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Friday, 30 January 2015
Oliver: Consolidated - Peel Session (24 November 1991)
Although it seemed like a number of long running global issues had been decided by the end of 1991, not everyone was convinced that nirvana had been realised by the end of the Cold War and the speedy resolution of the first Gulf War. American band Consolidated took up the role of asking the hard questions about and pointing out the flaws of "our" side (specifically the United States, but enough of it could be applied to Britain as well) over three songs in their one and only Peel session. On the recording I heard, only the middle track, No Censorship, was picked up by the taper, but the video features all three songs and I'm delighted to put them up here. 2 out of the 3 would definitely have made it onto my mixtape: the aforementioned No Censorship and the magnificent America No.1, a coruscating attack on America's interventionist stance and the way in which wars are conducted "against a poor third world country just to divert attention away from the war they conduct against their own people every single day." which implores "the youth of Britain" to question the motives of parents, teachers, authority, government and the mass media.
Although some of their sentiments seem quaintly trite now; No Censorship reasons that Satanists should be left to get on with it, there are others, especially regarding America's relationship with the developing world that have rung uncomfortably true since the turn of the century. The great shame is that Consolidated were a band out of time. Raging against facism and handing around microphones to the audience at your gigs so that you can debate issues of censorship, racism, fascism, sexism and nationalism seemed laughably "right on" in the 90s, the decade of peace * all the hard work had been done surely? Now though, the world needs a Consolidated type band more than ever and the causes they espoused and railed against through the 90s seem as relevant and prescient as ever. And they've arguably got worse. Interestingly, it was George H.W. Bush who was coming into his final year as president when Consolidated recorded this session in October 1991, that the band would be raging against just as they got started. Ironically, it was his son that started to enact many of the things that Consolidated warned about, just at the point that they called it a day in 2001.
The fusion of hip-hop and hard rock in a political protest setting would be taken on to greater commercial success by Rage Against the Machine within a year of this session but Consolidated's work promises some interesting discoveries not least their 1992 album, Play More Music, which features samples from many of their interactions with audiences during their gigs as they sought to shake the notion of a gig as something lead purely by the band and with the audience only inputting through applause and cheering. Though as the clips I've heard from that album and those interactions prove, the rock audience will never precipitate a revolution when they've paid to watch a gig. Afterwards maybe, when they've had a drink and a kip. Possibly...perhaps...
This clip also features the first bit of Peel himself that we've heard on this blog, linking the tracks from the repeat of the session in February 1992. Nice to have you along with us, John.
*I mean peace in the sense that the 90s lacked the global threat, real or imagined, of nuclear annihilation from the 60s to the 80s that underlined the Cold War or the randomness of the acts carried out from 9/11 onwards and their consequent effect on the relationship between the West and the Middle East.
Video courtesy of Webbie Webster.
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
Oliver: Home T, Cocoa Tea & Cutty Ranks - Another One for the Road (24 November 1991)
Another track which reflects the politics and upheaval of the early 90s, Another One for the Road sees Cutty Ranks and friends encouraging their audience across the Carribean to be agents for change and to follow the examples in the U.S.S.R (collapse of communism), South Africa (dismantling of apartheid) and "England" (...er...Maggie Thatcher being deposed?)
A glorious performance, just beautiful to listen to.
Video courtesy of Various Artists
Saturday, 24 January 2015
Oliver: The Wedding Present - Felicity [Peel Session] (24 November 1991)
From the admittedly limited exposure I've had to their work, I've never been able to work out quite what The Wedding Present did to deserve their pre-eminence on Peel's playlists. To me, they sound no different from a dozen other similar sounding bands who came along in the mid 80s. I appreciate they were innovative, releasing limited edition singles for every month of 1992 which harvested a slew of top 30 hits. They clearly had a sense of humour judging by their choice of covers (Come Up and See Me [Make Me Smile], Step Into Christmas etc) and in their side projects (The Ukranians - ha bloody ha). And their decision to put a footballer on the cover of their debut album, 1987's George Best, In an era when football was a despised and frowned upon sport was slightly revolutionary for the time. But for all that, I go into this project as ambivalent about them as The Fall.
Nevertheless, when they hit the mark, they did it satisfyingly and they certainly made a strong start with this track from their first Peel session in February 1986. A turbo charged cover of Orange Juice's, Felicity, from their 1982 album, You Can't Hide Your Love Forever. The track was written by Orange Juice guitarist, James Kirk, hence David Gedge's remark about the track being "a William Shatner number". And after breaking out their best Edwyn Collins "Woah-woh" impression, they fairly tear through the song at breakneck speed but somehow through the thrash, preserving the delicious pop pedigree of the more laid back original. I'm delighted to include it here as I go into this blog, open minded and ready to be persuaded* of The Wedding Present's merits, but also because I get to eventually review You Can't Hide Your Love Forever and any chance to listen to an Orange Juice record should be taken wherever possible.
*Lest you think I have an unremitting downer on David Gedge and friends, I have Quick, Before it Melts & Careless by Cinerama on my 2002 Peel mixtapes and I love both of those tracks.
I wish this group had released a single a month for a whole calendar year..
Videos courtesy of Short and Sweet (Wedding Present) and Patrick Pierson (Orange Juice).
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Oliver: Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love; The Pogues - Streams of Whiskey (24 November 1991)
I've put these two videos together because when Peel played these tracks on 24/11/91, they were linked by a definite sense of an ending. Two apparently disparate bands had both lost their superstar frontmen - one permanently, one temporarily. One to the sadness of music fans around the world, one to the relief of his bandmates and at their choice.
Over the weekend of the 23/24 November 1991, Queen vocalist and visual focal point, Freddie Mercury publicly announced he was HIV-positive and died the day after the announcement. Peel was never a great one to run to the record library after a rock star death. He was broadcasting in 1977 when Elvis Presley died and although he acknowledged it on air, he didn't play anything in tribute. One of the first retrospective Peel shows I heard, a few years after his death, came from July 1979 and saw him play Little Feat's, Fat Man in the Bathtub, after which Peel tied himself up in knots over whether it should be considered a tribute play for the recently deceased Little Feat leader, Lowell George. And when, a year later, he found himself on Radio 4 the morning after John Lennon's assassination, he admitted to John Walters in a subsequent interview his unease at being considered a
professional friend of the dead.
But with Freddie Mercury there was no such reticence and Crazy Little Thing Called Love from 1980's The Game album was given a spin, shortly after Peel himself confirmed the news on his programme. In many ways it's just the track one might expect Peel to pick, being closer to the spirit of 50s rock'n'roll and a million miles away from the overblown but exhilarating anthems which Queen are better known for (and indeed, a re-released Bohemian Rhapsody would be the UK's Christmas Number 1 a few weeks later). However, their back catalogue makes for an intriguing aural wonder and a review of The Game will surface here in due course. Freddie was pretty much irreplaceable. Bassist, John Deacon, knew that and effectively retired from rock music, though guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor have periodically kept the flame going by working as Queen + Paul Rodgers in 2008 and just three short weeks ago, while channel hopping on New Year's Eve, I chanced upon Queen + Adam Lambert, an American Idol contestant for God's sake, giving their all on a performance of The Show Must Go On. It's easy to be cynical, so I won't. A million times this rather than May and Taylor rocking out while a holographic Freddie goes through its life cycle next to them. But no one talks about the Queen + Paul Rodgers album (maybe I will).
I may be legally bound to open any piece of writing about Shane MacGowan by marvelling that he hasn't joined Freddie at the great hooley in the sky, but he's still with us and since 2001 has been back with The Pogues. But by late '91, he was out on his ear. The heavy drinking, which is still part of the package with MacGowan so, you know, he won, combined with unreliability and a deterioration in his singing voice, which saw more members of The Pogues taking lead vocals as the records got slicker and slightly more tenuous in their connections to the "Gaelic punk folk" of their initial records, saw him sacked from the band during a tour of Japan. MacGowan himself cites the moment he fell out of a stationary train as the point of no return for his bandmates.
