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Insurers: Area was fortunate despite millions in claims
Published: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, October 14, 2002 at 11:00 p.m.
HOUMA - Local insurance executives say damage claims associated with Tropical Storm Isidore and Hurricane Lili could have been much worse.
"We were very fortunate," said Grant Gravois, State Farm Insurance's agency field executive for an eight-parish area, including Terrebonne and Lafourche.
According to the state Department of Insurance, the two storms caused an estimated $240 million in insured damage statewide.
State Farm Fire & Casualty, the state's largest insurer of homes, estimated it will process 32,000 claims and pay between $75 million and $85 million, or more, to repair and replace property damaged by the storms.
"If a Category 4 would have hit instead of a Category 2, claims would have more than doubled," Gravois said. "It would have been twice the claims and double the severity of the claims. It would have been major."
Lili strengthened to a Category 4 storm with 145 mph winds while it was approaching the Louisiana coast. However, the storm weakened to a Category 2 with winds just above 90 mph before it made landfall.
By comparison, Hurricane Andrew in 1992, the last major storm to strike the state, resulted in 49,000 claims filed with State Farm in Louisiana and $125 million in damage.
"And that was 10 years ago; inflation can be factored in there," Gravois said.
To date, State Farm officials have received more than 28,000 homeowner and structure claims and more than 6,000 auto claims as a result of Isidore and Lili.
Curt Drier, State Farm's vice president-agency for Louisiana, said the monetary projections are "very preliminary."
"We are only a few days into the recovery process and we will have a much better feel for the actual amount of damage in a couple of weeks," he said. "A significant number of claims, particularly in New Orleans and in the most southern areas of the state, will be flood claims that are reimbursed through the National Flood Insurance Program."
State Farm, like many other large insurers, brought in additional catastrophe team personnel from as far away as Oklahoma and Missouri to help process claims.
State Farm has two mobile catastrophe units in Terrebonne Parish. The first was set up outside Southland Mall for victims of Tropical Storm Isidore. The second, for victims of Hurricane Lili, is in the parking lot of Piccadilly Cafeteria on West Main in Houma.
"We'll be there for a minimum of 90 days or until we're finished," Gravois said from his Thibodaux office.
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Purchased to use on XM Radio in Kayak. Needed a long extension from water tight box to speakers. Works great so far, now I can move speakers. Nice heavy duty cable.
First I bought a Belkin extension cable for $5. However, I heard the hum of alternating current from the Bose speakers - an indication of either incomplete or faulty shielding of the cable. So I looked for a better extension cable at Walmart internet site. This one, by Accell, is $15, but it is well made, well shielded, and very flexible. I recommend this extension cable.
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@secretja Reasons for why you don't like the plugin, or why it didn't work out for you should be in your review. Simply putting "I don't like it" wastes my time as someone who is reading reviews, and does nothing to help the plugin developer improve his/her plugin. Your 1 Star and lack of a review isn't helping anybody here.
the latest version fixed that issue where some featured images where lost.
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I am unable to access internet from the
Windows Command Processor. Below is the output on doing a simple ping:
C:\Users\vivekkumar>ping www.stackexchange.com
Pinging www.stackexchange.com [184.108.40.206] with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Ping statistics for 126.96.36.199:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
I checked my firewall settings and found that
Windows Command Processor was missing from the list of programs that are allowed to communicate through the Windows Firewall. So, I added it. Also, restarted the firewall service. However, I still get the same issue.
The firewall rules corresponding to
cmd.exe now are:
Rule Name: Windows Command Processor
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Direction: In
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RemoteIP: Any
Protocol: TCP
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Hi Eddie - I am @stvwlf who reported the 1.5 bug on Github yesterday. Thank you for fixing that. What I am to say is not specifically about your plugin but an issue I have run into in working with taxonomies on attachment post types, that is, the Media Library.
