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1. Charlie and The Chocolate Factory
I definitely love the part with the Oompa Loompa in this movie. They are toddler size, look the same, expressionless face and they sing!
(Willy Wonka) I believe they're going to treat us to a little song. It is quite a special occasion, of course. They haven't had a fresh audience in many a moon.
(Oompa Loompa) Augustus Gloop / Augustus Gloop / The great big greedy Nincompoop / Augustus Gloop, so big and vile, so greedy foul and infantile / Come on, we cry, the time is ripe to send him shooting up the pipe / But don't, dear children be alarmed, Augustus Gloop will not be harmed, Augustus Gloop will not be harmed / Although of course we must admit, he will be altered quite a bit / Slowly wheels go round and round, and cogs begin to grind and pound / This greedy brute, this louces ear, is loved by people everywhere, for who could hate or bare a grudge against a luscious bit of fudge?
2. The Hangover
Everything is hilariously wrong in this movie. It is like a bunch of different people being put together in a weird situation. I'm laughing so hard for this movie. And that nerd guy Alan is so damn funny.
Alan Garner: Hello. How 'bout that ride in? I guess that's why they call it Sin City.
[awkward laughter]
Alan Garner: You guys might not know this, but I consider myself a bit of a loner. I tend to think of myself as a one-man wolf pack. But when my sister brought Doug home, I knew he was one of my own. And my wolf pack... it grew by one. So there... there were two of us in the wolf pack... I was alone first in the pack, and then Doug joined in later. And six months ago, when Doug introduced me to you guys, I thought, "Wait a second, could it be?" And now I know for sure, I just added two more guys to my wolf pack. Four of us wolves, running around the desert together, in Las Vegas, looking for strippers and cocaine. So tonight, I make a toast!
3. Old School
I probably kill myself if I have friend like Frank. He is more annoying than funny.
Frank: A little housewarming gift.
Mitch: I actually gave this to you for your wedding.
Frank: This model?
Mitch: That exact one.

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Welcome to the Parish Church of St Luke's - Kingston upon Thames
A Forward in Faith Parish
A traditional parish dedicated to making the Love of Christ known
through excellence in worship and active care and concern for others
Click here for regular Service Times
Click here to find out where we are and how to get here
Click here to donate to St. Luke's Organ Restoration Appeal
If you're looking for a
church to call 'home' we hope you'll find a place with us at Saint Luke's.
We're a diverse collection of people. Some of us have been worshipping here for many years and some of us are newcomers; some of us are life-long Anglicans and some of us come from other traditions; some of us live right here in Canbury, North Kingston and some of us live as far away as Wimbledon, Richmond, Surbiton, Tolworth or Guildford.
The foundation stone of our church was laid in 1880 and Saint Luke's is very much part of the social fabric of Kingston. The doors are open throughout the day, seven days a week and all through the year. Candles burning in the candle stands and entries in our visitor's book show that, for many folk, this is a quiet and welcoming place for prayer or meditation. If you're worshipping with us you'll find an outline of the service on the service sheet handed to you at the door
9.00am Mass Tuesdays and Thursdays
Wednesday 7pm Holy Hour - Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament followed by Mass at 8.00pm
Times of Sunday services are:
8.00am Low Mass (Prayer Book)
10.30am Sung Mass
5.00pm Evensong
After the 10:30am Sung Mass on Sundays, everyone is welcome to come into the Swinnerton Hall, next to the Church, for drinks and conversation.
Sunday School Children from three years old and upwards are welcome to attend the Sunday School in the Swinnerton Hall (enter through the Church) at 10:30. The children join the congregation in Church for the second half of the Parish Mass
On the Third Sunday of each month a TEDDY
BEARS SERVICE is held at 9.30am, aimed in particular for pre-schoolers
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"I'm disappointed of course because I really hoped that we could have gotten a bill out of here by the end of this month," said Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., and chairman of one of the three committees at work on the measure.
"The issue is critical. Whether we do it at the end of July or not, I don't think that's critical except the perception in terms that the Congress didn't respond to the request of the president."
Didn't respond to the request of the president? Last time I checked, the members of the House and the Senate, as well as the president, work for us. And, the last time I checked, the majority of American citizens don't want this healthcare fiasco. Speaking of "American citizens", I understand that a minimum of 12 million of the 45 million uninsured (a squirrely number unto itself) that Obama continually references as the ones who need coverage aren't American Citizens, they're illegal immigrants. It's bad enough that the liberals try to sweep under the rug the amount of freebies these freeloaders get right now without any legislation. I guess now they want to make it more formal. But no matter. Most Americans probably won't know about this thanks to the Franking Commission. The Franking Commission is supposed to be a bipartisan commission on Congressional Mailing Standards. Instead, they are acting as a censorship machine. They have started demanding to Congresspeople, who want to expose the truth to their constituents about this horrible healthcare legislation, that they omit graphics and language that might make the American people learn more about it and actually question it. If the Congresspeople don't follow their orders, the government refuses to pay for the mailing. Elections truly have consequences. Like representatives who don't even believe in reading the bill, such as Bill Conyers (D-Mich), who said, "What good is reading the bill if it's a thousand pages and you don't have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you read the bill?" Way to stick it to us! Speaking of not reading…if no one is reading the thing, who's writing it?


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(i) Number of templates are limited.
(ii) It is only specific to a particular speaker.
(iii) Need actual training examples.
(iv) It can produce pathological results. The crucial observation is that the algorithm may try to explain variability in the Y-axis by warping the X-axis. This can lead to unintuitive alignments where a single point on one time series maps onto a large subsection of another time series.
(v) They suffer from the drawback that they may prevent the "correct" warping from being found. In simulated cases, the correct warping can be known by warping a time series and attempting to remove the original.
(vi) An additional problem with DTW is that the algorithm may fail to find obvious natural alignments in two sequences simply because a feature (i.e. peak, valley, inflection point, plateau etc.) in one sequence is slightly higher or lower that is corresponding feature in other sequence.
(vii) The weakness of DTW is in the features it considers.
(viii) The other main drawback of DTW is the explosion of the search space for continuous recognition tasks and poor speaker independent performance.
(ix) One of the main problems in dynamic time warping based speech recognition systems is the preparation of reliable reference templates for the set of words to be recognized.
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"The Supercuts off-licence has been a nightmare for local residents the whole nine years I have been a councillor. Large noisy groups congregate outside and the proprietor seems to run the place more like a pub than an off-licence. The so-called Royal Wedding street party outside that ended in gunshots was the final straw for local people and I am pleased that Supercuts have finally lost their licence."
