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I don't think an opening of any theme park store has been as eagerly awaited as Engine-Ears Toys at Disney's California Adventure (DCA). Even people who had no other interest in DCA wanted to get a look at this store, for a myriad of reasons. Train lovers wanted to see what had become of the restored Western Pacific train engine they'd heard was used in the store's exterior. Model railroaders were dying to see what unique merchandise would be offered. Parents of train addicts wanted to find little conductors outfits for their children. Toy collectors drooled over the reports of the new DCA attractions models expected at this store. Never have so many people been so excited about one store. It was almost like a Mervyn's commercial, with readers across Internet newsgroups and message boards collectively chanting "Open, open, open."
Of course, I was chanting right along with them. Several months before the opening of DCA, I received a list of the new stores, with brief descriptions of their theme and merchandise assortments. Engine-Ears already looked like one of the more intriguing offerings, and because I had already seen a preview of some of the merchandise for this store, I could hardly wait to get in there myself.
Finally, the resort's first Cast Member (CM) preview day came, and I was lucky enough to be invited by a CM friend to join him for the day. Engine-Ears toys was my first -- if very, very brief -- stop once in the park. I just had to see it. But, alas, my extremely generous host wanted to experience something other than stores on his first day in the park, so I decided to return later. Since then, a number of you have written asking me to cover this store in my Shopping the Parks series. Only ten weeks later, here I am!
But first, let me warn you in advance: This is a merchandise / shopping column. If you want the real, nitty-gritty details about where the engine came from, who bought it, where they got it, and how it was restored, you're in the wrong place. MousePlanet contributor Byron Brainard will be telling you everything you ever wanted to know about this engine in an upcoming column. However, if you'd like to know what's inside the train, come along with me!
If you enter through the Golden Zephyr entrance, you find yourself inside the toy display area. This is built inside a mock train car, and allows you to see all the new toys up close and working. Plopped in the middle of this entrance is the requisite souvenir display. Engine-Ears Toys is located right inside the main entrance of DCA, so the store carries a huge assortment of park souvenirs, all aimed at giving guests one last chance to grab a little something on their way home.
Fortunately, the "glow" merchandise in DCA is a little better themed than it is at the park across the way. Instead of the generic glow roses, DCA offers glow poppies (which are associated with California). The "light chasers" are themed to look like the Golden Zephyr attraction, and the fiber-optic wands have attraction icons on them. Yes, it's still glow, but at least it's themed glow!
Stepping through the train car into the main section of the store, it appears as if you walked back outside again. The interior of the store is decorated like a train station, with a blue sky ceiling above, painted with fluffy clouds. Each wall looks like a different train station, with its own signage and architectural style. One cash register has even been built into a recessed nook, which has been painted to look like a tunnel in a mountain.
Be sure to look down, and see the train tracks racing across the floor. It's like a giant, toy train layout, with merchandise displays serving as the models. Some fixtures look like track signals, others like trees. There are kiosks shaped like tenders, and even a three-piece train that sits right on top of the tracks on the floor. The engine of this train is filled with candy, which is all available for sale. Needless to say, it's wildly popular with the kids in the store.
The Candy Train (above three shots)
The merchandise is the usual DCA mix of store- specific merchandise and "available everywhere" items. Along with the assortment of candy, souvenirs and toys, you can find train- themed apparel, books, and even a few model trains.
Be prepared - Engine-Ears Toys is not a model train store. In fact, based on some earlier discussions with park merchandise people, I was surprised by the products I found. You can buy some individually packaged Lionel railroad cars here, but no Lionel sets. If you'd like a complete train set, the only ones offered are made by Bachman. You can get a Lionel 100th anniversary die-cast train, along with some audio storybooks narrated by LeVar Burton. All in all, this selection looks more like a few, random items than a deliberate, comprehensive assortment. I understand that the entire product line is under scrutiny, and that changes to the collection are expected based on sales trends.
Strangely enough, there is a large collection of model airplanes and cars in this store. This is twice as interesting because Fly 'n' Buy, the airplane- themed store in Condor Flats, is totally sold out of its model kits. A line of Toy Story 2 merchandise has been added to the assortment at Engine-Ears Toys due to customer demand. It makes sense to me: Buzz Lightyear is prominently featured in the DCA advertisements, so it's natural for guests to assume he has a larger role in the park than just as spokesman.
On the toy side of the store, you find all of the DCA attraction toys, and a wall of train-theme books and toys for younger kids. Engine-Ears Toys has the requisite "wall o' plush" found in the newest Disneyland Resort stores, including the Engineer Mickey dolls. If you want to dress your child like Mickey, the striped overalls and engineer's hat are both available.
Actually, an entire wall is devoted to train-logo apparel for kids and adults. In addition to the overalls, there's a matching dress for girls and a playsuit for toddlers. A collection of T-shirts and sweatshirts are available for babies through grown-ups, and there are hats for everyone.
Photos of Walt Disney near register area (above and below)
When you exit the store, be sure to look up above the main door. Three photos of Walt Disney, with his beloved trains, have been enlarged and hung above the doorway. It's touching to see these images, from a side of Walt many people don't know existed.
Oh, and if you're a "Hidden Mickey" fan, be sure to take a close look for the two I spotted in the store. I'll give you a hint: they are not in the clouds, so don't waste your time. An eye-level search of the store should prove fruitful.
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Illinois to Host Eighth-Annual SoccerFest on Sunday
Sept. 23, 2013
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Illinois will host its premier promotion, SoccerFest presented by WCIA, on Sunday, Sept. 29 when it takes on Nebraska at 1 p.m. The eighth-annual SoccerFest, which begins at noon, will feature free pizza for the first 1,000 fans, a petting zoo, a create-your-own animal keychain station, the chance to make your own caramel apple and postgame autographs. The Sunday Soccer Fan Zone also will be available for fans one hour prior to the game and a Celebrity Bumper Ballz Showdown will be held at halftime. Admission and parking for SoccerFest are both free.
The Fan Zone will be set-up with special games for fans one hour prior to the match. Face painting, a juggling contest, penalty kick practice, a radar gun and Bumper Ballz will be available for fans. During halftime of SoccerFest, local celebrities will face off in a Bumper Ballz Showdown. The inflatable Bumper Ballz, courtesy of Soccer Planet, offer a unique twist to the game of soccer, allowing players to bounce off one another while playing inside a protective bubble.
The Illini have had considerable success during each SoccerFest event, recording a 5-1-1 record in the previous seven contests held in conjunction with SoccerFest. The Illini opened the inaugural event with a three-goal comeback over #9 Penn State, 3-2, in front of a program-record 2,667 fans in 2006. Illinois has since defeated No. 24 Indiana, 3-0, in 2007, Michigan, 1-0, in 2008, Indiana, 2-1, in 2010 and Wisconsin, 1-0, in 2011. In 2009, the Illini came from behind to tie Minnesota, 2-2, in double overtime, while the Orange and Blue fell for the first time at SoccerFest last season, dropping a 4-0 decision to Penn State.