Being close to Christmas 1991, Peel resisted the temptation to play THAT song and instead played a
standout track from 1984's debut album, Red Roses For Me. Streams of Whiskey brings together
two of MacGowan's favourite lyrical themes: Irish literature (a dream about Brendan Behan) and drinking. I'm seriously considering having it played at my wedding in South Kerry this coming summer (assuming no one takes offence at the lyrics). The video is a good deal less slick than Queen's and while Freddie could get away with wearing some pretty outrageous clothes and showing some skin, he was trumped by MacGowan's willingness to sit around in red Y-fronts. Note too, the director's unwillingness to let the camera get too close to Shane's face lest it push the video after the watershed. But he was a handsomer divil back in 1984 to be sure.
One final detail. The Pogues replaced MacGowan with Joe Strummer, formerly of The Clash, and latterly producer of their final album with MacGowan, Hell's Ditch. You see, Brian and Roger, if you're going to build on your legacy, aim high.
Is this a tribute to Lowell George or not?
Videos courtesy of Queen Official, ThePoguesOfficial and albafinc.
Sunday, 18 January 2015
Oliver: John Peel Show - Radio 1 (Saturday November 23 1991)
The selections from this show were taken from a 55 minute mixtape recording, the final one for now which appears to be heavily skewed towards guitar music. A look at my lists for future recordings sees a lot more eclecticism coming in. 5 tracks stood out for selection of which are shared in the following posts.
Selections I would like to share but currently can't include:
Action Swingers - Cuban Bush
Stumpy Joe - Day Dreams
Full tracklisting
The show itself starts by celebrating a happy recent political event...
Selections I would like to share but currently can't include:
Action Swingers - Cuban Bush
Stumpy Joe - Day Dreams
Full tracklisting
The show itself starts by celebrating a happy recent political event...
Oliver: The Fall - Terry Waite Sez (23 November 1991)
"I made a promise to meself, a few years ago, to play that when it was appropriate" - John Peel, 23 November 1991, a few days after the release from captivity of Church of England envoy, Terry Waite.
I'm no expert but there's a definite sense of history not just repeating but curdling in the Middle East. Militant groups taking Westeners hostage is nothing new, but the difference between now and then is that when hostages were kidnapped, they really did vanish from view. There was no bargaining, no sitting in poorly recorded videos denouncing the West in front of garish pink fabrics and, happily for many of those who were taken in the 80s, no decapitations put out on to the Internet. Instead there was only snippets of news, put out to news channels indicating that the hostages were alive, but with no real movement or advancement beyond that. There were no botched rescues, no ransoms demanded and paid and for a long time no prospect of negotiation or dialogue to try and secure the release of the hostages.
It was a time when the buzzwords of Al'Qaida and Islamic State were replaced by Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad as names designed to strike fear into the Western heart. The names of the hostages, particularly the British/Irish quartet were a spectral presence as the 80s turned to the 90s. Out of sight, but not out of mind: Brian Keenan, John McCarthy, Jackie Mann and Terry Waite. Their names kept in the public eye by their most prominent supporters: Keenan by his sisters, Elaine Spence and Brenda Gillham; McCarthy by his girlfriend, Jill Morrell; Mann by his wife Sunnie, who never appeared anywhere without a pair of old lady's shades. I once heard a woman I worked with who wore those glasses being good naturedly insulted by being referred to as "Sunnie Mann". Waite had the highest profile of any of the British hostages due to his success in negotiating the releases of several hostages during 1985-86. The news would often show footage of this gentle giant of a man with thick bushy beard getting into cars in Beirut to go for clandestine meetings with the groups, leaving you to think, "Oh, do be careful." In January 1987, Waite was abducted by Islamic Jihad. It's believed they did this because he had had contact with Lt. Col Oliver North and so was in some way linked to the Irangate scandal.
It seemed all the more shocking that a man representing the church and who had gone back to Lebanon to try and demonstrate trust to the groups despite the links to North should be taken in this way. Periodically over the following years, a hostage would be released who had been held with one of the other hostages and would give news of McCarthy or Keenan, but of Waite nothing emerged until the early 90s when hostages started to be released more frequently and in greater numbers as the hostage crisis began to wind down after Shia prisoners were released by Israel mixed together with pressure from Lebanese and Syrian governments as well as the end of numerous conflicts in the region which had seen hostage taking become another strategic variation. Throughout 1990 and into 1991, hostages came home. Keenan first in August 1990 followed by McCarthy, Mann and Waite between August and November 1991.
Many of the Peel recordings from late 1991 that I've been listening to include news bulletins and included stories of the release of hostages coupled with other world changing events of the time such as the formal dissolution of the Soviet Union. It's always tempting to look back and say things were better then, but at that time, it really seemed as though they were getting better. It may have been a myth, but what we wouldn't give for a little bit of late 1991 in world politics now.
Terry Waite Sez was recorded for The Fall's 1986 album, Bend Sinister and gets in more for its link to a happy historical event than anything else. Given Peel's love for The Fall and my ambivalence to them (in my more cynical moments, I regard them as one of the biggest cons in pop music; at other times, I get it. Perhaps it was that contradiction that made Peel cherish them so much?). I'm considering upping the quota of good tunes required before I will seek down any of their albums. But as Bend Sinister contains their wonderful cover of Mr. Pharmacist, you can expect to see a review here eventually.
Videos courtesy of zobythefly (Fall) and Thames News (Waite).
Thursday, 15 January 2015
Oliver: The Clouds - Dude Electric Cell [Peel Session] (23 November 1991)
Stockport based band, The Clouds, were so pleased with how they sounded in their Peel session, they wrote to thank engineer, Dale Griffin, for his labours. The gesture was the least Griffin deserved as he made this doomy yet thrilling piece of psychedelia soar into the stratosphere. Unfortunately, the Peel session version isn't available for sharing, but the recorded version, which was the lead track on the band's second and final EP, Bingo Club's Millenium Ball can be found on Soundcloud.
Starting out of a synths and guitar opening, the song kicks off into a glorious guitar wash as it drives forward. The undermixed vocals lose their relevance amidst the attack of the music, but by keeping it simple and forceful, The Clouds make a better contribution to the mixtape than say the overplayed virtuosity of Levitation.
Starting out of a synths and guitar opening, the song kicks off into a glorious guitar wash as it drives forward. The undermixed vocals lose their relevance amidst the attack of the music, but by keeping it simple and forceful, The Clouds make a better contribution to the mixtape than say the overplayed virtuosity of Levitation.
Monday, 12 January 2015
Oliver: Orchestra Maquis Original - Ngalula (23 November 1991)
Back to Africa now and from the album, Tanzania Dance Bands Vol.2, we get to enjoy some Tanzanian rhumba. One of two tracks from an album which was played on successive nights and an album which only featured three bands on it. Presumably the other three all featured on Vol. 1.
Altogether more funkier and deep (in a sound sense) than the soukous tracks which Peel gave heavy rotation to, the heavy brass and plangent guitars soundtrack a lovely lyric which Peel had the kindness to read for us. All together now:
"Despite her problematic character, I still need her in my life. She knows me better than anybody else, understand my problems and my joy. I forgive you, Ngalula. In the end, even hot water will cool."
The art of the make-up sex song: perfected in Tanzania.
Video courtesy of Dekula2.