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As we leave Corbigny, we pass through a curiously thin bridge, which turns out to be a tiny aqueduct, only a foot wide. It's dry but at one time obviously carried water from one side of the steep banks to the other, one field to another. There's some history here if only we could find it: why construct this stone edifice for a tiny stream of water? Who paid for it?
At Chitry les Mines, a super little port with a shop that sells bread (at last) and spare impellers, we meet the infamous Ted Johnson. He's now retired from the family business, which once repaired boats and now supplies boat parts with son John at the helm. As he tells us stories we discover we have many acquaintances in common all over the world and it's hard to drag ourselves away. It's a small world, boating.
Just round the corner, there's a series of lifting bridges – get off and operate with a button – but one is out of order and has to be opened manually, turning a large wheel with very low gearing. It takes forever to get through, since one must stop afterwards and lower it again the same way.
We pass the Le Boat hire-boat base at Tannay, with its boat lift. But we press on to Clamecy, the capital of the Nievre region, and wait for a short while at the swing bridge before the lock.
Here the canal and the River Yonne rejoin and the port is formed where the canal is blocked from its former route running through the town. The recent storm has brought a large tree down on top of the old wash house, but it has spared its part-conversion art gallery.
We moor just beyond the river bridge for a quick (and highly successful) supermarket dash. On the bridge itself stands a memorial to Jean Rouvet, responsible for the first 'rafts' of Morvan timber to be floated down the Yonne to Paris, a hugely important industry that continued for four centuries. Remnants and reminders of the logging trade can be seen all along the Clamecy banks. At the other side of the bridge stands the rather ugly Church of Béthleem. The Count of Nevers promised his friend, the Bishop of Bethlehem, that if ever Bethlehem should fall to the Saracens then he would welcome him in Clamecy. In 1188, that's exactly what happened and the church is the result.
We stop for the night at Chatel-Censoir, a delightful basin with paying town moorings, but we choose to hug the town-side bank just by the lock using our own mooring spikes. The town is well worth exploring for its collection of important and vernacular buildings. The road and railway are right by the canal, the church bell rings out from high on the hill. But as the sun sets, you can hear a pin drop. Utterly peaceful.
We turn right just under the railway bridge along the embranchment de Vermenton. Here's our first uphill lock for some time but only 0.8m and then another deeper one past Accolay before we reach the basin, with the River Cure flowing through it, at Vermenton. We think we've reached our destination for the winter.


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CLOUDLAND CABIN JOURNAL - December 2016
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12/26/16 It is SPRINGTIME at Cloudland! There were spring peepers (frogs) out peeping early yesterday morning; last night while out hiking I found a TICK; and this morning we were awakened by the pleasant singing of a ROBIN, a sure sign of spring. So I guess that means our winter "break" is over and we're hitting the ground running this morning and on with 2017. Good thing I LOVE Mondays anyway - hope you have a great one too!
12/25/16 HOWLING winds this morning - if Santa tried to approach the cabin I suspect he's been blown to another state by now! Supposed to be near 70 degrees with rain today. Ho, ho, ho! (I love rainy days and fog!) Oh yes, and we have fog so thick that I'm afraid to venture outside without being tethered back to the cabin with a rope. (well, not exactly, but you get the idea)
My lovely bride is going to bake a two-pound turkey (breast only, just perfect size for us!), with stuffing, smashed 'taters, green beans, and rolls. And her newly-famous P. Allen Smith pecan pie - YIPPIE COYOTE! Otherwise it will be business as usual here at Cloudland today (we had family Christmas last weekend).
I was up early yesterday morning an hour or two before dawn, and when I wandered out onto the back deck I discovered a sea of clouds covering the canyon below (from a light rain the night before), STARS everywhere above, AND a crescent MOON rising just above the ridge to the southeast. I took a couple of snapshots with my snapshots, and they looked so good that I ran to the print room in the old gallery next door and grabbed my real camera to set up and take a few images. There is no way to capture the moon with any detail and the stars and landscape in a single picture, so I opted to concentrate on the stars and landscape exposure, which would blow out the moon, but I hoped it would still look "moon-like" and I think it did. Such a peaceful, colorful, breathtaking, and beautiful scene! It was a great way to begin Christmas Eve day.
Pam and I continued work on the water system testing throughout the day, and I dug through more than two feet of solid clay - it was quite beautiful clay too! When I was a kid and used to dig around in the dirt, whenever I came to a layer of multi-colored clay like this I would jump up and shout out that I had found the end of the rainbow! They clay here at Cloudland I dug into yesterday was indeed a rainbow of colors. By the end of the day we had concluded testing, filled the 1,000-gallon holding back up, and turned the water back on. Showers and clean dishes and laundry again, OH MY!
Dawn is approaching now as I'm typing this, and I think I'll strap on a pair of hiking boots and wander out into the fog and see if I can find Santa. Since marrying my lovely bride nearly 16 years ago I've already received every present I'll ever want or desire - so I just want to get Santa back on course. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE FROM CLOUDLAND!!!
12/23/16 I had a Cloudland Moment a couple of nights ago, and another one tonight. The one tonight was the result of me being not too smart. I had gone out after dark to check on something up on the hillside, and the fog was SO THICK that at times I was unable to see more than a few feet in front of me - not even to the next tree in the forest. That was some thick fog! There had been rain, and still heavy mist, so everything was soaking wet. After checking on one spot I headed farther up the hillside - it was then I realized that if my headlamp had gone out I might be in serious trouble. Trouble in that with the fog so thick and zero visibility since it was so dark with no moon, that I would have trouble finding my way back to the cabin - indeed I would have trouble even figuring out which direction I would be going. Not a good situation in the land of bluffs. I stopped and leaned up against a tree and turned off my light just to test how dark it would be. After ten minutes I could see nothing, total darkness. It was a weird moment - almost like I was being held hostage by the wilderness. Yet somehow comforting because it was so wonderful out there in the dark with the "feel" of the fog all around me. When I returned to the task at hand my steps were much quicker as I sped up to the top of the hill and then back down through the forest and back to the welcoming glow of the foggy cabin.