In 2013, Illinois sits at 5-2-2 overall and 0-0-1 in the Big Ten after ending the conference opener at Ohio State in a 1-1 draw. The Illini led the Big Ten with 29 goals scored, while leading scorer Jannells Flaws ranks second in the conference with nine goals. Senior Vanessa DiBernardo is tied for third in the Big Ten with six assists, which brings her career total to 21, tying her with Tara Hurless for the most in school history. Freshman goalkeeper Claire Wheatley leads the conference with 42 saves.
The Illini will kick off Big Ten play at home against Iowa on Friday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. The program's first Big Ten Tournament championship team will be honored at halftime, as they celebrate the 10-year anniversary of their 2003 title.


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Grey's Anatomy Spoilers: a Fave Doc Goes Blind, Shower Sex, and More!
We're still a week away from a new Grey's Anatomy (it comes back February 3), but juicy little tidbits about the second half of Season 7 keep popping up to tide us over. Here's the scoop on what to expect from the next few episodes.
- Meredith has to leave the OR when she suddenly finds herself blind. Uh, what? Our money would be on a birth control-induced ocular migraine, but, considering she's trying to get pregnant, what gives?
- Miscarriage 2.0 is just a rumor. Callie's pregnancy will come full-term.
- Rachael Taylor's character might hold a bigger position in the hospital than just obstetrician.
- "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol, and "How To Save a Life" by The Fray are confirmed to be tracks sung in the upcoming musical episode. Um, how do we say this politely? DUH. Shocker.
- Someone's getting it on in the shower. Surprising! We've never seen that before on Grey's!
- Stay tuned February 3rd for a new episode of Grey's Anatomy, with Kevin McKidd's directorial debut!
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MORROW — Morrow Police arrested five suspects who they said led officers on a chase in a stolen vehicle Wednesday, according to Morrow Police Capt. James Callaway.
Police said Allan Alvarez, 17, of East Point, Thania Ramirez, 17, of Hapeville, and three 16-year-old juveniles were arrested.
Callaway said police received a call about a suspicious vehicle at Southlake Mall around 4:30 p.m., Wednesday. There was second call within minutes of the first, about a car stolen from the Target on Mt. Zion Road, he added.
"The caller described the car and it was the same description given to us for the suspicious vehicle at Southlake Mall," Callaway said. "It was our dispatcher that put two and two together about the car being one in the same."
The captain said an officer spotted the 1992 Honda Accord at Southlake Mall near Southlake Parkway. The officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop on Merchant's Way.
"The driver refused to stop and sped away from our officer," he added. "The officer called for back-up. There was an officer in the area, and they both began pursuing the suspects."
Police pursued two adults and three juveniles from the Southlake Mall area to Mt. Zion Road up to Tara Boulevard, where they took a right and headed up to Old Dixie Highway, Callaway said.
"Once they were on the bridge on Old Dixie Highway, they hit another vehicle and continued," said the captain. "They went up to Morrow Road and headed toward Frontage Road and they took a left onto Bob White Trail. It is a T-bone intersection and they headed straight into the guardrail."
Callaway said one of the 16-year-old juveniles was driving. Police apprehended all five suspects, without incident or injuries to the suspects or officers.
Alvarez is charged with traffic violation, no license, leaving the scene of an acident, reckless driving, fleeing from police, auto theft and theft by receiving. Ramirez is charged with auto theft and theft by receiving. Both were taken to the Clayton County Jail.
All three juveniles were taken to Clayton County Regional Youth Detention Center.
MD 2 years, 7 months ago
More kids with only "biological" parents. If they had "real" parents, there parents would know where there kids were, and what they were doing.
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The Final Inspection
The warrior stood and faced God,
Which will always come to pass,
He hoped his shoes were shining,
Just as brightly as his brass.
"Step forward now, old warrior,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To my church have you been true?"
The warrior squared his shoulders and
Said, "No, Lord, I guess I ain't,
'Cause those of us who carry guns
Can't always be saint.
"I've had to work most Sundays,
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
'Cause the world is awfully rough.
"But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
"And I never passed a cry for help,
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
"I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here,
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
"If you've a place for me here, Lord,
It needn't be so grand. In life
I didn't expect nor need too much,
So if you don't, I'll understand."
There was a silence all around the throne,
Where the saints had often trod,
As the warrior stood quietly.
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, my warrior,
You've born your burdens well,
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
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Collins voted on Friday in favor of H. J. Res. 59, the continuing resolution to keep the government running while defunding the burdensome Affordable Care Act.
Congressman Collins said, "Today the House worked the will of the people who sent us to Washington stop this train wreck.
Obamacare is such a burden on the American people that Friday's vote should have been unanimous.
Now, the Senate must act. Now, every United States Senator who listens to his or her constituents should stand up to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and pass this CR."
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Three students from Sheyenne Valley Area Career Technology Center's SkillsUSA chapter participated in national competition in Kansas City on June 23-27.
Tera Laney-Uecker competed in the promotional bulletin board placing 6th in the nation. Tera also served as a voting delegate for election of national SkillsUSA officers and other national business. Andrew Sadek competed in electrical construction wiring placing 17th in the competition.
Jed Hansen competed in computer maintenance technologies in which he placed 21st.
An elderly Kathryn man was taken into custody Saturday night in an incident that involved a North Dakota Highway Patrolman brandishing a taser.
State trooper Ben Kennelly observed that a vehicle driven by Charles Olsberg, 75, of Kathryn, failed to dim its headlights to oncoming traffic. Kennelly activated his emergency lights in an attempt to pull Olsberg over, according to an affidavit filed with the Barnes County Clerk of Court's Office, but Olsberg continued on his way home, driving over 42 mph in a 25 mile per hour zone and swerving to avoid another vehicle.
Members from the Sheyenne Valley Garden Club and other local gardeners showed their favorite flowers during the 28th annual flower show show.
The show, hosted by the garden club, was held Monday. Gardeners entered their most prestigious flowers and bouquets from their garden in this year's show, called "Garden Favorites."
A public viewing was held from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Eagles Aerie.
Gardeners competed in horticulture divisions, which were based on single specimens of flowers, and artistic divisions, which featured bouquets made with a variety of flowers.
A debate on corn is growing across the country, and the question is who should eat what little corn is produced this year – humans or machines?
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Returning to Music at the Courthouse Lawn will be "The Meyer Family" from Valley City on Wednesday, July 18, beginning at 7:15 p.m..
Randie Meyer, son of DeMar and Shirley Meyer and Katie, daughter of Clarence and Lillie Olson, have been married for forty-two years. Their four children have been singing since they were two years old and now the fifteen grandchildren are asked to help "Pass the Faith Along" as one of the songs says.
Barnes County 4-H members who participated in the dog project had a chance to show off their work Friday at the dog show during Barnes County 4-H Achievement Days.
The show began at 5:30 p.m. at the North Dakota Winter Show building. Crowds gathered around to watch the 10 dogs and their owners compete in obedience and showmanship.
The dog show is an annual show held every July during the achievement days.
Ellen Bjelland, Barnes County's 4-H extension agent, said Barnes County is one of the few counties that does a dog show.
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Over the the weekend the city of Hope celebrated its annual Hope Days and the 2012 Class Bash reunion of students from Hope, Luverne and Pillsbury.