I am trying to add a taxonomy filter to the top of the Media Library for my custom taxonomy. In the course of doing this I discovered that WordPress is not incrementing the Media count on the taxonomy terms page. I have the term assigned to several images but WordPress is showing a zero in the Media count column (extreme right on taxonomy page). I disabled your plugin to make sure the plugin was not the source of this - it was not the plugin. Then I disabled my custom taxonomy and assigned the standard category taxonomy to the attachment type. I found that when I assign a POST to a category, the media counter increments, as displayed both under Posts and Media Library (since the same taxonom is assigned to both). However when I assign a category to a Media Library image, the Media count does not increment, stays at zero even though on the Media Library page, on the row for that image it shows me in the category column the image is assigned to that category.
I checked in the database and the taxonomy tables are correctly updated with the assignment of that term from that taxonomy to that attachment post id.
The problem is that none of the terms are showing up in the filtering taxonomy dropdown because WordPress sees them as not being assigned to any attachments. I forced the display by overriding Hide Empty and they do show up, but with a post count of zero.
I am asking you about this because you seem very familiar with the workings of the attachment post type and the media library. Have you run into anything like this? Can you think of anything I might be doing wrong?
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Hi. I just started editing a WP theme I bought. I see that as I customize the theme, my site's web address is http://www.musexplore.net/wp. I would like it to simply be http://www.musexplore.net.
I followed the directions at "Giving WP its own directory,
but the directions at step 6 aren't clear to me:
Change the following and save the file. Change the line that says:
to the following, using your directory name for the WordPress core files:
I changed the line index.php to ('./musexplore.net/wp-blog-header.php')
and now I'm getting the following message when I try to view my site (along with 2 other, similar messages):
Warning: require(./musexplore.net/wp-blog-header.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/smberer/public_html/musexplore.net/index.php on line 17
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Posted: 11/23/2015 - The opening of Fort Riley's new hospital faces another delay. The new hospital would replace the Irwin Army Community Hospital, the oldest Army hospital in the nation.
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The personality of a home's former occupants often lingers most in the master bath. A floral-Colonial specter haunted the one in Phil and Peggy Reitz's 1920s house in Wilmette, Illinois. Avid collectors of Arts and Crafts furniture, the couple saw the frilly bath as "a total mismatch" with their home, Peggy says. Just as bad, the heat was inadequate, and the standard-height vanities were unsuitable: He's six two; she's five eight. Now earthy green granite, wood cabinets, bronze fittings, and tiles with a handcrafted look give a bath Craftsman style.
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I've had this site up for about a month....trying desperately to learn how to work with the theme templates (i.e. adding graphics, pictures, etc) and having a lot of frustration. While it may be easy for most, I can't see to achieve much besides a while lot of frustration.
I changed themes (one I purchased elsewhere and uploaded). Said the upload was successful so I clicked activate. Once I did that, I was prompted to add plugins which I did and the last thing done was to authorize Jetpack. Once I did that, I now can see nothing on my website. Blank page, no error, no anything. I tried going to the dashboard of the site and still--nothing at all. What in the world am I doing wrong? Not sure it matters, but I'm on a Macbook Pro, running OS Mountain Lion. And yes, the previous theme I had was up and running just fine--I only changed because I found one better suited to our needs. ANY help greatly appreciated!


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…but it's nice of the Canterbury Institute to try, I guess.
From today's New York Sun, where it appears as a full page ad:
The fine print:
While the rest of the world is going in and out of rehab, Canterbury Institute is changing the rules of addiction treatment. We're offering innovative medical approaches to drug and alcohol addiction. It's outpatient and administered by an ASAM-certified physician. All you need is 3-5 days to get back on track.
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According to that release Josuha Stuart Bryner was eastbound on N.E. 168th St. at 2:39 a.m. on June 2 when, for reasons still unknown, he collided with a utility pole on the unpaved shoulder.
The 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe he was driving reportedly rolled over several times before coming to rest in a cattle pasture.
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My first navigation bot
I have made my first robot with my dad not long ago. My dad wrote the program as I'm not EXACTLY sure how to use the ADC, which I need to interpret the analog output of the sensor. However, I think I am very close to writing my own programs.