A couple of nights ago I was out digging into that very same mountainside when the clouds began to turn pink and red and orange. I'd already dug out a trench about two feet wide, six feet long, and nearly three feet deep - the deep was the hard part - every inch down at that depth was quite difficult, and often required me to get down on my knees and use my hands to scoop up dirt, gravel, and clay. Anyway, as I was down in there three feet deep those clouds kept getting more colorful, and more, and then more. Since it is fully winter now there is so much more of the sky to see because the naked trees allow an open view. There must have been a thousand individual puffy clouds up there glowing! The peak color only lasted a minute or less, then quickly faded away. I returned to my digging. A couple of minutes later as I reached out to pile handfuls of dirt on the mound, an even brighter and more COLORFUL sky greeted me - the clouds were not blazing as bright as I'd ever seen them, and with a forest silhouetted in front - it was just a magnificent view from my dirt trench! Wow. Just WOW...
Six of my fingers and thumbs are split, and not only is it quite painful to do most anything with them (like trying to type), but my hands look really funny with all the bandages. The splits are the result of winter dryness and my digging in the trench with almost bare hands.
Mia has had a much worse week though. She scratched the side of her head back open and Pam had to take her into town for treatment before the Clarksville show on Monday. She's been wearing one of those cone collars ever since to keep her from scratching (Mia is, not Pam). It is both comical and sad to see her try and navigate through the dog door to go indoors or out - I usually run over and open a door for her - poor thing. She does not seem an worse for the wear though, and always ready to tear off into the woods when we allow her to - which we don't right now - only on leash.
We've been conducting some water tests at the cabin and have had the water turned completely off now for almost three days. I've been getting lots of exercise carrying buckets of water from our small hot tub down on the lowest deck to refill toilets and dog/cat water dishes. (We have plenty of bottled water for us.) It's easy to take daily personal water use for granted - shut off your water for a few days and you will understand.
The winter woods have been beautiful this week, and roaming about with the cooler temps has been invigorating. You can simply SEE so much more of the landscape this time of year. And the naked trees have a great deal more personality - I think winter in a mild climate like the Ozarks has many advantages over other seasons, especially if you take the time to get out into the outdoors and look around. I hope to be doing a lot more of that as the days and weeks roll on into the next year...
12/19/16 Still some snow in the shadows early this morning - blue snow tinted by indirect light from the clear blue sky above. It's a crispy 8 degrees, but with all that sunshine it should warm up nicely throughout the day. We had maybe a half inch of snowfall Saturday night, enough to cover the ground for a slightly "White Christmas" on Sunday morning. I say that because yesterday was the family Christmas celebration at Pam's parents house in Mt. Sherman. With the weather moving in Saturday evening after our Holiday Open House at the new gallery, Pam spent the night at her parents, along with most of the rest of her family who made the trip down from Missouri a day early to beat the weather. I returned to Cloudland from the gallery since the puppies were here, and to deal with some other issues at the cabin (our caretaker, Joseph, went home for the holidays). Turned out the pups and I remained here all day Sunday due to the bad roads and other issues, but since it was Christmas over at Mt. Sherman, I declared it a White Christmas* here at Cloudland!
*My lovely bride and I plan to spend the actual Christmas day here at the cabin, just the two of us, all wrapped up in front of the fireplace - being thankful for all of you.
We survived our second marathon run of programs and the open house, and now have just one more program tonight in Clarksville - then we'll be able to begin the process of trying to catch up from the past couple months of being on the road (which will probably take us until next program season, ha, ha!)
The trip home from the Benton program was the longest of the year, but we managed to make it home about midnight and without hitting any of the thousands of deer along the roadways (well, maybe only hundreds - no probably just dozens, but it SEEMED like thousands of them!). It was a scramble all day Friday to recycle and get ready for the big show in Harrison Friday night, but then it was a great surprise to greet nearly a packed house at the Durand Center for the program. Since we had to pay for this show out of our pocket, there was no organization to sponsor us nor to do any advertising (and media does not accept public service announcements from private folks like us), we weren't expecting many folks to show up. It was a great crowd and a very nice facility for us to do this event at - so we're hoping we'll be able to afford the Durand Center in 2017 as well.
Back home again late Friday night and up early Saturday to recycle and retool and get things set up for the last Holiday Open House at the new gallery, and that too went well despite me nearly losing my mind and forgetting even the most basic of things I really needed there (like a power plug for my computer, and also for the primary printer and the backup printer - DUH!!!). And without having eaten anything but a couple of great cookies during the event, both Pam and I were starving when 3pm arrived - she left for the heavily-snack-laden confines of grandma's house, while I spent an hour breaking "camp" at the gallery and then driving home to the puppies. Everything worked out for all of us and we were thankful for that.
Anyway, we have a full plate today before heading south to Clarksville for the show tonight - including making a trip up to Missouri to get a part for the cabin. It is MONDAY, my favorite day of the week - and I hope it is for you too!!!
12/12/16 Foggy and cool this morning, no wind at all, and just delightful out in the forest! I took an early stroll at dawn with the pups - Mia treed a couple of squirrels and it was great to hear her barks echo through the foggy landscape once again. My lovely bride and I had time for a short cup of tea and calm before we had to hit the treadmill with a to-do list as long as my arm. I LOVE Mondays - always have - mostly because it give me all week to get stuff done! Usually by Friday I still have a long to-do list and only one day left to get it all done.
We had a great trip to Little Rock yesterday and the largest crowd ever at the Nature Center, and we got to visit with lots of old friends and new ones. Something we've noticed especially this year - more folks are coming to multiple shows. Hum, not sure what that means, but we always enjoy listening to your comments. One old friend yesterday noted after his second show that I must have "added" more photos to the program since he saw it the first time a couple of weeks ago - said he noticed a lot more things the second time around. I've seen the program literally hundreds of times and still see new things as the images move across the big screen, so I understood. (no additional photos, just more exposure time overall)
The woods here in the wilderness are silent this morning, partly due to the heavy fog, but also because the landscape seems happy and content with a little recent moisture and good weather. It is just a great time to be a tree in Arkansas I think! (or for that matter, to be a hiker in Arkansas) Hope your week is a grand one...
12/10/16 There's a HOWLING wind tonight that would do any pack of coyotes proud. It's the sort of wind where you can just stand there and lean into it so far without falling over that you can almost touch the ground with your outstretched hands. And oh my goodness the TREES are making music as fast as they can. It's a hopping Saturday night in the wilderness for sure!
