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Bill Cosby called on Howard University to support former co-star Phylicia Rashad's freedom of speech after she expressed support for him when his sexual assault conviction was overturned.
In a statement, Cosby also lashed out at the media, comparing journalists to the rioters who stormed the Capitol in January.
"Howard University you must support ones Freedom of Speech (Ms. Rashad), which is taught or suppose to be taught everyday at that renowned law school, which resides on your campus," Cosby said in a statement provided to NPR by his spokesman Andrew Wyatt.
"This mainstream media has become the Insurrectionists, who stormed the Capitol," Cosby continued in his statement. "Those same Media Insurrectionists are trying to demolish the Constitution of these United State of America on this Independence Day."
Cosby concluded by saying, "WE THE PEOPLE STAND IN SUPPORT OF MS. PHYLICIA RASHAD" in all caps.
Cosby's support of Rashad comes after the actress, who played his TV wife in The Cosby Show, defended the comedian in a tweet. Cosby was released from prison last week when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated his sexual assault conviction on the grounds that his due process rights were violated.
"FINALLY!!!! A terrible wrong is being righted- a miscarriage of justice is corrected!" Rashad said last week.
The tweet has since been removed and Rashad later backpedaled, writing that she "fully support survivors of sexual assault coming forward." She also sent a letter of apology to Howard students
Many Howard alumni had expressed disappointment at the remarks. Howard University responded with its own tweet, stating that Dean Rashad's "initial tweet lacked sensitivity towards survivors of sexual assault."
Rashad was recently named Dean of Howard University's Chadwick Boseman College of Fine Arts.
Rashad, an acclaimed stage and screen artist, graduated from Howard magna cum laude in 1970 with a bachelor's in fine arts. She returned as a guest lecturer and adjunct faculty member.
In a statement announcing her appointment in May, Provost Anthony K. Wutoh said Rashad's "passion for the arts and student success makes her a perfect fit for this role."
One of the students Rashad mentored at Howard was the late actor Chadwick Boseman, for whom the school's College of Fine Arts is named.
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It's easy to know where presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama stand on ever-hot topics, like the war or abortion. But what about various areas of scientific interest? Science Debate 2008 has made it their focus to clarify each candidate's stance on issues like genetics research, energy and space. The full text is available at that link, but for those who enjoy abridged versions, the New York Times did a nice job of cutting the big block of text into bite-sized pieces.
The NYT points out that both candidates agree that global warming exists, though McCain would like to see carbon emissions drop by 60% while Obama aims for 80%. Similarly, both agree that genetics research is promising but frightening in its implications, assuring to fight workplace discrimination based upon one's genetic code and continue the genetic modification of crops.
The biggest difference I noted was McCain's interest in space. It's one of the few responses where McCain's opinion is lengthier and more policy specific than Obama's, assuring continued NASA funding and naming space exploration as a "top priority" while citing project goals like shortening space shuttle redesign turnaround. Obama feels it's more important to delegate the responsibility/policy, opting to reinstate a White House Space Council.
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ALTENMARKT-ZAUCHENSEE, Austria – Less than five weeks before the Sochi Olympics downhill, the U.S. women's Alpine ski team is still trying to click into gear.
Going into Saturday's World Cup race in Austria, the team is looking for its first top-10 result of the season in downhill – a sharp contrast to last year, when six American speed skiers reached the podium at least once.
"Last year, they pushed themselves to a different level," coach Alex Hoedlmoser said. "This year we are not there yet but we know why we are not there yet. We targeted those areas and it is going to be better."
Results, however, won't easily improve without Lindsey Vonn, who has curtailed her brief season to undergo surgery again on her injured right knee and will miss the Olympics.
A five-time World Cup downhill champion and 2010 Olympic gold medalist, Vonn has been the standout performer of the team for a long time.
Julia Mancuso, runner-up to her teammate in the downhill at the Vancouver Games, said they're missing Vonn not just for her results but also for inspiration.
"Lindsey is so consistent," Mancuso said. "So knowing that someone from the U.S. team will always be good, helps the team. … Having a good, positive environment, people winning, it all helps the team spirit. I am sure we are missing that a little."
Struggling with the aftermath of two torn ligaments, Vonn started in just four of the seven World Cup speed races before being forced to sit out the rest of the season.
Still, her best results – 11th in downhill and fifth in super-G, both in Lake Louise – are unmatched by any of her teammates.
Leanne Smith finished sixth in the same super-G but no American was a threat to the winner in any race.
Stacey Cook's best result in downhill this season is 12th, for Smith it's 14th, for Mancuso 20th and for Laurenne Ross 22nd.
Coming back from a shattered right leg, Alice McKennis came 43rd in Val d'Isere. Like Vonn, she is going to miss the Olympics.
"She had such a tough injury last year, she is not going to be ready," said Hoedlmoser, adding that McKennis won't race in Austria this weekend either.
Still, Hoedlmoser is confident that results will improve soon.
"We have still some girls that can be on the podium," he said. "We prepare them like we would have prepared if Lindsey would have been around. So there is not really any changes. … We have still a strong team and we get them as ready as possible."
Asked about the reasons for his team being collectively out-of-form, Hoedlmoser said, without elaborating, "there has been some internal stuff that we know that happened and that we don't really want to present to everybody."
According to Mancuso, "it's really hard to explain" what the team has been going through.
"Everyone has been skiing really well, it's just a matter of doing it in the races," Mancuso said. "It's really something that is hard to put your finger on. Sometimes when you get off track, it's hard to get back on."
Despite Vonn's and McKennis' injuries, the team spirit has been as good as last season, Cook said.
"As a team we are the same, win or lose, and that's something that has helped us get better and better," Cook said. "We kind of keep our own mindset in our own little group, it's pretty positive and fun and the results will come."
Cook, runner-up to Vonn in two consecutive downhills last season, said the impact of the champion's absence shouldn't be overrated.
"We miss her, we wish her well, but it's also a part of the sport," Cook said. "Everyone has gone through (injuries)."
Even if the results don't reflect it, Cook feels her skiing has improved. For her, it's not just about winning.
"I am old enough that I can look at smaller things than just results," Cook said. "There has just been a few races that it hasn't come together but I am so confident in the way I am skiing. My super-G is better than it ever has been. There is a lot of positives and you want them to come together at the right time."
With the Feb. 12 downhill and Feb. 15 super-G in Sochi looming, Hoedlmoser avoids panicking.
"They are skiing well," he said. "Now it's just time to punch in some results, to get some confidence back, dial in the equipment, do the last pieces in that direction. I think we're all going to be OK."
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Rate of severe reactions higher than thought in young children with food allergies
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- June 25, 2012
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- NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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- Young children with allergies to milk and egg experience reactions to these and other foods more often than researchers had expected, a study reports. The study also found that severe and potentially life-threatening reactions in a significant number of these children occur and that some caregivers are hesitant to give such children epinephrine, a medication that reverses the symptoms of such reactions and can save lives.
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Young children with allergies to milk and egg experience reactions to these and other foods more often than researchers had expected, a study reports. The study also found that severe and potentially life-threatening reactions in a significant number of these children occur and that some caregivers are hesitant to give such children epinephrine, a medication that reverses the symptoms of such reactions and can save lives.
"This study reinforces the importance of doctors, parents and other caregivers working together to be even more vigilant in managing food allergy in children," said Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health.
The study results appear online in the June 25 issue of Pediatrics and are the latest findings from the Consortium of Food Allergy Research (CoFAR), a network established by NIAID to conduct clinical trials, observational studies and basic research to better understand and treat food allergy.
The research is part of an ongoing CoFAR observational study that enrolled 512 infants aged 3 to 15 months who at study entry were allergic to milk or egg, or who were likely to be allergic, based on a positive skin test and the presence of moderate-to-severe eczema, a chronic skin condition. The investigators are carefully following these children to see whether their allergies resolve or if new allergies, particularly peanut allergy, develop. The study is ongoing at research hospitals in Baltimore; Denver; Durham, N.C.; Little Rock, Ark.; and New York City.
