Tammy Abraham views transfer ban as golden chance to stake Chelsea claim
• Striker is ‘buzzing’ at prospect of new season at Stamford Bridge
• ‘There is a great chance for us young players so we must go for it’
Andy Hunter in San Marino
Sun 23 Jun 2019 17.30 EDT Last modified on Sun 23 Jun 2019 19.35 EDT
Chelsea’s Tammy Abraham says: ‘I am just buzzing at the thought of the new season.’ Photograph: TGSPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock
Tammy Abraham has said Chelsea’s transfer ban represents a glorious opportunity for the club’s academy prospects and next season will be “now or never” for him to break into the first team.
The England Under-21 forward is set to start the final game of a poor European Championship for Aidy Boothroyd’s side against Croatia on Monday. He will then take only a fortnight’s holiday before starting pre-season training at Chelsea in a bid to impress Frank Lampard or whoever succeeds Maurizio Sarri as manager.
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Abraham has spent the past three seasons on loan, at Bristol City, Swansea and Aston Villa, and has made only two first-team appearances for his boyhood club. But with Chelsea banned from registering players for the next two transfer windows the 21-year-old says the punishment may work in his favour.
“This year is the most important year for us. It is now or never,” said the striker who scored 25 goals for Villa this season. “There will never be a better time to play the youngsters. Of course the transfer ban is probably not what the club wanted but for us it is exciting. I am excited and I am sure the rest of the players are.
“There is a great chance for us young players so we must get our heads down in training and go for it at Chelsea. I have already been talking to the club about pre-season. I’m going to have a couple of weeks and then come back hitting the ground running. There is no better time for a young player to be at Chelsea. I am going to give it my all. With a new manager coming in there is no better time to show what I am made of in pre-season. I am just buzzing at the thought of the new season.”
Tammy Abraham says if Frank Lampard became Chelsea’s new manager ‘there is no better guy to play under’. Photograph: John Walton/PA
Abraham believes the transfer ban could prompt a different approach from Chelsea who, while flourishing at youth level, have been slow to promote homegrown talent to the senior ranks. The striker believes a production line into the first team will create a stronger bond with supporters.
“Maybe it will change. Hopefully. Chelsea has always had a great academy. They have lacked playing them and taking them to the next level. You see the likes of Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who on the borderline have done that. We have excellent players still there and coming through who are still Chelsea players so fingers crossed if it all goes well it changes the mindset. I got thousands of messages from Chelsea fans on Instagram saying play him, play him. It is nice to have that behind you, knowing the supporters have your back. They believe in you as well. Clearly I was doing something right. Fingers crossed it all happens.”
Lampard is Chelsea’s preferred candidate to replace Sarri as head coach and the Europa League winners hope to make more progress in taking him from Derby County this week. Abraham believes he and the assistant Jody Morris would be ideal appointments for Chelsea’s academy players.
“I believe in myself and there is no better guy to play under as well,” the striker said. “Someone you have grown up watching, who has been at Chelsea for ever. He knows about me as well – I played against his team in the play-off final. I am pretty sure he knows all about me. And Jody as well. I have obviously been coached by Jody in the younger age groups. So it is positive, it is all positive.”
The European Under-21 Championship has been frustrating for Tammy Abraham and the England players and the striker is saddened by their early exit with a match to play. Photograph: Giuseppe Bellini/Getty Images
The situation is not so positive in San Marino, where England play their final group C game already eliminated from the Euros following error-strewn defeats by France and Romania . Croatia will be the final under-21 international for Abraham and several older members of Boothroyd’s squad.
Abraham said: “It is quite sad really. Demarai [Gray] and I were reminiscing in our room last night. This is our last under-21 tournament and it is only just hitting us now really. You still believe in your head that you are young. Sad as well because we wanted to finish with a win. Most of us know we have fantastic players. I believe most of us can go back to our clubs and be banging on the door of the first teams.
“It is sad how we were in that situation with France and down to 10 men. All the nonsense that can happen in football happened to us, all the bad luck. We will learn from this. The positives are there is still the first team [to aim for], the next step we can try to get to. Hopefully it is not the last time we play together.”


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The home network has been down for a couple weeks due to networking issues. The Mac was having trouble talking to the router and G and I have been taking turns buddy breathing off the ethernet connection. Deadlines and travel have post-poned me getting technical, but yesterday I took the plunge. I can usually get myself out of a technical bind, knowing just enough to get into some hot water, but Mac network preference setting was unknown to me. My networking experience has been only on the PC platform. How do I do ipconfig on a Mac? After a few hours, some tech support and hard resetting the router, I got the network back up. Wifi network is back in the ether.
This means I'm back in my office lair. A cozy room in the house under the front door, half-way under ground. It has most of my favorite things, toys, clothes, computer equipment, files, shoes. It's my den. My secret hideaway in my house. It feels good to be back in here.


Short, J. and Turner, B. (1993) The distribution and abundance of the burrowing bettong (Marsupialia : Macropoidea). Wildlife Research, 20 (4). pp. 525-534.
The burrowing buttong (Bettongia lesueur) has been extinct on mainland Australia since the early 1960s, but was believed to persist on four islands off the coast of Western Australia-Bernier, Dorre, Barrow and Boodie. We surveyed these islands in 1988-89 to ascertain the status of bettongs and other endangered mammals. Bettongs were widespread and comparatively abundant on three islands but absent from the fourth. Bettongs occurred at estimated densities of c. 14-17km-2 on Bernier, Dorre and Barrow Islands, suggesting approximate minimum populations of 650, 1000 and 3400 respectively and a total minimum population for the species of c. 5000 individuals. It would appear that a poisoning campaign in 1985 to eliminate Rattus rattus from Boodie Island also eliminated the bettong. The burrowing bettong has apparently been absent from a fifth island and its type locality, Dirk Hartog Island in Shark Bay, since early this century. The vulnerability of this species is highlighted by its extinction on mainland Australia and by the loss of two of its five island populations. It now occupies less than 0.01% of its historical range. Its status as rare and endangered is justified.


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Boccaccio and his Decameron
literature, poetry	 21. December 2013 0 Harald Sack
Giovanni Boccaccio and Florentines who have fled from the plague
On December 21, 1375, Italian author, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and important Renaissance humanist Giovanni Boccaccio passed away. He is best known for his masterpiece ‘The Decameron‘ told as a frame story encompassing 100 tales.
You haven’t heart about the ‘Decameron’? You definitely should, simply because it is the masterpiece of European Renaissance literature. It its 100 stories it provides us with an intimate contemporary view into medieval and early Renaissance European society. But, before I will tell you more about its content, let me introduce its genius creator to you, the author, poet, and important humanist Giovanni Boccaccio.
“While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman.” (Giovanni Boccaccio, from ‘The Decameron’)
The details of Giovanni Boccacio’s birth are rather uncertain. He was born in Florence or in a village near Certaldo where his family was from. He was likely born out of wedlock to his father Boccaccino di Chellino, a Florentine merchant, and grew up in Florence. Boccaccio may have received an early introduction to the works of Dante by his tutor Giovanni Mazzuoli. In 1326, Boccaccio’s family moved to Naples, where his father was appointed head of a bank. As usual in these days, Boccaccio was supposed to follow his father into the banking profession. Although already an apprentice at the bank, Boccaccio succeeded to persuade his father to let him study canon law for the next six years, where he also pursued his interest in scientific and literary studies.
“Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth”. (Giovanni Boccaccio)
It seems Boccaccio enjoyed law no more than banking, but his studies allowed him the opportunity to study widely and make good contacts with fellow scholars. At Naples he began to write first stories in verse and prose, mingled in courtly society, and fell in love with a noble lady whom he made famous under the name of Fiammetta in his writings. After the death of his father in 1348, Boccaccio returned to Florence and became guardian to his younger brother while maintaining public offices in Florence. Meanwhile, he was trying continually to put his financial affairs in order, though he never succeeded in doing so. It was in 1350, when Boccaccio’s lifelong friendship with Petrarch began. Both writers often worked closely with each other and together their works are considered by some to be the foundation of humanist literature.
“A kissed mouth doesn’t lose its freshness, for like the moon it always renews itself.” (Giovanni Boccaccio, from ‘The Decameron’)
Boccaccio completed the great Decameron in 1358 in the form in which it is read today. It narrates hundred stories of seven women and three men who reside in a country villa for ten days after escaping from the plague in Florence. In the broad sweep of its range and its alternately tragic and comic views of life, it is rightly regarded as his masterpiece. The tales treat a wide variety of characters and events and brilliantly reveal humanity as sensual, tender, cruel, weak, self-seeking, and ludicrous. Boccaccio presents life from an earthly point of view, with a complete absence of moral intentions. If nothing is sacred, if a corrupt clergy is shown in all its greed and vanity, this offers stuff for amusement but never satire. Stylistically, the Decameron is the most perfect example of Italian classical prose, and its influence on Renaissance literature throughout Europe was enormous, as e.g. great writers such as Shakespeare and Chaucer are known to have borrowed a lot. Also renowned poets such as George Eliot, Tennyson, Keats, Longfellow and Swinburne have written poems revolving around the Decameron. Boccaccio on the other hand was impressed by the works of Dante and conducted lectures on his poems in 1373.
“Do as we say, and not as we do.” (Giovanni Boccaccio, from ‘The Decameron’)
During his last years Boccaccio lived principally in retirement at Certaldo, and would have entered into holy orders, moved by repentance for the follies of his youth, had he not been dissuaded by Petrarch. Soon after the death of his older friend Petrarch, Boccacio passed away at age 62 on Dec. 21, 1375, in Certaldo, where he is also burried.
At yovisto you can learn more about the Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio in the lecture of Prof Wayne Rebhorn from New York University on ‘Translating Boccaccio‘.
The Decameron Web
Giovanni Boccaccio at Famous Authors
Giovanni Boccaccio at the Encyclopedia Britannica
Full Text of The Decameron – in English and Italian
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Eat lunch or just take a coffee at this café on Hven, Café Tycho. The café serves everything from delicious pies with salad to smoked salmon or sandwiches and baguettes.
Many of the pastries at the café are homemade with ingredients from the Tycho Brahe garden and other locally produced ingredients.