I was up at 3:30 this morning to pack and get ready for our Holiday Open House today. By 7 I was over at the new gallery building near Jasper unloading canvas prints and adjusting the spot lights and setting up a printer and computer system. Pam's dad arrived and working on putting out directional signs so folks could find us (this new location is only one mile off the highway - YIPPIE!) Pam arrived and put out title labels, straightened all the prints (49 gallery-wrapped canvas prints and five pastel paintings of hers), and set up the book sale table area. Her mom brought plates full of fresh homemade cookies and made coffee and cider. While we didn't have many people today (Gave us more time to spend with folks who attended, which was great!), there were visitors all day - and many commented how nice it was to be so CLOSE to the highway! Today was the first flush on our new property - there is water to the gallery/book warehouse now, and a working indoor toilet!
I shut down the lights and headed home just as the last rays of sunshine lit up the wilderness - including a large herd of deer being attended to by a monster whitetail buck. My lovely bride and I got about 30 minutes to enjoy dinner before we both continued with our work day. It's almost 10pm and she just shut herself down for the day and hiked on up to the lost for bed. I've shut down computers and printers and about to follow her lead. We're up early to pack the van and head south for our program in Little Rock - we'll be all set up by 1pm at the Nature Center with the new slide show to follow at 2pm. We'll also have programs this coming week on Tuesday in Ft. Smith, Thursday in Benton, and Friday in Harrison (at the Durand Center). Then we'll have our final Holiday Open House on Saturday (at the new gallery building near Jasper). Our year will wind down after that with only one more program, in Clarksville on the 19th. We'll probably go into hibernation for a week or two and try to catch up on both sleep and normal cabin and business chores - 2017 is just around the corner!
Mia is doing much better and they upper her medication after her swelling got so bad. She is one tough little puppy dog.
The replacement shipment of new DVDs arrived yesterday from California and between them and us burning individual DVDs as needed, we should have everyone covered for the holidays and beyond. Pam has been keeping up with orders - getting everything shipped within 24 hours. Just one note that many book orders are shipped via Media Mail, and that can sometimes take several days or even weeks to get to you - if needed by Christmas, be sure to request (order) Priority Mail shipping. We just delivered books to DOG-EARED BOOKS in Russellville and NIGHTBIRD BOOKS in Fayetteville, as well as WORDSWORTH BOOKS in Little Rock. Look for our publications in many other bookstores, outdoor stores, and park visitor centers - or order direct from us with free shipping! HAPPY WEEKEND TO ALL...
12/07/16 Another quick update. We have eight major events in the next ten days beginning tomorrow - our second marathon of the season. And then we will be done for the year. Progress on the new gallery has been slow - each time I go over there to work I don't seem to get much done, but Pam's dad continues to paint walls in the warehouse side and make other improvements. Our second Holiday Open House will be this Saturday, December 10th, with pretty much the same art on the walls as two weeks ago - 49 canvas prints (all DISCOUNTED 50%), and five of Pam's original pastels. PLUS all of our publications will be ON SALE at program prices! (DVDs too.) There will be hot cider and cookies. We won't have a "grand" opening until probably springtime. Until then please pardon our construction debris.
Mia has had another accident - "blunt trauma" and a concussion last Saturday - one side of her head is swelled up big-time. The vet has her on three different medications, and we are trying to keep her from making matters worse. Problem is that she still wants to run out and chase anything and everything, and we can't leave her alone. Wilson is not much help - he just rolls over and wants his belly scratched.
The DVD fiasco is almost over. We were shipped 300 bad disks and some of them made it into customers hands. We've been replacing those we've found out about, and pulled all the rest - less than about 40 disks were sold. In the meantime I've been burning DVDs individually for programs and online orders, and also for replacement orders. We should get replacement DVDs on Friday, although I have a feeling we'll want to test each and every one before sending any out. I've had a system set up in the print room using two computers and DVD burners; then bringing the disks over to the cabin for Pam to run through our printer, one at a time; then package into a jewel case. We've thrown away about 250 DVDs, plus another couple dozen that I've dropped on the floor or something like that during production. We LIKE being able to offer these DVDs, and hope to be able to do so again. In the meantime, you can get your own copy of the new program here.
SNOW! The road into our new property was covered with snow this afternoon, with flurries blowing through the pine trees - it felt GREAT to be outdoors, if only for a few minutes at a time.
Russellville, Little Rock, Ft. Smith, Benton, Harrison, and Clarksville (sounds like a Johnny Cash song) - hope to see ya at one of these programs in the next week, or at one of our Holiday Open Houses, or both!
12/06/16 There is a special crispness in the air tonight - the temp is heading down, taking a winter plunge in the next couple of days. During one of many trips over to the print room and back to the cabin tonight I made a slight detour and found myself out in the middle of the forest. This seems to happen more and more frequently the busier we get. I stopped and leaned back up against a tall hickory tree, then reached up behind my back and put my arms around the trunk, grasped my hands on the other side, and stretched up and up. The airwaves above were filled with honking geese on their way south - the music of approaching winter.
12/05/16 We've had great crowds for our programs these past three days in Springfield, at Bentonville, and in Rogers. One more show today in Dover and our mini-marathon will be complete. Then one of our largest programs on the year will be in Russellville this coming Thursday, and it will probably set a record for the COLDEST temp for a show, ha, ha!
Days and nights have been just spectacular out here in the wilderness this week, although it sounds like the deep freeze is headed our way. One thing I noticed last night - the COYOTES have returned. They've been the most prolific - and musical - we've ever known in the canyons below this fall, but all of that came to a halt during the wildfire. We didn't hear a single note of beautiful howling music until just last night - we think the pups left the area during the fire, but we are so glad they have returned.
We also heard (very rare), and Pam then later saw, a bobcat near the cabin a couple of nights ago. .
12/02/16 Growing up as a kid - and as a young adult too - I dreamed of living in a fire tower high in the Rocky Mountains in Montana and being a fire lookout for the forest service. Long days scanning the horizon for smoke, lazy nights under a blanket of zillions of stars with the girl of my daydreams. Well, I've been living out that fantasy for many years now in real time. From our log cabin deep in the wilderness we can see more than five miles in two different directions, plus more than a mile in a third direction. There's a lot of wild country within that view. Ever since the recent fire below the rim I've been spending more and more time on the back decks scanning the horizon - and the Buffalo River below. Not so much for fires, but just because this is the time of year when so many landscape features become visible after being hidden from view by leaves on the trees for the past six months. We can see individual giant sandstone boulder blocks several miles away, and I often wonder what it would be like sitting on top looking back. Hum, think I'll go investigate a few more of those distant boulders in the months to come.