Friday, 9 January 2015
Oliver: John Peel Show - Radio 1 (Sunday November 17 1991)
I had 2 hours of a 3 hour show to make selections from from this show. 6 tracks would have made it on to the mixtape, 4 of which are shared below. The 2 tracks which I can't currently share on the blog are:
Whipped Cream - Whatever (Peel session)
Lethal - Techno Stylin'
I'm particularly bummed out that the Whipped Cream song is missing, because unless it's been re-recorded under a different title, I haven't found hide nor hair of it on any of their work.
I also went through a process whereby one track I was going to include, Skip Steps 1 & 3 by Superchunk, came off the list when I listened to it again. Not only that, but another Superchunk song which I'd earmarked for inclusion in the future, was taken off when I listened to it again and decided, I really didn't like Superchunk.
As you'll see, I've started on my record hunt to buy as many of the records which contain the tracks I've selected. 2 down, many thousands to go. The Howlin' Wolf Album (1969) hasn't cropped up in any of the recordings I've been listening to but I was interested to see how the tracks which he returned to in 1969, which had been originally featured on the 1962 album, turned out next to the originals. There will be similar diversions in future as you'll see when I pick up the next record in the hunt...
As it turns out, I can share the Whipped Cream and Lethal tracks, as well as much else besides. Have a listen and see what you think of Superchunk. Would you have included them?
Also, I had completely forgotten that Philip Schofield used to be on Radio 1 despite the fact that he hosted a Radio 1 Roadshow from Gyllngvase Beach, Falmouth that year. I went down but left after an hour when he promised us that one of the hip 'n' happening guests we had to look forward to was the comedian, Jethro. If you've never been to a live roadshow event, trust me you aren't missing anything. Watching a music radio show in person is, exactly as Peel said, like watching somebody typing.
Full tracklisting.
Whipped Cream - Whatever (Peel session)
Lethal - Techno Stylin'
I'm particularly bummed out that the Whipped Cream song is missing, because unless it's been re-recorded under a different title, I haven't found hide nor hair of it on any of their work.
I also went through a process whereby one track I was going to include, Skip Steps 1 & 3 by Superchunk, came off the list when I listened to it again. Not only that, but another Superchunk song which I'd earmarked for inclusion in the future, was taken off when I listened to it again and decided, I really didn't like Superchunk.
As you'll see, I've started on my record hunt to buy as many of the records which contain the tracks I've selected. 2 down, many thousands to go. The Howlin' Wolf Album (1969) hasn't cropped up in any of the recordings I've been listening to but I was interested to see how the tracks which he returned to in 1969, which had been originally featured on the 1962 album, turned out next to the originals. There will be similar diversions in future as you'll see when I pick up the next record in the hunt...
As it turns out, I can share the Whipped Cream and Lethal tracks, as well as much else besides. Have a listen and see what you think of Superchunk. Would you have included them?
Also, I had completely forgotten that Philip Schofield used to be on Radio 1 despite the fact that he hosted a Radio 1 Roadshow from Gyllngvase Beach, Falmouth that year. I went down but left after an hour when he promised us that one of the hip 'n' happening guests we had to look forward to was the comedian, Jethro. If you've never been to a live roadshow event, trust me you aren't missing anything. Watching a music radio show in person is, exactly as Peel said, like watching somebody typing.
Full tracklisting.
Oliver: Organised Konfusion - The Rough Side of Town (17 November 1991)
Melancholic nostalgia is not a phrase often associated with New York rap, but from what I've heard so far of Organised Konfusion's debut album (2 tracks played by Peel), it was a strong part of the duo's shtick. Understandably so, as here they reflect on how Southside Queens, NY has changed over the years. Now the police are never out of anything other than high speed chases when they're in the area. Women who were sweet as children become corrupted once they reach maturity. In the cut, Peel played on 17/11/91, the track is introduced by a short sketch in which a naive and uncertain young woman is persuaded to try a narcotic only for it to kill her. The am-dram radio quality of the start of this track (which isn't included on this clip) and the bogus shouts of "Yeah! Yo! Yeah!" bookend a lament about how the neighbourhood has gone to the dogs. It's great stuff, but done even better on the other Organised Konfusion track which has been saved up for the future, Who Stole My Last Piece of Chicken?
On a side issue, is there any word in the history of language that has dated worse than "yo"?
Video courtesy of toxicofera.
Thursday, 8 January 2015
Oliver: Curve - Clipped (17 November 1991)
"They seem to have been coming in for a certain amount of stick recently, I'm not sure why.", Peel remarked after playing this on 17/11/91. A throwaway remark but one which spoke of the divide that was staring to rear its head in the music media as the onset of grunge began to register bands associated with shoegaze as passé and unfashionable. By the time, I started taking a casual look at the music papers in 1994/95, grunge was getting a restrained backlash as Britpop took hold, but shoegaze hadn't been "re-assessed" and the bands of that time were either winding down or disbanding to go on and re-invent themselves in new forms while their names were held up as objects of derision. Had I been a fan of a group like Curve at the time (who carried on until 2005) I would have been very miffed about this given they had produced songs like Clipped, which showcased exactly why shoegaze deserved better than it got.
Out of the ethereal radio static, we are launched into a thunderously exciting song mixing propulsive beats with heavily riffed and distorted guitar line. The brief bridge provides a wonderfully ecstatic moment. And over it all, Toni Halliday, drawls her way like a sky goddess over the thrashing cocophany underneath her.
I seem to remember that one of the criticisms of music made by the likes of Curve was "They let the (guitar) pedals do all the work for them!" which ignores the fact that the tools only work brilliantly when the mind operating them is inspired too.
Video courtesy of Felice Scala.
Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Reflections on New Fast Automatic Daffodils - All Over My Face (1991)
Referenced via: played on 2 November 1991 - released through Play It Again Sam.
|All Over My Face (1991) - note watercast of male genitalia
Personal interest comes from the fact that All Over My Face was recorded over my father's 50th birthday weekend in August 1991. The only time he has ever had a surprise party thrown in his honour and a particularly emotional moment when he was given a present of a painting of the boat he served in during his navy service which is still hanging in my parents' house now. A thoroughly good time was had by all.
Also, kudos to whoever decided that the photo of a pool of water needed enlivening with some positively pornographic manipulation of the water. At least, I don't think that's an elephant's head on the front cover.
Mixtape selection: All Over My Face.
Discogs link: All Over My Face
Sunday, 4 January 2015
Reflections on Howlin' Wolf - Howlin' Wolf (1962) and The Howlin' Wolf Album (1969)
Referenced via: Down In The Bottom played on 2 November 1991. Original release on Chess Records. 2014 reissue on Hallmark Records.
My record collection hunt begins with two albums by one of the giants of 20th Century blues music, Chester Burnett aka Howlin' Wolf.
|Howlin' Wolf (1962) Val Doonican vibe in the cover art
Wolf began releasing records on the Chess label in 1951 and remained astonishingly productive all the way upto his death in 1976. In 1962, Chess gathered together 6 of the 7 singles that Wolf had released between 1960 and 1962 and put the A and B sides out as a compilation album which they entitled simply, Howlin' Wolf. As an arrival point for a Wolf novice, which I am, it's an ideal album to start with for him.
Given that these songs were intended for singles, they contain the essential element of economy that was such a feature of pre-House of the Rising Sun 7"s, but being rooted in the blues, there was nothing throwaway about any of these tracks, even the B-sides.
From the opening Latin blues sway of Shake for Me through to the almost showband blues of Tell Me, the listener is grasped both by Wolf's voice and Hubert Sumlin's urgent guitar lines. However, the first half of the album passes by in such a blur that only The Red Rooster really makes an impression and that's mainly down to what's missing from Wolf's version compared to the better known Rolling Stones version. I have heard a recording of Peel playing a version of this by The Jesus and Mary Chain in 1993 which makes it into a pile driving rock song, but that's for another time.