Blackburn-based Barnfield Construction has re-hired estimator Andrew Brown 22 years after he worked for the firm at the outset of his career.

Brown spent several years as a director of Glovers Projects Servicers in Blackburn pricing projects worth up to £40m. He also worked on a £10m oil museum in Kuwait dessert.

Barnfield Group produced a £6.6m pre-tax profit on turnover of £35.6m in 2010. The group has housing, construction and commercial development divisions, working with Pendle Council, Capital & Centric, Princess Foods, Biffa Waste Services, Hampton By Hilton, Boundary Mill Stores and Prestigious Car Dealerships.


With bright colors and expressive lines, Stephen Fishwick puts a unique spin on pop culture portraits. “Aloha” is a limited edition giclee on stretched canvas, numbered and bears the artist’s authorized signature. This piece comes gallery wrapped and ready to hang! Includes Certificate of Authenticity! Measures approx. 16″ x 20″ (image).
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An extremely well established regional firm is now looking for a Corporate Commercial Paralegal to join its team based in Sussex.
The firm's Corporate team is ranked highly in the Legal 500 and has a strong reputation for its M&A work, corporate restructurings and joint ventures for clients in a range of sectors including the finance, aviation and travel industries.
You will be responsible for assisting the fee-earners with their caseloads allowing you to gain exposure to large projects up to around £100 million in value with progression and development being a key focus.
The firm offers a progressive and forward thinking working environment with the latest technology and a flexible culture.
Ideally you should have some previous paralegal experience with the corporate field.


DJI, the world’s leader in civilian drones and aerial imaging technology, today formalized its ongoing collaboration with the California-based Menlo Park Fire Protection District (FPD) by designating the agency as a Solution Development Partner, dedicated to expanding the use of drones as reliable tools in emergency preparedness, response and post-incident missions.
As a Solution Development Partner, Menlo Park FPD will test customized solutions developed by DJI for the public safety sector, as part of its pioneering work to learn how best to use drones to protect lives and property. DJI and Menlo Park FPD have worked together to respond to local emergencies such as structure fires and water rescues, as well as large-scale disasters such as hurricanes Harvey and Irma and the devastating fires at Yosemite and Santa Rosa.
The Santa Rosa fire marked the first time the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection authorized drone flights as part of the emergency response in a large-scale disaster. Menlo Park FPD used DJI equipment for more than 120 drone flights to provide situational awareness for authorities, assist with search and recovery efforts, and survey destroyed neighborhoods. This followed earlier collaborations that demonstrated how public safety agencies can use drones to quickly gather information on emergencies and provide insights to incident commanders, while safely sharing the skies with traditional public safety aircraft.
Menlo Park FPD is now beta-testing a new leading enterprise solution announced by DJI today, the FlightHub web-based professional drone management system, to see how it can improve fire-rescue operations. DJI and Menlo Park FPD have worked together since March 2016, with a demonstration of the DJI/FLIR Zenmuse XT camera. Since then, DJI has provided hands-on training on its aerial platforms for Menlo Park FPD personnel, and reviewed tactical approaches and implementations of DJI platforms in fire-rescue operations. Throughout this collaboration, DJI has collected valuable product feedback from various joint exercises, developed proofs of concept for customized applications of its powerful M600 professional drone, and completed several live fire training scenarios.
The partnership was announced today at DJI’s AirWorks Conference, an annual event that brings DJI users together to inspire, connect and energize attendees about the beneficial drone applications available to enterprises today as well as the future of the global commercial drone industry. It draws attendees from a diverse set of backgrounds who are using drones every day within the agriculture, construction, energy, infrastructure and public safety industries for three days of presentations, hands-on workshops, training sessions and networking opportunities. The conference began today in Denver, Colorado.
The Menlo Park Fire District provides essential fire and emergency services to the Town of Atherton, Cities of East Palo Alto and Menlo Park, Unincorporated areas of San Mateo County and on contract to the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The Fire District is strategically located in the heart of Silicon Valley and has been developing and growing its UAS/Drone Program since 2014. Earlier this year it was identified by BARD Colleges Drone Program as one of just over 350 Public Safety Agencies Nationally with a program authorized and in compliance with FAA regulations. In June, the Fire District held a one day UAS/Drone Symposium at SLAC to promote the responsible and progressive way other Fire Agencies could start or advance a legitimate Drone Program. Over 50 other Fire Agencies and over 200 people attended. The Fire District recently acquired its night time and over crowd operations authorizations from the FAA and is only one of a few public safety agencies nationwide that now can legitimately fly Drones at night. The Fire District was formally authorized by the Park Service to fly Drones in Yosemite during the South Fork Fire, by FEMA to fly Drones in Texas and Florida during the Hurricanes and by the Alameda and Sonoma County Sheriff’s Offices to use Drones in fire ravaged areas of Santa Rosa and other parts of Sonoma County.


Irish soda bread from Blue Duck Bakery.
Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day — and they want their Irish soda bread.
Good thing Blue Duck Bakery is making 600 loaves this week.
The key is steering clear of baking powder, Kouris said. Instead, Blue Duck uses a combination of cream of tartar and baking soda, as well as a mix of flours instead of a straight pastry flour. And then there’s buttermilk, of course, he said.