This year's events included a classic car show, 5K run/walk, demolition derby and a Sunday morning golf tournament.
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The UW's Population Health Institute recently released its 2012 County Health Rankings and Roadmaps report, which found that Barnes Ranks No. 2 in the "Health Outcomes" category, second only to Griggs County. Under "Health Factors," Barnes was fifth, behind Bowman, Cass, Griggs and Burleigh.


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Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics
Display: 15.6 inch
Weight: 2.384kg, 2.4kg
Price: 580, 649 euro
Average of 4 scores (from 4 reviews)
mobility: 76%, workmanship: 86%, ergonomy: 86%, emissions: 92%
Samsung P530 Pro
SpecificationsNotebook: Samsung P530 Pro
Processor: Intel Core i3 330M
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics
Display: 15.6 inch, 16:9, 1366x768 pixels
Weight: 2.384kg
Price: 649 euro
Links: Samsung notebook section
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Feng-Shui. Who needs a graphic card, Bluetooth or ExpressCard when typing? Ergonomics and display, thats what its all about! The Pro Pitts focuses on the essentials and cuts quite a figure in doing so.
Source: PC Advisor
While its ergonomics are certainly to the credit of the Samsung P530, you may be swayed by the higher specification of something like Mesh's Dynamo i3V which also happens to cost more than £100 less.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 10/19/2010
Rating: features: 50% ergonomy: 80%
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Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/15/2010
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 80% display: 80% mobility: 70% emissions: 90%
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Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/28/2010
Rating: Total score: 85% performance: 68% display: 84% mobility: 79% workmanship: 86% ergonomy: 89% emissions: 94%
Samsung P530-JA03UK
SpecificationsNotebook: Samsung P530-JA03UK
Processor: Intel Core i3 330M
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics
Display: 15.6 inch, 16:9, 1366x768 pixels
Weight: 2.4kg
Price: 580 euro
Links: Samsung notebook section P530-JA03UK (Model)
Average Score:
Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)
Source: CNet
Samsung's P-series laptops are aimed primarily at business users, so they don't have the same flash styling as some of the company's consumer efforts. The 15.6-inch Samsung P530 is an affordable business laptop with a fair amount of grunt. It has a great keyboard and screen, but it's let down a little by its relatively poor battery life.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/18/2010
Rating: Total score: 70%
Samsung: The Samsung Group is composed of numerous international businesses, all united under the Samsung brand in South Korea. The meaning of the Korean word Samsung is "tristar" or "three stars". The Samsung brand is one of the most important brands of South Korea. Samsung is an international notebook manufacturer of medium size according market shares and reviews.
Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics: Onboard graphics card that is built in the new Arrandale CPUs (Core i3 / i5 / i7 Dual Cores). Depending on the model and Turbo Boost, the GMA HD is clocked between 166 and 766 MHz.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core i3:
The Core i3-330M is a slower clocked 350M and therefore also lacks the Turbo Boost feature and clocks with max. 2.13 GHz. Thanks to Hyperthreading, 4 threads can be processed simultaneously. An integrated graphics card (GMA HD 3150) and a DDR3 memory controller are also included in the package.
15.6: 15 inch display-variants are the standard and are used for more than the half of all notebooks. 15.4 inch display with 16:10 are the standard for notebook displays. However nowadays, more and more 16:9 displays with 15.6 inch appear. The reason why so many people like displays with medium size is, that this size is not exhausting for the eyes, does not need too much energy and the laptops can be kept quite compact.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2.384 kg:
This notebook is lighter than the average of all notebooks. It is too heavy for sub-notebooks. 14 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
2.4 kg:
79.5%: This rating is not convincing. The laptop is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
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text: Mobile Apple's rejected iPhone names: 'Telepod,' 'Mobi,' 'Tripod,' and 'iPad' March 5, 2013 7:15 AM Devindra Hardawar 0 If you're not reaching, engaging, and monetizing customers on mobile, you're likely losing them to someone else. Register now for the 8th annual MobileBeat, July 13-14, where the best and brightest will be exploring the latest strategies and tactics in the mobile space. Before settling on the name "iPhone," Apple considered some hilarious monikers for its smartphone. Apple's former advertising head, Ken Segall, offered some insight into the company's naming process at a University of Arizona event last night, reports 9to5Mac. Segall revealed that Apple also considered calling the iPhone the "Telepod," "Tripod," "Mobi," and "iPad."Of those names, only "iPad" seems like it would have had as much impact as "iPhone," but that may be because we've seen the iPad take the tablet market by storm (and many of us thought iPad was a silly name at first, too). As he explained, "Telepod" was a logical twist between "telephone" and "iPod," "Mobi" was a shortened form of mobile, and "Tripod" referred to the iPhone's triple functionality (phone, media device, portable Internet viewer). All of the names lack the simplicity of "iPhone," though some may have been better at describing how little we actually use our smartphones as phones these days. Segall also featured the name "MicroMac" on a slide, but he noted that as never under consideration by Apple — he just wanted to see what the crowd thought of that potential name. VB's research team is studying mobile user acquisition... Chime in here, and we'll share the results.


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Tropical Cyclone Raymond - Spinning into Oblivion
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Tropical Cyclone Raymond has dissipated, no further updates will be posted to this page.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 8:36 AM MST Tropical Depression Raymond, once a powerful Category 3 Hurricane, then a tropical storm, now just a depression is wandering the Pacific about 360 miles southwest of Cabo San Lucas.
At 07AM MST: Tropical Depression Raymond was centered near 19.7N 114.3W and moving 55° at 05kts. Central barometric pressure is 1007Mb and winds were 30kts with gusts to 40kts. Raymond is on the way out.
Forecasts call for Raymond to wander about southwest of Cabo San Lucas for the next 24hrs and then become another statistic for 2013.
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Current GFS precipitation predictions show that precipitation could arrive on Wednesday and become heavy Thursday and into Friday as it moves off to the northeast.
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As the graphic above shows, even if Raymond should complete a turn to the northeast the threat to Baja would probably be in the form of cloudy skies and rain. Since the 26°C thermo cline, indicated in red, puts a great deal of cold water between a Baja landfall and Raymond, it would be very unlikely that the system could arrive here as a tropical cyclone. After traveling at least a couple of days over some pretty cool water, and into some dry air, the energy from Raymond would probably be dissipated long before our shores.
To put perspective on the various categories of cyclones:
This season we have had an exceptional number of tropical cyclones with 17 consecutive tropical depressions becoming named systems, when 'normal' for the last decade has been around 13 per year. However, with 9 of those systems only becoming tropical storms, prior to Raymond this season has produced the fifth lowest ACE (Accumulated Hurricane Energy) of any season since 1965,
Raymond is now the most powerful storm of the season, having dispersed more than twice as much energy as Tropical Storm Manuel. By the time Raymond dissipates it is likely to have released more energy than all 9 previous tropical storms this season combined!
Fortunately for Baja, only two Major Hurricanes, Category 3 to be exact, have ever made landfall in Baja since 1948, both in the late 1980's during a particularly active period in the Eastern Pacific.