The album starts to pick up from track 6 onwards. Little Baby is a blues song which anybody can sing. I wouldn't attempt to try and sing any of the earlier cuts like Who's Been Talking, but If you put Val Doonican into the rocking chair on the front cover of the album, then Little Baby would be the tune he'd come back at you with. The ladder is pulled up again on subsequent tracks but the battle of engagement has been won and the listener can revel in Wolf doing his stuff on the likes of Spoonful, Down in The Bottom and Howlin' for my Baby. The standout track is Back Door Man, a key blues touchstone tune. Basically, every "Woke up this morning" blues song parody you've ever heard uses Back Door Man as its riff, but this tale of a man making his escape after nights spent making love to the women of the men working on the night shift is the original work. Wolf's voice on every refrain
of "I AMMMMMM... Back door man" is that mythical, much discussed "sound of the blues" and
with his voice front and centre throughout, it's pretty hard to resist.
The sound of the blues...
Unfortunately, the same can't be said for 1969's The Howlin' Wolf Album.
|The Howlin' Wolf Album (1969) - Note reverse psychology advertising strategy for cover art.
Waters's effort, Electric Mud, was released first in October 1968. The Howlin' Wolf album followed a year later. Neither man was happy with the final product, feeling that neither of them worked as blues albums or as rock albums. Chess tried to work Wolf's dis-satisfaction into the marketing of the record by telling the record buying public on the front cover that he didn't like the record they were
thinking of buying, but to basically ignore him on this. The album also includes two short spoken
word interludes where Wolf reflects on the "queer" sound of electric guitars and later states that
people don't like the blues and that the sound of today, 1968 and by extension the record he was then working on, wasn't the blues.
word interludes where Wolf reflects on the "queer" sound of electric guitars and later states that
people don't like the blues and that the sound of today, 1968 and by extension the record he was then working on, wasn't the blues.
When dealing with a good record that the artist who made it criticises, the common argument against them is that they were too close to the product to judge it. But this isn't a good record and Wolf's unhappiness was thoroughly justified here. The record's main issue is that Wolf is too often pushed into the background while wah-wahs wah, fuzz guitars scream and Morris Jennings on drums runs through his full repertoire of Keith Moon fills. There aren't enough instances where Wolf and The Rotary Connection seem in sync with each other. This leads to lapses like the ridiculously
overblown, echo laden ending of Smokestack Lightning or the interminable noodling on Moanin' at
Midnight, Wolf's first single for Chess in 1951, which sees Wolf doing his trademark howl,
ineffectually over a band that take the music nowhere. Four songs are revisited from the 1962 album (Spoonful, The Red Rooster, Down in the Bottom and Back Door Man) and get a psychedelic rock
overhaul, meaning that the best they can come away with is an honourable defeat next to the original recordings.
overblown, echo laden ending of Smokestack Lightning or the interminable noodling on Moanin' at
Midnight, Wolf's first single for Chess in 1951, which sees Wolf doing his trademark howl,
ineffectually over a band that take the music nowhere. Four songs are revisited from the 1962 album (Spoonful, The Red Rooster, Down in the Bottom and Back Door Man) and get a psychedelic rock
overhaul, meaning that the best they can come away with is an honourable defeat next to the original recordings.
Only twice does the album really hit its stride. The Rotary Connection find a lovely laid back groove on Built For Comfort and this encourages Wolf to deliver a characterful vocal. Standout track is one of Wolf's standards, Evil, which sees everyone deliver the goods. Perhaps the reason for this being that Wolf seems to take centre stage in these songs in a way which he is never given the room to in the other tracks.
Evil - the best performance on the record.
Evil - the best performance on the record.
Although, Wolf didn't enjoy himself with The Rotary Connection, he didn't turn his back on the contemporary scene altogether given that a year later he was in London working with such luminaries as Eric Clapton, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts on an LP called The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions.
Videos courtesy of Classic Mood Experience and DeepDownSound.
Videos courtesy of Classic Mood Experience and DeepDownSound.
Mixtape choices: Little Baby, Spoonful, Down in the Bottom, Back Door Man, Howlin' for my Baby (Howlin' Wolf);
Spoonful, Built For Comfort, Evil, Back Door Man (The Howlin' Wolf Album)
Spoonful, Built For Comfort, Evil, Back Door Man (The Howlin' Wolf Album)
Discogs links
Thursday, 1 January 2015
Happy New Year and a Twitter feed.
Something to celebrate the start of a new year and the blog setting up a Twitter feed. Find us @greasepaintpeel
This track is out of sync with the journey so far given that the first recording I heard Peel play it from was on January 1 2002, though it counts as I was rehearsing David Hare's play, Amy's View at the time. He played it from a CD called Blue Yule which was another CD I recommended to the Sainsbury's worker who craved some more musical variety during his festive shifts (see Henry Rollins: T'was the Night Before Christmas - 24 December 2014).
Video courtesy of Eric Cajundelyon.
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Breton Dental Studio is a Dentist facility at 2810 Garfield Road North in Traverse City, MI.


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Sorry to know that your PhD advisor is indirectly asking you to commit research fraud. As you may be aware, data fabrication is considered to be a serious offense and can attract significant penalties, including, but not limited to, journal retractions, job loss, loss of reputation, funding sanctions, etc.
We completely understand that it might be difficult for you to talk to your supervisor directly regarding this issue; however, it would be best to have a direct discussion with him before approaching other bodies. We suggest informing your thesis committee and your institute's ethics committee in writing about your unique situation. Many institutes have clear policies in place for handling scientific misconduct. To learn more about research fraud, please go through this resourceful post.
In case your institute does not have this system, it will be best for you to consult with other senior colleagues on the way forward. Given the visa-related situation, you could possibly involve your institute's international office too.


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Published at Thursday, August 16th, 2018 - 14:04:00 PM. Bedroom. By Alisz Schmitt.
People do everything they can to make their homes look their best. But many can't afford hiring an interior designer for that and try to manage the home design by themselves. And the first rule is to pick a predominant color for every room and to try to stick to it and buy all the furniture, the carpet and decorations in that particular color. If you do not do that and buy randomly colored things in your house, you will have a very colorful chaos that does not look so appealing.
Most people ruin the looks of their bedroom due to poor color combinations and most interior designers will tell you that color combination is a very important factor when it comes to bedroom furniture. When decorating the bedroom you should keep in mind the furniture colors as well as the other items in the room. This will help to bring harmony to the room.
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On Christmas day, we rejoice in the softer sides of the gospel. We remember the vulnerable baby in a manger, God incarnate, God with us. But the harder sides of the gospel are built into the story. The good news of the cross is built into the good news of the manger.
Does the cross seem like an exaggerated payment for the moral, but an appropriate payment for the vile?
When Jesus came, He shattered the standards for vile and moral. He says if we hate our brother, we've murdered him in our hearts, and if a man looks at a woman lustfully, he's committed adultery with her. Jesus speaks more sternly to the rule-following Pharisees than to the sinners. He knows even our good intentions have cracked under the weight of the fall—even our reasons for doing right are broken. Jesus tells us to love our enemies, and go two miles when we're asked to go one. He calls us evil! But He says we still know how to give good gifts to our children. Most astonishing of all, Jesus tells us to be perfect as our Father in heaven is perfect.
Jesus addressed behavior, as well as what gets tucked away in the heart. It's true, some sins have more devastating earthly consequences than others. Harboring resentment will not land you in jail. Worry, pride, and gossip may go largely unpublicized. But every sin says to God, "Not your way, but mine."
Jesus came to save us, and also to remake us. He says, "Come to Me and rest" and also, "Take up your cross and follow."
Christians are not exempt from blind spots or disobedience, though we may know how to keep up appearances in the meantime. This can make the problem seem like less of a problem.