Second of two stories written after some trips to the West of Ireland where I got to go fishing with a very cool old local.
We drove down to the lake shore from the house; the car hot in the early June sun. The old man sat in the back, letting James in the front, to jump out and open and shut the few gates along the lane; which was blooming Fuchsia and late hawthorn.
We came to the shore and stopped beside the boathouse. There were two boats outside; one parallel to the shore, tied to a thick branch of a gorse bush growing close to the water, and prevented from floating out by a line of rocks that formed a stepping stone jetty. The other was dragged up on the gravel of the shore alongside the boathouse, the wall of which jutted out to form a concrete pier. This boat was tied to a large boulder standing some feet from the water. The old man stepped into that one and began to bail out rainwater from the bottom.
I opened the boathouse and took out the fuel tank for the outboard, leaving it on the pier beside the boathouse wall. There were three rods hanging up in the boathouse: one fly and two bait rods. We two took them out, and, laying them down outside, found ourselves without further occupation, besides looking at the old man, who was now putting the outboard fuel tank into the boat and getting ready to attach the fuel line to the engine.
We went off, and returning with a big green fishing box that had been pointed out for us up at the house, discovered that the boat was ready to leave – the old man having lifted the huge rock to remove the rope, and dragged the boat down the shore until it floated. We put our boots on and climbed aboard, thinking that maybe he had left the baits behind so that he would have something to keep us out of his way while he prepared the boat.
We climbed aboard: James pushing us off. The old man steered us out into deep water and told us to take our already-baited rods and let out the lines.
We trolled around the shores and islands; the old man speeding up at certain places where he knew there to be rocks that could snag the lines, so that the baits would rise clear.
“Johnny. How long have you been fishing the lake?” I asked him, as I offered around a bar of milk chocolate.
“I bet you caught a few here, eh, Johnny?” asked James.
“Have you caught many trout this year?” I asked.
His smile faded as he replied. “Well. No. Didn’t catch too many this year. Jeasus, the bloody mayfly was fierce disappointing. I donno what happened, but it was too warm – ruined it, it did. And I was looking forward to the mayfly. Jeasus, when they’re goin’, boy, the trout are flyin’!
“Sure, there’s always next year, Johnny,” James said.
He glanced at James and then looked out at the water, shaking his head slightly. “Jeas’, I donno, if I’ll be around next year,” he said wistfully.
Johnny looked at James and gave a little laugh.
We trolled on. After a while, Johnny told us to reel in so that we could move to another area of the lake.
When I reeled in, we saw that my bait was missing: bitten off by the last pike that had struck.
“I’ll have to pull in to put a new one on for ye,” Johnny said, and steered us toward a tree-clad island.
As we approached it, he spoke again. “I remember, I used to have me lunch here during the mayfly: me and some friends I used to have over from Spain, and we’d stop here and light a fire and have a few bottles of stout,” he chuckled.
He steered into a landing and cut the engine. We got out and tried to drag the boat up, but there were some rocks in the way.
When James had a hold of the boat, floating a little way out from the landing, Johnny waded in and lifted the rocks out of the way, throwing them back into the water some feet away. James and I looked wide eyed at each other and laughed.
When the landing was clear, he grabbed the boat and dragged it up onto the gravel.
James and I looked about the shore as Johnny looked through the bait-box. We noticed a circle of blackened stones where fires had been made, many times it seemed.
He took a leader and some line, and began to weave a complex-looking knot with his large hands.
He took the end of the line that was sticking out of the loop he had indicated in his fingers and then pulled it tight. He manipulated it in his right hand and raised it to his mouth, sticking it in and grasping the end of the line between two of the last of his opposing front teeth, and pulled.
“I usually keep me nails long for the knots,” he said. He looked at it again. It had been pulled tight neatly into a tiny ball; thinner than the leader. He cut the end with his knife, and once again I was ready to fish.
Just then, something dropped from a branch above us, and fell sideways with the wind past our faces. Johnny stuck out his hand very quickly and grabbed it. Opening his hand slowly and inserting the thumb and index finger of his other, he grasped a struggling fly. It was heavy bodied with opaque wings and a three-pointed tail.
“Now, where did you come from?” Johnny asked the mayfly.
James and I smiled at one another. Maybe now he would try out the fly-rod for a while.
“Do you reckon it would be worth using the fly-rod, Johnny?” James asked.
“Maybe,” he smiled, letting the mayfly go.
We left the island, and continued trolling. Shortly, Johnny took up the fly-rod, and made a few experimental casts, but he was getting tangled with my line, so he left it back.
The sun shone on, and we continued, sitting on the hard wooden seats, soaking it up, to keep us warm in the breeze that blew across the lake; looking around at the green and grey mountains that surrounded the lake.
As we went by the islands, I could see mayflies dropping from the trees to fly along the breeze as they fell to the water below.
But Johnny never took us in so that he could fly fish. I wished he did; though he obviously wanted to let us try our luck, hoping we could catch ourselves some trout: for I am sure that he would have had more to show than our few bites and couple of pike, which is all we had accumulated when evening drew us in to shore.
We shook hands as we left that evening.
“Ye’r a grand couple of lads to fish with!” he told us. “Ye’ll have to come back again: we’ll see if we can get ye a salmon!” he chuckled.
But the summer sped by before we could arrange to return, and the next year I moved away with work. I kept moving for a few years, but when ever I could I tried my hand at the trout, and eventually became fairly skilled at the flies. James also left: he went to Canada, where he learned to fish eventually.
I went out to visit him once, and he showed me a place where you could take salmon like they were mackerel. We reminisced about our youth, and talked about the last time we had fished together, with fondness, and wondered if the old man had lived to see the next mayfly season.
It was ten years before I was back in the west of Ireland; on a holiday with my wife and son. We were driving through the valleys, and I was telling stories and pointing out the places I had visited as a young man, when before I recognised the place, we passed by the farmhouse.
He was there; sitting in an old wooden chair on the porch, soaking up the rare afternoon sun.
I couldn’t believe it. He looked a lot frailer than he had been, but hell; I was frailer now myself than he had seemed then. Yet he was there, and in the few seconds I saw him as we sped past, it seemed like yesterday, that day on the lake. He was smiling to himself: probably thinking of going out on the lake this afternoon, I thought; smiling myself.
I instinctively slowed the car, and as my wife looked questioningly as me, I wondered if I should go back and say hello. But as I looked at her, and saw little Jamie out of the corner of my eye, I realised how many years had passed, and I knew he probably wouldn’t have remembered me – his memory being too full of mayfly seasons, to remember two young-fellas from one afternoon, when we never even landed a trout.