Anyway, here it is; my first navigation bot:
Ok, I admit its chassis is quickly pieced together using a construction kit thing similar to Lego, called K'nex.
General construction:
- Reflective infrared distance sensor with analog output
- Two K'nex tracks driven by K'nex motors
- AVR ATtiny26
Unfortunately his sensor only seems to detect obstacles at 6-10cm. I'm thinking of making a similar bot with a "proper" chassis.
Sensor held with clamp Motor unit and wiring (rear of bot)
K'nex motor (view from bottom) Robot "peripheral board"
YAY! The robot is complete!
DOH! I thought I had blown my ADC because I was attempting to write my own program, and the sensor suddenly stopped working. However, after some careful observation and multimeter tests I found I had forgotten to reinforce the ribbon cable going from the sensor to the board with hot glue, so I had some short-circuits or something. Well, at least that's easier to fix than a microcontroller's ADC.
Ok, I've now got the robot up and running again, although I would like to improve the range of the sensor somehow.
Next Project (Muhahahaha!!!!!!!!!):
I want to see them tracks
looks good so far...
Very creative. I often
Very creative. I often revert to K'nex for inspiration.
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the idea is to give users have an opportunity choose beetwen two templates on one page. To be breif I show an example.
Here is how may look category page using one version of template. And here is another version of layout (teamplate).
In general, if links doesn't work - I want to create a switcher between templates for category page. IS it possible somehow?


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A second national roundtable in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) took place last month [1], where 90 stakeholders from across government.
Join us on Wednesday 4th May at 18:00 via live, video webinar for a discussion about Africa's protected areas in the Congo Basin.
Nora Serrat is the Rainforest Foundation UK's Programme Coordinator for Cameroon. In March she met with local partner organisations in Yaoundé, to discuss plans the next phase of our mapping project.
In 2003, in front of a Congressional Committee, one of the United States' most acclaimed conservationists pleaded for government support for protection of the wildlife of Africa's rainforests.
The rainforests of the world are being destroyed at an increasingly rapid rate. Not only are the forests the lungs of our earth, there are millions of people living in and around the rainforests who depend on the forests for shelter, food, medicine and livelihoods.
The Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) is working to ensure the long-term protection of rainforests by securing the rights of indigenous communities to land, life and livelihoods.
By mapping their land a community claim their rights to land and defend their forest home from threats
By highlighting the presence of otherwise 'invisible' indigenous peoples and forest communities, this project hopes to bridge the gap between remote forest communities and central decision making processes to eradicate marginalisation of forest dwellers.
Palm oil production has had devastating effects in South East Asia. With palm oil producers looking to aggressively expand their operations in West and Central Africa, this project aims to raise awareness of the negative impacts and ensure Africa does not experience similar problems.
In the Congo Basin, indigenous peoples and forest communities have become extremely vulnerable due to discrimination, exclusion from governance processes and rights violations.


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In Congo, a New Era With Old Burdens
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Published: May 20, 1997
KISANGANI, Congo— Mauwa Funidi's face softens and glows for a few moments as she recalls happier days as a brilliant student, as a new college graduate, as a member of a prospering family in a nation seemingly about to enjoy an endless economic boom.
Then Mauwa snaps out of her reverie, and she is back in the squalid university library where she works, unpaid except in promises, trying to protect faded magazines from the wind and rain that blow through the broken windows.
She is back in a sordid reality where she survives by selling charcoal on the street, where her family lives in humiliation on the earnings of a cousin who sells her body at the Take-a-Peek bar.
A solid, self-confident woman of 45, one of the most successful women of her generation here in the faded city of Kisangani on the Congo River, Mauwa abruptly fought back tears.
''If my grandfather were alive today, he would be very sad,'' she said, choking, her eyes wet and luminous. ''He would regret that his family turned out this way.''
Now her country has a chance to remake itself with the rebellion of Laurent Kabila. But as Congo, known as Zaire during the three-decade dictatorship of Mobutu Sese Seko, looks forward to a new phase, many families are also looking back at squandered decades and wasted lives.