In the meantime we have a pair of marathon slide program schedules coming up - beginning TODAY when we travel to four different towns in as many days - two shows in Springfield this afternoon, Bentonville tomorrow, Rogers on Sunday, and Dover on Monday. We'll have one big program in Russellville next week (plus and Open House); than go on another run with programs in Ft. Smith, Benton, Harrison, another Open House on the 17th, and our final program in Clarksville on December 19th. WHEW!!!
Our caretaker, cousin Joseph, moved out and went back home during the fire and Thanksgiving, but he has moved his little RV back in now and will be here until almost Christmas.
A quick note that we offer FREE SHIPPING on all orders right now, and Pam gets them out the door usually within 24 hours. Still PLENTY of time to fill your Christmas list - just tell us who to autograph books to and we'll ship directly to them if you like...
12/01/16 There was a faint glow along the eastern horizon as I stepped out into the chilly morning air. Dawn was happening, flooding the forest with golden light. Each tree seemed to be coming alive with a smile, and with the promise of a new day filled with sunshine! My steps were almost silent as I sunk into the wet leaves that covered the trail. We've had an-almost continuous leaf-fall for the past couple of weeks, and the forest floor is a deep carpet of leaves.
The air in my lungs was cooler than I thought - with just a little frigid edge to it. And then I realized - it IS December, one of my most favorite months of the year to be out wandering in the woods, so the air should be brisk. As brilliant sunshine struck my cheeks I leaned into the hill and picked up my pace - we will have to pick up our overall pace as this month speeds on past - we'll try to soak up as much as we can along the way. HAPPY DECEMBER TO YA!
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If you are a residential user of broadband internet access, your ISP probably has terms of service that include prohibited uses like this (taken from Comcast's TOS):
run programs, equipment, or servers from the Premises that provide network content or any other services to anyone outside of your Premises LAN (Local Area Network), also commonly referred to as public services or servers. Examples of prohibited services and servers include, but are not limited to, e-mail, Web hosting, file sharing, and proxy services and servers;
The TOS almost certainly includes language restricting you from acting like an ISP (again from Comcast):
resell the Service or otherwise make available to anyone outside the Premises the ability to use the Service (i.e. wi-fi, or other methods of networking), in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, or on a bundled or unbundled basis. The Service is for personal and non-commercial use only and you agree not to use the Service for operation as an Internet service provider or for any business enterprise or purpose, or as an end-point on a non-Comcast local area network or wide area network;
In other words, you can't sell or even give away wi-fi access to your neighbors.
But we all know people do this. It's seldom with commercial intent; usually just a few friends and neighbors sharing a wi-fi connection. As for mail servers; well, pretty rare, but now and then a geekish type will put up a mail or ftp server behind a home connection. If the ISP blocks certain incoming ports, SSH forwarding or tunneling can bypass that. Are they going to "get in trouble"?
I think that's pretty unlikely. After all, what the ISP really cares about isn't that you are using a specific incoming port. Their concern is that you will take too much bandwidth. If you are sharing wi-fi with your neighbor, they might object to the lost business, too. But unless there is some other reason for them to to notice you and object to your use of their service, minor use of prohibited ports or letting someone else piggyback your wi-fi is likely unimportant.
On the outgoing side, some ISP's now block outgoing port 25 unless it is to their mail server. That's a anti-spam measure to prevent your machine from being a pest, but it is annoying for someone like me who has to test smtp manually now and then. Fortunately my current ISP doesn't do that to me.
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If you are sharing wi-fi with your neighbor, they might object to the lost business, too.
In Illinois, such action is considered "theft of services" and could (in theory) land the offender in jail. I reread the service agreement I have with my ISP and they do prohibit "redistribution of service" beyond the premises in which the service is registered. In other words, I'd be violating the agreement if I strung a cable over to my neighbors' house and hooked them onto my Ethernet switch (which I'd never do -- I need all the bandwidth I can get).
One of the advantages of having a small family-owned ISP, as opposed to a Comcast or similar, is that they are much more flexible in regards to services that can be provided. For example, in order to keep my business and not have me shift to SDSL, the owner was willing to assign me several static IP addresses and not block any ports (they normally block outbound port 25 unless the destination is their SMTP server). Also, they arranged to set up a proper PTR record for each IP address, thus saving me from E-mail woes with domains that insist that the sending machine's IP address resolve back to the domain claimed during the MAIL FROM: sequence. None of this would have been possible with Comcast.
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"In other words, you can't sell or even give away wi-fi access to your neighbors."
Almost every where I have been (residental) has open WiFi, because people never setup WPA (or even the weaker WEP for that matter). WPA is so easy to setup; I simply grab a nice large password from
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The Award was inaugurated in honour of the late Walt Darran in 2014. Walt Darran (1940-2013) truly embodied the Aviator pioneering spirit and continued to be active in the international aerial firefighting community right up to his untimely death in 2013. After nineteen years seasons as an air tanker captain, Walt finally retired from flying aerial firefighting missions in 2009 and took up the mantle of President of the Association of Aerial Firefighters, now known as the Associated Aerial Firefighters (AAF), committing the last decade of his life to promoting training and improving flight safety for aerial firefighting pilots.
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Following memorable and successful performances in The Seychelles, St.Lucia, Dubai, Jamaica among many other worldwide stages, the soulful international reggae star Etana has announced that she will take part in twice Grammy nominated artist JBoog's "L.O.E" (Love Over Everything) 2018 Tour.
She will join special guest Jesse Royal and share her voice across the U.S. between February and March. The tour kicks off on Feb. 10 at Majestic Ventura Theater in Ventura, Calif. 35 dates are scheduled over the winter run, with a very special performance on March 8th in New York, on not only the anticipated album release date, but befitting to be International Woman's Day.


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I no longer subscribe for the hard copy of Nylon Magazines so when Urban Outfitters offered their customers a free subscription of the online copie as a Christmas gift, of course gladly accepted. Thanks UO!
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The following is a selection of what clients and fellow professionals with long standing relationship have to say about our founder Chetan Shah. Raiscient's corporate services continue to earn similar accolades from its customers and counter-parties.
M. Musallam PhD, Chairman
SKAB Group, a Saudi Arabian real estate and business conglomerate
I commissioned Chetan and his firm to advise on a merger of two entities. Chetan creatively demonstrated with integrity a great knowledge. I would recommend Chetan.