You'll Jam and IMPROVISE beautiful music with a fellow guitarist / pianist who plays the rhythm.
You'll play the melody of any particular rock/pop/blues song on your harmonica, including 22 famous songs that are included with my examples.
By improvising musical riffs - you'll be able to add your own touch to any song that you play with a band, or just when you play next to a recording.
You'll understand music theory to the level that you need to get out and jam with other musicians.
You'll acquire a solid sense of rhythm - one of the KEY foundations in order to sound great.
The included songs examples and tabs are from The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Green Day, Bob Marley, Elvis, Neil Young, Rolling Stones and many others.
Be able to jam on the harmonica with backing tracks / real songs / real musicians.
Guitarists will be able to play the harmonica & guitar together with the special "mixing" lessons.
You should have a harmonica in the key of C (it is the most common harmonica type).
NO previous musical background is required.
It is recommended that you watch the lessons on a computer with external speakers in order to fully enjoy the interactive jam sessions.
Do you want to play a cool instrument - the harmonica, and to be able to play music with other people? Do you want to play dozens of famous songs on your harmonica, and also to be able to improvise and create your own beautiful solos when jammin' with other people?
Harmonica Jamz is exactly what you're looking for, and you will learn all of that in several weeks. Yes, the harmonica is an easy instrument!
Harmonica Jamz is your one stop shop for learning how to play songs and jam on the harmonica BETTER than all of these guys, quickly.
And you DON'T have to have previous musical experience - since it is designed for experienced musicians or total beginners alike. Harmonicas are easy - and this is the optimized, most effective way to learn it.
"Excellent course, I never played any instrument before but after a couple of jam sessions with Alon I was already jamming with my dad at home. The quality of the video editing and the helpful texts on screen were also very impressive." Josh Cole, England.
Learning to play single notes - this will enable you to enrich your musical pallete and play ANY song.
You will learn the essentials of music theory - this will enable you to start IMPROVISING your own riffs.
When you know how to improvise, you can confidently get out there and jam with other musicians!
Sound good! You mentioned that we'll learn some songs. Which songs exactly?
In the course, I will show you my examples of those songs, and then you will get to play them yourself while I show you the harmonica notes on screen and the music is playing for you in the background without my harmonica. (check out the preview of "Let It Be".
People who love music and who want to play music themselves on the harmonica.
People who have no experience of playing any musical instrument or people who do.
People who have previous experience on the harmonica but are looking for a more complete approach.
Musicians who play other instruments.
People who LOVE music - WILL have a great time in the course and WILL learn a new, cool musical skill.
Harmonica players who want to learn advanced techniques!
+ – Achieving an Excellent Sound + Understanding the Concept of "Jams"
In this lesson I will give you a brief introduction to Harmonica Jamz - and especially about the way that the lessons work: a studio lesson followed by an interactive jam session.
In the first lesson we will focus on getting the best sound out of your harmonica. It is actually pretty simple to do - and after you'll learn those 4 key principles you'll immediately sound much better.
This is the Jam Time session of the previous lecture - where you will be practicing what we learned using your own harmonica and while on screen I will be reminding you of the key points we just learned.
This is the first Jam Time session of the second lesson. We will be using a jam track in the style of "Imagine" by the Beatles. You will be practicing what we learned using your own harmonica and while on screen I will be reminding you of the key points we just learned.
This is the second Jam Time session of the second lesson. We will be using a jam track in a blues style. You will be practicing what we learned using your own harmonica and while on screen I will be reminding you of the key points we just learned.
Single notes are a key ability in order to sound very good and expressive on the harmonica, and to be able to play songs. In this lesson you will learn the two different ways in which you can play single notes on your harmonica.
This is the Jam Time session of the previous lecture about single notes - where you will be practicing what we learned using your own harmonica and while on screen I will be reminding you of the key points we just learned.
If you enjoy the course - I'd highly appreciate if you can leave a review!
+ – Warming UP: Let's Play Some Famous Rock Songs!
A VERY recommended read before you dive into the second section where we will be playing songs.
I will be showing you a full example of how you can play the song Let It Be on the harmonica.
Now it's your turn to play the song - my harmonica is muted and you will have the harmonica tabs on screen. In the attached PDF you can see the full tabs attached to the lyrics - which might be more comfortable for you than seeing them on screen. You can also slow down the video when you're starting out and still getting used to the song - using the video player's settings. However, the first thing you'll wanna do is to just play it without the background music at all.
I will be showing you a full example of how you can play the song Hallelujah on the harmonica.
Now it's your turn to play the song - my harmonica is muted and you will have the harmonica tabs on screen. In the attached PDF you can see the full tabs attached to the lyrics - which might be more comfortable for you.
I will be showing you a full example of how you can play the song Knockin' on Heaven's Door on the harmonica.
I will be showing you a full example of how you can play the song You Are My Sunshine on the harmonica.
I will be showing you a full example of how you can play the song Angie on the harmonica.
Yes! You can do this and play any song by ear!
In the Theory 101 lesson and the "Speaking the Language of Music Through the Harmonica" lesson, we dive into the fun bits of music theory that you'll need to understand in order to successully jam with people. Note that these lessons require your full attention, so take them when you are fully available.
There is an attached PDF with a recap of the lesson that you can read when you're done.
In the attached PDF you can find a list of famous, fun songs that you can jam with.
Theory Pt.2 - Speaking This Language of Music Through the Harmonica!
In this Jam Time we will be practicing the practical aspects of the music theory we just learned - on the harmonica.
This simple lesson will teach you a very neat trick that will let you sound MUCH better when you're improvising on your harmonica with friends or with songs that you love from a recording.
In this Jam Time we will be practicing the Pentatonic jams on your harmonica.
In this lesson I will give you 4 key skills that will make you the guy / girl that people WANT around when they're jammin' on their guitars - simply because you will have a much better understanding on the dynamics of a jam and how you can add the most value to any jam with your own harmonica.
In this lesson I will teach you how to easily create the beautiful "vibrato" effect on your harmonica - a cool way to emphasize notes.
This is lesson #1 about the vibrato, where we will talk about the easier technique to create it - which I call "The Wah Vibrato".
In this Jam Time you will be practicing The Wah Vibrato.
This is lesson #2 about the vibrato, where we will talk about what I call "The Stomach Vibrato" - a bit trickier way to create a vibrato, but which will result in what people describe as "a more natural vibrato sound".
In this Jam Time you will be practicing The Stomach Vibrato.
Jam Time: Practicing "The Stomach Vibrato"
Find all the tabs in the songs section (of the songs I feature there, like Heart of Gold) or in HarpTabs.com.
A simple and very useful harmonica trick.
A simple trick that goes a long way.
Solid time keeping skills are perhaps the most important technique you should develop if you want to sound good - especially when you're playing music with other people. Here I will give you key tips on how to develop these skills quickly - before we get to practice them in a "triple Jam Time".
1: A short metronome practice - which will be with rising tempos.
2: Jam Time with a slow blues jam track in the style of B.B King - where the drums will disappear in the middle of the track - to practice your inner time keeping skills without an "assisting" percussion instrument.
3: 2: Jam Time with a faster jam track a style of blues-funk, where the drums will also disappear in the middle of the track.
Ever heard about "blues harp"? Blues harp is a style of harmonica playing that sounds different and more "bluesy" than what we have been playing up until now. In this lesson I will introduce you to this style - which we will be playing using what's called "2nd position harmonica".
Here we will be practicing the blues harp sound of the 2nd position harmonica playing.
Learn how you can improve MUCH faster if you'll only do one thing - record yourself playing the harmonica and jammin' with music, at least every now and then. Read more inside.
Songs that are in minor keys sometime have a "sadder" vibe to them. (example: Angie by The Rolling Stones) Today we will learn how to accomodate those sadder vibes with our harmonica when we're jammin' with such songs.
In this Jam Time we will be practicing jammin' in "sadder", low-key energies, using a jam track in the style of Angie by The Rolling Stones.
Congratulations! You have completed the main part of the course. Let's recap what we learned and celebrate it in a fun Jam Time.
One of the best harmonica songs eva.
LETS JAM SOME WITH SOME GOOD HARMONICA SONGS!
LETS JAM SOME GOOD SONGS!
Bob Marley - Jammin' - Key of D harmonica - YOU play the harmonica part!
I will be showing you a full example of how you can play the song Can't Help Falling in Love with You on the harmonica.
This Elvis song is pretty challenging because it has a lot of movements between holes that are far away and it demands accuracy. When you can play this song smoothly with the jam along track at regular speed - you have come a long way on the harmonica and I am PROUD of you! Keep rockin' it.
+ – Guitarists - How to Mix The Harmonica & Guitar Together!
How to Play the Harmonica & Guitar TOGETHER!
5 tips on how to really sound the best when you're combining the harmonica and guitar together.
My cover for Don't Think Twice, in this version I sing and play harmonica in the background, and in the other version I play all of the song's melody on the harmonica.
My full Harmonica cover of Don't Think Twice by Bob Dylan. In this version I play all the song's melody on the harmonica, while in the other version I sing the lyrics and play harmonica in the background and between the verses.
Bending is probably the most soulful technique that you can play out of a harmonica, and it's featured on almost every single blues harmonica solo out there. Today you will learn how to do it yourself with my 3 simple steps.
In this Jam Time you'll practice your new harmonica bending skills.
In this lesson I will give you five tips on how to jam around with the most beautiful multi notes. This is one of the best ways to sound great on the harp.
G harmonica is optional but very very recommended for this lesson since it got a beautiful, fat sound that works well with multi notes.
A blues in the key of C followed by a ballad in the key of C.
In this double jam time we will practice how to make your harmonica sound as best as possible when playing multi notes. By the way - harmonicas in the key of G sound even better with multi notes thanks to their full, lower and fatter sound - so I highly recommend getting one!
A blues in the key of G followed by a ballad in the key of G.
Note the example in the beginning for a clear explanation of what the lessons is going to be about.
How to Play with a BIGGER Sound in the Song's CHORUS?
The biggest enemy of any musician is sounding the same all the time. Having a dynamic sound, as explained in the lesson, is the best way to refresh your sound and always have something new up your sleeve.
In this fun lesson we will focus on how the harmonica legends of all time sound like, and try to imitate it ourselves as part of the journey for the best harmonica tone we can have.
Play the attached playlists (in the attached PDF resource) to hear how the best players of all time sound like.
Focus on their tone, bending, timing, vibratos and everything else you notice about the overall feel of their sound.
Giving Your Harmonica Tone The "Professional Touch"
In this lesson I will show you how you can add cool harmonica riffs to any of your favorite songs. We will be focusing on the songs' melodies and the "spaces" between them as you'll see in the lesson.
In this Jam Time we will practice adding those stylish riffs to a simple tune we all know - Jingle Bells!
Learn about 3 different ways in which you can make your bendings even crazier. Find out more inside.
Practicing the material from the advanced bending harmonica lesson.
In this lesson I will teach you the basics of chord progressions and the different vibes each chord carries in a progression - through the blues. From now on, listening to music will be different for you and a new road will open up where your listening and understanding will just improve.
This will greatly benefit you in terms of picking the best notes when you solo and improvise on your harmonica!
In this sort of "instructed listening" Jam Time you will try to use your new knowledge and listening skills to further understand the blues we will be playing. And jam along, off course.
In this lesson I will teach you about chords on the harmonica and the different ways to play them and use them. It is a cool, unique way to accompany songs, mostly blues songs.
Do you know those notes and chords that sound like they perfectly cap off a song? In the next lesson we will learn how to find that note on your harmonica - so you can perfectly cap off any solo and song.
This is the Jam Time for The Perfect Ending Note lesson.
Instead of always moving betwen neighbor holes in your solos, (5 to 6 for example) in this lesson we will learn how to move out of the comfort zone and start rockin' cool solos all over the different holes and octaves.
In this jam sesh we will be practicing long jumps on the harmonica.
+ – The CHROMATIC Harmonica - What Is It?!
Ever wondered what's the deal with the big brother of your harmonica - the chromatic harmonica? Yeah, the one that can play all the notes.
In this lesson, I give an overview on this excellent instrument and some pros and cons that will help you decide whether ya wanna get one or not.
Playing the chromatic harmonica is very similar to playing the diatonic one that you already play. However, there are some very helpful subtleties that I will point out for you in this lesson.
As I explained - the key to becoming good on the chromatic is to get to know the different notes it has, both with the button pressed and without.
So here we have a Jam Time with all the chromatic notes displayed in a pretty model right in front of you!