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Ornate and one-of-a-kind, these adorable favor boxes are perfect for baby showers, baptisms, communions, and birthdays. Imported from Italy, each box lid is delicately punched (punch-cut) with a detailed lace-patterned baby carriage. The exterior and interior of the favor box are lined with the same polka dot pattern.
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Rumours (album)
|Studio album by Fleetwood Mac
|4 February 1977
|Criteria Studios, Miami; Record Plant Studios, Sausalito and Los Angeles; Zellerbach Auditorium, Berkeley; Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco; Davlen Recording Studio, North Hollywood
|Warner Bros
|Fleetwood Mac, Ken Caillat, Richard Dashut
|Fleetwood Mac chronology
|Singles from Rumours
Rumours is the eleventh studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac. Largely recorded in California during 1976, it was produced by the band with Ken Caillat and Richard Dashut and was released on 4 February 1977 by Warner Bros. Records. The record reached the top of both the United States Billboard chart and the United Kingdom Albums Chart. The songs "Go Your Own Way", "Dreams", "Don't Stop", and "You Make Loving Fun" were released as singles. Rumours is Fleetwood Mac's most successful release; along with winning the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1978, the record has sold over 40 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time. Rumours has received diamond certifications in several countries, including the US, Canada, and Australia.
The band wanted to expand on the commercial success of the 1975 record Fleetwood Mac, but struggled with relationship breakups before recording started. The Rumours studio sessions were marked by hedonistic behaviour and interpersonal strife between Fleetwood Mac members; these experiences shaped the album's lyrics. Influenced by pop music, the record's tracks were recorded using a combination of acoustic and electric instruments. The mixing process delayed the completion of Rumours, but was finished by the end of 1976. Following the album's release in 1977, Fleetwood Mac undertook worldwide promotional tours.
Rumours garnered widespread critical acclaim. Praise centred on its production quality and harmonies, which frequently relied on the interplay among three vocalists. The record has inspired the work of musical acts in different genres. Often considered Fleetwood Mac's best release, it has featured in several publications' lists of the best albums of the 1970s and the best albums of all time. In 2004, Rumours was remastered and reissued with the addition of an extra track and a bonus CD of outtakes from the recording sessions. A three-CD reissue of the album was released by Warner Brothers on 29 January 2013. The set included outtakes of songs and concert tracks the band played while on tour in 1977.[4]
In July 1975, Fleetwood Mac's eponymous tenth album was released to great commercial success, reaching No. 1 in 1976. The record's biggest hit single, "Rhiannon", gave the band extensive radio exposure. At the time, Fleetwood Mac's line-up consisted of guitarist and vocalist Lindsey Buckingham, drummer Mick Fleetwood, keyboardist and vocalist Christine McVie, bassist John McVie, and vocalist Stevie Nicks. After six months of non-stop touring, the McVies divorced, ending nearly eight years of marriage.[5] The couple stopped talking to each other socially and discussed only musical matters.[6] Buckingham and Nicks—who had joined the band before 1975's Fleetwood Mac, after guitarist Bob Welch had left[7]—were having an on/off relationship that led them to fight often. The duo's arguments stopped only when they worked on songs together.[8] Fleetwood faced domestic problems of his own after discovering that his wife Jenny, mother of his two children, had an affair with his best friend.[9]
Press intrusions into the band members' lives led to inaccurate stories. Christine McVie was reported to be in hospital with a serious illness, while Buckingham and Nicks were declared the parents of Fleetwood's daughter Lucy after being photographed with her. The press also wrote about a rumoured return of original Fleetwood Mac members Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, and Jeremy Spencer for a 10th anniversary tour.[10] Despite false reports, the band did not change its line-up, although its members had no time to come to terms with the separations before recording for a new album began.[6] Fleetwood has noted the "tremendous emotional sacrifices" made by everyone just to attend studio work.[11] In early 1976, Fleetwood Mac crafted some new tracks in Florida.[12] Founding members Fleetwood and John McVie chose to dispense with the services of their previous producer, Keith Olsen, because he favoured a lower emphasis on the rhythm section. The duo formed a company called Seedy Management to represent the band's interests.[13]
In February 1976, Fleetwood Mac convened at the Record Plant in Sausalito, California, with hired engineers Ken Caillat and Richard Dashut. Production duties were shared by the three parties, while the more technically adept Caillat was responsible for most of the engineering; he took a leave of absence from Wally Heider Studios in Los Angeles on the premise that Fleetwood Mac would eventually use their facilities.[14] The set-up in Sausalito included a number of small recording rooms in a large, windowless wooden building. Most band members complained about the studio and wanted to record at their homes, but Fleetwood did not allow any moves.[15] Christine McVie and Nicks decided to live in two condominiums near the city's harbour, while the male contingent stayed at the studio's lodge in the adjacent hills.[16] Recording occurred in a six-by-nine-metre room which included a 3M 24-track tape machine, a range of high-quality microphones, and an API mixing console with 550A equalisers; the latter were used to control frequency differences or a track's timbre. Although Caillat was impressed with the set-up, he felt that the room lacked ambience because of its "very dead speakers" and large amounts of soundproofing.[14]
The record's working title in Sausalito was Yesterday's Gone.[17] Buckingham took charge of the studio sessions to make "a pop album".[18] According to Dashut, while Fleetwood and the McVies came from an improvisational blues-rock background, the guitarist understood "the craft of record making".[19] During the formative stages of compositions, Buckingham and Christine McVie played guitar and piano together to create the album's basic structures. The latter was the only classically trained musician in Fleetwood Mac, but both shared a similar sense of musicality.[20] When the band jammed, Fleetwood often played his drum kit outside the studio's partition screen to better gauge Caillat's and Dashut's reactions to the music's groove.[21] Baffles were placed around the drums and around John McVie, who played his bass guitar facing Fleetwood. Buckingham performed close to the rhythm section, while Christine McVie's keyboards were kept away from the drum kit. Caillat and Dashut spent about nine days working with a range of microphones and amplifiers to get a larger sound, before discovering they could adjust the sound effectively on the API mixing console.[14]
As the studio sessions progressed, the band members' new intimate relationships that formed after various separations started to have a negative effect on Fleetwood Mac.[22][23] The musicians did not meet or socialise after their daily work at the Record Plant. At the time, the hippie movement still affected Sausalito's culture and drugs were readily available. Open-ended budgets enabled the band and the engineers to become self-indulgent;[15][24] sleepless nights and the extensive use of cocaine marked much of the album's production.[11] Chris Stone, one of the Record Plant's owners, indicated in 1997 that Fleetwood Mac brought "excess at its most excessive" by taking over the studio for long and extremely expensive sessions; he stated, "The band would come in at 7 at night, have a big feast, party till 1 or 2 in the morning, and then when they were so whacked-out they couldn't do anything, they'd start recording".[25]
"Trauma, Trau-ma. The sessions were like a cocktail party every night—people everywhere. We ended up staying in these weird hospital rooms ... and of course John and me were not exactly the best of friends."[5]
