Claustrophobic, almost desiccated production. Rhythm boxes all over the shop! Everyone wants to hear If You Want Me To Stay at a party when they find out you have this. Not that I blame them... that's a bad jam right there. What really gets me with this record is the atmosphere. From the opening machine rhythm pulse of In Time, it's as if you've been hooked by a cosmic lasso that's just drawing you in. Seven-hundred overdubs interlocking over the great black hole hum of tape hiss. This is the template for all the Moodymann records. Bedroom disco vibes spooling out into the studio, the lonely auteur hunched over the mixing board, moving sounds across the field of vision and playing around with time.
Chic C'est Chic Atlantic
My other big proto-Moodymann record in this little makeshift theory is C'est Chic. More tenuous, perhaps, but also with more literal connections. You've got the opening (sampled) crowd noise setting the stage, for one. Obviously the I can't kick this feeling when it hits sample (what am I gonna do?). But also the slightly askew, sun-glazed production touches. Casually psychedelic. Happy Man seems to glide by in slow-motion, synths and strings melting all around you in a strange brew warped concoction. Just like on Silentintroduction. Those same unhurried, mid-tempo grooves burning away in the shadows. Savoir Faire feels like a slowjam, but then maybe it's not much slower than anything else here. You lose track of time. These tunes could go on forever. Once again, a case where it's all in the atmosphere. I picked this up around the same time as all these others... in fact, I think it was my first real disco record (the lines do get blurry).
Kraftwerk Computer World Kling Klang
The Chic Organization is something like the missing link between Parliament and the other side of the Detroit equation, Kraftwerk. Moroder too. Snakes bought Computer World first. We used to zone out to it after a marathon studio session. Marvel at the synths. I got it a little bit later, in a cache of cutout Kraftwerk CDs at the Point Loma Music Trader. Everything after Autobahn in one fell swoop... what was the deal? I don't think the remasters came out until a decade later. A lucky break, then. Nights spent getting lost in the computer rhythms of The Man-Machine followed, the Moroder-esque discoid grooves of Spacelab and Metropolis spiraling off into the distance.
Berlin Pleasure Victim Geffen
There's a million things you could say about Kraftwerk, and by now most of them have already been said. They're like The Beatles that way. To single out just one personal note, the first time I heard Metropolis I remember thinking that it sounded like the secret blueprint for The Metro by Berlin. That was a crucial song for me growing up — it's probably the closest thing I had to techno up to that point in my life — and it remains one of the great electronic pop songs ever. Up there with The Model, which might be thee greatest.
Yello Zebra Mercury
All of which is to say that this music keys back into new wave, but this time from another angle. Figures like Yellow Magic Orchestra, Telex, Alexander Robotnick, My Mine and Yello operated at the axis of the dancefloor, and all of them were big in Detroit. Which is how I found out about them in the first place. Aside from Yello, who an uncle had tuned me into a good deal earlier (he also told me to check out Devo and Public Image Ltd.). He fixed me up with their Zebra album (at that point their latest release), which I dubbed to one side of a cassette. At the time, it made perfect sense alongside records like Underworld's Dubnobasswithmyheadman, and I worked my way back from there. I snagged the 12" for Oh Yeah a bit later, from a thrift store in Santee of all places.
Yellow Magic Orchestra Solid State Survivor Alfa
Alongside Yello, the other big one was YMO. These groups were like Led Zeppelin to me! The rubberband synth-basslines of Solid State Survivor pick up where The Model left off, retooling the Germans' stately chanson with amped-up bullet train velocity, ready for the nascent world of fast-forward anime imagery (it's but a small leap to Ken Ishii's Echo Exit from here). All of these groups offering up an alternate view of the 1980s, in retrospect straining in the wake of disco to invent modern dance culture. It's all very — dare I say it — Terminal Vibration! It just needed to one more round of the old trans-Atlantic ping-pong effect to really come into its own...
808 State Newbuild Creed
Illustrated by something like 808 State's Newbuild, which must be the first LP to come out of UK's rave culture. Made when A Guy Called Gerald Simpson was still in the crew. This stone tablet got a timely reissue on Richard D. James' Rephlex imprint in 1999, and I picked it up not long after. It sounded ancient, evoking a grimy, less-polished eighties spanning from Spoonie Gee to Hashim and Bobby Konders. Terminal Vibrations to a man.
This is truly evocative stuff. A track like Narcossa is just dripping with atmosphere. Compulsion, with its recurring incantation of R-E-L-E-A-S-E-Y-O-U-R-B-O-D-Y. Shades of the Suburban Knight in its loping bassline. This is an electronic music with real physical heft to it; you can just feel the back story lurking in its grooves. Images of grimy basement studios and clandestine backroom dancefloors, punters getting down to the music as bassbins pump the rugged sonic geometry into the night.
Juan Atkins Wax Trax! MasterMix Volume 1 Wax Trax!
All of which is summed up in Juan Atkins' Wax Trax! MasterMix Volume 1, a CD I played endlessly that winter. Atkins links up the minimalist strains of contemporary techno like Maurizio, Convextion and Black Noise's Nature Of The Beast with deep garage-inflected cuts from Blaze, Rick Wade and Streetlife Originals (he even managed to split the difference by including his own Infiniti track, the sublimely ethereal Skyway).
The real kicker is a handful of vintage cuts like A Number Of Names' impossibly rare Sharevari (year one techno, 1981 don't you know... that's a mighty good vintage too, if I do say so myself!) and Martin Circus' Disco Circus (my favorite disco record ever). You even get an awesome slab of nagging post-Erotic City machine soul thrown into the bargain, in the shape of DJ Assault's Sex On The Beach. Yeah, try and get that one out of your head!
Alvin Toffler Future Shock Random House
In retrospect, it's not much of a surprise that the Detroit guys were so open and enthusiastic about their roots. It seems there's always been this yin-yang push and pull going on between the break-with-the-past/innovate-at-all-costs push of Toffler's Future Shock-of-the-new and the centripetal pull of the Motor City's rich musical heritage, stashed away in the vaults of labels like Westbound, Motown and beyond. You can hear it all over the place to varying degrees, but perhaps most clearly in the music of figures like Anthony Shakir, Terrence Parker and Kenny Dixon Jr. (aka Moodymann).
Moodymann Silentintroduction Planet E
Hearing records like Tracks For My Father, Detroit After Dark and Silentintroduction for the first time felt like doorways opening into whole worlds of sound, worlds that I'd only been vaguely aware of till then. It was an open invitation to dig a little bit deeper into the names behind the names. The soul man interludes and broken beats of Roaming beckoned from the mysterious corridors of jazz, while something 3 Minute Blunts hinted that hip hop's thriving underworld stretched even deeper into the past than I'd ever imagined, and the twisted filter-groove of I Can't Kick This Feeling When It Hits whet the appetite for the sounds of peak-era disco.
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson Bridges Arista
This happened to coincide with the first Detroit Electronic Music Festival, which featured a memorable, supremely buttoned-down set from Kenny Dixon Jr. himself. He opened with Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson's We Almost Lost Detroit, a dreamy slab of deep soul that was the most incredible thing I'd ever heard. Give or take. It took awhile to track it down (by that point it hadn't even made it to CD yet), but I eventually scored an old radio station copy from WHMC in Massachusetts. That was pretty cool.
Bridges itself is an incredible record, and one that (despite being over twenty years old) felt firmly in step with the times. I was never a new music whore (coining term for later use!), but this was one of many instances that opened me up to the idea that time wasn't a straight line. It twists back on itself and runs in parallel, lean times and golden ages twist in a double helix with future music scatted throughout. The way you can dig into the past and soak it all in, mess around with the results and wind up with the Renaissance. And this was just the first song in the set...
The Last Poets Delights Of The Garden Douglas
Jalal Nuriddin pictured on the right
Dixon's set picked up to a dancefloor pace immediately after the Gil Scott-Heron, with cuts from Theo Parrish and his own Moodymann cut Shades Of Jae rubbing shoulders with Curtis Mayfield's Love Me, Love Me Now and the 1978 version of William DeVaughn's Be Thankful For What You've Got. It was all of a seamless piece, with the fresh house cuts and the vintage disco-era soul sounding perfectly at home together. He even got Jalal Nuriddin of The Last Poets out there to MC over the booming disco of Larry Page Orchestra's Erotic Soul! Interestingly, the set seemed to hinge at the axis of Kool & The Gang's Take My Heart If You Want It (a secret cousin to both Donald Fagen's I.G.Y and Cheri's Murphy's Law), where it took an unexpected turn into the fertile terrain of electro boogie.
André Cymone Livin' In The New Wave Columbia
The Dance Electric isn't from this album, but it sounds like it is, man!
André Cymone's The Dance Electric was the highlight of this long stretch of boogie, the point where Moodymann and Dâm-Funk meet, conjuring up the same vectors-sweeping-over-city-lights imagery that I used to daydream about in my youth.3 We're talking about things like Tron, Captain EO and... the Star Wars arcade game! This stretch of the mix was rounded out by things like the Prelude post-disco of The Strikers' Body Music and The Brides Of Funkenstein's Never Buy Texas From A Cowboy. It was the perfect long sunset to what had been a stunning Motor City excursion... you just put on your shades and recede onto the horizon.
Manuel Göttsching E2-E4 Inteam GmbH
Like KRS-One, I'd love to say that I was there for the first DEMF, but that's not the case. There was this ill-fated plan to actually Move To Detroit (circa 2000), but it wasn't meant to be (too many responsibilities in the local). However, the good folks at Groovetech made loads of footage from the event available on their website. Groovetech was an online record shop that specialized in dance music, yet they had a pretty wide brief beyond that (por ejemplo, they fixed me up with a copy of Manuel Göttsching's E2-E4). Both the shop itself and their online content proved to be an invaluable resource in moving from node to node across the musical landscape in my ongoing exploration.
Soul Designer EP 1 F Communications
In addition to the DEMF content (which included — off the top of the dome — live performances from Kenny Larkin and Sean Deason, along with DJ sets from DJ Spooky and Dego MacFarlane of 4 Hero), Groovetech would also invite DJs into their studio to spin live sets and then post the videos online (comparable to what the Boiler Room does today). Long before the advent of Youtube, you could check out figures like James Pennington (aka the Suburban Knight), Ken Ishii and Ian O'Brien in the mix. That James Pennington set was a particular highlight, featuring the skewed electronic boogie of Soul Designer and the Purveyors Of Fine Funk. There's still some of these videos floating around on Youtube, I believe...
Various Artists The Soul Of Science 3 Obsessive
Ian O'Brien's sets at Groovetech — and this is what initially brought all of this to mind, as autumn's canyon escapades sheared into Steely Dan — were also pretty eye-opening. New 12"s from Moodymann, Drexciya and 4 Hero rubbed shoulders with vintage slates from Lonnie Liston Smith, David Axelrod and Chaka Khan. He closed out a set with Joni Mitchell's Free Man In Paris! All of which sent you back scouring the used bins for dusty records from the past.
This spirit was writ large on The Soul Of Science compilation series that he and Kirk Degiorgio curated, its three volumes juxtaposing new jazz-inflected techno and broken beat with vintage electro-damaged material from figures like Graham Central Station ('Tis Your Kind Of Music indeed... this insanely ahead-of-its-time sun-glazed machine soul is my kind of music), George Duke (with the skittering tech jazz instrumental North Beach) and The Pointer Sisters' Chainey Do (taken from their Steppin' LP, which was produced by Herbie Hancock).
Kirk Degiorgio Synthesis X:treme
Similarly, Kirk Degiorgio's Checkone and Synthesis mixes blurred the lines between the past, present and future. I didn't track down the former until a little bit later, but Synthesis was a crucial find at the time. This was the conduit that sent me back to things like Sun Ra's Lanquidity and Herbie Hancock's Sextant, much as other contemporary records like Roni Size's It's A Jazz Thing had sent me back to Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes' Expansions. Degiorgio also curated the Op-ART Hall Of Fame, which was an untold treasure trove of prime jazz and soul-related recordings. A real resource, that. I could spin off a whole other feature just on the records that list tuned me into.
Herbie Hancock Head Hunters Planet E
For now, let's focus on Herbie Hancock's Head Hunters, after all this is where I started with jazz in the first place. This record's technicolor grooves exist in a continuum of electronic jazz stretching all the way up to the present day, within which it remains a foundational cornerstone. From here, I checked out Miles Davis' On The Corner and Sun Ra's Lanquidity (I can't recall which came first), and then worked my way backward to Coltrane's Impulse! recordings and Charles Mingus' Mingus! Mingus! Mingus! Mingus! Mingus! Perhaps a roundabout way of getting into jazz, but I suspect not altogether uncommon for people coming at it from electronic music. After all, Head Hunters isn't that far removed from techno, is it?
As One 21st Century Soul Ubiquity
The lines between the two were getting especially blurry at the turn of the century. Look no further than As One's 21st Century Soul, which seemed to spring from the same rich, jazz-inflected furrow as The Soul Of Science compilations. As One was Kirk Degiorgio's main outlet for his own recordings. The song Problems, featuring vocals from Jinadu in what would be the first of many collaborations, felt like an instant classic. A song that had been around for years. Two parts Fresh and one part I'm Still In Love With You, it was a perfect slab of deep-grooving soul.
However, the lion's share of the album consisted of tumbling tech jazz instrumentals hovering in the interzone between Stacey Pullen's Todayisthetomorrowyouwerepromisedyesterday and Les McCann's Layers, Recloose's Spelunking and Johnny Hammond's Gears, and Fretless AZM's Astral Cinema and Eddie Russ' See The Light. This was man-made jazz at the interface of electronics, each pushing the bounds of the other in some strange sonic communion. Not a bad blueprint for future music, when you think about it...
The Black Dog Spanners Warp
My introduction to the music of As One came not with this record but with an earlier one, 1997's The Art Of Prophecy. I stumbled upon it completely out of the blue down at the El Cajon Music Trader (of all places), in an unlikely cache of prime electronica. Along with the As One, there was The Black Dog's Spanners, Max 404's Love & Mathematics, Drax's Tales From The Mental Plane, the Source Records Headshop compilation... and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Records that I'd only read about. I'd even found my copy of Moodymann's Silentintroduction there, filed in the rock section and marked down to $5! Even now, I have to shake my head at the sheer unlikeliness of it all.
Plaid Trainer Warp
Warp's contemporaneous issue of Trainer, an anthology of Black Dog-offshoot Plaid's early recordings, chimed in perfectly with this era. I'd been getting deeper into what you might call living room techno. That is, electronic music aimed not at the dancefloor but home listening. It made a perfect complement to the motorik pulse of techno, jungle's rugged breakbeats and house's discoid grooves that had been my lifeblood for years now. Plaid's Not For Threes was a firm favorite, and this compilation — filled with tracks from alter egos like Balil (heard first on the Intergalactic Beats compilation), Atypic and Tura — was an invaluable snapshot of Plaid's colorful back story.
Trainer even included the duo's first album Mbuki Mvuki in its entirety, which was impossible to find at the time! Also present was the awesome Angry Dolphin, which I'd first heard on Nicolette's DJ-Kicks (picked up the same day as Andrea Parker's DJ-Kicks outing and the Blade Runner soundtrack, come to think of it). Andrea Parker's debut album Kiss My Arp was another one that hovered around this general terrain, somewhere between mutant electro and abstract trip hop. All of which is ideal music for the winter months. I suppose that at this point Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works 85-92 almost goes without saying.
The Detroit Escalator Co. Black Buildings Peacefrog
Of course, Detroit was no stranger to electronic music that leaned toward the abstract, the impressionistic. Think of Tony Drake's ethereal instrumentals like Muse & Twilight, Diana or the Texture LP (swimming in the same crystal waters as Larry Heard's Sceneries Not Songs records), or the great The Detroit Escalator Co. The Black Buildings LP was full of blissfully ambient machine soul, its drum machines pattering through hall-of-mirrors production as synths drift in a spectral haze, the occasional errant sequence emerging from the fog. A definite sense of dread and mystery hangs over the proceedings. Picking up where Urban Tribe's stone tablet The Collapse Of Modern Culture left off, it's like the x-ray of both Motor City techno and chrome-plated r&b, presaging the likes of Spacek, Dâm-Funk and SA-RA. Deep space bizzness, seen.
Stacey Pullen Todayisthetomorrowyouwerepromisedyesterday Science
I mentioned this record in passing earlier, but still need to give it a prolonged shout. Stacey Pullen's Todayisthetomorrowyouwerepromisedyesterday is one of the great mergers of techno and jazz, it's visionary retro/future mash-up picking up the latent shades of paradoxical 1970s digitalism in his nine-minute DJ-Kicks The Track and stretching that vibe across an entire LP. It's rugged breaks and prismatic sheen made the perfect soundtrack to walking through bustling city streets under overcast skies, dodging traffic, or even shambling down University St. after dark in the Colt on my way home from work.
Recloose Spelunking Planet E
Similarly, Recloose's Spelunking was another critically early incursion of electronic jazz into my psyche. This actually came a couple years earlier, so naturally I heard it earlier. In fact, I'm fairly certain I bought it the week it came out. It seemed to take a whole brace of sounds that made an impact on me growing up and shuffle them through the illogical machinery of hip hop. There was the skewed fractal boogie of Get There Tonight and Landscaping's juke joint stomp taking center stage, but tucked away on the second side was the x-ray downbeat of Insomnia In Dub. Like wandering a deserted shopping mall long after closing time, it was a spectral image of jazz radio fed through the haunted corridors of the echo chamber.
Carl Craig More Songs About Food And Revolutionary Art Planet E
With 1997's More Songs About Food And Revolutionary Art, Carl Craig seemed to gesture in both the direction of living room techno and electronic jazz all at once, highlighted by songs like Televised Green Smoke and At Les. Pulling in roughly five years worth of carefully crafted material, its fizzing electronics sparred with almost live-sounding drums to stunning effect. Two years later, Craig delved into jazz wholeheartedly with Innerzone Orchestra's Programmed, featuring a loose coterie of musicians centered around the core trio of Carl Craig, Francisco Mora Catlett and Craig Taborn.
Innerzone Orchestra Programmed Planet E/Community Projects
The record merged MPC-powered flight of fancy through hip hop (The Beginning Of The End), mercurial tech jazz (Eruption) and unsettling ambience (Blakula) with a set of seemingly improvised jams, some of which even centered on earlier Craig material like At Les and Bug In The Bassbin. It was a tour de force, and with the ensuing issue of a pair of 12" singles centered around the group's cover version of The Stylistics' People Make The World Go Round, a truly unmissable event. Featuring a jazzed-out house version from Kenny Dixon Jr.4 and a boom bap rap hip hop re-rub by J Dilla, it's scope reached out in myriad directions at once.
Jay Dee Welcome 2 Detroit BBE
I'd already known Kenny Dixon Jr.'s music for some time, but the two J88 mixes on the Innerzone 12" were my introduction to the work of J Dilla (or Jay Dee as he was then known). I hadn't yet heard the late-period Tribe and Pharcyde albums he was involved with, his years in the production unit The Ummah, so my intro came a bit later with the Welcome 2 Detroit LP (along with Slum Village's Fantastic Vols. 1 & 2). As usual, I worked my way back. The moody beats of Think Twice — based on an old Donald Byrd tune — were revelatory, casting electronic jazz as the hidden stepping stone between the worlds of dance music, hip hop and r&b, hinting that they weren't so far apart at all.
D'Angelo Voodoo Virgin
In a strange way, this parallels the early years of rave, when everything from hip hop to house, techno and rare groove would all rub shoulders on the dancefloor (more of that please!). Just substitute E's are good with Hennessey and smoked-out flavor. At the time, Jay Dee was at the epicenter of the Soulquarian collective, alongside figures like D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, and The Roots' Questlove and James Poyser. Records like D'Angelo's Voodoo and Badu's Mama's Gun were loose-limbed slabs of mahogany soul, their off-kilter relationship to straight r&b comparable to Moodymann's with house music on records like Mahogany Brown and Forevernevermore.
4 Hero Creating Patterns Virgin
Like I said, it's all of a piece with the jazzed-out corridors of electronic music. You can't quite slap a label on it, but you can feel the lattice of connections running beneath it all. 4 Hero's astral jazz flight from Parallel Universe to Creating Patterns found them working with neo soul chanteuse Jill Scott and spoken word poet Ursula Rucker, both of whom were in the Soulquarians' orbit. Dego and Marc Mac even rope in Cadet folksman Terry Callier (whose powerful What Color Is Love was featured prominently in the Op-ART Hall Of Fame) on The Day Of The Greys. Indeed, echoes Charles Stepney's lush, intricate orchestral arrangements on classic Cadet sides like Rotary Connection's Songs and Marlena Shaw's The Spice Of Life could be heard throughout 4 Hero's contemporary output.
Jazzanova The Remixes 1997-2000 Jazzanova Compost
Similarly, Jazzanova featured Vikter Duplaix on their long-awaited debut album In Between, although nothing could match the soaring bebop shuffle of Fedime's Flight (from their debut EP). Their two-disc remix anthology — released in the interim between those EPs and the album — was also superior, featuring prime jazz-inflected cuts like Marschmellows' Soulpower Jazzanova's Straight Dub Mix, along with remixes of 4 Hero's We Who Are Not As Others, Roy Davis Jr.'s Watch Them Come!!! and Ursula Rucker's Circe. The latter even showed up on a Groovetech set from Detroit's DJ Genesis that opened with the sultry downbeat of Abstract Truth's We Had A Thing before mixing into Circe's hypnotic, jazz-infused sway.
Various Artists 2000 Black: The Good Good Planet E
In the midst of all this jazz maneuvering, Dego and Marc Mac set up the 2000 Black label, which quickly became synonymous with the West London sound that came to be known as broken beat. This compilation — which was issued in the States by Carl Craig's Planet E imprint — pulled together twelve tracks on the label from artists like Titonton Duvanté, Nubian Minds and even Marc Mac's Nu Era project (previously associated with The Deepest Shade Of Techno). There was even a cameo from O.G. vibes man Roy Ayers, who reprised his 1980 monster-jam-with-Fela Kuti 2,000 Blacks Got To Be Free in MMBlack's titular 2000 Black.
Roni Size/Reprazent In The Mode Talkin' Loud
Broken beat was a tech jazz form that had spun out of jungle in its painful transformation into drum 'n bass, much like its more glamorous twin, UK garage. UK garage was to broken beat as platinum r&b was to neo soul, and I dug all of it about equally. Except for drum 'n bass, the new records of which I wasn't really feeling. I tried so hard with that second Reprazent album, but wound up hating it. They were still cool at 2001's Coachella though, even if the afternoon set by fellow Bristolians Smith & Mighty's was probably the highlight of the whole event for me.
Whereas Dieselboy's set was the worst! It was everything I hated about contemporary drum 'n bass boiled down into a rigid, linear, tinnitus-inducing treble-fest. I couldn't get down to it, had to make an excuse to go buy some (overpriced) water to recuperate. When I returned to the tent, a gust of wind blew the doorway flap open and the razor-blade hi-hats that poured out sent me reeling. I had to wait for the set to end before I could re-enter. Poor Snakes had been inside all along, still waiting for the water!
Roni Size/Reprazent New Forms Talkin' Loud
It kills me to be so negative about In The Mode, but that's only because Reprazent's first album is a stone cold classic, an album near and dear to my heart that I played to death at the time. I remember freezing in my room (which at this point time had no insulation or roof!) in the dead of winter,5 munching on Ramen and listening to Brown Paper Bag! New Forms is a sprawling double-album with a singular take on electronic jazz, all shot through a silicon-inflected, junglistic lens. A case where the record is housed in the perfect sleeve, this is 21st century music ahead of schedule.
Highlights are almost too numerous to count, but I'll try anyway. The rolling street-corner jazz joint Share The Fall (featured in two versions) and its bass-driven instrumental counterparts Hi-Potent and Brown Paper Bag, for one. The title track's twilight junglism sparring with Bahamadia's raps in a parallel dimension take on Supa Dupa Fly (which came out only a month later), mirrored by the ragged r&b of Watching Windows' block rockin' boom box beats. Share My Life's fragile atmosphere and nimble percussion moves, that arresting twang of the guitar seeming to stop time, and the plangent 21st century torch song that is Heroes.
Digital's bleep-tastic noir seems to open a Pi-shaped wormhole into the 1920s, where even the juke joint drum solo interlude (The Sounds Of Now) is a standout, coming on like a Bristol take on Silentintroduction. Yeah, yeah, I know this album has it's detractors. I hear the voices saying things like But it won the Mercury Prize! It's so jazzy/worthy/polite/aspirational! Give me some REAL jungle any day! I'm hard, no really! What can I say, they're all wrong. New Forms still slays with no apology whatsoever. There's whole worlds tucked away in these grooves, and I love all of them.
4 Hero Parallel Universe Reinforced
My biggest jungle record of the year, however, was even older! I'd finally managed to track down a copy of 4 Hero's Parallel Universe, and from then on it was never far from the soundsystem. On my lunch break I used to walk over to the Clairemont Bowl to grab a bite to eat, soak up the atmosphere, play some video games and map out the future. This was the soundtrack running through my mind during those sessions. Like UR once said, Something Happened On Dollis Hill. Despite being seven years old at the time, it seemed oddly in step with everything that was going on around me.
You could even make the case that it was some sort of foundational text in the whole endeavor, breaking away from rave and blurring the lines between everything that was then called urban music. Even in 2001, Dego and Marc Mac were still on fire. There was not only the Creating Patterns LP and the 2000 Black compilation, but the brilliant skewed electronica of Nu Era's Broken Techno EP. All of which were equally marked by their distance from the bygone days of jungle's reign. By this point, 4 Hero had long since left jungle behind.
Photek Solaris Science
Around the same time, Photek also departed from the drum 'n bass noir of of his previous records, heading into the deep blue waters of Solaris. Snakes and I were huge fans of the man's music. He'd tuned me into Modus Operandi years earlier, a record that we continued playing incessantly through the new millennium. Its claustrophobic, paranoid soundscapes split the difference between Pi and The Parallax View, twisting strange shapes and textures into a spectral work of foreboding. Far out!
Then out of nowhere Photek's making house music, still steeped in dread, but light years away from anything he'd previously done. Two unclassifiable breakbeat jams — Terminus and Junk — opened Solaris, hovering in darkness somewhere between jungle and trip hop with drums sounding like shearing metal, they plied a similar rough-edged b-boy vision as contemporary Terranova. It's all very Terminal Vibration. Paired with the pristine, ice cold synths of the record's denouement — the stretch of bleak trip hop in Halogen and Lost Blue Heaven through the stark isolationism of Under The Palms — it came on like an alternate soundtrack to Heat (shades of ECM in the wings). So lonely, but among palm trees.
Robert Owens Love Will Find Its Way: The Best Of Robert Owens Unisex
The record's big surprise was it's dark heart of moody house music, beating in 4/4 time. Glamourama and Solaris molded the paranoid atmosphere of Modus Operandi to a pumping 4/4 beat, while Mine To Give and Can't Come Down both featured the vocals of Chicago house don Robert Owens. Reese basslines all over the shop. I'd been a big fan of Robert Owens through Tears and I'll Be Your Friend, in particular. For some reason, I was under the (mistaken) impression that Bobby Konders had produced the latter, probably due to some mix up in my mind with Jus' Friends' As One (the record Konders and Owens actually made together). Then there was that excellent Love Will Find Its Way box set that came out soon after, pulling his whole career into focus. That's an invaluable cache of modern soul right there.
Roy Davis Jr. Traxx From The Nile Bombay
All of this activity dovetailed beautifully with the night I picked up Roy Davis Jr.'s brilliant Traxx From The Nile album, which is the most lush, spiritual garage record you could ever hope for. Imagine a disco record that exists in the continuum of Marvin Gaye's What's Going On, Stevie Wonder Talking Book and Curtis Mayfield's Roots, and you're still only halfway there. I remember like it was yesterday: I was staying on Mohawk for the week, where I'd lugged my system over to make beats, bombing back and forth between school, work and the record store in my uncle's truck. I walked out of the record store and into the night and put Traxx From The Nile into the player and just cruised around town, tunes like Remember The Day, About Love and even a live version of Rock Shock enveloping me in the vehicle's womb-like interior.
Glenn Underground The Jerusalem EP's Peacefrog
Ah yes, it's all coming back to me now! A flurry of records at the deep end: Glenn Underground's The Jerusalem EP's (jazz funk gets down at the disco). Marshall Jefferson's The Horse Is Coming (I used to zone out to its trancelike shapes, even if its rapid-fire/fast-forward electronic soul made it hard not to speed behind the wheel). Lil' Louis' From The Mind Of Lil' Louis and Journey With The Lonely, along with the French Kiss 12" with all the remixes (visionary, half-lit post-Prince/Jamie Principle odyshape house music... that's a story in it's own right). ALL the Paperclip People records (punk-disco to a man). Theo Parrish's First Floor (faded, low-slung deep house with all the rough edges still intact). Dubtribe Sound System's Bryant Street (which is 84% stunning Larry Levan-would-have-played-this-at-the-Paradise Garage Latin-tinged disco magic, 16% you wish dude wouldn't try rapping over some of the beats). Jungle Wonz's The Jungle (the missing link between Jamie Principle and The Last Poets). Larry Heard's all-instrumental classic Ammnesia.
Mr. Fingers Ammnesia Jack Trax
That last one, the Mr. Fingers record, I couldn't even find at the time. I'd downloaded it and burned to disc, and then a little later only had a vinyl bootleg. It wasn't until Japan's P-Vine imprint6 reissued it a few years back that I finally had the real thing. You've got stone cold classics sure 'nuff, tracks like Can You Feel It, Washing Machine and Mystery Of Love, tracks everyone knows and loves, but then there's these shimmering, shadowy gems like Bye Bye, Amnesia and Let's Dance All Night tucked away on the b-side. Not to mention Stars, which is the square root of Lil' Louis' French Kiss (which is itself the square root of trance). Thinks back to teenage me exclaiming, What am I hearing?! What is this amazing music?!? Where has this been all my life?!?!?
Larry Heard Sceneries Not Songs, Volume One Black Market International
Dig that sleeve!
Those burnished machine soul shapes of the Bye Bye/Amnesia/Let's Dance All Night trilogy seemed to hint at what he'd be up to in the coming decade, first with Mr. Fingers' Introduction and then his twin Sceneries Not Songs records. All of which were deep, downbeat house slates that infused his trademark warm electronic grooves with strong jazz and even Andreas Vollenweider-esque new age shapes (I always dug the way Moodymann pulled a similar trick with Runaway!). Headphone music. This was house music that worked alongside Massive Attack's Blue Lines, a connection made literal by Heard's remix of Any Love, as included on the eponymous Massive Attack EP.
Various Artists Headz: A Soundtrack Of Experimental Beathead Jams Mo Wax
Heard's tracks would even crop up on trip hop compilations like Mo Wax's Headz and Wall Of Sound's Give 'Em Enough Dope. I always wanted a copy of the Black Oceans 12", but it's inclusion on the Deep States compilation meant I'd still get to hear it. Against all odds, I did find his mid-nineties Alien LP at the Pacific Beach Music Trader. That's a great record right there. The Dance Of Planet X is the direct link between jazzed-out nineties Larry Heard and all those eighties Mr. Fingers records. It's a sound one wishes had a higher profile in the mainstream of its day, after all it would have perfectly complemented what was happening in the twin worlds of r&b and techno. Even the jazz stations could have given it a look-in.
Larry Heard Love's Arrival Track Mode/Alleviated
Heard developed this sound further yet with turn-of-the-century records like Genesis and Love's Arrival, which are exquisite late-night-city-lights music. Vibes. You even had that great Theo Parrish dub of Missing You on the 12", all spooked electronic high-pitched organs draped over a low-slung groove, sounding like something from The Parallax View. That's the name for a whole sub-genre I've been meaning to conjure up: Parallax House. Watch that take off! Hand to the forehead, it just came to me. See also Solaris and Green Velvet. Anyway, back to Larry Heard. Larry Heard Larry Heard Larry Heard. Larry Heard is the man. I dig nearly everything he's put out, but his earliest material is what lies closest to my heart (Ammnesia at the epicenter). Strangely enough, it always pairs in my mind with the early output of a certain duo from Dollis Hill...
Various Artists Earthbeat Jumpin' & Pumpin'
No, not that pair, silly! I'm talking about Brian Dougans and Gary Cobain, aka The Future Sound Of London. FSOL's early beats have the same doesn't sound quite like anything else quality that Ammnesia does. On this score, their early releases are where it's at. The Earthbeat compilation rounds up a brace of some of their best material, starting with Stakker Humanoid and culminating with the splendid Accelerator LP. This is music that Snakes and I were mainlining on at the tail end of high school, and it wound up being a huge influence on what we were trying to do with the Aztek and Mettrex setups.
Mental Cube Chile Of The Bass Generation Debut
The records collected on Earthbeat7 were released under names like Mental Cube, Semi Real and Yage, along with prime material spread across the four-record series of Pulse EPs. This is prime breakbeat-driven techno, all surfaces shimmering across its rugged bottom end, it seems to split the difference between Acen and The Scientist on one hand, and Mr. Fingers and Rhythim Is Rhythim on the other. Like Cabaret Voltaire, it's the perfect soundtrack to the great cyberpunk film that hasn't yet been made. The stunning, derezzed sleeve art of both artists seems to bear this out. You can't beat the glitz of a track like Candese's You Took My Love, which more than anything else here harks back to Brian Dougans' earliest club-friendly material as Humanoid.
Humanoid Global Humanoid Westside
Which if you dig vocal dance music of the Inner City variety, or even hip house and freestyle for that matter, you really shouldn't sleep on. Last I checked, the 12"s are still pretty findable. This is flashy vocal club music firmly in step with the times (the times in this case being the late eighties). Stuttering samples everywhere. Back in the day, when all our records were at The Snakepit, I had a Humanoid cassette that I'd taped from the 12" singles for Slam and The Deep (which we'd found at Frankie Bones' Sonic Groove online shop!) and the Global Humanoid album. There's an almost undisclosed cache of acidic instrumentals hidden within as well, tracks like Cry Baby and Sunshine & Brick, not to mention that the record opens with that epochal slab of British acid Stakker Humanoid (here titled simply Humanoid).
Inner City Big Fun 10
Speaking of Inner City, I've gotta throw a little love in Kevin Saunderson and Paris Grey's direction. Back in late '99, I was in the racks at the Hazard Center Wherehouse after getting off work (delivering Chinese food), when what do I see but this CD staring back at me. Inner City... I knew Ahnongay from Kevin Saunderson's Faces & Phases compilation. Also that Inner City had mainly done vocal tracks. Could it be? It certainly looked like old Master Reese staring back at me, decked out in a leather trench coat and shades (like Morpheus before his time!). After consulting the credits and finding Saunderson's name, I made the plunge. It turned out to be the U.S. issue of their debut album. As someone who'd been primed on Faces & Phases and Deep Space Radio, I must admit I was shocked! In place of the heavy sonics I was accustomed to were a set of chipper club-friendly house trax!
Inner City Watcha Gonna Do With My Lovin' Virgin
Like Sly & The Family Stone, the shock gradually wore off and it became another favorite. I remember doing an 80s set on Stevie G.'s Radio E show around that time, and closing out the set with the Def Radio Mix of Inner City Watcha Gonna Do With My Lovin' (which was included on this U.S. version in place of Power Of Passion). The full Knuckles/Morales Def Mix is truly something to behold, eight minutes of languid downbeat house perfection. To this day, I swear that you can hear the germ of Massive Attack in there somewhere (Unfinished Sympathy, Weather Storm, et. al). I think its in the pianos somewhere, the sighing string section and the slow-motion splendor.
Incidentally, Power Of Passion is also a great tune. I'd always read it was lame, the critics seemed to concur that it was the worst track on the album, so I put off getting the original version of the album (titled Paradise) for years. They're all wrong, of course. A true anomaly within the context of the original album (which is probably why they hated it), it drags the tempos way down to a casual 909 shuffle, its combination of Gaussian-blurred synths and Grey's ethereal croon sounding like some improbable precursor to Kelis' digital sun-glazed ballads on 2001's Wanderland!
Kelis Wanderland Virgin
Which is quite stunning in itself. If I'm not mistaken, it never had an American release, which is insane! This is the sister record to N*E*R*D's In Search Of..., both of which achieved this weird détente between platinum rap (in sound) and neo soul (in spirit) right at the turn of the century. I always thought the atmosphere here bore a strong resemblance to UR's whole Nation 2 Nation series of records. Actually, at the time I had this whole fantasy of merging the two, r&b and techno in deep space. That was the idea with the Shadez Of Colour project (what do you think the Neptune Orbit One suite was all about!?). Ah, well, SA-RA beat me to it!
N*E*R*D In Search Of... Virgin
In Search Of... is nearly as good. I always thought Simon Reynolds' comparing this music to seventies Isley Brothers records like Harvest Of The World was incredibly apt. An astute observation. I'll make the claim that these are the best Neptunes productions until Hell Hath No Fury (with Wanderland being their best ever). I hear you with your Drop It Like It's Hots, your Hollaback Girls and even Toxic, but trust me, The Neptunes were never this good again. These 2001-era records are like 2001: A Space Odyssey, while all those others are more like 2010: The Year We Make Contact.
Basement Jaxx Remedy XL
Speaking of Toxic, I always thought that tune was The Neptunes trying their hand at sounding like Basement Jaxx. There was this great to-ing and fro-ing between Jaxx and American r&b at the time, with Remedy's U Can't Stop Me inspired by what Timbaland had been up to and then Missy Elliott's Miss E... So Addictive seeming to take a page out of the Jaxx's handbook. That's what it's all about: exchange of ideas. Meeting of the minds!
Man, I loved Basement Jaxx. They had this beautiful punk-disco thing going on, all frenetic edits and rough edges, that I just couldn't get enough of. I mean, I love Daft Punk as much as the next man, but put them head to head and for me it's no contest. I'm weird that way. And I always wished that the 48-second Gemilude had been stretched out into a full-length track! In passing, I just realized that I forgot to mention Gemini's A Moment Of Insanity (featuring the great Crossing Mars), Le Fusion and In Neutral in that wall of house paragraph earlier, all of which were in heavy rotation as well.
Basement Jaxx Rooty XL
Jaxx even keyed into things like eighties electro boogie and freestyle on their sophomore album Rooty, riding the first stirrings of the crest that would culminate in the full-fledged 80s revival, and putting them right up my alley. Maybe less consistent than the debut, but the peaks? Romeo, Get Me Off, Breakaway and Where's Your Head At... oh my! The continuum running from Fly Life to Yo-Yo to Get Me Off to Lucky Star (although that last one's outside today's time frame, featuring as it does the great Dizzee Rascal) is an exquisite track-by-track five-year trajectory that speaks for itself.
Outkast Stankonia LaFace
One of Rooty's big eighties signposts was Prince, whose direct influence rapidly began to felt once again as the millennium turned. Most notably in Outkast's Stankonia, which found the duo spiking their Atlanta rap with a healthy dose of Paisley Park. Ms. Jackson! See also the Atomic Dog stylings of I'll Call Before I Come and Humble Mumble's intricate digital boogie. Echoes of Funkadelic, Mantronix, Miami bass and Mtume, Curtis Mayfield and Cameo, Electric Ladyland and the Minneapolis sound. Spinning them all off in myriad different directions, of course.8
It's all so patently at the ground floor of whole swathes of 21st century music that it winds up being the perfect place to end this (extended) riff. A little walk down memory lane that sets us up for the next monster segment, the final stretch of Terminal Vibration: the story of Machine Soul. Wherein the chassis of funk and soul are shot through with the cold silicon implements of electronics, RoboCop-style. New Detroit. The soundtrack to the future.
Sicko, Dan. Techno Rebels: The Renegades Of Electronic Funk. New York: Billboard, 1999. 32-66. Print.
I remember thinking the same thing about Chicago's 25 Or 6 To 4, off of Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits, which was the oldest sounding record Pops listened to a lot. Although that's also the record that first got me acclimated to this era back in high school (Beginnings was the jam!).
Interesting to reflect that Prince associate André Cymone later went on to produce Adam Ant's swingbeat-tinged Manners & Physique (one of the first CDs I ever owned!).
The Kenny Dixon, Jr. Remix was actually something more like a dream live jam, featuring Amp Fiddler, Bubs Fiddler and Norma Jean Bell riffing on the tune's original theme for a solid nine minutes.
Yeah, yeah, I know it's Southern California. It only gets so cold here. What can I say, I've always been a tropical man at heart.
P-Vine did all those People Records reissues, The J.B.'s, Lyn Collins and Maceo Parker, along with the Lowrell album and even the N.Y.C. Peech Boys!
Which was also the name of their studio in Dollis Hill, London. It was either upstairs or downstairs from 4 Hero's studio (I can never remember which).
Even if my favorite track was the relatively straightforward southern rap of Spaghetti Junction!
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Posted on November 29, 2018 @ 11:44pm by Coqui
Walter Becker & Donald Fagen
I grew up with this crew's music. Pops had all the albums, even Donald Fagen's solo record The Nightfly. Countdown To Ecstasy, The Royal Scam and Aja were in heavy rotation working on projects in the garage. I've still got distinct memories of Bodhisattva and Kid Charlemagne kicking off a hard day's work. I also remember hearing the radio announcement that they were coming to town in '94, with the duo back together for the first time in nearly 15 years. This the summer of Warren G's Regulate and its integral use the groove from frequent Dan collaborator Michael McDonald's I Keep Forgettin'. That was cool.
I was gutted to hear of Walter Becker's passing last year. Like Bowie, the duo seemed like they'd be around forever. I always thought I'd get the chance to see them play live after their triumphant comeback at the turn of the century, a time when they seemed to come to town with some regularity. Just goes to show you: don't put these things off! (Perhaps appropriately) this piece isn't terribly organized or in-depth, just a deeply personal selection of random access memories of these beatnik denizens residing comfortably at the interface of rock and jazz in singular fashion.
Steely Dan The Royal Scam ABC
I really came to Steely Dan's music around the turn of the century, when my brother Brian got into them in a big way. He was the skater getting down with the Purdie shuffle, knocking out a kickflip to The Caves Of Altamira. Around that time, we seemed to watch the great Aja documentary1 once a fortnight, in between movies like Tin Men, Scarface and The Good, The Bad And The Ugly, videos that I'd check out from the Clairemont Library (where I was working at the time).
Steely Dan Aja ABC
That's one of the great music documentaries ever, sidestepping the often gossipy tenor of the format and getting down to the nitty gritty of the music itself (images of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker hunched over the mixing desk, isolating tracks in playback!). The other highlight being giants like Wayne Shorter and Bernie Purdie showing up like it's no big deal. It dovetailed nicely with the era's studio experimentation with Snakes, our post-Slam/Keven Saunderson beats inspiring dreams of being the Steely Dan of techno(!)2 Santiago, innit.
Kruder & Dorfmeister DJ-Kicks Studio !K7
The thing with this music is that it made perfect sense in light of what I happened to be listening to anyway, current favorites like 4 Hero, Innerzone Orchestra, Erykah Badu and As One alongside the vintage sounds of Herbie Hancock, Sly Stone and Curtis Mayfield, music that I'd only recently begun to explore (now that I was finally making decent money working at the library!). Even slightly earlier, I remember hearing Karma's Look Up Dere — in the context of Kruder & Dorfmeister's DJ-Kicks — and clocking the sample from The Royal Scam. I used to listen to Jazzanova's remix anthology an awful lot too.
Steely Dan Countdown To Ecstasy ABC
My brother had all the albums so, due to that brotherly policy where you don't double up on albums the other one owns (since you can just borrow them down the hall),3 I didn't pick them up until a bit later. I remember the exact occasion like it was yesterday too: a young lady canceled a date with me the hour before, and rather than get all melancholy over the fact, I made a beeline for the Sports Arena Tower Records. My thinking being, hey, why not just spend the date money on records instead? Which of course turned it into a win/win situation in an instant!
Bryan Ferry Another Time, Another Place Island
I ended up scoring the bulk of both the Steely Dan and Bryan Ferry back catalogs (on sale, no less!), and then spent the rest of the day down at Mission Beach listening to them. I used to keep a beach chair stashed in my truck for just such occasions. Memories of the summer sun setting over the Pacific Ocean to the strains of Deacon Blues. Languid and bittersweet, and so on and so forth. That turned out to be a pretty good day.
Donald Fagen The Nightfly MCA
Not long after, I picked up the two new records — Two Against Nature and Everything Must Go, along with Fagen's solo debut The Nightfly. The latter record's central conceit mirroring my own fantasies of somehow scoring a late night slot on some local radio station, deep in the mix after midnight playing a selection of Recloose, UR and BFC records. My other foundational memory is of those landlocked mid-summer days back in '95, my brother and I chilling out to the sun-glazed daydream slipstream of China Crisis (two albums of whose were Becker-produced), beats melting into the urban haze.