CoFAR investigators advised parents and caregivers to avoid giving their children foods that could cause an allergic reaction. Study participants also received an emergency action plan, describing the symptoms of a severe allergic reaction to food and what to do if a child has one, along with a prescription and instructions on how to give epinephrine if a severe reaction occurred.
Data compiled from patient questionnaires and clinic visits over three years showed that 72 percent of the children had a food-allergic reaction, and that 53 percent of the children had more than one reaction, with the majority of reactions being to milk, egg or peanut. This translated into a rate of nearly 1 food-allergic reaction per child per year. Approximately 11 percent of the reactions were classified as severe and included symptoms such as swelling in the throat, difficulty breathing, a sudden drop in blood pressure, dizziness or fainting. Almost all of the severe reactions were caused by ingestion of the allergen rather than inhalation or skin contact.
In only 30 percent of the severe reactions did caregivers administer epinephrine, a drug that alleviates the symptoms of severe reactions by increasing heart rate, constricting blood vessels and opening the airways. Investigators found that caregivers did not give children epinephrine for a number of reasons: the drug was not available, they were too afraid to administer it, they did not recognize the symptoms as those of an allergic reaction, or they did not recognize the reaction as severe.
"This study documenting the natural history of allergic reactions to three of the major food allergens in pre-school children provides important new information for parents, caregivers and health care workers because of the large number of children involved and the rigorous follow-up," said Daniel Rotrosen, M.D., director of the NIAID Division of Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation, which oversees CoFAR. "The findings not only reveal that food-allergic reactions occur at a much higher rate in young children than we thought, they also suggest that more vigilance and increased use of epinephrine is needed."
Almost 90 percent of allergic reactions to egg, milk or peanut occurred after a child accidentally ate the food. The reasons for the accidental exposures included caregivers misreading food labels, not checking a food for an allergen, and unintentionally allowing a food allergen to come into contact with other foods (cross-contamination).
The study also found that approximately 11 percent of allergic reactions to egg, milk or peanut occurred after a caregiver -- most often a parent -- provided a child the allergenic food intentionally.
"Intentional exposures to allergenic food are typically reported in teenagers, who tend to take more risks or who might be embarrassed about their food allergy," says David Fleischer, M.D., the lead study author. "What is troubling is that in this study we found that a significant number of young children received allergenic foods from parents who were aware of the allergy."
CoFAR investigators are exploring possible reasons for these intentional exposures, but they speculate that it could reflect parents' at-home tests to determine if children have outgrown the food allergy. Because giving children allergenic foods could possibly result in life-threatening reactions, such testing should only be conducted under the direct supervision of a health care professional trained in performing food challenges. The study findings reinforce the importance of caregivers working closely with their doctors to understand how to effectively manage a child's food allergy.
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- Fleischer DM et al. Allergic reactions to foods in preschool children enrolled in a prospective observational food allergy study. Pediatrics, 2012; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-1746
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Pretenders | |
The Pretenders perform in Dubai, February 2007 | |
Background information | |
Origin | Hereford, England |
Genres | Rock, punk rock, new wave |
Years active | 1978–present |
Labels | Sire, Warner Bros. |
Associated acts | The Smiths |
Members | Chrissie Hynde Martin Chambers Nick Wilkinson James Walbourne Eric Heywood |
Past members | James Honeyman-Scott Pete Farndon Robbie McIntosh Malcolm Foster Blair Cunningham T.M. Stevens Johnny Marr Adam Seymour Andy Rourke Andy Hobson |
The Pretenders is an English-American rock band formed in Hereford, England, in March 1978. The original band consisted of initiator and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), Pete Farndon (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Martin Chambers (drums, backing vocals, percussion). Following the drug-related deaths of Honeyman-Scott and Farndon, the band has experienced numerous subsequent personnel changes, with Hynde as the only consistent member, and Chambers returning after an absence of several years.
Hynde launched a solo career in 2014, and the Pretenders have not played since 2012. However, on September 6, 2016 it was announced that the Pretenders would tour with Stevie Nicks on a 27-city tour for the last three months of 2016.[1]
Early years[]
Hynde, originally from Akron, Ohio, moved to London in 1973, working at the weekly music paper NME[2] and at Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood's clothes store. She was involved with early versions of the Clash and the Damned and played in short-lived bands such as Masters of the Backside (1976) and the Moors Murderers (1978 lineup).[3] The Pretenders formed in 1978 after Dave Hill at Anchor Records heard some demos of Hynde's music. He arranged a rehearsal studio in Denmark Street, where a 3-piece band consisting of Hynde, Mal Hart on bass (he had played with Hynde and Steve Strange in the Moors Murderers), and Phil Taylor[4] of Motörhead on drums played a selection of Hynde's original songs. Dave Hill was impressed and arranged a day at Studio 51 to record another demo. Although it was rough, he felt he had seen and heard enough "star potential" to suggest that Hynde form a more permanent band to record for his new label, Real Records.[2] Hynde then formed a band composed of Pete Farndon on bass, James Honeyman-Scott on guitar, and Gerry Mcilduff replacing Jon Adkin on drums. This band, then without a name, recorded five tracks at Regents Park Studio in July 1978, including "Stop Your Sobbing". Shortly thereafter Gerry Mcilduff was replaced on drums by Martin Chambers and Hynde named the band "The Pretenders" after the Platters song "The Great Pretender"[5] which was the favourite song of one of her former boyfriends.[6]
Original band (1978–1982)[]
The band's first single, a cover of the Kinks song "Stop Your Sobbing" (produced by Nick Lowe and recorded at the July Regents Park sessions) was released in January 1979 and gained critical attention.[2] It was followed in June with "Kid", and then in January 1980 the band got to No. 1 in the UK with "Brass in Pocket", which was also successful in the US, reaching No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]
Their self-titled debut album was released at the end of December 1979 and was a success in the United Kingdom and the United States both critically and commercially.[2] (Pretenders was subsequently named one of the best albums of all time by VH1, No. 52, and Rolling Stone, No. 155.) The band played at the Heatwave festival during August 1980 near Toronto.
During March 1981, the EP Extended Play was released, containing the UK and US success "Message of Love" and "Talk of the Town", "Porcelain", "Cuban Slide" and a live version of "Precious", recorded in Central Park.
The second full-length album, Pretenders II, was released during August 1981. Pretenders II included the Extended Play singles, the MTV video success "Day After Day", and popular album-radio tracks "The Adultress", "Birds of Paradise", "Bad Boys Get Spanked", and "The English Roses".[2]
On 18 September 1981 the Pretenders were the musical guest on the US late night sketch comedy show Fridays. The band performed "The Adulteress", "Message of Love" and "Louie, Louie". Andy Kaufman was the guest host of the programme on that night.[7]
Farndon's drug abuse escalated and he was fired after a meeting between Hynde, Honeyman-Scott and Chambers, on 14 June 1982. Two days later, on 16 June 1982, James Honeyman-Scott died of heart failure as a result of cocaine intolerance. Farndon was in the midst of forming a new band with former Clash drummer Topper Headon (who was also a heroin addict and left the band, unable to cope), when he was found dead on 14 April 1983 by his wife. After taking heroin and passing out, Farndon drowned in his bathtub, leaving the Pretenders with two living members.[2]
Re-grouping (1983–1987)[]
Hynde continued with the band. During July 1982, just weeks after Honeyman-Scott's death, a caretaker team of Hynde, Chambers, Rockpile guitarist Billy Bremner and Big Country bassist Tony Butler was assembled to record the single "Back on the Chain Gang".[2] The song was released in October and became their biggest success in the US, staying at No. 5 for three consecutive weeks. The single's B-side, "My City Was Gone" is now the theme music for The Rush Limbaugh Show.