Congo is a nation whose 47 million people in many ways live in grimmer conditions than when this was still a colony of Belgium four decades ago. In that respect, Congo is emblematic of a group of countries in Africa that have been disasters for their inhabitants.
In most of the world, change over the last two decades has been measured by the pace of progress -- here rapid, there slow, but at least progress. In sub-Saharan Africa, in contrast, per capita income actually fell most of the time since the late 1970's, including a 10 percent drop between the mid-1980's and the mid-1990's.
The tragedy is that this was so unnecessary. Congolese are among the poorest people in the world, with an average income of just $150 a year, but paradoxically Congo is about as rich in resources as any nation in the world, blessed with diamonds, gold, copper and other minerals scattered across vast tracts of untouched jungle. For all the hopelessness that Westerners often feel about Africa today, this was in the 1950's a bustling nation that brimmed with optimism.
To visit Congo and bounce along its horrific jungle roads today is to experience a twilight world where hints of past greatness and squandered potential peek through the trees: abandoned factories, gas stations, plantations and once-stately homes, their doors creaking on old hinges.
One glimpse of the past comes on the road to Stanley Falls, the rapids at Kisangani that were once a famous tourist attraction in central Africa. The road is on the outskirts of town but has been partly overtaken by the jungle and is now so overgrown that one has to leave one's car behind and finish the trip on foot.
Yet overhead are ancient street lamps, some with bulbs intact, stripped of wire but still a reminder to the hiker that this remote and overgrown path was once a well-tended avenue and a part of the modern world.
In the little village of Mambeau in eastern Congo, peasants live in mud houses on the fringe of the jungle and survive much as their forebears did 100 generations ago, without doctors, schools, stores, electricity or any equipment more sophisticated than a hoe. But beside the village is a startling reminder that it was not always so: rows of sturdy brick houses, empty, overgrown and seemingly haunted, where local villagers once lived much more modern lives as they worked on a vast rubber plantation.
Decades ago the plantation was abandoned, becoming an eerie ghost town overgrown with brush, and now the villagers farm only tiny plots to feed themselves, using a small fraction of the land that their parents worked. The vast majority of the plantation has been claimed once more by the jungle, a habitat for elephants and leopards.
The United Nations Development Program calculates that 11 African countries, including Congo, were richer per capita in 1960 than they are today. And the decline in Congo is not just economic, for the family unit is also tearing at the seams, and the majority of children cannot even graduate from elementary school. Many illiterate young people are members of a lost generation that will impose a burden on the country for half a century to come.
Everybody says that Funidi, grandfather of Mauwa and patriarch and namesake of the Funidi family, must be tossing in his grave.
Power Preserved For Europeans
Mr. Funidi was born about 1904 in what was then the Congo Free State, the personal property of King Leopold of Belgium. Almost all of the continent had just been seized by European countries in the ''Scramble for Africa'' of the 1880's, but what became the Belgian Congo was a special prize: a huge country, one-third the size of the United States, with diamonds, gold, copper, ivory and rubber that made King Leopold one of the world's richest men.


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Disease-Specific Charities
This category may include large, well known charities which can focus on multiple types of cancers or childhood conditions. It may also include smaller private charities that often concentrate their more limited funds on a specific health problem. These charities may arise from a personal experience or a single-minded dedication to eradicate a particular disease. They will often spend much of their money on research, usually by raising grant money to give to research foundations.
"Health is always personal and people tend to give to the charities that have affected them personally. People want to give to cancer that pertains to the part of the body, like colon or breast cancer," says Jamie Gallisdorfer, national vice president for marketing and communications at Community Health Charities, the only U.S. federation dedicated to health charities. Smaller, single-minded charities allow donors to target their funds to particular causes, such as cancer in children or cancer of the pancreas.
Examples: The American Cancer Society and Shriners are two well known charities that fit this category. Two smaller charities include Alex's Lemonade Stand, which was founded by a family whose daughter got cancer when she was almost a year old, and the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, which seeks to eliminate cancer in the pancreas.