Steely Dan Katy Lied ABC
If it's difficult to separate the music from the memories in this case, such are they so closely intertwined, it's even more so trying to choose a favorite album. Theirs is a discography you almost want to take in as a whole rather than anything more piecemeal, the whole story stretching the length of its expanse, creeping into its nooks and crannies. With key tracks like Razor Boy, Any World That I'm Welcome To and Third World Man never making the compilations, the singles don't even tell half the story!
And I couldn't do without the (totally atypical) Byrds-reminiscent hoedown With A Gun, even if the band themselves seem rater unimpressed by the track.
Steely Dan Can't Buy A Thrill ABC
As such, it's difficult to land on a favorite album. At various times it's been the relatively rugged Countdown To Ecstasy, The Royal Scam's overcast dread, Katy Lied's perfect fusion of both sides of the coin and (more recently) the sleek shapes of Gaucho. I still go back and forth. Sometimes I think that against all odds Can't Buy A Thrill is the one, with all the rough edges the debut outing entails. After all, Do It Again still sounds like the blueprint for the whole nineties Dust Brothers aesthetic. 'Nuff flavor!
Steely Dan Greatest Hits ABC
Complicating matters further is that the original 1970s Greatest Hits has what might be their greatest sleeve of all,4 while FM (recorded for the soundtrack to the film of the same name)5 came out a year later, thus missing the cut. Aja is a near perfect record (the volcanic build up to Wayne Shorter's solo in the title track, swoon!), but I always thought I Got The News let down the side a little bit. Maybe I should cook up a little playlist?
Steely Dan Pretzel Logic ABC
At the end of the day, Steely Dan, with their beatnik vibes and smart-ass sensibility, coupled with a supreme knack for penning a killer tune, often came out head and shoulders above many of their more serious peers.6 As such, it seemed like checking in with these cats was the perfect way to sign off with the canyon, for instance, seeing as these eternal outsiders technically weren't even canyon figures at all!
Steely Dan Gaucho MCA
The duo's search for studio perfection found them staring the machine squarely in the eye (see Gaucho's state-of-the-art production techniques, sequenced rhythms, etc.), standing in stark contrast to the longhair, loose-fitting spirit of the times (the be-suited jazz interface meets Kraftwerk?). That's a pretty far-sighted move, in retrospect. It's the perfect rejoinder to bring us back to the Room's normal mode of operation and into the realm of Terminal Vibration's final chapter: 1980 and the interface of machine soul.
Classic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja. Eagle Vision, 1989. Documentary.
Upon reflection, perhaps Deep Space Network fits the bill best of all?
The same went for Van Halen and Led Zeppelin.
And later sampled by Smith & Mighty on the great Bass Is Maternal LP.
That sleeve always makes me flash on Spacetime Continuum's Double Fine Zone, which come to think of it isn't entirely inappropriate.
Not unlike, dare I say it... Ween!
Posted on November 29, 2018 May 3, 2019 Categories FiguresTags 4 Hero, Aja, Another Time Another Place, Any World (That I'm Welcome To), As One, Bass Is Maternal, Bernard Purdie, BFC, Bodhisattva, Bryan Ferry, Can't Buy A Thrill, China Crisis, Clairemont, Clairemont Library, Classic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja, Countdown To Ecstasy, Curtis Mayfield, David Bowie, Deacon Blues, Deep Space Network, DJ-Kicks, Do It Again, Donald Fagen, Double Fine Zone, Erykah Badu, Everything Must Go, FM, FM (No Static At All), Greatest Hits, Herbie Hancock, I Got The News, I Keep Forgettin', Innerzone Orchestra, Jazzanova, Karma, Katy Lied, Kevin Saunderson, Kid Charlemagne, Kraftwerk, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Led Zeppelin, Look Up Dere, Michael McDonald, Mission Beach, Pacific Ocean, Pops, Pretzel Logic, Razor Boy, Recloose, Regulate, Santiago, Scarface, Slam, Sly Stone, Smith & Mighty, Snakes, Spacetime Continuum, Sports Arena, Steely Dan, The Byrds, The Caves Of Altamira, The Dust Brothers, The Good The Bad And The Ugly, The Nightfly, The Remixes 1997-2000, The Royal Scam, Third World Man, Tin Men, Tower Records, Two Against Nature, Two Weeks In The Canyon, Underground Resistance, Van Halen, Walter Becker, Warren G, Wayne Shorter, Ween, With A GunLeave a comment on Steely Dan
RAG018: Autumn 2018
Posted on November 25, 2018 @ 4:16pm by Coqui
Radio AG Episode 018 L.A.'s Desert Origins
Knee deep in the canyon, we pick up where we left off four years ago with the Autumn 2018 episode of Radio AG for your listening pleasure. Kicking off with a slew of rock hard canyon breaks, we shift gears from country rock into baroque pop and then bluesy rock 'n roll, ultimately hitting the homestretch checking into the marina for departure... strap yourselves in for an excursion into L.A.'s desert origins.
Greetings from San Diego...
Dennis Wilson Dreamer Caribou
From the bad Brother's solo debut, Pacific Ocean Blue, which negotiates The Beach Boys' sunshine pop in the overcast haze of late 1970s malaise. Dig the no-nonsense wall of pressure in that downbeat riverboat groove, not to mention the mile-high horn section in the towering chorus.
Little Feat Strawberry Flats Warner Bros.
Raw roots rock from Lowell George's band of L.A. outlaws, Little Feat's debut is completely indispensable, packed with indelible tune after tune in a stunning eleven song sequence. Like much of the record, this is driven by the heavy, low-slung breakbeats of Richie Hayward, complemented here by the brilliant piano lines of Bill Payne. The Clash in denim.
Carole King Sweet Sweetheart Ode
From King's oft-overlooked debut album, which exists in the shadow of her sophomore smash Tapestry. Lacking the trademark lush production that Lou Adler would later lend to that record (along which most of those on his Ode imprint), this was produced instead John Fischbach, with rougher edges than elsewhere but the added bonus of rock hard beats in the driver's seat. Shades of Stax/Volt may be felt between the lines.
Stephen Stills Rock & Roll Crazies/Cuban Bluegrass Atlantic
More hip hop-ready canyon breaks, this time from Dallas Taylor on the Stephen Stills-helmed Manassas project, a canyon supergroup of sorts also including bassist extraordinaire Chris Hillman. Casually funky inna Wooden Ships/Cowboy Movie stylee, there's definite traces of Stills' love for Caribbean music in the extended bridge. A great record, Manassas.
Essra Mohawk Spiral Reprise
I'd always figured Mohawk's loosely funky 1975 self-titled album was my pick, but the multifaceted vision of Primordial Lovers crept up on me in a big way over the last year, plowing as it does a deeper furrow. The almost ESP Disk-style ramshackle folk/funk pile up of Spiral even presages the later album, while also harking back to Erica Pomerance's mind-blowing You Used To Think.
Bob Dylan Quinn The Eskimo The Mighty Quinn Columbia
More funky canyon breaks, from Dylan himself this time, while in the thick of his country rock phase. Taken from the oft-maligned Self Portrait, which is actually a true grab bag of delights in the tradition of The Basement Tapes. The Mighty Quinn was later covered by Manfred Mann to great effect, however its the ridiculous, ramshackle charm of Dylan's original that remains closest to my heart.
The Byrds Fido Columbia
This genial country rock tune, with its casually funky groove and rolling percussion breakdown, spun me 'round the first time I heard it. I just wasn't expecting this sort of magic in the band's late period albums — but like The Beach Boys' contemporary records — they're littered with them (see also Bad Night At The Whiskey and Lover Of The Bayou)! Taken from Ballad Of Easy Rider, the second album by The Mk. II Byrds, this features the lead vocals of John York (who also wrote the tune). One for the dog lovers out there.
The Flying Burrito Bros Hot Burrito #2 A&M
Peerless country rock from Gram's gang. Always loved this one's melding of sweet piano-led sentiment and fuzzed up frenzy, culminating in heavy organ and Parsons' exasperated cry of Jesus Christ! in the chorus. The chord progression that accompanies the So it goes bridge is simply magical. This tune exemplary of The Bros visionary fusion of soul and country, also seen in the band's choice of covers (Do Right Woman and Dark End Of The Street).
Love Singing Cowboy Elektra
Sublime acid-fried country from the second incarnation of Arthur Lee's Love, also known as garage era-Love (so named by me — just now — for the fact that the sessions were recorded in an abandoned warehouse). Dig the track's galloping (there's no other way to put it) cinematic thrust, riding roughshod over its rambling verse with a churning chorus and quintessentially Love-style bridge. Exiting just before the extended coda, and fading into...
Crazy Horse Beggars Day Reprise
'Nuff dread, Beggars Day seems to exist as pure pressure, bearing down on the listener with its diamond-hard attack. When that savage organs enters the fray in the chorus, the effect is massive. Like Little Feat, Crazy Horse's debut is indispensable, dragging country rock down into the depths of the subconscious with the ragged glory that one would expect from the crew that Neil Young turned to whenever he really wanted to rock out.
Eagles Too Many Hands Asylum
Rolling, filmic country rock — with killer apocalyptic harmonies in the climax — from this band of canyon desperadoes, and one of the biggest bands of the era. That this song is almost obscure (or as obscure as an Eagles song can be, not making either of the band's Greatest Hits) is surprising. I'd never heard this song before picking up the album, and it just might be my favorite thing by the band. Why isn't this on classic rock radio?! Certainly beats that Life In The Fast Lane nonsense!!
David Axelrod The Smile Capitol
Impossibly lush baroque-jazz-psychedelic magic from David Axelrod's debut, with its towering chamber orchestra stylings balanced atop the funky framework of Carol Kaye's basslines and Earl Palmer's breakbeats. The original soundtrack in search of a film, this almost seems made with the nineties in mind (see also Marvin Gaye's Trouble Man OST). That the Rolling Stone hated it is an added bonus!
Shawn Phillips Lookin' Up Lookin' Down A&M
Mini-epic movement from right smack in the middle of Shawn Phillips' Second Contribution, a flowing suite of orchestral progressive folk. Lookin' Up Lookin' Down echoes the record's central melodic motif, outlined from the beginning, in a subdued, downbeat setting that gradually builds to a slow-motion crescendo adorned by Phillips' arcing falsetto to breathtaking effect. I'd venture that fans of Scott Walker would dig this.
Captain Beyond Raging River Of Fear Capricorn
West Coast metal in full effect! Shades of space rock too, in a high desert stylee. That crunchy riff, rock-hard beats and rolling bassline hit you like a kick in the chest, nimble to a level you'd hardly expect from such hard rocking music.
Iron Butterfly Iron Butterfly Theme ATCO
The flipside of the coin, Iron Butterfly's sludgy dirge Iron Butterfly Theme drags its tail across the desert sand like a dejected brontosaurus. This is stoner metal avant la lettre, its searing guitars crying to the heavens as sub-Doors organ runs and a throbbing bassline barely propels it all forward. You wouldn't like it...
Buffalo Springfield Everydays ATCO
L.A.'s other great folk rock institution gets down with some tasty lounge lizard action on their sophomore album, Buffalo Springfield Again. In many ways Neil Young's album (as George Harrison is to Revolver), featuring songs like Expecting To Fly and Broken Arrow, Everydays — a quintessential Stephen Stills moment — is nevertheless a highlight of the record.
The Mamas & The Papas Got A Feelin' Dunhill
Sublimely baroque folk pop from the canyon's first family, this ethereal ballad off the debut presages the lush turn the band later would take on Deliver. Gorgeously understated, with a languid, hypnotic sway, this is every bit the equal of the record's more famous moments like Monday Monday and California Dreamin'.
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass The Lonely Bull El Solo Toro A&M
Driving the point home with my whole Mamas/Tijuana Brass equations (illustrated most explicitly on Boys & Girls Together) with this laidback instrumental from Herb Alpert's debut LP. Self-released on his own A&M imprint, The Lonely Bull was the record that launched his empire in the first place. Squint and you'll find shades of Morricone tucked away in there...
The Zodiac Taurus - The Voluptuary Elektra
I've already gone on about this record in detail, and now you get to hear a little bit of it. Taurus - The Voluptuary represents the record at its most dreamlike and mellow. I'm only sorry that I couldn't include more of the track, with its eerie mood and spectral textures. Still, it's more than enough to set up Spirit for the lay up.
Spirit Gramophone Man Ode
After all, there's only one Spirit. This is choice material from their debut, its verses the very definition of languid even as they build to the exquisitely britpoppy chorus (see also Uncle Jack). Later sampled by Peanut Butter Wolf to great effect on My Vinyl Weighs A Ton, one of those great moments of trans-Californian continuity.
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Where There's Woman Buddah
Beefheart's debut album at its most overcast and foreboding (alongside Autumn's Child), I often think this bears more than a passing resemblance to the doom-laden atmosphere often conjured by Jefferson Airplane. Of course the track's rolling tom tom chorus is pure abstract blues, and just the sort of thing you'd expect from the good Captain.
The Doors Ship Of Fools Elektra
This has long been one of my favorite Doors moments, sounding like little else around. Superb contrast between the bouncy verses and the moody modal jazz shapes of the bridge, linking the band's dusty late-period blues material to their earlier Gothic psychedelia. It's also an invaluable conduit between peak-era psychedelia and 70s jazz fission as exemplified by Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, which brings us to...
Gabor Szabo Amazon Blue Thumb
Signaling our arrival into marina territory, Gabor Szabo and Bobby Womack play dueling guitars over a sensually smooth proto-jazz funk rhythm. This is the greatest exotica track that never gets mentioned when discussing exotica (images of James Bond poolside spring to mind). You can't knock the effortless panache on display here.
Crosby, Stills & Nash Dark Star Atlantic
Overcast yacht disco from the canyon's golden trio (after all, they're actually on a yacht on the record's sleeve). I've always noted (perhaps hallucinated) virtual links with Bowie's The Secret Life Of Arabia and Franz Ferdinand's Outsiders, that same sense of ghost ships running down the horizon. That there are great, compact harmonies almost goes without saying...
Warren Zevon Join Me In L.A. Asylum
Understated monster groove from Zevon's debut, this is the square root of Nighttime In The Switching Yard (not to mention Ian Dury, Chris Rea and Sandinista!. Night drive music. The half-lit, neon-tinged mood here remarkably evocative, shearing as it does into weary-eyed 3 a.m. disco in the coda.
Tim Buckley Sweet Surrender Warner Bros.
The track John Lydon played on Capitol Radio back in 1977 on Tommy Vance's show. Its leisurely, snaking rhythm perfectly continuing the mood of the Zevon track, this song's erotic canyon sway lies directly in the kosmische drift of Buckley's Gypsy Woman, to which it's a more than worthy follow up. The spectral strings a particularly winning touch.
Joni Mitchell Edith And The Kingpin Asylum
From The Hissing Of Summer Lawns, Joni Mitchell's 1975 jazz-tinged paradise. I'm a huge fan of this era of the woman's music, there's so much to explore and get lost in. As I've said before, this goes down a treat with turn-of-the-century tech jazz and r&b (errant glimpses too of Stereolab). Edith And The Kingpin strangely (and effortlessly) moving.
Beaver & Krause Peace Three Recap Nonesuch
I was originally planning to sign off with Gandharva's Good Places, but switched to this blissful fragment of 1968 electronica at the last minute. Part of the reason I was initially disappointed with this duo's later work is that this sounds exactly like Boards Of Canada's Music Has The Right To Children about thirty years ahead of schedule.
Fragile and divine, it's a fitting end to our little desert journey...
Edits: Slye.
Time stretching: Slye and Nautilus Jones.
Vibes: Boz Scaggs, Greetings From L.A., Canned Heat, Fifth Dimension, Don Van Vliet, Palm Desert, Merle Haggard, The Omega Man, Kirk Degiorgio, The Soft Parade, Steely Dan, Fiona Apple, Whatever Happened To Benny Santini?, Assault On Precinct 13, The Electric Prunes, MoWest, Jimi Tenor, The Island At The Top Of The World, Ian O'Brien, River Blindness, Janet Jackson, Wavelength, Public Image Ltd.
Note: Radio AG interstitials accompanied by recurring samples from Beaver & Krause's The Nonesuch Guide To Electronic Music.
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The Zodiac – Cosmic Sounds
The Zodiac Cosmic Sounds
Elektra 1967
Once I posted the final cut of the Geology 35 last week, I began to have a nagging suspicion that I'd forgotten something. An unintentional omission, perhaps. It was there hanging in the back of my mind, gradually coalescing into a vague outline, seeming to be something at the David Axelrod/Fifty Foot Hose end of the spectrum. And then it hits me, Monday afternoon: I hadn't made an omission... I made the omission. The omission was this little record, Cosmic Sounds, credited to a group called The Zodiac. Standing at the axis of The Byrds' Fifth Dimension, David Axelrod's Song Of Innocence and The Doors' self-titled debut, its emblematic of the entire L.A. beatnik trip melting into the long tail of psychedelia. It's the post-jazz slipstream of folk art's molten ore and studio-brewed sonic honey seeping down the cracks in the canyon, animating pictographs on the sandstone walls as they spring to life, dancing to the rhythms in stark relief against the night sky. Just check that sleeve art! Fortunately, it's not too late to slip it in as November's Tile Of The Month, an appropriate climax to a simple two weeks in the canyon that transformed into an extended expedition downwards into canyon geology. So consider this an ornate and baroquely executed exclamation point to the whole affair, a Coda in the true Led Zeppelin sense of the word, illustrating the sacred geometry of this sprawling landscape and driving the point home.
Cosmic Sounds was initially envisioned by none other than Elektra head honcho Jac Holzman, inspired by the possibilities opened up by The Doors' self-titled debut. Songs like Light My Fire, The Crystal Ship and The End were a heady brew of visionary composition (at the nexus of post-jazz, rock and moody pop), extended (but tightly-reigned) jamming, smoldering atmosphere (props to Paul Rothchild) and Jim Morrison's portentous beatnik delivery. The band seemed to conjure up these great, writhing grooves that would twist and turn like moonlit shadows in the darkness, sounding utterly unique in the process — like nothing else before or since.
Jac Holzman: The Dreamer
Holzman envisioned an experimental rock record that dove headfirst into the cresting sound of psychedelia, feathering in spoken word poetry and the newly unveiled sounds of the Moog synthesizer. On one hand, this could be flagged by more cynical minds as an attempt to cash in on a craze, particularly in light of Holzman's subsequent signing of bands like Clear Light, with their unavoidable similarities to the sound of Mr. Morrison's gang. However, I'd argue that in addition to being a savvy businessman, Holzman was also a dreamer. One need look no further than projects like the Paxton Ranch endeavor, with Holzman willing to shell out $50,000 for a songwriter's retreat in hopes of conjuring up a rootsy Band-like atmosphere,1 or his taking a chance on synthesizers before there was even a market with records like Beaver & Krause's The Nonesuch Guide To Electronic Music.
Beaver & Krause The Nonesuch Guide To Electronic Music Nonesuch
Or for that matter, setting up Nonesuch Records in the first place, first as an outlet for budget classical releases aimed at the youth market, and then a home for experimental (and often synth-fueled) works to make inroads with the public. There was even the Nonesuch Explorer Series, devoted to bringing recordings of music from around the world to ears that otherwise wouldn't encounter them. Passion projects the lot of them, these were all chances taken in the name of adventure.
Alex Hassilev: The Producer
Holzman approached producer Alex Hassilev (who also played with folk trio The Limeliters) with the initial idea for the project, who began to assemble a crew to make Jac Holzman's vision a reality. His first recruit was songwriter and arranger Mort Garson, who'd written Our Day Will Come for Ruby & The Romantics2 and handled arrangements for some mid-sixties Esther Phillips sessions. The two began rooting around for a concept and eventually settled on a song cycle inspired by the twelve signs of the zodiac. Garson penned a suite of material that would turn out to be the perfect vehicle for Holzman's grand visions, and then set about gathering a motley crew of musicians to realize them.
Just another day at the studio with The Wrecking Crew
The nucleus of the group would be three musicians from The Wrecking Crew: pianist Mike Melvoin (father of Wendy Melvoin of Wendy & Lisa fame) and the crack rhythm section of bassist Carol Kaye and drummer Hal Blaine. The Wrecking Crew were an extended group of studio musicians who had played on scores of L.A. recordings sessions, including The Byrds' Mr. Tambourine Man and The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds (you know, minor records like that). Vibes man Emil Richards would handle percussion, while Bud Shank — who'd played the famous flute solo in California Dreamin' — would provide his trademark flourishes to the proceedings.
Paul Beaver: The Synthesist With Mystique
The hidden x-factor of The Zodiac was to be Paul Beaver, who was still in the process of hooking up with partner in crime Bernie Krause (the synth duo met during this record's gestation). An early adopter of the Moog synthesizer (perhaps the early adopter), he was to provide synths and electronic treatments in post-production, further bolstering the otherworldly atmosphere of the proceedings. Consequently, Cosmic Sounds is the first appearance of the Moog synthesizer on a rock record.
Cyrus Faryar: The Beatnik Narrator
Rounding out this ad hoc psychedelic proposition was the Persian minstrel of Barham Boulevard,3 Cyrus Faryar. He'd serve as narrator, tour guide for the group's extended voyages, reciting the accompanying poetry (written by Jacques Wilson) in beatnik spoken-word style. Sounding something like a distant relative to both Jim Morrison and Eden Ahbez (the original don), he'd anchor the band's psychedelic meanderings to the hard concept outlined by Mort Garson. As mentioned before, The Zodiac's Cosmic Sounds was — appropriately enough — inspired by the zodiac itself. Garson's song cycle comprises twelve individual songs, each one devoted to one of the twelve signs of the zodiac, each one inspired and colored by the mythological traits associated with its respective sign. Its sleeve emblazoned with the legend MUST BE PLAYED IN THE DARK, this is a head elpee in the truest sense of the word, a prog rock trip before The Nice had even got around to inventing prog in the first place.
The rear sleeve for Cosmic Sounds (note MUST BE PLAYED IN THE DARK message)
It's also an acid rock freakout to match the frenzy going on in contemporary San Francisco, albeit one with a candy-coated Technicolor sheen (like all those moments when old Disney films would suddenly jackknife into the psychedelic, this long before the dawn of psychedelia entered the popular imagination). Like the sleeve art (by Abe Gurvin and William S. Harvey), it's a tightly-executed foray into the wonderful world of the florid and surreal. It's an ornate soundtrack to the movie of your mind, and it all begins when you put the needle 'pon the record...
It all opens with Paul Beaver coaxing a siren song from his Moog, and Aries - The Fire Fighter launches into a cosmic rave up of sorts, beat set to overdrive and replete with spooked glass keyboards that echo 'round the soundscape and blend in terror with the synthetics in an alchemized information overload of Future Shock proportions. Then the beat drops out into a web of sitars descending from the ether. Cyrus intones, Mars, the master matchmaker, sulphurizes the sky... incendiary diamonds scorched the earth!
Hal Blaine: Funky Drummer
And the rush continues, beats banging once again, organs set to attack this time. Carol Kaye's phenomenal low-slung bassline propels it all forward with the selfsame shades that she'd later bring to David Axelrod's Song Of Innocence, yet the beats aren't Earl Palmer's hip hop be bop breaks but Hal Blaine's inna full-on Scooby Doo chase scene rave up stylee (who's driving this flyin' umbrella?)! And leave it to Beaver, there's those intergalactic sound effects tumbling into the mix again, before the band smash into one last rave up for the road.
Bud Shank: Mystical Flute Man
Shading into the pastoral after that opening onslaught, Taurus - The Voluptuary opens on a gently grinding bass figure before the flutes of Bud Shank enter the fray. His flutes a constant, haunting presence running right through the record from here on out. Spooked organs crash the party for but a moment, and Cyrus announces Taurus: broad-shouldered bearer of hope! At this point, we're comfortably in downbeat mode and a damn sight closer to David Axelrod territory, albeit with a handful of freaky touches thrown in for good measure. That spooked organ refrain is still hanging around there, dropping in and out of the mix like an errant thought you just can't seem to shake.
The Island At The Top Of The World
Treated harpsichords and a drone herald another razor-thin chase beat, and Gemini - The Cool Eye leaps into a gently soaring chord progression (one that seems to contain the germ of the theme from the great Island At The Top Of The World, if you can believe that!). Shades of mystery and some sword-and-sandal epic linger, before that haunting flute refrain returns on balance, leading into the breakdown whence Faryar intones, Five keen senses, five versatile fingers. Gemini! Adding up the day impatient to be done.4
Beaver & Krause: Synth Pioneers
Eerie strings hang on the horizon in the unfolding of Cancer - The Moon Child's spooked intro, spaced-out treatments from Paul Beaver hover in among the tree tops. Carol Kaye's churning bassline presages another rave up, this time somewhat subdued in tempo. On one hand the most acid rock of the tracks on the record, with some tasty (uncredited) guitar licks in evidence, but on the other it veers the closest to soundtrack music (think Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory!) when it all explodes into a fluttering flute passage — replete withs bells! — even if it does recede back into Beaver's spooked-out atmospherics. It seems we're back where we started, tangled in a frieze of spooked strings, before a harpsichord-driven section pilots us toward the extended outro, synth baubles spilling over its entirety.
The Byrds Fifth Dimension Columbia
A Byrds-esque folk rock guitar figure kicks off Leo - The Lord Of Lights, before more of those mystical soundtrack progressions soar into view. Strangely enough, there's an almost proto-Numan quality to the synths, perhaps shades too of Neu! and Harmonia? Then again, maybe it's just my imagination running away with me! The rock beat kicks into a boom, boom, boom... boom, boom, boom tattoo before breaking off again. Medieval organs creep into view. It's like some mutant relative of both Fifth Dimension and Rubber Soul, that mysterious second cousin who never goes out and turns out to have been painting the Sistine Chapel on his living room ceiling all along.
Mort Garson: The Mastermind
Five o'clock doesn't end the work day. Virgo's nimble watchmaker mind ticks on... Clocks tick and a cyclical guitar riff shuffles beneath another prime flute foray from Bud Shank. Then, Virgo - The Perpetual Perfectionist swoops into an ethereal string breakdown. Sitars and harpsichords duel with Beaver's treated percussion — either Buchla-derived sonix or sourced from Richards himself — and then bleeps ahoy! A circle is perfect, but the world isn't round... Virgo can prove it!5
Mort Garson The Wozard Of Iz: An Electronic Odyssey A&M
Needless to say the complexity of Garson's score is a constant treat throughout, with these idiosyncratic tunes sweeping and swerving with frequent surprises and left turns. Notably, Garson would go on to blaze a trail in early electronica alongside Beaver & Krause, with records like Lucifer's Black Mass and The Wozard Of Iz: An Electronic Odyssey.6 He even later masterminded a series of albums as Signs Of The Zodiac for A&M, comprised twelve records — each devoted to a different astrological sign — all released within the span of the year 1969!
Emil Richards: King Of The Vibes
Side two opens with Libra - The Flower Child, at which point things begin to get real. Emil Richards is in the driver's seat now, coaxing the track along with what sounds like a talking drum (in the liners he's credited only with exotic percussion). Sitars pulse and bend through the track, and the patter of tablas snake in and out of earshot. By far the most serene of the tracks yet, its sound evidence of the possibilities inherent in the combination of post-war 1950s open-minded exploration of globe-spanning music with the implied mind-expansion of the nascent counterculture (by now in full swing).
Amon Düül II Dance Of The Lemmings Liberty
This is just the sort of thing that we have to look forward to in krautrock, and sure enough this record could be read as a blueprint (alongside Jefferson Airplane) for large swathes of the Amon Düül II discography. You can just picture the searing vocals of Renate Knaup over the top! Shades too perhaps of Nino Rota's haunting score to Fellini Satyricon, that same nagging sense of wistful melancholy one finds in its recurring five note refrain.
The Future Sound Of London Lifeforms Electronic Brain Violence
A martial rhythm and synth sonix straight off a Future Sound Of London record open Scorpio - The Passionate Hero, before descending into a tailspin of a staccato rhythm infested with the repetition of a dissonant organ tattoo boring into your skull. Passion is the true aphrodisiac, need is a burning journey. Bleeps scatter off into the horizon, soaring over a rolling percussive figure, the acid lines of a fuzz guitar railing against its surface. That beat returns alone in the last thirty seconds, tumbling and sounding super tricky this time, and you note the sheer Jaki Liebezeit-ness of it all.
The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Liberty
Bells ring in the the technicolor dreamtime circus of Sagittarius - The Versatile Daredevil. Like the previous track, this is an expressionistic outing that seems intent on a literal recreation of its title (as opposed to the other songs' more impressionistic modes). Above the cacophony, bleeps spiral through the echo-chamber in a Fifty Foot Hose stylee.7 Interesting to note that Cosmic Sounds came out the day before The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, both records linking the lysergic dislocation of psychedelia with the chaos of the circus.
Mike Melvoin: Electric Piano Man
Now this is more like it! Capricorn - The Uncapricious Climber begins with Mike Melvoin working the scales on electric piano, to which Cyrus replies Eight notes scale an octave, master the scale and you master the score, in a gloriously dead-eyed intro. Stumbling into a dragging dirge with bleeps in the ether, this protracted organ and sitar journey is haunted by Shank's bass flute and savage, low-slung guitars tweaked and shredded against the deep black of night. We're talking Funkadelic's March To The Witch's Castle territory here, no joke. Cyrus concludes, Saturn's musician plays as written, and in the end, people listen.
Ennio Morricone Duck, You Sucker: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack United Artists
Crystal notes hang high, haunting in the heavens, before the comforting sounds of an electric organ (shades of Duck, You Sucker) ring in Aquarius - The Lover Of Life. Watery organs flow throughout, and Emil Richards tickles the vibes inna spaced-out lacuna, sitars plucked in time to the shuffling rhythm. Lost in contemplation, sand dunes of the mind, and an aside from Cyrus that four-thousand dreams may decay into indigo dust. It's stately, an understated epic: this doesn't have the stark modernism of David Axelrod's tight arrangements, but instead hinges on an axis of baroque counterpoint shot through with the florid colors of contemporary psychedelia. Part of this record's appeal lies in its mastery of vivid tonal coloring and texture. Indeed, there's not a bland note in sight, not a moment run of the mill. It's everything you'd hope possible in the year 1967: this record's a time capsule in the very best sense of the word, in that once you crack it open you're transported back there again. Timeless, in other words.
Ron Grainer The Omega Man: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Retrograde
Pisces - The Peace Piper is the final movement of this record's astrological suite, opening with a plaintive harpsichord motif punctuated by the eerie sound of a struck bell, its resonance detuned in the decay to disconcerting effect. This sounds exactly like moments in Ron Grainer's splendid score to The Omega Man (I wonder if he had a copy of Cosmic Sounds lying around). My shorthand always placed that soundtrack as Axelrod-inspired, but this bears an even greater resemblance to that score's general atmosphere.8
Ashra New Age Of Earth Virgin
In another eerie sonic prediction, there's some strange collision of Bud Shank's flutes and Paul Beaver's synths that sounds just like those piercingly sweet synths from Ashra's New Age Of Earth (particularly on Deep Distance). Emil Richards vibes — this time ever-so-slightly dissonant — truss up the bridge to the song's second phase, in which rolling tablas spar with a bass flute looming in the mist. Then, it cuts into a plaintive harpsichord solo and then pastoral atmosphere, before being undercut by droning bass notes seemingly imbued with great import. It's a supreme winding-down of these proceedings before a final showing of the struck bells in sequence (once again, très Omega Man!), and then it ends on a hanging note struck into the darkness...
In a sense, I'm glad that I forgot to include record in the far-reaching Geology 35, because it afforded a larger canvas to devote firstly to its many facets. It connects with so many of the threads tracing their way through the canyon, from the acid psychedelia of The Byrds' Fifth Dimension and The Electric Prunes to the baroque arrangements of David Axelrod and The Mamas & The Papas and the beatnik vibes of Eden Ahbez (and the collision of all three in the works of The Doors, Love and Spirit).
Pink Floyd The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Columbia
Secondly, this record had a rather outsized influence beyond what its no-show status in the rock lists might suggest. Por ejemplo, Roger Waters credited this record as a prime inspiration for some of Pink Floyd's wilder freakouts on Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, its scattered rave ups prefiguring as they do classic astral rock like Astronomy Domine and Interstellar Overdrive. Floyd keyed into the record's most chaotic corners, amplifying them in their wildly phased forays into inner-space (with Syd Barrett the crazy diamond star around which it all orbits).
The Moody Blues Days Of Future Passed Deram
Conversely, The Moody Blues' Justin Hayward admitted that the record had a profound shaping influence on his group's impossibly lush The Days Of Future Passed, and you can see it all laid out in Technicolor: the ambitious, baroque arrangements, the spoken word interludes and the general conceptual thrust. The record takes on the mantle of Cosmic Sounds' ornate arrangements at their most colorful, fleshing them out with a full orchestra in tow and leaving the freakouts to the acid rockers.
Genesis From Genesis To Revelation Decca
I'd even hazard a guess as to some other possible points of influence. I can hear its eerie, baroque arrangements in Genesis' From Genesis To Revelation and it's overcast filmic sweep in Barış Manço's peak-era psychedelic funk. This record exudes the sixties in a way that I envisioned them as a youth, before you begin to discover all the various currents that make up an era in all its complexity (folk, blues rock, sunshine pop, free jazz, etc.). This is pure atmospheric psychedelia, arranged to perfection.
Carol Kaye: The Bass Articulator
Special note should be made of Carol Kaye's stellar basswork throughout. After all, her basslines — coupled with Earl Palmer's breakbeat drumming — are the peerless rhythm section upon which David Axelrod would later balance his orchestra. The record is very much cut from a similar cloth, albeit one aligned more in line the freakout spirit of the day (as opposed to that record's stately orchestral splendor). I tend to hear Axelrod's records — particularly Earth Rot — as a continuation of this same visionary impulse.
David Axelrod Earth Rot Capitol
In the same way that Axelrod's Song Of Innocence was rumored to have inspired Miles Davis protracted exploration of psychedelic rock figures with Bitches Brew (along with the records to come in its wake), I wonder how much The Zodiac's own experiments played into David Axelrod's grand visions to come. Even his Soul Zodiac record — produced with Cannonball Adderley and The Nat Adderley Sextet — seems an attempt to recreate this record's dynamic in a freaked-out, psychedelic jazz funk context: from the wild slabs of acid rock noise over ten-story tall breakbeats, right down to Rick Holmes spoken word narration. It's a testament of the fortuitous confluence of ideas — between Jac Holzman, Alex Hassilev and Mort Garson (not to mention all musicians involved) — that its implications turned out to be so broad and far-reaching beyond the elusive promise of a one off-experiment.
Emil Richards New Sound Element "Stones" UNI
However, it's worth noting in passing that Cosmic Sounds actually exists as part of a loose trilogy, one which was recorded in a flurry during the first half of 1967. The first sessions were for the New Sound Elements "Stones" LP, a jazz date credited to vibes man Emil Richards. It features largely the same personnel (with the minor substitution of Joe Porcaro for Hal Blaine behind the kit). Notably Richards would go on to record the dawn-of-Indo jazz record Journey To Bliss as Emil Richards & The Microtonal Blues Band.
Hal Blaine Psychedelic Percussion Dunhill
The other album rounding out this trilogy is Hall Blaine's Psychedelic Percussion, which followed up his relatively straightforward surf rock debut Drums! Drums! À Go Go with a deeply strange slab of skittering psychedelia. It's thoroughly of a piece with the Cosmic Sounds and Stones outings, albeit one with a heavier emphasis — as one might expect — placed of killer breakbeats and tricky percussion. Taken together, the three records stand astride 1967 at a particularly unique angle, quite unlike anything else recorded in what turned out to be a banner year for pop music... one for the record books. Truth be told, The Zodiac feels like the conceptual centerpiece around which those other records orbit, a kind of freaked out sequel to The Byrds' Fifth Dimension and unruly precursor to David Axelrod's trilogy of sixties records (in true Station To Station fashion). It's a crucial record lodged right in there, hovering in the background of the L.A. mystic like a spectral reminder of possibilities unleashed in broad strokes and big ideas (not to mention a healthy dose of studio magic). Haunting the cosmic canyons, its reverberations are felt throughout the surrounding terrain until you return to it once again, those sounds ensconced within that faded time capsule, and you're transported back to the heady realm of Cosmic Sounds.
Hoskyns, Barney. Hotel California. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 2006. 28. Print.
Later covered in fine style by Mr. Truck Turner himself, Isaac Hayes.
So described by Jac Holzman himself
The way he says Gemini always makes me flash on the breakdown in Patrick Pulsinger's awesome Citylights Part 2 City Of Starsigns, but I can't imagine it's actually sampled from this record.
And they did, in 1989 with their lone self-titled album, perfect and self-contained like an expertly carved gemstone.
SA-RA even included a snatch of The Wozard Of Iz's Killing Of The Witch (aka The Witch Must Be Killed) on their excellent Dark Matter & Pornography Mixtape Vol. 30".
In fact, one could make the case that this is the L.A. analog to Fifty Foot Hose's Cauldron and The United States Of America's self-titled debut (albeit one released a whole year earlier!).
Indeed, Ron Grainer's soundtrack to The Omega Man is another one that I could have included in the Golden 35, documenting as it does that film's evocation of the sprawling desolation and loneliness of a deserted, post-apocalyptic Los Angeles.
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A study of routes beneath the canyon in 35 records
Now we go Into The Mystic as Van Morrison might say, venturing beyond the cozy climes of Laurel Canyon and assorted outposts into the realm of the metaphysical(!). That's right, now it's time for a little (psycho)geography lesson delving into the sounds beneath the sound. This is the music that lies at the fringes of canyon proper, framing the era and and putting its context in stark relief within the history books. Be it psychedelia, garage punk, yacht disco or the avant garde, this is all music that touches the records found in The Canyon 25 in some way, either in the form of trace deposits found within the music itself or as an edifice that the canyon defined itself against.
Nearly all of these records originate from L.A. (or at least Southern California), and the rare exceptions are nonetheless inexorably linked to the discussion. Many of these records represent a music and culture that the canyon scene saw itself as a respite from (psychedelia, garage punk), while others were freely acknowledged antecedents in the logical progression (folk rock, jazz, baroque pop). Some plainly represent what the canyon sound ultimately mutated into as the decade wore on (yacht) and the sounds that came in its wake (rootsy punk and alternative). Some figures from the canyon do manage to crop up in both lists, but only the ones who managed to somehow transcend the era with a combination of stylistic breadth and all-encompassing vision.
So what's the story then? As much as Tim Buckley's Happy Sad or Spirit's self-titled debut, this is all music that I can hear when I step outside every day to greet the California dawn. You can practically feel it emanating from the cracks in the pavement, embedded in the geology itself and running beneath your feet like an electric charge, through the canyons, ravines and riverbeds, stretching out in every direction: north toward the Sierra Nevada mountains and down south into Baja California, stretching east toward the vast deserts of Anza Borrego and the Mojave, and west into the Pacific Ocean. It practically haunts every corner of the landscape, a spectral reminder of days of future passed.
So let's take a look into these secret sounds, hidden like whispers beneath the rocks and soil, a chronology measured not in strata and sediment but in records and songs. Like minerals locked into the sand and stones, it all lies dormant, waiting: a spectral reminder of sound and visions sprung from the corridors of this Golden State and the lives lived within it, all through the long drawn passage of time. In the spirit of geology, we'll do this thing chronologically, starting us out at the dawn of the sixties. Yeah, I thought about beginning with cool jazz and figures like Chet Baker and Stan Getz, but that's all shadowy pre-history, and a whole other tale of its own.
When it comes to today's story, it all starts with Eden Ahbez...
1. Eden Ahbez Eden's Island The Music Of An Enchanted Isle
Del-Fi 1960
A man ahead of his time, living free up in the hills above L.A. — long before the word hippie had entered common parlance (let alone become a lifestyle choice) — with his wife and son, Eden Ahbez offered up a glimpse of the coming counterculture decades before the fact. Here was a man who lived as a vegetarian, studied Eastern mysticism, communed with nature and claimed to live on only three dollars a day. Ahbez famously wrote the song Nature Boy on a scrap of paper that found its way into the hands of Nat "King" Cole, who turned it into a standard that lives on to this day.
The stunning Eden's Island is largely cut from the same cloth, giving Ahbez a whole LP as his canvas. In that sense, it's the original singer-songwriter record. The sound perched midway between exotica and a jazz-tinged precursor to The Doors' sprawling beat visions (at times Ahbez even sounds like Jim Morrison), its drifting tone poems accompany Eden's tales — told in the first person as The Wanderer — chronicling a wayward journey to the shores of an enchanted isle. The whole trip flows together brilliantly, like a head elpee before its time.
2. Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass The Lonely Bull
A&M 1962
Herb Alpert's lush, Mariachi-tinged sound was defined at the outset by his immortal instrumental The Lonely Bull. Inspired by a bullfight that Alpert attended in Mexico, the song was a winning attempt to capture the atmosphere of the arena: the palpable excitement, the banda playing from the balcony and teeming crowd chants of Olé! I've always loved languid moments like Never On Sunday and A Quiet Tear, hidden delights to be found here as well. This is the sound of old California, the forests, deserts and beaches, the muted glamour and Spanish architecture captured in films like Vertigo and It's A Mad, Mad, Mad World. Accordingly, songs like The Lonely Bull and (later on) Love Potion #9 were massively successful, era-defining instrumental pop.
Perhaps the sound was too successful? For whatever reason, The Tijuana Brass never seemed to get the same critical reappraisal that other easy listening/exotica purveyors like Esquivel and Martin Denny experienced in the 90s. Critics seem to write them off somewhat, don't they? Pay no mind to the haters, I see this as an integral, instrumental antecedent to the likes of The Mamas & The Papas, Brian Wilson and The Free Design, and it gets filed as such in the Parallax Collection. Don't forget that it was Herb Alpert's trumpet sound and sumptuous production techniques that influenced Arthur Lee in crafting the windswept vistas of Love's Forever Changes.
3. Dick Dale And His Del-Tones Surfer's Choice
Deltone 1962
If there was a sound that defined L.A. before The Byrds, then surely it was surf rock. Dick Dale was one of the prime auteurs of the form, splitting his time between riding waves and capturing said experience in musical form, working with Leo Fender to perfect the sound of his Stratocaster guitar. Dale's Let's Go Trippin' which is often considered the first surf rock song, closes out this solid LP of early rock 'n roll, released on Dale's own Deltone imprint. There's nothing quite as savage as contemporary single Misirlou (although Dale reprises it here as Misirlou Twist!), but songs like Surf Beat and Shake N' Stomp certainly do the trick.
Surf rock was quickly brushed aside as yesterday's news in light of the British Invasion, but one need only look at its rediscovery at the hands of cultural institutions like The Cramps and Quentin Tarantino to see that history always has the last laugh. In fact, adjacent figures like Link Wray and later Randy Holden often make me wonder what this sound might have grown into if the British Invasion had never happened1 and it were given a few more years free reign to mutate and develop in the limelight. The result? Rock is less vocal, more instrumental? Less lyrical, more grooved-out?? Less ego, more id??? Well... that or the record companies mess it all up anyway!
4. Gil Evans The Individualism Of Gil Evans
Verve 1964
It may have been recorded in New York and Jersey, but this record's sprawling orchestral jazz is definitive West Coast splendor. Gil Evans arranged classic Miles Davis records like Miles Ahead and Sketches Of Spain in the wake of the L.A.-based cool jazz sound, and here he uses the big band to his full advantage in the middle of the hard bop era (with the nascent free jazz waiting in the wings). Tracks like El Toreador and The Barbara Song perfectly capture the lazy feeling of long afternoons in the summer, just as the first hints of dusk begin to creep in.
This is perhaps the key record in my running Jazz Mosaic concept, which I think I mentioned last time, its rich tapestries of sound bringing to mind the sweeping vistas and mid-century architecture stretching along the Pacific. This is the sound of strolling around the back roads of Del Mar or old La Jolla, of traversing the length of Balboa Park and stealing a moment in the shade of the Botanical Gardens. Real Jimmy Stewart in Vertigo vibes, shades too of Chinatown and The Parallax View. Records like these, once you hear them... well, you can still feel their presence in the surrounding world as you simply go about town.
5. The Beach Boys The Beach Boys Today!
When discussing L.A., there's no getting around The Beach Boys. Today! captures the band in the process of leaving the surf rock sound in earnest to focus on Brian Wilson's lonely teenage symphonies, resplendent with the very finest harmonies of the era. Arranged in classic Bowie in Berlin fashion, side one features upbeat pop magic like Do You Wanna Dance? and Help Me, Rhonda, while the entirety of side two is given over to Brian Wilson's gentle, contemplative numbers like Please Let Me Wonder and In The Back Of My Mind. So in a sense, a glimpse of Pet Sounds just around the corner.