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Hundreds of people have been driven from their homes after the the Mississippi River expanded to levels not seen since the 1930s and swamped properties in low-lying neighbourhoods.
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While people in Memphis wait for the river to crest at a projected mark slightly lower than the record set in 1937, officials in Louisiana have begun evacuating prisoners from the state's toughest jail and opened floodgates to relieve pressure on levees outside New Orleans.
Authorities have gone door-to-door to 1,300 homes in Memphis over the past few days warning people to leave, but attention is now turning to a labour-intensive clean up, which signals that the worst is probably over.
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welcome to samkurt, home of the kum sta(i)ns and the first and only livejournal community focusing on the the relationship of Sam Evans and Kurt Hummel from FOX's hit show Glee, as well as the actors who portray them: Chord Overstreet and Chris Colfer.

we don't own these characters or make any profit from this site. we aren't affiliated with FOX ENTERTAINMENT, Glee, Chris Colfer or Chord Overstreet.

Kurt OT3 Bang is a challenge that's all about celebrating threesomes and OT3s, so long as they involve Kurt. Whether you ship Kurt with Sam & Puck, Finn & Rachel, Dave & Blaine, or any other combination, you're welcome to sign up as an author or artist for the Kurt OT3 Bang.

This evening/tonight the artist sign-up will close, so this is your last chance to sign in for the Big Bang! We could use some more artists since a lot of authors have signed up already. And to have some more diversity/variety in the pairings.

Author Notes: It only took a year and a half, but I've returned with the rest of your story.

Warning: Pre-slash, Sue Sylvester, snark, some language

Disclaimer: If I owned Glee, we would not have this hiatus. We would have Kum though.

Summary: After moving to Lima, Ohio, Sam Evans was prepared to hate his new life: cliched school, a promise to a new friend to join two conflicting extracurricular activities, and a fierce Pre-Calculus class. The one good he could find was a countertenor by the name of Kurt Hummel who slowly turned all of the negatives of William McKinley High School to positives and made Sam fall for him along the way.

Fandom: GleeRating: PGShip: Hevans/Kum (friendship?)Plottage: The two are camping out in the parking lot of Sam’s motel room. Stars are a comfort. (Set in S2.)Disclaimer: I don’t own anything, except for the plottage. AN: I hope you enjoy. Please review! XD

Title: Chase MePairing: Chris Colfer/Chord Overstreet (Colferstreet!)Rating: NC-17Word Count: ~6400Warnings: RPS, sequel, dirty talk, size kink, mild humiliationSummary: Sequel to Kinda Busy. Glee's third season has started, and Chris and Chord are still mashing each other's buttons via text. Chord has a lot of buttons.Thanks: To Kate for the beta and just being super-awesome in every way!Notes: Takes place last fall, before Chord's return to Glee (yes, Chord is still dating Emma Roberts in this). Definitely read Kinda Busy first, as this is a direct sequel. Written for kink_bingo amnesty, for the "humiliation (verbal)" square. Title from "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen, of course. I don't ordinarily write sequels, but basically I was dying to do this square, I love writing Chord, and I have some weird calling to write Colferstreet no one but me wants. ENJOY


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Libertarians can be a radical and contentious lot: damning government, shouting “Taxation is theft!” calling for immediate abolition of critical programs… You may think them unrealistic. You may even think government is too small. Nonetheless, odds are good that you share the same underlying values that libertarians hold dear.
For libertarianism is simply common sense morality taken to its logical conclusion. Do you think it is wrong to steal? Do you think it is wrong to drop bombs on residential neighborhoods? Do you think it is wrong to own someone else? If so, you are on the same page as those wacky libertarians. The only difference is that libertarians apply these common sense notions to everyone, even the government.
Suppose the Salvation Army was to become a real army, complete with assault weapons and body armor. It could raise a lot more money each Christmas, and its soldiers wouldn’t have to keep ringing those annoying bells. Instead, each shopping mall entrance would become a military checkpoint. Soldiers would require that each shopper donate a fair to the cause. It’s a win-win situation! The burden of charity would be more fairly distributed, fundraising costs would go way down, and money for the poor would be plentiful.
What? You have a problem with being held up, even to take care of the poor? You selfish jerk! It’s for a good cause! Have you been reading Ayn Rand?
An armed Salvation Army and government-funded welfare programs are morally equivalent. Oh, there are some practical differences. The government has more information on people, so it might do a better job of spreading the burden. And we might have better control of the government – elections and all that. A renegade Salvation Army using its armed might for selfish reasons would be a nasty thing indeed, and taming it could be bloody. Then again, the same holds true for government. Read your history books. An armed Salvation Army might be easier to control than a government.
What about democracy? Democracy is us. Therefore when the government collects taxes to fund welfare programs, it’s not theft. Right?
Democracy is useful, but it is still a moral compromise. And that’s all I am trying to convey here: if you vote for government action, you are making moral compromises. Taxation is a form a theft. It may be a necessary bit of theft – doing without is problematic – but it is still theft. You may decide the theft is warranted, that it is better to steal from the rich than to let the poor go without. At times I will agree with you. After all, I am no longer a libertarian. But I still recognize that taxation is a form of theft.
It’s not fun admitting to moral compromise. Moral absolutism is the easier path to self-righteousness. But moral absolutism is a very slippery slope. It can lead to rationalization and denial. Many government programs fail the Machiavelli test: their ends do not justify the means. Conversely, moral absolutism can lead to impractical extremism, as has been the case for the Libertarian Party.
Let's start with some utopian fiction from the libertarian view. We stick with books here, since Hollywood doesn't think of libertopia as a good idea.
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress , by Robert A. Heinlein. The classic work of anarcho-capitalist fiction. This one turned me into an anarchist back in high school. It took me a decade before I gave up on the idea.
The Syndic , by C. M. Kornbluth. The United State is taken over by organized crime. Life is good. I suspect that this one inspired the gangster episode of Star Trek, but I have no evidence other than the settings similarities.
The Probability Broach , by L. Neil Smith. In a parallel universe, the U.S. kept the Articles of Confederation, and became a libertarian utopia. This one is available in novel or graphic novel form. Not very realistic, but kind of fun.
Songs from the Stars , by Norman Spinrad portrays a post nuclear war future in which government has been pretty much abolished and mediators resolve disputes using a hippie-libertarian code of ethics. Uncoolness is a crime. Very groovy.
The movie/TV industry does a much better job portraying the evils of excess government than it does the positives of minimal/no government. Here's a couple of my favorite examples.
A retired spy is kidnapped and taken to a prison-village, modeled on Jeremy Bentham's ideas. One of the most surreal television series ever made.
For more utopias, dystopias, along with libertarian theory, see the store.
Copyright© 2003-2007, Carl S. Milsted, Jr. All rights reserved.


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Quite.... Some of these 'jokes' are actually very pointed and accurate social comment. Here's one I came across yesterday in Private Eye....
Have you ever come across an organisation called 'People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' (PETA)? They are currently in the news for demanding that the Parish Council of the village of Wool in Dorset change the name of the village to 'Vegan Wool'. (LINK) They have form.... in 2016 they demanded that Bacon and Egg Bay in Tasmania change the name to 'Apple and Cherry'. And the request that the pub in St Albans change its name from Ye Olde Fighting Cocks to 'Ye Olde Clever Cocks' to celebrate intelligent chickens.
One has to wonder about the thought processes of these people......

Stanley Challenger Graham
Stanley's View
scg1936 at talktalk.net

"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!

On `Thought for the Day' this morning:
I was on a bus in Scotland and a man, who'd had a lot to drink, stood up at the front.
He shouted: `Who gave us television?....A Scotsman!'
`Who gave us penicillin?....A Scotsman!'
`Who gave us the steam engine?....A Scotsman!'
`Who gave us the telephone?....A Scotsman!'

Then a passenger shouted: `Who gave you your whisky?
And the passengers all shouted `A Scotsman!'

All perfectly true! Scotland's most important export has always been skilled and intelligent people.
Whisky is a bit problematical, the accepted view is that they took the concept of distilling from Northern Europe and that was how the classic 'water of life' was evolved and we got single malt.

Stanley Challenger Graham
Stanley's View
scg1936 at talktalk.net

"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!