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If you want to donate to the poor around the world, other medical foundations provide health and relief teams that focus on improving health in poverty-stricken countries everywhere, during times of disaster or otherwise.
Examples: The Red Cross and Salvation Army are also examples of organizations that reach out to hurting people to provide relief during disasters. Organizations like PATH, the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, bring health services and technology to countries that lack basic things like vaccines, laboratories, and often, doctors. International Relief Teams provides assistance to victims of disaster, poverty, and neglect through medical education and training, domestic and international relief, public health, and surgical outreach.
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UCLA WR Lucien redshirting against his wishes
The UCLA coaching staff decided before the season to redshirt freshman Devin Lucien for two reasons: They thought he hit a wall after a fast start in fall camp, and the Bruins have seven other scholarship receivers.
"We didn't want to put him in there for five, eight plays a game and then not let him develop," offensive coordinator and receivers coach Mike Johnson said.
That wouldn't be the case Saturday against Cal, as four UCLA receivers will be serving suspensions for the benches-clearing brawl against Arizona. But Coach Rick Neuheisel said Tuesday he still plans to redshirt Lucien per the wishes of Lucien's parents.
Lucien has said from the time he signed with UCLA this past February he did not want to redshirt. He made it clear Tuesday he feels the same way, even after missing the first seven games.
"I'm still hungry to play," Lucien said. "I still want to play. My mom and dad wanted me to redshirt because they didn't see the point in me playing with us not throwing the ball as much as we thought.
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I am looking for the best way to solve this variation on the shortest-path problem:
I have a directed graph with unweighted edges. I need to be able to find the shortest path between any two nodes, if such a path exists. What makes this problem different than a regular shortest path problem is this: If multiple paths exist with shortest length, I need to be able to choose the path with the highest "authority".
Each node has a numerical authority and the path with the highest authority is simply the one with the highest sum of node authorities.
In summary: I need the shortest path between a pair of nodes in a directed graph, but if there are multiple paths with the same, minimum length, I need to find the one with the highest path authority.
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Tonight, Atlas was shut down by the fire marshall/police, DIRECTLY DUE TO THE ARTICLE WRITTEN IN THE STRANGER BY ERIC GRANDY
Atlas was given an unnecesarilly destructive review by this writer.
I have been volunteering with Atlas, along with several other friends, for quite some time. An article came out in this week's's Stranger's Editorial that completly misrepresented and discredited what we have been working on for months. As a group of volunteers we worked like dogs to get the place running and LEGIT. The article in The Stranger that CAME OUT YESTERDAY, has ruined what we have been working on. THANKS TO THE STRANGER, capitol hill NO LONGER HAS AN ALL AGES VENUE.
When you go http://www.thestranger.com these are direct quotes/links to the article:
* "Atlas Clothing, a vintage clothing store on Capitol Hill that's been hosting covert all-ages shows in its back warehouse."
* "the operation is still somewhat underground, unlicensed, possibly not up to fire code."
Who would knowingly publish that something was covert and underground without the direct intention of putting it out of existence?
Boycott the Stranger
Write to the Editor: firstname.lastname@example.com
Write to Eric Grandy: http://www.myspace.com/fuckinginthestreets
It takes a lot of work, dedication and time to put something on that you believe in. We are of the age to go to shows at bars yet our main concern was to have a place for kids to go conviently located in the middle of the city where they could listen to music. That is ruined. I am both angry and unimpressed with the lack of concern, compassion or understanding involved in this article going to print. We asked them not to. Please repost and help us in boycotting Eric Grandy as a writer and The Stranger as an irresponsible, gossiping, desperate music news source.
Nice one. Douche.
There was speculation that some older, odder attendees at recent shows could've been undercover cops, but someone else weighed in that "they'd send the fire department before they'd send an undercover cop." There was some discussion about what exactly might need to be done before an inspection happensthis constantly looming inspection, even more than the business's bottom line, has been a driving concern for the Atlas collective. (It still hasn't happened yet.)