I'm a huge fan of the atmosphere found in The Beach Boys' post-Pet Sounds records, the homespun proto-Beta Band sound of brilliantly sun-glazed records like Friends, Sunflower and Surf's Up. This the era when Dennis Wilson emerges as a key songwriter (see Pacific Ocean Blue), these often uneven records nevertheless contain a wealth of utterly unique music. Where else would you find songs like the skewed ambient pop of Feel Flows (shades of Brian Eno's vocal records), Diamond Head's low-slung stoned exotica and the clockwork r&b panache of Slip On Through all rubbing shoulders?
In fact, I was originally planning to include Sunflower (which you'll recall is actually my favorite Beach Boys moment), but ultimately decided to defer to chronology: after all, Today! is the original well that all those glorious sounds spring from.
6. Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited
Dylan the benchmark for singer-songwriters to this day. Inescapable. It was a toss up really between this, Bringing It All Back Home and Blonde On Blonde, but Highway 61 wins because it captures him mid-stride, approaching folk rock from the opposite direction as The Byrds' shimmering sound, with a rude, shambling garage-inflected attack defining the whole affair. As far from down-home roots music as can be, this is future shock music firmly in step with the zeitgeist.
You can't knock the raw power of Like A Rolling Stone, carried on a cloud of Al Kooper's brilliant Hammond B3 organ licks, while Tombstone Blues and the title track continue to develop the rowdy garage rock sound first essayed on Subterranean Homesick Blues. Standing in stark contrast is the closing Desolation Row, a sparse and elegant eleven minute ballad that plays like the blueprint for the sensibilities (and in some cases, the entire careers) of many key canyon players.
7. The Mamas & The Papas If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears
Dunhill 1966
The first and the best. The lush arrangements and dreamy atmosphere of Deliver assured its place in The Canyon 25, but it can't match the pure pop blast of this record. The epochal Monday, Monday and California Dreamin' are masterpieces of sunshine pop, capturing the phantom Autumn atmosphere of Southern California better than anything else I can think of, while the remainder of the record is no slouch either, with traces of folk rock and Merseybeat feathered into John Phillips' baroque arrangements. Note Spanish Harlem, with its unmistakable echoes of Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass.
One could make the case that If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears is as much a response to Rubber Soul as Pet Sounds was, with the kinetic Somebody Groovy and Straight Shooter mirroring that record's proto-breakbeat pop rock rollers. Believe it or not, there was a time when I liked this lot even more than The Beach Boys (a time before I owned any of the lads' later records, in fact). Even now I suspect it's a closer call than you might think, especially if you factor in John, The Wolfking Of L.A. and Cass Elliot's solo records!
8. The Byrds Fifth Dimension
This was my original Byrds pick for The Canyon 25, but then it would have been lodged in at #1 (after all, it's only one of my favorite records of all time). Fifth Dimension is the point where — with no warning — The Byrds transform folk rock into acid-drenched West Coast psychedelia once and for all. And topping off the canyon list with the cornerstone of acid rock would have been missing the point a bit, don't you think?! However, in the context of the outsider's Geology 35, its quite simply definitive: the skeleton key in making sense of today's entire musical selection.
Everyone knows Eight Miles High (Gene Clark's parting gift to the band), the grooved-out psychedelic rocker that rides Chris Hillman's bassline like a jet engine into the abyss, but the journey continues with further acid excursions like I See You and David Crosby's What's Happening?!?! All of which betray the band's fascination with the music of both John Coltrane and Ravi Shankar, particularly felt in Roger McGuinn's stunning quicksilver solos.
Conversely, the band still finds plenty of time to perfect the folk music wherein their roots lie. The gentle pastoral drift of Wild Mountain Thyme is perhaps their finest folk ballad, rendered even more majestic by the wistful frontier orchestra that accompanies it, while the subdued folk rocker John Riley is haunted by ghostly chamber strings of its own. Meanwhile, Mr. Spaceman delves into country rock (albeit of the space cowboy variety) before just about anyone else managed to get around to it.
In passing, I can't help but note that the CD reissue of this album has maybe the finest bounty of bonus tracks I've ever had the pleasure to find tucked away at the end of a disc. The contemporary, non-album single Why — which essays similar precincts to I See You and What's Happening?!?! — fits in with the preeding record perfectly, while I Know My Rider is a sparkling bit of country rock that makes a perfect counterpoint to Mr. Spaceman. And I've always felt that above all else the grooved-out Psychodrama City, along with the instrumental John Riley I, should have made the final cut of the original album. Come on guys!
At any rate, taken as a whole its a stunning package, and one of the best rock CDs you could ask for.
9. The Electric Prunes The Electric Prunes
Reprise 1967
Acid-psych garage punk, picking up where Fifth Dimension left off. I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night, which famously kicked off the Nuggets compilation, is the very definition of the form. Get Me To The World On Time, which was also included later on in the expanded four disc Nuggets box set, is similarly definitive. Both tracks representing the cresting of psychedelia 's reign in the wake of Eight Miles High and Tomorrow Never Knows, the record nevertheless does falter a little with a few missteps like the tepid ballad Onie (which, to be fair were foisted upon them by the record company).
Indeed, the Prunes seemed doomed from the start, plagued first with record company meddling on their debut, and then only getting to do their own thing on the sophomore Underground. It was a superior album experience, albeit one without a hit single, and the public had long since moved on anyway. Discontent, they hooked up with visionary L.A. producer David Axelrod, who had grand visions of merging psychedelic rock and Gregorian chant with a full orchestra in tow.
Alas, the original band members were gradually replaced by session men when they were unable to keep up with the demands of the material, and records like Mass In F. Minor and Release Of An Oath ultimately featured next to no involvement by the original band! And that as they say, was that. The music industry is a cruel mistress indeed... although we'll be returning to Axelrod shortly.
10. The Doors Strange Days
If The Electric Prunes couldn't quite make it happen, The Doors were the quintessential self-contained band in possession of a singular vision all its own. With a visionary frontman in Jim Morrison, they cut an unparalleled path through the seedy back end of the sixties, sowing the seeds for the bad vibes of the coming decade over the course of six stellar records running the gamut of moody psychedelia, dark cabaret and hard blues (often within the space of the same record) like no one before or since.
Strange Days — the second album — is their masterpiece, kicking off with the organ-smeared apocalyptic visions of the title track and not letting up until the epic eleven minute closer When The Music's Over comes crashing to an end. Jim Morrison at his Gothic peak here, although its the spectral gravity of Ray Manzarek's organ (wielded like a proto-synth) and Robbie Krieger's lunar guitars twisting and bending around John Densmore's nimble rhythms that give the Lizard King a crystal palace to haunt in the first place.
Songs like Moonlight Drive and I Can't See Your Face In My Mind embody the otherworldly atmosphere the band achieve here, which always reminds me of cruising around the deserted hills of the Heights after dark, the city spread out like a matrix of lights beneath.
11. Love Forever Changes
Sublime orchestral pop from Arthur Lee's original crew, shot through with tinges of florid psychedelia and acid rock. In terms of the core group, Johnny Echols' guitar — as showcased in songs like A House Is Not A Motel is the crucial factor here, but part of the record's appeal is how it transcends the parameters of the typical rock band. That the complex string arrangements and distinctive Herb Alpert-flavored trumpet lines are integrated so thoroughly into the band's sound is particularly ahead-of-its-time.
I'm not sure whether I'm alone in thinking this, but Forever Changes has always struck me as a hazy, overcast record, like one of those summer days in early August where the fog never lifts. Bringing to mind a day at the windswept cliffs of Torrey Pines, scaling the rocks down to the crashing waves below. I actually touched on this record for a moment here, in my record of the month write up on Four Sail. Indeed, I do slightly (and perhaps heretically) prefer the ragged acid country sound of the mighty Four Sail, but only by a whisker.
Still, a song a song like Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark And Hilldale — with its dueling horns and deft rhythmic flourishes, not to mention that soaring trumpet solo — is untouchable, sounding like a ray of sunlight scattered through the marine layer into a million shimmering diamonds on the surface of the ocean.
12. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Safe As Milk
Buddah 1967
One of the figures that seemed to keep cropping up in The Canyon 25 was Ry Cooder. A strange attractor of sorts, he played on the Crazy Horse, Little Feat and Randy Newman records. Well, here's another one: he was actually in The Magic Band early on, and his signature slide guitar work is all over this tasty record, which in my humble is the greatest blues rock album of them all. This plays like a high speed chase through the Mojave desert, where incidentally the good Captain (aka Don Van Vliet) would later retreat with The Magic Band to work out the tricky compositions for their fabled Trout Mask Replica double-album (the quintessential difficult album).
This record however — while still plying an abstract form of the blues — is far more approachable, radio-ready even. With prime garage punk like Zig Zag Wanderer and Abba Zaba, the twisted blues nightmares of Electricity and Plastic Factory and even shades of San Francisco (particularly The Airplane) in Where There's Woman, this record never tires for me. I mean, even Grown So Ugly — technically the boneyard track — plays like the birth of abstract blues and the blueprint for the entire oeuvre of The Mighty Groundhogs! Beefheart's one of those figures — up there with Can, James Brown and The Beatles — that's just impossible to critique, unparalleled, leaving behind an extensive, deeply unique body of work in their wake.
Incidentally, Ry Cooder left the band shortly after this record, due to a disastrous performance at the Mt. Tamalpais Festival. Apparently, as the band began to tear into Electricity, Van Vliet froze, straightened his tie, then abruptly walked off the 10ft stage and landed on manager Bob Krasnow (later claiming to have seen a girl in the audience turn into a fish, with bubbles coming from her mouth),2 effectively blowing any chance for the band to perform at the upcoming Monterey Pop Festival. Now that's style!
13. Iron Butterfly Heavy
ATCO 1968
One of the great bands to emerge from San Diego, Iron Butterfly upped the ante on hard rock with a gloomy organ-drenched sound that split the difference between Cream and Jefferson Airplane. Everyone knows their marathon In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, which in edited-down form became a smash radio hit and propelled the record to the platinum status in the U.S. (the first record to do so, in fact). Perhaps I should have included that record instead, but I've always had a soft spot for the debut (particularly the closing instrumental Iron Butterfly Theme). Heavy indeed!
My earlier comments regarding surf rock apply here in full, with its doom-laden hard rock wailing to the heavens sounding like something from Can's Soundtracks, it's a sound almost completely devoid of ego. The stunning sleeve does seem to cement the band's image as the grandfathers of doom metal (shades of Sleep and Monster Magnet ahoy!). In the cold light of day, perhaps its not as hard-hitting as San Francisco's Blue Cheer, but a great blast of proto-metal nonetheless. I did want to include Blue Cheer as well, but only just now discovered that they were not in fact from L.A. (a misconception I've labored under for well over a decade) but were instead ragged outsiders terrorizing the Bay Area scene.
I'll always have a lot of love for much of the American hard rock and proto-metal — as forged by Iron Butterfly and Blue Cheer, along with things like early Blue Öyster Cult, Pentagram and Grand Funk Railroad — seemingly terminal underdogs to the big guns in the British Isles like Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple (although Grand Funk were a hugely successful proposition in their own time). There's an inherent dusty, sun-baked quality to these band's high desert sound that's turned out to be remarkably prescient in light of later stoner metal bands like Queens Of The Stone Age, Earth and The Melvins.
14. David Axelrod Song Of Innocence
Ah yes, David Axelrod's triumphant return. Inspired by proto-psychedelic visionary William Blake's collection of poems and illustrations Songs Of Innocence And Experience, this LP in widescreen features a crack studio band jamming out a kaleidoscopic soundtrack to an invisible film of the mind. This is one of those records that you'd swear someone traveled back in time to make, just to impress his buddies back home in the nineties: an entire orchestra balances atop hip hop-friendly breakbeats and Carol Kaye's well-deep basslines, while guitar hero Al Kasey pumps out acid-tinged guitar solos in the foreground. The whole thing executed with a jazz-informed turn on a dime precision, it's almost too good to be true.
Axelrod followed up with two similar records (the accompanying Songs Of Experience — yeah, U2 stole that idea too a few years back! — and Earth Rot) before delivering deep jazz funk slates like The Auction and Heavy Axe in the seventies. All of this prime material for roaming around the rolling hills, canyons and Spanish architecture of Balboa Park, its sweeping sonic vistas the perfect accompaniment for stops at the Museum Of Man, Botanical Gardens and the Timkin. Just ride the skyway over the San Diego Zoo as the bell tower tolls and you'll see what I mean.
Bonus Beat:
Cannonball Adderley Walk Tall: The David Axelrod Years
Stateside 1966-1976/2008
David Axelrod's main gig was as an a&r man, arranger and super producer, working with artists like Lou Rawls, David McCallum and Cannonball Adderley, with whom he had the most long-lasting relationship over the course of something like 18 albums. Records like Accent On Africa and Soul Zodiac were ambitious outings that melded soul jazz with cutting edge production techniques, more often than not with a heavily conceptual drive. I almost included the latter — with its timely collision of hard funk and flower power psychedelia — but couldn't resist the temptation to include this stellar compilation, which is a fascinating object in its own right.
This double-disc anthology provides an invaluable snapshot of the decade-long Axelrod/Adderley partnership, pulling first rate material like Taurus, Khutsana and Tensity together into one essential package. I've always thought that Tensity predicts the mood of something like Can's Halleluwah, albeit rendered with straight jazz stylings. I'm also reminded of Adderley's contemporaneous appearance in Clint Eastwood's great slacker-thriller film Play Misty For Me, when the gang go catch Cannonball's band performing live at the Monterey Jazz Festival.
That movie — with the windswept cliffs and rustic charm of Carmel (aka KaR-a-MeL) as its background — is another prime example of today's vibe de jour captured in film. Maybe I should put together a companion movie list or something... wrap it all up into a tidy trilogy?
15. Morton Subotnick The Wild Bull
Nonesuch 1968
Los Angeles native Morton Subotnick was the crucial purveyor of West Coast electronica, turning out records like Silver Apples Of The Moon (which you might remember was featured in the Deep Space 100... although I'll forgive you if you don't) in 1967. That the year of the Summer Of Love and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, so well before such a thing was to be expected. The Wild Bull was his follow up, featuring another pair of sidelong inner-space excursions. What sets this record apart from preceding electronic music is its almost rhythmic propulsion, in which his sequenced machines unfurl these great chirping, clanking mechanical grooves beneath long, arcing synth drones. That's bleep-tastic!
It's worth noting that this came out on the Nonesuch imprint, a sub-label of Jac Holzman's Elektra Records, the spiritual home of folk in the fifties, and later The Doors, Love and Tim Buckley. Nonesuch was originally envisioned as an outlet for budget-line classical records oriented toward the youth market, but it gradually expanded into all sorts of strange arenas including electronic music, out psychedelia and even the Nonesuch Explorer Series, featuring music recorded around the world on records like Ram Narayan's Sarangi/The Voice Of A Hundred Colors, Los Chiriguanos Of Paraguay's Guaraní Songs & Dances, and David Lewiston's Tibetan Buddhism - Tantras Of Gyütö: Mahakala.
16. Dillard & Clark The Fantastic Expedition Of Dillard & Clark
Sublime incursion of shimmering country music from this dynamic duo of hard-partying folkies, a true meeting of the minds between Gene Clark (formerly of The Byrds) and Doug Dillard (formerly of, well, The Dillards). Another one that I very nearly included in The Canyon 25, but Sari reckoned that it crossed that invisible line into real-deal country. I suspect it hinges on Doug Dillard's bluegrass-informed mandolin picking, faithful as it is to the legacy of old-time stalwarts like Lester Flatt And Earl Scruggs, although the Eagles did later cover Train Leaves Here This Mornin' on their self-titled debut. In the context of today's rag tag crew of outsiders and iconoclasts, it fits in rather nicely.
This also standing in for the whole Bakersfield gang. I almost included Merle Haggard's I'm A Lonesome Fugitive but couldn't fit it into the schema. After all, Bakersfield is but a couple hours up the Interstate 5 from Laurel Canyon and yet worlds away. I quite like the early part of Barney Hoskyns' Hotel California, where he describes the rootsy scene surrounding the Troubadour (where Dillard & Clark held court).3 Doug Dillard started out in bluegrass group The Dillards, who I've always wanted to check out. In fact, I don't know half of what I should about this era's shadowy pre-history. Another one I want to hear is Chris Hillman's pre-Byrds bluegrass crew, The Hillmen. Maybe now is as good a time as any?
17. Spirit Clear
Spirit's debut was the closest any record came to making both lists, but its trace country inflections marked it out for the canyon list alongside records like The Notorious Byrd Brothers and Nashville Skyline. Still, the band made a whole brace of records that further codified their unique sound, culminating in Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus, which is often usually the band's classic recording. However, their third album, Clear, is probably my favorite of the records to come in the wake of their debut. What's more, I remember hearing the record feted by none other than Kirk Degiorgio back in the day (this around the time of his canyon-friendly project The Beauty Room with frequent collaborator Jinadu)!
Spirit's sound is a jazz-inflected tonic that exists in that same heady slipstream as The Doors, Love and David Axelrod, all of which create these great nebulous sonic paintings that seem to reflect their Sunset Boulevard surroundings back at you through a dreamlike, kaleidoscopic lens. Do you remember those old Disney movies that merged reality with animation to surreal effect (movies like The Three Caballeros), when the artist's brush would paint a scene and then it would come to life as in the real world? Well, that's a lot like the effect these records tend to have.
18. Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Ah yes, Frank Zappa. You didn't think I'd forget old Frank, did you? Zappa's an inescapable figure when discussing L.A. scene of the era. He actually lived in Laurel Canyon and was a mover and shaker on the L.A. scene, releasing records by Captain Beefheart, Tim Buckley, Alice Cooper and Wild Man Fischer on his twin imprints, Straight and Bizarre. Still, his own music had little to do with the canyon, in fact his flowing avant garde suites seem to exist in intentionally stark opposition to the mellow drift of the times.
I've never been a huge fan of the man's music, although he does give a great interview, and I do have a handful of his records. This one's pretty cool, offering up a knotty, West Coast vision of prog rock that's the maximalist cousin to Beefheart's Lick My Decals Off, Baby. Note the presence of future Little Feat ringleader Lowell George on guitar throughout. The Little House I Used To Live In is an extended twenty-minute suite that drifts through a piano sonata, fast-forward marching band, acid rock solo, jazz fusion stomp and harpsichord breakdown over the course of its long and winding trip.
19. Gabor Szabo High Contrast
Blue Thumb 1971
I was this close to trying squeeze this one into The Canyon 25, but it would have been pushing it, B.B. It really would have. At least that what Sari tells me, and she's usually right about these things. Still, these gently flowing bucolic jazz landscapes make a perfect counterpart to the groovier currents of the canyon. Recorded in L.A. with Bobby Womack, it is — like the great Gil e Jorge record — an excellent head-to-head guitar duel between two masters in a sympathetic setting. Like the Axelrod/Adderley link up, this is emblematic of the L.A. interchange happening between jazz, soul and rock at the time, a trend that against all odds slowly begins to be felt in the canyon itself.
The opening Breezin' was later taken into the charts by George Benson (who had a Weekend In L.A. of his own), but hearing the original for the first time is a real treat. A wistful daydream in musical form, it manages to strike the unlikely balance between the earthy and ethereal over a gently rolling soul jazz beat. The sultry Amazon follows, a shaken-not-stirred bit of sensual exotica, a soundtrack in search of a film in true Axelrod/trip hop style. Similarly, Azure Blue seems to conjure equally cinematic vibes, recalling the softest moments of soundtracks to films like Trouble Man, Superfly and The Mack about a year early.
In a particularly canyon-esque twist, the record even closes with I Remember When, a wistful country-western styled rumination that gradually builds into a subdued rave up of a sort, bringing the record's trans-continental journey all back home in an unexpectedly rootsy conclusion. Taken in its entirety, High Contrast is something like an instrumental counterpart to David Crosby's If Only I Could Remember My Name, and remains one of my favorite records to chill out to.
20. Beaver & Krause Gandharva
Warner Bros. 1971
Beaver & Krause were synth pioneers on the L.A. circuit, turning a whole lot of people in the rock world onto synths for the first time in the mid-sixties. George Harrison recorded his Electronic Sound LP on their kit, while Roger McGuinn famously bought a Moog after witnessing the duo's demo of the instrument's potential at the Monterey Pop Festival. Krause even played it on The Byrds' awesome Natural Harmony, which is easily one of my favorite songs ever. The duo debuted on record with The Nonesuch Guide To Electronic Music, a demonstration of the possibilities of the Moog synthesizer.
I always wanted to be blown away by their subsequent records but came away somewhat disappointed once I finally tracked them down. Not as savage as Silver Apples or as otherworldly as Fifty Foot Hose, nor as radical as Morton Subotnick or as fully realized as Tonto's Expanding Head Band, their records play more like a collection of minor experiments rather than any sort of sustained experience. Still, there's interest to be found in scattered moments like the sustained drone of Nine Moons In Alaska or Walkin's lonesome ambient gospel.
However, it's the on disc's second side — which was recorded at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco — where things really click. The sleeve of the record is emblazoned with the declaration A MUSICAL SOUNDTRACK FOR A NON-EXISTENT FILM, and melancholy tone poems like By Your Grace and Good Places certainly fit the bill. Their eerie reverb-drenched organ/saxophone duets are even somewhat redolent of later practitioners like Heldon and Lard Free at their most delicate, or even Bowie's Neuköln and Vangelis' Blade Runner Blues! Shades too of ECM. In passing, I've never understood why their Ragnarök album never made it to CD...
21. Shawn Phillips Second Contribution
The Scott Walker of the canyon, Shawn Phillips employs his soaring pipes over a backing of funky beats and lush chamber orchestra. Blink and you'd swear it was one of David Axelrod's chamber phantasmagorias, but is none other than Elton John's main man Paul Buckmaster conducting the orchestral arrangements. That's rad. Songs like She Was Waiting For Her Mother At The Station In Torino And You Know I Love You Baby But It's Getting Too Heavy To Laugh — in addition to beating Love out for today's longest song title by some distance — are quite powerful, their vast soundscapes gliding over furious rhythms in a striking tapestry of motion. I'm reminded of the gravity in Scott Walker's The Seventh Seal and (perhaps more abstractly) Carl Craig's Neurotic Behavior.
This is actually another one that I really wanted to include in The Canyon 25. Another one that nearly made it, but on reflection it was almost too much on the proper folk tip, staying true to the original spirit of the music Phillips often seems to intone like a herald rather than indulge in the more confessional nature of the canyon singer-songwriters. There's a strikingly ancient quality to his music as well that seems to key into the same eldritch medieval vibes that British folk groups like Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span were exploring around the same time.
Indeed, Texan Phillips never seemed to totally fit in with the canyon crowd, splitting his time in the sixties between Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York's Greenwich Village. That in 1967 he finally up and moved to the coastal village of Positano in Campania, Italy — where he stayed through most of the seventies — seems to bear this out. Thankfully, he didn't stop recording and albums like Second Contribution and later Rumplestiltskin's Resolve were the triumphant result.
22. Captain Beyond Captain Beyond
Capricorn 1972
Captain Beyond were a supergroup back when that sort of thing was still a hot proposition, featuring lead singer Rod Evans (of Deep Purple), drummer Bobby Caldwell (who played with Johnny Winter's band), guitarist Larry Reinhardt (aka Rhino) and bassist Lee Dorman (both of Iron Butterfly). The sound they strike up epitomizes everything I said earlier regarding the dusty, high desert sound of American proto-metal, in this case delivered with rugged hard rock shapes and turn-on-a-dime rhythmic precision. The drum sound alone is worth the price of admission on this incredibly breakbeat-laden LP, which features some of my favorite rock-hard beats of all time. Really, the drums sound just exquisite!
I especially dig Rod Evans' vocal attack, chest-beating and macho inna working class Mark Farner stylee, yet never descending into cock rock leering, he seems to have his eyes set firmly on the stars (even delivering spoken word interludes from time to time). Indeed, as hinted by the cosmic sleeve art there's a satisfying amount of space rock feathered into the proceedings, as heard in As The Moon Speaks To The Waves Of The Sea (two steps from Hawkwind) and the interstellar bolero of Myopic Void. As The Moon Speaks Return even recalls the orbital heartache of Space Oddity, and for a moment you'd swear it was Bowie himself singing lead!
23. Tim Buckley Greetings From L.A.
Dig that sleeve! Shades of Soylent Green, Omega Man and Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes. I bought this record for my brother when he moved to Los Angeles! Tim Buckley, like Don Van Vliet, was a visionary iconoclast that managed to transcend his L.A. surroundings and blaze a singular path through the musical landscape as the sixties bled into the 1970s. Shifting and morphing through myriad phases, first by bending the rules of their chosen form (folk in Buckley's case, blues in Beefheart's) and then breaking them completely with increasingly abstract records like Starsailor and Lorca (or the Captain's Trout Mask Replica and Decals) before swerving back into the mainstream with increasingly r&b-soaked sides, their careers almost seemed in step to an eerie degree.
Greetings From L.A. picks up where the awesome proto-kosmische monster jam Gypsy Woman left off, with tunes like Get On Top, Devil Eyes and Sweet Surrender snaking on exceptionally carnal, loose-limbed rhythms. Notably, this record came up when John Lydon — then at height of his Sex Pistols notoriety — guested on Tommy Vance's Capitol Radio show, which found the punk playing Buckley's Sweet Surrender alongside selections from Can, Peter Hammill, Nico, Bobby Byrd, Captain Beefheart and Augustus Pablo, not to mention fellow canyon dweller Neil Young's Revolution Blues. Goodbye Johnny Rotten, hello Public Image! And the rest, as they say, is history.
24. Marvin Gaye Trouble Man: Motion Picture Soundtrack
Asylum 1972
In 1972, Berry Gordy moved the focal point of his Motown empire from Detroit to L.A., where he hoped to break into the film industry (ultimately doing so with films like Lady Sings The Blues, Mahogany and The Wiz). Soul purists often mark this as the beginning of the end, but here at The Parallax Room we know things were just getting started. Marvin Gaye's string of lush, dreamy records like Let's Get It On, I Want You and Here, My Dear begin with this record, the soundtrack to the movie of the same name and follow up to his epochal stone tablet What's Going On.
Tellingly, the film's action takes place not in the towering vertical metropolises of Detroit, Chicago or New York, but the horizontal urban sprawl of Los Angeles. And as I'm sure Dr. Robert Neville would tell you, it makes all the difference. Gaye's utterly absorbing soundtrack offers the perfect sonic counterpoint to that film's imagery, offering lush, sprawling instrumentals drenched in synthesizers and dreamy production techniques. Sun-glazed and moonlit in all the right places, it's all of a piece.
Indeed, the record gets so atmospherically heavy that I tend to place it in the same ballpark as Brian Eno's Another Green World and Les McCann's Layers, capturing the feel of the city with the same visionary sonic touch that those records essayed the pastoral and bucolic. Appropriately enough, along with Buckley's Greetings From L.A. it's also the axis on which this list hinges, setting us up for the home stretch and the next great geological phase of the 35...
25. Ned Doheny Ned Doheny
Ned Doheny seems to constantly hover in the background of Hotel California, rubbing shoulders with figures like Jackson Browne and Frazier Mohawk. He even shows up at the ill-fated Paxton Ranch endeavor, giving the clearest recollection of what was Elektra's attempt to mirror the communal spirit of The Band's fabled sessions at Big Pink. Like Gram Parsons, he was a rich kid, albeit one that seemed to treat his peers a good deal better! His own recordings wallowed somewhat in obscurity until the trusty Numero Group unexpectedly issued a compilation of his work augmented by rarities and demo versions.
If there's a figure that lies at crux upon which yacht begins to be felt in the canyon scene than it must be old Ned. His sound is a luxurious blend of gentle acoustic strumming, elegant Fender Rhodes jazz licks and nimble, funky rhythms. It's the casual sound of muted prosperity, of cruising the shoreline in a sports car, decked out in white suit and loafers, city lights hanging in the distance. A song like I Know Sorrow ought to be super well known, after all it's just like the sort of thing Christopher Cross would crash the charts with at the end of the decade. Fittingly, it's at this point that we say goodbye to the rustic climes of the canyon and venture confidently into yacht land. Goodbye canyon. Goodnight Ned!
26. Paul Horn Visions
Epic 1974
This is another one that Kirk Degiorgio indirectly hipped me to, which I was lucky enough to find on wax up at Lou's Records back in the day. Now it even has a CD release! In the sixties, Paul Horn was responsible for the solo flute album Inside, which was actually recorded inside the Taj Mahal. Notionally, it was a jazz album, but also something of an ambient record before the fact (shades of new age waiting in the wings). Visions is more on the straight jazz funk tip, albeit inflected by the blunted stylings of Stevie Wonder's contemporary records, it has definite strains of progressive soul. In fact, the record features Horn covering Too High, Visions and Living For The City... that's a third of Innervisions right there!
More pointedly, there are loads of canyon covers in here: Crosby, Stills & Nash's Guinnevere and Long Time Gone, David Crosby's Song With No Words and Joni Mitchell's Blue and Chelsea Morning. Shearing into florid strains of exotica, it all blends brilliantly in a record that pulls together disparate strands from canyon, jazz and soul in a quintessential L.A. sun-baked geological fusion. A Jazz Mosaic record through and through, this would appeal to fans of Les McCann's Layers and Gabor Szabo's High Contrast. Also, hip hop heads take note of High Tide, which served as the basis for the track Underwater on Ghostface Killah's Fishscale!
27. Joni Mitchell The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Everyone's heard Joni Mitchell's confessional stone tablet Blue, without question one of the key canyon records, but did you know she swayed into such heavily jazz-inflected soundscapes soon afterward? Starting with Court And Spark and continuing with The Hissing Of Summer Lawns, Hejira and Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, she delved ever deeper into the form, even collaborating with Charles Mingus on her tenth album Mingus (which turned out to be his final musical project) and touring with Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker and Jaco Pastorious (captured on the live double-album Shadows And Light).
This record, which I once heard tell was Prince's favorite album of all time, is splendid. Its a deeply engrossing sound that she achieves here, her soaring voice and acoustic strums melting into pools of Rhodes and rippling piano over exquisite bass-driven rhythms, it's casually brilliant like an elegant sashay across the room. Its sound is also oddly prescient, borne out by the fact that electronic jazz figureheads like Kirk Degiorgio and Ian O'Brien were still featuring songs from these records in the mix 25 years later alongside the likes of The Black Dog, 4 Hero and Anthony Shakir and it still managed to fit right in.4
The album is by turns moving (Edith And The Kingpin and The Boho Dance), casually funky (In France They Kiss On Main Street and the title track) and, in The Jungle Line, searingly innovative. Featuring Joni singing freewheeling lines over a snatch of Burundi drumming from the Ocora field recording Musique Du Burundi and a burning synthesizer refrain, if you heard it now you'd swear it came out yesterday. Notably, that same Ocora record also turns up in Peter Weir's film The Plumber and a few years later ostensibly even inspired Adam And The Ants' monumental Kings Of The Wild Frontier!
28. Warren Zevon Warren Zevon
Good old Warren he shall be Zevon, a cool dude if there ever was one. I'm not ashamed to admit that I first bought his Excitable Boy LP for the song Werewolves Of London. That's one of the great jukebox tunes ever, up there with Golden Years and Evil Ways. What really blew me away though was the proto-new wave avant funk workout Nighttime In The Switching Yard — a not-too-distant cousin to Ian Dury & The Blockheads' contemporary Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick — which prefigured all of The Clash's Sandinista!-era punk-disco moves by a solid couple years. I recently discovered there's even an appropriately moody music video5 to go along with it!
However, the bulk of Excitable Boy consisted of gutsy songs delivered from the heart, songs like Veracruz and Accidentally Like A Martyr. All of which naturally sent me digging back in time two years for his debut. This is a great record, indeed it made both Sari's and Leah's lists. I sort of regret not including it, although I had Zevon down as an outsider, too ruff, rugged and raw for the canyon, he's almost an L.A. counterpart to the heartland rock of figures like Detroit's Bob Seger or Jersey's Bruce Springsteen. He has them all beat, of course, with indelible songs like Desperados Under The Eaves, Join Me In L.A. and I'll Sleep When I'm Dead.
29. Steely Dan Gaucho
MCA 1980
I always liked the bit in the Aja film where Walter Becker talks about the band's extended stay in Los Angeles, during which he and partner in crime Donald Fagen pined for their old stomping grounds in New York and wrote exclusively about New York characters... that is, until they finally got back to New York, where they immediately started writing songs about California!6 That's Gaucho, the duo's final record until they reformed twenty years later. Steely Dan are hard for me to narrow down to one favorite record, in the past I've thought Countdown To Ecstasy, Katy Lied and this record were the one. It's a tough call.
This has the benefit of their most streamlined, yacht-ready production. Hey Nineteen is just perfect, a real mainstay of 98.1 The Breeze back in the day, flawlessly capturing that feeling of warm, breezy summer nights in Southern California, populated with images of Piña coladas, fine Columbian and fetching young ladies who've never heard of Aretha Franklin. Glamour Profession is a definitive slice of slinky yacht disco (later reworked in the nineties on dubplate by — if memory serves — Chicago house stalwart Gemini), while you couldn't ask for a better signing off moment than Third World Man, a perfect send off for the duo, like The Doors riding into the sunset with Riders On The Storm.
30. Rickie Lee Jones Pirates
The beat-damaged Rickie Lee Jones was widely hailed as the next Joni Mitchell, jumping in directly at the jazz end where Joni left off. Her 1979 debut was a genuine sensation, with the hit single Chuck E.'s In Love everywhere that year and Jones taking home the Grammy for best new artist. Pirates is her difficult second album, an avant yacht masterpiece made in the wake of her break up with former flame Tom Waits (the bars those two must have closed down!). It's a true embarrassment of riches, featuring a long list of jazz luminaries — figures like David Sanborn, Steve Gadd and Chuck Rainey, not to mention Steely Dan's Donald Fagen on synthesizer — in evidence throughout.
The record is defined by the arcing balladry of We Belong Together and Living It Up, along with a fragility best exemplified in Skeletons and The Returns (not to mention in Jones' often delicate voice), although she does find time to run the jazz down once again in Woody And Dutch On The Slow Train To Peking. Still, the record's undeniable centerpiece is Traces Of The Western Slopes, eight minutes of eerie, sweeping grandeur that seem to swoop and dive through the entire range of human emotion. It's genuinely heartening to reflect that only a decade later — and there's no way she could have expected this — a sample of Jones' spoken word recollection of what the skies looked like when she was young would kick off The Orb's epochal ambient house touchstone Little Fluffy Clouds!
31. Leon Ware Leon Ware
Smooth soul slate featuring lush backing from the cream of L.A. session players, including cameos from Rita Coolidge, Bonnie Bramlett and Bill Champlin.7 Ware was a crucial force in establishing the sumptuous MoWest sound, not least through his substantial songwriting contributions to Marvin Gaye's I Want You in 1976 (when Gaye was suffering from a severe case of writer's block). Indeed, his own Musical Massage LP (released later that year), played like a continuation of I Want You's themes and obsessions, speaking to the deep well of material he'd dreamt up by that point.
This 1982 outing is indubitably his yacht record, featuring slick, smoldering post-disco workouts like Lost In Love With You and Can I Touch You There alongside trademark slow jams like Shelter and Deeper Than Love. The inescapable highlight, however, is Why I Came To California, an unassuming bit of burning mid-tempo gossamer disco that seems to glide by on a cushion of ocean mist. A flawless portrait of Southern California at its most mellow and carefree, it never fails to blow away everyone I play it for.
32. X Under The Big Black Sun
Slash 1982
X were L.A. punks who in a strange twist of fate wound up having their first trio of records produced by Doors keyboard maestro Ray Manzarek. Sure enough, the shadowy vibes of his old band's work are increasingly felt over the course of the trilogy, starting with Los Angeles — a more or less straight punk blast — and culminating in the grand finale of dark Americana that is Under The Big Black Sun. In this respect, X were similar to other rootsy punks like The Gun Club in digging beyond punk's original calls for tabula rasa into the seedy prehistoric world of rockabilly, country and down and dirty blues.
Like The Cramps, this all keys directly back into surf rock and forward to Tarantino, in a sense signaling the spiritual birth of the nineties — all about excavation transmuted into innovation — alongside the works of Cybotron, Larry Heard and Grandmaster Flash. There's loads of L.A. punk that I could have included here as well — things like the Germs, Black Flag and even the Repo Man soundtrack — but this one has by far the strongest links with today's discussion, stretching all the way back to Dick Dale, Morrison Hotel and The Electric Prunes. Plus, it's a killer record!
33. Tom Waits Rain Dogs
Tom Waits was something like the gutter poet laureate of the canyon scene, busking his songs and prefiguring the sort of cloaked, rumpled anti-glamour that the great Mickey Rourke turned into an art form in the 1980s. He put out a sequence of great booze-soaked, beatnik crooner records over the course of the seventies — albums like Closing Time, Small Change and The Heart Of Saturday Night — and the Eagles even covered Ol' 55 (taken from his debut) on their On The Border LP.
The eighties saw Waits experience a drastic reinvention on par with David Bowie's in Berlin or Sly Stone's in the early 1970s, ditching his dive bar piano man aura for the seedy back alleys of the underworld, first with Heartattack And Vine and then perfecting it with his underground trilogy of Swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs and Frank's Wild Years. They're all about equally great, but Swordfishtrombones was the great unveiling and therefore the logical choice for this chronology. Waits' clanking, mechanical sound hits you headfirst with the opening, scene-setting Underground and continues in 16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought-Six, both of which feature Waits sounding like a wolf-man barking at the moon.
Songs like Shore Leave are shot through with a strange sort of bleached-bone hoodoo, its eerie marimbas and dive-bombing horns haunting the shadows around Waits' spoken asides and hoarse vagabond croon. Interesting to note that it was one of the few sounds critics could reach back to compare Tricky's music to when he emerged with records like Maxinquaye, Nearly God and Angels With Dirty Faces! Still, Waits manages to revisit the spirit of his trademark weepy ballads of old with Johnsburg, Illinois and the Salvation Army blues of In The Neighborhood, tugging at your heartstrings even as he dragged you back into his nightmare.
Tangentially, I've always thought you could make a strong case for Waits' underground trilogy as the L.A. analog to Bowie's legendary Berlin trilogy and Peter Gabriel's first three records. All three instances featuring drastic reinventions of idiosyncratic artists in the wake of prior success (Bowie's Ziggy Stardust years and Gabriel's tenure with Genesis), featuring experimentation with sound itself to a greater degree than anything they'd previously been associated. Also bringing to mind Scott Weiland's superb solo debut 12 Bar Blues, the restless experiments of which I've often thought are often cut from a similar cloth.
34. Meat Puppets Meat Puppets II
SST 1984
Hitting hard on SST and standing in for the rest of the alternative brigades8 are the Meat Puppets with their second album and its genre-warping collision of hardcore punk and country-western. Endlessly feted by Kurt Cobain, Nirvana's MTV Unplugged In New York even featured two songs from this record Plateau and Lake Of Fire, cementing its place as an alternative touchstone even in the wider world beyond indie rock. I hear it as an unspoken renegotiation of the twin debuts of Crazy Horse and Little Feat, its ragged shapes executed with near-telepathic interplay.
The Puppets originally hailed from Phoenix, Arizona, ultimately signing with Black Flag ringleader Greg Ginn's independent bastion SST at the behest of Joe Carducci. Their freewheeling, rambling sound reflects the sprawling, wide-open spaces of their high desert origins, with We're Here, Aurora Borealis and I'm A Mindless Idiot swerving almost unexpectedly into a a shimmering cascade of guitar arpeggios and approaching my oft-stated daydream of a Can-like, kosmische sound borne from the deserts of the southwest.
35. Ry Cooder Paris, Texas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Ry Cooder's crystalline ambient blues. I always hoped to find a similar atmosphere in his seventies records, but from what I've heard so far they tend to be more on the traditionalist tip (not that there's anything wrong with that!). This from the soundtrack to the Wim Wenders film, starring Harry Dean Stanton and the relatively attractive Nastassja Kinski,9 its sprawling atmospheric shapes the perfect counterpart to the film's rambling desert travelogue. I just recently watched another movie from this era that Ry Cooder also scored, Johnny Handsome (starring Mickey Rourke and Morgan Freeman), and it's similarly evocative stuff, though nowhere near as affecting.
The opening theme bears a strong sense of portent, with Cooder bending notes out toward the horizon, lost in a sea of reverb reflecting the lonesome sprawl of the desert. The lone track to feature singing is the Mexican folk song Canción Mixteca, sung by none other than Harry Dean Stanton. His memorable extended monologue from the film is also included in I Knew These People, which features one of my favorite offhand bits of dialogue from any movie: when Nastassja Kinski's Jane says matter-of-factly Yep, I know that feelin'.10 The remainder of the record is purely instrumental, Ry Cooder's lonely six-string elegies tuned to the winds of the desert itself.11
This soundtrack plays like a fitting elegy to the canyon sound and the roots it harked back to, right there in the digital glare of 1985, arguably the year that the bottom fell out of new wave and back-to-the-roots music started to come back into favor in a big way. I'm talking about the rise of alternative in the popular consciousness, figures like R.E.M. and The Smiths (prefiguring Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden's eventual crashing of the mainstream party), not to mention U2's sudden fascination with Americana on The Joshua Tree and Rattle And Hum.12 Minneapolis' Replacements could even be read as a ramshackle, underground analog to heartland rockers like Tom Petty, John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen.
It's at this point that the next wave of artists begin to rise, figures who actually made the original canyon lists the first time around like The Cowboy Junkies, Mazzy Star and Tracy Chapman. This music, increasingly felt as a presence as you move into the nineties, sits quite comfortably in the mix beside things like Homecoming, Nashville Skyline and If Only I Could Remember My Name. Alternative rockers like Dinosaur Jr. and The Jesus & Mary Chain even mellowed out into canyoneqsque territory as the decade progresses, paving the way for groups like Wilco and Built To Spill alongside a whole new generation of singer-songwriters.
Death In Vegas Scorpio Rising Concrete
Even certain quarters of electronic music took a left turn into the canyon, with the folktronica of Beth Orton, Dot Allison and Badly Drawn Boy conjuring up Memories Of Green in the wake of rave's long hangover, squaring the circle between Carole King and Morton Subotnick. Big beat block-rockers like The Chemical Brothers keyed into similar terrain with songs like Where Do I Begin and Asleep From Day (featuring vocals from Beth Orton and Mazzy Star's Hope Sandoval, respectively), while Death In Vegas even transformed into a canyonesque proposition with Scorpio Rising (there's Hope Sandoval again, Dot Allison too).13 And with present day figures like Joanna Newsom, Dawes and Michael Nau all mining seams stretching outward from the canyon to varying degrees, its safe to say the Laurel Canyon vibes might well be here to stay.
It's a testament to the way these sounds live on in the rocks, rivers and trees, spreading out far and wide across the mountains, forests, beaches and desert plains of California and beyond, haunting the imagination long since the Geist has seemingly passed them by. And so if you step out your front door and into the bosom of the night, you can still feel their whispers around you on the cool of the evening breeze...
Don't get me wrong, I dig The Beatles. Honest!!
French, John. Beefheart: Through The Eyes Of Magic. London: Proper, 2013. 253. Print.
Hoskyns, Barney. Hotel California. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 2006. 75-76. Print.
Along with the old Op-ART Hall Of Fame list, I used to study those sets. STUDY them! It was my introduction to the notion that the right records from the past could sound more futuristic than swathes of brand new music on the radio. Even when I was young though, something's newness never meant much to me vs. its freshness, if you get my meaning. Some music is already stale the day it first drops!
Warren Zevon. Nighttime In The Switching Yard. Excitable Boy. Rock Arena. Columbia, 1989. Music Video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqLZZ1jVTR8
Not to mention a cadre of players representing the South American contingent, including Brazil's Flora Purim and Airto Moreiro, along with Argentine sax man Gato Barbieri.
I could have included the Minutemen's Double Nickels On The Dime, a quintessential L.A. record if there ever was one, but their diamond-edged post punk attack seemed to stray a bit too far from the brief... after all Van Halen and War didn't make it in here either!!
Nah, I mean she's just stunningly, preposterously and unfairly gorgeous in this film.
Which later gets sampled at the end of Primal Scream's I'm Coming Down, from their born again post-rave masterpiece Screamadelica.
Cooder, Ry. From Buena Vista To Gospel And Blues. BBC Radio 4: Best Of Today, 10 May 2018. Interview.
A move that — interestingly enough — was inspired in part by the soundtrack to Paris, Texas.
Scorpio Rising even features an ace cover of Gene Clark's So You Say You Lost Your Baby, featuring vocals from Paul Weller.