Nicks has suggested that Fleetwood Mac created the best music when in the worst shape,[24] while, according to Buckingham, the tensions between band members informed the recording process and led to "the whole being more than the sum of the parts".[23] The couple's work became "bittersweet" after their final split, although Buckingham still had a skill for taking Nicks' tracks and "making them beautiful".[26] The vocal harmonies between the duo and Christine McVie worked well and were captured using the best microphones available.[14] Nicks' lyrical focus allowed the instrumentals in the songs that she wrote to be looser and more abstract.[27] According to Dashut, all the recordings captured "emotion and feeling without a middle man ... or tempering".[9] John McVie tended to clash with Buckingham about the make-up of songs, but both admit to achieving good outcomes.[28] Christine McVie's "Songbird", which Caillat felt needed a concert hall's ambience, was recorded during an all-night session at Zellerbach Auditorium, across San Francisco Bay in Berkeley.[29]
Following over two months in Sausalito, Fleetwood arranged a ten-day tour to give the band a break and fan feedback. After the concerts, recording resumed at venues in Los Angeles,[13] including Wally Heider Studios. Christine McVie and Nicks did not attend most of the sessions and took time off until they were needed to record any remaining vocals. The rest of Fleetwood Mac, with Caillat and Dashut, struggled to finalise the overdubbing and mixing of Rumours after the Sausalito tapes were damaged by repeated use during recording; the kick and snare drum audio tracks sounded "lifeless".[14] A sell-out autumn tour of the US was cancelled to allow the completion of the album,[5] whose scheduled release date of September 1976 was pushed back.[30] A specialist was hired to rectify the Sausalito tapes using a vari-speed oscillator. Through a pair of headphones which played the damaged tapes in his left ear and the safety master recordings in his right, he converged their respective speeds aided by the timings provided by the snare and hi-hat audio tracks.[14] Fleetwood Mac and their co-producers wanted a "no-filler" final product, in which every track seemed a potential single. After the final mastering stage and hearing the songs back-to-back, the band members sensed they had recorded something "pretty powerful".[31]
Promotion and release[edit]
In autumn 1976, while still recording, Fleetwood Mac showcased tracks from Rumours at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.[5] John McVie suggested the album title to the band because he felt the members were writing "journals and diaries" about each other through music.[32] Warner Bros. confirmed the release details to the press in December and chose "Go Your Own Way" as a January 1977 promotional single.[33][34] The label's aggressive marketing of 1975's Fleetwood Mac, in which links with dozens of FM and AM radio stations were formed across America, aided the promotion of Rumours.[35] At the time, the album's advance order of 800,000 copies was the largest in Warner Bros.' history.[36]
Rumours was released on 4 February 1977 in the US and a week later in the UK.[37][38] The front cover features a stylised shot of Fleetwood and Nicks dressed in her "Rhiannon" stage persona, while the back has a montage of band portraits; all the photographs were taken by Herbert Worthington.[21] On 28 February 1977, after rehearsing at SIR Studios in Los Angeles, Fleetwood Mac started a seven-month-long promotional tour of America.[37] Nicks has noted that, after performing mostly Rumours songs during gigs, the band initially encountered poor receptions from fans who were not accustomed to the new material.[39] A one-off March performance at a benefit concert for United States Senator Birch Bayh in Indiana was followed by a short European tour of the UK, the Netherlands, France, and Germany in April.[5][40] Nigel Williams of Uncut called Fleetwood Mac's performances "rock's greatest soap opera".[41] "Dreams", released in June 1977, became the band's only number one on the US Billboard Hot 100.[42]
Fleetwood Mac's main writers—Buckingham, Christine McVie and Nicks—worked individually on specific songs, but sometimes shared lyrics with each other. "The Chain" is the only track that all members, including Fleetwood and John McVie, collaborated on. All songs on Rumours concern personal, often troubled, relationships.[21] According to Christine McVie, the fact that the lyricists were extensively focusing on the various separations became apparent to the band only with hindsight.[32] "You Make Loving Fun" is about her boyfriend, Fleetwood Mac's lighting director, after she split from John.[22] Nicks' "Dreams" details a breakup and has a hopeful message, while Buckingham's similar effort in "Go Your Own Way" is more pessimistic.[43] After a short fling with a New England woman, he was inspired to write "Never Going Back Again", a song about the illusion of thinking that sadness will never occur again once feeling content with life. The lines "Been down one time/Been down two times" are in reference to the lyricist's efforts when persuading the woman to give him a chance.[21]
The lyrics of "Don't Stop" are about having an optimistic outlook on life. Inspired by the triple step, the song contains music from both normal and prepared pianos.[21]
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"Don't Stop", written by Christine McVie, is a song about optimism. She noted that Buckingham helped her craft the verses because their personal sensibilities overlapped.[21] McVie's next track, "Songbird", features more introspective lyrics about "nobody and everybody" in the form of "a little prayer".[44] "Oh Daddy", the last McVie song on the album, was written about Fleetwood and his wife Jenny Boyd, who had just gotten back together.[45][46][47] The band's nickname for Fleetwood was "The Big Daddy".[21] McVie commented that the writing is slightly sarcastic and focuses on the drummer's direction for Fleetwood Mac, which always turned out to be right. Nicks provided the final lines "And I can't walk away from you, baby/If I tried". Her own song, "Gold Dust Woman", is inspired by Los Angeles and the hardship encountered in such a metropolis.[21] After struggling with the rock lifestyle, Nicks became addicted to cocaine and the lyrics address her belief in "keeping going".[48]
Rumours is built around a mix of acoustic and electric instrumentation. Buckingham's guitar work and Christine McVie's use of Fender Rhodes piano or Hammond B-3 organ are present in all tracks. The record often includes stressed drum sounds and distinctive percussion such as congas and maracas. It opens with "Second Hand News", originally an acoustic demo titled "Strummer". After hearing Bee Gees' "Jive Talkin'", Buckingham and co-producer Dashut built up the song with four audio tracks of electric guitar and the use of chair percussion to evoke celtic rock. "Dreams" includes "ethereal spaces" and a recurring two note pattern on the bass guitar.[21] Nicks wrote the song in an afternoon and led the vocals, while the band played around her. The third track on Rumours, "Never Going Back Again", began as "Brushes", a simple acoustic guitar tune played by Buckingham, with snare rolls by Fleetwood using brushes; the band added vocals and further instrumental audio tracks to make it more layered.[49][50] Inspired by triple step dancing patterns, "Don't Stop" includes both conventional acoustic and tack piano. In the latter instrument, nails are placed on the points where the hammers hit the strings, producing a more percussive sound. "Go Your Own Way" is more guitar-oriented and has a four-to-the-floor dance beat influenced by The Rolling Stones' "Street Fighting Man". The album's pace slows down with "Songbird", conceived solely by Christine McVie using a nine-foot Steinway piano.[21]