One evening, after the honeymoon, Tom was working on his Harley in the garage. His new wife was standing there by the bench watching him.

After a long period of silence she finally said
"Honey, I've just been thinking, now that we are married, maybe it's time you quit spending so much of your time out here in your garage. You probably should also consider selling your Harley and all your welding equipment along with your gun collection, and your fishing gear, and the boat and lose all those stupid model airplanes, plus dump that vintage hot rod sports car, and your home brewing equipment..."

Tom got a horrified look on his face.

She said, "Darling, what's wrong?"

He replied, "There for a minute, you were starting to sound like my ex-wife."

"Ex-wife!?" she screamed, "YOU NEVER TOLD ME YOU WERE MARRIED BEFORE!"

Nice one "China"
Yesterday I was at my local Tesco's store buying a large bag of ‘My Dog’, dog food for my loyal pet and was in the checkout queue when a woman behind me asked if I had a dog.

What did she think I had an elephant? So, since I'm retired and have little to do, on impulse I told her that no, I didn't have a dog, I was starting the Dog Diet again. I added that I probably shouldn’t, because I ended up in hospital last time, but I'd lost 10 kilograms before I woke up in intensive care with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms.

I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that it works is to load your pockets with My Dog nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry. The food is nutritionally complete so it works well and I was going to try it again. (I have to mention here that practically everyone in queue was now enthralled with my story.)

Horrified, she asked me if I ended up in intensive care because the dog food poisoned me. I told her no, I stepped off the kerb to sniff an Irish Setter's arse and a car hit me.

I thought the guy behind her was going to have a heart attack he was laughing so hard. I'm now banned from Tesco's

A young man called Chris from London wanted to buy a Christmas present for his new girlfriend. They hadn't been seeing each other for very long and she lived in Scotland. Chris consulted with his sister and decided, after careful consideration, that a pair of good quality gloves would strike the right note... not too romantic and not too personal. Off he went with his sister to Harrods and they selected a dainty pair of fur lined quality leather gloves. His sister bought a pair of sexy knickers for herself at the same time. Harrods had a free gift wrap offer but the assistant mixed up the two items, the sister got the gloves and Chris unknowingly got the knickers. Good old Chris sent off his gift wrapped present in a parcel with the following letter.
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I chose these because I've noticed that you are not wearing any when we go out in the evenings. If it had not been for my sister I would have chosen the long ones with buttons, but she wears shorter ones (which are easier to remove). These are a very delicate shade, but the lady I bought them from showed me the pair she had been wearing for the past three weeks and I hardly noticed any marks. I had her try yours on for me and she looked really smart in them even though they were a little bit tight on her. She also said that they rub against her ring which helps keep it clean. In fact she hasn't needed to wash it since she began wearing them.
I wish I was there to put them on for you the first time, as no doubt many other hands will touch them before I have a chance to see you again.
When you take them off remember to blow into them a little bit because they will be naturally a little damp from wearing.
Just imagine how many times my lips will kiss them during the coming year.
I hope you will wear them for me on our next date.
All my love,
Chris
P.S. My mum tells me that the latest style is to wear them folded down with a little bit of fur showing.

A Chinese man moved to Australia after years of living in Shanghai. He bought a small piece of land near Mt Isa.
Soon after, his friendly Aussie neighbor decided to go across and welcome the new guy. But on his way up the drive-way, the Aussie saw the Chinese man running around his front yard chasing about 10 hens. Not wanting to interrupt these 'Chinese customs', he decided to visit the Chinese the next day.
The next day, just as he was about to knock on the front door, he saw through the window the Chinese man urinated into a glass and then drank his own urine. Again not wanting to interrupt another 'Chinese custom', he decided to put the welcome on hold for yet another day.
A day later the Aussie decided to give it one last go, but on his way next door, he saw the Chinese man leading a bull down the drive-way, paused, and then put his head next to the bull's bum.
The Aussie bloke couldn't take it anymore, so he went up to the Chinese and said, 'Jeez Mate, what the hell is it with your Chinese customs? I come over to welcome you to the neighborhood and see you running around the yard after hens. The next day you are pissing in a glass and drinking it, and then today you have your head so close to that bull's bum.'
The Chinese was taken back 'Sorry sir, you no understand. These no Chinese customs. I doing these Australian customs.'
'What do you mean mate' said the Aussie, 'those aren't Australian customs.'
'Yes they are. Man at travel agent tell me' replied the Chinese man. 'He say to become true Australian, you learn to chase chicks, drink piss, and listen to bull-shit!"


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A plain young hatter named Sophie has her life changed when an evil witch transforms her into an old woman. Unable to face her face her family in such a condition, Sophie runs away in search of a way to become young again. Along the way, Sophie helps a turnip headed scarecrow, who repays her by leading her to the moving castle owned by the dreaded wizard Howl. There she befriends Howl's apprentice Marker, Howl's fire demon Calucifer, and eventually, Howl himself. Sophie then becomes the castle's cleaning lady in an effort to not only find the solution to her problem but to save Howl from his own terrible secrets as well.
Sophie Hatter, the eldest of three, is apprenticed to make hats for the people of Ingary, a place where spells, magic cloaks, and seven-league boots exist. She and all the young girls are warned to stay inside or be taken by Howl, the evil wizard whose black castle can be seen moving through the hills. After an encounter with a witch and with a spell cast on her to make her an old woman, Sophie goes to seek adventure. She heads towards Howl's moving castle where she will encounter things she had never imagined.
Yeah, Hayao Miyazaki also directed "Lupin III", "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds", "Castle in the Sky", "My Neighbor Totoro", "Kiki's Delivery Service", "Princess Mononoke", all very good.
HOw's the quality of this thing? in sync? Widescreen?
I great movie, but never reaches the quality of his other greats, like Mononoke!
I really want to see this movie. I've only watched Princess Mononoke, Grave of the Fireflies and Spirited Away so far but they were all superb in different ways.
I downloaded this film and then converted it to mpeg because that's the only way it plays on the TV. The problem I have, though, is that once I did this, I lost the audio and I haven't been able to retrieve it through using TMPGEnc and stripping out the file. Does anyone have or know where I can get hold of a separate audio stream that I can mix in with my copy?
I can't face downloading it again.... :frusty: .....my broadband connection is really slow and I need to use my bandwidth for other things. Can anyone help me?
You could use Virtualdubmod and just extract the audio that way. Save as .wav if possible.
Then mux them up again.


People love to collect objects. Some seek items of aesthetic beauty. For others, the motivation is to gather hundreds of examples of one particular type of object. For still others, the need to collect goes hand-in-hand with scientific categorization and wonder about the natural world.
The New Jersey State Museum also collects objects. In this exciting new exhibition, visitors will experience an eclectic selection of artifacts and specimens collected over the past ten years.
See a caribou antler from Ice Age New Jersey, a painting by artist Ben Shahn, a 1930s flight suit from a South Jersey female pilot, Native American projectile points and much more.
Individually, each object tells a story about the world in which we live. Taken together, they remind us of a basic premise of the role of museums in modern society.


Does anyone have experience with glass-only drop-off locations?
In particular, I'm interested in "successful" sizes and types of collection containers (manufacturers) and info on the common pitfalls of a program like this.
The City of Boise [Idaho] is starting a drop-off glass diversion program.  Drop-off containers will be located at Fire Stations around the city.  We are looking for "cost-effective" containers to purchase for the program.  Any and all comments and suggestions are appreciated.