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Sonoma County Premiere! The screeching strings, the plunging knife, the slow zoom out from a lifeless eyeball: in 1960, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho changed film history forever with its taboo-shattering shower scene. With 78 camera set-ups and 52 edits over the course of 3 minutes, Psycho redefined screen violence, set the stage for decades of slasher films to come, and introduced a new element of danger to the moviegoing experience. Aided by a roster of filmmakers, critics, and fans—including Guillermo del Toro, Bret Easton Ellis, Jamie Lee Curtis, Eli Roth, and Peter Bogdanovich—director Alexandre O. Philippe pulls back the curtain on the making and influence of this cinematic game changer, breaking it down frame by frame and unpacking Hitchcock’s dense web of allusions and double meanings. The result is an enthralling piece of cinematic detective work that’s nirvana for film buffs.
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The Gorgon's Head Part I
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Perseus was the son of Danae, who was the daughter of a king. And when Perseus was a very little boy, some wicked people put his mother and himself into a chest, and set them afloat upon the sea. The wind blew freshly, and drove the chest away from the shore, and the uneasy billows tossed it up and down; while Danae clasped her child closely to her bosom, and dreaded that some big wave would dash its foamy crest over them both. The chest sailed on, however, and neither sank nor was upset; until, when night was coming, it floated so near an island that it got entangled in a fisherman's nets, and was drawn out high and dry upon the sand. The island was called Seriphus, and it was reigned over by King Polydectes, who happened to be the fisherman's brother.
This fisherman, I am glad to tell you, was an exceedingly humane and upright man. He showed great kindness to Danae and her little boy; and continued to befriend them, until Perseus had grown to be a handsome youth, very strong and active, and skilful in the use of arms. Long before this time, King Polydectes had seen the two strangers—the mother and her child—who had come to his dominions in a floating chest. As he was not good and kind, like his brother the fisherman, but extremely wicked, he resolved to send Perseus on a dangerous enterprise, in which he would probably be killed, and then to do some great mischief to Danae herself. So this bad-hearted king spent a long while in considering what was the most dangerous thing that a young man could possibly undertake to perform. At last, having hit upon an enterprise that promised to turn out as fatally as he desired, he sent for the youthful Perseus.
The young man came to the palace, and found the king sitting upon his throne.
"Perseus," said King Polydectes, smiling craftily upon him, "you are grown up a fine young man. You and your good mother have received a great deal of kindness from myself, as well as from my worthy brother the fisherman, and I suppose you would not be sorry to repay some of it."
"Please your Majesty," answered Perseus, "I would willingly risk my life to do so."
"Well, then," continued the king, still with a curving smile on his lips, "I have a little adventure to propose to you; and, as you are a brave and enterprising youth, you will doubtless look upon it as a great piece of good luck to have so rare an opportunity of distinguishing yourself. You must know, my good Perseus, I think of getting married to the beautiful Princess Hippodamia; and it is customary, on these occasions, to make the bride a present of some far-fetched and elegant curiosity. I have been a little perplexed, I must honestly confess, where to obtain anything likely to please a princess of her exquisite taste. But, this morning, I flatter myself, I have thought of precisely the article."
"And can I assist your Majesty in obtaining it?" cried Perseus, eagerly.
"You can, if you are as brave a youth as I believe you to be," replied King Polydectes, with the utmost graciousness of manner. "The bridal gift which I have set my heart on presenting to the beautiful Hippodamia is the head of the Gorgon Medusa, with the snaky locks; and I depend on you, my dear Perseus, to bring it to me. So, as I am anxious to settle affairs with the princess, the sooner you go in quest of the Gorgon, the better I shall be pleased."
"I will set out to-morrow morning," answered Perseus.
"Pray do so, my gallant youth," rejoined the king. "And, Perseus, in cutting off the Gorgon's head, be careful to make a clean stroke, so as not to injure its appearance. You must bring it home in the very best condition, in order to suit the exquisite taste of the beautiful Princess Hippodamia."
Perseus left the palace, but was scarcely out of hearing before Polydectes burst into a laugh; being greatly amused, wicked king that he was, to find how readily the young man fell into the snare. The news quickly spread abroad, that Perseus had undertaken to cut off the head of Medusa with the snaky locks. Everybody was rejoiced; for most of the inhabitants of the island were as wicked as the king himself, and would have liked nothing better than to see some enormous mischief happen to Danae and her son. The only good man in this unfortunate island of Seriphus appears to have been the fisherman. As Perseus walked along, therefore, the people pointed after him, and made mouths, and winked to one another, and ridiculed him as loudly as they dared.
"Ho, ho!" cried they; "Medusa's snakes will sting him soundly!"
Now, there were three Gorgons alive, at that period; and they were the most strange and terrible monsters that had ever been since the world was made, or that have been seen in after days, or that are likely to be seen in all time to come. I hardly know what sort of creature or hobgoblin to call them. They were three sisters, and seem to have borne some distant resemblance to women, but were really a very frightful and mischievous species of dragon. It is, indeed, difficult to imagine what hideous beings these three sisters were. Why, instead of locks of hair, if you can believe me, they had each of them a hundred enormous snakes growing on their heads, all alive, twisting, wriggling, curling, and thrusting out their venomous' tongues, with forked stings at the end! The teeth of the Gorgons were terribly long tusks; their hands were made of brass; and their bodies were all over scales, which, if not iron, were something as hard and impenetrable. They had wings, too, and exceedingly splendid ones, I can assure you; for every feather in them was pure, bright, glittering, burnished gold, and they looked very dazzlingly, no doubt, when the Gorgons were flying about in the sunshine.
But when people happened to catch a glimpse of their glittering brightness, aloft in the air, they seldom stopped to gaze, but ran and hid themselves as speedily as they could. You will think, perhaps, that they were afraid of being stung by the serpents that served the Gorgons instead of hair,—or of having their heads bitten off by their ugly tusks,—or of being torn all to pieces by their brazen claws. Well, to be sure, these were some of the dangers, but by no means the greatest, nor the most difficult to avoid. For the worst thing about these abominable Gorgons was, that, if once a poor mortal fixed his eyes full upon one of their faces, he was certain, that very instant, to be changed from warm flesh and blood into cold and lifeless stone!
Thus, as you will easily perceive, it was a very dangerous adventure that the wicked King Polydectes had contrived for this innocent young man. Perseus himself, when he had thought over the matter, could not help seeing that he had very little chance of coming safely through it, and that he was far more likely to become a stone image than to bring back the head of Medusa with the snaky locks. For, not to speak of other difficulties, there was one which it would have puzzled an older man than Perseus to get over. Not only must he fight with and slay this golden-winged, iron-scaled, long-tusked, brazen-clawed, snaky-haired monster, but he must do it with his eyes shut, or, at least, without so much as a glance at the enemy with whom he was contending. Else, while his arm was lifted to strike, he would stiffen into stone, and stand with that uplifted arm for centuries, until time, and the wind and weather, should crumble him quite away. This would be a very sad thing to befall a young mail who wanted to perform a great many brave deeds, and to enjoy a great deal of happiness, in this bright and beautiful world.
So disconsolate did these thoughts make him, that Perseus could not bear to tell his another what he had undertaken to do. He therefore took his shield, girded on his sword, and crossed over from the island to the mainland, where he sat down in a solitary place, and hardly refrained from shedding tears.
But, while he was in this sorrowful mood, he heard a voice close beside him.
"Perseus," said the voice, "why are you sad?"
He lifted his head from his hands, in which he had hidden it, and, behold! all alone as Perseus had supposed himself to be, there was a stranger in the solitary place. It was a brisk, intelligent, and remarkably shrewd-looking young man, with a cloak over his shoulders, an odd sort of cap on his head, a strangely twisted staff in his hand, and a short and very crooked sword hanging by his side. He was exceedingly light and active in his figure, like a person much accustomed to gymnastic exercises, and well able to leap or run. Above all, the stranger had such a cheerful, knowing, and helpful aspect (though it was certainly a little mischievous, into the bargain), that Perseus could not help feeling his spirits grow livelier, as he gazed at him. Besides, being really a courageous youth, he felt greatly ashamed that anybody should have found him with tears in his eyes, like a timid little school-boy, when, after all, there might be no occasion for despair. So Perseus wiped his eyes, and answered the stranger pretty briskly, putting on as brave a look as he could.
"I am not so very sad," said he; "only thoughtful about an adventure that I have undertaken."
"Oho!" answered the stranger. "Well, tell me all about it, and possibly I may be of service to you. I have helped a good many young men through adventures that looked difficult enough beforehand. Perhaps you may have heard of me. I have more names than one; but the name of Quicksilver suits me as well as any other. Tell me what your trouble is, and we will talk the matter over, and see what can be done."
The stranger's words and manner put Perseus into quite a different mood from his former one. He resolved to tell Quicksilver all his difficulties, since he could not easily be worse off than he already was, and, very possibly, his new friend might give him some advice that would turn out well in the end. So he let the stranger know, in few words, precisely what the case was;—how that King Polydeetes wanted the head of Medusa with the snaky locks as a bridal gift for the beautiful Princess Hippodamia, and how that he had undertaken to get it for him, but was afraid of being turned into stone.
"And that would be a great pity," said Quicksilver, with his mischievous smile. "You would make a very handsome marble statue, it is true, and it would be a considerable number of centuries before you crumbled away; but, on the whole, one would rather be a young man for a few years, than a stone image for a great many."
"O, far rather!" exclaimed Perseus, with the tears again standing in his eyes. "And, besides, what would my dear mother do, if her beloved son were turned into a stone?"
"Well, well; let us hope that the affair will not turn out so very badly," replied Quicksilver, in an encouraging tone. "I am the very person to help you, if anybody can. My sister and myself will do our utmost to bring you safe through the adventure, ugly as it now looks."
"Your sister?" repeated Perseus.
"Yes, my sister," said the stranger. "She is very wise, I promise you; and as for myself, I generally have all my wits about me, such as they are. If you show yourself bold and cautious, and follow our advice, you need not fear being a stone image yet awhile. But, first of all, you must polish your shield, till you can see your face in it as distinctly as in a mirror."
This seemed to Perseus rather an odd beginning of the adventure; for he thought it of far more consequence that the shield should be strong enough to defend him from the Gorgon's brazen claws, than that it should be bright enough to show him the reflection of his face. However, concluding that Quicksilver knew better than himself, he immediately set to work, and scrubbed the shield with so much diligence and good-will, that it very quickly shone like the moon at harvest-time. Quicksilver looked at it with a smile, and nodded his approbation. Then, taking off his own short and crooked sword, he girded it about Perseus, instead of the one which he had before worn.
"No sword but mine will answer your purpose," observed he; "the blade has a most excellent temper, and will cut through iron and brass as easily as through the slenderest twig. And now we will set out. The next thing is to find the Three Gray Women, who will tell us where to find the Nymphs."
"The Three Gray Women!" cried Perseus, to whom this seemed only a new difficulty in the path of his adventure; "pray, who may the Three Gray Women be? I never heard of them before."
"They are three very strange old ladies," said Quicksilver, laughing. "They have but one eye among them, and only one tooth. Moreover, you must find them out by starlight, or in the dusk of the evening; for they never show themselves by the light either of the sun or moon."
"But," said Perseus, "why should I waste my time with these Three Gray Women? Would it not be better to set out at once in search of the terrible Gorgons?"
"No, no," answered his friend. "There are other things to be done, before you can find your way to the Gorgons. There is nothing for it but to hunt up these old ladies; and when we meet with them, you may be sure that the Gorgons are not a great way off. Come, let us be stirring!"
Perseus, by this time, felt so much confidence in his companion's sagacity, that he made no more objections, and professed himself ready to begin the adventure immediately. They accordingly set out, and walked at a pretty brisk pace; so brisk, indeed, that Perseus found it rather difficult to keep up with his nimble friend Quicksilver. To say the truth, he had a singular idea that Quicksilver was furnished with a pair of winged shoes, which, of course, helped him along marvellously. And then, too, when Perseus looked sideways at him, out of the corner of his eye, he seemed to see wings on the side of his head; although, if he turned a full gaze, there were no such things to be perceived, but only an odd kind of cap. But, at all events, the twisted staff was evidently a great convenience to Quicksilver, and enabled him to proceed so fast, that Perseus, though a remarkably active young man, began to be out of breath.
"Here!" cried Quicksilver, at last,—for he knew well enough, rogue that he was, how hard Perseus found it to keep pace with him,—"take you the staff, for you need it a great deal more than I. Are there no better walkers than yourself, in the island of Seriphus?"
"I could walk pretty well," said Perseus, glancing slyly at his companion's feet, "if I had only a pair of winged shoes."
"We must see about getting you a pair," answered Quicksilver.
But the staff helped Perseus along so bravely, that he no longer felt the slightest weariness. In fact, the stick seemed to be alive in his hand, and to lend some of its life to Perseus. He and Quicksilver now walked onward at their ease, talking very sociably together; and Quicksilver told so many pleasant stories about his former adventures, and how well his wits had served him on various occasions, that Perseus began to think him a very wonderful person. He evidently knew the world; and nobody is so charming to a young man as a friend who has that kind of knowledge. Perseus listened the more eagerly, in the hope of brightening his own wits by what he heard.
At last, he happened to recollect that Quicksilver had spoken of a sister, who was to lend her assistance in the adventure which they were now bound upon.
"Where is she?" he inquired. "Shall we not meet her soon?"
"All at the proper time," said his companion. "But this sister of mine, you must understand, is quite a different sort of character from myself. She is very grave and prudent, seldom smiles, never laughs, and makes it a rule not to utter a word unless she has something particularly profound to say. Neither will she listen to any but the wisest conversation."
"Dear me!" ejaculated Perseus; "I shall be afraid to say a syllable."
"She is a very accomplished person, I assure you," continued Quicksilver, "and has all the arts and sciences at her fingers' ends. In short, she is so immoderately wise, that many people call her wisdom personified. But, to tell you the truth, she has hardly vivacity enough for my taste; and I think you would scarcely find her so pleasant a travelling companion as myself. She has her good points, nevertheless; and you will find the benefit of them, in your encounter with the Gorgons."
By this time it had grown quite dusk. They were now come to a very wild and desert place, overgrown with shaggy bushes, and so silent and solitary that nobody seemed ever to have dwelt or journeyed there. All was waste and desolate, in the gray twilight, which grew every moment more obscure. Perseus looked about him, rather disconsolately, and asked Quicksilver whether they had a great deal farther to go.
"Hist! Hist!" whispered his companion. "Make no noise! This is just the time and place to meet the Three Gray Women. Be careful that they do not see you before you see them; for, though they have but a single eye among the three, it is as sharp-sighted as half a dozen common eyes."
"But what must I do," asked Perseus, "when we meet them?"
Quicksilver explained to Perseus how the Three Gray Women managed with their one eye. They were in the habit, it seems, of changing it from one to another, as if it had been a pair of spectacles, or—which would have suited them better—quizzing-glass. When one of the three had kept the eye a certain time, she took it out of the socket and passed it to one of her sisters, whose turn it might happen to be, and who immediately clapped it into her own head, and enjoyed a peep at the visible world. Thus it will easily be understood that only one of the Three Gray Women could see, while the other two were in utter darkness; and, moreover, at the instant when the eye was passing from hand to hand, neither of the poor old ladies was able to see a wink. I have heard of a great many strange things, in my day, and have witnessed not a few; but none, it seems to me, that can compare with the oddity of these Three Gray Women, all peeping through a single eye.
So thought Perseus, likewise, and was so astonished that he almost fancied his companion was joking with him, and that there were no such old women in the world.
"You will soon find whether I tell the truth or no," observed Quicksilver. "Hark! hush! Hist! hist! There they come, now!"
Perseus looked earnestly through the dusk of the evening, and there, sure enough, at no great distance off, he descried the Three Gray Women. The light being so faint, he could not well make out what sort of figures they were; only he discovered that they had long gray hair; and, as they came nearer, he saw that two of them had but the empty socket of an eye, in the middle of their foreheads. But, in the middle of the third sister's forehead, there was a very large, bright, and piercing eye, which sparkled like a great diamond in a ring; and so penetrating did it seem to be, that Perseus could not help thinking it must possess the gift of seeing in the darkest midnight just as perfectly as at noonday. The sight of three persons' eyes was melted and collected into that single one.
Thus the three old dames got along about as comfortably, upon the whole, as if they could all see at once. She who chanced to have the eye in her forehead led the other two by the hands, peeping sharply about her, all the while; insomuch that Perseus dreaded lest she should see right through the thick clump of bushes behind which he and Quicksilver had hidden themselves. My stars! it was positively terrible to be within reach of so very sharp an eye!
But, before they reached the clump of bushes, one of the Three Gray Women spoke.
"Sister! Sister Scarecrow!" cried she, "you have had the eye long enough. It is my turn now!"
"Let me keep it a moment longer, Sister Nightmare," answered Scarecrow. "I thought I had a glimpse of something behind that thick bush."
"Well, and what of that?" retorted Nightmare, peevishly. "Can't I see into a thick bush as easily as yourself? The eye is mine, as well as yours; and I know the use of it as well as you, or may be a little better. I insist upon taking a peep immediately!"
But here the third sister, whose name was Shakejoint, began to complain, and said that it was her turn to have the eye, and that Scarecrow and Nightmare wanted to keep it all to themselves. To end the dispute, old Dame Scarecrow took the eye out of her forehead, and held it forth in her hand.
"Take it, one of you," cried she, "and quit this foolish quarrelling. For my part, I shall be glad of a little thick darkness. Take it quickly, however, or I must clap it into my own head again!"
Accordingly, both Nightmare and Shakejoint stretched out their hands, groping eagerly to snatch the eye out of the hand of Scarecrow. But, being both alike blind, they could not easily find where Scarecrow's hand was; and Scarecrow, being now just as much in the dark as Shakejoint and Nightmare, could not at once meet either of their hands, in order to put the eye into it. Thus (as you will see, with half an eye, my wise little auditors), these good old dames had fallen into a strange perplexity. For, though the eye shone and glistened like a star, as Scarecrow held it out, yet the Gray Women caught not the least glimpse of its light, and were all three in utter darkness, from too impatient a desire to see.
Quicksilver was so much tickled at beholding Shakejoint and Nightmare both groping for the eye, and each finding fault with Scarecrow and one another, that he could scarcely help laughing aloud.
"Now is your time!" he whispered to Perseus.
"Quick, quick! before they can clap the eye into either of their heads. Rush out upon the old ladies, and snatch it from Scarecrow's hand!"
In an instant, while the Three Gray Women were still scolding each other, Perseus leaped front behind the clump of bushes, and made himself master of the prize. The marvellous eye, as he held it in his hand, shone very brightly, and seemed to look up into his face with a knowing air, and an expression as if it would have winked, had it been provided with a pair of eyelids for that purpose. But the Gray Women knew nothing of what had happened; and, each supposing that one of her sisters was in possession of the eye, they began their quarrel anew. At last, as Perseus did not wish to put these respectable dames to greater inconvenience than was really necessary, he thought it right to explain the matter. "My good ladies," said he, "pray do not be angry with one another. If anybody is in fault, it is myself; for I have the honor to hold your very brilliant and excellent eye in my own hand!"
"You! you have our eye! And who are you?" screamed the Three Gray Women, all in a breath; for they were terribly frightened, of course, at hearing a strange voice, and discovering that their eyesight had got into the hands of they could not guess whom. "O, what shall we do, sisters? what shall we do? We are all in the dark! Give us our eye! Give us our one, precious, solitary eye! You have two of your own Give us our eye!"
"Tell them," whispered Quicksilver to Perseus, "that they shall have back the eye as soon as they direct you where to find the Nymphs who have the flying slippers, the magic wallet, and the helmet of darkness."
"My dear, good, admirable old ladies," said Perseus, addressing the Gray Women, "there is no occasion for putting yourselves into such a fright. I am by no means a bad young man. You shall have back your eye, safe and sound, and as bright as ever, the moment you tell me where to find the Nymphs."
"The Nymphs! Goodness me! sisters, what Nymphs does he mean?" screamed Scarecrow. "There are a great many Nymphs, people say; some that go a hunting in the woods, and some that live inside of trees, and some that have a comfortable home in fountains of water. We know nothing at all about them. We are three unfortunate old souls, that go wandering about in the dusk, and never had but one eye amongst us, and that one you have stolen away. O, give it back, good stranger!—whoever you are, give it back!"
All this while the Three Gray Women were groping with their outstretched hands, and trying their utmost to get hold of Perseus. But he took good care to keep out of their reach.
"My respectable dames," said he,—for his mother had taught him always to use the greatest civility,—"I hold your eye fast in my hand, and shall keep it safely for you, until you please to tell me where to find these Nymphs. The Nymphs, I mean, who keep the enchanted wallet, the flying slippers, and the what is it?—the helmet of invisibility."
"Mercy on us, sisters! what is the young man talking about?" exclaimed Scarecrow, Nightmare, and Shakejoint, one to another, with great appearance of astonishment. "A pair of flying slippers, quoth he! His heels would quickly fly higher than his head, if he were silly enough to put them on. And a helmet of invisibility! How could a helmet make him invisible, unless it were big enough for him to hide under it? And an enchanted wallet! What sort of a contrivance may that be, I wonder? No, no, good stranger! we can tell you nothing of these marvellous things. You have two eyes of your own, and we have but a single one amongst us three. You can find out such wonders better than three blind old creatures, like us."
Perseus, hearing them talk in this way, began really to think that the Gray Women knew nothing of the matter; and, as it grieved him to have put them to so much trouble, he was just on the point of restoring their eye and asking pardon for his rudeness in snatching it away. But Quicksilver caught his hand.
"Don't let them make a fool of you!" said he. "These Three Gray Women are the only persons in the world that can tell you where to find the Nymphs; and, unless you get that information, you will never succeed in cutting off the head of Medusa with the snaky locks. Keep fast hold of the eye, and all will go well."
As it turned out, Quicksilver was in the right. There are but few things that people prize so much as they do their eyesight; and the Gray Women valued their single eye as highly as if it had been half a dozen, which was the number they ought to have had. Finding that there was no other way of recovering it, they at last told Perseus what he wanted to know. No sooner had they done so, than he immediately, and with the utmost respect, clapped the eye into the vacant socket in one of their foreheads, thanked them for their kindness, and bade them farewell. Before the young man was out of hearing, however, they had got into a new dispute, because he happened to have given the eye to Scarecrow, who had already taken her turn of it when their trouble with Perseus commenced.
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Award winning Outreach holds its AGM with Ivan Lewis MP
Residents and staff of Outreach, the learning disability and mental health charity, turned out in full force to welcome past Outreach worker Ivan Lewis MP to their AGM last week at the Maccabi Sports and Social Club.
2012 has brought some well-deserved recognition for Outreach Community & Residential Services staff with the receipt of two awards. Level 1 PQASSO (Practical Quality Award System for Smaller Organisations) focuses on the overall quality of the care and support given to service users and the Dignity in Care Award recognises and commends the level of attention individual members of staff put into frontline health and social care.
Bev Shaw receives award from Ivan Lewis MP and Akilah Akinola
Ivan Lewis MP said:
“I first become involved with Outreach as a volunteer when I was 14 years old and this initial involvement had led to me becoming involved in politics. I had been introduced to Outreach by my mother, who was herself committed to the organisation and joining Outreach changed my life.
“During the 1980s and 1990s Outreach had the revolutionary belief that everyone should be treated as an individual. This attitude was ahead of any other organisation (especially regionally) and Outreach has continued to maintain this ethos and been ahead of other organisations in terms of its values and the way it continues to recognise and identify the needs of the service user, ensuring their dreams are met and that they attain their full potential.
“Everyone is interdependent, not independent and through the way Outreach provides support, people have been able to have relationships and lead fulfilled lives without becoming lonely and isolated.”
Akilah Akinola, Outreach Chief Executive, said:
“Outreach has always been a very progressive organisation. The future of Outreach is looking bright, the quality of staff is improving and as a result, the quality of the services provided is always getting better “The plans for the future include looking at new offices, improving the environment of the houses and improving awareness of Outreach in the community as well as recruiting additional staff in order to deliver more domiciliary services within the community and increase opportunities for people with a learning disability and/or mental health need to access community , social and leisure facilities.”
Ivan Lewis MP then went on to award staff or service users who deserved special recognition:
o Tony Simmons
Akilah explained that Tony was a service user who had done a lot of fundraising for Outreach and through his commitment and effort had raised a lot of money. She also thanked him for all his hard work and efforts.
o Helen Openshaw, Tony Beaney and Lisa Ogden
Akilah explained that these three members of staff had worked hard in delivering and planning activities with the leisure group and and at the Drop in centre. It was through their efforts that everything in this area was so successful.
o Beverley Shaw
Akilah reminded everyone there had been a lot of management changes and during that time Bev had been quietly working in the background and been extremely flexible in everything she did and supported her fellow managers through the changes. Akilah therefore wanted to thank Beverley for all her efforts.
o Elaine Carter
Akilah explained that within Outreach, service users had been involved in the recruitment of staff and taken part in interviews for a long time. She named all the service users involved and added that one person in particular had worked very hard, had always been willing to step in at the last minute and provided an excellent example for others to follow. That person was Elaine, who sadly was unavailable at the AGM to accept her certificate in person, it would therefore be taken back to her house and presented to Elaine there.
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ABOUT THE ART: Sian was born with an innate creative spirit. As the child protégée of her grandfather, the renowned Caribbean artist Gordon Parkinson, she was nurtured and tutored by him throughout her childhood. During the countless hours spent in her mentor’s studio, she was encouraged to use “art” as an outlet for self-expression. The fiery, red-headed youth was taught to channel her pent-up energies, unexpressed thoughts and feelings into creating works of art using whatever treasures she could find in and around his studio. Each piece helped to tell a story which words seemingly could not. Sian continues to use acrylics and mixed media to create intricate visual stories on each unique canvas. Her vivid and emotive pieces are said to resonate deeply with those who view and admire her work and her pieces adorn the walls of many local and international collectors. Her work can be viewed in several Barbadian art galleries or at her studio by appointment. In 2016, she received a Fine Arts Bronze Award from the National Cultural Foundation in Barbados. “Creating art, for me, is an instinctive response to the world we live in, its people, nature and life events. I have difficulty aptly expressing myself in words, so painting serves as a vehicle for communicating my innermost thoughts and emotions.” — Sian Pampellonne.
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Home Featured News The University with a Canal
The University with a Canal
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It was not a long time. Few weeks back I got the opportunity to participate in conference organized by Belgium University under the supervision of Asia Europe Peoples Forum. In the opening session of this conference, one intellectual Sombath Somphones wife hailing from Laos speech made me sad.
Sombath is missing from last six years. His wife Shoi Ming has been continuously raising voice against the abduction. However, the video is available which shows the arrest of Sombath Somphone as the government negated these claims. During the lunch session, I along with Shoi Ming and other delegates went to the pull which was above a beautiful Canal.
Jawaharlal Nehru Universitys professor Dr Shehla Rasheed began to capture pictures. During the course of time, Shoi Ming asked me about Amna Masood Janjua, whose husband Masood Janjua was missing for last 12 years in Pakistan. Amna Masood is raising her voice against the disappearance of husband and 1,000 others.
Shehla Rasheed was keenly listening in to the conversation because she belongs to SriNagar and her area too sees thousands of disappearances. A dignitary from SriLanka asked if she and I can go to a local university of Pakistan and arrange a talk and raise voices for the missing people of Pakistan. My head started shaking in disapproval, the dignitary from Srilanka saw this and said, that is why universities of American and Europe are ahead of us, due to freedom of speech and expression.
Our local host trying to change the topic of conversation pointed towards the canal running through the Gaint University asked, have we ever seen a more beautiful university? All of a sudden the topic changed and I started talking about the canal running through Punjab Universities New Campus.
I was telling the Ladies and Gentlemen surrounding me that I have seen a lot of universities and a canal runs through Harvard and Cambridge as well, but the beauty of Punjab University was unparalleled. Shoi asked if the canal was more beautiful than the University campus? I instantly answered “both are spectacular”, that is when my eye caught Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed at a distance…
He was slowly making his way towards me after exiting the conference hall, so sensing danger I had to say that the period when I was completing my MA from PU in Communications, at that time there were a lot of limitations in the campus but the varsity was still a sight to behold regardless.
Mushahid sir was rusticated from the university during the Zia regime. A dignitary from France had been to Pakistan a few times. After listening to my pledge in support of PU’s beauty he expressed willingness to accompany me to the university on his next visit to the country. I agreed instantly, but then I kept thinking that if this Frenchman does come to visit who will take him to at the university.
This problem has been resolved now. Past week Punjab University’s Vice Chancellor Professor Doctor Niaz Ahmed Akhtar invited me to the universities Alumni meet-up. A body formation amalgamating both the student from yesteryear and the present filled me with a pleasant feeling of surprise.
I spent two years in Lahore Government College but the management of the college remembers their passed out students after 2 and 3 years. I passed my Masters from Punjab University. There is one institution with the name of education and investigation in Punjab University where the teachers are trained and when General Ayub Khan with the help of US aid created a middle school.
This school is standing still where the trained teachers teach. I spent my eight years in this school and then my two years Masters in the department of Communication. A complete ten years of my life has been spent here but I was invited for the first time as an alumni of this institution. To make the Alumunui successful everyone from Vice Chancellor to the teachers put their effort to make the event successful. Now our institution is being renamed as Institute of Communication and has been transferred to a new building near lake. This institution is closer to graveyard where the former heads of Communication are laid to rest including Professor Waris Mir and Dr. Miskeen Ali Hijazi.
After a very long time I met DR Mariyam Elahi, the first female teacher of Punjab University in the session of Punjab University Alumni. Hafeez Khan has been made head of Punjab University Alumni, who was the president of students Union in 1971. In 1971 Military operation of East Pakistan Mr Hafeez and his secretary general decided to bring close east and West Pakistan, because Newspapers used to publish only positive news due to censorship.
The then vice chancellor of Punjab University told my father Waris Mir to take way the student delegation to Dhaka. When the delegation of students reached Dhaka and the things they witnessed, it would be better if MR Hafeez tell the whole story but, at least Punjab University has honor that at the time when Pakistan was splitting into two parts the students of Punjab university didnt left the Dhaka university alone and they reached Dhaka by crossing all obstacles and returned back with broken hearts.
In 1971 Hafeez Khan tried to create pull between East and West Pakistan but after becoming the president of Punjab University Alumni now he has to create pull between Naya Pakistan and Purana Pakistan, because he is among the founding members of PTI.
Many prominent personalities including, Fareed Paracha, Ghulam Abbas, Qamar Zaman Kaira, Ajmal Niazi, Mujeeb-ur Rehman Shami, Altaf Hussain Quershi, Nasira Jawed Iqbal, Mujahid Mansoori, Mehdi Hassan, Hafeezullah Niazi, Amjad Islam Amjad, Salman Ghani, Raja Mansoor and our elder but it would be better if they had invited former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani.
Its my request to Hafeez Khan to connect Punjab university with Karachi University, Balochistan University and other universities of Pakistan. For the promotion of Democratic culture he should restore Students organization but it should be kept away from political and ethnic organizations. These organizations are sign of prohibit instead of freedom and Universities become beautiful with Freedom not with limitations.
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Frog Models, Artisans, and Academic Controversy
Knowledge of frog anatomy could be distributed in several ways, many of which required the assistance of artisans like Adolf Ziegler or his son, Friedrich. Academic agendas and commercial interests shaped the relationships between such craftsmen and scholars.
During Ziegler's time, comparative developmental anatomy was a thriving field of research into the animal world, and a home for heated debates about Darwin's new evolutionary theories. From the 1870s, the discipline was riven by controversies over ideas proposed by Ernst Haeckel, a zoologist at the University of Jena. He held that the embryonic development of organisms recapitulates the evolutionary transformations of their ancestors. Common evolutionary origins could therefore be observed in the structural similarities of early embryos. Opponents sought to discredit Haeckel's lofty theorisations by questioning the accuracy of his published images. This placed the quality of formal representations - image and models - at the center of scientific conflicts. As a producer of scientific images in wax, Ziegler found himself in the middle of this melee. But he maintained a cautionary intellectual posture that ensured him the commercial patronage of each side.
Though Adolf Ziegler developed his own reputation for scientific sophistication, most models were produced in tandem with the university professors that conducted these debates. Ziegler had based his original frog embryo series on a set of prints published in 1851 by Alexander Ecker, a professor of physiology and comparative anatomy from the University of Freiburg. Ecker also wrote a textbook on the anatomy of frogs due to their widespread use. He aimed to better inform those researchers that sustained the frog's position as "a commonplace on the altar of science" by using it in their experimental or anatomical work (1). For the primordial skulls, the elder Ziegler worked with a Professor Philipp Stöhr, specialist in histology, evolution, and embryology at the University of Würzburg.
These partnerships assured clients of the models' accuracy, for many believed that a mere artisan (as Ziegler and his colleagues were often perceived) could not be trusted to see and represent the embryo with adequate skill or discernment. Some academic researchers, however, such as Wilhelm His, questioned this division between the work of the hand and the work of the mind: "Just as I regard complicated spatial relations as only really understood when they are available as plastic representations, so too I consider the model, even more than the written word, the decisive record of the understanding of form of the researcher concerned," he wrote (2). Models, like Ziegler's of frog embryos and primordial skulls, were not only for teaching, but also for producing, communicating, standardizing, and laying claim to the frontiers of biological knowledge.
A. Ecker, Anatomie des Frosches: ein Handbuch für Physiologen, Ärzte und Studirende. (Brunswick: Vieweg, 1864). (Find in text ^)
N. Hopwood, Embryos in Wax (Cambridge: Whipple Museum of the History of Science, University of Cambridge and Institute of the History of Medicine, University of Bern). (Find in text ^)
Henry Schmidt
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The Arbour back in Shandy Street
Decades of accumulated clutter have been removed from the Shandy Street building; traditional home of the Arbour Youth Centre by volunteers and community payback teams. The damage done by squatters is being repaired and the rubbish they left cleared up. The whole building has been swept, mopped and sanitized. The Arbour is rising from the ashes. The move back into the building is set for Monday 30th June. A big thank you to everyone who has taken part, the building is being transformed.
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The Astronomersharps
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ESO 20 Richest eXoPlanetary System Ever [HD] Discovered by HARPS (not HAARP!)
~credits video: http://youtube.com/ESOobservatory Astronomers using ESO instruments have discovered a remarkable extrasolar planetary system that has some striking similarities to our own Solar System. At least five planets are orbiting the Sun-like star HD 10180, and the regular pattern of their orbits is similar to that observed for our neighbouring planets. One of the new extrasolar worlds could be only 1.4 times the mass of the Earth, making it the least massive exoplanet ever found. This video podcast explains how these faraway planets were detected and exactly what we know about them. Astronomers using ESO's world-leading HARPS instrument have discovered a planetary system containing at least five planets, orbiting the Sun-like star HD 10180. The researchers also believe the system has two other planets, one of which would have the lowest mass ever found, making the system similar to our own Solar System in terms of the number of planets. Furthermore, the scientists find that the location of the planets follows a regular pattern, as also seen in our own Solar System The team of astronomers used the HARPS spectrograph, attached to ESO's 3.6-metre telescope at La Silla, Chile. HARPS is an instrument with unrivalled stability and great precision, and the world's most successful exoplanet hunter. The astronomers, led by Christophe Lovis from the Geneva Observatory, studied the Sun-like star HD 10180 over a period of six years! This star is located 127 light-years away in the southern constellation Hydrus ("the Male Water Snake"). Thanks to the 190 individual HARPS measurements, the astronomers detected the wobbles of the star caused by five or more planets. The five strongest signals correspond to planets with Neptune-like masses — between 13 and 25 Earth masses — which orbit the star in between 6 to 600 days. The astronomers have also strong reason to believe that two other planets are present. One would be a Saturn-like planet orbiting in 2200 days. The other, having a mass of only about 1.4 times that of the Earth would be the least massive exoplanet ever discovered. This suspected planet is very close to its host star and so it is likely to be very hot. One 'year' on this planet lasts only 1.18 Earth-days! The newly discovered Solar System is unique in several respects. First of all, with at least five Neptune-like planets lying within a distance equivalent to the orbit of Mars, this system is more populated than our own Solar System in its inner region, and has many more massive planets there. Furthermore, the system probably has no Jupiter-like gas giant. In addition, all the planets seem to have almost circular orbits. Dynamical studies of the new system reveal complex interactions between planets and give us insights into its long-term evolution. Using the new discovery as well as data for other planetary systems, the astronomers discovered that the locations of the planets seem to follow a regular pattern — similar to the "Titius-Bode" law that exists in our Solar System. This could be a general signature of how planetary systems form. Another important result is that all very massive planetary systems are found around massive and metal-rich stars, while the four lowest-mass systems are found around lower-mass and metal-poor stars. These properties confirm current theoretical models. There is no doubt that this remarkable discovery highlights the fact that we are now entering a new era in exoplanet science: the study of complex planetary systems and not just of individual planets!! And with HARPS, European astronomers will be a driving force behind this transition. --- ESOcast is produced by ESO, the European Southern Observatory. ESO, the European Southern Observatory, is the pre-eminent intergovernmental science and technology organisation in astronomy designing, constructing and operating the world's most advanced ground-based telescopes. • http://eso.org
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15 Awards — Inspirational & Spiritual Fiction
First Place — The Paris Book Festival — 2018
Gold Medal ─ 2017 Readers’ Favorite International Award ─ Fiction, Christian
The Girl Who Could Read Hearts — A Family and The Power of Intuition
Sherry Maysonave, an acknowledged expert in nonverbal communication, explores the power of intuition and the complex dynamics of family life
“Riveting… a page-turner.” “Highly recommended.” “Filled with dynamic, rich imagery.”
“Your heart goes on a roller coaster ride… an incredible experience that embraces love, faith, joy, sadness, imagination, and hope.”
If you enjoy intriguing family storylines, C.S. Lewis, Marianne Williamson, Ann Voscamp, Oprah, or mystical stories like The Shack, or The Alchemist, or The Celestine Prophecy, you’ll be captivated.
Explore intuition, the afterlife, angels, miracles, your gifts, and the power of love and prayer.
Born gifted with a rare seventh sense ─ the ability to read human hearts coupled with keen intuition ─ Kate struggles to understand her premonitions while surrounded by skeptical, sometimes cruel, family members and their secrets. With startling twists, the story brims with inspiration and daring while exploring intuition, the supernatural, angels, the afterlife, and issues relevant to many of today’s societal woes.
A compelling tale filled with subtle wisdom, the book is both tantalizing and powerful.
“A moving, memorable story that combines spiritual reflections with a myriad of social, political and personal conflicts… and they make for a complex web of events. The Girl Who Could Read Hearts is a highly recommended, evocative read…”
— D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
“This book is phenomenal. If you are someone who is intuitive, this is the book for you. The author captured my attention and I couldn’t put this book down. I highly recommend this book to anyone who believes in angels, divine appointments and a higher working power in our lives. This book is one I will read again and again.“
— Anna Blackard, 5-Stars, Amazon Reviewer, 2-19-2018
This is an affecting story about believing in oneself, and perhaps even of the importance of the supernatural.
“In Sherry Maysonave’s intriguing and supernatural The Girl Who Could Read Hearts, a young girl with special powers navigates through the drama in her life… The story has an immediate mystical tone… and is filled with dynamic, rich imagery…”
The use of the diverse family members from several generations creates the sense of a rich tapestry of history and of the scope of the secrets, adding appeal to the already seductive plot. Their interwoven stories further convey themes of believing in oneself and in divine intervention…”
— Foreword / Clarion Reviews
This book weaves spiritual, mystical, and experiential themes into the most compelling family storyline ever. The author’s use of metaphors, similes, and analogies bring life and light to these interconnections making the read a great delight. Little Kate’s character magnifies those around her elevating the spirit of hope and imagination while laying bare some of life’s greatest questions. Highly recommend it!
A true page turner, and you don’t want to miss ONE word. Sherry Maysonave has a gift for bringing each of her characters to life in such a special and unique way. Your heart goes on a roller coaster ride, and its an incredible experience that embraces love, faith, joy, sadness, imagination and hope. You enjoy the ride so much, you want to go on another one. We need a sequel!!!!!
— Terry Goldman, 5-stars, Amazon Reviewer, April 27, 2019
“I am a fan of both magic and fantasy (Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, The Dresden Files). I would consider The Girl Who Could Read Hearts to be a wonderful fantasy about a little girl, the travails in her life and the magical way in which she overcame them, if I did not also know that much of what happens with her is also the true life experiences of the author Sherry Maysonave. This book can be an enjoyable quick read, but don’t do that. Take your time, contemplate the nuances, and decide for yourself how faith can create change. Enjoy — and learn!”
— Eddie Castoria, 5-Stars, Amazon Reviewer, 8-9-2017
“The Girl Who Could Read Hearts by Sherry Maysonave is a truly enjoyable way to be reminded of the magic possible in earthly lives… an inspirational and thought-provoking novel. Ms. Maysonave writes in a clear, easy-to-read style; the story flows effortlessly. While there are many characters and various connections between them, it is easy to keep track of each one… The author’s sharing of her own intuitive abilities at the end of the book is also enlightening.
This book is truly a page-turner, engaging the reader from the first page until the last.”
— Deborah Lloyd, 5-Stars, Readers’ Favorite Reviewer
“I loved the book! It was insightful and had characters well developed and personable! We all need to learn to find God in everything and true love is something we all strive for. From whether angels are real to all the mystery that surrounds death, this is a book that seems to say sometimes all is darkest before the dawn; but dawn will come.
I would definitely recommend this book to all ages, and have suggested it as an addition to our local library
— NightFaery, 5-Stars, Net Galley & Amazon Reviewer
“… a lot of action… I enjoyed the little surprises and secrets we learn along the way that unexpectedly connect the characters. The book certainly has the ability to stir up emotions as readers learn about the sorrows and joys these family member experience.
Not many inspirational books have quite this much suspense and activity… most readers will find at least one family member who they can relate to.”
— Stacey Schutte, Book Evaluator, Dart Frog Books
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First Place ─ 2018 Paris Book Festival ─ Fiction, Wild Card
First Place ─ 2018 Great Northwest Book Festival ─ Fiction, Spiritual
First Place ─ 2017 Texas Association of Authors Award ─ Fiction, Inspirational
First Place ─ 2018 Great Southeast Book Festival ─ Fiction, Spiritual
“The Winner” — 2016 Beverly Hills Book Awards — Fiction, Religion
“Best Book” ─ 2016 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award ─ Fiction, Inspirational
Award Winner ─ 2018 Great Southwest Book Festival ─ Fiction, Spiritual
Award Winner — London Book Festival – Fiction, Spiritual / Religious
Award Winner — 2016 Great Midwest Book Festival — Fiction, Spiritual
“Finalist” — 2017 Eric Hoffer Book Award — Fiction, Spiritual
“Finalist” ─ 2017 Bookvana Life. Spirit. Knowledge. Award ─ Fiction, Religious
CIPA EVVY 2017 Award — Fiction, Spirituality / Religion
This captivating novel explores issues relevant to many of today’s societal woes: prejudice, abuse, eating disorders, and limiting belief systems. It delves into the mysteries of death and of angels, plus intuition, finding God in all, and true love.
Full of spirit, this poignant story brims with inspiration, daring, and hope.
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María Beatriz Pérez Cabello de Alba
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María Llanos Carrión Varela currently works as Technical Director at the EU and International Research Projects Office at the University of Castilla- La Mancha (Spain). She graduated in English Philology at the University of Murcia (Spain) in 2004, having spent one academic year (2002-03) as an Erasmus student at the Freie Universität Berlin (Germany). After her degree, she completed her Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) in Modern Foreign Languages for Secondary (Spanish and German) at the University of Derby (United Kingdom) in 2005. She has also taught Modern Foreign Languages in secondary schools in the United Kingdom for several years. She holds a MA (2010) in English Applied Linguistics from the National University of Distance Education (UNED, Spain) and a PhD from the same university, within the PhD Programme in English Applied Linguistics. Her doctoral thesis versed on Knowledge Engineering, specifically about the introduction and reuse of cultural and encyclopaedic knowledge in FunGramKB, a knowledge base for natural language processing. Thanks to this PhD thesis, in 2015 she was awarded the Extraordinary Doctorate Award (Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado) by the National University of Distance Education (UNED, Spain).
She has been a speaker in many events connected to management of European funds for research, as well as delivered some modules connected to research fundamentals in several degrees and master courses at Universidad de Castilla- La Mancha (UCLM). She also acts as LEAR (Legal Entities Appointed Representative) of her University before the European Commission, thus combining her administrative and managerial work at UCLM with her study in Linguistics and Knowledge Engineering at UNED.
She has taken part in two international conferences connected to FunGramKB and Lexico-Constructional Model (First and Second International Conferences on Meaning and Knowledge Representation: LCM & FungramKB, 2012 and 2013) and has published part of her work in the journals Anglogermanica Online and Revista de Lingüística y Lenguas Aplicadas.