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Chetan … one of the few investment bankers I knew who were willing to call a spade a spade when needed. Unsurprisingly, clients appreciated his honesty and integrity and he made longer term client relationships than most. I would strongly recommend him to anyone wishing to join his team or become his client.
Bruno Boustani, Chief Strategy Officer
Obeikan Investment Group, the largest educational publisher in the Middle East and a leading industrial group in Saudi Arabia
I have worked with Chetan on several investment mandates. I got to appreciate his professionalism, ethics, goal oriented (approach) and dedication to work. Chetan reflects systematically in his daily work his personal values, modesty and inner peace. His calm demeanor makes him approachable, breaks the ice quickly with third parties, emanates to others confidence and trust…
Amit Mukherjee, Managing Director
Lazard (2003)
I was very impressed by the depth of his knowledge and temperament. His quality of advice was always well thought through and researched so much that I could rely completely on his judgement. I am sure these qualities …will continue to bring Chetan success.
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Trowers & Hamlins, international law firm (2012)
I was able to introduce a global Fortune 500 client to Chetan to undertake one of the first CMA approved employee share schemes for multinationals operating in Saudi Arabia. Chetan's team performed admirably under his leadership and I would not hesitate to recommend Chetan on another occasion. Chetan was very hands on during the entire process…
Kaviraj Nair, VP Innovation
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Chetan has very good business acumen and the depth to which he gets into, on any issue always used to amaze me. He has an eye for detail and can manage the complexity of details without losing the big picture. This is extremely critical while evaluating any deals and I learned a lot…
Wael Al Hawari, Retail Director
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I had the privilege to work with Mr. Chetan Shah in our organizations and it was a great experience every time. Mr. Chetan Shah has outstanding technical and business knowledge along with amazing management and leadership attributes. While managing projects and operations, Mr. Chetan Shah builds loyalty, ethics and leads by example…
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Chetan is a great professional to work with. He is thorough yet does not lose sight of the bigger picture. I found Chetan to possess excellent inter personal skills and emotional intelligence. He has good business and commercial acumen.
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Hello all, we've got another Lil Tanks update for you today!
This patch includes the following changes:
- Fixed acid ooze hitbox, making it much smaller and easier to avoid.
- Recolored some stage backgrounds to help enemies and projectiles stand out more clearly.
- Removed three random tank bomb powerups from Wayne/Kim and created brand new special for them.
- Adjusted time for "Survivor" Achievement and corresponding Mod Unlock from 10 minutes to 5 minutes.
These tweaks will also be reflected in the demo version as well. We are very appreciative of all the feedback we have received from the community thus far, both positive and negative and we hope these updates have helped improve your experience!


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2016 Health Plan Report Card
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Missourians who are preparing for the birth of a child will generally expect that the United States is the place to be to have a safe delivery, and they will not need to worry about injury or death to the child or mother. Since the U.S. is viewed as having state of the art medicine, this is an understandable belief. However, troubling research by USA Today says that among developed nations in the world, the U.S. is the riskiest nation to have a baby. This should be a concern to everyone, and those who have had a baby and experienced complications that caused injury or death should be aware of their right to seek compensation in a legal filing.
Fatal accident kills two construction workers when cable breaks
Risk is an inherent part of doing construction work or any physical job in Missouri and other states across the nation. These jobs generally require that the workers do certain things that place them in jeopardy as part of completing a project. It is also dangerous when repairs are being done, as they are frequently necessary at great heights. It is an unfortunate reality that accidents happen. In some instances, they lead to injuries. In others, they result in the loss of a loved one in a fatal accident. When this happens, the family must be cognizant of their needs in the present and future, as a wrongful death legal filing might be needed to receive compensation.
Fatal accident statistics look at Memorial Day in Missouri
Holiday weekends in Missouri mean there will be more people on the road, more people taking part in various recreational activities and more traffic overall. This increase can result in more accidents. Some of these can be so severe that they result in a fatal accident. Statistics are maintained to assess the accidents, determine their cause and to try and find ways to improve safety. Comparing one year to the previous one is also useful. For those who have been injured or lost a loved one, this information can also be important when considering a wrongful death legal filing to be compensated.
Fatal accident statistics show number of hit-and-runs increasing
Being in an automobile accident in Missouri can be damaging enough without the other driver fleeing the scene. However, the number of drivers who decide to leave the scene of an accident is growing at a troubling pace. Those who have been in a crash or lost a loved one in a fatal accident involving a hit-and-run should know that they must have legal assistance to ensure their rights are protected.
Tower collapse leads to 3 injuries and 1 death
Missourians can face danger at any moment and being at work is no exception. While some jobs are more dangerous than others, there can be accidents at any kind of job. Some accidents can lead to injuries and fatalities. People who have been hurt or lost a loved one at work have the right to seek compensation in a personal injury or wrongful death legal filing.
Fatal accident statistics for 2017 nearly the same as 2016
Missourians should keep track of the statistics for fatal auto accidents to have an idea as to how to remain safe when on the road. The number of fatal crashes can be a useful tool to determine what the risks are and to take steps to avoid them. For those who are unfortunate enough to suffer the loss of a loved one in a fatal accident on the road, the numbers can also be useful when considering seeking compensation in a legal filing. The latest statistics for fatal accidents from the National Safety Council might, on the surface, show a minimal level of improvement, but the reality is more nuanced than that.
Fatal accident statistics released by BLS indicate an increase
Missourians don't think that when a loved one leaves for work that it will be the last time they see them. However, the prospect of a fatal accident on the job is very real and can happen in a wide range of occupations, not just the ones that seem the most dangerous. Information and statistics can be vital for people who were injured or lost a loved one in a fatal accident at work to permit them to have a grasp on these numbers so they can consider a legal filing for compensation.
NTSB stats show across the board rise in fatal accident numbers
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Lawsuit filed after mistake by doctor leads to death
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Fatal accident in Missouri claims school cross-country coach
The Missouri roads can be a dangerous place. This is not something that is frequently thought about until an accident does happen, but it is the truth. With the number of vehicles on the road and the inherent risks from driving and riding as a passenger, accidents are bound to happen. In a worst-case scenario, it will be a fatal accident. This is particularly troublesome when it is a school bus that is hit. After an accident in which a family has suffered the loss of a loved one, it might be difficult to think about the future, but they must. Part of that is considering a wrongful death lawsuit.