We are considering renting a flat in this area.
What can you tell me about the immediate area? Is it safe to walk at night? Are there any pubs in the area?
How long of a trip would it be to Picadilly?
Anything that you can tell me to help us get a better feel for the area would be appreciated.
I remember the area being very nice with beautiful shops and cafes and nice homes. We shopped at General Trading Company and went to a large antiques mall..The Royal Hospital is there ( the old soldiers home?) and the Chelsea Flower show is there..
Sloan Sq is a very nice/upscale area. There is a tube station right there - on the circle and district lines.
I love that area! My college roommate moved to London and lived just off Sloane Street, so my husband and I visited a couple times a year for many years. I don't think you could be more centrally located. Upper Sloane Street takes you right to Knightsbridge and Lower Sloane leads to Pimlico. Many choices in restaurants and pubs, with a Boots and WH Smith right at Sloane Square.
Scarlett, I googled that same article, lol. It gives quite a nice overview of the area (I love the term "Sloane Rangers").
Thanks janis and monet -- I appreciate the feedback.
As the planner in the family, I have a lot riding on my shoulders. Glad to have the insight and feedback of Fodorite's on my side!
Is there a Tesco in the area?
It's a lovely area and there are loads of good pubs and restaurants there.
i'm buggered if I know if there's a tesco though.
It's a great area; perfectly safe for walking and a few good pubs within walking distance (see www.fancyapint.com for rec's). I can't remember a local Tesco, but there is a good M&S food hall and a Waitrose on King's Road.
Sloane Square tube is not dorectly connected with the Piccadilly line so you would need to change at Victoria and then again at Green Park; although you could exit at Green Park and walk along Piccadilly towards the circus. I love this area and usually spend my first day in London walking the King's Road.
To Piccadilly from Sloane Square, take a bus - 19 or 22. You get to see more: otherwise, you could take the tube the "wrong" way to South Kensington and change to the Piccadilly Line there (it will be quicker than the bus).
Your nearest Tesco is right up the top of Draycott Avenue, near S Ken tube station. But Tescos is a bit downmarket for this area (we are talking AbFab country, sweetie).
This is exactly the kind of thread that needs the impact of that old poodlefaker MKingdom. I wonder what happened to him? Perhaps he was horsewhipped on the steps of his club?
Or perhaps left in a room with a loaded revolver and a bottle of whisky following that "unpleasantness".
I thought she was too busy writing Jennifer's Diary.
He stopped posting aboput the time that Nigel Dempster died didn't he?
I have further found out that the flat is located on Franklin's Row.
Sounds like the Sloane Square area is a great place to be.
There is a Sainsbury's on Sloane Ave.
Franklin's Row is just south of Sloan Square and practically across the street from Chelsea Hospital. A very, very nice location. Be sure to visit the Hospital - not a "hospital", but Christopher Wren's beautiful creation that is home to military pensioners.
A nice one is right behind the Waitrose shop on Kings Road: The Builders Arms on 13 Britten St.
Another one is still further down Kings Road and then towards the Embankment: The Pig's Ear on 35 Old Church St. Its menu is more of Gastropub quality.
In the other direction, The Nag's Head in belgravia is kind of quirky, but nice enough. It's on 53 Kinnerton St., a bit hidden, but quite close to the Berkeley Hotel.
Walking at night is absolutely safe.
The River Thames should be a stone's throw from yur apartment. And a short walk across Chelsea Bridge brings you to nice Battersea Park.
I rented an apartment near Sloane's Square two years ago, and it was a really nice area. We enjoyed the Italian restaurant Manicomio, 85 Duke of York Square, tel. 020 7730 3366.
For a more casual meal we liked a Lebanese restaurant, Al-Dar, at 74 King's Road, tel. 020 7584 1873.
The Waitrose supermarket on King's Road was very good.
"Is there a Tesco in the area?"
No. Sloane Square is the farthest point in central London from any kind of Tesco. If you want to take your life in your hands and do the marathon trek across to Warwick Way in Victoria or the Tesco Express in Royal Hospital Rd, you can get back in touch with the commoners.
But as my most snobbish friend in the area puts it "One meets people like One at the Waitrose in Motcomb St. SO much classier than the one in the Kings Road, Almost as civilised as the Waitrose in Cirencester"
LoL. Thank you for the Sloane Square education.
The area sounds devine and I'm sure we would be happy with the local markets and pubs.
Now I am just waiting for a few questions to be answered regarding the rental rates and hopefully we will be set (I am trying to contain my excitement for the moment). I am still crossing my fingers, just to be sure.


Video touches off L.A. City Hall discussion on policing and the mentally ill
By Emily Alpert Reyes and Thomas Curwen
Jun 13, 2018 | 12:55 PM
L.A. Councilman Joe Buscaino, shown in April, demanded answers from Sheriff's Department officials about their handling of mentally ill people. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
The video alarmed San Pedro residents when it spread through social media in January: a disheveled and seemingly agitated man being dropped off in the neighborhood by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies, who had just come from nearby Rancho Palos Verdes.
Los Angeles City Councilman Joe Buscaino demanded answers about the incident, calling it appalling. He and other lawmakers lamented that both the Los Angeles Police Department and the Fire Department had responded to calls later that day about the man, who was arrested that night by the LAPD on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear.
But a Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman said it was “not a case of dumping,” as San Pedro residents living close to other South Bay cities had feared.
At a hearing Wednesday at City Hall, a department representative said its review found that the deputies had not violated their policies.
“We are confident in this case that our deputies acted appropriately and with compassion,” Sheriff’s Capt. Dan Beringer told the City Council committee.
The video and the ensuing debate have highlighted the challenges that law enforcement faces when trying to assess and evaluate the mental health of people living on the streets.
A Los Angeles city councilman calls for an investigation of an encounter between a man and deputies that was captured on video. Video by Mike Olivieri
The man on the video, later identified as John Thomas Bryan, did not meet criteria to be held involuntarily for a mental health assessment and turned down an offer for help, Beringer told members of a council committee focused on public safety.
Instead, the man said he wanted to go back to Pasadena, so the deputies offered him a ride to a bus stop, Beringer said. But on the way there, the captain said, Bryan became belligerent and demanded to be let out of the car.
The answers failed to reassure Buscaino, who argued that based on what he had seen in videos, Bryan should have been eligible for a “5150” hold.
Under California law, authorities can take individuals off the street and put them in the care of a medical facility, where a psychiatric team determines whether they are “a danger to others, or to himself or herself, or gravely disabled.” The 5150 hold (the term derives from a numbered section of state law) allows individuals to be detained for 72 hours for assessment and treatment if they meet those criteria.
Buscaino argued that Bryan would have qualified.
“He was not able to care for himself,” Buscaino said, describing the man as barefoot with his pants down to his knees.
Buscaino, a former L.A. police officer, also questioned why the deputies did not take the man to County Jail on the same warrant that led to his arrest by the LAPD that night. Beringer responded that the jail would not take in someone on an offense with such a low bail amount.
The councilman said the episode spotlighted the broader problems with existing laws on how officers can respond to people suffering from mental illness. He argued that the state needs to expand the definition of “gravely disabled” — an effort backed by county officials — and “find a way to bring back institutionalization.”
“The 5150 hold, I’ve found, is a joke,” Buscaino said. “We need to find a longer-care solution to those who are mentally ill and homeless on our streets…. This 24-hour nonsense, this 72-hour nonsense clearly is not working.”
Under the law, “gravely disabled” is defined primarily as someone being unable to provide food, clothing or shelter for themselves, or to understand the nature and severity of their illness. Such holds can be extended up to a month and eventually include conservatorship for more than a year.
The California Legislature is considering an amendment to state laws regarding the involuntary confinement of people with mental illness. AB 1971 would expand the definition of “gravely disabled” to include the need for medical treatment.
The Los Angeles County Council of the National Alliance on Mental Illness has supported a proposed change, but critics have expressed concerns that the bill would infringe on the rights of people with mental illness. Other groups supportive of the proposed change have argued that it will accomplish nothing if there are not adequate services to meet the need.
At the Wednesday meeting, Councilman David Ryu said that the process was frustrating and that “our system sometimes feels like it’s designed that, unless you’re sick enough, we can’t help you.”
But Ryu, who has worked for a mental health center, added that government agencies also need to continue expanding services for people with mental illness.
“Right now we’re really upset about the 5150 process and how we can’t help these individuals. But even if reform happens … our facilities are all full,” Ryu said.
The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority recently released the results of its annual homeless count, which found that 27% of homeless people in the county reported having a serious mental illness.
Buscaino and other committee members asked Wednesday for the Sheriff’s Department and other agencies to report back on training programs for working with homeless people and how to expand services and outreach for the severely mentally ill.
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Harbhajan keen to make 100th Test a memorable one

Harbhajan keen to make 100th Test a memorable one

The offie has been included in the Indian XI for the opening Test against Australia at the MA Chidambaram stadium starting Friday.

The news of his inclusion in the team was conveyed to Harbhajan on Thursday morning, the same ending a one-and-a-half year wait for the bowler.

Since playing the second Test (his 98th) against England at Trent Bridge (Nottingham) in 2011, Harbhajan had to wait for more than a year to play his 99th – against the same opponents at the Wankhede stadium last November. A forgettable performance in that match ensured he was dropped again for the next two matches.

However, Chepauk's reputation of being a spin-friendly track, coupled with the fact that Harbhajan has an impressive record at the venue -- 39 wickets in six Tests (@ 26.56) -- ensured he got the nod as the third spinner.