Her research interests comprise Computational and Cognitive Linguistics, Knowledge Engineering, ontologies, Artificial Intelligence and Semantic web applications, as well as language universals and metaphorical phenomena, especially if connected to natural language processing applications.
2004. BA in English Philology. University of Murcia (Spain).
2005. Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) in Modern Foreign Languages for Secondary (Spanish and German). University of Derby (United Kingdom)
2010. MA in English Applied Linguistics. National University of Distance Education (Spain).
2014. PhD in English Applied Linguistics. National University of Distance Education (Spain). Extraordinary Doctorate Award (2015, National University of Distance Education, Spain).
· Carrión Varela, María de los Llanos (2014). Resolución de anáforas que requieren conocimiento cultural con la herramienta FungramKB. Revista de Lingüística y Lenguas Aplicadas, [S.l.], v. 9, p. 01-13, may. 2014. ISSN 1886-6298. PDF
· Periñán Pascual, C. y Carrión Varela, M.d.l.L. (2011). FunGramKB y el conocimiento cultural. Anglogermánica Online 2011, 87-105. PDF
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tv Defense Secretary Mattis and Ukrainian President Poroshenko CSPAN June 21, 2017 9:54am-10:06am EDT
>> i got the rabbit years behind you. thanks, i appreciate it. >> the boston globe reporting on yesterday's meeting with president trump and his ukrainian counterpart. the meeting with president poroshenko was described by the white house as a brief drop in but the two presidents pose for photographs in the oval office and made brief remarks following president
poroshenko's more extensive meeting with president mike pence and the administration's national security advisors. with the ukrainian leaders sitting by his side, president trump that it was a great honor to meet mister poroshenko and a lot of progress has been made in the us relationship with ukraine. you can read more in the boston globe. ukrainian president met with james mattis. the two spoke with reporters afterwards. >> welcome to the pentagon, mister president, you and your delegation. i would just tell you this is a privilege or us to host you and your folks, we are keenly aware of what your nation has been going through. our two nations as we both know share interests. we also share more importantly a commitment and that commitment is to the principles that are underlying the international order. words like sovereignty, territorial integrity and freedom from coercion come to mind. we do not take such freedom for granted and we recognize this 2014 was a watershed
year for security in europe. we also recognize the severe these that your people suffer. and even in the face of dangers aggression, cyber attacks or a neighbor shredding, your country his stroke shown a strong commitment to defend itself and frankly against all on. the united states stands with you, we support you in the face of threats to sovereignty area the two international law or the international order. general essay, our senior defense advisor will continue to be a resource for you and for me, i might add. he is my former boss for some time, that's a little awkward when we areworking together because that's good for both of us . at least that's what i think. i appreciate very much you taking the time to come to the pentagon and to meet with us. we've been looking forward to
this for works now since we got the word of your visit so again, welcome mister president. you for being here. >> you very much indeed. is a great talk for me and for my delegation. we can hear the review and i told you this was my dream from the time when i was in office and i think that we together do a lot in the three years to do a great job. >> we lead with all our american partners to create a new armed forces tuition. >> and now, we build up the aggression, the armed forces to the european army. but for me, the priority of
creating a new europe and when i see it's not a moratorium without massive restraint. i want to feel for that, i especially want to thank general john. he's doing a great job. >> and he is so successful. when we aren't governments we have the armed forces of the united states , the fully integrated very well understood and lastly, we share a common goal with russia. you shared yours too.
and i'm proud to inform you mister secretary that our battalion reached a special train the schools significantly upgrade the efficiency on the front lines. and you don't get any economies starting our practical breach. and the development of these where we are on the 72nd grade, just as the different elements of the russian forces. when we have 24, the effective defense. we keep our sovereignty, our
integrity and our independence significantly because of an effective corporation. we now are strategic partners . and i think that we can have our cooperation because we fight not only for our integrity and independence, we are fighting for freedom, fighting for democracy. >>
with 1200 in exchange and now i'm proud to exchange. thank you. >> thank you, mr. president. gentleman, thank you very much. >> how can you reassure the american people the u.s. --
[inaudible] >> thanks, everybody. >> look, i want to say a very important thing. now you agree that 6% of our gdp, at the security and defense and i think this is a very good example to the build up not all there, but your security. with that situation, we have a promising potential, equal the amount of cooperation. we are fully satisfied with the vice president and the secretary of defense. >> thanks very much.
>> and whereby this warning is retired vice admiral david petrosky will be testifying his confirmation hearing to be the tsa administrator and affixed it secretary of homeland security could be hearing taking place before the senate commerce committee to get underway in just a moment. live coverage here on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] as we wait for the hearing to get underway, very quickly the senate will gavel in at noon eastern today, later than usual. they have objections by democratic senators allowing committees to meet two hours after the senate convenes. two treasury department nominations expected at 6:00 p.m. eastern.also on the rd
next week. [inaudible conversations]
>> dhs secretary jeh johnson is testifying before the senate intelligence committee on russian hacking in u.s. elections. live coverage just getting underway on our companion network, c-span 3. we should let you know that president trump is on the road today. he is in cedar rapids, iowa, which is the state he won in november. live coverage when it gets underway.
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it's looking good, herbie. he's seen it. it's all over. nothing but daylight. yes i'd love a cookie. [ male announcer ] make a powerful first impression. the all-new nissan sentra. ♪ in and for seminole county, florida, state of florida versus george zimmerman. verdict, we the jury find george zimmerman not guilty, so say we all. >> after some 16 hours of deliberation, a jury in sanford, florida, delivers its verdict in the trial of george zimmerman. the man now acquitted in the shooting death of trayvon martin. good morning and welcome to this special edition of "weekends. we begin with members of george zimmerman's defense team expressing gratitude to the jury
of six women that found their client not guilty. >> we are ecstatic with the results. george zimmerman was never guilty of anything other than protecting himself of self-defense. i think everyone who thinks, especially who doubted george's reason and doubted his background now understand the jury knew everything they knew was enough for them to find him not guilty. >> reaction came moments after the prosecution team expressed disappointment with the verdict. we truly believe the mind set of george zimmerman and the words he used and he was out doing what he was doing fit the bill for second-degree murder. >> i'm disappointed but i accept it. we live if a great country with a great criminal justice system.
it's not the best but we respect the jury's verdict. >> we have from the beginning just prad for the truth to come out and for peace to be the result and that continues to be our prayers. and we believe they have been answered. >> and the attorney for trayvon martin's family thank everyone who supported them and ask the public to respect their privacy. >> to everybody that put their hoodies up and to everybody who said, i am trayvon, his family express their heart-felt gratitude for helping them these past can 17 months. >> trayvon martin's father tracy martin tweeted this, quote, even though i am broken hearted, my faith is unshattered. i will always love my baby tray. george zimmerman's brother talked about what the verdict meant to his family. >> george is just now getting around to processing, just as
most of our family is, processing the reality that we're not on the other end of this mountain of misinformation. the jury has spoken and we're now exonerated as a family. more importantly, george is exonerated as a defendant. >> george zimmerman's brother sent out this tweet on behalf of his brother. our whole family is relieved. today i'm proud to be an american. god bless america. thank you for your prayers. let's get you to craig melvin. good morning. you have covered this trial from start to finish. i have to ask you, what was react like outside that courthouse when that verdict came in? >> it was was very interesting, veronica. we had about 150 folks gathered outside the courthouse, they were singing, chanting at one point. when word came that a verdict was coming down, there was a hush that fell over the crowd and they were quiet. virtually silent as the verdict
came down. shortly thereafter, the chanting started again, some singing started again but they were chanting no justice, no peace. this system the broken. that lasted for roughly 30, 45 minutes. then the crowd calmly dispersed. calmly is operative word. there were concerns by law enforcement, by national leaders as well that there might be civil unrest here in sanford, florida. that did not happen, as you know by now. did not happen here. did not happen in the surrounding areas. protests nationally, police report nationwide protests and demonstrations were orderly and peaceful. >> those are the pictures we're looking at now, the peaceful protests that happened right after that verdict came down. at 7:00 in the morning right now
in sanford, florida, is there anything happening? what's the scene like? >> reporter: no. what a difference a few hours make here in sanford, florida. the law enforcement presence that had been camped out in front of the courthouse for the past few weeks, they're gone. i can tell you that these media tents that have been set up over the past few weeks, we got word these have to be gone in less than 24 hours as well. this city, this part of florida, very much want to get back to normal. they have made it abundantly clear, they would like to do that as quickly as possible. >> what are you hearing about the jurors in this case? are we expecting any of the six women to speak with the media at this point? >> that's a good question. wishlly we thought one of the six as customary in cases like
this, invitations to speak to the media, requests for interviews. typically you might get one or two, but in this case, shortly after this verdict came down, all the jurors indicated through a spokesperson for the court that they had no desire to speak to any member of the media as well. >> craig melvin in sanford, florida, thank you. joining me reverend jesse jackson, president of the rainbow push coalition. good morning. >> good morning. >> got to ask you, you know, first question, obviously, what was your reaction to this verdict? >> frankly, i'm stunned over this disgrace, this tremendous miscarriage of justice. when the jury says, not guilty, he's at least guilty of murder. an armed man racially pursuing and profiling a young african-american boy and kills him. and in this case, the prosecutor
denied -- should i say, ignore the matter of race. and the defense denied it. the fact of the matter is, this is a pattern of behavior young african-american men. it's very painful. >> i want to ask you about the makeup of the jury. you tweeted this after the verdict was handed down. you tweeted, the jury, no black and no men, was always suspect. do you feel this affected the outcome, the makeup of the jury? >> well, it was a stretch trying to avoid the obvious. you speak of a jury of your peers. there was no man on the jury. trayvon martin was a young man, no black on the jury.
so jury of your peers was a stretch all the while. a young boy was going home, suspected to be in the wrong place. zimmerman was in the wrong place. the young boy was unarmed. the man was armed. he went against advice of police. and after he killed trayvon martin he walked away. it was a rather corrupted process. there's a trayvon in every town. i want people who are out protesting, protest with discipline, dignity and not dpis credit the legacy of the innocent blood in this process. i mean, tempers are running higher because when you have compounded injustice without relief, it creates frustration. we may not allow the sympathy to shift from strayvon.
>> those are your sentiments. have you spoken to trayvon martin's parents or attorneys? >> i talked to the attorneys. this morning i'm doing my radio program on clear channel here in chicago, and attorney mr. crump is my special guest. i'm appealing to the department of justice. motioned justice lavigne. justice has not been served and the department of justice has a role in this. that's what happens in the case of tillman and evers, and department of justice has a role to play in this. cannot be just an observer. >> reverend, give us your perspective, what's the takeaway? >> it makes them cynical toward
the justice system. there's a case, fruitvale in oakland, killer walk as way. in brooklyn, new york, lemer, nearly died in brooklyn, and in chicago last year, 57 police shootings -- injured are killed by the police. protection of the law continues to elude us. i do not think there's any reason why the -- why the prosecutor should avoid the fact of racial injustice and the defense should deny. people should be very aware of it because this is a clear pattern of behavior that's illegal and it must stop. >> in your opinion, reverend, what comes next?
>> what comes next is the department of justice intervention. no doubt there would be intervention. there's a trayvon in every town. the first one, there was no coverage but when it was heard a young, unharmed boy that was killed and the killer walked away, it was interpreted and reverend sharpton and i and others got involved and began to put a light on it. it was clear then when the killer walked away, it took protests to get zimmerman into court in the first place. then you came up with a jury with no blacks and no male and in the case of the lawyers, all white males. something in that that was always missing. but we trusted the system. this system frankly did not work. >> reverend jesse jackson, we appreciate your time. thank you for joining us. joining us is legal analyst lisa
green. she's going to break the case down. good morning. >> good morning to you. >> let's start with what's obvious here. what was your reaction to the verdict as it was handed down? >> you knowing it was very difficult news to hear. i speak of someone who like many other people with a law degree watching the trial unfold, recognize that the prosecution in this case had some significant hurdles. another way of looking at it, i would say the result was almost baked into florida's self-defense law, which is quite expansive and used skillfully by the defense. >> do you feel like they were overreaching? should they have gone for a lesser charge? >> there was a lot of back and forth about that originally and the state's attorney last night defended that choice. but manslaughter was the lesser included charge. i thought the most powerful image from the trial, closer arguments came when zimmerman's lawyer held up that chart with all the green line. one red line at the bottom.
what the jurors had to do is rule out self-defense beyond a reasonable doubt. when that's the standard in a case where the evidence is fragmentary, can you end up with a rut like this, even though it's clear something happened that night. >> what did you think of closing arguments? >> i thought, as many did, the defense did a fact-based job. prosecution, emotion-based job. but some jurors form their initial opinions at opening arguments. of course, unless the jurors speak to us, we'll never know in the end what was persuasive. i keep coming back to florida's law, leaving the prosecution, the defense almost out of it. the law you are instructed to follow in the jury room. in florida's case you have a law with self-defense provisions which are -- as we can see here. >> thank you. we'll be speaking with you
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about what it was like last night in sanford? >> last night in sanford was quiet. for the most part, mellon park
where there were demonstrations and people pushed to get george zimmerman arrested, was quiet. there were no people there. in sanford in goaldsboro, peopl were talking. i heard loud discussions about george zimmerman's guilt and all the things that had gone on in the trial. people were definitely talking about it. one woman i interviewed burst into tears as i talked to her about the not guilty verdict. but there were no disruptions, no violence, no riots. but people were definitely emotional. >> peaceful protest is what we've been hearing. most of us watched this trial on tv. you were in the courtroom. give viewers a firsthand approach to what you saw in the courtroom. how does it different than watching it on television? >> what was different, you could
feel the energy in the room. you could feel people react to this verdict. you could feel on george zimmerman's side, the relief. i saw her crying and hugging the parents of george zimmerman. you could see the relief in her, you could see it all in her face and everywhere. even in her body. i think for the attorneys of trayvon martin, the disappointment. they walked out of the courtroom briskly. people could feel they were disappointed. >> thanks for your time. i want to turn to our legal panel. gary and lisa join us. i want to talk about the legal options now that george zimmerman was found not guilty. people keep talking about a civil suit. >> yes, that's probably where it will end up.
i think the family has a great opportunity to go after the zimmerman family, maybe even the compound for eliciting or allowing zimmerman to be a watchman. these are options that exist. they could say allowing zimmerman who was overzealous, he had a gun, in terms of being a watchman. it's a completely different standard and a high likelihood someone will get sued here. >> lisa, if there is a civil suit, the question, of course -- or actually, the fact would be, george zimmerman would have to provide testimony. how would that play out? >> his attorney last night was adamant and spoke of immunity, which i was curious about and wanted to hear more about what mr. o'mara means by that. obviously a guilty verdict -- i'm sorry, acquittal allows him to be a viable target for civil suit.
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joining me from sanford, florida, darrell parks, one of the attorneys. good morning. >> good morning. >> i guess, what the family's reaction to the verdict was. >> without question, they are heartbroken, this jury did not understand why they could not punish george zimmerman for the death of trayvon martin. devastated, heartbroken. i mean, they have no answers. >> something i noticed last night and i think a lot of others did as well, is where the family was during the reading of
this verdict. did they chose not to be in the courtroom? >> no, we recommended they not be there and they go ahead and travel back to south florida so they could be in church today. i think them being there probably wouldn't have added anything to what we witnessed last night. >> as an attorney, did you find the prosecution did all it could have or should have in this case? >> well, i think the state presented its case based on what it had. you know, the case is what it is. so, you know, that's what we saw. >> some have been suggesting there might be a federal civil rights case against george zimmerman. what's your thought? >> if the federal government chooses against george zimmerman -- this family wants some recourse of some sort for
the death. trayvon's death should not go unanswered. maybe there's a federal recourse. in our country oftentimes state law may not present prooe recourse. if it does, they already have information and make a decision as to whether it's something they choose to pursue. >> i wanted to know, what is next for the family? will they pursue a civil lawsuit against george zimmerman? >> that decision will be made at the appropriate time. however trayvon's legacy -- they have a foundation they started. the trayvon martin foundation will move forward. certainly his life stands for the fact maybe they'll place more value on young, african-american child. >> we invited the defense to join us. we're still awaiting a response. they have an open invitation. up next is "your business." we'll have much more after that
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dichltd i thought he was more open yesterday than he was on the trail. >> and i will leave it there and agree with you. thanks for being with us. stephanie picks up our coverage right now. good morning. i'm stephanie. overnight america torn between protests. our pride is still there. we are retaining our respect and we'll continue to go forward. >> president obama and bush speak at a dallas memorial as the parents of the shooter speaks out. >> i didn't see it coming. >> he was a good son. he was a good son. >> new information immerges in the police shootings that started it all. police audio in the moments
befo befo before philando castile was pulled over, what police say lead to the shooting of al ton sterli -- alton sterling. we are live with all of the breaking developments. we have to begin this morning with the late fres dall latest from dallas, texas. this is the 11th time president obama visited a city after a mass shooting. across the country new protests, frus raigss and new calls for healing. we have it covered for you. tammy is here with you. the president gets there later this morning. what do we expect? >> reporter: the president will head over to mireson similafrp
hall. take a look. >> it may be that he -- the idea that he thought our government of what he thought the military respected. it just didn't live up to his expectation. >> the military didn't live up to his expectations. that's one aspect. what else did she have to say? >> reporter: his parents said their son really changed before he went to afghanistan. when he got back he became reclusi reclusive. she didn't seem to say much about what lead to the shooting. the shooter himself -- excuse me, his memorial on sunday, what do we expect next? >> reporter: there are still a lot of days left in the investigation. they already interviewed 300
witnesses. they are saying new videos will come forward. a lot of investigating to be done. >> tammy from dallas, texas. blake mccoy is in st. paul, the city still dealing with the aftermath of the castile shooting. there is no information as to what lead to the police officers pulling him over. >> reporter: that's right. we are learning that the officer pulled over philando castile because he matched the description of a robbery suspect they were looking for. this is our affiliate in minnesota. nbc has not been able to independently verify it. the driver looks more like one
of our suspects. >> reporter: we do have surveillance photos that officers were look for at the tiechlt we have spoke with the officer. he says he does not doubt the audio's a thauthenticity. 46 protesters have been charged with third degree riot. those that could not post bail last night will be making their first court appearance this morning. >> and while the family is looking for more answers they themselves have an attorney, correct? >> they have hired an attorney known as form hatchet. she is planning that at the state capital earlier this morning. okay thanks. another community across the u.s. coming to grips.
two bailiffs were shot. the suspect was later killed by police. ron, give us more perspective. how exactly did this happen? >> well, they were escorting him from the holding cell to the courtroom for an appearance that he was scheduled to be part of. there was a fight. they say he attacked this sheriffs deputies, took his gun towards the deputy then turned it and shot the two bailiffs. a couple of bailiffs on the floor thaerd gunshots, ran to that area, encountered the suspect, engaged in gunfire with him. the suspect was taken down and killed. there were four people, a woman
civil ark n here is a little bit of what he had today. i it is hard in a difficult case like this. >> reporter: the sheriff said it did not appear the suspect was handcuffed. the sheriff says he was handcuffed and got that done. >> the police let's take a listen. >> shots fired. shots have been fired. >> one down. one down. >> shots fired.
it wasn't just the plifr who is lost their lives, how are you. >> reporter: the female civil -- both foreman police officers themselves who were in sunset of their loves helping out the court and lochls. we are from chicago. in other washington post it's rejd they spotted a handgun in sterling's front pocket the officers recorded sterling to put his handsen the
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going to be? as we arrived here that's long line of folks waiting to get into the event. a lot of them holding signs for sanders and a lot for clinton. this is a long-awaited endorsement by secretary clinton. this is really the final person who she wants to endorse her. it comes after she made concessions in the parties platform on health care, on the $15 minimum wage. we'll be listening to see how closely this endorsement will be. >> on that note, she did make concessions but it was a brutal primary. many of these supporters are very anti establishments. one could argue clinton is the definition. how confident is clinton's team
they will win these sanders supporters? >> reporter: they are feeling very optimistic, the reason donald trump. she a polarizing figure for some of the younger sanders supporte supporters. it will be important he gets out and campaigned with clinton. i was told that's what we can anticipate to see from him. they want to see a replay of what clinton did for barack obama in 2008 but they do feel as though these younger sanders are more likely to go with clint clinton. >> will be it. >> i want to go down to cleveland following the trump campaign. we have got to audiocassette about his vw pick.
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how big of a blow is this for the trump campaign or is it similar pollic. >> y >> you're seeing it siend of move on this. they she is bushing back very hard. interesting on the day the democrats are trying to show unity, important to show they are bringing together the gap and dismissing that letter from ben sass, that open letter urging to fight for what they agree with! who will be there and speaking? we haven't gotten the list yet. are we going to get it today?
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the johnsons spoke to lawrence jones of the blaze. what an emotional interview. i want to share a bit more of it, his mother now, speaking on what they went through. >> i didn't see it coming. >> he was a good son. he was a good son. >> i love my son with all my heart. i hate what he did. >> they love him with all their heart. he was a good son. talk to us about sitting down with the johnsons. you met with them at 5:00 p.m. on sunday, just three and a half hours of their son's memorial service. were they in a shock and devastation? >> reporter: yeah, they were devastated. having them reach out to me was a little tough. going through with them this timeline and what they went
through -- and they were god fearing people, it was quite tough. >> and you had to also ask them how it all came to be. his mother lived with him. how did she not realize he had all of the weapons under the same roof? >> reporter: they knew he had weapons because he served in the military and he liked to build things. having gun powder and things like that wasn't that strange for him because he has been doing that kind of stuff far good part of time. as far as the bombs and the plans, they had no idea like that. the mom expected him to come home that nightment he said mom, i'll be back after the protest. i love you, see you tonight. when she woke up at 2:00 a.m. and didn't see her son in the bed she was like where is he?
minutes later she got a knock from the police at the door. she thought it was her son but it ended up being the police. >> my goodness. she was unaware he had plans but neighbors reported they saw him in the backyard doing some sort of military drills, you know, point and shoot practice. she was unaware of this? >> reporter: she had no idea about the military drills. she knew he served in the military but had no idea he had this journal or anything like that. one thing she made clear was when he went to the military and how patriotic he was and he was let down by the military and his father r father dualed him a loaner. they did notice a change from when he went to the military and when he dacame back. >> he was honorably discharged.
did they speak at all about his time there? >> reporter: there have been speculations and reports about him being on the verge of a dishonorable discharge. they wanted to make clear he got on honorable discharge. there wb sexual assault allegations. the mother talks about the young lady that is in the report to the press. she said that young lady actually spent nights in his bed at that house. to have these allegations of rape or whatever was a little per pleksing for her -- >> just so i understand, the sexual allegations, the mother said that that young woman spent nights at the home she shared post his military time in dallas, texas? >>. >> reporter: yes, that's correct. >> so they were just allegations. he was never charged.
what was his life like when he came back? did he find employment? dad said he was a loaner. are there friends he would speak of? >> reporter: so before he had a lot of friends. they were a diverse group of friends. when he came back he really didn't like people. his parents made it clear that he saw many people that lied. he hates liars. so sometimes people make mistakes. he kind of shields himself after he came from the military. he liked to stay in the house. he really took care of his family. she was sick at one point and he really took care of her. >> did his parents have any message for the dallas police. >> reporter: the police have been protecting their home. they said the police weren't mean and they were very
understanding of the situation. they made it very clear that the police is the one protected them from the media. i didn't reach out to the family. they reached out to me. they have a very bad relationship with the media. they don't like that the media has lied on them, has slandered their name, criticized them for not being cooperative with the police. that's not true. >> clearly it is a difficult time for their family and dallas community. you can watch the blaze at 5:00 and 8:00 eastern. in st. paul, minnesota more fallout, the mayor calling it a riot, not a protest. he'll be joining us live next. you're watching msnbc. that might help. show me the carfax? now the car you want and the history you need are easy to find.
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in one hour president obama will head to dallas to pay tribute to the victims there and visit with the families of thursday's shooting. a michigan inmate shot and killed two bailiffs at a courthouse and took hostages of grabbing a gun. gordon was killed when he tried to escape through another door. david camera will step down as prime minister. she will go to kiss the hand of the queen of england marking becoming prime minister. the son of craig morgan was found in the greer river. an inner tube he was sitting in flipped over. tim duncan of the san antonio spurs decided to retire. during his 19 seasons he was a 15-time all star, two time mvp,
three time finals mvp and won five nba championships, quite a storied career. all 46 people arrested during saturday night's arrest in minnesota will be charged with third-degree rioting. the mayor joins me now. welcome to msnbc this morning. i want to talk about this word riot. one could infer the number of people in the riot were causing violence. >> the definition of riot very specifically talks about three or more people that are gathered. some of those gathered, not all of them, not everyone has to be engaged in violence but if the people are at that scene
especially those given warning to leave 25 times before the rocks started being thrown they refuse today leave. they were for tate pating if that event. if they had everything they would be charged with misdemeanor but they were participating in a riot. i say that as one that practiced public law. it is the textbook definition of riot. >> the rocks that were been thrown, at least one officer had a cinder block dropped on him. how are they doing? >> most of our officers will doi doing fine. one is seriously injured. he suffered a neck injury as a result of that cinder block or brick being thrown on him from the overpass.
the challenging thing is we are talking about an event talking about saturday instead of the important conversation that needs to be talked about policing and community of color. >> do you think policing needs to be changed following what happened in minnesota? do you need to change the way the police conduct business? >> if you look at what we have done in the city of st. paul -- and i do want to clarify, the shooting of mr. castile was not in the city of st. paul, but if you look at the work we have done in the city of st. paul, we are second to none in terms of the relationship and work we have down. we have done deses kalation
naning. built incredible relationships the in our community of color. i want to show how we can do this in other departments. st. a saint pz ant anthony village, i'm not sure they have been able to do a deep dive on some of that work. >> does that mean that that smaller city that didn't have the training that your police officers do, do you believe they made a mistake when they shooting took place with ph philando castile? >> i don't think you can look at that and not be concerned. they looking at that and refer that for any potential charges for the county attorney who i know will look at that very long
and hard. if there's any need to press charges there i know he will do that but we'll leave the individual case for the investigation. i think we immediate to focus on what we are seeing across the country, the violence in other communities. >> and you don't believe -- sorry. >> we have proven in the city of st. paul we can build those trust relationships. even when we have dhchallenges, we'll have people making arre s arrests. but when you build that trust it goes a long way to answering some of the questions they have. >> it's the city you built trust but you don't believe your police officers acted too
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i haven't been involved in the deliberations. i think we have some outstanding potential running mates and i think he'll make a great choice. >> do you think trump knows who he is going to choose? >> he is a person that is desies i decisive. there is a lot of calculus that goes into making a decision about a running meate. mr. trump will have to be very comfortable with who this person is. i think trump will be look for someone to take on a lot of governing aspects of helping run the government. we may see a different role for a vmt and trump administration than we have seen it in that digsal roles in the past.
>> what's if told up? why haven't we heard who the v.p. pick will be? this leads to some saying if he hasn't chosen a v.p., if we don't know who the speakers are, maybe there is trouble. >> i don't think there's any trouble. i think the fact that you're asking the question. this is an important point, that we build up the anticipation and the news cycle. we can't earn media out of this type of operation. i think when it comes to convention speakers, you talk about making sausage, it is one of the most incredible processes. you have to get down to the exact elements, the content, what all of the requirements are and orchestration. it is a stage director's nightmare but also one of those things that it does take time. particularly if you take a look
at where we have been and through this process we have a lot of people coming on. we are building bridges, if you'll pardon the cliche. >> hold on a second. if you're mending fences and building bridges you have to talk about jeb bush far minuor minute. he said trump is going disappoint his supporters. he said no wall to mexico will. so trump isn't gaining the supporters of the bushes, kasich is not speaking and ted cruz hasn't endorsed him. >> this is an interesting point you bring up because mr. trump was the one put upon so dramatically by the other candidates to sign a plij he would support the no, ma'am mee.
i think it's really what is sod! hold on. >> i'm these are people who represent their states and districts and if they don't have the integrity to keep their word tha then frankly we are better off without them at the convention. they have made the pledge and they have not upheld that pledge, trump has. >> has trump ever held up to every contract he signed, paid every bill he agreed to? >> i think the fact that he was not a politician and if you have been in business you know what that environment is like. >> no, sir. integrity -- >> integrity is honoring what you have --
>> if you to do -- >> if you're doing the things that are necessary for you to keep your business and you hold your word and keep your word that's plenty good for me and i think mr. trump has done that throughout his 40-year business career. >> but it doesn't mean you have to lack integrity. >> you're the one saying that, not me. so that's the whole issue here. you're the one putting those words out there. i think mr. trump is a man of incredible integrity. i wouldn't work for him if he wasn't a manov of integrity. >> and the sort of dump trump movement, the fact that there was a virginia ruling yesterday, are you concerned about it? >> no. also it was a very narrow interpretation. i thought a judge did that there. people cannot be prosecuted in the state of virginia because the state of virginia has very
little to do as our party rules. those are party issues, state party issues and if these delegates -- they are still bound by party rules to that first round vote. this was consequential as far as i am concerned. >> big convention next week. sam clovis joining us from d.c. >> good luck with your program. you're doing great. >> thank you. loretta lynch less than 15 minutes away from testifying including the decision not to charge clinton over her e-mail server. you're watching msnbc. turn back time let's start over, let's rewind and let's go back and not quit the gym and have a chance to say goodbye to grampy tim
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information on a private receivserver. they want to fbi to investigate her again about whether she lied to congress. joining me is christina. welcome. >> hi. thank you for having me. >> thank you. >> we have got to talk about this e-mail issue because it is not going away. 56% of voters polled believe hillary clinton should be dietedie indicted. this isn't going away. >> that poll was actually done after comey made his first announcement. it was clear when he was brought forward to testify. republicans were unhappy with his conclusion. it was a thorough investigation done by the department of justice and fbi. they came to the conclusion that no reasonable prosecutor would bring this forward. that poll was done after that first announcement by comey. i think testified a lot of issu
were clarified and i think voters are absorbing that information now. >> hillary clinton is a career professional, did she lie to congress? ? >> she absolutely did not. in that testimony before the committee comey made this clear that she was truthful and consistent in her statements. >> if she absolutely didn't lie how does she get over this untrustworthiness overhang that plagues her? >> she wants people to know that she understands that people have concerns about this and she understands she has some work to do to earn people's trust. you know, she takes this really seriously, she's going to answer people's questions and get out there and talk to people about her values and her experience and she really hopes that people take this into the context of her entire life, what she's done fighting for children and families. she has been the first to say she made a mistake, she shouldn't have set it up this way, she's taken responsibility and apologized and she's going to answer people's questions and get out there and do what she's going to do today which is
campaign on the i wish auto us that people really care about and talk to the american people about what she'd do as their president. >> those people she wants to win over today in new hampshire are bernie sanders supporters. >> yes. >> is this going to be an official endorsement? because the wording it seems a little cagey to me. >> i have to tell you we want to let senator sanders speak for himself. what you're going to see is a unified energized democratic party. hillary clinton is so proud to get out and campaign with him today in new hampshire. these are two candidates who ran a spirited contest against each other and hillary is proud that they ran a contest of ideas and not insults. they talked about how to make college m affordable and raise wages this this country. since she won the nomination last month they've spent a lot of time talking to each other and we collaborated on the boldest most progressive platform the democratic party has ever had. we've really come together, you will see that today in new hampshire. >> even if hillary clinton or bernie come together their supporters are very different.
some have cared to bernie sanders supporters more similar to donald trump supporters in that they're very anti-establishment. that's what bernie sanders was running on and hillary clinton one could argue is the definition of washington establishment. >> do you know what, senator sanders was running on was addressing the problems of american families today. again, how to raise wages in this country, who you to fight climate change, how to make college more affordable, those are the issues he cares about and as he has said his supporters are not going to back a candidate who works to deport hard working immigrants, to want to ban muslims from entering this country and doesn't even think we should have a minimum wage. he has spoken that he doesn't believe his supporters will back donald trump. >> they might not support donald trump but they could also stay home. does hillary clinton need bernie sanders supporters? >> of course and she's going to work really hard to earn their votes. she has been spending its last month really listening to them and taking in their concerns on the issues that they care about. you saw her this -- in the last few days release an enhanced
college affordability plan and healthcare plan, really listening to his supporters. she wants them to be a part of this campaign and you are going to see her talk about that today. >> is he going to be part of the campaign going forward? >> well, he had as said that he's going to do everything possible to stomp donald trump from being president. his supporters and our supporters know that we have to come together. there's too much at stake in this election. we cannot allow someone with donald trump's temperament to become president of the united states. >> she's got president obama in her corner but the latest poll is showing 54% of voters between 18 and 34 have an unfavorable view of hillary clinton and that demographic, barack obama had locked up, when he was running. what does she need to do to win them over? >> she needs to do what hillary does which is get out and listen to people. >> this do what hillary does, she's been doing it for decades and it's not working in terms of likability. >> but as she said she's got work to do and she is eager to get out and do t one of the things that senator sanders did
so well this this campaign is energize and activate young voters and get them out to the polls. we're really hoping that he will help us talk to them about what's at stake in this election and why it's so important to vote for hillary clinton. >> all right. well, we're going to be watching them today in vermont and at the convention in philadelphia. >> it's going to be a great day. >> thanks for joining me. we hope so. thank you so much, christina, joining me here in new york city. thousands protested after watching the facebook video of flynn dough castile bleeding to death in his car after being shot by an officer in minnesota. his girlfriend diamond reynolds it is speaking out. >> there has to be something done. this cannot continue in our world. it cannot. trolling for a gig with braindrone? can't blame you. it's a drone you control with your brain, which controls your thumbs, which control this joystick. no, i'm actually over at the ge booth. we're creating the operating system for industry. it's called predix. it's gonna change the way the world works. ok, i'm telling my brainto e to get you a copy of my resume.
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about honoring castile's memory. >> my soul, my companion, my confidant, my best friend, my child's role model, father figure, and my breadwinner. he was everything to me that no man has ever been to me in my life. he was the man that every woman in every man would want their daughter to marry. he was that man. he was my prince charming. i didn't have to work, but i chose to work. i didn't have to do in i go that i didn't want to do because he was there to support me every step of the way. so with losing him it's very hard to stay strong, but i know that's what he would have wanted. >> what is justice as you see it? >> justice for me is not only the police officer at hand being prosecuted to the highest extent of the law, but that police are not allowed to go around and
just assassinate anyone, black, white, pink, orange, gray. there has to be some type of consequences. there has to be something done. this cannot continue in our world. it cannot. >> that was diamond reynolds, girlfriend of philando castile speaking out. that wraps us up this hour. i'm stephanie ruhle, i will see you tomorrow. coming up chris now, more news with chris jansing. good tuesday morning. we have a very busy hour ahead here on msnbc. i'm chris jansing, once again, live from dallas. the president of the united states will soon be here in this city to, again, try to heal wounds after a national tragedy. he's scheduled to leave the white house any moment now. former president george w. bush will also join president obama in speaking at today's interfaith ceremony. funerals for the five officers killed this week begin today and they go go throughout the
weekend. last night hundreds attended a vigil here where the police chief spoke to the families of the fallen. >> we are now your surrogate family members. we're your brothers and your sisters. when you need us, you call. because we will not only be loving you today, we will be loving you always. >> meantime right now on capitol hill attorney general loretta lynch is set to appear before the house judiciary committee. the planned focal point is recent terror attacks in orlando and san bernardino, but lawmakers are also expected to questions lynch over that impromptu meeting with former presidentil
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is. a pleasant good morning to you, it is 6:00 a.m., saturday, march 12. here's some of the stories we're following on "action news." violence breaks out at a rally in chicago and prompts presidential hopeful donald trump to cancel the event. two men are injured in a crash overnight. police believe drunk driving may have caused the crash. new strike for the new jersey rails. it's beautiful morning. chris. >> reporter: temperatures will warm up nicely this afternoon, we have temperatures in the
30s across the outlying suburbs. the sun rises at 6:17. we'll see sunshine to start, but clouds increase throughout the day. 34 in reading. lancaster, 37. wilmington, 40 and dover, 43. a little bit farther to the north. we have temperatures below freezing again. as a canadian high sneaks down to the great lakes, it will get so far before it retreats and we'll see milder conditions next week. 24 degrees in binghamton, new york. buffalo, 30. pits, 34. 50s to the south. satellite and radar, clouds are on the increase today as an upper level storm system out to the west pulls north out of the lonestar state of texas which will see rain during the second half of the weekend. increasing clouds, looking at a high of 62 degrees. 60 degrees by 1:00 p.m.
same number by 3:00. 5:00 p.m., 59. you can see the clouds increasing throughout the afternoon hours. future tracker 6 showing the light rains, shield of rain overspreading the area late in the day on sunday. when i come back in just a few minutes we'll time it out on future tracker we'll see another warmup in the seven-day forecast. a rally for donald trump in chicago was canceled after this right here, punches were thrown as thousands of protesters and trump supporters clashed inside and outside of that facility there. it sparked shouting matches, fights and marches. mary maloney with the details. donald trump has to go. >> reporter: violence erupting before the donald trump chicago rally. we were not going to let a bigot come into my neighborhood. >> reporter: protesters carrying signs and shouting insults. the crowds swelling outside and inside the event.
some getting physical, throwing punches. police line up attempting to keep the peace as some officers try to break up fights. one man after jumping on stage had to be remove as protesters clash with the supporters, the trump campaign postponed the rally. i felt it was safer, i don't want to see anybody get hurt. i think it was the right thing to do under the circumstances. >> reporter: i'm mary maloney reporting. of course, all the candidates are focused on super tuesday. the sequel marco rubio is calling on ohio voters to support his rival john kasich. because trump is threatening to win his home state of florida. winning on tuesday could be close to a knockout blow for touch's competition. ted cruz is closest to trump in the delegate race. on the democratic side, clinton clinton is dominating bernie
sanders in a florida, sanders hope to win in illinois. a woman is in police custody as officers investigate whether she was driving drunk before a crash it happened in north philadelphia. two cars collided ending up on the sidewalk at 11th and cecil b. more. firefighters got two injured men from one of the mangled cars, they are in the hospital and expected to survive. the woman suspected of drunk are driving was not injured. philadelphia police need your help to find the man depicted in the sketch on the screen. he is responsible for binding and sexually assaulting a 22-year-old woman after forcing her into the woods in her pennypack park wednesday night. he is described as 250 to 300 pounds. medium to light complex and crooked front teeth and tattoo on his chest.
an agreement has been reached that will nj transit workers on the job. the agreement stops a strike that was threatened by workers 12:01 sunday morning. they were going to walk off the job after a dispute that's been going on for five years, that's when the last contract expired. this new agreement avoids the agency's first strike in 30 years. from our delaware newsroom this morning $100,000 worth of drugs are off the streets after police made a big bust in elsmere. officers showed "action news" this right here, the haul of drugs and guns that were confiscated during a bust yesterday. this includes 3 handguns, shotgun and steroids and 25 pounds of marijuana. police arrested 51-year-old robert johnson in connection with the bust. 20/20 aired a special broadcast on the heroin epidemic in america. there's been a sharp increase in
the number of overdose deaths in the u.s. jeff chirico talked to two local families touched by the heroin epidemic. we're losing a generation here. this is a life long fight. >> reporter: they are on the front line of a war they didn't want to fight, against a drug that's killing thousands of americans every year. i caught him doing it in by bathroom. i just i couldn't believe it could happen to me. >> reporter: bidwell said her son and daughter have been in and out of rehab for years, their addictions started with prescription drugs and escalated to heroin. it's the devil inside them. it's the devil, that's how i look at it. they was responsible, she was working and saved her money. >> reporter: pamela got caught up in drugs and overdosed months after leaving rehab. she was 19.
our death rate is higher than it's ever been. >> reporter: district attorney said more than 100 people died of heroin in delaware county last year. jeff goldberg of any lab test in springfield said he has seen an increase in parents testing hair and finger nails for drug use. it's a starting point to say where do we take this and begin the journey for recovery. on my free time i was finding ways to get high. >> reporter: she reads to her daughter's journal across the region hoping it stops the epidemic before it claims another life. i meant people to know it can happen to anybody. >> reporter: the task force has spoken before 15,000 students across the region not just the dangers of heroin, but the
dangers of prescription drugs. drugs like percocet can hook someone in 72 hours. in media, jeff chirico channel 6 "action news." there are many ways to help if you have a loved one suffering from heroin addiction call a drug abuse hot line including the government's national help line 800-622-help. open 24/7, 365. medications like methedone can be cruised. behavior therapy can be youthful for many addicts. there are'ses to help in recovery like support groups such as narcotics anonymous. the federal government has announced $94 million in funding to help fight heroin and prescription opioid abuse. the money will be distributed among 270 health centers nationwide. that includes can $100 million in pennsylvania earmarked for
philadelphia, pottstown and reading. another million in new jersey spread among trenton, camden and egg harbor township. 6:09. is the time if you're just waking up with us. chaka fattah has new lawyers and new request for a federal judge. yesterday his new attorneys requested that a federal judge throw out the charges. they argued that racketeering charges against fattah are unconstitutionally vague. they insist they will not ask for delay and ready for a may 2 trial. new venture, amazon announces it will begin it's own sprint business. plus, snowfall in march. we have pictures of where skiers are enjoying up to 4 feet.
not hear. chris. >> reporter: what a gorgeous week this was, temperatures in the 70s and 80s. we're tracking wet weather for the second half of the weekend and warm weather arrives, i'll have the details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast right after this. no longer california is
getting soaked by a one-two combo by heavy snow and rain. it's good news for the state struggling with the drought. all the skiers could get 4 feet
of snow by tomorrow night. california gets one-third of its water supply from the snow pack in the mountains. a bit of good news for the those folks there. >> reporter: they have had a horrific drought for the last decade. it's good to see the rains and snow. for us it's like summer we've had a ton of sunshine. it's been a gorgeous stretch of weather. things will change over the next couple of days, we had highs in the low 80s earlier this week, now we're talking about highs in the low 60s. it will feel cooler. beautiful shot in cape may. sun starts to rise. it officialsly raises at 6:15. we have a couple of minutes there. crystal clear conditions on double scan live. rain comes in tomorrow that will set up a messy period monday, the start of the new workweek.
64 degrees, which is 11 degrees above the seasonal average. we're well above seasonal averages. that will be the trend through the upcoming week, as well. 40 in wilmington, dover, 43. 37 in millville. trenton, 34. 31 in allentown. the poconos freezing mark of 32. salt light and radar, increasing clouds from the south from the virginias to the carolinas you'll see the clouds lower and thicken in advance of this upper level low, which brought tremendous amounts of rain to the missouri valley. they picked up one to two feet of rain. we have are a traffic jam in the weather pattern, a huge area of high pressure sitting off the coast of the carolinas, that brought the weather to the eastern seaboard. it's not moving. all the rains can't move out here, it's been raining here, and we've been enjoying a
tremendous amount of sunshine across the eastern half of the united states. things are starting to change as that high pulls away, it will allow the upper level low swing to the north across the northern tier states and the great lakes. that will bring wet weather into our neck of the woods. future tracker 6, increasing clouds, we'll start out with sunshine, clouds lower and thicken. overnight tonight, cloudy, cloudy tomorrow morning. during the course of the day, we'll see showers developing, the steadiest rain holds off sunday night into monday. if you have plans tomorrow, bring an umbrella to be on the safe side. 62 in philadelphia. reading, allentown, 63. you'll pick up more sun up here. 59 in dover, 58 in atlantic city. cape may, 56. a pleasant day, just a little bit cooler. overnight tonight, cloudy and mild, 48 degrees in philadelphia. 48 in wilmington, reading and allentown, 44.
trenton, 47. cape may, 49. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, another warmup arrives next week. so the cooler day is monday, the only reason why, testers pull back into the 50s, it's going to be raining, winds off the ocean, so cooler. 2 today, 62 tomorrow. monday, 55. tuesday, 65. wednesday, turning warmer, 72. there are forecast models that are warmer than that 72. a couple of showers thursday afternoon, saint patties day, 66. friday, clouds and sun, 62 degrees. another reminder we spring forward tonight, turn the clocks ahead one hour before you go to belt. tomorrow it will be nice the sun will be shining through 7:00, 7:30 in the evening. are you going to be grumpy tomorrow when you come in? don't are grumbly. hundreds of students spent
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>> reporter: welcome back everyone, 6:24 saturday morning, what a gorgeous week this has been across the delaware valley. we've had a traffic jam in the overall weather pattern. area of high pressure set up shop rite here. it was sort of like a mini bermuda high pressure system, similar to the summer months. here's philadelphia right there. we've been enjoying temperatures highs in the 80s couple of times
this week. this high forced everything behind it to back up, tweantd -- it wasn't moving. a tremendous amount of rain fell here, i'm blown away by how much they have seen 15 to 25 inches across the missouri valley. heavy rains across the west coast thanks to the he will el nino. we've been on the good side of this, it brought heavy rain and snow out west. that pattern will start to move again next week and systems will progress nicely across the county. today, increasing clouds, pleasant afternoon. highs around 62. it is now 6:25. in sports, the flyers surge closer to a playoff spot. they play florida tonight. last night the orange and black got a rare win in tampa, here's
ducis rogers. , good morning, last night was another top opponent for the flyers. tampa bay, the flyers have not won there for five years. bernie parent hockey royalties in the house. flyers lead, brayden shenn adds 23rd gold of the season. they are two points out of wild calendar spot. eagles have traded mark is an which he -- mark sanchez to denver. they get a 2017 draft pick. 18 touchdowns along with 15 interceptions. not surprisingly, but bad news for the sixers.
the team said okafor will have minor knee surgery, he is done for the season. covering ton -- covington fans won't like this. he had a neck injury he was taken to the hospital. sixers get 42 points off the bench. 13 points and 11 boards, the sixers snap 13 game win 95-89. >> nova faced providence. they went all out, in the third row. every time the flyers got close, the cats pushed them away. jenkins 21 points, nova up by 14. nova dances to the championship
game, 76-58. st. joe's in action later on today against dayton. that's a look at sports this morning, i'm ducis rogers. you have yourself a terrific weekend. all right, what is more fun on a friday night than a trip to the movies. the youngsters watched a film for free at the 1st district in philadelphia. they would a chance to have their picture taken on the red carpet. we have more coming up on "action news" saturday morning stay with us, we'll see you back here right after the break. your daughter wants to stay organic.