Hynde then set up a more permanent lineup for the band, keeping Chambers and adding Robbie McIntosh on guitar and Malcolm Foster on bass. "Middle of the Road" was this line-up's first single, released in the US in November 1983 and reaching the Top 20 there. The US B-side, "2000 Miles", was released as a single in the UK. The third Pretenders album Learning to Crawl (featuring the new lineup with Foster and McIntosh) was released in January 1984.[2] As well as the three recent singles, the album included a cover version of the Persuaders' "Thin Line Between Love and Hate", which featured Paul Carrack on keyboards. For the next bout of touring, Rupert Black joined the live band on keyboards.
In 1985, the band (including Black) played at Live Aid[2] but further upheavals were to come. Soon after recording sessions for the next album began and one track had been completed, Hynde declared that Chambers was no longer playing well and dismissed him. Discouraged at the loss of his bandmate, Foster quit ("My whole argument was that Martin Chambers was the rhythm section of the Pretenders and it didn't really matter who was playing bass. So I just said I didn't want to be involved any more."[8]) Hynde and McIntosh recorded the rest of the album in various sessions in New York and Stockholm with assorted session musicians including Carlos Alomar, Bernie Worrell (P-Funk) and sometime Eurythmics bassist Chucho Merchan. Towards the end of the sessions, Hynde hired two of the guest players - bassist T.M. Stevens and ex-Haircut One Hundred drummer Blair Cunningham - as the new Pretenders rhythm section. The Get Close album was released in 1986; the disc included the Top 10 singles "Don't Get Me Wrong" (helped by a popular video homage to the television series The Avengers) and "Hymn to Her" a No. 8 success in the UK.[2] In the US, both "Don't Get Me Wrong" and "My Baby" reached #1 on Billboards Mainstream Rock chart.[9] Two new non-album songs, "If There Was a Man" and "Where Has Everybody Gone?" were released on the soundtrack of the Bond film The Living Daylights and were used instrumentally by John Barry in several scenes.
For the Get Close tour, Bernie Worrell was added to the live lineup on keyboards, meaning that the band now featured three African-American musicians with a strong background in rhythm-and-blues, funk and soul. To Hynde's dismay this drastically altered the band's sound from its New Wave rock roots, and she realised that she was now fronting a new band that was "not Pretenders". Part way into the tour, she took drastic action: Stevens and Worrell were both sacked, Malcolm Foster was reinstated on bass, and Rupert Black returned on keyboards.
Following the end of the Get Close tour in 1987, McIntosh quit the Pretenders and was replaced by former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, who played live with the band on a tour and appeared on the single "Windows of the World" b/w "1969".[2] After arguments with Hynde, Marr also quit (moving on to The The). Exhausted by the upheavals of recent years, the band went into hiatus. Foster would go on to join Simple Minds while Cunningham returned to session work and Hynde took a three-year break from music. Later in 1987, the compilation "Pretenders - The Singles" was released featuring all fifteen UK and US singles from the last ten years and even Chrissie Hynde's duet with UB40 on the cover of Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe."
In 1990 Hynde hired session players (including one-time Pretenders Bremner and Cunningham and bassist John Mckenzie) and recorded a new Pretenders album, Packed! Hynde was the only person pictured anywhere on the album, and was the only official member of the band.[2] In Canada, the lead single "Never Do That" was a Top 40 success, peaking at No. 26 but it fared less well elsewhere.
By 1993, Hynde had teamed with ex-Katydids guitarist Adam Seymour to form a new version of Pretenders. The team of Hynde and Seymour then hired a number of session musicians to record Last of the Independents that year, including ex-Smiths bassist Andy Rourke, ex-Primitives bassist Andy Hobson, and drummer/writer/producer James "Fred" Hood, formerly with The Impossible Dreamers and Moodswings. But by the end of the album sessions (and for the subsequent tour) the official band line-up was Hynde, Seymour, Hobson, and returning drummer Martin Chambers.[2]
This line-up endured for over a decade with no changes. Several recordings as Pretenders occurred during 1993, including a cover version of Jimi Hendrix's "Bold As Love" for the tribute album Stone Free, and a cover of 10cc's "I'm Not In Love" for the film, Indecent Proposal.
When Last of the Independents was released in 1994, it rated gold in the US. Lead single "Night In My Veins" was a minor success in the US, a mid-chart success in the UK, and a top 10 success in Canada. The second single was the album's centrepiece ballad "I'll Stand by You"; this track received substantial airplay, and was a top 10 success in the UK, and top 20 in the US (No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100) and in Canada.[2] Hynde wrote a good portion of the album with the team of Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly. Subsequently, the band toured in small venues around the US, sometimes including a string quartet. Some of these arrangements are preserved on the 1995 The Isle of View live album and DVD, made at London's Jacob Street Studios. Damon Albarn played piano on the recording, which also featured the Duke String Quartet.
During 1997, Pretenders supplied two tracks for the soundtrack of the Ridley Scott film G. I. Jane: "Goodbye" and "The Homecoming".
Over the course of the decade, Hynde became increasingly concerned with political activism, vocally supporting the environmental movement and vegetarianism.[2] Viva el Amor was released during 1999, as was their collaboration with Tom Jones on the album Reload.
Pretenders joined with Emmylou Harris on Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons, performing the song "She". A Greatest Hits compilation followed in 2000. During 2002 Loose Screw was released by Artemis Records. It was the first Pretenders record to be released by a company other than WEA. Rolling Stone noted its "refinement, stylish melodies and vocal fireworks," while Blender called it "slick, snarky pop with flashes of brilliance".[10]
During March 2005, the Pretenders were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Only Hynde and Chambers attended the ceremony, but were joined onstage by then current members Adam Seymour and Andy Dobson to perform "Precious" and "Message of Love." During her acceptance speech, Hynde named and thanked all the replacement members of the group, then said:
"I know that the Pretenders have looked like a tribute band for the last 20 years. ... And we're paying tribute to James Honeyman-Scott and Pete Farndon, without whom we wouldn't be here. And on the other hand, without us, they might have been here, but that's the way it works in rock 'n' roll."[11]
After their Hall of Fame induction, Pretenders continued touring as a four-part team (Hynde, Seymour, Hobson and Chambers). During 2005, bassist Hobson left and was replaced by Nick Wilkinson, marking the band's first line-up change in thirteen years. That same year, Rhino Records released the four disc and DVD box set Pirate Radio 1979-2005 which spanned the group's entire career. Two disc remastered versions of the first two albums also came out that year with bonus tracks. During 2007, Rhino remastered both Learning To Crawl and Get Close once again with bonus tracks. Not long after, guitarist Seymour left and was replaced by James Walbourne.
Pretenders' album Break Up the Concrete was released through Shangri-La Music on 7 October 2008. It was the band's first Top 40 album in the US in twenty two years, and its last to date. Tracks include "Boots of Chinese Plastic", "Don't Cut Your Hair", "Love's a Mystery", "The Last Ride" and "Almost Perfect".[12] With Hynde was the guitarist James Walbourne, pedal steel player Eric Heywood, bassist Nick Wilkinson and drummer Jim Keltner (on the album only). Chambers returned to the drums on tour with the band. Several one-off shows were performed during the closing months of 2008, including a couple of Christmas charity shows. The 'Break Up The Concrete Tour' began in mid-January and covered most of the United States, with shows until the end of March. It then continued in Europe, with gigs in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Belgium and the UK during June and July, before returning for a new tour in Canada and the US during August and September 2009. A show from the tour, filmed at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London on 15 July 2009, was released on CD with bonus DVD / Blu-ray on 9 February 2010, titled Pretenders: Live in London. Another tour was announced in May, a double headlining tour in New Zealand and Australia with Blondie for a few capital city and winery shows.
On 5 February 2011, Hynde and the Pretenders performed live on CMT Crossroads CMT Crossroads with Faith Hill and her band, including songs from both catalogs.