Oh, dear.
Way to go, "Scoop" Grandy. Think you'll pick up a Pulitzer for this? What was your motivation for that article, anyway?
Dude, when is Great White playing?
As I read that article about Atlas Clothing, I thought, um... is this really the best idea, if you don't want to get this place shut down? Anyhow, congratulations, Eric Grandy, for establishing yourself as Seattle's music douchebag extraordinaire.
You are such a no-nothing clown, that you couldn't resist blowing your wad the moment you could report something that wasn't just re-typing a Pitchfork press release.
No Josh Feit prank is going to allow you to weasel yourself out of this one, shithead. You fucked up royal, and now you're going to have to fess up to people that you can't just mock on the internet and walk away from. Welcome to actually being part of the music scene and not just some pseudo-omniscient observer. Hopefully you'll learn something from it.
so you are pissed because something you were doing that was against the law got shut down. Well guess what this will always happen so grow up and work to make what you want to happen legal. Don't blame the messenger when your shit got too popular. Maybe your hard work should have been spent doing things that could have actually prevented this mess more effectively.
Oh, and @6. Great comeback to the criticisms posted above. Because if you speaxxorr in l33t speak it t0tally invalidates anyth3ing anyone says on teh internets. teh teh teh teh teh teh teh teh teh teh. Ha ha I m in yr base with your guys teh teh teh teh teh.
Welcome to Adultland children.
Yeah, it sucks that your super-secret music clubhouse got shut down, but you know what? The Fire Dept. doesn't go around doing this because they're anti-music (or anti-art in general - ask us theatre folk how many venues SFD has shut down in the last few years), but believe it or not, they've got a JOB to do, namely, to prevent situations where lots of people congregate in buildings with the potential to KILL lots of people if (insert diety here) forbid, some conflagration should happen to occur while all those people are in said building.
I'm absolutely certain you took all the necessary precautions - you DID, didn't you? - and sure, somebody spilled the beans, ratted you out, called undue attention to your clandestine gig, but if something HAD happened, wouldn't you have felt like absolute DICKS?
Next time, maybe try working WITH SFD. They're generally pretty good people, and will do what they can to help you out. It's just that, you know, their job is to make sure nobody fucking DIES at your show.
Wasn't Slog recently crowing about that recent article in the Weekly that got the high school basketball coach fired, and how irresponsible the writer (and the Weekly) was for publishing an article that was of course going to draw negative attention to the subject?
I know that the subject issues here are way different, but "WTF did you THINK was going to happen?" factor is the same.
Kudos to Eric for putting an end to these illicit hootenannies. I can only imagine how betrayed all those kids at the shows must have felt when they learned that Atlas hadn't even filled out the appropriate paper work!
Safety first!
Unless you wanted them to work with the SFD to get up to code... this wasn't too good of a move in terms of keeping the gigs going.
"Why bother with newspapers, if this is all they offer? Agnew was right. The press is a gang of cruel faggots. Journalism is not a profession or a trade. It is a cheap catch-all for fuckoffs and misfits a false doorway to the backside of life, a filthy piss-ridden little hole nailed off by the building inspector, but just deep enough for a wino to curl up from the sidewalk and masturbate like a chimp in a zoo-cage."
Pssst, Eric. I know this guy who sells the stickiest, ickiest buds west of the Mississippi. I'm heading over to his pad right now, want to come with?
bare with this is kind of a jumble...
there will be a letter to the editor about the factual errors in the story and about our general distaste for it. (personally, this really empty piece didn't really bug me -i AM balding and hard to get a hold of! re: not gonna jizz myself just cause the stranger comes a knocking- ...except mostly that it was painted as my ship when in fact i have never wanted it to be that which is why we pulled in alicia from the paradox, keenan/sarina/calla from the vera project, nate from the ss marie and more, sharlese from kexp, adam from the croc and countless other F.O.H.'s).
we will prevail. shows will still happen, the neccessary changes will be made. we were already in the process of making them. see you in august!