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bad. you'll get a little help from mother nature, sunday night into monday. this has been a beautiful week, temperatures very summer-like. temperatures in the 80s and other areas in the 70s. we'll start out with sunshine and clouds increase throughout the day. we have clear skies overnight and cold front slipping through, that's done a number with the temperatures here. down to 31 in allentown. below freezing, 32 in the poconos. reading, 34. le millville, 37. trenton, 34 degrees. we're down 25 degrees during the same time yesterday in allentown. trenton is 23 degrees cooler. millville, 24. atlantic city at the airport, 26. philadelphia almost 20 degrees colder than 24 hours ago. the front has slipped to the south, it will return in the form of a warm front later next week. it will increase the clouds and chance of a couple of showers,
sunday into monday. it's a quiet day and mild. it will feel cooler because we've had highs in the 80s. 9:00 a.m. temperature, 48. 1:00 p.m., 60s through 5:00 p.m. with an increase in clouds. thank you for the update. 6:32. there will be no strike for nj transit workers after a tentative agreement was reached last night. the workers threatened to walk off the job 12:01 sunday morning. that's because of a dispute that's been going on for five years. the agreement prevents the agency's first strike in 30 years on the atlantic city line or the river link. last night, governor chris christie said he always had faith that a deal would be reached before it came to workers hitting the picket line. i never felt we were in danger of a strike or lockout. i felt like everyone was showing good faith. and you could tell, i've been in
enough negotiations in my life, you can tell when people are spoiling for a fight. neither side was spoiling for a fight. christy said there will be no consults in serve e service and no fare hikes until 2017. tensions between supporters and opponents of donald trump reaching a boiling point in chicago last night. the republican frontrunner was forced to cancel an event because of security conditioners. supporters and protesters packed into the arena at the university of illinois. it got heated. violent scuffles broke out on the stage. protesters say they were there to stop trump from speaking. he came to a place that is next to a heavily mexican american community we were not going to let a bigot come into my neighborhood.
trump said he does not want to condone violence, he called it off, because he doesn't want to see people hurt or worse. my tone is not that of causing violence. my basic tone is securing our borders and having a country and great county bringing our jobs back and manufacturing back. we know police arrested five people, also a police officer had to be taken to the hospital after being hit in the head with a bottle. the chaos comes as trump calls for the republican party to unite. democrat hillary clinton has apologized for a comment praising late first lady nancy reagan. clinton said mrs. reagan started a national conversation about aids in the 1980s. aids activeists said they struggling for years how to combat the aids epidemic.
clinton said she misspoke. bernie sanders campaigned in illinois a state vogue on tuesday. voting on tuesday. he released three television commercials in illinois on friday. marco rubio's campaign is on the line if he does not win his home state of florida. the sunshine state arena ohio are winner take-all states. voters hit the polls in i in illinois, missouri and north carolina. 6 states across the deep south are under flood watches and warnings. 24 inches of rain has already fallen in some areas. it's still coming down, marries gonzalez -- marcy gonzalez with
the latest. flood watches and warnings caused by days of relentless rains. the unprecedented rapid rise in water forced emergency evacuations. the national guard rescuing 3500 families from homes using blackhawk helicopter to save drivers from submerged streets. in louisiana, the governor declaring a state of emergency. this is a statewide event, i have to imagine when we add up the damages it will be in the millions of dollars. >> reporter: the same in mississippi. the last time we had waters this high was in 2008 this is an epidemic proportion amount of water. , the historic flooding in the south claiming several lives and destroying livelihood. emotionally a mess. it will be okay.
>> reporter: the risk still isn't over. can't do nothing about it. pray and hope we don't get any more hard rain. >> reporter: the same areas are expecting more rough weather at least through saturday morning with half a foot more rain in the forecast from new orleans to jackson, mississippi. abc news new york. tough time for the folks in the south. a former college football player in berks county has entered a guilty plea in the stabbing of a teammate. marcus stewart stabbed a freshman player in the ribs with a cork screw. he will be in jail for several months and also on house arrest. honoring kyra mccullum who
graduated from princeton university. they ran a nonprofit organization, the birthday book project. contributions can be made to the nonprofit for charity of choice. she died last month after an accident on route 55 in pits grove, township. former first lady, nancy reagan was laid to rest next to her beloved husband ronald reagan on at the reagan library yesterday. her life was celebrated by 1,000 people, former first ladies and michelle obama. her son said there would be no president reagan without nancy and her forceful personality was described by her daughter patty. as her own health declined heavies dmanlt -- adamant -- as her own health declined she was
adamant about being reunited with my father on the other side. nancy reagan died last sunday. she was 94 years old. 6abc.com we have posted videos of nancy reagan's family and friends and dignitaries who offered memories of the former first lady. you can see the collection of photos from her funeral service. there's much more to come on saturday morning edition of "action news." singing her way down the aisle. kiera is officially off the market guys. california experiences torrential rainfall in the area. meteorologist chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, "action news" saturday morning, comes back in just a moment.
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saturday morning, in southern california nearly a dozen power lines snapped in half during a storm that rolled through riverside. thousands losing power because of this. a micro burst may be responsible. they are similar to tornado without the tornados' rotation. you have to look at this, a close call, a mudslide almost push ago dump truck down the hillside, guardrails saved the
truck from drive driving off the road there. >> reporter: it's proof it does rain in southern california. i can't remember the name of the group that sings that song. google that, i'll be back in a minute. tony, tony, tony thank you to our lovely producer. >> reporter: the platt bridge, mainly clear conditions, temperatures are much colder than where we've been over the last several days. highs in the 80s, couple of times we topped out at 75. this morning we're down in the 30s across the large portion of the area. you'll need something heavier though,, but temperatures climb into the 60 this afternoon. dewpoint, 25. pressure is holding steady.
winds out of the northwest at 6 miles per hour. we have a windchill, yes a windchill, 36 degrees. earlier this week i was ready to turn on the air-conditioning now you need the heater again. 82 wednesday, 82 thursday, both were records by a long shot. yesterday, 69 degrees. allentown, 31. sitting at freeze in the poconos, 32. -- sitting at freezing in the poconos, 32 degrees. trenton 37 just about 40s for everybody else. we'll see an increase in clouds from a southern system. that cloud line will shift north during the day and bring us rain sunday night into monday. tremendous amount for the missouri valley, the tennessee valley. there's been over 20 inches of rain reported in some of the areas here. this system continues to sit and spin and spin and spin across the lonestar state of texas because of an area of high
pressure right here. a heat pump here, similar to a bermuda high pressure system. it decided to plant itself off the other than seaboard not allowing the low to morvel -- move out. temperature-wise it's been nice and mild. you can see the cooler stuff up to the north. chicago will take 36 degrees for this time of the year. bismarck, 35. you can see the 60s regrouping to the south. that pulls north, remember, how the in through here, you get across the central portion of the united states, they are an hour behind, 5:45, they are seeing temperatures in the low to mid 60s, that warmup moves this way into next week. it's a quiet day, increasing clouds. the upper level low lifts to the north, winds shift to the east, lots of clouds expected sunday. maybe a pop-up shower or two during the day.
overnight tonight, mainly cloudy there could be a spritz or sprinkle most of us us stay dry, tomorrow morning is dry. tomorrow afternoon, nothing heavy, the heavier stuff holds off until tomorrow night. today, mild, 62 degrees. tomorrow, mild, 62 degrees, mild overnight tonight, 42 degrees suburbs, 48 in center city. we'll go 55 degrees monday, coming off 62 today and tomorrow. tuesday we start to rebound again, clouds and sun, 65. 70s return wednesday. 72 degrees with a decent amount of sunshine. 66 for saint st. patty's day. 62 on friday.
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after a terrible car accident. her capture is a dooms day survivalist and says he saved her and a worldwide chemical attack has left the earth uninhabitable. the young messiah is a biblical drama what depicts the year in the child of jesus. who are you? you saved me once before. it was you. you were at bethlehem. the film is based on on the novel christ the lord and anne rice. it follows a 7-year-old jesus as he and his family return home to naz arithmetic from egypt to discover the truth about his birth and whose and his purpose in life.
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>> reporter: welcome back everyone, 6:55, saturday morning, a huge traffic jam in the weather pattern across the lower 48. most of the time the weather moves west to east across the country. but the jet stream or main steering mechanism has been to the north. we're seeing a parade of storms batter the west coast and they pull north across the northern tier states and don't push into the delaware valley. one of the systems we've been dealing with over the last couple of days an upper level low spinning across the lonestar state of texas which brought rain to the missouri valley and gulf coast states. we've been enjoying an area of high pressure, sort of like a bermuda high pressure system, heat pump high which brought sunshine and the temperatures in the 80s.
they've been getting the rain here, they picked up 26 inches in louisiana. pine blufer arkansas -- pine bluff arkansas, 7.8. the good news that system pulls out. it will move in here sunday night into monday in the form of showers. increasing clouds, very pleasant afternoon, very quiet out there, 62. 6:56 do you have your eye on an kitchen island but don't want to spend thousands of dollars. the designers at the live well network show knock it off, shows you how to create one for 50 bucks. >> reporter: new cabinets are the most expensive kitchen renovation setting you back ten grand. we have an affordable alternative for you. we're going to take your
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breezes will be higher than yesterday. we have a sprinkle and our west of philadelphia. later this morning it is possible that areas north of philadelphia pick up that. that looks to be the area that would be mainly affected. it's not going to be hard-hitting or long-lasting. >> reporter: 58 in millville. 433 in allentown. 49 in trenton. 62 in sea isle city the winds not that bad at 7 miles per hour. once we get past sunrise we'll see the winds pop up. they are in the double digits in dover and cape may. 53 degrees by 6:00 a.m., 53 by 8:00 a.m. partly cloudy and chilly conditions this morning. as we roll through the day, temperature-wise it's not going to be that bad. 62 by noon, 66 by 3:00 p.m. high around 67 degrees i could see that happening around 4:00. later in the afternoon as has been the indicates recently and breezy today with the partly sunny sky cover. we're looking at a dip in temperatures over the weekend, a freeze concern is out there, we'll be talking about all that coming up. >> reporter: i have concerns, too, i'll be camping when it's freezing, we're looking okay, we have
breezes will be higher than yesterday. we have a sprinkle and our west of philadelphia. later this morning it is possible that areas north of philadelphia pick up that. that looks to be the area that would be mainly affected. it's not going to be hard-hitting or long-lasting. >> reporter: 58 in millville. 433 in allentown. 49 in trenton. 62 in sea isle city the winds not that bad at 7 miles per hour. once we get past sunrise we'll see the winds pop up. they are in the double digits in...
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this tuesday, october 6. >> two philadelphia police officers were injured in an overnight crash. >> a driver was attacked after he stopped to check on a three-year-old boy who police say had darted out in front of his car. >> president obama has ordered federal aid for south carolina as the state continues to deal with deadly destructive flooding. >> good morning out there. 4:30 now. matt and david are both off. nydia han is joining us. let's head over to meteorologist karen rogers. yesterday afternoon was great and matt pelman has traffic. good morning. >> and we've got another gorgeous afternoon ahead. you might like it even more because it's going to be a bit more mild. currently 45 degrees in pottstown. not mild yet. it's chilly out there. 44 saint davids, 44 oxford, 55 though in center city. temperatures just a degree off from yesterday in the city but in some spots especially along the jersey shore we're looking at temperatures about 9 degrees cooler. 46 degrees right now hammonton, 48 in glassboro, 48 in dover, delaware. we have beautiful clear skies and that's really all
this tuesday, october 6. >> two philadelphia police officers were injured in an overnight crash. >> a driver was attacked after he stopped to check on a three-year-old boy who police say had darted out in front of his car. >> president obama has ordered federal aid for south carolina as the state continues to deal with deadly destructive flooding. >> good morning out there. 4:30 now. matt and david are both off. nydia han is joining us. let's head over to meteorologist...
. 63 in in millville. 12 degrees cooler in philadelphia than yesterday. temperatures stay in the 60s. 66 is the high. cooler, lots of clouds, today is not a big rain day. a lot of potential for flooding. it's not really today. now tonight we could get periods of rain. we have coastal flood watch into saturday. expect moderate to major flooding. this is just because of the onshore flow and the difference in pressure. very gusty winds pushing into the coast. we expect moderate to major flooding into saturday. here's a look at hurricane joaquin. 120-mile an hour winds sustained. can you see the eye forming? it is expected to become a cat four hurricane shortly. we'll have the impact coming up. >> reporter: most of the roads are dry, a few puddles and plenty of construction. bell month, the crews pulled tof to the side both lanes are reopened. this is eastbound 76 approaching the vine street expressway, 30th street station, the crews are off to the side and blocking the off ramp. the twrask on -- traffic on 76 is moving fine. nearby the inner lanes of the parkway remain shut down. alread
. 63 in in millville. 12 degrees cooler in philadelphia than yesterday. temperatures stay in the 60s. 66 is the high. cooler, lots of clouds, today is not a big rain day. a lot of potential for flooding. it's not really today. now tonight we could get periods of rain. we have coastal flood watch into saturday. expect moderate to major flooding. this is just because of the onshore flow and the difference in pressure. very gusty winds pushing into the coast. we expect moderate to major flooding...
. 54 degrees in philadelphia. 47 in allentown. 48 in reading. 43 in millville. it's cool in sports. there's a bit of a breeze in the single digits that will make you go a little extra brr as you go outside. chilly conditions at 6:00 a.m. 41 by 8 in the suburbs and philadelphia. as we move through the day, it will be cooler than yesterday. 51 degrees by 8:00 a.m. 55 by noon. 3:00 p.m., 59 degrees with a late day high of 60 degrees around 3:30 or 4:00 p.m. karen rogers a complete weekend call what a weekend it is, lots of stuff going on, i will have that coming up. >> reporter: i love your description, a little extra brrr. all lanes open, construction is cleared, so looking good on i-95. let's switch over to the vine street expressway and check on the construction. this is the vine street expressway approaching the schuylkill expressway. the vine had been closed in both directions overnight. eastbound is still closed. westbound is open and looking good. it was scheduled to clear at 5:00 a.m., and they do it a little earlier. looking good right here. market street is closed between 5t
. 54 degrees in philadelphia. 47 in allentown. 48 in reading. 43 in millville. it's cool in sports. there's a bit of a breeze in the single digits that will make you go a little extra brr as you go outside. chilly conditions at 6:00 a.m. 41 by 8 in the suburbs and philadelphia. as we move through the day, it will be cooler than yesterday. 51 degrees by 8:00 a.m. 55 by noon. 3:00 p.m., 59 degrees with a late day high of 60 degrees around 3:30 or 4:00 p.m. karen rogers a complete weekend call...
happening on this monday october 5. >> philadelphia area colleges are on alert is the fbi investigates a threat made online. >>> the coast guard is searching for a u.s. cargo ship that lost contact during hurricane joaquin. >>> governor saying they have not seen a storm like that that in south carolina in 1,000 years. >>> it is 4:30, monday, october 5, matt o'donnell is off, nydia han is joining us. let's head over to karen rogers she is talking about sun and matt pellman filling in on traffic duty. >> reporter: good morning, we're starting off with satellite 6 and action radar. we're seeing clouds through the region, no rain at this point we'll see sunny breaks through the clouds, all in all a much brighter afternoon. we have minor tidal flooding until 7:00 p.m. tonight along the coastline through cape may county and cumberland county and delaware, as well. 53 degrees the current temperature, 48 degrees in allentown. 49 in reading, 54 in millville. 57 in atlantic city. as you look at the wind gusts a lot better than over the weekend. we have gusty winds along the coastlin
happening on this monday october 5. >> philadelphia area colleges are on alert is the fbi investigates a threat made online. >>> the coast guard is searching for a u.s. cargo ship that lost contact during hurricane joaquin. >>> governor saying they have not seen a storm like that that in south carolina in 1,000 years. >>> it is 4:30, monday, october 5, matt o'donnell is off, nydia han is joining us. let's head over to karen rogers she is talking about sun and...
>> good morning, here's what's happening on this monday october 12. >> one of philadelphia's biggest carriers continues to deal with massive countrywide disruption. we'll have a live report from phl. >>> democratic candidates are getting ready for their first national debate. >> a former philly is suspended after a controversial play on the diamond. >> let's go over to david murphy with the latest in accuweather and karen rogers has traffic. >> reporter: that former phillie always played hard and he certainly did in that case. we have patchy fog around, high pressure in control, winds are light. we'll continue the nice pattern we had over the weekend. 53 degrees right now. chilly as you step outside early, 43 in allentown. 46 in 46 in trenton. 42 in millville. calm winds across the region. as you head out to catch the school bruce, 50 degrees, mainly clear and chilly conditions out there. moving into the afternoon, a nice one on tap. lots of sunshine, clouds building in. noon, 69. 74 degrees at 3:00 p.m., high of 75. we are looking at temperatures tumble you -- tumbling a lit
>> good morning, here's what's happening on this monday october 12. >> one of philadelphia's biggest carriers continues to deal with massive countrywide disruption. we'll have a live report from phl. >>> democratic candidates are getting ready for their first national debate. >> a former philly is suspended after a controversial play on the diamond. >> let's go over to david murphy with the latest in accuweather and karen rogers has traffic. >> reporter:...
us nicely. 61 degrees in philadelphia, 55 in allentown, 59 in reading, 56 -- excuse me, 56 in trenton, 59 in sea isle city and 53 in atlantic city. as you're head outside looks like we'll be in the upper 50's between six and 8 o'clock. high clouds, cool, winds very light so no big need for a heavy coat or anything like that. and you can shed whatever extra gear you've got pretty quickly today. by noon it's recess in the schoolyard, 70 degrees. by 3 o'clock, 75 and we're going to get a high today of 76 degrees at about 3:30 or 4:00 before dipping back to 70 by 6 o'clock. very nice conditions ahead. tomorrow not quite so warm but still very pleasant and then we've got that late week rain to talk about. details coming up in the accuweather 7-day. karen lots of stuff behind you. >> roads dry right now but construction causing a problem. this is 95 at cottman. the ramp from 95 northbound to cottman remains blocked with crews on the scene scheduled to clear at 5:00 a.m. so, we'll see what happens for now you've got to watch that ramp here, it's still blocked. on the roosevelt boulev
us nicely. 61 degrees in philadelphia, 55 in allentown, 59 in reading, 56 -- excuse me, 56 in trenton, 59 in sea isle city and 53 in atlantic city. as you're head outside looks like we'll be in the upper 50's between six and 8 o'clock. high clouds, cool, winds very light so no big need for a heavy coat or anything like that. and you can shed whatever extra gear you've got pretty quickly today. by noon it's recess in the schoolyard, 70 degrees. by 3 o'clock, 75 and we're going to get a high...
most of the clouds today. 36 degrees in philadelphia. if you weren't up early this weekend this will definitely feel colder than where we were in the morning last week. 30 degrees in reading. 3 # in trenton. most of the areas away from urban centers have dipped wroa the freezing mark -- below the freezing mark. on the bus stop, 33 degrees by 6:00. 34 degrees by 8:00. as we go through the morning into the afternoon we do improve a bit. noon up to 48. 5 # by 3:00 p.m. looks like we'll get a high of 54 degrees around 4:00 p.m. this afternoon. got a big bounce back and quick bounce back in temperatures coming in the seven day. >> reporter: i had frost in my windshield no idea where the ice scraper was i had to wait for it to defrost. that's why my hair looks like this, i was late. i-95 by the platt bridge, all the lanes are open. vine street expressway approaching the schuylkill expressway no overnight construction. looking good, it will resume tonight at 11:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m., watch for that tonight tonight. we have an accident eastbound on the pennsylvania turnpike eastbound
most of the clouds today. 36 degrees in philadelphia. if you weren't up early this weekend this will definitely feel colder than where we were in the morning last week. 30 degrees in reading. 3 # in trenton. most of the areas away from urban centers have dipped wroa the freezing mark -- below the freezing mark. on the bus stop, 33 degrees by 6:00. 34 degrees by 8:00. as we go through the morning into the afternoon we do improve a bit. noon up to 48. 5 # by 3:00 p.m. looks like we'll get a high...
wednesday october 21st. >> two philadelphia police officers a firefighter and a did you havevillian were you. >> a blaze in strawberry mansion. >> a main line restaurant will reopen today as owners explain how they have cleaned up from a roach infestation. >> new video this morning shows a mariner making a daring leap to a rescue ship in alaska. >> good morning. it is 4:30 on this wednesday. tam is off. erin o'hearn joins us. david and karen, are we ready for some weather and traffic or what? >> oh, man, are we ready did? i got up this morning and i was like this is going to be so nice to talk about today. we have sunshine to start out in a little while. cloud cover supplanted off to the north and west. while there could be patchy high clouds pong through at times today looks like we'll stay pretty bright. we're fairly mild this morning. 53 degrees in philadelphia currently, 45 in allentown, a little cool interplaces like allentown reading and lancaster. wilmington 47, trenton 49. 49 in millville. almost 60 in sea isle city. winds are light this morning. as we head out to the bus st
wednesday october 21st. >> two philadelphia police officers a firefighter and a did you havevillian were you. >> a blaze in strawberry mansion. >> a main line restaurant will reopen today as owners explain how they have cleaned up from a roach infestation. >> new video this morning shows a mariner making a daring leap to a rescue ship in alaska. >> good morning. it is 4:30 on this wednesday. tam is off. erin o'hearn joins us. david and karen, are we ready for some...
october 20th. >> one suspect is in custody, another is on the loose as philadelphia police investigate a violent home invasion overnight. >> a main line restaurant that was forc forced to close due toa roach infestation is now allowed to reopen. >> sloppy win over the giants has the eagles sitting atop the nfc east. >> you'll see more smiles out there. good morning, it's 4:30. tam is off. erin o'hearn joins us. we have david and karen here. >> that was a nice pick. can't wait to see highlights. cloud cover off to the north. we're expecting that to erode as it tries to push south. mostly sunny skies today with the possibility of occasional clouds. 48 degrees this morning which is certainly cool but these numbers are a lot better than yesterday. 45 in allentown, 44 in reading, 43 in wilmington, 52 in sea isle city. remember how allentown was in the mid-20'sest morning? mid-20y morning. we're 18 degrees milder in allentown right now and 12 degrees milder in philadelphia than this time yesterday so that milder change that we talked about yesterday is in the process of arriving.
october 20th. >> one suspect is in custody, another is on the loose as philadelphia police investigate a violent home invasion overnight. >> a main line restaurant that was forc forced to close due toa roach infestation is now allowed to reopen. >> sloppy win over the giants has the eagles sitting atop the nfc east. >> you'll see more smiles out there. good morning, it's 4:30. tam is off. erin o'hearn joins us. we have david and karen here. >> that was a nice...
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US House of Representatives Special Orders : CSPAN : December 13, 2016 7:47pm-8:01pm EST
suburb of west allis, wisconsin. speaking with supporters after a final recount with mr. trump winning wisconsin's electoral votes by 22,000 votes. that is live at 8:00 p.m. eastern. anthony brown, the former lieutenant governor spoke about the background in previous experience. this is 10 minutes. >> representative elect anthony brown, you're a familiar face to folks in this area. would did you do before coming to congress? anthony brown: before i had the privilege of representing the constituents, i served as their lieutenant governor. i served with governor martin o'malley and i spent eight years in the maryland general assembly in the house of delegates, serving on a number of committees and economic matters. i had the opportunities. looking forward to that experience. >> look under work will help you on capitol hill? anthony brown: whether you're working in a state legislature or even in the executive branch, what you learn is that you get things done through compromise. finding consensus, the common ground. agreeing to disagree where we do. but having a commitment to gett
suburb of west allis, wisconsin. speaking with supporters after a final recount with mr. trump winning wisconsin's electoral votes by 22,000 votes. that is live at 8:00 p.m. eastern. anthony brown, the former lieutenant governor spoke about the background in previous experience. this is 10 minutes. >> representative elect anthony brown, you're a familiar face to folks in this area. would did you do before coming to congress? anthony brown: before i had the privilege of representing the...
12 News This Morning at 5 : WISN : December 8, 2016 5:00am-5:30am CST
wisconsin winter, the thing to grab before headed to the roads this weekend. >> we are on track and weather watch and matt is on deck, and we beginning with jeremy nelson. >> good morning, a few snow showers and flurries. dancing downtown. 22 degrees in milwaukee right now. look at the brisk wind. westerly at 16 miles per hour. this is the coldest windchill we have seen for the season so far. plus 8 that is all it is feeling like in the city. the bus stop forecast, it is a blustery one. a couple of snowflakes around. have the extra layers around. we'll see a high we look ahead to the weekend forecast. matt, you just got in and the snow is not sticking the the roads.>> it is swirling around and blowing around. it is not sticking at this point. we have light volume out there. that equals travel times all in the green. 10 # minutes eastbound. >> that's a look at the morning melinda: thank you. we are following breaking news. tim: three murders reported in milwaukee overnight. two people were found dead near 107th and appleton. that's where hillary mintz is live with the latest. good mo
wisconsin winter, the thing to grab before headed to the roads this weekend. >> we are on track and weather watch and matt is on deck, and we beginning with jeremy nelson. >> good morning, a few snow showers and flurries. dancing downtown. 22 degrees in milwaukee right now. look at the brisk wind. westerly at 16 miles per hour. this is the coldest windchill we have seen for the season so far. plus 8 that is all it is feeling like in the city. the bus stop forecast, it is a blustery...
CBS 58 News at 5:00pm : WDJT : December 2, 2016 5:00pm-5:31pm CST
-year old shawn oliver. 3 wisconsin's recount will continue without interruption. earlier today, supporters of donald trump filed a lawsuit in federal court aimed at stopping the recount. they argued the due process of trump voters was threatened by the count. but as we first reported on our news at four, a madison judge denied a request to halt the recount right now...but will allow the lawsuit to continue until a hearing a we today.election officials are trying to be as transparent as possible as the count continues. this is a live look at waukesha county's recount offered on the waukesha county government website. you can also check the latest available count from the state elections commission. we have that site linked to our website, cbs 58 dot com. cbs 58's david ade has been tracking today's developments. he joins us live from the 'washington county' recount in inside this building, i spoke with the washington county clerk just a little while ago, and she tells me her recount is well ahead of schedule. she believes she's on track to wrap things up by next wednesday. so as
-year old shawn oliver. 3 wisconsin's recount will continue without interruption. earlier today, supporters of donald trump filed a lawsuit in federal court aimed at stopping the recount. they argued the due process of trump voters was threatened by the count. but as we first reported on our news at four, a madison judge denied a request to halt the recount right now...but will allow the lawsuit to continue until a hearing a we today.election officials are trying to be as transparent as...
60 Minutes : KPIX : December 4, 2016 7:06pm-7:18pm PST
together. ryan is 46, from wisconsin and an expert on the budget. what is the first bill you intend to pass? >> ryan: well, the first bill we're going to be working on is our obamacare legislation. >> pelley: you're going to repeal it first? >> ryan: yes. >> pelley: you're not pulling the rug out from under the 20 million people who already have- - >> ryan: no, no. we-- >> pelley: --obamacare. >> ryan: we want to make sure that we have a good transition period, so that people can get better coverage at a better price. >> pelley: so what are we talking about? months? years? >> ryan: i can't give you an answer to that. we're still working on that. >> pelley: but people talked about three years, in terms of a transition. >> ryan: yeah, i don't know the answer to that right now. what we know is we have to make good on this promise. we have to bring relief as fast as possible to people who are struggling under obamacare. >> pelley: what do republicans intend to put in its place? >> ryan: patient-centered healthcare that gets everybody access to affordable healthcare coverage. so they can
together. ryan is 46, from wisconsin and an expert on the budget. what is the first bill you intend to pass? >> ryan: well, the first bill we're going to be working on is our obamacare legislation. >> pelley: you're going to repeal it first? >> ryan: yes. >> pelley: you're not pulling the rug out from under the 20 million people who already have- - >> ryan: no, no. we-- >> pelley: --obamacare. >> ryan: we want to make sure that we have a good...
Joint Task Force Previews Inauguration Day Events : CSPAN : December 18, 2016 12:40pm-12:52pm EST
once a wisconsin. now we want to michigan. -- now we won wisconsin. now we won michigan. and i will never forget the guide was devastated. he never even thought of this. his hand is quivering. he puts it on the map and the map turns red. donald trump has won the state of wisconsin. no.o, oh please check this. donald trump has won the state of michigan. [applause] and it is very unfair to the people of pennsylvania. they never got the glory. it was like the guy who could and did not yard get the glory. but we love our people in pennsylvania. so now he goes, now he goes. because there -- because they were saying there was no way to get to the most they could get 270. was 269. they get paid a lot of money and they don't know what they are talking about. -- they do not know what the hell they are talking about, folks. i never once got above 269. i was watching it for months. that's why i got upset with texas. texas that they would win it. so what happened was, that is like if going there. i needed that one. then what happens is he says wisconsin, michigan, and now he path forre is no hi
once a wisconsin. now we want to michigan. -- now we won wisconsin. now we won michigan. and i will never forget the guide was devastated. he never even thought of this. his hand is quivering. he puts it on the map and the map turns red. donald trump has won the state of wisconsin. no.o, oh please check this. donald trump has won the state of michigan. [applause] and it is very unfair to the people of pennsylvania. they never got the glory. it was like the guy who could and did not yard get...
Today's TMJ4 News Live at Daybreak Early Edition II : WTMJ : December 5, 2016 5:30am-6:00am CST
asking state courts to prevent the recount. and a recount in wisconsin will ?continue for now. on friday-- we learned trump supporters filed federal lawsuit to stop the recount in the badger state. we checked with several municipalities in our area... and all said they will keep recounting ballots until they're told to stop by the courts. former green party presidential candidate jill stei statewide recount in pennsylvania to federal court. her team is asking a federal judge to force a recount on ?constitutional grounds?. president elect donald trump won pennsylvania's electoral votes on election day... and michigan and wisconsin went red, too. now that the first snow of the season has arrived -- it's begining to look a lot like christmas .and that means it's time for the canadian pacific railroad's holiday train.it's fast approaching.ann sterling ahead. holiday train is rolling through townmaking stops in milwaukee, wauwatosa and beyond this week. this 1 thousand -foot train has 14 cars -- decked out in holiday lights and you can hear the live music.this train travels from canada
asking state courts to prevent the recount. and a recount in wisconsin will ?continue for now. on friday-- we learned trump supporters filed federal lawsuit to stop the recount in the badger state. we checked with several municipalities in our area... and all said they will keep recounting ballots until they're told to stop by the courts. former green party presidential candidate jill stei statewide recount in pennsylvania to federal court. her team is asking a federal judge to force a recount...
melt a lot of the snow that fell across southern wisconsin. 34 over 30. winds are west at 11 at the airport. this is a look at cathedral square. a few minnesota and iowa. i anticipate a few thin spots in the clouds for today. but we are melting some of the snow. mostly cloudy skies this morning. 30s. we look at a thin spot or two in the clouds. for tonight, mostly cloudy. >> sal, thank you. >> southeast wisconsin is cleaning up from the first snow of the season f. you parked outside, then take a look at time to brush off your car before headed out today. hillary mintz is joining us more on the clean up. hillary? reporter: speaking of cleaning up and brushing off, yes, this is handy. i just put it in the car over the weekend. take a look around here, snow covered here and slushy. if you left the car out, this is what you are morning. this is how much they got here in waukesha county. so yeah, take a little effort to scrape the snow here. if this is your car, you are welcome. again, this is a couple of inches. allow a few extra inches to clean off the car. but again, if you left it he
melt a lot of the snow that fell across southern wisconsin. 34 over 30. winds are west at 11 at the airport. this is a look at cathedral square. a few minnesota and iowa. i anticipate a few thin spots in the clouds for today. but we are melting some of the snow. mostly cloudy skies this morning. 30s. we look at a thin spot or two in the clouds. for tonight, mostly cloudy. >> sal, thank you. >> southeast wisconsin is cleaning up from the first snow of the season f. you parked...
12 News This Morning at 5 : WISN : December 14, 2016 5:00am-5:31am CST
feels-like temperature. single digits and teens across southeast wisconsin. it is going to get worse, the winds are going tok take a look at this, a windchill advisory as we go through tonight and 10:00 a.m. on thursday morning. during that time frame, the windchills may drop to 15-25 degrees below zero. tomorrow morning is when you want to limit the exposure at the bus stop. wait until the bus is approaching or wait in a warm vehicle and scoot into the bus. if you can do that, that is a great piece of advice. snow pants and boots on too. get ready for a bitter cold morning. sal has more on the snow for the weekend. back to you. >> thank you, jeremy. before headed out, we have you covered, hilly mintz is live in the news room. >> last year winter in wisconsin 33 people died from the cold, this year the state officials want to keep that number way down. stay inside like i am doing this morning. if you have to go outside, just a few minutes makes a difference. have the essential gear. we have mittens, hand warmers and hat. boots, waterproof, warm socks and snow pants for another layer
feels-like temperature. single digits and teens across southeast wisconsin. it is going to get worse, the winds are going tok take a look at this, a windchill advisory as we go through tonight and 10:00 a.m. on thursday morning. during that time frame, the windchills may drop to 15-25 degrees below zero. tomorrow morning is when you want to limit the exposure at the bus stop. wait until the bus is approaching or wait in a warm vehicle and scoot into the bus. if you can do that, that is a great...
the zero across wisconsin. now the coldest windchills minus 24 in waukesha. feeling 22 below in west bend. downtown milwaukee minus 17. out the door this morning, even the air temperatures dropped below zero. most of today cold and dry and sunshine. could be impacting the travel plans across the area. we'll let you know when the snow begins. >> 33 people in wisconsin died because of the cold last year. the windchills are back today. hillary mintz is live inside of the fire department on the winter safety. good morning, hillary. reporter: good morning, we are staying safe and fire department. the majority of the calls they are using this, the ambulance here for the medical calls, there are a number of serious health problems that can get in very, very quickly with the dangerously cold temperatures. frostbite. good morning, zack. what are the things that you do when it comes to the weather related health problems that you is get the person out of the cold as quickly as positive >>. we actually send extra people with the cold weather to expedite that process and then if the cold is one
the zero across wisconsin. now the coldest windchills minus 24 in waukesha. feeling 22 below in west bend. downtown milwaukee minus 17. out the door this morning, even the air temperatures dropped below zero. most of today cold and dry and sunshine. could be impacting the travel plans across the area. we'll let you know when the snow begins. >> 33 people in wisconsin died because of the cold last year. the windchills are back today. hillary mintz is live inside of the fire department on...
WISN 12 News at 5PM : WISN : December 12, 2016 5:00pm-5:30pm CST
in wisconsin. president-elect donald trump is still the winner here in the badger state. the wisconsin elections commission certified the results late this afternoon. after recounting nearly three million ballots trump picked up , a net 131 votes. 12 news kent wainscott is live in madison. kent, very little changed. kent: in the end, the vote totals changed about 6/100 of 1%. the elections commission certified those results within the hour here in madison nearly 24-hours earlier than expected. they had to wait for some final first, numbers to roll in from milwaukee county. all of the data, entering it into the state system throughout the day. the recount, you may recall, was paid for by green party candidate jill stein, but it involved a huge expenditure of time and effort by clerks and election workers across the states and in the end, two of , the commissioners split on whether it was all worth it. >> i thought it was an abuse of the system. we certainly had no choice in it. that's what the law says. at correct. i, personally, as a voter would , like to see the legislature
in wisconsin. president-elect donald trump is still the winner here in the badger state. the wisconsin elections commission certified the results late this afternoon. after recounting nearly three million ballots trump picked up , a net 131 votes. 12 news kent wainscott is live in madison. kent, very little changed. kent: in the end, the vote totals changed about 6/100 of 1%. the elections commission certified those results within the hour here in madison nearly 24-hours earlier than expected....
hundred yards through the ice. >> the numbers confirm that president-elect trump one wisconsin. he increased his margin by 131 votes. the recount was certified. >> after 12 days, wisconsin's presidential election recount moved the numbers by less than 1%. election workers in milwaukee spent the day loading f wants those numbers were in the system, they certified the recount which was requested and paid for by green party candidate jill stein. >> it is really part of a scam pack. >> you follow the law and you pay for it. >> donald trump increased his margin of victory over hillary clinton in wisconsin by 131 votes. in madison, wisn 12 news. >> the actual price tag is still unknown. they have until next week. he will be at state fair park as part of the thank you to her. mike pence will be with trump. the thank you tour has gone in support of the republican. scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. >> governor scott walker back from his trip overseas. providing details in afghanistan, kuwait, and the united arab emirates. are celebrating the appointment of general james mattis as donald trump's
hundred yards through the ice. >> the numbers confirm that president-elect trump one wisconsin. he increased his margin by 131 votes. the recount was certified. >> after 12 days, wisconsin's presidential election recount moved the numbers by less than 1%. election workers in milwaukee spent the day loading f wants those numbers were in the system, they certified the recount which was requested and paid for by green party candidate jill stein. >> it is really part of a scam...
WISN 12 News at 5PM : WISN : December 1, 2016 5:00pm-5:30pm CST
: the largest election recount in wisconsin's history. toya: there are 2.9 million ballots in the state. it is up to each of the 72 counties whether they count the ballots by hand or machine. waukesha county officials are counting ballots by machine. until midnight tonight. and while the timeline is still unclear, things are running on schedule so far. >> today is really, really kind of iffy because we don't know how long each step is going to take. as we get into a stride we'll get a better idea. toya: the state plans to be finished on december 12. that's one day before the federal recount deadline. wisconsin isn't the only state facing a recount. the green party is also zeroing-in on pennsylvania and michigan. start being re-counted, by hand, as early as tomorrow. as for pennsylvania, a hearing is scheduled for next week to determine if the ballots should be counted by hand. the electoral college is scheduled to meet on december 19 to formally elect the next president. donald trump i just want to let : all of the other companies know that we're going to do great things for businesses.
: the largest election recount in wisconsin's history. toya: there are 2.9 million ballots in the state. it is up to each of the 72 counties whether they count the ballots by hand or machine. waukesha county officials are counting ballots by machine. until midnight tonight. and while the timeline is still unclear, things are running on schedule so far. >> today is really, really kind of iffy because we don't know how long each step is going to take. as we get into a stride we'll get a...
Politics and Public Policy Today : CSPAN : December 19, 2016 11:37pm-11:56pm EST
three key states that flipped for the republicans, pennsylvania, michigan, and wisconsin. according to our founders and the constitution the electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for president and vice president. ballotsll name in their of the person voted for as president and in the distinct ballots, the person voted for as vice president and they shall of alldistinct list persons voted for as president and of all persons voted for as vice president. the last step in the process will take place at the u.s. capitol in early january. joining us is steven shepherd who has been following all of today's developments. thank you for being with us. stephen shepard: good to be here. >> it is required by the constitution. we saw the process unfold in many state capitals here on c-span. were there any surprises? stephen shepard: not really. donald trump won 306 electoral you justthat map that showed and you mentioned michigan, pennsylvania, and wisconsin. couldought was if they get 37 of donald trump's 306 electors, that would deny camp the majority of the electors
three key states that flipped for the republicans, pennsylvania, michigan, and wisconsin. according to our founders and the constitution the electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for president and vice president. ballotsll name in their of the person voted for as president and in the distinct ballots, the person voted for as vice president and they shall of alldistinct list persons voted for as president and of all persons voted for as vice president. the last step...
WISN 12 News at 10PM : WISN : December 2, 2016 10:00pm-10:30pm CST
milwaukee, tomorrow. in northern wisconsin, menominee county has finished its recount. jill stein, who's paying for the co picked up votes. the clerk blames human error for the discrepancies. adrienne: a mother charged in the death of her own three-month-old baby boy. according to police 36-year-old otisia scott fell asleep on him while she was drunk. police say she also killed her two-month-old baby the same way in 2013. according to the complaint, after that incident one of scott's children went to protective custody. however, the baby who most recently died was allowed to remain with her. the department of children and case. patrick: cars parked in a tow lot in waukesha county go up in flames. today, we learned the fire might have started from an electrical issue inside a vehicle towed to the lot. it happened thursday morning at a.m. towing on national avenue in big bend several cars were on fire. adrienne: the season of giving is in full swing. and volunteers from kohl's are embracing that. workers donated and delivered one thousand gifts to the most kids there come from families who
milwaukee, tomorrow. in northern wisconsin, menominee county has finished its recount. jill stein, who's paying for the co picked up votes. the clerk blames human error for the discrepancies. adrienne: a mother charged in the death of her own three-month-old baby boy. according to police 36-year-old otisia scott fell asleep on him while she was drunk. police say she also killed her two-month-old baby the same way in 2013. according to the complaint, after that incident one of scott's children...
Today's TMJ4 News Live at Daybreak Early Edition I : WTMJ : December 9, 2016 5:00am-5:30am CST
distance wisconsin's historic recount of its november 8th presidential votes is nearing live in waukesha county to explain where things stand this morning.. here in waukesha county we expect to get final numbers for the recount as soon as today. in milwaukee county... the clerk says it finished up its recount of last month's presidential votes yesterday evening. althoguh according to the wisconsin elections commission's website... the recounts in both milwaukee county and still listed as "in process." the elections comission says about 82 percent of ballots across wisconsin have now been re-counted. democrat hillary clinton has gained 61 votes on republican, president-elect donald trump. you may recall... trump won by more than 22-thousand votes here in wisconsin on election night. the state has set a monday night deadline for the recount to be completed. federal law requires it be finished by live...pz... tmj4 a court hearing takes place in philadelphia today to decide if the state's presidential votes should be subject to a recount.court documents on behalf of green party pres
distance wisconsin's historic recount of its november 8th presidential votes is nearing live in waukesha county to explain where things stand this morning.. here in waukesha county we expect to get final numbers for the recount as soon as today. in milwaukee county... the clerk says it finished up its recount of last month's presidential votes yesterday evening. althoguh according to the wisconsin elections commission's website... the recounts in both milwaukee county and still listed as...
FOX 6 Wake-Up News at 5:30 : WITI : December 8, 2016 5:30am-6:00am CST
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move into southeast wisconsin. highs will only reach into the teens with lows in the single digits. today: scattered flurries/light snow showers. windy and cold. high: 27 wind: nw 10-20 mph angelica adlibs traffic red on traffic map = major delays delays green on traffic map = no delays a man and a woman are found dead in bed milwaukee police are on the scene of the double homicide at appleton and florist deandra corinthios is live there with the latest on the victims were in their mid to late 30s. when they discovered the victims...they also found two kids in the room. they were unharmed. milwaukee police say they responded to the home near appleton and florist after neighbors reported hearing gunshots and screams. when officers arrived they found a man and a woman in bed, they had been shot multiple times. po room. one is a teenager the other is 11 years old. they are not suspects. police tell us this is not a murder suicide investigation. reporting live in milwaukee deandra corinthios fox6 news. and more breaking news this morning. a man is dead after a shooting and crash. offic
move into southeast wisconsin. highs will only reach into the teens with lows in the single digits. today: scattered flurries/light snow showers. windy and cold. high: 27 wind: nw 10-20 mph angelica adlibs traffic red on traffic map = major delays delays green on traffic map = no delays a man and a woman are found dead in bed milwaukee police are on the scene of the double homicide at appleton and florist deandra corinthios is live there with the latest on the victims were in their mid to late...