In September 2012, the Pretenders re-grouped (Hynde, Chambers, Heywood, Walbourne, Wilkinson) as part of the entertainment line-up for the 2012 Singapore Grand Prix.[13] The Pretenders have not played live since 2012. Hynde issued her first solo album Stockholm in 2014.
On September 6, 2016 Stevie Nicks announced that the Pretenders would tour with her on a 27 city tour for the last three months of 2016.[1] On the following day, the Pretenders announced the release of their new album, Alone, to be released on October 21, 2016. The Pretenders will be performing at Austin City Limits Live, the Moody Theatre on October 31st 2016.
- Pretenders (1980)
- Pretenders II (1981)
- Learning to Crawl (1984)
- Get Close (1986)
- Packed! (1990)
- Last of the Independents (1994)
- The Isle of View (1995)
- Viva el Amor (1999)
- Loose Screw (2002)
- Break Up the Concrete (2008)
- Alone (2016)
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lyndsey Havens (6 September 2016). "Stevie Nicks Announces Joint Tour with The Pretenders". Billboard. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 767–769. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
- ↑ Peter Buckley, The Rough Guide to Rock, page 813. Rough Guides, 2003, ISBN 1-84353-105-4. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
- ↑ Miles,The Pretenders by Miles, page 20. Omnibus Press,1980, ISBN 0-86001-802-4.
- ↑ Deanna R. Adams, Rock 'n' roll and the Cleveland connection, page 396. Kent State University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-87338-691-4. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
- ↑ Hynde, Chrissie (2015). Reckless. Ebury Press. p. 242. ISBN 9781785031441.
- ↑ "Superfan Tig Notaro Interviews Chrissie Hynde About Her 'F--- Off' Attitude, Aging and Regret: Exclusive". Billboard.com. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ↑ 'Come a Long Way' – interview with Malcolm Foster by Michael Leonard - Guitarist magazine, September 1990
- ↑ "Pretender to the Throne". Billboard Magazine. 29 May 2004. p. 65. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ↑ "Critic Reviews for Loose Screw". Metacritic. 12 November 2002. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
- ↑ "Neil Young News: Pretenders Inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Neil Young". Thrasherswheat.org. 15 March 2005. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
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- ↑ "2014 Off Track Entertainment highlights". Singaporegp.sg. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
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A request to all PSK contest operator. Would you be so kind as to remember that the QRG of 14.076 is the only spot frequency on the 14 Mhz band which is used by JT65 operators. During the recent (May 2012) PSK contest it was totally unusable due to PSK interference. JT65 is a VERY low power mode and frequently cannot be heard by the human ear, so not hearing anything does NOT mean the QRG is vacant. I hope the users of other digital modes (e.g. RTTY) are also aware of this. Enjoy your contests but please be aware. |


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Our members love the beautiful setting of Kew CC. You can too.
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What better way to end the year than with a nice farm machinery auction! Olson Land & Livestock has been a farming & ranching mainstay for decades in southern Brule and northern Charles Mix counties of South Dakota! Glenn Olson loved working in the shop and could engineer just about anything. This auction represents a change in the operation's business structure and an opportunity to add some good quality equipment to your farm or ranch operation. Remember...Only at Auction!
Inspect the items on your own. If you'd like an item started, please call to make arrangements for someone to meet you there.
NOTE: Auction loadout/checkout is December 20 & 21 from 8 am to 5 pm both days. Loading equipment and assistance is available these dates only, after that, purchasers will be responsible for loading their own items.
We are please to be in association with Wieman Land & Auction, Marion, SD on this auction. With questions, Feel free to contact Chisum Peterson, 605-730-4214, Kevin Wieman, 605-660-1587 or Mike Wieman, 605-351-0905 with any questions.
Directions: From Hwy 44/45 junction in Platte, SD go 10 miles west on SD Hwy 44, then go 9 miles north on SD Hwy 50. Turn west onto 269th St (gravel) and go seven miles.
From Pukwana, SD I-90 Exit 272. 18 miles South on SD Hwy 50 (the highway turns east the last mile). Turn south onto 351st Ave (gravel) and 1 mile. Turn west onto 269th St and go 3.5 miles west to the farm.
This is an online auction with bidding only taking place at www.PLAbid.com. No onsite bidding is available. If you need bidding assistance please contact Peterson Land & Auction.
Terms & Conditions:
This is an ONLINE ONLY internet auction for the sale of items owned by Olson Land & Livestock, Platte, SD. All items sold "AS-IS" without warranty or guarantee of any kind. Please inspect photos and attend inspection date. For questions contact Peterson Land & Auction LLC 605-234-4214.
Preview and Removal Location: 34761 269th St, Platte, South Dakota 57369. Item preview on your own at the Olson farm address. See tab for Removal dates & times.
Buyers Premium: 5% (Five Percent) $1000 maximum per item
Payment: Winning bids will be paid by cash, check, wire transfer within 48 hours of auction close. Credit Cards are accepted with an additional 3.5% convenience fee. Any invoices (under $1000) not settled for by December 27, 2023 at 5 pm will be automatically charged to the credit card used at registration unless prior arrangements are made.
Shipping: NO SHIPPING. All items are PICK UP ONLY at the respective item location(s).
Peterson Land & Auction LLC ONLINE AUCTIONS Feature "A MAX BID" Option as well as a "SOFT CLOSE".
"A MAX BID" may be placed on any item and the computer will bid on your behalf, thus eliminating the need to continually watch your bids. This option is highly recommended so you do not miss out on an item you are bidding on. In the event you do not use the MAX BID feature and you are out bid you will be notified via e-mail or text that you have been outbid and will have the opportunity to raise your bid.
"THE SOFT CLOSE" feature means any bid received in the final minutes of the auction will automatically extend bidding on that particular item or lot by 60 seconds to allow another bidder the opportunity to raise their bid.
GENERAL TERMS: The auction will be conducted by Peterson Land & Auction LLC on behalf of the owners of the property, referred to as the Seller. Auctioneer is not responsible for the acts or representations of Seller. The auction shall be governed by the terms set forth herein (the agreement), and any additional terms and conditions that are posted concerning the specific property. The Agreement constitutes a valid, binding contract between individuals participating in the auction with the intent to purchase property, referred to as the Bidder or Buyer, and Seller/Auctioneer. The term Bidder or Buyer shall include, but not limited to, the individual or the company represented by the individual and any and all of its agents, employees, representatives, officers, and directors. Auctioneer is not responsible for statements made by the Bidder, Buyer, or other parties. Auctioneer reserves the right to periodically change the terms and conditions of the Agreement, which shall be effective immediately upon posting. It is the Bidders responsibility to review any and all changes made to these terms and conditions prior to bidding on property. The act of submitting a bid shall constitute Bidder acceptance of each and every term and condition contained herein, any additional terms and conditions posted with the property, and any changes made within the full agreement. All persons attending, inspecting or removing property, assume all risks whatsoever of damage or loss to person and property and specifically release the Auctioneer from all liability. Auctioneer is not liable by reason of any defect in, or condition of, the property or the premises on which the preview/sale is held. Auctioneer is released for any claims to actual damage to the property sold and/or consequential damages that may result from the sale of defective property.
DISCLOSURES/NO WARRANTY: There is no warranty offered, expressed or implied, by Peterson Land & Auction LLC or Sellers for any property. All property is sold AS-IS, WHERE-IS, and with all faults and defects therein. All information provided is believed to be correct but NO warranty as such is either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Bidder is solely responsible to determine condition, age, authenticity, value or any other determinative factor. Bidder inspection of the property prior to submitting a bid is strongly recommended. ALL SALES ARE FINAL!!
Auctioneer reserves the right to add or withdraw property from the auction, and/or regroup items. Auctioneer reserves the right to sell property absolute or with reserve, at Sellers discretion. The Seller DOES have the right to make the final bid and the Auctioneer DOES have the right to bid on behalf of the Seller. The auctioneer reserves the right to open the bid as the result of a tie bid or discrepancies in the bid.