Even our morality can be more about us and our image than about God and His glory. So those of us who are reading our Bibles, loving our husbands, serving in church, and teaching our kids the truth may be the most defensive and the least teachable. We are already seeking God, so it's hard to imagine Him calling us even closer. Why does He convict us over the "quiet" sins we commit? Why does He want to sanctify even our motives?
Jesus came to save us—every inch of us.
When the Holy Spirit convicts us, it is not condemnation! It's God's protection over us, urging us out of danger and back into fellowship with Him. Conviction shows us where we grieve Him. It comes through Scripture—the sword of the Spirit. But God also uses our husbands, fellow believers, and our children to open our eyes. We can stomp our foot and say, "QUIT BEING SO HARD ON ME!" But grace is always on the other side of humility.
Sometimes when I read advice to mothers, it sounds like it's for guilt-free moms. It's like we're all good and there's not even a category for bad. So I imagine a mom sitting in a jail cell reading the same words I'm reading. I read things like "Don't feel guilty!" and I imagine to a criminal the words must sound very empty. I don't think we would look at the drug-addicted mom behind bars and say, "Well…nobody's perfect."
"Nobody's perfect" is the mantra of modern day mothers, but we need better consolation than that. We need a meaningful word for people with actual guilt, whether it's public or private. If the hope we offer ourselves doesn't also give hope to the criminal, then it isn't hope at all. If we water down the solution, it's because we've watered down the problem.
Pastor John Piper has said, "Real guilt is radically God-centered. Satan's substitute is the bad feelings we get from a wounded ego. O yes, it is painful. That's why we think we are preaching the gospel when we try to relieve it. But it is based squarely on pride."
The gospel is not just a form of reassurance.
I started wrestling with these issues because I've carried some regrets this year, and I haven't known how to lay them down. I have grieved some of the patterns I've passed on to my children.
My kids were born with a sin nature, but I know I've helped bend that nature in a particular direction. Sometimes I hear them speak harsh or exacting words to each other, and I know where they learned the lingo. It's like a giant mirror shouting: YOU TAUGHT THEM THIS BRAND OF SIN.
I have carried these regrets because they are still being played out in front of me. The patterns don't get fixed overnight. When I hear my kids interact in a certain way, I hear my example in it.
But God is good. In His kindness, He has shown me some of the good patterns, and not just the patterns that need undoing. And in His kindness, He has led me to repentance. I have had to reevaluate my speech, as well as what goes on in my heart. Out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
As I've wrestled with guilt and regret, I've been tempted to comfort myself with comparisons. "At least I'm not like THAT mom. Look at the things I do right…"
In the book of Luke we learn about a Pharisee who stands by himself and prays, "Thank you Lord that I am not like other people." To talk like this is to lean on the wrong good news. Our hope is always in Jesus, and not in our own good works, or in a benign view of our sin. To be a Christian is to be bought with the blood of Christ and adopted into God's family. Grace upon grace! Our hope is in our relationship with God—He's a Father who disciplines us, not an employer who might fire us.
I've prayed many prayers this year for God to undo the sin patterns I see. One day I was reminded of Romans 5 which says, "WHERE SIN INCREASED, GRACE ABOUNDED ALL THE MORE." Suddenly I saw it in a whole new way—grace really is amazing! Should I go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means!
Run to the Savior. Lay down the regrets. Drape yourself over the grace, from the manger to the empty grave. Grace abounds, not just even in our sinfulness, but especially there. And lately when I see God answering my prayers and undoing some of the patterns, I can't take any credit. I know it's the grace abounding.
Lee Stewart
Lee is the wife of Josh and the mother of three. She's a pianist, a baker, a runner, and a recovering perfectionist. Motherhood, to her, often means finding beauty in the minutiae and grace in the big picture. Writing helps her find those things a little faster. Lee believes God's truth seeps into everything from the duty of a simple laundry load to the making of little disciples. She loves being a mom because it takes her through deep waters and plenty of silliness, all in a day's work.
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About the LRv2 Extension
First at all, LRv2 Extension isn't just another Extension made for FarCry Multiplayer, it is the result of years of development to improve and simplify the game, with the point making it easier for players to play the multiplayer part of FarCry.
(Since Ubisoft stopped their services for FarCry Multiplayer, LRv2 became one of the main solutions to continue playing our beloved FarCry)
Automatic map download
FarCry has arround thousands of custom maps, but the main problem is: Where to get them?
With LRv2 just join a server, and in the event you don't have the map, the server is running, then it will be downloaded and installed automatically. Once the download finished you can directly join to the server.
The multiplayer menu
The LRv2 Multiplayer menu has become efficient, different serverlists, easy to use filters, mapdownloads, server and player counters, easy server registration and possibility to connect over IP:Port adress. Some of the most important functions are:
"Map Downloads" – Buttom: Panel where you can download individual custom maps.
"LAN" – Button: That's the private network serverlist, it will detect gameservers in your private network. (Used for LAN-Party)
"Internet (LR)" – Button: Unofficial serverlist which contains playable FarCry servers where you can play on.
"Internet (UBI)" – Button: Official Ubisoft serverlist which contains playable FarCry servers where you can play on (Discontinued at September 2016).
"Server(s)" and "Player(s)" – feature: Tells you the number of servers and players which are currently online.
The "Internet (LR)" Serverlist
LRv2 provides a third Serverlist apart from the offical one, similar to the serverlist "FCMP" provided in the old times. Which allows players to play FarCry in case the official serverlist isn't working for some reason. This allows players to continue playing FarCry Multiplayer when other servers are no longer available, therefore a solution to the problem.
Multi language
FarCry has several supported languages. The main popular FarCry versions are in English.
You were required to search in the internet the right language packs to set up your FarCry and translate into your own language.
With LRv2 this is already done for you. The Community is much larger than you think, it enabled the LR team to get the Multiplayer part of the majority of languages. Many panels, including UserPanel or QuickPanel have been translated by Community players into various languages.
Now just select your language in the the "Multiplayer Language" list in the Options panel.
(LRv2 just translates the main menu and multiplayer part of FarCry, singleplayer isn't included.)
Once selected it will ask you to restart the game to apply the new settings, click "Yes" and the game will restart itself with the new language.
In-game UserPanel
Contains information about the server you are currently playing on.
Crosshair type and color list, which allows you to choose your personal crosshair.
Here you got a few examples of Crosshair Types:
and some Color examples here:
By clicking the "Votes" button, you got an improved voting panel which allows you to vote maps, restart map, vote kick players, etc.
This Admin panel might satisfy all needs of a Server Admin. It is based on the best of eXcaliTrone and Patch 1.40, it's totally new versus Patch 1.33, this makes it quite more easier to administrate a server.
Admins can can easily decide to : 1) change map 2) restart current map etc.
They are also able to punish, kick or even ban players easily. Also it makes it easy to change the mapcycle or the Server Config.
Admins can also adjust quickly the number of players or teams if they aren't balanced.
The new Login panel, makes it simple to save the login data of different servers. Just type in the RCon password and save the server data, once it's saved the server appears on the left list. If an admin needs to quickly login into the Admin panel, double click onto the server in the list. Click "Login" and choose your settings.
In previous patches you were able to disconnect from a server. However you had to search the server again to reconnect on it. Now you can easily press the "Reconnect" button to quickly fix lags or problems you had previously.
FFA / TDM Characters
Well known chraracters from ASSAULT mode have been added into the selection of FFA / TDM.
New and improved gamemodes
CTF – Capture the Flag
It's not pretty new, it existed as a FarCry Mod back in the days, and also in eXcaliTrone v3 until Patch 1.6 it was included. LRv2 also included the CTF gamemode, and improved it a bit more, few more bugs have been solved.
What is CTF and how to play?