FOX 6 News at 5:30 : WITI : December 9, 2016 5:30pm-6:00pm CST
weather together. a federal judge halts a lawsuit aimed at stopping wisconsin's recount. two conservative groups filed judge reasoned that the counting is almost over and has little chance of affecting the election's outcome. the lawyer representing both groups would not say if they planned to appeal the decision. search and rescue efforts are underway at lake como after a man falls through the ice. officials say they received reports that a man walking on the ice, had fallen through about 1-15 this afternoon. multiple departments have responded with airboats and dive teams. the walworth county sheriff's office says they'll c possible. as the first major snowfall of the season looms overhead-- milwaukee officials say they're prepared. with winter storm warnings forecast for tomorrow night-- officials say they'll have more than one-hundred drivers and just as many salt trucks pre-salting major and residential roads ahead of time. sanitation trucks are also being fitted with snowplows and more than 300 all of se wi from saturday night through sunday night increasing clouds tonight. it will
weather together. a federal judge halts a lawsuit aimed at stopping wisconsin's recount. two conservative groups filed judge reasoned that the counting is almost over and has little chance of affecting the election's outcome. the lawyer representing both groups would not say if they planned to appeal the decision. search and rescue efforts are underway at lake como after a man falls through the ice. officials say they received reports that a man walking on the ice, had fallen through about...
trump's first visit to wisconsin since he won the election. kathy: new on wisn 12. your unclaimed property could be heading to the auction block. now through december 27, collectible stamps, jewelry, coins and other items are up for grabs. the department of revenue works to connect people with their unclaimed property. but by state law, anything left behind in safety deposit boxes after three years must be sold at auction. you can check it all out online. we have the link on our website, wisn.com/links. the auction number is on your screen. it's 1-6-9-0-0-1-6. we have the bitter cold, then appeared -- needed again. mark: 6-8 inches of snow. more, coming up. joyce: and a tragic reminder of how dangerous winter can be. how one young boy diedfter ending up buried under snow in upstate new york. kathy: and interest rates are about to climb. we'll tell you how much and what the hike could mean for your wallet. joyce: then, something to sing about. the major renovation project students at tosa east are celebrating tonight. ? loop wherever you are, download the wisn 12 mobile app. joyce:
trump's first visit to wisconsin since he won the election. kathy: new on wisn 12. your unclaimed property could be heading to the auction block. now through december 27, collectible stamps, jewelry, coins and other items are up for grabs. the department of revenue works to connect people with their unclaimed property. but by state law, anything left behind in safety deposit boxes after three years must be sold at auction. you can check it all out online. we have the link on our website,...
Fred Yang Discusses Polling in Campaign 2016 : CSPAN3 : December 28, 2016 9:55am-10:43am EST
battleground polls, especially in wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvan pennsylvania. number two, when you look at the three states where the presidential campaign was one, or audio the side lost. wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania. in addition to the volatility of public opinion research, there was volatility in real life. one statistic among the many that i've tried to remember is that in the exit polls, and the state of wisconsin, 10% of voters who were surveyed in days of polls said they had made up their minds on who to vote for president in the last couple of days in the election. so in the last couple of days in the election, it could've been tuesday, it could have been monday, the second coming letter hit on friday afternoon. in the state of wisconsin, among the 10% who said they voted in the last couple days of the election, i would wager that most of those people were after the second coming letter. trump was ahead of clinton by 27 points. one of the understated questions i'm answering is what happened with the polling. what happened with the polling is that the margin of e
battleground polls, especially in wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvan pennsylvania. number two, when you look at the three states where the presidential campaign was one, or audio the side lost. wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania. in addition to the volatility of public opinion research, there was volatility in real life. one statistic among the many that i've tried to remember is that in the exit polls, and the state of wisconsin, 10% of voters who were surveyed in days of polls said they...
Today's TMJ4 News Live at 12:30PM : WTMJ : December 2, 2016 12:30pm-12:54pm CST
lauit moing... tyring to put end ?to the recounin wisconsin. the suit... being brought by two political action committees... and a wisconsin voter. meanwhile... at request e jiof th stein campaign... the retabulating of nearly 3- million ballots ues contin across wisconsin... with menominee county already finished. the deadline to complete the process is december 12. the lowest since august 2007. the economy added 178-thousand jobs last month. unemployment has been at or below 5-percent for nearly a year-- as more people returned to the job market and hiring has maintained momentum. the badger football team is staring down the road at a possible playoff birth.but they have to beat penn state first. bucky... making his 4th appearance in the title game. if the badgers win... there's a chance they could be to be one of the four teams in this years college playoffs... milwaukee police are investigating a reported sexual assault of a female victim.police say it happened around 5:30 yesterday evening, near clement and st francis. the investigation is still in its early stages. stay with tmj4
lauit moing... tyring to put end ?to the recounin wisconsin. the suit... being brought by two political action committees... and a wisconsin voter. meanwhile... at request e jiof th stein campaign... the retabulating of nearly 3- million ballots ues contin across wisconsin... with menominee county already finished. the deadline to complete the process is december 12. the lowest since august 2007. the economy added 178-thousand jobs last month. unemployment has been at or below 5-percent for...
WISN 12 News This Morning : WISN : December 8, 2016 6:00am-7:00am CST
getting through a wisconsin winter, the thing to grab before headed to the roads this weekend. >> we are on track and weather watch and matt is on deck, and we beginning with jeremy nelson. good morning, jeremy. jeremy: the windchills this morning you are going to feel they will. flurries sliding across southeast wisconsin. here is what it is feeling like. the first step out the door, the wind and feeling like 1 boz zero in watertown. 8 above zero in milwaukee. it is a chilly start to the day. no improvements. west breeze at 12-22 and that feel is continuing into the afternoon. that is a look at the now to matt salemme in news chopper 12. >> we are among the flurries. nothing is sticking to the pavement. it is just whipping around through the flight light. you can see down below the pavement is dry. everything is looking good. that's a look at the morning commute, back to you. >> we are following break z news. >> three murders are reported in milwaukee overnight. two people found dead near 107th and appleton. that is where hillary mintz is live with the latest. reporter: tim, police say
getting through a wisconsin winter, the thing to grab before headed to the roads this weekend. >> we are on track and weather watch and matt is on deck, and we beginning with jeremy nelson. good morning, jeremy. jeremy: the windchills this morning you are going to feel they will. flurries sliding across southeast wisconsin. here is what it is feeling like. the first step out the door, the wind and feeling like 1 boz zero in watertown. 8 above zero in milwaukee. it is a chilly start to...
WISN 12 News This Morning : WISN : December 12, 2016 6:00am-7:01am CST
and gold pick up their third win in a row. >> plus a messy morning in parts of southeast wisconsin. still a lot of work to do on the roads for the clean up from the snow. we have team coverage on the conditions. first, we have breaking news. >> that is right, as we continue with this, the emergency crews are investigating a fire on the south side. we are going live to andy choi with the latest. a lot of >> lots of challenges, still an active investigation here at the corner of clement and idaho in the bay view area. the firefighters are up on the roof and ventilating the hot spots. they have been checking the hot spots for a couple of hours now. this call coming in at 4:30 this morning. the challenge is the proximity of the homes nearby. we talked to the police and that made the call told the fire and police there may have been electrical issues involved with this fire. again, the biggest challenge the proximity to the other homes and making sure that the hot shots with out. no injuries to report at this time. of course, in chilly temperatures the firefighters have to be careful wh
and gold pick up their third win in a row. >> plus a messy morning in parts of southeast wisconsin. still a lot of work to do on the roads for the clean up from the snow. we have team coverage on the conditions. first, we have breaking news. >> that is right, as we continue with this, the emergency crews are investigating a fire on the south side. we are going live to andy choi with the latest. a lot of >> lots of challenges, still an active investigation here at the corner of...
FOX 6 Wake-Up News at 7 : WITI : December 8, 2016 7:00am-8:00am CST
continue sunday. behind the snow we see even colder air move into southeast wisconsin. highs will only reach into the teens with lows in the single digits. today: scattered flurries/light snow showers. windy and cold. high: traffic map = major delays yellow on traffic map = some delays green on traffic map = no delays this morning --- milwaukee police are investigating a double homicide police say the victims are a man and a woman. deandra corinthios is live near appleton and florist with the latest milwaukee police tell us this was a shooting. neighbors called them when they heart gunshots...and screaming. milwaukee police officers responded to a home at appleton and florist around 1:30 a- they found a man and a woman in bed, shot to death. police say the multiple times. police also found two kids in the room. a teenager...and an 11 year old were hiding in the bedroom. police tell us they were not harmed...and are not considered suspects. police also say this is not a murder suicide investigation. police tell us the victims were both in their 30s. they have not released their nam
continue sunday. behind the snow we see even colder air move into southeast wisconsin. highs will only reach into the teens with lows in the single digits. today: scattered flurries/light snow showers. windy and cold. high: traffic map = major delays yellow on traffic map = some delays green on traffic map = no delays this morning --- milwaukee police are investigating a double homicide police say the victims are a man and a woman. deandra corinthios is live near appleton and florist with the...
Today's TMJ4 News Live at Daybreak : WTMJ : December 15, 2016 6:00am-6:55am CST
dropped 0 angthe lake, to -8 inland this morning th nd chills to wisconsin until am. despite a lot of sun, today only warms up to 8 degrees with gusty windand wind chillaying around -10 all day. tonight is ly cloudwith flurries and isolated lht snow lows drop to 5. there will be less than a half inch of snow by incident 94 west ann slope roll$eov crashhappend in the me but landed out of now slow go g stbounaffiis ? its part to keepwarming cents open during this more atinfort term if you need or overnight shelters in the milwaukee-area2-1- call 1.the milwaukee police department's homeless outreach team is out looking for people who need help... and directing them to shelters and services.there are 14-hundred homeless in 200 to 250... are staying in parks,ars or other unsheltered spaces. hiking to school. in the atosa schoolst school doors aropr y ercold weao tside. asrecess... it's orthnot to send the kids outside. in wauwatosa the threshold is negative 5 degrees.... and in milwaukee it's 10 degrees or less. it only takes a couple of minutes for exposed skin to get frost bite in this k
dropped 0 angthe lake, to -8 inland this morning th nd chills to wisconsin until am. despite a lot of sun, today only warms up to 8 degrees with gusty windand wind chillaying around -10 all day. tonight is ly cloudwith flurries and isolated lht snow lows drop to 5. there will be less than a half inch of snow by incident 94 west ann slope roll$eov crashhappend in the me but landed out of now slow go g stbounaffiis ? its part to keepwarming cents open during this more atinfort term if you need...
Today's TMJ4 News Live at 5:00 Saturday : WTMJ : December 10, 2016 5:00pm-5:29pm CST
. katie crowther is off tonight. old man winter is bearing down on southeast wisconsin. some areas could see up to ten inches of snow.lets go right to meteorologist scott steele the city of milwaukee -- getting out ahead of the an update on how crews plan to keep the roads safe. more than 100 trucks have repretreated the main and side roads ng alayialt soluon. at hel keep the expected snow fr scking to the pavement. here's a closer look inside at what com next. these front plow blades are being placed on the trucks. you can see here they are testing the blades on each truck to make sure they work properly.crews will roads once the snow starts to fall. public works will amp up their efforts early in the morning with an additional 175 trucks to plow snow.live on milwaukee's west side, ben jordan, today's tmj4. the wisconsin department of transportation is also reminding drivers trecherous road conditions are on its way. be prepared for high winds and drifting snow.remember the posted speed limits are for and be sure to give yourself and snow plows extra room. before you venture out.. be su
. katie crowther is off tonight. old man winter is bearing down on southeast wisconsin. some areas could see up to ten inches of snow.lets go right to meteorologist scott steele the city of milwaukee -- getting out ahead of the an update on how crews plan to keep the roads safe. more than 100 trucks have repretreated the main and side roads ng alayialt soluon. at hel keep the expected snow fr scking to the pavement. here's a closer look inside at what com next. these front plow blades are being...
. >> bringing more people from around the world to wisconsin. >> first, weather and traffic, matt is on deck and here is sally severson with the check on the forecast. good morning, sal. sally: good morning, it is all about the temperature change in the next 24 hours. a steady change as we look at colder air is sweeping in. snow to the west, most of that is staying in central and northern wisconsin. it is all associated with a first of the disturbances and the cool front. temperatures, 29d at twin cities. teens at pier, south dakota. 39 at the airport. 32 waukesha. we hold the upper 30s for today. we keep an eye on the cool front and with the cool front a few flurries, clearing and turning cooler tonight in the low 20s. >> sally, it is quiet across the freeway system. barely a car is rolling through the frame. right now, it is quiet everywhere on the system. the travel times are all in the green. no complaints if you are the house. that's a look at the morning commute, back to you. >> matt, thank you. >> two restaurants are robbed in downtown milwaukee. this morning the police are looki
. >> bringing more people from around the world to wisconsin. >> first, weather and traffic, matt is on deck and here is sally severson with the check on the forecast. good morning, sal. sally: good morning, it is all about the temperature change in the next 24 hours. a steady change as we look at colder air is sweeping in. snow to the west, most of that is staying in central and northern wisconsin. it is all associated with a first of the disturbances and the cool front....
WISN 12 News at 10:30PM : WISN : December 4, 2016 10:30pm-11:00pm CST
, stops in north carolina and iowa. still no word exactly when trump might stop in wisconsin. adrienne: those of you in the crowd at the packers game today, may have noticed a lot of toys at the gates. toys for tots hosted a special collection. the u.s. marine corps organized the event. they collected more than a thousand new toys and $18,000. >> it is just one of the things we take pride in doing each year. making sure we get money and the toys to actually donate the less fortunate. adrienne: toys for tots is accepting donations throughout december. all of the drop-off locations are in northeast wisconsin. singer neil diamond is hitting sheldon: the midwest city on his 50th anniversary world tour, and when you can get your tickets. adrienne: plus, it's a boy. celebrity couple mila kunis and ashton kutcher reveal the name of their newest addition, after the butterburger is made of just three cuts of fresh midwest beef. nothing more, nothing less. so we got the sirloin, the chuck and the plate. no fillers; that's it. all prized cuts, all well-marbled for richness and flavor. this is whe
, stops in north carolina and iowa. still no word exactly when trump might stop in wisconsin. adrienne: those of you in the crowd at the packers game today, may have noticed a lot of toys at the gates. toys for tots hosted a special collection. the u.s. marine corps organized the event. they collected more than a thousand new toys and $18,000. >> it is just one of the things we take pride in doing each year. making sure we get money and the toys to actually donate the less fortunate....
Early Today : WTMJ : December 14, 2016 4:00am-4:30am CST
victory lap and made his argument before a packed wisconsin crowd. >> rex is one of the greatest and most skilled global business leaders of our time, made some of the greatest deals. you know, rex is friendly with many of the leaders in the world, that we don't get along with and some people don't like that. they don't want them to that's why they do the deal with rick. i like what this is all about. >> the anecdote to the problems plaguing washington. >> rex will be a fierce advocate for americans around the world and has the insights and talents necessary to help reverse years of foreign policy blunders and disasters. skepticism regarding tillerson's ties with russia. here the head of the senate foreign relations committee. >> i would say most committee members will want to understand, who is the relationship to russia, how do you see the u.s. role in the world. and so i'm sure there will be tough questioning. i would imagine someone of his stature would be able handle those. >> tillerson is the latest name to be added to trump's growing cabinet lest. one montana candidate ryan zinke h
victory lap and made his argument before a packed wisconsin crowd. >> rex is one of the greatest and most skilled global business leaders of our time, made some of the greatest deals. you know, rex is friendly with many of the leaders in the world, that we don't get along with and some people don't like that. they don't want them to that's why they do the deal with rick. i like what this is all about. >> the anecdote to the problems plaguing washington. >> rex will be a...
ABC7 News at 6:30 : WJLA : December 18, 2016 6:30pm-7:00pm EST
a water main break started crumbling part of wisconsin avenue and chevy chase this afternoon. two southbound lanes of wisconsin were shut down and willard road a little after 1:00 this afternoon. that's right in th shops on wisconsin. w.s.s.e. says it had to shut off the water main to access and assess the damage, but it was waiting to do that because of the impact on customers in the area. repairs are expected to take six to eight hours. developing right now, police in little rock are looking for the person who shot and killed a 3-year-old boy. this is very tragic and hard to imagine. investigators say someone simply fired into a car driven by the boy's grandmother while the two were out christmas shopping. police believe the shooter opened fire because he was upset that the grandmother was driving too slowly. >> this is the second time in less than a month that an infant child has been shot while traveling in a vehicle in our city. as you can probably understand that's very, very frustrating. kimberly: that second shooting that he reference involved a 2-year-old girl. she was sh
a water main break started crumbling part of wisconsin avenue and chevy chase this afternoon. two southbound lanes of wisconsin were shut down and willard road a little after 1:00 this afternoon. that's right in th shops on wisconsin. w.s.s.e. says it had to shut off the water main to access and assess the damage, but it was waiting to do that because of the impact on customers in the area. repairs are expected to take six to eight hours. developing right now, police in little rock are looking...
FOX 6 News at 6 : WITI : December 9, 2016 6:00pm-6:30pm CST
multiple agencies remain on the scene. from both from wisconsin and illinois police dont have a description of the person they're looking for erlier the towns police chief told us the cautions everyone should take if your planning on going out on a lake this time of year. "it's too early season to be out on the lake right now and it sounds like we're gonna have some cold weather and following that you just want to make sure the ice is frozen but there's still areas of the lake taht are open there. we're monitoring the situation stay with fox6 for the latest updates on this developing story we're live here in lake como im angelica snchez fox6 news steph thanks angelica to the weather now. all should prepare for the snow as a winter storm watch is in effect for the second half of the weekend. area. we have team coverage tonight. myra sanchick checked in with snow preparations in milwaukee and justin williams went to communities outside the city. let's begin with weather expert tom wachs though. he's in the weather center tonight. winter storm watch for all of se wi from saturday n
multiple agencies remain on the scene. from both from wisconsin and illinois police dont have a description of the person they're looking for erlier the towns police chief told us the cautions everyone should take if your planning on going out on a lake this time of year. "it's too early season to be out on the lake right now and it sounds like we're gonna have some cold weather and following that you just want to make sure the ice is frozen but there's still areas of the lake taht are...
winter 33 people died in wisconsin because of the cold. the frigid air and the windchills are back today. the greenfield fire department and staying warm and being safe, hillary, what is the update there? reporter: you know, we are taking advice and staying inside and out of the cold, we are in greenfield. we are getting good advice all morning. we are inside of the garage at the fire station. your car may be inside of a garage as well. let me warm up the car for the kids. why that is a dangerous idea. >> well, car exhaust contains the carbon monoxide. even with the door open is exhaust can stay inside of the garage and works to inside of the home. we recommend you back it out of the garage. >> when it comes to keeping the supplies in the car, what do you in the trunk of the car? >> well, the first thing to carry is a cell phone in case you have a problem and call for help. these are jump packs. this is the time of year for dead batteries. also, carry some hand warmers in case you have a break down, blankets as well. a little shovel is as well. then we have de-icer for your locks. >> all
winter 33 people died in wisconsin because of the cold. the frigid air and the windchills are back today. the greenfield fire department and staying warm and being safe, hillary, what is the update there? reporter: you know, we are taking advice and staying inside and out of the cold, we are in greenfield. we are getting good advice all morning. we are inside of the garage at the fire station. your car may be inside of a garage as well. let me warm up the car for the kids. why that is a...
Today's TMJ4 News Live at 4:00 : WTMJ : December 6, 2016 4:00pm-4:27pm CST
line here in southeastern wisconsin. dodge, ozaukee, sheboygan, walworth and washington wrapped up their recounts within the past 24 hours. this was a familiar sight this afternoon - counties like sheboygan packing away their ballots. sheboygan county saw more than 100 votes shift - a majority in favor of president elect donald trum. hand recount revealed that was mainly caused by voter errors. someone will take a ballot and either circle the candidates name and not connect the ends of the arrow. which is required for our ballot tabulator to read the ballot. meanwhile in larger counties like waukesha and milwaukee - efforts are less than halfway complete. both counties have brought in high efficiency machines to count thousands of ballots per hour. however, counties say they are on schedule. a new billboard in milwaukee is hoping to catch people's attention and raise awareness about drug abuse.the d-e-a and several local organizations launched an 8-week campaign on painkiller and heroin abuse. the billboard is at the intersection of 25th and clybourn.the campaign sponsors say they
line here in southeastern wisconsin. dodge, ozaukee, sheboygan, walworth and washington wrapped up their recounts within the past 24 hours. this was a familiar sight this afternoon - counties like sheboygan packing away their ballots. sheboygan county saw more than 100 votes shift - a majority in favor of president elect donald trum. hand recount revealed that was mainly caused by voter errors. someone will take a ballot and either circle the candidates name and not connect the ends of the...
a lawsuit aimed at stopping wisconsin's recount. he says -- because it's almost done -- let's keep going. political reporter theo keith was at the hearing -- in madison. federal court in madison, the parties were coming back out. the state's top elections official -- was satisfied. were happy that there was not an additional complication thrown in at the end here the pro-trump "great america pac" and "stop hillary pac" -- filed the lawsuit eight days ago trying to stop wisconsin's recount. over a 20-minute hearing, judge james peterson said the counting is almost over and "there is virtually no chance" it changes the election's l hillary clinton has cut into president- elect donald trump's 22-thousand vote margin -- by just 49 votes.green party candidate jill stein requested the recount and is footing the multi- million dollar bill. ive told our observers again and again and again, its not about who won. its about the process election administrators say they expect to certify the recount results by tuesday's deadline. the lawyer representing the pro-trump groups wouldn't say if his
a lawsuit aimed at stopping wisconsin's recount. he says -- because it's almost done -- let's keep going. political reporter theo keith was at the hearing -- in madison. federal court in madison, the parties were coming back out. the state's top elections official -- was satisfied. were happy that there was not an additional complication thrown in at the end here the pro-trump "great america pac" and "stop hillary pac" -- filed the lawsuit eight days ago trying to stop...
wisconsin by about 22,000 votes. there are recounts also requested in michigan and pennsylvania, all states that trump won. his so-called victory thank you tour, making a stop in cincinnati. >> i'm here today for one main reason to say thank you to ohio. , thank you. patrick: trump carried ohio in the election. earlier today, he stopped in indianapolis where he touted a , deal with a company to keep 1,000 jobs from being moved to mexico. governor walker says trump could visit wisconsin in the next couple of weeks. during tonight's stop in cincinnati, the president-elect announced his pick for defense secretary, retired marine general james mattis. the 66-year-old retired in 2013 after serving as the commander of u.s. central command. joyce: a milwaukee man gets 65 years behind bars in the shooting death of laylah petersen. >> i know you might think that i'm guilty because of the verdict. i don't agree with it, but at the end of the day i'm guilty. i'm sorry for your loss. joyce: that's carl barrett speaking in court today during his sentencing. he was found guilty of firing the bullet that
wisconsin by about 22,000 votes. there are recounts also requested in michigan and pennsylvania, all states that trump won. his so-called victory thank you tour, making a stop in cincinnati. >> i'm here today for one main reason to say thank you to ohio. , thank you. patrick: trump carried ohio in the election. earlier today, he stopped in indianapolis where he touted a , deal with a company to keep 1,000 jobs from being moved to mexico. governor walker says trump could visit wisconsin...
delays green on traffic map = no delays green on traffic map = no delays the recount in wisconsin is nearly complete...so far more than 80 but a judge could halt the effort in the final days deandra corinthios is live in milwaukee to explain a hearing is scheduled today madison...in federal court ...on a lawsuit filed by a supporter of president elect donald trump and two pro-trump super pac's meanwhile --here in milwaukee county...all the votes have been counted. workers cheered as the final ballots went through the machine about around 8 p-m thursday night. statewide-- more than 80 percent of the votes have been recounted. between recount and election night results have been minor. tabulators spent the day counting all 29- thousand of west allis ballots... the final municipality in milwaukee county to complete its recount. the only hiccup throughout the whole process came wednesday when the city of greenfield discovered about 400 ballots in an office in city hall. the greenfield city clerk says poll workers didn't properly package them. but it has all be resolved. "we worked lon
delays green on traffic map = no delays green on traffic map = no delays the recount in wisconsin is nearly complete...so far more than 80 but a judge could halt the effort in the final days deandra corinthios is live in milwaukee to explain a hearing is scheduled today madison...in federal court ...on a lawsuit filed by a supporter of president elect donald trump and two pro-trump super pac's meanwhile --here in milwaukee county...all the votes have been counted. workers cheered as the final...
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underway in wisconsin. (pkg) nats trump at carrier donald trump on the road again in indiana. the president-elect praised the deal he struck with carrier air conditioning to save 1000 factory jobs bound for mexico. sot donald trump carrier says the state where vp elect mike pence is still the governor, offered its multi-billion dollar parent company a $7 million dollar incentive package over several demanding to know all the details. senator bernie sanders wrote in the washington post trump has workers. he has signaled to corporations that they can threaten to offshore jobs in exchange for business friendly tax benefits our jobs and competitiveness in america because of our tax code. tax reform is central in fixing this problem trump's first leg of his thank you tour...ohio...a battleground state that gave him a decisive . but in wisconsin where trump won by less than a percentage point, a recount is underway...initiated by green trump's thank you tour will continue over the next few weeks. and it will include crucial states he won and those he thought he would have done better in. kenneth
underway in wisconsin. (pkg) nats trump at carrier donald trump on the road again in indiana. the president-elect praised the deal he struck with carrier air conditioning to save 1000 factory jobs bound for mexico. sot donald trump carrier says the state where vp elect mike pence is still the governor, offered its multi-billion dollar parent company a $7 million dollar incentive package over several demanding to know all the details. senator bernie sanders wrote in the washington post trump...
Electoral College Meets to Vote for President of the United States : CSPAN : December 19, 2016 8:00pm-8:19pm EST
. pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin. according to the founder and the u.s. constitution, the electorates slal meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for president and vice president, one of whom should not be an inhabitat. they should name the person voted for as president. and the person voted for as vice president. and should list the persons voted for as president and all persons voted for as vice-president and a number of votes for each. and they shall sign and certify by the government of the united states and directed by the senate. taking place in early january. joining us from the newsroom. politico steven shepherd. thank you for being was. >> good to be here, steve. >> put this into context. it's required by the constitution, we saw the process unfold in many state capitals. some predicted surprises. were there any? >> not really. donald trump won 306 electoral votes in that map that you just showed. and you mentioned michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin. the thought was if they could get 37 of donald trump's 306 electors to vote for somebody else other than trump. that
. pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin. according to the founder and the u.s. constitution, the electorates slal meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for president and vice president, one of whom should not be an inhabitat. they should name the person voted for as president. and the person voted for as vice president. and should list the persons voted for as president and all persons voted for as vice-president and a number of votes for each. and they shall sign and certify by the...
WISN 12 News at 10:30PM : WISN : December 10, 2016 10:00pm-10:30pm CST
only santa to know. what we're all getting is a reminder of what it's like to live in wisconsin in december been moving in and out. the work continues through the night into the morning. at 6:00 a.m., the garbage and recycling trucks will start working the main streets. adrienne: if you want to -- send us some pictures. you'll want to make sure you know the winter parking rules in your community tonight. on-street parking is often restricted to make sure plows can get thh. on some streets when the snow is four inches deep so make sure , you read the signs. and the snow system hitting us now arrived in dane county first. this is video from the village of mcfarland around 8:00 this evening. cars are driving through a thin layer of snow on the roads. here's a live look at statewide road conditions from the wisconsin department of transportation. the roads shown in purple have those slippery patches. central part of the state are now covered with snow. you can track the snow from your phone or tablet. just download the wisn 12 news app. you can find the latest weather conditions, inclu
only santa to know. what we're all getting is a reminder of what it's like to live in wisconsin in december been moving in and out. the work continues through the night into the morning. at 6:00 a.m., the garbage and recycling trucks will start working the main streets. adrienne: if you want to -- send us some pictures. you'll want to make sure you know the winter parking rules in your community tonight. on-street parking is often restricted to make sure plows can get thh. on some streets when...
RightThisMinute : WTMJ : December 2, 2016 3:30pm-3:58pm CST
time on next at four, just as it's getting underway, a new lawsuit threatens to shut-down wisconsin's ?[recount. but is i too little, too late?plus, beat the liday blues. expert advice to make the seas cheery, not dreary.i'm courtny gerrish.and i'm charles today on live at 4: a federal lawsuit, filed today, could stop wisconsin's presidential reunt in its tracks. that lawsuit, filed by supporters of presidt-elect donald trump.our casey geraldo is live in milwaukee to the recount continues here in milwaukee county and across the state...but this lawsuit comes from two political action committees who support president-elect donald trump and a wisconsin voter... stopcounthe renow. court to counties all across the state continue to work through the ballots.. and in some spots, things are ?not? going smoothly.n jordan has a look
time on next at four, just as it's getting underway, a new lawsuit threatens to shut-down wisconsin's ?[recount. but is i too little, too late?plus, beat the liday blues. expert advice to make the seas cheery, not dreary.i'm courtny gerrish.and i'm charles today on live at 4: a federal lawsuit, filed today, could stop wisconsin's presidential reunt in its tracks. that lawsuit, filed by supporters of presidt-elect donald trump.our casey geraldo is live in milwaukee to the recount continues here...
traffic speeds at or above posteddrive as winter takes hold of wisconsin -- now is a good time to get back to good winter driving habits. ann sterling is live with more. there's some serious business that comes along with these colder conditions--- includingg trickier driving conditions. so this is a good time to remind ourselves of all those winter techniques that we probably haven't thought about for months. these tips courtesy of triple a. first off do you have your emergency kit in your car? including a mobile phone charger -- blankets -- flashlight and extra batteries. a sack of sand -- or traction mats -- windshield scraper and brush -- battery booster cables; and emergency flares or reflectors.also -- triple a is reminding drivers to check their tires -- antifreeze ... the winter cold.windshield wipers and battery.this weekends snow is expected to impact roads.remember when you see flashers -- slow down and move over a lane if possible before starting out weather -- remove the snow from the entire car so it doesn't blow onto your windshield or the windshields of other drivers.
traffic speeds at or above posteddrive as winter takes hold of wisconsin -- now is a good time to get back to good winter driving habits. ann sterling is live with more. there's some serious business that comes along with these colder conditions--- includingg trickier driving conditions. so this is a good time to remind ourselves of all those winter techniques that we probably haven't thought about for months. these tips courtesy of triple a. first off do you have your emergency kit in your...
attacks during the presidential race. the president-elect will be in wisconsin on tuesday. donald trump will hold a rally at state fair park as part of his thank you tour. the rally starts at 7:00 p.m. another wisconsin county is just about finished recounting presidential ballots. dane county is expected to wrap up tonight. wisconsin elections commission said the statewide count was more than 88% complete. the deadline is 8:00 monday . we will keep you updated on that. in the meantime, one of trump's earliest backers in wisconsin says he'll be at that rally, tuesday night. state senate majority leader scott fitzgerald also tells upfront host mike gousha that upfront host mike gousha that he'd be interested, if trump had a job for him. that? >> i mean, it would have to be significant. it would have to be something that would be interesting and something that we could really be helpful on. adrienne: sunday on upfront, how fitzgerald says trump won wisconsin, and what the message is for the state republican party. upfront airs tomorrow morning at 9:00 right here on wisn 12. a battle over
attacks during the presidential race. the president-elect will be in wisconsin on tuesday. donald trump will hold a rally at state fair park as part of his thank you tour. the rally starts at 7:00 p.m. another wisconsin county is just about finished recounting presidential ballots. dane county is expected to wrap up tonight. wisconsin elections commission said the statewide count was more than 88% complete. the deadline is 8:00 monday . we will keep you updated on that. in the meantime, one of...
FOX 6 Wake-Up News at 5 : WITI : December 12, 2016 5:00am-5:30am CST
wisconsin election recount. green party presidential nominee jill stein lead the effort for the recount. nearly all of the states 72 counties are finished with the recount. wisconsin faces a federal deadline tomorrow to report results for the electoral college. state election officials say more than 2 point 8 million ballots have been recounted. victory against the seattle seahawks at lambeau. quarterback aaron rodgers had a huge game. nicole joins us with the highlights. rodgers passed for 246 yards and three touchdowns! leading the pack to a 38 to 10 victory! the packers started out the game with a huge first drive. rodgers threw 66 yards to davante adams...getting a big touchdown! it also helped that seahawks quarterback russell wilson threw for a career-high five interceptions during the game. the pack third in the division. they are still two games behind first- place detroit. the green and gold take on the bears in chicago on sunday. coming up -- there are new concerns that russian hacking helped get donald trump elected. the group of senators calling for an investigation - just a
wisconsin election recount. green party presidential nominee jill stein lead the effort for the recount. nearly all of the states 72 counties are finished with the recount. wisconsin faces a federal deadline tomorrow to report results for the electoral college. state election officials say more than 2 point 8 million ballots have been recounted. victory against the seattle seahawks at lambeau. quarterback aaron rodgers had a huge game. nicole joins us with the highlights. rodgers passed for...
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CBS 58 News at 5:30pm : WDJT : December 11, 2016 5:30pm-6:00pm CST
streets." 3 of southeastern wisconsin: menomonee falls.that's where we joins jacob kittilstad... live from mill pond park where the snow continues to fall. jacob. people around here are dealing with between 5 to 9 inches of snow.it's not so cold though... these falls aren't frozen - meaning people aren't having ?the worst? time digging out. in fact...many of the people who i've been talking to... even the ones snowblowing... say they're way more ?excited? about the beauty of the snowfall that the actual clean-up.because this happened overnight saturday to sunday...some people out here told me ?maybe? they had to cancel things they had planned to do...but there's no school, no work...so the snow is manageable at this point. "well yeah, i had a number of things happening this weekend. we have a toy drive at our church and we usually pack up all the toys and drive them sure we could get that done but it turned out fine." the snow is (ad lib on current conditions)...but it's just now getting dark.the winter storm warning is set to expire here - like much of southeastern wisconsin - at 8 p
streets." 3 of southeastern wisconsin: menomonee falls.that's where we joins jacob kittilstad... live from mill pond park where the snow continues to fall. jacob. people around here are dealing with between 5 to 9 inches of snow.it's not so cold though... these falls aren't frozen - meaning people aren't having ?the worst? time digging out. in fact...many of the people who i've been talking to... even the ones snowblowing... say they're way more ?excited? about the beauty of the snowfall...
WISN 12 News at 5:30PM : WISN : December 11, 2016 5:30pm-6:00pm CST
?announcer : now on wisn 12 news. anchor: a winter storm smacks southeast wisconsin. >> everyone is digging out. >> the roads can be slick and sloppy. even dangerous at times, this deputy hit on the interstate. >> right now, the latest conditions. >> you need to follow signs posted. and the warning about race to clear the streets before the cold and yes, more snow hits. [captioning made possible by wisn-tv] patrick: a winter storm warning is in effect, for a few more hours. if you wanted a winter wonderland, you got it. there are some snow closings this evening they are scrolling at the bottom of your screen. sheldon: this is the most snow we've had all season. and wisn 12 news has you covered. let's start in the weather center with chief meteorologist mark, how's it looking? mark: the problem is we had a snow continue after the sun had set. and it is a mess on the roads, especially in the milwaukee areas. they want you to be ready for scenes like this. you can see the accident and they are happening in many places. this is on 70 -- on sunday 6th street. we have this snow that came
?announcer : now on wisn 12 news. anchor: a winter storm smacks southeast wisconsin. >> everyone is digging out. >> the roads can be slick and sloppy. even dangerous at times, this deputy hit on the interstate. >> right now, the latest conditions. >> you need to follow signs posted. and the warning about race to clear the streets before the cold and yes, more snow hits. [captioning made possible by wisn-tv] patrick: a winter storm warning is in effect, for a few more...
, president-elect donald trump won wisconsin by about 22,000 votes, becoming the first republican presidential candidate to win the state since 1984. the recount was requested by green party candidate jill stein. in earlier updates, few votes final results of milwaukee county's recount will be filed with the wisconsin election commission some time tomorrow. election officials will begin the final vote tabulation in the morning. joyce: thank you. according to the latest information from the wisconsin elections commission, 48 of the 72 counties in wisconsin are finished. some of the big counties that still need to finish are racine, dane, sheboygan, waukesha and kenosha. cutting down on police chases and taking suspects into custody by using technology. police, thanks to star chase, a gps monitoring device outfitted on police vehicles. only on wisn 12 news, ben hutchison shows us new dash cam video of star chase in action. >> surveillance video shows milwaukee police officers attempting to pull over a black car near 16th and capitol tuesday night for speeding and reckless driving. w
, president-elect donald trump won wisconsin by about 22,000 votes, becoming the first republican presidential candidate to win the state since 1984. the recount was requested by green party candidate jill stein. in earlier updates, few votes final results of milwaukee county's recount will be filed with the wisconsin election commission some time tomorrow. election officials will begin the final vote tabulation in the morning. joyce: thank you. according to the latest information from the...
now at noon -- fighting the recount. two political action committees and a wisconsin voter are suing to stop the daunting ess... already underway across the state. the two pacs support donald trump... and are trying to get a federal court to shut down the recount of the presidential election in wisconsin. the suit was filed this morning... but so far has not affected the recounting of nearly 3-million ballots. that process is entering its second day. pete zervakis is live in an election official here tells me the lawsuit does not stop the recount... saying "we'll do this until a judge tells us not to." federal law requires the recount be finished by december 13. one wisconsin county is already finished with its recount... th memi county. out of 13-hundred-and- eight votes cast... the recount added 12 votes for gary johnson and another 17 for ji stein. the county blames that on human error-- two votes were subtracted from donald trump... one from hillary clinton. michigan's elections board will consider presiden donald trump's request to block a hand recount of all 4-point-8 mil
now at noon -- fighting the recount. two political action committees and a wisconsin voter are suing to stop the daunting ess... already underway across the state. the two pacs support donald trump... and are trying to get a federal court to shut down the recount of the presidential election in wisconsin. the suit was filed this morning... but so far has not affected the recounting of nearly 3-million ballots. that process is entering its second day. pete zervakis is live in an election...
wisconsin is nearing completion... although the results haven't changed much. where the recount effort stands this morning. according to state election officials... the recount here in wisconsin is 70% finished. so far... democrat hillary clinton has cut into republican donald trump's election night win by 82 votes. heading into the recount... trump's lead was by more than 22-thousand tes. green party candidate jill the recount - has gained 60 votes. steinrequested the recount based on concerns about glitches in voting machines.... even through there was no evidence of that. wisconsin's elections comission says the recount has turned up mostly human errors. for instance: voters in marinette county were given the wrong kind of pens to fill out their ballots with. stein's campaign also requested a recount in the state of michigan - which trump won by jusunder 11- thousand votes. but the deral judge who ordered the decision. didyesterday night... after the michigan appeals court ruled stein isn't elligible to seek a recount. coming up on live at daybreak on today's tmj4...travel ni
wisconsin is nearing completion... although the results haven't changed much. where the recount effort stands this morning. according to state election officials... the recount here in wisconsin is 70% finished. so far... democrat hillary clinton has cut into republican donald trump's election night win by 82 votes. heading into the recount... trump's lead was by more than 22-thousand tes. green party candidate jill the recount - has gained 60 votes. steinrequested the recount based on...
to stop the recount. two conservative political action committees and a wisconsin voter have filed a lawsuit over the constitutionality of the recount. they also requested a temporary restraining order to stop the recount. while that emergency motion has been denied-- the judge did schedule a hearing for next friday. the chairman of the milwaukee county board of supervisors confirms an audit will ?examine the company contracted to administer county jail and the house of ?correction. supervisor theo lipscomb says the audit was prompted in part by four recent ?deaths inside the jail. in the past six months-- three people have died-- along with a stillborn baby. investigators have not said if jail and medical staff contributed to their deaths-- although one death has been ruled a homicide. a milwaukee woman accused in a fatal crash last month pleads not guilty. prosecutors say 18-year-old samira coleman-wilks was behind stop. that vehicle crashed shortly after at 27- th and capitol-- killing one of her passengers... and gravely injuring a second. officials say coleman-wilks was going
to stop the recount. two conservative political action committees and a wisconsin voter have filed a lawsuit over the constitutionality of the recount. they also requested a temporary restraining order to stop the recount. while that emergency motion has been denied-- the judge did schedule a hearing for next friday. the chairman of the milwaukee county board of supervisors confirms an audit will ?examine the company contracted to administer county jail and the house of ?correction. supervisor...
FOX 6 Wake Up News at 4:30 : WITI : December 2, 2016 4:30am-5:00am CST
at 4:30... issues for some and smooth sai in wisconsin. the latest as workers attempt to sort out the ballots. also this morning... calling for a resignation! why one milwaukee county says sheriff clarke needs to step down. good morning and thanks for starting your day with wakeup. lets go straight to our fox6 weather expert rob haswell in we begin this morning with the hillary clinton has cut into donald trump's lead by 1 vote-- thanks to results in menominee county, who finished their recount last night. here in milwaukee county, it was a slow start. after day 1 almost no problems are found with the ballots. ben handelman has more it was not a speedy kick off. we got off to a slower start than we anticipated. in milwaukee, at the request of the green party each and every ballot machine was tested taking extra hours. eventually--- recount few problems. in brown deer, it was discovered one person sent in two absentee ballots. in milwaukee county-- some ballots rejected. there have been a couple that have been rejected because they were improperly filed. 8 to be exact. the first munici
at 4:30... issues for some and smooth sai in wisconsin. the latest as workers attempt to sort out the ballots. also this morning... calling for a resignation! why one milwaukee county says sheriff clarke needs to step down. good morning and thanks for starting your day with wakeup. lets go straight to our fox6 weather expert rob haswell in we begin this morning with the hillary clinton has cut into donald trump's lead by 1 vote-- thanks to results in menominee county, who finished their...
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World and Jazz
Culture & Random Beats
T&E Collective's Favorite Musical Releases of 2018
Seven members of T&E present their favorite singles, albums and EPs of 2018. Our list covers the commercial to underground, ranging from technical thrash metal to r&b to
chamber pop and beyond. Tell us your favorites in the comment section below!
Ronny's Picks
Album: Dirty Computer
Artist: Janelle Monaé
Favorite Song: “Make Me Feel”
I’ve already been informed that I’m late to the Janelle Monaé party, but better late than never! From the first few minutes watching the album’s accompanying full-length “Emotion Picture,” I was hooked. Dirty Computer takes the deeply intimate storytelling of pop, hip hop, and R&B and frames it in a futuristic, sterile, dystopian world. It’s Beyoncé’s Lemonade meets THX-1138. Apparently this isn’t new territory for Monaé, as her earlier music also concerns itself with dystopian sci-fi themes. Though set in the future, Dirty Computer is equally influenced by the past and attuned to the present. Lyrical references that already sound dated and overdone (“If you try to grab my pussy cat, this pussy grab you back”) drift just above an extensive set of inspiration spelled out in the liner notes, like this one for the title track and album opener:
“INSPIRED BY PECOLA BREEDLOVE; GENESIS 3:16, GENESIS 9:20–27, AND LEVITICUS 18:22 AND 20:13; THE ZONG SLAVE SHIP; THE CORDED VIRGIN BELTS IN ANCIENT ROME; AND THE SECRET PRISONS AND DETENTION FACILITIES IN CHECHNYA.”
More importantly, the music is just plain good. Seamlessly flowing from neo soul to pop anthems to hip hop and funk, the album brings together Monaé’s varied music styles with contributions from Brian Wilson, Zoë Kravitz, Grimes, and Pharrell Williams. What’s strongest is the songwriting, as shown in the songs’ versatility: for example, Swiss DJ-producer EDX transformed “Make Me Feel” — the album’s funky banger, created in partnership with Prince — into an irresistibly heavy EDM wobble worthy of the best Las Vegas nightclub. Taking it back to her roots, Monaé performed the song dressed like a Rhythm Nation Janet Jackson while briefly singing and dancing James Brown’s “I Got the Feelin.’” More recently, the Easy Star All-Stars and producer Michael Goldwasser dubbed out “I Like That” so naturally that it sounds like it was always meant to be reggae. When resisting dystopia feels a part of everyday life, I’m grateful for artists like Janelle Monaé, turning pain and confusion into feel-good funky power.
EP: Crush
Artist: Ravyn Lenae
Favorite Song: “The Night Song”
How many times have I listened to these 17 minutes? From the organ keys in the first fifteen seconds to Steve Lacy’s trademark rickenbacker to Ravyn’s seductive cooing, you’re stuck. Five songs, all straight up r&b, funk, and soul.
Single: "I Like It"
Artist: Cardi B
Take a classic song and turn up the bass. It’s hard to mess up the formula, and Cardi B and her crew did it to perfection. In this case, it’s a 50-year-old Latin boogaloo classic transformed into a ratchet amalgamation of salsa and trap. Perfect for the commute, the office, the bar, the outdoor party, the wedding, the strip club, and the morning after — not necessarily in that order.