Buyer assumes full responsibility of property at time of purchase, and all risk of loss and damage to property. All titles will be assigned to registered buyer unless notification is received by auctioneer at the end of auction. NO TITLES WILL BE ISSUED UNLESS COMPLETELY FILLED OUT.
BIDDER REGISTRATION: Bidder must be 18 years of age or older, and are required to register for the auction. In registration, Bidder must submit information found to be current, complete, and accurate for proper identification. Auctioneer does not sell or rent this information. Auctioneer uses email mailing lists to notify customers about online and live auctions. Customers who do not wish to be notified should contact the office of the Auctioneer and request removal from the email mailing list. Bidder is responsible for security of his/her bidding number/user name and password, and any and all bids placed under the assigned number/ID. Auctioneer should be notified immediately if Bidder believes number and/or password have been compromised. Auctioneer reserves the right to terminate registration, deny any person for any reason permission or access to bid, to reject any and all bids, and to suspend or ban Bidder from bidding, at Auctioneers sole discretion. Bidder registration is not transferable or assignable.
BIDDING: Bidder must register to participate in the auction. Read the descriptions of each lot and view photographs carefully. If you have any questions call 605-234-4214. Should you visit the viewing location, please personally inspect the property on which you intend to bid during the date(s) indicated in the details per item when applicable. Using YOUR knowledge and experience, form your own opinion of the property and bid accordingly. If you are in doubt, DO NOT BID. All items are sold "AS-IS WHERE IS AND WITH ALL FAULTS" this is an AUCTION and all SALES ARE FINAL. Bids cannot be retracted and are binding contracts between Bidder and Auctioneer/Seller. Bidder is accountable to be informed about property and associated costs before bidding. A maximum bid can be placed on property. A maximum bid is kept confidential, and Bidder authorizes Auctioneer to place bids on his/her behalf up to the amount of the maximum bid. Upon sale of property, identifying information and purchase amount will be posted for a designated period of time. All questions or disputes must be resolved immediately; no changes or adjustments will be made at a later date. Auctioneer reserves the right to reopen bidding. Auctioneer decisions will be final.
BUYERS PREMIUM: A Buyers premium of 5% -with a $1000 maximum per lot - will be charged on each purchases Unless otherwise stated. A buyer's premium, an advertised percentage of the high bid or flat fee added to the high bid will be added to the high bid and become part of the purchase amount at settlement. Buyer agrees to these provisions and will pay the applicable buyer's premium. Example if an item is sold for $100.00 + 5% buyer's premium = Final bid price $105.00
PAYMENT TERMS: Sales tax, when applicable, will be charged on both the purchase price, buyer's premium and credit card convenience fee. Taxes, fees, shipping, handling, insurance, storage and security charges are Buyers expenses, and will be calculated and rendered due at the sale of the property. Payment will be made in full by the buyer. Upon making payment for property, no stop payment of funds will be honored. Any stop payment order of a check, or giving a check which is returned marked insufficient funds, shall be deemed by the parties to be a prima facie evidence of fraud existing at the time the transaction was consummated and shall be construed by the parties as intent to defraud. If you are from another country other than the US, you must pay in US funds.
REMOVAL OF PROPERTY / SHIPPING TERMS: Buyer assumes full responsibility of property at time of purchase, and all risk of loss and damage to property. Property will not be removed from sale premises until payment in full has been received. Any and all methods of lifting, towing, and/or hauling are the Buyers responsibility. Shipping is not available. The final day of removal will be posted with property information. Any and all property not removed by Buyer by the final day of removal will revert back to the Auctioneer/ Seller, and may be resold at auction or disposed of in any other manner that seems to be suitable.
CHOICE OF LAW: The laws of the State of South Dakota governs this agreement any dispute arising from the terms of this auction shall be brought in a court of Brule County, South Dakota.
ADDITIONAL TERMS: The following are property specific Terms & Conditions that are posted online with the individual property information and will override any likewise terms stated in this Agreement. Buyers Premium - Sale Date and Time (Beginning and Ending) - Inspection Location, Dates, and Times - Final Date of Removal - Shipping Arrangements - Special Notes/Comments/Announcements
ONLINE BIDDING INFORMATION: If you are participating in an online auction, the following additional terms will apply to the Auction Terms & Conditions set forth above: OBTAINING A USER NAME & PASSWORD: Click on BUYER LOGIN on our Home Page and then CREATE NEW ACCOUNT. Follow the instructions. If you need assistance feel free to contact us at 605-234-4214.
BIDDING IN THE ONLINE AUCTION: Once you are registered and have your User Name & Password, you may place bids as soon as a lot opens for bidding. Your bids are FINAL and constitute a binding contract. Please be aware that lots will close at various times and possibly different days and may be extended. You are responsible for monitoring these close times. Please bid early to avoid disappointment. Bidder acknowledges that hardware malfunctions, software malfunctions, viruses, and similar issues do occur and are beyond the knowledge, scope, and control of Auctioneer. We are NOT responsible for your system malfunctions, connection to the internet or your e-mail client stopping any of our e-mails to you in regard to bid confirmations and/or outbid notifications. All lots for the on-line auctions shall be paid in full by Certified Funds prior to pick up. An invoice will be sent to your registered e-mail address within 24 hours following the conclusion of the auction.
Platte, South Dakota 57369
United States
December 20, 2023 - 8am - 5pm
December 21, 2023 - 8am - 5pm
Payments can be made at the Olson farm on the scheduled checkout days.
Loading equipment & assistance available December 20 & 21 ONLY! After December 21, purchasers shall be responsible for removing items on their own.


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"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs." ~ Thomas Jefferson
Well here we are, caught between resistance in the S&P 500 around the 1,330 area and support around the 1,300 price level. My last two articles have discussed why I was expecting a top in the coming days and weeks ahead, but prices just continued to work higher.
One of the things that I pride myself in as a person who trades and writes about financial markets in public is that I am always honest. If I blow a call I fess up and admit it. When I have made mistakes in the past, I always try to learn something new from them and I discuss losing trades publicly with readers and members of my service.
This time is different. I honestly do not know if I am going to be right or wrong. The price action in the S&P 500 Thursday was certainly bearish short term, but a back test of 1,300 or possibly even 1,280 could give rise to a Phoenix. Granted, the Phoenix is nothing more than Ben Bernanke's pet, but that is a topic for a different time.
I have scanned through my list of indicators which discuss sentiment based on momentum, put/call ratio, the advance/decline line, Bullish Percent Indicators, and several ratio based indicators and they are all SCREAMING that a top is near. The interesting thing about the previous statement is that it would have been true a week ago and mostly true two weeks ago, yet prices have continued to climb.
The daily chart of the S&P 500 Index demonstrates the recent price action that has continued to climb the "Wall of Worry" for several weeks:
S&P 500 Daily Chart
The culmination of the massive run higher for the S&P 500 was the dovish comments coming from Ben Bernanke during Wednesday's press release and press conference.
The U.S. & European Central Banks are seemingly in a perpetual race to debase their underlying fiat currencies. The race will not end well. In fact, this type of situation smells like a Ponzi scheme where Ben Bernanke and Mario Draghi (ECB President) are the wizards behind the curtains. Their loose monetary policies and forced reflation are synthetic drugs that juice risk assets higher and ultimately Mr. Market will have his vengeance in due time.
At this point, it seems like Ben Bernanke will do anything to juice equity prices higher. I think his hope is that they will be able to artificially keep the game going until the recovery is on a more sound footing. However, when the entire recovery is predicated on cheap money and liquidity and is not supported by organic economic growth it just prolongs the inevitable disaster.
As an example, the daily chart of the Dow Jones Industrial Average is shown below. I would point out that that Dow came within 35 points (0.27%) from testing the 2011 highs. Furthermore, the Thursday high for the Dow was only 1,356 points (10.55%) from reaching the all-time 2007 October high.