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Beach Blonde; A Fashion Editorial
Trucking out during sunset, shooting only natural light on a shoreline is something I am definitely not accustom too. I've never been to a Chicago beach before and I suppose that is very bizarre growing up here all of my life. Perhaps, I'm just not one for laying around half naked next to thousands of other people baking in the sun. Or perhaps I just know a little too much about Lake Michigan after a Chicago History course I took. Regardless I was all for making my way to the shore line for this shoot! The weather was just perfect; The sky filled with the perfect amount of clouds and the Chicago breeze keeping us all cool. I knew from the start that I was playing with a concept that has been done over thousands of times and could get very cliche very quickly. But pushing my boundaries and my thought process is what I have been about a lot lately. I am in love with the outcome.
Model: Gemma with Ignite Models, MN
Photography/Post: Jennifer Avello
Hair: Angie Prieto
Make Up: Kat DeJesus
Assistant/BTS Photos: Gilbert Africa
xx, JA


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Highway Sleeps 2-3
Highway is a cosy, mid-terrace cottage, which can comfortably sleep up to two with an additional third guest also accommodated if required.
The pretty dog friendly cottage has a good sized open plan living room separated into a well-equipped kitchen with useful breakfast bar, and a comfy lounge featuring a sofa and an armchair where guests can take advantage of the onsite WiFi or watch a film on the TV with built in DVD player.
To one side of the living room is a pretty double bedroom, which has views out over the courtyard. The bedroom also benefits from an en-suite shower room.
From the living room an archway leads through to a second smaller sitting room where an additional 2'6'' single bed is located along with a handy desk and an armchair.
Outside the cottage there is a private fully enclosed terrace area with table and chairs. Guests also have use of the shared lawned garden. Car parking is available in the Exeter Inn car park, which is situated within very easy walking distance of the cottage.
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- Sleeps up to three
- Electric convector heaters
- Electric oven and hob
- Microwave
- Fridge/freezer
- Washing machine
- TV with Freeview and built in DVD
- CD/radio
- Selection of books, games and DVDs
- Electricity included
- Bed linen and towels provided
- Shared off road parking in Exeter Inn car park
- Bike storage
- Front patio with furniture
- Shared garden with lawn and furniture
- Two well-behaved dogs welcome, first dog free
- Sorry, no smoking
- Community shop 1 min walk, pub/restaurant on site.
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does recording your 7th studio album with all original members
compare to your first three albums?
John: This just feels right.
It took a long time to realize that a band really does need all
it's original members to feel like the true band.
Tony: We had a great time
recording with Alan. There was a chemistry that you don't
often get with bands that have been together for over 25 years.
We genuinely enjoyed working in the studio again. Although recording
our first three albums was exciting we have grown up and understand
each other a lot better.
I don't know if I can make a direct comparison with the
older albums, all I can say is it's great to be involved
John, do you feel your recent near death
battle with cancer has changed your approach to songwriting?
John: In a word, NO. Statistics
show that I am lucky to be alive. There's not a day that
goes past where I take things for granted. My illness has made
me realize that I should work twice as hard towards making these
new songs special. I just don't go about my work with the
past hanging over me. Everything I write is aimed at the future,
I don't get miserable about what happened. How can I, Tony
is always there to make me laugh.
The recent
recording sessions are regarded as your best in years. What is
different this time around?
Although Alan came back mid way through the writing process his
injection of enthusiasm has lifted everyone's focus to a
different level. We are already capturing the spontaneity of the
early years. Only last week we were in the studio putting drums
to a new track called 'California Sun'. For some reason
we set about working on the end section first. Everyone was chipping
in with ideas and AJ just played everything on the button. Afterwards
he said it was the first time he'd recorded a song back
to front. It was all pretty inspirational. It's great to
have him back where he belongs.
Tony never foil's to amaze me. He has gone about his performance
on each new song like it was his first time in the studio. If
we've needed to try (and retry) melodies his attitude has
been faultless. Tony has always been a singer who performs at
two levels. First off it's musical and secondly physical.
For anyone to still be hitting the seriously high notes required
(in his register) without difficulty is a tribute to the gift
he was born with. I'm just proud to be associated with a
singer who sounds different from the mainstream and who has the
ability to lift people's emotions, (instead of sending them
into depression).
John, Alan and I just wanted to make a great record for ourselves
and to prove to our fans that we never went away. The Music Industry
has changed but we haven't!
I can only speak for myself so I would say having had a bit of
a 'break' there's a new enthusiasm to the whole
Outfield is often compared to the Beatles and The Police. Is there
a conscious effort in your approach that validates the comparisons?
We were all inspired by the same 12 notes!! Tony has a voice that
gets compared to various high end singers, Steve Perry, Sting,
Jon Anderson, etc. There will always be unavoidable comparisons
to that degree. If people associate us in the same category as
the Beatles then we are humbled at such comparison. If anything,
our roots are possibly the same, albeit that we all came from
working class backgrounds. I think it's fair to say that
we were all motivated by melodic rock music, which in our case
included The Beatles and many others.
I think comparisons are for others to make, we all have our heroes,
and I think those entire influences filter through without any
conscious effort.
I wouldn't say we made a conscious effort to sound like
our influential bands but it's nice to be compared to "world
status" bands like "The Police" and "The
Beatles" We grew up listening to "The Beatles"
and they were a big part of our lives.
your songwriting contributions started with Voices of Babylon.
Have you brought songs to the table for the most recent sessions?
In our writing, John and I sometimes switch roles. I might play
guitars and John would play bass guitar. There is no ego, we work
as a team. I brought a lot of ideas with production and postproduction.
John is the main writer but between the three of us we create
a real band sound.
in comparison to the first three albums, how has The Outfield
evolved in your opinion?
I don't worry myself about how we may or may not have evolved
(again I think others will make up their own minds). I think the
important thing is we give this album the best of our efforts.
There is 'magic'
between the three of you musically, what do you attribute to this
Pie & mash!
The magic comes from growing up together. Coming from the same
background and having the same culture and same musical tastes
definitely has made us closer as a band. Alan and I went to the
same school and we formed our first school band. I would have
sung lead vocals but my guitar lead wasn't long enough!!
John went to a school that was local to ours. We all rehearsed
in the same place and played in various bands together. Prior
to us getting a record contract in New York we played for 2 years
all over the UK while holding down day jobs. We were focused and
determined to be successful.
Again, this has a lot to do with our family backgrounds, 'values'
and where we grew up in the East End of London. We've all
kept our feet on the ground and still value each other's
friendship. Over the years we've all grown to respect each
other's individual abilities. We have always been drawn
together by music.
drives you as a band to continue recording after an already successful
multi-Platinum career?