Alex's Picks
Album: Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
Artist: Deafheaven
Favorite Song: “Canary Yellow”
It seems like everyone in the metal community has one opinion or another about Deafheaven. So here’s mine: I loved their first two albums, but wasn’t terribly fond of their last effort, 2015’s New Bermuda. While I do enjoy some of those songs, I thought they were starting to stray from the uplifting crescendo-filled black metal that I fell in love with on their 2013 breakthrough album, Sunbather. I didn’t want them to move too far from that formula. They did it anyway on Ordinary Corrupt Human Love, but this time, it’s growing on me. Deafheaven continue to deviate from their established norm and bring more poppy melodies and indie and post-hardcore riffs to the forefront. George Clarke’s raspy black metal vocals keep them rooted in their past, but they’re pushing into new territory, especially on songs like “Canary Yellow” and “Worthless Animal.” That doesn’t stop them, however, from harkening back to the old sounds they crafted in San Francisco’s Mission District at the beginning of the decade on a few songs, most notably “Glint.” Elsewhere, Clarke showcases his vocal versatility on “Night People,” a touching, clean-sung, piano-accompanied duet with Chelsea Wolfe. Ordinary Corrupt Human Love is the sound of a band reinventing themselves and hitting their stride. Deafheaven are becoming even more comfortable with taking creative risks, and they’re silencing their critics in the process.
Album: Time and Space
Artist: Turnstile
Favorite Song: “Right to Be”
A few years ago, I included Turnstile’s Move Thru Me EP on my year end list. In my review of that EP, I said that while I hesitated to call Turnstile this generation’s Bad Brains, I was definitely drawing some comparisons between the two. A few years and a new album later, that hasn’t changed. And the more I think about it, I think that’s a good thing. While their influence is undeniably there, it would be unfair to call Turnstile the next Bad Brains. Turnstile is the first Turnstile. On Time and Space, the Baltimore boys dial back the 90’s funk/rap metal from their previous releases in favor of no-frills hardcore and rad riffs that make you wanna put on your dancing shoes and go two-stepping at one of their intense live shows. Turnstile are doing their own thing and refusing to pigeonhole themselves into the sounds of old. I suppose in a pop culture scene that’s so obsessed with nostalgia, that’s one of the most punk rock things you can do.
EP: Streams of Thought, Vol. 1
Artist: Black Thought & 9th Wonder
Favorite Song: “Making A Murderer (feat. Styles P)”
Black Thought’s first solo EP dropped on the same night as… *ahem*... a certain G.O.O.D. Music release this year, and the timing couldn't have been more perfect. It was nice to get such a dense, take-no-shit collection of songs to distract from a distraction. This EP is a real treat for hip hop’s old heads and indie aficionados. True to the name, Streams of Thought, Vol. 1 is Black Thought delivering whatever is on his mind and taking control of the spotlight with his impressive lyrical stylings in a stream-of-consciousness flow. Guest spots from Styles P, Rapsody, and KIRBY complement, but don’t upstage, him, while 9th Wonder’s soulful, vibe-out production further enhances Thought’s delivery. I added the entire EP to my snowboarding playlists upon first listen. THAT’S how you know it’s good.
Album: Trench
Artist: Twenty One Pilots
Favorite Song: “Morph”
Listen. I have never considered myself a Twenty One Pilots fan. I am not a “misunderstood” junior high kid who thinks life is hard, nor am I one of those weird suburban moms that doesn't let her kids read Harry Potter. I enjoy ragging on Twenty One Pilots and their tepid, flavor-of-the-week mall-pop as much as the next fellow. If you had told me at the beginning of January that their new album would be on MY year-end list for 2018, I would have laughed at you and probably called you ugly. So I hope you believe me when I say: this album is really, really good. Twenty One Pilots are not only becoming more ambitious in their concepts and improving as songwriters, but they're sounding less whiny and pretentious in the process. Trench draws influence from a number of drastically different genres, hopping between bombastic garage rock, minimalist hip-hop, jazz rap, cool R&B, slow-burning piano ballads, reggae, and Oasis-inspired, shout-along indie rock. Despite the staggering amount of different sounds, it's a remarkably cohesive album that captures your attention and warrants multiple listens all the way through.
Single: “Mo Bamba”
Artist: Sheck Wes
Technically this song came out in mid-2017, but it took a full year for it to actually gain relevance, so I’m including it on this year’s list.
Here’s the deal - I’m getting old. I’ll be a year away from turning 30 in April, I got my very first old-man back injury over the summer, and nowadays on Friday nights, you’re more likely to find me kicking back at home with a six pack of mineral water rather than a few beers and a shot or two deep at the bar. But recently, on a rare occasion where I did, in fact, shut down the club at 1:30 am, the DJ closed his set with a song that made me make this face and made the whole club get IGNORANT on the dance floor. My friend’s college-aged brother told me the name of the song: “Mo Bamba” by Sheck Wes. When the lights came up and we complained that it was the last song, the DJ yelled to us “Of course that’s the last song! What can I follow that up with? NOTHING!” Fair point, but this song gets me too hype to the point that it’s unfair. I’ve since made a mental note to not listen to it before my bedtime because I know I won’t be able to sleep afterwards. It’s been a hot minute since a song had that effect on me. Thank you Sheck Wes. Thank you BasedGod.
The Black Queen - Infinite Games
Post Malone - Beerbongs and Bentleys
Travis Scott - Astroworld
Chvrches - Love Is Dead
Biffy Clyro - MTV Unplugged: Live at Roundhouse, London
Noe's Picks
Release: NTS Sessions
Artist: Autechre
Favorite Song: “Column Thirteen”
Oh man. This release. This big motherfucker of a release. Electronic experimentalists Autechre partnered with NTS Radio to air 8 hours of material, broadcast in two hour sessions weekly. Everything about NTS Sessions challenged my well established ways of listening to music. First, the fact that the music was broadcast live was a music nerd celebration. Fans all over the world gathered to listen, writing their thoughts on Reddit and wondering what the next two hours would sound like. This felt special and exciting, compared to my usual method of keeping a list of "Listen To Later" albums.
Second, the material itself is utterly unpredictable and challenging. Autechre used the power of artificial intelligence and neural networks to generate their tracks. This wasn't left to the whim of the machine however. Rob Brown and Sean Booth exchanged the sound files over the internet, making back and forth tweaks and refinements until their creations were deemed complete. This resulted in songs that have a structure, but meander in surprising ways while heading to their destination. Some of the sounds I've heard in this epic "album" are completely alien and new to me, filled with mysterious crackles, ominous wooshes, and alarming bleeps.
Consuming eight hours of music, let alone music as abstract as this one, is no easy feat. At times I got tired and wanted nothing to do with this digital wankery. But at others I was floored by the fast paced, dancing beats of Session 1, or filled with wonder with the beautiful atmospherics of Session 4. I'm not sure if I'll follow Autechre in a suicide mission if they decide to release 16 hours of music in one go, but I am satisfied with the effort I put into NTS Sessions. I could describe it as a herculean task, and at times it certainly was, but I will mostly remember it fondly as a unique and rewarding musical adventure.
Album: Ion
Artist: Portal
Favorite Song: “Olde Guarde”
Portal are an anonymous band from Australia known for their chaotic and dissonant compositions. I had a hard time getting into their music in the past, since their production was very noisy, creating a wall of sound where it was difficult to distinguish the parts that created the whole. Even though this produced a sinister sound effectively, I felt that a different approach could grant them a more powerful way of portraying their lovecraftian themes. Lo and behold Ion, a completely different beast that granted my wishes for a clearer sound.
The instruments in Ion are relentless and have a very ominous presence that is genuinely scary. The guitars flow like electricity that powers sinister contraptions, serving a purpose that is beyond human imagination. Meanwhile, the mysterious Curator's whispers make their way into the listeners ears with an unnerving subtlety that makes one wonder if this isn't some sort of brainwashing technique. Last but not least, the band show an increased interest in atmospherics that make their songs flourish with detail. "Phathom" uses a set of metallic percussions that run with the cover art's theme of machinery, while "Olde Guarde" wraps up the album in a mesmerizing ambient section that sounds like an eldritch god communicating in the vastness of the cosmos.
Ion is a bone chilling experience that bewilders with its incredibly fast pacing. The album is more than the sum of its parts thanks to the added production clarity. Before, the wall of sound made the music feel chaotic and incomprehensible, as any terrifying lovecraftian entity must be. But in Ion we get the much more unsettling experience of taking a glimpse into the innards of the monster, making us realize that no matter how hard we try, we'll never understand its towering proportions and cryptic machinations.
Album: Vile Luxury
Artist: Imperial Triumphant
Favorite Song: “Lower World”
Inspired by the luxurious heights and somber underground of New York City, the trio Imperial Triumphant seek to capture the dichotomy of the urban landscape with their music. Their previous album, Abyssal Gods, is one of the most intriguing and terrifying experimental metal albums from the past few years, inducing terror like few other groups manage to. With "Vile Luxury", the band has solidified their vision into something more concrete, direct, and evocative. Here, the musicians are at the top of their game, displaying impressive bass, guitar, and drum work all around.
Perhaps the most distinctive element is the inclusion of jazz, lifeblood of the city that is muse to Imperial Triumphant. The choice is not only musically fascinating, but also conceptually. Being a genre born in the depths of poverty and later appropriated by suit wearing aristocrats, jazz provides the perfect vessel to the band's vision. Also mesmerizing are the atmospheric sections explored in the album. "Chernobyl Blues" explores post apocalyptic landscapes while "Lower World" uses samples of the subway to evoke the darkness below the city.
I am allured by the beauty and attractions of cities, but also disgusted with the capitalist machine that drives them. There is no better soundtrack to these mixed feelings than "Vile Luxury", which captures both the majesty and turmoil of the metropolis.
Album: Dead Magic
Artist: Anna von Hausswolff
Favorite Song: “Ugly and Vengeful”
I first became acquainted with Anna thanks to a serendipitous visit she made to my hometown of Querétaro, where out of the norm musical acts are incredibly rare. Her sprawling and dark compositions blew my mind and made me keep her on the radar. When her new album Dead Magic came out, I was excited to find out that it was her best so far. Before its release, Anna toured extensively with musical masterminds Swans; fact that has a very visible impact in this record. However, calling her a copycat would be a great offense. She draws inspiration from their compositions but adds her own distinctive flavor to the mix, making the music truly and unmistakably hers.
There are two stars of the show. First, Anna's mastery of the pipe organ, which seeps the music in a sinister aura keen to that of an old, haunted church in the middle of a cold and barren land. Second is her voice, which is both solemn and powerful. Tracks like "The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra" show her letting out spooky screams that you will remember long after listening. And on the 16 minute monster "Ugly and Vengeful", the organist weaves a thick and hypnotic atmosphere that engulfs you before being overtaken by towering distorted guitars.
There is a surprising attention to detail in the crafting of this album's tracks, favoring subtle sonic textures that slowly build a narrative. The progression of each of the songs is something to behold, as they captivate and keep surprising with the new ideas they introduce. If you like your music atmospheric and grandiose, definitely do not pass up on this one. Be ready to get lost in a somber and magnificent world.
Album: 2012-2017
Artist: Against All Logic
Favorite Song: “Know You”
I tend to listen to music that is more contemplative, atmospheric, or experimental. I always enjoy engaging in new sonic experiences that take me to new places. However, this last year has marked a change for me, making me shed my pseudo-intellectual skin in favor of a more open minded and lighthearted mood. 2012-2017 is one of the albums I had the most fun with this year, encouraging me to dance in the middle of my living room while I folded my clothes and making my office mate wonder what the hell was I doing by bouncing so much.
Against All Logic is a side project by electronic music producer Nicolas Jaar, where he leaves behind his more heady explorations to provide catchy grooves and funky rhythms. 2012-2017 is in essence a collection of house tracks, but enriched with the musician's production talents and smart usage of samples. The songs are textured by warm synthesizers, candid beats, and soulful vocal samples. Even if you are not in the mood to hit the dance floor, the songs are delightful to listen to thanks to their attention to detail and interesting progressions that tend to break away from the classic house formula.
Despite there being no narrative of thematic cohesion between the tracks, they are spaced in a way that flows effectively. Some tracks, like "I Never Dream", are more minimal and take their time to unfold, while songs like "Know You" start the high energy action right away. There is enough variety for the album to feel fresh and keep you on your toes, providing hit after hit. I certainly was captured by Jaar's take on house music, keeping both my body and mind engaged and in constant movement.
Parquet Courts - Wide Awake (Clever social commentary and wonderful rock/punk instrumentation)
Tim Hecker - Konoyo (The master of the apocalypse is back at it again with beautiful, confrontational compositions)
William Basinski and Lawrence English - Selva Oscura (Beautiful landscapes by two ambient music legends)
Aphex Twin - Collapse (Fast paced, crunchy, and delightful electronic sounds)
Skee Mask - Compro (Arctic IDM of your dreams)
Brandon's Picks
Album: Esoteric Malacology
Artist: Slugdge
Favorite Song: “Putrid Fairytale”
The latest release by Lancanshire, UK natives Slugdge (pronounced Slugadge) completely floored me upon first listen. This year has seen a lot of surprisingly original takes on the death metal genre and this album is certainly no exception. The brain child of only two musicians, Matt Moss and Kev Pearson, this album is an incredible technical achievement. The lyrical subject matter tackles everything from slugs, the imminent collapse of society due to its insatiable gluttony and corruption, and well.… more slugs. They go into further detail on their Bandcamp page:
“Delve into the the mephitic melodies of Molluscas malodorous minions once more with Esoteric Malacology, the latest gastropodean gospel from Slugdge. Journey through the annuls of Slishic history; through the death and rebirth of the supreme cosmic overlord, and unlock mental gateways to even more horrendous and nonsensical realities than ever before”
It’s riveting stuff as it propels my imagination into levels of forbidden wonder I’ve rarely felt since childhood. In fact, every song I’ve heard by them is a play on words relating to slugs and other members of the Mollusk family; with titles like “War Squids” (War Pigs), “Spectral Burrows”(Spectral Sorrows), the album is peppered with mollusk-themed parodies of other metal songs. That’s not to say the lyrical content is all the band has going for them though. Vocalist Moss effortlessly alternates between primal screams and beautiful, melancholy vocals; an impressive contrast that brings back memories of older Opeth. On top of all the aforementioned traits, the album features technical guitar work that rips from the speakers into your eardrums and Black Dhalia Murder drummer, Alan Cassidy, relentlessly clobbering the drums. I implore you to give it a chance; you might find you had more love for slugs than you realized.
Album: Persona Non Grata
Artist: Authority Zero
Favorite Song: “Persona Non Grata”
Authority Zero has been a familiar favorite for a lot of Arizona natives for over a decade now and their new release is some of their best work in years. It feels fresh, faster, and the hooks are especially catchy without the impression that they’re pandering to anyone. It comes off as a genuine attempt at appealing to the downtrodden and the lyrical content is truly uplifting in exactly the right amounts. Lead vocalist Jason Devore stated recently in an interview with the local college newspaper, MCC Legend, that “Persona Non Grata is typically a political term, but to me where the idea came and stemmed from is that anyone feeling discriminated whether it be the punk scene, disabled, gay, straight or whoever. I just wanted to let people know they are all accepted”. Bassist Mike Spero has been credited with a good majority of the songwriting on the last couple albums and this release sounds like the band’s chemistry is at an all-time high, largely thanks to his clear musical talents and focus. Another new addition to the group, guitarist Dan Aid, is a phenomenal musician in his own right, having only one hand (employing the use of a stick to pick the strings attached to his arm) and playing just as fast as some of the best guitarists the genre has to offer. Overall, it’s a commendable message with nice call-backs to classic ska punk staples and the anthemic chorus chants we’ve all come to love from the band. Persona Non Grata is definitely worth checking out and reeling in the nostalgia you may feel around the band’s unique blend of genres.
Parisa's Picks
I always tend to overanalyze things during year end list time. I started making my list and just from the spring season alone had over 100 albums, and I kept mulling over what I *actually* think deserves the top ten spot. So as an attempt to simplify things (as I’m pretty sure was my new years resolution or whatever anyway…), here are five albums that I really enjoyed with haiku reviews:
Album: Isolation
Artist: Kali Uchis
Favorite Song: “Your Teeth in My Neck”
Sweet bops, smooth bass lines
Reminiscent of Amy
One great pop album
Album: Burn Slow
Artist: Chris Liebing
Favorite Song: “Card House Feat. Miles Cooper Seaton”
Dancing in darkness
Ethereal and brooding
I love the Germans
Album: Queen of Golden Dogs
Artist: Vessel
Favorite Song: “Paplu (Love that Moves the Sun)”
Industrialist
Now is making chamber pop
A welcomed surprise
Album: Orpheus vs. The Sirens
Artist: Hermit & The Recluse
Favorite Song: “Fate”
Looking through a lens
of Greek mythology
to understand life
Album: Cohesion
Artist: Anchorsong
Favorite Song: “Mindscape”
Breathy melodies
Inspired from Bollywood
With killer house beats
Exploded View - Obey
Idles - Joy as an Act of Resistance
Te'Amir - Abyssinia
Uji - Alborada
Sons of Kemet - Your Queen is a Reptile
Raybear's Picks
Album: Now Only
Artist: Mount Eerie
Favorite Song: “Earth”
This is the first time writing for the collective, so I figured I’d start with my favorite song/album of the year. Anacortes-based (now hunkered down in New York) multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Phil Elverum has been diving deep into loss, questions of mortality and the meaning of each passing day for years now, first as The Microphones and for the past decade plus as Mount Eerie. Songs marked by a deep appreciation for the natural world and the futility of trying to understand it, Phil has always seemed to try and play the part of some cosmic narrator giving us insight into a story we tend to only see the broad strokes of, ignoring the smaller details that color the background. After the death of his wife Genevieve Castree, an equally talented & accomplished songwriter and cartoonist, Phil hesitated to allow us into that world of despair and ran deeper into the fog, but emerged with last year’s A Crow Looked at Me, 11 songs detailing the long road from diagnosis to death. His follow up, Now Only, continues that story but seen through the other side of a life after destruction. In the song “Earth”, Phil describes a moment that began on last year’s “Seaweed”, spreading ashes & leaving a chair for his wife on a hill to face the sunset. He’s returned to that chair in “Earth”, and now the remaining bones of cremation have melded into the foundation, “indistinguishable from...animal bones”, and he feels a moment of calm and solace. He recalls a song from Wolves in the Throne Room, reciting the lyric, “I will lay down my bones among the rocks and roots”, cementing us into the natural foundation, to lay down of the loss of his partner. Sometimes we need a song that will remind us that we will all return to the same earth, the same rocks and roots that his wife is now a part of, a common thread of existence, separated only by time and the path we took to get there.
Nightfall by Trochee Trochee
Album: Nightfall
Artist: Trochee Trochee
Favorite Song: “End of Speedway”/”Your Bronco at Arthur’s”
Trochee Trochee is a band that hit my ears around 2016 with their release Stress, Unstress, a great lofi collection of fuzzy cassette hiss and electric topography, “a chilly midnight jam in a young Michael Stipe’s basement”. Recording only with analog gear and to tape, the magnetic movements rang with the same warmth I’d wrapped myself in years ago with my first 4-track cassette machine and dusty acoustic guitar - it was love at first listen. With a new year came another release, Vigil on Swan, an album of tremendous weight that I don’t have room to adequately try to lift here in this space. No, this space is for Nightfall, released just in time for me to sing its praises while I’m dragged across the grooves like the peaks of the Catalinas. Songwriter Alex Whalen & Co. has crafted a breathless narrative of memories of a life in Tucson, mining details I could never even begin to recall if I was writing of my own youth. Divided into two distinct halves, the “Tucson Side” of the album definitely spotlights a more pronounced folk and country influence, immaculately played and arranged - recollections of burning journal pages on rooftops, post break-up hikes, and a friend’s Ford Bronco heading over River Road marred by a gray sunspot of peeled paint. My two favorite tracks from the album fall on the second side, or “Rincon Side”, marked by a musical shift back towards their well-worn and seemingly self-anointed “delta emo”. “The End of Speedway” is surrounded by a coming storm over the Rincons, presumably seen through the window of a moving vehicle. “The end of Speedway predicts the end of something,” the music solemn and slow, building with the same intensity as I imagine the storm. I’ve driven out to the Douglas Spring trail at the end of Speedway many times, sometimes for clarity but mostly to try and outrun “the end of something”, inevitably coming down from the hike exhausted and ready to stop running; “The End of Speedway” feels like a distillation of those moments, the impending storms we all try to outrun. “Your Bronco at Arthur’s” follows “...Speedway”, potentially highlighting a moment after the rain and clouds have cleared. The Bronco from earlier in the album returns, as does our narrator from a trip to the Adirondacks. Meeting up after a period of lost communication, the two friends share songs they had been working on, songs that no one else had heard yet in person. Despite the period where they seemingly had lost touch, they put aside the distance of time and play on, vulnerable and open. There’s a warmth in their encouragement, “...keep going”, but then the song ends and so does the moment. Trochee Trochee deals in these small breezes of memory so well, passing through the air and into our lungs across many years; we take a deep breath and then let them go.
Nice Try by Nice Try
Album: Nice Try
Artist: Nice Try
Favorite Song: “Micah”
I’ve been a fan of Madeline Robinson’s music for a number of years, ever since seeing her and her ukelele play small, DIY music fests as Madeline Ava on tours around Bloomington, IN. Her songs have always felt so clear and intimate, an open heart surgery on display. She’s picked up an electric guitar since then and formed Nice Try, taking those years of bedroom pop masterpieces and translating them into an infectious cacophony of fuzz pedals, sugary sweet harmonies, and lumbering riffs. “Micah” blends all these elements perfectly, with a hint of self-doubt and jealousy towards the seeming progression of title character Micah’s life with Madeline’s own stagnation and emotional hang-ups. It’s a scenario we’ve all seen played out in our own lives, yearning to grow but hindered by our own inability to let go.
Other Stuff I Really Fucking Loved (O.S.I.R.F.L)
Krimewatch - s/t
Rik and the Pigs - A Child’s Gator
Coherence - of alternate spaces
Daughters - You Won’t Get What You Want
Eiko Ishibashi - The Dream My Bones Dream
Sumac - Love in Shadow
Andrej's Picks
Album: The Blind Leading the Blind
Artist: 1914
Favorite Song: “Stoßtrupp”
World War I, the Great War, or contemporaneously The War to End All Wars was one of humanity’s most savage exercises. The combination of technological advancements and industrialization of weaponry and the careless, thriftless treatment of human lives lead to an estimated 16 million casualties as a direct result of the war and another 50-100 million in the resulting genocides and pandemics. The sheer brutality of this history makes it an obvious candidate for metal lyrics, but until I ran across Ukraine’s 1914, I had never heard a band nail this subject matter and theme so flawlessly. Their dedication to such a singular vision is restrictive and risky, but boy do they pull it off. What sets 1914 apart from the plethora of other bands that have explored war in their music is the diversity of mood and atmosphere they create. The Blind Leading the Blind is a doomy death metal album at its core with just the right dash of black metal. The WWI theme ultimately ends up being window dressing, but their continued exploration of this theme results in powerful songs spanning the brutality of trench and biological warfare, the patriotic aggression the various combatants, the psychotic mindset needed to continuously kill enemies in barbaric conditions, and the haunting emotional toll the extreme sorrow, futility, and terror took on these soldiers. Whereas many bands focused on themes of war end up being somewhat one note, The Blind Leading the Blind manages to transform this restricted subject matter into a lens onto the human condition when its subjected to its worst creations. This approach allows 1914 to explore wholly different subject matter within the context of an overarching narrative, a feat few in metal music pull off so well. Now the band’s dedication to the WWI theme alone doesn’t make a good album; independent of subject matter entirely, this album fucking rips! 1914’s mastery of massive, crushing blackened doom-infused death metal is the rock-solid foundation this album is built upon. But it’s the attention to detail throughout the length of the record and how it ties the music, imagery, and themes together that takes it from an amazing album to a near perfect one, and easily to the top of my end of the year list.
Album: The Sciences
Artist: Sleep
Favorite Song: “Antarcticans Thawed”
The surprise reformation of stoner/doom metal pioneers Sleep in the mid-2010s was a welcome return to the metal scene, even if it only appeared to be for sporadic live shows. Fast forward to 2018, and much like their surprise reformation, the weedians suddenly drop an entirely new album, 20 years after their last record, the legendary monolith, Dopesmoker. While The Sciences is not Dopesmoker 2.0, its endless, massive Sabbathian riffs on the majority of the album’s songs are a clear offspring of the band’s experimentation with the human limits of cannabis consumption in the 1990s. Ultimately, the Dopesmoker influences are strong throughout the album’s runtime, but they’re more carefully used and augmented with moments that harken back to Sleep’s Holy Mountain, such as the up-tempo and more aggressive “Marijuanaut’s Theme” and the relaxing closer “The Botanist”. Still, when the enormous Dopesmoker-esque drones do appear on tracks “Sonic Titan” and album highlight “Antarcticans Thawed”, the modern incarnation of Sleep, now rawer, but more seasoned, make them sound all the more impressive. The Sciences is clearly a combination of the group’s best two albums – something worth high praise alone. But it’s more than just a call back to and amalgam of their legendary output; each of the members brings something they’ve learned along their travels back to the table. Matt Pike’s heavier guitar playing and greater emphasis on solos in High on Fire surfaces on nearly every track, while Al Cisneros’ meditative, spiritual turn in Om translates into dreamy bass grooves and a firmer command of his vocals, now a hybrid of his Om and later Sleep style. Original drummer Chris Hakius has unfortunately retired from music, but his replacement, famed Neurosis drummer Jason Roeder, appears to be the perfect fit for the modern version of Sleep, with his slightly more aggressive approach better fitting Pike’s grittier guitar lines. Since their break-up, myriad stoner/doom metal bands have come onto the scene, matching or arguably exceeding the original Sleep albums in some cases. But the godfathers of stoner doom, long lying dormant, but now older, wiser, and infused with new energy, have returned to retake their rightful places on the throne.
Album: Idol
Artist: Horrendous
Favorite Song: “The Idolator”
Horrendous’ album to album evolution is similar to Tribulation in that their debut, a straightforward occult and horror themed death metal affair was completely replaced with a more progressive and evolving sound on each subsequent release. Like Tribulation, with their fourth outing, Horrendous seem to have found their comfort zone, largely extending and expanding upon the sound of their third album. Unlike Tribulation, whose now gothic/heavy metal incarnation shares few if any traits with their progressive death metal past, Horrendous’ Idol is a more direct fusion of their original death metal sound and the genre-melding progressive and power metal influenced Ecdysis. Still, Idol clearly builds upon the riff-tastic, varied experience delivered by their previous release, Anareta. The addition of dedicated bassist Alex Kulick is Idol’s most immediate change, with his warm tone and contrasting patterns shining through the crisp and busy guitars, bringing a fantastic depth to their sound akin to Death’s Individual Thought Patterns. While Horrendous have clearly found a niche they want to explore further, their sound is still evolving in subtle ways. Delving deeper into the album reveals so many different looks, from the doomy prog opening of “Obolus” to the more straightforward death metal breaks of “Devotion (Blood for Ink)” which are brilliantly joined to melodic, clean-sung sections. Idol is so many good ideas executed flawlessly, both within each song and the overall album, that it doesn’t feel fair to simply group this under technical or progressive death metal. Yes, those are perhaps the most apt descriptors of the band’s latest release, but there is so much going on here, and so much to be discovered upon repeated listens. With Idol, Horrendous demonstrate further mastery of their craft, delivering mind-bending musical ideas in the form of eight intricate progressive death metal pieces, resulting in an album that ends up being greater than the sum of its parts.
Album: Beyond Celestial Echoes
Artist: Sacral Rage
Favorite Song: “Vaguely Decoded”
Sacral Rage’s 2015 album, Illusions in Infinite Void, was one of that year’s best albums – a razor sharp, relentless USPM onslaught sprinkled with old school tech thrash and fundamentally built upon the band’s songwriting and instrumental chops. To see such a fantastic album coming from the debut of a very young band made the exceptional promise these guys had clear. Incredibly, Sacral Rage manage to one-up their debut with the complex, thrashier, and more technical Beyond Celestial Echoes. Whereas technical thrash elements where used to spice up the Helstar-focused USPM amalgam of Illusions in Infinite Void, on Beyond Celestial Echoes, the leads, solos, and song structures are a technical thrash mixture of the likes of Realm, Coroner, and Watchtower first and foremost. Add to the more aggressive, tighter riffs the increased King Diamond-esque soaring falsettos of singer Dimitris K., and you get the dramatic icing on the cake to make the entire lofty space opera theme work effortlessly. Sacral Rage attempt to mix together the best parts of old school tech thrash, prog, power and speed metal, and succeed largely everywhere. From the Watchtower inspired “Vaguely Decoded” to the heavier and more extreme metal “Samsara (L.C.E.)” and the epic 15 minute closer “The Glass”, Sacral Rage appear incapable of doing wrong. As a result, Beyond Celestial Echoes delivers an incredible ode to the band’s varied influences while decidedly solidifying their own unique sound with a secondary outing that is a more than worthy successor to their already fantastic debut.
Album: Down Below
Artist: Tribulation
Favorite Song: “Nightbound”
The ever-changing sound of each Tribulation release, from raw, high-octane, macabre death metal to a dark, progressive mixture of black and death metal, and ultimately to gothic-infused heavy metal made each new album a thrilling listen. But by sticking to and expanding upon the gothic/heavy metal sound of The Children of the Night with Down Below, Tribulation has been able to shore up some of the holes brought upon by constant change. Whereas the excellent moments of The Children of the Night were joined by some less than stellar meandering exercises in the album’s latter half, Down Below is a tighter, more streamlined affair. The raspy, black metal style vocals return to join a stronger songwriting base defined by rich, memorable leads, tasteful licks and solos, and an overall stronger, unified sound. While many, including myself, yearn for the unhinged death metal of their debut, with Down Below, Tribulation are finding their groove with their melodic, subdued, but unique approach to heavy metal. The guitar driven rockers are better than ever, while the atmospheric-focused numbers feel organic, keep the listener captivated, and further enhance the overall album, altogether avoiding the main pitfalls of similar pieces on The Children of the Night. With their latest album, Tribulation have improved a great sound to an excellent one, providing a slick, sexy assortment of gothic metal to fill our heads until their next exciting release.
Album: Apocalypticists
Artist: Kriegsmaschine
Favorite Song: “The Pallid Scourge”
Kriegsmaschine, the alter ego of Mgła members M. and Darkside, couldn’t be more different from Mgła. While both bands are black metal, the duos outing as Kriegsmaschine ditches the melodic, orthodox black metal riffing, instead focusing on atonal, gloomy, and atmospheric guitars that provide a backdrop for the unbelievably complex, nearly impenetrable rhythm sections. Darkside has always provided unique cymbal work and rhythmic moments in Mgla – it’s one of the reasons that band is so great. But in Kriegsmaschine he really stretches his legs, showcasing ever-present, somewhat tribal, and ridiculously creative drumming spanning all aspects of the kit. Fans of Ulcerate will feel right at home with Apocalypticists, though the firmly black metal rooted album brings forward a more ominous, dare I say, apocalyptic, atmosphere. Like past Kriegsmaschine albums, Apocalypticists is an exhaustive listen: the richly layered, rhythmic-based songwriting coupled with its oppressive, melody-averse soundscape both demands repeated, focused listens and punishes you for daring to stare into its darkness. Despair and futility are common tropes in black metal, but albums like Apocalypticists truly embody them and manage to push the boundaries of black metal along the way.
Album: From the Depths of Flesh
Artist: Wombripper
Favorite Song: “Torn by the Nails”
I’m all for layered, thoughtful, and progressive-tinged metal; artists that incorporate unique elements or songwriting into extreme metal have produced some of the most interesting and memorable albums I’ve heard. However, sometimes you just want a band to cut that shit out and blast your face with vicious riffs, monstrous grooves, and skull-crushing drums played with reckless abandon. In a surprise twist, this year’s single best example of this ethos comes from Russia’s Wombripper, and their sensational take on the classic Swedish OSDM sound: From the Depths of Flesh. While it’s clear Wombripper is determined to win this year’s most relentless album award with tracks like “Immolation Rites” and “Frantic Exhumation”, From the Depths of Flesh has some surprising slower moments in its latter half, with songs like “Locked in the Iced Coffin” and “Godless Slaughter (In the Name of Doom)” showcasing macabre, atmospheric riffs shining through the disgusting, muddy production. On the surface, Wombripper appears like another OSDM throwback – something supported by the band themselves as they describe their music simply as ‘Pure HM-2 sound Old School Death Metal’. However, beneath the murky production lies a fantastic, well-written death metal gem I revisited this year again and again.
Album: White Horse Hill
Artist: Solstice
Favorite Song: “White Horse Hill”
England’s Solstice return 20 years after their last full-length to deliver the massive, triumphant epic doom metal album White Horse Hill. With such a long absence, several questions arise, namely regarding the quality and approach to songwriting of the new incarnation. In the case of Solstice, the band appears to be in its strongest form yet, with White Horse Hill exemplifying their epic heavy metal core while paying homage to their English folk influences. Interestingly, the melancholic, gloomy tone of previous releases has been largely relegated to the folky interlude songs, with the three big doom metal epics, “To Sol a Thane”, “White Horse Hill”, and “Under Waves Lie Our Dead” all bursting with a triumphant, uplifting sound. The shift in tone is partly due to the guitars, which while still providing enormous, crunchy riffs, tend to favor the clean, melodic side of the epic build-up, and partly due to new vocalist Paul Kearns, whose bombastic, opera-like bellowing can’t help but stir you to action. This is perhaps White Horse Hill’s greatest triumph; the new incarnation of Solstice stays true to their roots, delivers on the epic doom fans expect, and manage to smoothly transition to a newly focused sound, an epic heavy metal sound where each song is the stirring, swelling magnus opus that would lead warriors of yesteryear into battle.
Album: Antelux
Artist: Mahr
Favorite Song: “Onirism”
Mahr, a faceless entity with no known location, band members, or lyrical themes, still managed to produce one of the most memorable debut albums of this year: Antelux. With nonexistent details surrounding the band or the albums creation, listeners are only left to take in the atmospheric monstrosity that is Antelux. A monolithic, crushing, and oppressive combination of black and doom metal with elements of cavernous death metal thrown in, Mahr’s debut revels in its thick, suffocating darkness. The most apparent influence is clearly Darkspace, but whereas Darkspace exemplify the shear scale, emptiness, and futility of space, Mahr manage to hone in on a particularly ominous and terrifying subset of this already grim sound. Darkspace makes me think of being alone in a spaceship as it travels through the expansive and punishing blackness of space, stopping only for its inevitable destruction. Mahr on the other hand brings forth the feeling of being on a more claustrophobic ship that is on a one-way, irreversible trip into a black hole – your demise all the more apparent and ultimately, as bad as it can be. While Darkspace’s industrial flavored darkness more specifically captures that space feeling, Mahr’s more general, unbearably grim, and psychosis inducing variant is altogether more horrifying.
Album: Hekatomb
Artist: Funeral Mist
Favorite Song: “Cockatrice”
The side-project of Marduk frontman Mortuus, Funeral Mist, has been his more experimental and atmospheric outlet for several releases now. However, with Hekatomb, more of the trademark direct and violent Marduk sound creeps into the fold. The end result is one of the most interesting black metal albums of the year. This fusion of weird, vile, and evil experimentation with Marduk’s trademark black metal brutality at the drop of a hat is unsettling, powerful, and all the more captivating. Take for example the almost uplifting rocking beginning of “Naught but Death”, which while already showing signs of weirdness with its eerie choral-style chants, manages to get the head bouncing with its mid-tempo jaunting. Just as we’re settling in, it drops into a tremelo-riffed backdrop to a vocal heavy declaration of evil. It’s a jarring transition certainly, but just as the song winds down to some sort of reprise, an even more jarring change occurs as “Shedding Skin” blasts your teeth in with military grade black metal violence that sounds more unhinged than ever. Hekatomb is a highly unique take on the traditional, albeit Swedish-flavored, black metal album. Fancy instrumentation and atonal, dissonant tricks are avoided – the strength of this album is in its ability to take existing, established black metal sounds and add just the right dash of creativity to reinvigorate the depravity and wickedness we’ve come to expect from the genre.
Convulsing - Grievous
Ripped to Shreds - 埋葬 (To Bury)
Immortal – Northern Chaos Gods
Drudkh – Їм часто сниться капіж (They Often See Dreams About the Spring)
Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik – Hugsjá
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UNB Heads To Break On High Note
The University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds concluded the first half of their season with a convincing 9-2 victory over the visiting Moncton Aigles Bleus tonight at the AUC. The victory improves the V-Reds record to 12-2-2 on the season and moves them into sole possession of first place in the conference.
- For the 2nd time in 3 days UNB was able to put together a 5 goal period and tonight it occurred in the 1st period as the V-Reds had perhaps their most dominant period of the season. Philippe Maillet got things started with yet another highlight-reel assist when he gathered the puck on the side-boards to the right of the goal, curled out to the blue line, stickhandled around a couple of defenders through the slot on his way to net, and found Tyler Carroll all alone at the side of the net for an easy tap-in. Colin Suellentrop received the secondary assist on the goal that came just 1:45 into the game. Maillet was at it again just 39 seconds later when he took a pass from Adrian Robertson and circled behind the Moncton goal before finding Philippe Halley all alone in the slot for a quick one-timer goal. The V-Reds continued to dominate play but weren't able to find the score-sheet again until 11:33, which opened the flood gates. Cam Braes broke in on a 2-on-1 and was able to out-wait the sliding Moncton defender before passing across the slot to Cam Brace, who one-timed the puck past Aigles Bleu goalie Brabdon Thibeau. Just 1:22 later a scrambly play at the Moncton blue-line led to a 3-on-2 for UNB in the slot. A few quick, short passes later and Taylor MacDougall (Mignardi, Beauvillier) was able to fire it home. Dylan Willick (Trainor, Critchlow) made it 5-0 57 seconds later with a shot along the ice from the slot, one that Thibeau probably wishes he had back. The shots in the period were 17-4 for UNB.
- Moncton finally got on the board with a power play goal at 9:21 only to have Willick (Trainor, Critchlow) restore the 5 goal lead at 16:26 with his 2nd of the game after Trainor was somehow able to make a fantastic pass to Willick in front while being hauled down behind the Moncton net. The Aigles Bleus got that one back just 20 seconds later, but that was the only other goal of a period in which UNB held a 16-7 shot advantage.
- The V-Reds were able to add 3 more goals in the final period. Brace (Carroll, Murray) got his 2nd of the game with a power play goal at 5:17 on a play that confirmed it was just "one of those games" for Moncton. Brace took the puck at the bottom of the face-off circle to Thibeau's right and took a shot that deflected off of an Aigles Bleus defenders stick and fluttered up and over Thibeau and into the net. UNB made it 8-2 on a weird play at 15:31 when Jordan Murray (Gazzola, Trainor) sped toward the net and took a sharp angle shot that hit off the post, appeared to cross the goal line, and popped out of the opposite side of the net. The goal light went on but play continued as the nearest referee made no signal. After play stopped moments later the refs got together and quickly signaled that Murray had indeed scored. Taylor MacDougall (Beauvillier, Suellentrop) rounded out the scoring with his 2nd of the night with a power play goal at 18:01. The V-Reds almost had yet another goal but Cam Critchlow tipped shot was ruled to have been deflected in with a high-stick. Shots in the period were 8-6 for UNB in the game and 41-17 in the game.
- Alex Wall, R.D. Chisholm, and Chris Caissy all remained out of the line-up for UNB. Moncton, for their part, were missing their starting goaltender as well as a number of other significant players.
- UNB was 2 for 4 on the power play. Moncton was 1 for 3.
- Maillet, Willick, and Robertson were the game's three stars.
- The V-Reds went 28 and 27 on face-offs.
- David Shantz picked up his 11th win of the season in net. He has started all but 1 of UNB's first 16 games thus far.
- Attendance was 2979 on Home Depot/South side elementary school night.
- Matt Petgrave received a 10 minute misconduct and then a game misconduct at 8:14 of the 2nd period after arguing with a referee when a slash on his wrist went uncalled. This meant UNB had to play the remainder of the game with only 4 defencemen, something they have unfortunately become quite accustomed over the last week.
- Every forward with the exception of Matt Boudens had at least one point by the end of the 1st period. Boudens and Petgrave were the only two players not to record a point in the game.
- Gazzola was +5 on the night. Murray was +4.
- UNB has now outscored Moncton 16-4 in their two meetings this year.
- The V-Reds have won 10 straight against the Aigles Bleus.
- After a relatively slow start to his season by his standards (3 goals, 1 assist in 7 games), Philippe Maillet now has points in 9 consecutive games (5 goals, 9 assists). Maillet and Halley (points in 7 out of the last 8 games) have definitely benefited from the return of Tyler Carroll (points in 8 out of the 10 games he has played).
- Remarkably, the first icing of the game didn't occur until there were just under 6 minutes left in the 2nd period. There were only a handful in the entire game.
- Due to the 41 shots UNB fired on the Moncton net tonight, the Papa John's online discount on Tuesday morning will be 41% as part of their 'Shots and Saves' promotion. Since there are no more games for the year, the Tuesday morning discount during December will be 44%, which is the jersey number of Colin Suellentrop, the highest number worn on the team.
- In the only other game tonight the Saint Mary's Huskies came back to defeat the Acadia Axemen 2-1 in overtime in Halifax. Tomorrow night UPEI hosts St. Thomas and Dalhousie welcomes St. FX to close out the pre-Christmas break schedule.
- The Varsity Reds won't be back on the ice until Saturday, January 3rd and Sunday, January 5th when they host the OUA's Windsor Lancers in the Peterbilt Pete Kelly Cup. Game times are 7PM for Saturday and 2PM for Sunday.
Labels: 2014-2015 Regular Season, pete, UdeM
UNB Prevails In Battle Of The Hill
CIS Top Ten (#9): V-Reds Ranked 3rd
Robertson Wins It In OT
V-Reds End Skid
OT Loss Ends Disappointing Weekend
Huskies Hold Off V-Reds
CIS Top Ten (#7): UNB Moves Up To 2nd
Varsity Reds Edge Panthers
V-Reds Grab Convincing Win Over Aigles Bleus
CIS Top Ten (#6): V-Reds Still 3rd
Varsity Reds Shutout Tigers
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Halfords Plans Multi-Channel Future with Manhattan Associates
Manhattan software chosen for revamped distribution network to support retailer's multi-channel strategy
Halfords, the UK's leading retailer for car parts, car enhancement, cycles and travel solutions, has chosen global supply chain optimisation provider, Manhattan Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: MANH), as its technology partner to support its future distribution network. Today's announcement will see Halfords deploy a range of solution components from Manhattan's Distribution Management suite, including Warehouse Management, Labor Management and Slotting Optimization as well as its Supply Chain Intelligence solution, as the retailer seeks to build an optimized fulfilment capability to extend the success of its multi-channel retail operations.
Halfords has already launched phase one of its strategy to consolidate and reconfigure its logistics infrastructure, which will result in the opening of a new national distribution center (NDC) in 2010. The restructured network, which will comprise the NDC and an existing DC at Redditch, will serve Halfords' network of almost 500 stores in the UK, Republic of Ireland and Central Europe, as well as handling customer orders received through its online store. Manhattan's Distribution Management solutions will manage both DCs.
"Our optimized distribution infrastructure will improve service levels to our customers while providing transportation efficiencies and increasing productivity," said Tony Smollett, Head of Systems at Halfords. "This revised distribution network needs to accommodate our growth ambitions across the business. We therefore needed a scalable supply chain technology backbone that would reliably serve the new DC network and meet our cross-channel fulfilment requirements and allow us to introduce various flow-through techniques including cross-docking. We selected Manhattan based on our experience of working with them previously, the ease of integration of their systems with our existing SAP enterprise resource planning platform and the flexibility of their solutions."
"Halfords is a company that has fully embraced the notion of a multi-channel strategy, serving customers both in-store or online with great success," said Allen Scott, UK managing director for Manhattan Associates. "As the business continues to grow, it is essential that it can keep up with customer demand in the most efficient way possible at the same time as maximising service levels. We are delighted to be supporting Halfords in this key supply chain enhancement programme."
Manhattan provided the original warehouse management solution to manage Halfords' DCs in 2004.
Aberle Software GmbH
»The WMS Validation is an important instrument for us to demonstrate our extensive logistics expertise to our current and future customers. Warehouse Logistics is the right place for us to present our software products WAMAS and SAP in the logistics market and to do so in an objective and transparent manner.«
Hannes Neubauer, SSI Schäfer Group (Salomon Automation)
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