CTF – Capture the Flag is a team based game (red and blue), both teams must steal the flag of the opposide team and bring it to they own base to point. In case they own flag has been stolen already the team must recover they own flag first before being able to point by bringen the flag of the opposide team into they base. It's quite a tactical gameplay. Many maps are available.
CAH – Capture and Hold
The CAH – Capture and Hold gamemode is quite similar to the CTF gamemode, but instead of being a team based game it's completely Free For All (FFA). Since it's very similar to the CTF gamemode and it also contains a flag which has to be grapped and hold, it had the same bugs which have been fixed the same way.
What is CTF and how to play?
Like already said it's very similar to the CTF gamemode, but instead of being a team based game it's completely free for all. There exists one single flag on the map which has to be capture by any player, he must hold it as long as possible, in case he dies he will lose the flag, and another player will grap it. There are not so many maps available for that gamemode as for CTF, but a few.
CTB – Capture the Transmission Base
It's the first gamemode based on our beloved ASSAULT gamemode. It's a very similar gameplay to assault, but a few changes make that it's more different, interesting and fun to play.
What is CTB and how to play?
It's kind of a normal ASSAULT gameplay, but instead of capturing a flagpole you capture a computer base. There are two teams (red and blue) one defending and the other one attacking:
Defender: They need to stay near to they computer base and avoid that anybody from the opposide team gets to the base to start up the data transmission, in case an attacker got there and started the transmission the defenders are required to eliminate the guilty person to stop the transmission – the guilty attacker has a skull sign over it's head to identify. However it's not so easy as it sounds since the person might be defended by it's attacker teammates.
Attacker: They need to get to the base of the opposide team and start the data transmission, once started the attacker has to stay in between a radius of a few meters, in case the attacker goes to far from the transmission computer the transmission will be interuppted, same as when he dies. His teammates must defend him and avoid that he dies. Teammates can see in they own game HUD if the medical state is critical, also if he goes too far from the base his teammates are able to see it in the HUD.
HUD and Ingame effects:
DefenderTeam-Skull Effect: If an Skull effects appears over the head of an player than this might be an Attacker, and that's also the attacker which started the transmission and has to be eliminated to stop the transmission. (Just visible for Defenders)
AttackerTeam-Medic Sign: The medic sign appears for any attacker to informe about the critical medical state of the teammate which actually started the transmission, you must increase his health or defend him better against the defender team.
AttackerTeam-Radius Sign: The radius sign means that the attacker which actually started the transmission is going out of range to the compter base, he must go back, in case he goes out more he might lose the transmission.
AttackerTeam-Special Effect: The circular effect under the attackers feet tell the attacker which started the transmission, the effect has 3 types of colors, each color also tells the medical state of the player (This effect is just visible for Attackers):
Yellow: Everything is Okay, got enough medic.
Orange: Medic went less, but still okay.
Red: Not enough medic anymore, a few more bullets and his dead.


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There are different types of report samples that are usable in various processes. More so, simple reports also vary based on the industry where they will be used and the entities who will benefit from its usage. A report template is a document that should be well-curated, comprehensive, and organized as it is the basis of different assessments and additional studies.
This post is a collection of samples of report templates that are used in different variations. Feel free to use any of the available report templates that are applicable on the purpose that you want it to serve. Other than our report template examples, you may also want to view and download our samples of Progress Report.
Since there are different kinds of reports, there are also different variables that you need to look at to assure that the report is applicable to be used by the entities who needs the details that are expected to be present in the document that you have created.
A few guidelines that you may follow in writing a comprehensive report are as follows:
Feel free to browse through and download our Treasurer Report Templates, Project Closure Report Templates, and samples of Weekly Activity Report format for additional references regarding the creation of different kinds of report documents.
Entities use reports in different ways as they would like to have a variety of benefits from using it as well. A report may be created due to the following reasons:
We can provide you with Call Report Template samples on our website for a different type of report.
A basic report, no matter where it will be used, should have the following information included in its body format:
For specific samples of report templates used in particular purposes, download our Inventory Report Templates, End of Year Report Templates, and Management Report Template samples.
It is very essential for a report to be created in an accurate manner to assure that all the results that will be presented in the document are based on reality and specific studies. The steps that you can follow in creating a report include the following:
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First things first, my full name is Matthea Daughtry but my nickname is Mattie. I am running for the Legislature in District 66 because I care about Brunswick and this incredible State that we all call home. I have deep roots in Brunswick and strong ties to this community. I was born here, raised here, schooled here, and returned from college to continue my life here. I grew up watching people around me give their time and energy to this town. It is now my turn to give back, to make a difference and to serve this community.
I have been shaped by the values, beliefs, and legacy of all those who have made our town the unique and wonderful place that it is. I was born here at Parkview Hospital and I have benefited greatly from this area. As a child, I learned to read (with the encouragement of Mrs. Fuchs) at the Curtis Memorial Library. I participated in Rec Sports, played on the Mall, in the fields and woods, swam and fished in the bays and took part in our local theater groups. I attended our local schools and my wonderful teachers at Brunswick High School helped me recognize and achieve my academic goals. With their help I was able to get scholarships and attend Smith College.
The issues that threaten our quality of life—shrinking fiscal resources, unemployment, rising health costs, the mortgage crisis, environmental challenges—require that we collaborate and work together to find solutions as opposed to the impasse that currently exists in Augusta. It is time for a return to civility. We need legislators who are able to get people to come together—across party lines—and say 'yes'.
I believe we all prosper when everyone is working, when our schools teach to every child and every child graduates. Our state will be stronger if every family has a job that pays quality wages, can afford health insurance, has access to affordable energy sources, and lives in a clean and healthy environment.
I am committed to education: the best possible investment for the future is a strong public education system. Brunswick has always been known for its excellent schools. We need to continue to excel by improving our current offerings and challenge each student to find his or her path through a variety of educational settings. I will work with the state and community to find creative solutions to maintain the full funding of our schools.
At the same time I will work to increase efficiency in government and control unnecessary spending. We need to invest in our future but we must be mindful of the expenses that we take on. In this global recession it is important to foster growth but not drive ourselves further into debt. By working together we can discover and implement the best possible strategies to fund our community while not living beyond our means.
Mainers have always been entrepreneurs: we have one of the highest small business ownership rates in the country. It is our economic engine: toiling on the clam flats, running a restaurant, landscape service, real estate office, or small local store (you get the point); this kaleidoscope of professions is our past, present and future. My family had a small business here and I grew up aware of the benefits and challenges of small business ownership. I also know first-hand the problems of finding a job at a livable wage in this economy.
After college I was blessed to find a job as a curator here in town with VSA Maine, an organization that served individuals with disabilities through the arts. Until recently, I was the communications associate for a statewide organization focused on transparency and accountability in state government. I am now a partner at Maquoit Bay Associates, a new consulting firm in Brunswick specializing in management, fundraising and social media solutions for non-profits. I also run my own local photography business and write a food blog.
But that's enough about me! My main goal is to be your ally. I want to hear what you have to say and what concerns you. You—not lobbyists, special interest groups or Super PACs—will shape my policies. That is why I am running as a Clean Elections candidate.
You will always have my ear and I will work hard for what Brunswick wants and needs. As your State Representative my door will always be open, (but please knock first). I would love to hear your thoughts. I look forward to hearing from you and meeting all of you on the campaign trail!
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Another type of candlestick reversal pattern is the two-day reversal pattern. Again, this kind of reversal signals that the general direction of the market is changing, but the change occurs over two days. These patterns appear at an extreme up or down trend in the market, so many traders watch for these patterns so that they can manage their own position in the market.
Like one-day reversal patterns, a two-day reversal pattern can be either bullish or bearish. In this section, we'll look first at bullish and then bearish reversal patterns.
The most common bullish reversal patterns are the bullish engulfing pattern and the piercing line pattern.