being constantly bugged for months by eric and the stranger to "get the scoop" and write about the shows we were doing... so funny (especially the later conversation with jonathan and eric how "with our without our -atlases- input, the story was going to run" and "our -the strangers- first/only obligation is to the readers, not the people/events/things we cover." well, we -atlas- pay for ad space, which seems to be another loyality of most rags. also, TOTAL masochistic move: stranger kills atlas (in order to "get the story RIGHT AWAY" --> even though we promised them the FIRST story), atlas no longer doing show events, stranger has less overall to cover on a week to week basis. all we asked for is patience, because WE KNEW.
it takes two hands for me to count the amount of all-ages venues and spaces that have been shut down SOON after getting press from the stranger. i miss the rocket. remember? but i (re: WE) a(m/are) paranoid for saying NO tons of times? i guess i am paranoid. because i can see the history: stranger writes about local under the radar venue, said venue gets shut down NEXT WEEK.
we will prevail.
we are also, SERIOUSLY AND SINCERELY, super thankful of all the support our neighbors (ballet for lunch anyone?) at the stranger have given us. we came out early and said we would love it if they could give the shows support, but it was super important to us that the venue was not high-lighted but only the artists playing here. and they TOTALLY were into that, often doing 2-4 showcases (via up and coming or music features or cd revies) of bands etc that we were bringing to atlas.
a bit of a rant... drunk, on tour, in arcata, ca...
we were kind of in a bind:
1) we knew there was changes that needed to be made in order to be legit.
2) we knew these changes would take money.
3)we knew jaime the owner would not invest in such changes unless he saw that the shows were gonna be profitable enough: ie, he needed to see a few months of action/shows before investing in fundemental building changes.
ie: we needed to float under the radar with strength in order to get him invested into the legitimacy.
... he is currently investing.
we paid defiance:ohio/TBIAPB 850 dollars when they toured through.
maybe one in five shows we have taken 50% or more. mostly we try to float around a 20% venue take. the way eric phrased the sentence made it seem like 50% is our goal at ALL shows, when in fact, he was borrowing from hypothetical statements made at a group meeting that he sat in on where i mentioned that maybe, in order to try and reach or money goals, we should try our best to get the LOCAL bands on ALL-LOCAL bills/shows to be okay with and into the idea of take a smaller cut, since they live in town and such and aren't touring...
AND: it is/was news to me and our group that when eric talked to jaime the owner, he seemed not concerned about the money we were trying to make. IT. HAS. BEEN. A. CONSTANT. PRESSURE.
Frankly, this is an all-ages venue trying to go legit. And yes, We have made attempts to contact the fire marshall about looking at the space, and as of three hours ago this article speeded up the process and got us shut down. More so, I don't think I've ever read an article that was so unprofessional, snarky and reeking of vendetta. I mostly just feel sorry for Eric. How embarrassing... Don't pretend to be invested in the community when you do things like this.
Let's not think that this is simply the doing of one, Eric Grandy, but remember this is the SHIT that The Stranger purposely puts forth so that they can keep their elitist position and feel good about themselves. I fucking hate The Stranger altogether.
Stupid stupid article. What a dumb ass. This puts so many people in a shitty position. I have to tell two touring bands that they don't have a show on July 12 not. That's fucking awesome Eric, that you were able to write a big article and ruin so many people's good times.
I think Eric knew what would happen and just wanted people to talk about him.
The show went on over at SS Marie Antoinette (minus The Ruby Doe) and was quiet good. Police Teeth... awesome!
i usually expect eric grandys articles to be regurgitated scenester pulp but seemingly intentionally blowing the cover of some hard working kids trying to rock out is an all time low.
It's kind of like the way their Editor-in-Chief refered to trash "controversy" at the Pride Parade: zzzzzzzzz.