Dow Jones Industrial Average Daily Chart
I have argued for quite some time that the economy and the stock market are two different things. If Bernanke and his cronies succeed in reflating the financial markets and the Dow reaches its October 2007 high in the near term, more retail investors will regard equity markets as being rigged.
Who could blame them for viewing financial markets as a giant rigged casino that stands to win while they continue to lose their hard earned capital? We all recognize that the current economy is nowhere near as strong as it was in 2007. But alas, the regular retail investor does not recognize that the stock market and the economy do not portray the same meaning.
One specific underlying catalyst that has gone largely unnoticed by most of the financial media during this sharp run higher in stocks is the total lack of volume associated with the march higher. The NYSE volume over the past 2 months has been putrid when compared to historical norms.
As a trader, I am forced to take risk through a variety of trade structures. However, the idea that a crash could be coming seems hard pressed as long as Big Bad Ben is at the wheel.
If the Russell 2000 drops 10%, I am convinced that Ben will be out making announcements that the Fed stands ready to intervene with all of the supposed tools they have at their disposal. Let's be honest here, they really have one tool comprised of 3 separate functions which are all a mechanism to increase liquidity in the overall system. To express this liquidity, the following chart from the Federal Reserve shows the M2 money supply levels:
Current M2 Money Supply
The 3 functions are the printing of currency, the monetization of U.S. Treasury debt (QE, QE2, QE2.5, Operation Twist), and exceptionally low interest rates (ZIRP) near 0 for an "extended period of time (2014)." Since monetary easing is all that the Federal Reserve has done since the financial crisis began, it begs to reason that the Federal Reserve has no other solutions or tools available. If they did, they seemingly would have used them by now.
The first bubble they created due to loose monetary policy was the massive bubble in oil in 2008. Fast forward to the present, and they are currently supporting another bubble in U.S. Treasury obligations. The bubble that they will create in the future when the game finally ends will be in precious metals. The precious metals bubble will be building while the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury attempt to keep the Treasury Bond bubble from bursting.
At this point in time, if we continue down this path stocks will not protect investors adequately from inflation should the Treasury bubble burst. I would argue that the central planning and monetary policy we have seen the past few years continues in the United States and Europe that gold, silver, and other precious metals are likely to begin their own bubble of potentially epic proportions.
As the weekly chart of gold futures illustrates below, gold has recently pulled back sharply and has broken out. I will likely be looking for any pullbacks in gold as buying opportunities as long as support holds.
Gold Weekly Chart
In closing, for longer term investors the stock market might have some serious short term juice as cheap money and artificially low interest rates should juice returns. However, eventually equities will start to underperform. At that point, gold will be in the final stages of its bubble and the term parabolic could likely be applied.
If central banks around the world continue to print money there are only a few places to hide. Precious metals and other commodities like oil will vastly outperform stocks in the long run if the Dollar continues to slide. The real question we should be asking is who will win the race to debase, Draghi or Bernanke?


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New Streaming Company to offer Hundreds of Live TV Cable Channels to Subscribers
LAS VEGAS, NV / ACCESSWIRE / November 27, 2018 / StreamNet, Inc. on Monday filed for an Initial Public Offering, seeking to list on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the symbol SNTV. http://www.streamnet.tv/
The Securities Exchange Commission granted Qualification to StreamNet, Inc. REG A+. StreamNetTV is currently working towards completing its offering of 3.6 Million shares at $ 5.00 per share. The total capital raise is $19,800,000.
Says CEO Darryl Payne, "this is a monumental day in our company's history. I look forward to the many exciting challenges ahead, as our team pushes forward in our quest to trade on Nasdaq. The goal is to offer Live cable TV streaming services worldwide, including underserved territories. We intend to be the only streaming company to offer live broadcasts TV in real time, along with Video on Demand, 100 video music channels, live concerts by superstar recording artists, gaming, reality shows, movies, sports, e-sports, original programming, and additional entertainment options. I plan to present alternative niche content not offered by Netflix and Amazon Prime".
"I personally hand selected various Managing Directors from regions around the globe to head our operations. Prince Nnamdi Adigwu is Managing Director of StreamNetTV in Africa, including all content acquisitions." Says Prince Nnamdi, "I feel Africa will become one of the biggest growing markets for us. The Middle East, Asia, & Europe are in our path to offer subscribers content they would normally not have access to. Each country will have content tailored for their market and demographics".
StreamNetTV is looking to become like Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu. We intend to offer more live TV channels than our competitors at a more affordable price. The company plans to run tests of live channels in December. Our complete roll out launch of hundreds of channels will commence in early 2019.
Custom StreamNetTV Apps will be available on many devices. Access to Pay Per View Live Concert Events by current singers and performers will be the first of its kind.
Introductory monthly Streaming Packages may start out at $ 9.99 to $ 19.99 per subscriber. Premium Packages will be sold at higher prices. National TV advertising, celebrity endorsements, and social media promotion campaigns should bring awareness to our brand. All subscriptions come with a 7 DAY FREE TRIAL. We hope to secure millions of monthly subscribers over time.
About StreamNetTv
Many channels will be available to consumers in HD, 4K, 8K, Virtual Reality, & 3D. Revenue sharing deals have been offered to TV Networks. cable channels, film companies, and movie studios. Consumers will be available to stream on over 400 mobile devices. Subscribers will be at the front line as our Ultra High Definition standard.
What is Regulation A+?
Reg A+ of Title IV of the JOBS Act is a type of offering which allows private companies to raise up to $50 Million from the public. Like an IPO, Reg A+ allows companies to offer shares to the public and not just accredited investors.
Interested parties and investors can use the following contact for additional information:
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Company Name: StreamNet.TV
Contact Person: Darryl Payne, CEO
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Phone No: 702 721 9915
Country: United States
Website Url: http://www.StreamNet.TV
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Beginning this fall, Tufts is launching a partnership with MyBusHome, a small private company which contracts with major coach fleets to provide buses on major school breaks, thereby reducing the need for hundreds of parents to make individual trips to pick up their kids.
The pilot run for the program will occur in October over the Indigenous People's Day long weekend. Destinations will include Albany, NY; Portland, ME; Philadelphia, PA; and New York, NY. These cities were chosen through an analysis of the demographics of the student body in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.
The partnership aims to fill gaps in availability, affordability, or convenience of mass transit options. The buses will have a lower carbon impact than if students were to be driven to and from school by their parents or guardians.
Buses are also scheduled for Thanksgiving, the winter break, and the spring break.
Tickets can be purchased at MyBusHome.com. MyBusHome will be processing all payments, ticketing, and questions.


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"Love's Fire" released on December 29, 2016!
London, UK – It took 48 years and 21 studio albums for supergroup Yes to be elected to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, and the band that evolved into Yes in 1968, Mabel Greer's Toyshop, has just released a new single to celebrate only their second album. Mabel has found a novel way of releasing new musical works and is releasing one track per month for eight months the second track is now available. The songs are initially available as downloads and buying all eight songs will qualify for a free CD and booklet at the end.
Since founding members Clive Bayley and Bob Hagger reunited in 2014, the band has written and produced this second album inside 2 years. The first offering "New Way Of Life" was co-produced by Yes, bass player Billy Sherwood, who also featured on the album playing bass and keyboards. Tony Kaye, original organist for Mabel Greer and for Yes, also played on "New Way Of Life".
"Here come some fresh new Mabel Greer sounds, slowly savor the songs one at a time, rather than trying to digest the whole album in one sitting"; said composer, singer and guitarist, Clive Bayley. "This new offering called "The Secret" is comprised of all exciting new material Prog fans will love"; added Bob Hagger.
Hugo Barré, on bass guitar, accompanies Bayley and Hagger along with a new addition to the band, Max Hunt on multiple keyboards and who co-produced this new album through his company Force Ten Productions.