In contrast, the two most common bearish reversal patterns are the bearish engulfing pattern and the dark cloud cover pattern.
Again, recognizing these reversal patterns in a trend helps traders make decisions about their position and prepare for movement in the market.


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The Klamath River is very scenic and abundant with wildlife including black bears, otters, deer, eagles and other birds of prey. During the fishing season it's not uncommon to encounter one or all of these animals during your trip. The Klamath sports two separate runs of king salmon. Springer's which enter the river from mid-May through mid-July, and the fall run which begins in early August and continues through late October. These salmon average 8 to 15 pounds but can reach weights in excess of 40 pounds.
Steelhead begin showing up in the river in July and average 5 to 8 pounds with some reaching the mid-teens. There are also an abundant of 12-18 inch steelhead called half-pounders during the salmon season which can make for quite a fun filled day of fishing for beginners and seasoned anglers alike.
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The most notable characteristic of the Klamath is its variety of androgynous fish, supported by the river throughout most of their in-river life stages. These species include Chinook salmon (spring and fall runs) coho salmon, steelhead trout (summer and winter runs) coastal cutthroat trout, green and white sturgeon and Pacific lamprey. The river is also home to a genetically unique population of rainbow trout that have adapted to river's high temperatures and acidity.
Considered by ecologists to be important to the area's bio-diversity, the Southern Oregon and Northern California Coast coho are federally listed as endangered species and the Klamath River is a designated, critical habitat. This habitat also provides a home for other endangered fish including Lost River and short-nose suckers. Despite this designation, the river supports a thriving sports fishing industry as well as myriad other uses including white water rafting, birding, hiking and camping.
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18 May 2009
Last week saw the culmination of a 17-day regional course with hands-on practical training on the Yala glacier in Langtang, Nepal, on monitoring of glacier growth and retreat held from 27 April to 15 May 2009. Some 18 trainees from Nepal, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Pakistan learned how to make measurements and calculate the total mass of a glacier through lectures and practical exercises.
During the closing ceremony, the Honourable Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, Mr Ganesh Shah, handed out certificates of achievement to the tired but happy trainees, remarking "We hope that this training course will help Nepal to establish a long term monitoring scheme on at least one glacier in our country". Mr Adarsha P Pokhrel, Chair of the Nepal National Committee for UNESCO's International Hydrological Programme (IHP), added that the Mera peak glacier in the Khumbu region has been identified as a benchmark glacier for Nepal. "It is now crucial that resources can be made available to secure a monitoring scheme for Nepal with a long term vision".
The mass balance of a glacier is the net result of the amount of snow added in a season or 'income' – and the loss of snow and ice through melting – the 'expenditure'. This is the universally accepted method for monitoring changes in the volume of a glacier. If the 'income' exceeds the 'expenditure' over a number of years, the glacier will grow in volume, whereas if melting exceeds the amount of snow accumulated the glacier will shrink. Simply measuring the length is not enough as the glacier may grow thinner or thicker before the change becomes obvious.
"The current intensive discussion on impact of climate change on Himalayan glaciers and what it means for downstream water availability calls for an improved regional concerted and coordinated monitoring scheme of glaciers in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region" says Dr Mats Eriksson, senior water specialist at ICIMOD. Professor Georg Kaser, International Association of Cryospheric Sciences added that "the large amount of glaciers in the Himalayan region is not reflected in the global data set on snow and ice, and therefore measurements need to be intensified in this part of the world".
The training was organised jointly by UNESCO, ICIMOD, the Nepal National IHP Committee, the HKH-FRIEND group on snow and glaciers, and the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS).
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Early Evening Update: It snowed all day at Bolton- we got another 4″-6″…. to make a storm total of 12″. There is a lot of powder!! And it's going to be great weekend of skiing.
9am– Another Wednesday and another snow storm. The official snow total from Bolton Ski Patrol is 8″ in the last 24 hours. We are working on grooming now– Greg is using one of the 16″ alpine groomers to pack this new snow well. We will have 25km rolled today and tomorrow work on setting classic tracks. And at 8am it is 20 degrees.
In the backcountry–the skiing is back to good.


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Understanding Opportunity Costs
Opportunity costs is a term used in economics to explain that for every decision made in business (or personally) there is both an opportunity and a cost associated with that opportunity. If you have never been exposed to opportunity cost before it may not make a lot of sense, so I will summarize the concept in simple terms so you understand this very important concept.
Let's say you can only have either chicken or hamburger for dinner tonight, but not both. The opportunity to have chicken will cost you the opportunity to have hamburger. Likewise, if you choose to have hamburger, it will cost you the opportunity to have chicken. The opportunity cost analogy can be applied to every decision we make, every waking moment of our lives. When you wake up in the morning, you can choose to wear slippers or shoes but not both. If you choose shoes, it will cost you the opportunity to wear slippers and vice versa. Give this some thought and you will see that you make decisions on how to use your time and if you spend time at one task, it will cost you the time to apply to the next task and so on. The opportunity to stay awake cost you the opportunity to sleep. The opportunity to get married costs you the opportunity to be single. You get the idea. The key is to grasp the enormity of this concept in your daily life and just as importantly, how you spend time at work or in business.
You are either unemployed, employed, self employed, a business owner or an investor. And in each case there is an opportunity and an associated cost. Can you determine what the opportunities and costs are?
I am a BIG believer in getting educated and knowledgeable about a matter before leaping into any project. I am rarely impulsive because I have learned that impulsive actions have consequences that usually cost more than the opportunity to be impulsive, and this is especially true in business. In other words, the opportunity to be impulsive costs me the opportunity to be managed and controlled. However, the opportunity to be in control costs me the opportunity to be impulsive. I choose control over impulse because the probable outcome tends to be more positive rather than negative.
I come from a poor family in Detroit, Michigan and was fairly uneducated before I first started in business some 20+ years ago. I met a man named Doug Wright, a commercial attorney in Toledo Ohio. He was a professional, smooth, well spoken, articulate, tall and charismatic man who commanded whatever environment he was in. I, on the other hand, just a young guy of 25, was ignorant, naive, arrogant, and a wet behind the ears know it all. Doug saw something in my personality that inspired him to mentor me and it was the best thing that ever happened to me. Doug was able to gracefully show me how much I didn't know contrasted to his vast knowledge and experience. And being the competitive person I am, I went to the library and took out business books on marketing, sales, management, philosophy, etc. I had to get on a more level playing field with Doug who had degrees coming out his Ying Yang. I got smarter fast but I didn't have a degree to compete with Doug. So I spent thousands of dollars to get a degree in business. And I got licensed in real estate. And I was a commercial mortgage broker. And I wrote books that went national. And many more accomplishments that few people ever have a chance to obtain. All the accomplishments were achieved because I wanted to know how the world spins, what makes one business a success while another fails. But the opportunity to get all this education cost me tremendous amounts of time and money. Doug passed away last year and I lost a good friend.
But coming from a poor environment and "thinking I knew what was going on" versus actually knowing what was going on, was a vast difference in reality. I knew I could help people, like me, who wanted to know how it REALLY works in business. I knew I could help people who could not afford an education. I could give people the opportunity to get smart fast without the corresponding costs typically associated with education. So, in 1990 I started a publishing company called Smart Books Publishing and we created easy to read books covering real estate and business. The whole premise behind Smart Books was to provide a way for people of modest means to get their hands on high impact information that gave them the information they needed to succeed in business. To see the bigger picture, make better, more informed decisions based on facts rather than guesswork. I knew I could give people like me an opportunity to get educated without the cost of time and money that I had paid.