Side two of Rumours begins with "The Chain", one of the record's most complicated compositions. A Christine McVie demo, "Keep Me There",[21] and a Nicks song were re-cut in the studio and were heavily edited to form parts of the track.[51] The whole of the band crafted the rest using an approach akin to creating a film score; John McVie provided a prominent solo using a fretless bass guitar, which marked a speeding up in tempo and the start of the song's final third. Inspired by R&B, "You Make Loving Fun" has a simpler composition and features a clavinet, a special type of keyboard instrument, while the rhythm section plays interlocking notes and beats. The ninth track on Rumours, "I Don't Want to Know", makes use of a twelve string guitar and harmonising vocals. Influenced by the music of Buddy Holly, Buckingham and Nicks created it in 1974 before they were in Fleetwood Mac. "Oh Daddy" was crafted spontaneously and includes improvised bass guitar patterns from John McVie and keyboard blips from Christine McVie. The album ends with "Gold Dust Woman", a song inspired by free jazz, which has music from a harpsichord, a Fender Stratocaster guitar, and a dobro, an acoustic guitar whose sound is produced by one or more metal cones.[21]
Commercial performance[edit]
Rumours was a huge commercial success and became Fleetwood Mac's second US number one record, following the 1975 eponymous release.[42] It stayed at the top of the Billboard 200 for 31 non-consecutive weeks,[17] while also reaching number one in Australia, Canada,[40] and New Zealand.[52] In May 2011 it re-entered Billboard 200 chart at number 11, and the Australian ARIA chart at number 2, due to several songs from the album being used for the "Rumours" episode of the American TV series Glee.[53][54] The album was certified platinum in America and the UK within months of release after one million units and 300,000 units were shipped respectively.[55][56] All three major US trade publications—Billboard, Cash Box, and Record World—named it Album of the Year for 1977.[57] After a debut at number seven, Rumours peaked at the top of the UK Albums Chart in January 1978, becoming Fleetwood Mac's first number one album in the country.[38] In February, the band and co-producers Caillat and Dashut won the 1978 Grammy Award for Album of the Year.[42] By March, the album had sold over 10 million copies worldwide, including over eight million in the US alone.[57]
By 1980, 13 million copies of Rumours had been sold worldwide,[58] a figure which increased to nearly 20 million by 1987.[59] By the time of Fleetwood Mac's reunion tour in 1997, it had sold 25 million copies worldwide.[60] The amount rose to 30 million by 2004, and to 40 million by 2009.[61][62] As of 2014[update], Rumours has spent 522 weeks in the UK Top 75 album chart and is the 14th best-selling album in UK history and is certified 11× platinum by the British Phonographic Industry, the equivalent of three million units shipped.[56] The record has received a Diamond Award from the Recording Industry Association of America for a 20× platinum certification or 20 million units shipped, making it, as of 2012[update], the sixth best-selling album in US history (by number of units shipped).[63]
Critical reception[edit]
Rumours has been acclaimed by music critics since its release. Robert Christgau, reviewing in The Village Voice, gave the album an "A" and described it as "more consistent and more eccentric" than its predecessor. He added that it "jumps right out of the speakers at you".[64] Rolling Stone magazine's John Swenson believed the interplay among the three vocalists was one of the album's most pleasing elements; he stated, "Despite the interminable delay in finishing the record, Rumours proves that the success of Fleetwood Mac was no fluke."[65] In a review for The New York Times, John Rockwell said the album is "a delightful disk, and one hopes the public thinks so, too",[66] while Dave Marsh of the St. Petersburg Times claimed the songs are "as grandly glossy as anything right now".[67] Robert Hilburn was less receptive and called Rumours a "frustratingly uneven" record in his review for the Los Angeles Times,[68] while Juan Rodriguez of The Gazette suggested that, while the music is "crisper and clearer", Fleetwood Mac's ideas are "slightly more muddled".[69] The album finished fourth in The Village Voice 's 1977 Pazz & Jop critics' poll, which aggregated the votes of hundreds of prominent reviewers.[70]
In a retrospective review, AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave Rumours five stars and noted that, regardless of the voyeuristic element, the record was "an unparalleled blockbuster" because of the music's quality; he concluded, "Each tune, each phrase regains its raw, immediate emotional power—which is why Rumours touched a nerve upon its 1977 release, and has since transcended its era to be one of the greatest, most compelling pop albums of all time."[71] According to Slant Magazine's Barry Walsh, Fleetwood Mac drew on romantic dysfunction and personal turmoil to create a timeless, five-star record,[72] while Andy Gill of The Independent claimed it "represents, along with The Eagles Greatest Hits, the high-water mark of America's Seventies rock-culture expansion, the quintessence of a counter-cultural mindset lured into coke-fuelled hedonism".[73] In 2007, BBC's Daryl Easlea labelled the sonic results as "near perfect", "like a thousand angels kissing you sweetly on the forehead",[74] while Patrick McKay of Stylus Magazine wrote, "What distinguishes Rumours—what makes it art—is the contradiction between its cheerful surface and its anguished heart. Here is a radio-friendly record about anger, recrimination, and loss."[75]
Mick Fleetwood has called Rumours "the most important album we ever made", because its success allowed the group to continue recording for years to come.[76] Pop culture journalist Chuck Klosterman links the record's sales figures to its "really likable songs", but suggests that "no justification for greatness" is intrinsically provided by them.[77] The Guardian collated worldwide data in 1997 from a range of renowned critics, artists, and radio DJs, who placed the record at number 78 in the list of the 100 Best Albums Ever.[78] In 1998, Legacy: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours was produced by Fleetwood and released. The record contained each song of the original Rumours covered by a different act influenced by it. Among the musicians involved were alternative rock bands Tonic, Matchbox 20, and Goo Goo Dolls, Celtic rock groups The Corrs and The Cranberries, and singer-songwriters Elton John, Duncan Sheik, and Jewel.[79] Other diverse acts influenced by Rumours include baroque pop artist Tori Amos,[80] hard rock group Saliva,[81] and indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie.[82]
"There was a time when Fleetwood Mac's Rumours was just seen as an album that sold incredibly well; over the past five years, though, it's become more acceptable to classify Rumours as great in and of itself."[77]
In 1998, Q placed Rumours at number three—behind The Clash's London Calling and Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon—in its list of 50 Best Albums of the 70s.[83] In 1999, Vibe featured it as one of 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century.[84] In 2003, VH1 ranked the record at number 16 during its 100 Greatest Albums countdown,[77] while Slant included it as one of 50 Essential Pop Albums.[85] The same year, USA Today placed Rumours at number 23 in its Top 40 Albums list,[86] while Rolling Stone ranked it at number 25 in its special issue of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time", the highest Fleetwood Mac record.[87] In 2006, Time named it in its All-TIME 100 Albums shortlist,[88] while Mojo featured it in its unnumbered list of 70 from the 1970s: Decade's Greatest Albums.[89] The record is included in both The Guardian 's "1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die" and the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[90][91] In the 2013 reissue of the album, Pitchfork Media's Jessica Hopper gave the album a rare 10 out of 10, earning it best new reissue.[92]
Track listing[edit]
|Side one
|"Second Hand News"
|Lindsey Buckingham
|Stevie Nicks
|"Never Going Back Again"
|Lindsey Buckingham
|"Don't Stop"
|Christine McVie
|"Go Your Own Way"
|Lindsey Buckingham
|Christine McVie
|Side two
|"The Chain"
|Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, John McVie, Stevie Nicks
|"You Make Loving Fun"
|Christine McVie
|"I Don't Want to Know"
|Stevie Nicks
|"Oh Daddy"
|Christine McVie
|"Gold Dust Woman"
|Stevie Nicks
The original cassette release has a different running order, transposing "Second Hand News" and "I Don't Want to Know".