What is The Secret? – Well apparently we will have to wait until the all tracks are released before finding out – an intriguing story indeed… This second song "Love's Fire" describes the force of love in all its forms and will be available from December 29, 2016 from: https://mabelgreerstoyshop.bandcamp.com
Amazon, iTunes and all major distribution platforms.
The first single "Big Brother, Little Brother" was released on December 2, 2016. Mabel Greer's Toyshop official website: www.mabelgreerstoyshop.com


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Why my ADSL modem get abnormal IP on Telstra BigPond and how to solve it (TD-W8151N, TD-W8901N,TD-W8951ND,TD-W8961N,TD-W8961ND,TD-W8101G,TD-W8901G) ?
NOTE:This article applies to TP-Link modem router users on Telstra BigPond who encounter issue that devices sometimes obtain an abnormal IP.
Here take TD-W8961 as an example.
What is the matter?
If you are using Telstra BigPond Internet service and find your devices connected to router sometimes obtain an abnormal IP as below:
IP Address: 101.182.X.X
Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0
Gateway: 188.8.131.52
DNS Server: 220.127.116.11/126.96.36.199
It is caused by some changes of Telstra BigPond, makes it two DHCP servers existing on the line, DHCP server of ISP will also offers IPs to devices connected to router, that is the IP like 101.182.X.X
How to solve it?
Log into the management interface of your modem router. If you don't know how to do that, please click here.
Go to Interface Setup->Internet, find the Virtual Circuit which the VPI/VCI is 8/35, and select Deactivated. Then click SAVE.
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Tennessee whiskey comes from Tennessee, Scotch comes from Scotland, and tequila hails from Mexico.
Simple, right?
Well, actually, no. The latest chapter in the Tennessee whiskey wars revolves around the finer points of making whiskey in the Volunteer State — specifically, where you take the spirit to age.
The kerfuffle began in 2013, as NPR's Scott Simon explained earlier this spring, when the state Legislature decided to specify what exactly qualifies as Tennessee whiskey.
The state's new restrictions mostly echo the federal rules for bourbon, which has to be made from a mash that's at least 51 percent corn and aged in new charred oak barrels. The biggest difference is that Tennessee whiskey must be filtered through charcoal. (The rules do allow some flexibility: One small distillery is already exempted from the charcoal requirement.)
The new rules sparked a battle between two Tennessee whiskey titans: Brown-Forman Corp., the company behind Jack Daniel's, and Diageo PLC, the conglomerate that owns George Dickel.
Jack Daniel's people lobbied heavily for the law, which they say helps guard against knockoff, lower-quality alcohol. Diageo, meanwhile, argued that it would make whiskey-makers dependent on the supply of new barrels, The Associated Press reports, and would hurt craft distillers who want to test out new recipes for the spirit.
Diageo launched a legislative effort this spring attempting to overturn the rules. In March, some lawmakers proposed simply tweaking the law to allow the use of reused barrels. Both repeal and reform failed to pass.
Fast-forward to June, when the state and Diageo resolved a second squabble — this time about where aging happens.
A 1937 law requires that all spirits made in Tennessee be aged in Tennessee, no more than a county away from the place they were manufactured.
State attorneys in Nashville complained that the George Dickel distillery had moved barrels of whiskey outside the state, into neighboring Kentucky, for aging — which would violate the 1937 law. Diageo promptly sued the state, alleging that the law was unconstitutional. They also pointed out that this was the first time the state had actually enforced the law — suspiciously soon after Dickel protested the state's newer rules.
On June 10, the state dropped the complaint against the distillery after Dickel clarified that the alcohol in question went to Kentucky not for aging but rather for blending: All George Dickel products are made and aged in Tennessee, the company's master distiller told the Nashville Post.
Regardless of what that booze was doing in Kentucky, does it really matter where exactly a barrel of liquor ages? According to Joe Barnes, founder of the Tennessee Whiskey Trail, yes.
Environmental conditions have a big impact on the wooden barrels, which provide the essence of aged whiskey, he says.
If you ask anyone in Tennessee, if they take their barrel down the street — much less across the state — they're going to get a different product, just by fluctuations in temperature and humidity.
"If you ask anyone in Tennessee, if they take their barrel down the street — much less across the state — they're going to get a different product, just by fluctuations in temperature and humidity," Barnes says. "Aging a product in Giles County is different from aging a product in Sevier County."
And if you assumed that a product aged in Kentucky wouldn't be that different from one aged in Tennessee, "that's really not the case," Barnes says.
There might also be some international intrigue at the heart of these disputes. Brown-Forman is American-owned, while Diageo is based in the U.K.
Both companies produce a world-famous best-selling whiskey. For Brown-Forman, it's Tennessee whiskey. For Diageo, it's Johnnie Walker scotch.
Some people — including a spokesman for Brown-Forman — suggest that the conflict over regulating Tennessee whiskey is part of a larger Jack-vs.-Johnnie competition for global market share. If the new laws strengthen Jack Daniel's position in the marketplace, that might hurt Diageo's scotch sales.
Trans-Atlantic conflict aside, now that the state has dropped the case against George Dickel, the whiskey wars look like they'll go quiet for a while. But stay tuned: The AP reports that this summer, state legislators are expected to revisit the question of what, exactly, makes a Tennessee whiskey.
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Los Angeles: TV presenter Khloe Kardashian turned to her younger half-sister Kendall Jenner for comfort and wants her support in tough times.
Khloe has been going through a rough patch ever since her basketball player husband Lamar Odom was accused of infidelity and drug abuse, reports radaronline.com
"I love you sweet lady! Kendall Jenner stay close to me, so close to me. That's how it's supposed to be. Say it's going to be alright," Khloe posted the lyrics from the song "World ablaze" for Kendall.
Kendall is daughter of Khloe's mother Kris Jenner with second husband Bruce.


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On Sunday night, Symantec and the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) revealed that a vulnerability in Apple Inc.'s QuickTime program could allow hackers to ride streaming video right into a network or workstation. The exploit, Symantec confirmed, is in the wild and could seep into Windows XP or Vista OS via a specially crafted video link.
Then on Monday a hacker named Beau Butler told Australian media that Microsoft did not respond to e-mails regarding the existence of a five-year-old security bug that exploits Internet Explorer via Web Proxy Autodiscovery (WPAD) programs -- and, by extension, affects all versions of Windows, including the Vista OS.
In both cases, the flaws were uncovered by researchers, who are described by security experts as "ethical" hackers, meaning the disclosure was an attempt to alert the public to danger, instead of releasing the exploit into cyberspace. Security experts warn, though, that for every ethical person there are scores who aren't.
In the case of the QuickTime bug, which affects versions 7.2 and 7.3, Microsoft can't patch or check the application for the bug because it's an Apple product. For its part, Symantec said there is no indication that Krystian Kloskowski, the Polish researcher credited with reporting the exploit on Friday, had contacted Apple before releasing the information.
"We don't know whether this guy released this over Thanksgiving intentionally or if it was just bad timing with most companies having skeleton staffs, but we don't think he has bad intentions," said Marc Fossi, a manager at Symantec Security Response. "What we do know is that people tend to get video files and say, 'Hey, take a look at this funny video,' and are a lot more willing to open these files."
Users are, for the most part, protected by authentication configurations in IE versions 6 and 7, as well as in Apple's Safari browser. However, even those program-level settings aren't foolproof once someone clicks on a Web page or e-mail attachment and opens a file.
Network administrators should consider taking precautions, such as blocking network ports at the firewall level, and even disabling Active X and plug-in controls.
Fossi said he would go even further, asserting that enterprises shouldn't even have QuickTime installed on individual workstations for purposes other than corporate training videos and similar files.
He added that IT managers in general and network admins in particular should be proactive in seeing to it that the application is in a controlled environment, if it's installed at all.