To try and show people that our music is our own DNA. It would
also be great to round of our careers as The Outfield. It's
been a long journey; it's a great feeling to be recording
these new songs together as a band again.
When you have a genuine love to create music and if you are lucky
enough to be in a great band there is no logical reason to stop.
We all love music and that's enough really.
during your career you have drummed with Sir Paul McCartney, can
you elaborate on that experience?
I was just very lucky, right place-right time. I play with an
English artist called Mike Berry who was a contemporary of The
Beatles. (They even supported HIM at The Cavern in the early 60's.).
So Mike did some shows for Paul and I was the drummer and on more
than one occasion he came on stage and did a few numbers with
us. (I couldn't believe my luck!)
your voice has stood the test of time and you sound as good or
better as the early Outfield records. Do you find yourself having
to reach deeper in the studio as the years have gone by?
I am lucky to have a voice that is still strong. During "Play
Deep" I sang all the vocals with a cold. I find it quite
easy to sing in the studio. It's harder on the road if you
can't hear yourself and that's when I burn out. Your
throat is a muscle, it has to be looked after so I try and take
care of myself.
Some bands
such as Radiohead, seem to tie themselves into knots making albums.
How is the process with Outfield albums?
(Laughing) Tony does a lot of knitting!
I'm not aware how many knots any band ties themselves up
in; I'm too busy untying my own knots!
We sometimes tie ourselves in knots especially if a verse or chorus
isn't working. One thing's for sure, we never give
up. We might have the song written before it's recorded
or we might record stuff as we go along and see what happens.
There is no format to our work.
after all these years of success and millions of records sold,
where do you find your inspiration for songs now?
I think it's fair to say that a lot of our audience has
grown up with the band and would therefore not expect to hear
the same style of lyrics incorporated on Play Deep. I guess life
is a role model that has no specific blue print? Everyone has
there own experiences so it would be hard to connect with the
masses on every level (lyrically).
(melodically), it's never difficult. I just love to be around
music. To this day it is still the driving force inside me. That
probably sounds cliché but I swear that nothing comes close
to the feeling of playing, writing and recording a new song.
In your opinion,
name the last great rock n roll band that had all the elements,
performance, songwriting and soul?
It's hard to choose your favorite band. The Beatles were
the best band for songwriting, performance and soul. They had
all the elements and they appealed to all ages. McCartney and
Lennon, in my opinion, were the best songwriters of rock and pop
There are lots of great bands out there I couldn't single
one out. It's all subjective, and as someone said to me
" there's only two kinds of music – music you
like and music you don't!"
For me, this is not quantifiable with just a name of a band? During
the mid eighties, a lot of executive people associated with the
music industry tried to keep things 'in house' by
pushing their sons and daughters into the frame. In all honesty,
I doubt the next John Lennon will be born out of academics or
people who earn their living in a 'non artistic' emporium.
songwriters and musicians are never asked to just 'try this
out'……… Above all else, 'Music'
is a true gift that drives and motivates. Even with rejection
a true musician always has a friend in his guitar (or chosen instrument).
It's sad to say that, some of the best bands / artists (of
their day) were probably overlooked because they didn't
fit the industry requisite (during that time).
band or artist who 'made it' during the past 50 years
and fits the description 'real musicians', have my
seal of approval. True muso's will understand exactly what
I mean!
At this point
of your career, do you miss playing live or are you content producing
music in the studio?
YES, I still miss the buzz of playing live. YES, I still love
writing and recording.
I do miss playing live. The feeling before you go on stage is
the most magical feeling in the world. Recording is good fun,
you tend to miss recording after playing shows for about 2 to
3 months so the grass is always greener.
I love both equally!
Describe the
new album in terms of sound to this point?
We have the luxury of having a unique sound. The fact that we
have Alan drumming on this album makes John and myself very happy.
It will be the real deal and hope it makes people feel as good
about it as we do.
I'd say a cross between what you'd expect and what
you might want from The Outfield in 2010! I doubt we will let
anyone down with these new songs. It's a kinda' 'Pop Zeppelin'!
your favorite track from the current recording sessions?
At this point, this is a bitter / sweet question? Some of the
songs that were easy to write (but slightly harder to record)
might have become less favorable. I think we all have varied favorites
but I promise, the 14 songs we are now focusing on are all as
good as anything on the early albums.
My favorite track is "California Sun" at the moment
but as we are mixing that might change!
Thus far California Sunshine.
do you see the Outfield in terms of other big bands from your
We are lucky to have all three original members as most Bands
from our era either split up or not the original members. We were
also fortunate enough to tour with Journey in the 80's with
Steve Perry. He has to be one of the best singers in rock music.
It's great that Journey are still touring. It would be great
if Genesis and Pink Floyd toured again. They were very influential
to us. "The Outfield" has stood the test of time because
we have a genuine love of making music and work great as a team.
We were also lucky enough to have grown up in the mid 60's
when the British invasion took America by storm. The "Rolling
Stones" have proved that they still sell out stadiums because
they were born in that same magical period as "The Beatles".
How could these massive groups not influence you?
I don't make comparisons to other bands really, I just try
to concentrate on what we're doing.
It would be unfair to try and quantify that question with one
sweeping statement. I think what's important is that we
are still making music for the right reasons. There was never
a moment in my mind where I thought it was time to just keep the
band going as a touring 'cabaret' act, albeit just
singing the same set of songs, (year in, year out). I've
always kept my (our) integrity in tact by telling anyone who wanted
to work with The Outfield that 50 dates and a tour bus was not
our idea of progression. If the Outfield is lucky enough to connect
with a fresh audience in 2010, I'd like to think it would
be down to the fact that we are still producing great new music,


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Meat thieves are repeatedly targeting a Lurgan business in the run up to Christmas.
Between Thursday, December 4 and Wednesday, December 10, Moores Quality Hams was broken into on three occasions. The first time thieves took ham and bacon, while on their second visit they stole pork from the meat processing premises in Annesborough Industrial Estate.
The latest burglary saw a quantity of hams taken with the burglars using a vehicle to make off with their spoils.
Given the frequency of the burglaries it's raised suspicions the meat is being stolen to order.
Detective Chief Inspector Stephen Wright said: "We are advising all businesses to be vigilant and asking businesses in the industrial estate and those who live in nearby residential properties to report any suspicious activity to us at the earliest opportunity."