Silver Springs
"Silver Springs" (4:48), a song written by Nicks, was recorded at the same sessions and intended for inclusion on Rumours. It was eventually released as the B-side of "Go Your Own Way" and has been restored to later reissues of the album.
2001 reissue
The DVD-Audio version of Rumours released in 2001 includes "Silver Springs" (Track 6, with "Songbird" relocated to Track 12), and short audio interviews with band members about the making of each song.
2004 reissue
Warner Bros. released a remastered version in 2004 with "Silver Springs" between "Songbird" and "The Chain". The booklet features additional photography and detailed liner notes. Rhino Entertainment coupled this disc with a bonus disc of demos, roughs, and outtakes.
|2004 bonus disc
|"Second Hand News"
|"Brushes (Never Going Back Again)" (Instrumental)
|"Don't Stop"
|C. McVie
|"Go Your Own Way"
|C. McVie
|"Silver Springs"
|"You Make Loving Fun"
|C. McVie
|"Gold Dust Woman No. 1"
|"Oh Daddy"
|C. McVie
|"Think About It"
|"Never Going Back Again"
|"Planets of the Universe"
|"Butter Cookie (Keep Me There)"
|C. McVie
|"Gold Dust Woman"
|"Doesn't Anything Last"
|"Mic the Screecher" (Jam session)
|"For Duster (The Blues)" (Jam session)
|Buckingham, Fleetwood, C. McVie, J. McVie
2011 reissue
In 2011, Warner Music Japan released the album as a Super Audio CD hybrid disc with "Silver Springs" as the sixth track, bumping "Songbird" to Track 12.
35th anniversary reissues
Warner Bros. and Rhino Entertainment marked the album's 35th anniversary by reissuing it in several formats – a facsimile of the original on vinyl, without "Silver Springs", on 16 April 2011; a remastered CD, again without "Silver Springs", on 31 January 2012; and finally two box-sets on 29 January 2013.[93]
The Expanded Edition on three CDs contains:
- the original album plus "Silver Springs"
- twelve previously unreleased live tracks recorded in 1977
- sixteen previously unreleased demos, roughs, and outtakes.
The Deluxe Edition (sometimes referred to as "super deluxe") on four CDs, one DVD, and one vinyl LP contains:
- the forty tracks in the expanded edition
- the eighteen demos, roughs, and outtakes included on the 2004 reissue bonus disc
- The Rosebud Film, a 1977 documentary by Michael Collins
- the original album on vinyl.
- 2013 reissue
The 2013 triple CD reissue restored the original running order of the album, instead moving "Silver Springs" to follow "Gold Dust Woman". The second CD contained live versions, recorded during their 1977 tour, of eight songs from the album and three from its predecessor, Fleetwood Mac. The third disc contained demo versions, early takes and instrumental versions of songs from the album, but different selections from those on the 2004 reissue. A Deluxe Edition also included the second disc from the 2004 reissue, a DVD documentary, The Rosebud Film, from 1977 and the original album on 12" LP.
Those involved in the making of Rumours are:[21][71]
Fleetwood Mac
|Chart (1977–78)
|Australian Kent Music Report[40]
|Austrian Albums Chart[95]
|Canadian RPM Albums Chart[96]
|Dutch Albums Chart[97]
|French SNEP Albums Chart[98]
|Japanese Oricon LPs Chart[99]
|New Zealand Albums Chart[52]
|Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart[100]
|South African Albums Chart[57]
|Swedish Albums Chart[101]
|UK Albums Chart[38]
|US Billboard 200[42]
|US Billboard Catalog Albums[42]
|West German Media Control Albums Chart[102]
|Australia (ARIA)[103]
|13× Platinum
|Canada (Music Canada)[104]
|2× Diamond
|France (SNEP)[105]
|Germany (BVMI)[107]
|5× Gold
|Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[108]
|New Zealand (RMNZ)[109]
|13× Platinum
|Spain (PROMUSICAE)[110]
|United Kingdom (BPI)[111]
|11× Platinum
|United States (RIAA)[112]
|2× Diamond
*sales figures based on certification alone
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- Brackett, Donald (2007). Fleetwood Mac: 40 Years of Creative Chaos. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-275-99338-8.
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- Caillat, Ken & Stiefel, Steven (2012). Making Rumours: The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 978-1-118-21808-2.
- Fleetwood Mac; Ken Caillat; Richard Dashut (2004). Classic Albums – Fleetwood Mac: Rumours (DVD). Eagle Rock Entertainment.
- Rooksby, Rikky (2005). Fleetwood Mac: The Complete Guide to Their Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 1-84449-427-6.
External links[edit]
- Rumours lyrics at Rhapsody
- Rumours promotion at Billboard via Google Books
- Albums certified double diamond by the Canadian Recording Industry Association
- Albums certified quintuple gold by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie
- Albums certified platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry of Hong Kong
- Albums certified tredecuple platinum by Recorded Music NZ
- Albums certified gold by the Productores de Música de España
- Albums certified undecuple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry
- 1977 albums
- Fleetwood Mac albums
- Albums produced by Ken Caillat
- Albums produced by Richard Dashut
- Warner Bros. Records albums
- Grammy Award winners for Album of the Year
- Recording Industry Association of America Diamond Award albums
- Albums certified decuple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry
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Muharraq Sewage Treatment Plant (STP), Bahrain
Key Data
The Bahrain Ministry of Works' (MOW) Muharraq Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) project, located on reclaimed land in Bahrain, is scheduled for completion in 2014. The plant will have a treatment capacity of 100,000m³ per day. The project is being overseen by the Muharraq STP Company as part of a 27-year build, own, operate and transfer (BOOT) scheme, the first scheme of its kind in the country.
The sewage treatment agreement (STA) for the privatisation of the project was awarded in February 2011. The groundbreaking ceremony for the project was held in July 2012.
The plant is designed to have a lifespan of 25 years and has a provision for future expansion to treat 160,000m² per day. The project site covers an area of about 157,000m². The project won the Middle East Water / PPP Deal of the Year 2011 awarded by Project Finance Magazine.
Muharraq STP project details
The project primarily involves construction of the sewage treatment plant (STP), a deep gravity sewer (DGS) and network connections. The STP and DGS are expected to be completed by 2013, while the network connections will be completed by 2014. The DGS is expected to have 80 years of service life.
The network connections will intercept 24 existing pump stations and divert the flows to the deep gravity sewer pipeline. The deep gravity sewer will further discharge the flows to the terminal lifting station to be constructed at the head of the new sewage treatment plant.
The deep gravity sewer will measure 16km in length and 1.8m in diameter. The sewer is being tunnelled using the micro-tunnelling method.
The project also involves the construction of a lift station halfway through the route to lift the flow, further preventing the depth of the sewer from exceeding 15m below ground level.