And where did this inspiration come from? I was reading an Entrepreneur magazine one day and I saw an ad for a "How to Become Commercial Loan Broker" book for $100.00. I reluctantly and skeptically paid $100.00 for the program thinking it was a scam. When I got the book, I read it thoroughly and it was jammed packed with insights on how to put together bank packages, how to fund business loans and commercial real estate mortgages, etc. That single book inspired me to try and be a commercial loan broker. As a result, I met major financial players around the U.S. including real estate developers, Investors, commercial mortgage bankers and I originated over 32 million dollars of commercial real estate for financing. None of this would have happened If I would not have invested $100.00 in that mortgage program. It was the single best educational investment I ever made. Did it have all the answers? No. But it gave me enough insight to be able to talk to the pros that mentored me in the business. And these experiences combined are what inspired me to create Smart Books. The only difference is that Smart Books products are all less than $50.00, so more people can afford the products.
And what does this have to do with opportunity cost? Here's the answer: If you lack education in business or real estate you have choices. The opportunity to get educated will cost you time, effort and maybe some money. But what is the cost of not getting educated? Not taking action on education, especially if you are thinking of starting a business, or buying a home or whatever you are thinking of has the potential for cost immeasurable.
The opportunity to click the link below will cost you the time and effort to click the link and check it out. But what's the cost of not clicking the link?
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Nov. 8, 2012
Game Notes – NCAA Tournament First Round MVSU
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Road to San Diego and the 2012 Women's College Cup begins Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. inside the Seminole Soccer Complex as top-seeded Florida State welcomes Mississippi Valley State to Tallahassee in a first round match-up of the NCAA Tournament.
Florida State (16-3-0) earned an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament after finishing the season as the regular season champs of the Atlantic Coast Conference for the second time in school history. This year's postseason berth marks the Seminoles' 13th consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
Mississippi Valley State (8-9-3) earned an automatic bid after claiming the Southwestern Athletic Conference Championship. The Devilettes are making their third appearance in the NCAA Tournament and first since 2008.
Friday's first round match marks the second time these two schools have met and the first since meeting in the opening round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament in Auburn, Ala., a game won by the Seminoles, 7-0.
In that first meeting, FSU outshot MVSU 28-0 scoring three goals in the first half and four more in the second. Six different Seminoles found the back of the net led by Sanna Talonen's two-goal effort. Tiffany McCarty was credited with the game-winner scoring in the seventh minute, while Jessica Price tallied two assists for her first career multi-assist game.
Florida State is no stranger to schools from the Southwestern Athletic Conference as the Seminoles hosted Jackson State back in September. FSU defeated JSU, 5-0 behind Kristin Grubka's career-high five-point performance (2G, 1A). Marta Bakowska-Mathews tied a single game school record by tallying three assists in the win.
Florida State returns to the NCAA Tournament for the 13th year in a row. Not too bad for a program that has been in existence for 18 seasons. The Seminoles are just one of 10 schools out of 323 playing Division I soccer that have been to 13 consecutive NCAA Tournaments. Of those 10 schools, four are from the ACC (Florida State, North Carolina, Virginia and Wake Forest).
The Seminoles are 23-1-0 at home in the NCAA Tournament outscoring the opposition 66-13. FSU had won 18 straight NCAA Tournament games inside the Seminole Soccer Complex before suffering its first home loss in the Elite Eight back in 2009. Florida State is 10-0-0 at home in 2012 and carries a 14-game home win streak into Friday's match – a streak that dates back to 2011.
Of the 25 student-athletes on the 2012 Florida State roster, 13 have prior NCAA Tournament experience playing in a combined 95 games. Together these 13 players have tallied 49 points on 18 goals and 13 assists. Redshirt senior Jessica Price leads all players with 14 points on five goals and four assists. Keeper Kelsey Wys has started the last nine postseason matches and is 7-2 with five shutouts.
Florida State sits at 34-11-2 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, good for a .745 winning percentage. It is the fourth-best winning percentage among teams that have played 10 or more games. FSU's 34 wins are the eighth most in NCAA history.
For the eighth straight season and ninth time overall, Florida State received a national seed in the NCAA Tournament. After claiming the ACC regular season championship in 2012 and advancing to the semifinals of the league tournament, the Seminoles were recognized as one of four No. 1 national seeds for the second year in a row and third time overall (2009, 2011 & 2012). The Seminoles have earned a national seed nine times in 13 all-time postseason appearances.
Live stats for Friday's match will be available via gametracker, while fans can always receive in-game updates on Twitter @FSU_Soccer. Also, do not forget to like the Seminole Soccer team on Facebook at www.facebook.com/FSUSoccer.
Tickets will go on sale beginning Tuesday, November 6 and can be purchased over the phone at 888-FSU-NOLE, in person at the Seminole Ticket Office located in side C of the University Center and online at Seminoles.com. Tickets can also be purchased at the Seminole Soccer Complex beginning at 6:00 p.m., on Friday, November 9.
Ticket Pricing
Single Game Ticket
$7 – Adults
$3 – Students & Senior citizens 50 +
$1 – Children under 5
Free – The 100 FSU students with a valid ID
Fans are encouraged to stay tuned to Seminoles.com for updates regarding the 2012 NCAA Tournament in Tallahassee.


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The gay side of the Manga, the Japanese Comics now well known and red worldwide is called Yaoi (ヤオイ) or Boys' Love (ボーイズ ラブ). The story is about two young males having a romantic relationship that could be platonic or sexual. Usually one of the character is older and more masculine than his partner, but it could be also between two young guys. Most of the time the storyline takes place in high school. The Boys' Love (BL) stories are written and red by female authors.
In this post we have included several pictures from these manga. In the next posts we will introduce the major Yaoi manga (see at the bottom of this post) . Stay tuned…
The Yaoi's Story
YAOI (Part 1) : KAZE TO KI NO UTA (風と木の詩)


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Happy Katrina Mardi Gras: Fat Tuesday costumes
My Mardi Gras started out in the Bywater where I was supposed to join up with friends to march in the Krewe of St. Anne. I never found my friends, but as is always the case on Mardi Gras, I ran into lots of other friends, had incredible, serendipitous reunions with friends and acquaintances I haven't seen in years, and even ran into friends who left town but were back in New Orleans to celebrate -- and, I made some new friends.
That's the Mardi Gras I like to celebrate -- with friends and family. Did I get drunk? No -- it's not necessary. I had a mimosa, a bloody mary, and a beer for the entire day.
There were many fewer people in the French Quarter than in years past, but it was still crowded. Some years it's impossible to even move through some streets (like Bourbon Street).
The mood was the best I've ever experienced -- everyone was remarkably friendly and conversational -- and other people I ran into made the same comment.
I only wish there were more satirical political costumes, but like me, people have probably just been too busy to get their costumes together.
Me? I wore a tyvek suit that said "Make levees! Not war!" and a blue roof which had written on one side "F: The president," and on the other side "'Whatever the cost': 1) Full compensation to all owners and tenants for damages. 2) Coastal restoration now. 3) Cat 5 storm protection now." I didn't get a photo of my costume, so if anyone out there got one, I'd appreciate if you'd send it to me.
My initial idea was to wear a bead-throwing penis, wear a prison-striped tyvek suit, and wear a sign that said "Blow to impeach." Well, after three iterations of the penis cannon, I could only get the smallest beads launched about ten feet on a good attempt, so I gave up the idea. Later, I found a bubble gun and thought that would have been even cuter, but the damn thing didn't work. Then I considered that if one of those national cameras caught my costume, I'd much rather they broadcast the message about what New Orleanians are demanding from Washington, than that I be able to launch beads or bubbles from a penis cannon.
Happy Katrina Mardi Gras!
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The Internet. Lap tops. Smartphones. Tablets. These have changed the face of the media landscape, and really the world, in just a few spins of the globe. They have lowered the barriers of entry, made creating content and distributing it easier, made it possible to target consumers on a one-on-one basis, opened the world's eyes … Continue reading