When the 32-year-old takes to the field on Friday he will become the ninth Indian cricketer -- after Sachin Tendulkar (194), Rahul Dravid (163), VVS Laxman (134), Anil Kumble (132), Kapil Dev (131), Sunil Gavaskar (125), Dilip Vengsarkar (116), Saurav Ganguly (113) and Virender Sehwag (101) -- to play in 100 Test matches. No wonder he was elated at having finally reached that personal landmark.

"It's obviously a big moment for me," he said, in a self-assured manner.

"It's great to see your name alongside greats like Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar and the others," he added.

After admitting that the seemingly endless wait had been frustrating, the bowler was quick to add that he would like to put the past behind him and do his bit hold onto his place in the squad in the long run.

"I have faced these kinds of situations before," said Harbhajan, adding, "I have worked hard when I was away from the team and want to look ahead now.

'When you are not playing is when there's a renewed motivation'

Having finally got the nod, the bowler admitted being nervous ahead of the match.

"A milestone, or a number as important as this (100), does play on your mind," said Harbhajan. The fact that there's added pressure to perform, if he is to avoid the sack again, also played on the bowler's mind.

That he didn't do as well as expected in the domestic season to merit selection, and thereby cement his place in the side, is given. Despite having led Punjab to the semi-finals of the Ranji Trophy, the off-spinner was only the fourth highest wicket-taker for his side in the campaign, with 16 wickets - six of them having come in the semi-final loss against Saurashtra.

However, his match-haul of five wickets, even as he led the Rest of India to the Irani Cup title against Mumbai, probably bolstered his case. Harbhajan albeit refused to buy the argument that he was struggling with the ball, saying the motivation to get back to the side egged him on to do better.

"When you are not playing is when there's a renewed motivation to make your way back to the team," he explained.

'It is just about believing in yourself and working towards that end'

It is sheer coincidence that the 32-year-old will be playing his 100th Test against Australia, a team against which he made his debut – at the M Chinnaswamy stadium (Bangalore) in March 1998 – and a team against which he has traditionally done well, having taken 90 (in 16 Tests) of his 408 wickets.

"I don't know if I have a special connection with the Aussies but it always nice to play against a side as good as they are," said Harbhajan, before proceedings to douse expectations of a repeat of his 2001 performance -- a series that witnessed him picking up 32 wickets in just three Tests, including 15 in the decider at Chepauk.

"That (the 2001 series) was a long time back," explained the bowler, adding, "I can't keep thinking about it again and again.

"That kind of a series happens only once, where everything you do happens to click." Harbhajan, however, stuck to his pre-series statement that India could possibly whitewash Australia.

"I believe it is possible," he said.

"It is just about believing in yourself and working towards achieving that end," added Harbhajan. The bowler also became a tad philosophical about his coming back to the team to play the milestone match and vowed to fight hard.

"It's been a journey of ups and downs," assessed Harbhajan, adding,

"No one can always be at the top.

"But I have learnt from my seniors never to give up and I hope to make the most of this opportunity and ensure the wait for 150 Tests isn't as long as this one was."


Just signed up for 3 new projects with Natural History New Zealand LTD. !! 2 of these are for the Man Made Marvels series and are all set in China.. they’re looking awesome so far… and the third is about a great China quake.
The MMM shows are for Discovery Asia and the China Quake is for an old collaborator of mine, Madeleine Carter at National Geographic. On another note, King Tut is almost in the bag but it’s been a hard slog. As far as personal projects go a friend of mine is planning to release some of my early work on his internet record label, so I’ll let you know about that when it’s all happening. Chin Chin!


Google prepping hands-free payment app with Android Pay

Google is testing a ‘Hands Free’ payment app which would let you make payments without even touching your smartphone

Google is testing a ‘Hands Free’ payment app which would let you make payments without even touching your smartphone(Google)

Google on Wednesday said it is testing ways to let people use digital wallets without having to even take smartphones out of their pockets.

The internet colossus is dabbling with ways to make its Android Pay system for smartphones hands-free, with verification by facial recognition, Google product manager Pali Bhat said in a blog post.

“Imagine if you could rush through a drive-thru without reaching for your wallet, or pick up a hot dog at the ballpark without fumbling to pass coins or your credit card to the cashier,” Bhat said.

“This prompted us to build a pilot app called Hands Free that we’re now in the early stages of testing.”

Hands-free became available for smartphones powered by Apple or Android software and was being rolled out at a small number of Silicon Valley area eateries, including McDonald’s and Papa John’s, according to Google.

The digital wallet uses Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections alone with location sensing capabilities in smartphones to detect when someone is near a store enabled with Hands Free payment technology.

“The cashier will ask for your initials and use the picture you added to your Hands Free profile to confirm your identity.”

At some locations, Google is experimented with using cameras in stores to recognize people with Hands Free digital wallets so they could pay without even pausing.

Since Android pay was launched in September, an average of 1.5 million accounts have been registered monthly in the United States and the number of locations accepting it has topped two million, according to Google.

“We’re busy working to bring the convenience of Android Pay to more countries and a growing list of stores and apps,” Bhat said.

Google’s mobile wallet competes with Apple Pay and others as people’s reliance on smartphones expands to using handsets to make payments in real-world shops.


HomeLocal NewsPresident wants hooded outfits banned, boda boda helmets marked with shining numbers.
The president of Uganda his excellence Yoweri Kagutta Museveni has called for the ban of hooded outfits when riding since many assailants hide in them to assassinate people.
President also said that all riders should be provided with shinning numbers on their helmet back for easy visibility and identification even at night.
President Museveni also revealed that government will hunt for people using social media to send threatening messages and close down radio station that spread hate messages against the ruling NRM and government officials.
President Museveni who was speaking at the burrial of slain Arua municipality legislator hon Rtd Col.Ibrahim Abiriga in rhino camp Arua municipality described the current wave of insecurity as small which should not worry Ugandans since government is going to defeat the assailants who have opened up a war against his government.
” why do you kill an elected leader of the people of you uganda? Many of you are sad and angry but me am both but confident we are going to defeat those coward pigs who have opened a war and killed our people, they are going to see what NRM means in war.
Why doesn’t the NRM kill MPs of the opposition, do you know who knows to fight than the other? ” President M7 questioned.
President Museveni pledged to take care of Abiriga’s wife and children.
President Museveni’s words followed by the numerous call by mostly the NRM legislators and officials for protection since they live in fear.
“Your excellence, these people are threatening us in fact some of them are in parliament.They said they will kill us, the recordings are everywhere our wives and our children and now they have started.Your excellence if we are not safe during our Government what will happen when you leave? Your excellence we know you are our father these people should be picked up to make statements even if they are Mps. Your excellence we are scared our wives and children are crying in fear everyday.please your excellence help us be a General again” Hon Peter Ogwang- Usuku County Mp-Commissioner of parliament.
“Your excellence, there is a lot of hate speech especially against the NRM and its leaders including you. There is no hate speech against the opposition.the freedom is being abused. people on social media are just throwing around things including hate speech recordings. in other countries like China there is control but they are developing.even in Sudan you can not use Facebook unless your comments are censored. so we need to have control” Justine Kasule Lumumba-NRM Secretary General.
Abiriga and his brother who also doubled as his body guard were assassinated on Friday evening in Kawanda, Matugga wakiso district on the way back home.


I like this Jim Marshall quote: “I worked hard but I never really considered it work. I always enjoyed myself and only took an assignment if I had complete control and access. My reputation was such that managers didn’t f*ck with me. I had the trust of the artist. I would work with them and they knew I wouldn’t f*ck around or do anything they didn’t like.” What a badass. Click through the tabs above to see some photos from this legendary photographer.
Marshall passed on in 2010, but his work lives on: a spectacular collection of his photos opens today at New York’s Steven Kasher Gallery. His pictures demonstrate intimate access with a roster of game-changing artists ranging from jazz greats like Miles Davis, to folk legends like Bob Dylan and larger than life rock ‘n’ roll stars such as Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix.
The guy owned his art with a fierceness that we can all aspire to. Extreme? Perhaps. But it’s that attitude that won the trust of his subjects and made these incredible images possible. Most of these shots are not staged. Trust is the most valuable currency when working with your subjects – especially fellow artists. I have experienced this in my own work with my Songs For Eating and Drinking project. No crowd, no managers, just artists at a table sharing good food and music.
It’s only rock’n’roll – but I like it.


The tuition is too damn high!
Chanel Carroll is singing a familiar tune with her plea to Sallie Mae sung to Beyoncé's 'Partition.' The parody perfectly captures the post-grad/real life struggles of those who dread their colossal loan payments each month.