A new sludge incinerator plant to treat the sludge from the sewage treatment plant will also be installed. Treated sludge from the plant will be used as fertilisers in agricultural fields. The STP also has an option to discharge the treated effluent and bypass flows to the sea through a sea outfall. As of March 2013, the project achieved one million safe man-hours without lost-time incidents.
Sewage treatment plant technology
The treatment plant will implement established technology, including pre-treatment, nutrient removal, filtration equipment implementing disc filter technology capable of capturing particles as small as ten microns and disinfection using both UV and chlorine.
Contractors for the Muharraq STP's design and construction
The Muharraq STP Company comprises of Samsung Engineering, Invest AD and United Utilities which hold shares of 45%, 35% and 20% respectively. The joint venture between Samsung Engineering and United Utilities will operate and maintain the facilities.
Hyder Consulting is providing the detailed design services for the STP. The main construction contractor for the project is G.P. Zachariades.
The installation of the piles for the shafts is being carried out by Keller. The piles used for the shafts range in sizes from 12m to 18.5m. Implenia has been sub-contracted to carry out the micro-tunnelling activities. The nutrient removal reactor for the plant will be supplied by Siemens.
Financing Bahrain's Muharraq sewage treatment plant
The project financing for the treatment plant was completed in September 2011, with Macquarie Capital acting as the financial advisor and Ashurst acting as the legal advisor to the consortium.
HSBC and Norton Rose, on the other hand, respectively acted as the financial advisor and legal advisor to the Bahrain Ministry of Works and Ministry of Finance.
The banks involved in the financing are Export-Import Bank of Korea (K-Exim), Credit Agricole, Natixis and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) with Shearman & Sterling acting as the advisor for these lenders.
The debt financing for the $325m project includes a $124m direct loan guarantee from K-Exim, a $83m guarantee covered by K-Exim and a $43m uncovered guarantee, with a 13.7% standby facility on each.
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Cast - Amitabh Bachchan. Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan,
Tanisha Mukherji. Govind Namdeo, Upendra Limaye, Dilip Prabhawalkar,
Sayaji Shinde
Director- Ram Gopal Varma
Rating-**1/2(just another average fare)
Looks like Ram Gopal Varma's 'one of a kind' cinematic sensibilities have flown out of the window. 'Sarkar Raj' is laden with star power and some good characterizations, yet it's not impressive enough.
'Sarkar' was a landmark film of the year 2005. But the sequel can hardly be considered an apt follow-up. Maybe making the sequel wasn't a very great idea after all (is that why creatively crazy Ramu has been telling the world that the film's not a sequel?).
Now no one's yet doubting his capabilities as a filmmaker though! He was an avant-garde filmmaker of his times with movies like 'Satya' and 'Company' to his credit!
Untill creative diarrhea happened to him and he decided to churn out stuff like 'Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag' and 'Shiva.'
'Sarkar Raj' takes off where the earlier movie ended and has similar half lit settings (which becomes irritating after a point)!
Shubhash Nagre (Amitabh Bachchan)'s power regime in Maharashtra has happily continued. His Bal Thackrey inspired 'father of Maharasthra' character has come to terms with the death of his elder son (Kay Kay in the earlier film) and is satisfactorily doing his duties towards the people.
Abhishek's Shankar Nagre has aptly taken over his father's mantle
(as shown towards the end of the earlier film) and is married to the
homely Avanatika (Tanisha).
The family rules the hearts of happily citizens.
Until Aishwarya Rai's power woman character enters! She is Anita Rajan whose multinational company is looking at building a huge power project which would cover some rural areas of Maharashtra.
The problem is that the project would make a million families in the surrounding villages homeless. That leaves the ground open for the start of a struggle for supremacy between the Nagre family, the various power brokers and political pawns.
The actual condition of people and the environment in Mumbai and Maharashtra's villages has been explored well in the story and a whole lot of things appear very very authentic!
Wish Ramu hadn't loaded the story with unrealistic things like the abrupt beginning to the Abhi Ash dosti. Just after the first meeting, Abhi is mighty impressed by Ash's project and Ash of course. So much so that she joins him as he tours a dozen villages of Maharashtra.
Looks like Ramu was seriously trying to cash in on the miya biwi real life pyaar.
Also unrealistic are the murders happening left, right and center. Wonder what happened to the law of the land!
In the Godfather, The Corleones were a mafia family, so the
bloodshed was kind of justified. But for God's sake, this is a
political family based in the heart of Mumbai!
The way the wife gets killed by the car bomb (which was meant to be for the hubby) again reminds one of the 'The Godfather' effect!
Amitabh Bachchan yet again delivers a flawless performance and Ramu quite literally gets what he expects from an actor like him. Abhishek essays the Shankar part pretty well, as well as in the previous film.
Their chemistry of the father�son jodi is heartwarming and excellent.
Same can't be said of the Abhi-Ash chemistry though, which comes
across as superficial. Ash looks the sophisticated corporate women's
part and her beauty shines through here, too. Only the characters looks
jumbled up as from a steely foreign bred business woman, she turns into
a big sympathizer and 'too close a friend' of the Nagre family. As a
whole, she doesn't really come across as a strong character (the way it
was portrayed in the media by Mr. Varma!)
Tanisha looks the Maharashtrian wife's part but as guessed by many she has very little to do. Supriya Pathak is amiable as in the earlier film. Rukhsar( the elder bahu)'s and her little son's characters just get mentioned here. But the mention of their names very well leave the option for another sequel open!
There is a gamut of good character roles written in the film and the character actors from Upendra Limaye ( Vora), Dilip Prabhawalkar (Rao Sahab) to Bala (Sumeet Nijhawan), Sayaji Shinde (Karunesh Kaanga) and the Raj Thackrey kind of character stand out. They make the otherwise confusing proceedings quite interesting.
The entire premise of the movie is mighty dark and depressing and there's a hell lot of violence happening around. If you're a fan of feel good movies, this ain't your cup of tea.
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The movie sounds good...
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i havent seen it yet but it seems pretty good. can't wait to watch it.=D
I disagree with the review, i thought the movie was very good. It had a great plot along with great actors! I liked it better than the first in fact! I dunno what your talk n about!!!!! I loved it...guys its definitely a must see!
I think this was a brilliant movie.
I didn't see the first one, Sarkar, but I am going to see it now!
The movie was pretty good!! But I didn't like that just because they wanted Ash-Abhi to be paired they killed Tannisha's character. It's good if the story needed it, but it's pathetic if it was only for popularity.
what is this review...??
I saw the movie and its excellent! I loved it.
Ab , Ab junior did a terrific job. For a change, i loved Ash too.
plzz stop this negative propaganda against bachchan's family.
i watched the movie.. but i didnt understand the last scene where ash ask to get a tea.. whats that all about? y they showe her in that way?
she was the one behind all those violence?
i disagree with this review..the movie was really good.
dude it was good, i dunno wut ur talkin bout.
hey i dont really like bachachan familly so i kinda read the reviews and it sounds a crap movie so i wudnt wast my money. i wud rather watch the movie aamir than sarkar raj. no offence to bachchans fans
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