Literally a world away from the Apple issue, Beau Butler, a New Zealander, revealed at a Kiwicon hacker conference in Wellington that a hacker can use Web Proxy Autodiscovery files to intercept and manipulate all Internet traffic on a given network. Butler said 160,000 computers in New Zealand alone could be seized with just one attack. Media reports claimed that U.S. computers were not vulnerable to the attack.
That issue, covered extensively in the Australian press on Monday, is particularly embarrassing for Microsoft as it deals with a vulnerability that Redmond supposedly fixed in 2005. It had engineers in Australia and the United States working on the problem through the Thanksgiving holiday.
Butler's presentation showed that although a minor technical renovation for Windows WPAD handling was in fact implemented, it only addressed the ".com" domain name, and not other suffixes such as ".org," ".tv," and non-U.S. country tags -- in this case, "nz."
Microsoft said Monday it was responding to the problem.
"Now that we understand the issue we're researching comprehensive mitigations and workarounds to protect customers," Microsoft's general manager of product security, George Stathakopoulos,said in an e-mail statement.
Both the Apple issue and the Web Proxy Autodiscovery problem underscore how Microsoft's security snafus continue to undermine the prospects of enterprise adoptions for Vista and other programs. But the bright side, said Eric Schultze, is that such problems are mainly the result of browser-based client-side programs and not inherent flaws in Microsoft programs.
"In this case, boredom is the enemy of all IT security administrators," said Schultze, chief technology officer of St. Paul, Minn.-based Shavlik Technologies. "These types of exploits aren't self-propagating and can only happen as fast as people infect themselves. Plus users will do anything on their box if administrators let them do it."
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Cranclense Effervesent 20 Tablets
General Information
These handy effervescent tablets are easy to use and can be taken anywhere for urinary tract health. They make a tasty Cranberry drink that supports urinary tract balance with powerful antioxidant actions. The tablets also support normal urinary pH for comfort when urinating.
Precautions & Warnings
• Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions about urinary tract health
• Not recommended for children under 8 years old
• If systems persist after 24 hours, consult your health professional
• Always read the label. Use only as directed. Incorrect use could be harmful. Consult your healthcare professional if symptoms persist
Cranclense™ contains 412.4 mg (17.94 mmol) of sodium per level, which should be taken into account by those on low sodium diet. The maximum recommended level of four tablets daily contains 1.65 g of sodium.
Pregnancy & Breastfeeding.
Cranclense™ is well tolerated and suitable for use during these times. Use under health professional supervision to ensure appropriate dosing.
Common Uses
• Support bladder & urinary tract health
Herbal extract equiv. to Vaccinium macrocarpon (cranberry) fresh fruit 10g
Adults: take one Cranclense™ effervescent tablet dissolved in a glass of cool water. Cranclense™ may be taken up to four times daily if necessary in acute situations.


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(English) Stop the #CensorshipMachine
Stop the #CensorshipMachine, by asking for a copyright law that respects our rights and freedoms.
A new copyright reform is taking place in the European Union. A reform that proposes to make the big Internet companies the judges and police of the Internet, turning it into an immense machine of censorship.
We must act to defend our:
- Freedom of expression
- Freedom to educate
- Freedom to make Memes
And if I tell you that memes everywhere could disappear. - Freedom of parody
– All content generated by users must be monitored and filtered.
– Mein Führer, but there are exceptions and limitations …
– I do not give a damn about the rights of users! - Freedom of Remix and Mashup
- Freedom to make Gifs
- Freedom to dance with music
- Freedom to do Wikis
- Freedom to quote
- Freedom to play games
- Freedom to play music
- Freedom to do Cosplay
All this content and more could disappear if the Censorship Machine is created.
We can still prevent this from happening.
Ask your MEP to stop #CensorshipMachine at:
Ask them to speak up for a copyright law that respects our rights and freedoms and does not destroy the Internet.
This mashup can also be censored so
Spread the word and share!
This campaign is carried out in coordination and with the support of:
EDRi, EFF, La Quadrature du Net, Bits of Freedom, Open Media y Epicenter.Works.
Far from reforming copyright law to update it in light of the new ways of communicating and sharing information in the digital age and of the innovative and economic potential of digital, the European Commission has simply granted big media lobbies and audiovisual companies their wish list, in a clear push back against the Internet.
In particular, its Article 13 and Recitals 37-39 require websites, platforms and online services to develop a #CensorshipMachine that allows for the systematic and massive monitoring of user uploaded content, filtering out any content "identified" by Copyright holders.
These automatic recognition mechanisms would compare the uploads of the users with enormous databases of works that the massive cultural industries would keep on feeding into with anything they feel like. This system clearly favors large companies, which have the legal resources and equipment to dedicate themselves to feeding all these databases, to the detriment of new independent and small authors and creators that do not benefit from these administrative and legal resources.
Rights and Freedoms
This automatic filtering does not function on the basis of what is legal or illegal, but based on what has been flagged by copyright holders, and it would erase all existing copyright exceptions by a stroke: our right to quotation, parody, for educational purposes, for public interest … and other totally legal forms of freedom of expression that an automatic censorship system would not be able to evaluate as legal and free forms of use of these contents subject to copyright.
A censorship machine in the hands of copyright trolls that would make disappear most gifs, memes, videocritics, parodies, covers, tutorials, gameplays and many other everyday content on the Internet.
Moreover, the proposal would legally hold responsible and hence liable any Internet services and platforms that would not have taken the necessary measures to implement the filtering if user uploads on these platforms include copyright infringing content. To prevent these legal liabilities, companies would be forced to aggressively monitor and preemptively eliminate content, making them the Internet police and placing the European Union in the area with the world's most restrictive Internet network. This is an unprecedented attack on freedom of expression and information.
You can find the list of exceptions and limitations to which we are entitled and are threatened here: Exceptions and limitations to copyright in Spain.
Copyright reform should be a positive action, and not undermine our rights. It should focus on identifying and harmonizing all the exceptions and limitations in place throughout the European Union in the various Member States, which allow the free and legal use of works subject to copyright, for reasons of public interest or in situations where there is no prejudice to the copyright owner.
Potential for innovation in the economic cycle
The reluctance of cultural industries to adapt to the new digital ecosystem, pushing for disproportionate ad hoc legislations such as the Censorship Machine, crush the creative and innovative potential of digital society.
In a context in which the line that separates creators and consumers of culture is increasingly blurred, the future of cultural development lies in taking advantage of new ways of creating and sharing culture, information and knowledge to build a culture economy that is not built on monopolies.
Examples like the song "Somebody that I Use to Know" by Gotye highlight this. As you can see in the statistics the original video of the song went unnoticed until January 2012.
At this moment, Walk off the Earth, a small group of covers uploaded on youtube, is getting an astronomical number of views with its viral cover of Gotye's song, using a guitar with 10 hands.
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9NF2edxy-M[/embedyt] Gotye could have censored that video by claiming his copyright. On the contrary, he recognized the creativity of the emerging band, whose viral adaptation rendered his work more popular than ever before, bringing tens of thousands of visits and subscribers to his channel. Gotye himself responded to the flood of covers of his song that followed with a mashup video tribute: "Gotye – Somebodies: A YouTube Orchestra." Gotye, Got it.[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opg4VGvyi3M[/embedyt] The proposed copyright reform would also have dire consequences for the economy and the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises on the Internet. Giants like Google or Facebook can assume the economic costs of developing and deploying this software, but services and small websites that allow the uploading of content by their users and cannot afford the development or license costs proposed through this new system, will have to close or face huge legal responsibilities.
No memes, no Democracy
Once these technologies have been developed, there is a great danger that governments will decide to use them too, to filter other types of content. For example, to suppress LGBTI content in countries where homosexuality is persecuted or to eliminate discourses contrary to the established political regime and suppress satires of public or political figures.
[Ed. Note: This post originally appeared on Xnet's website]