Writers like Grandy tend to be smart people, but even smart people get lost in their own creative horsewash. My question lies more with the editorial staff: was this article really necesarry? What was accomplished besides alienating people you count on to fill space? Don't get me wrong, I'm sure you'll have no trouble filling space, but where is the real news value? Fire codes? Was Grandy not able to enjoy a show because of the trecherous fire hazzard posed by derilict boxes of clothes?
Having just gotten wind of this, I'm having a hard time understanding what the point of writing this article was. Pseuso self-importance, perhaps? A want to be a part of something when clearly just an outsider that apparently had an agenda much like that scorned highschool lover, trying to sabotage their exes happiness.
Having only been in Seattle for a short time, but a part of the diy scene for well over 10 years, putting on shows in basements, back yards, alleys, etc. I recognize the need for an alternative to the -usually shitty- bar scene that an all ages venue provides.
I feel that it really is a shame that you felt for reasons only known to you the need to highlight this space, and not only that, but make it known repeatedly that it was opperating most likely outside of the city's requirements. I don't deny that there should have been, maybe a speedier attempt at bringin' the venue up to code, but having attended several shows, I for one never felt unsafe. There were no pyrotechnics being set off, rather kids dancing and having a good time, with a clearly marked exit/s.
Kudos on an awesome piece filled with journalistic integrity.
Ooooooh! Eric Grandy is freaking OUT! Being ganged up on by a bunch of inarticulate 18-year-olds causes TOTALLY irreparable damage! BOYCOTT ERIC GRANDY! Do NOT get coffee with him! Do NOT accept any beers he offers you at house parties! Do NOT use the letters E or G in sentences spoken or written!
Tell Eric Grandy you hate him and you hate his ASS FACE!
FD regulations are important. It prevents stuff like the nightclub fire in Buenos Aires that killed 175 people a couple years ago. Just because you feel safe doesn't mean that you are. Most folks feel pretty safe when they drive, yet it's the most likely way you'll die up until age 45 or so when heart attacks kick in.
Who watches a concert in a fucking clothing store's backroom? Get a life. I thought it was weird the high traffic going in that place.
imagine that a landlord rented property in violation of the fire code.
imagine that this landlord was raging mad because a reporter wrote a story about the threat to public safety.
wouldn't that landlord look like they were just trying to protect their profit, public health laws be damned?
wouldn't we howl about how Republican that kind of scheme seems? profits over people and all that?
The people flat-out blaming Grandy for the closing of their illegal little venue are obviously fucking retarded. Yeah, we're breaking the law!!!!!!1111111 and it's all his fault!
Oh, whatever. You scene kids should be proud that your all-ages project finally became newsworthy, but when you open a commercial venue, no matter what the scale, you have to jump through a few legal hoops. Attacking a journalist for granting you some press may make you feel better, but if the fire department says you're dangerous, then ultimately you've got no one to blame but yourselves. Cut your losses and get started on Atlas v2.
Now, this might be odd, but I just read @ 19 that Atlas was trying to contact the Fire Marshall for an inspection. That doesn't particularly sound like they were operating under the radar.
Second COMTE and Dade:
Good idea, kids, but safety IS important and in fact required by law. It's the world of Adulthood we all have to move into after all. You have to wear the Suit Of Rules to be longstandingly legit.
Sucks, but keep your motivation and energy up, get a new place going, and do it up right.
Blame it on Grandy all you want, but these kind of places don't fly under the radar forever, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL. Any A-Hole's gonna notice that something's up at a line-out-the-door clothing store.
You guys trying to get squared up should have proceeded with as much vigor as your increase in popularity. Any effort less than that sounds like a lame excuse, sorry. Learn the lesson and keep moving on. It's not like you don't have the skills and that people don't already believe in what you can accomplish. Get back in there!
give me a break. you know what's easier than following the law? breaking it. what's easier than paying for something? stealing. it is insanely irresponsible to open a venue without being up to code. the excuse that you're showing your boss that there's interest before he invests money? bullshit. i can't believe how irresponsible this was, and that anyone is defending it.
thanks to eric grandy. whatever his motivation, he brought attention to something that was not only illegal, but unsafe.
@32: Huh. Good point.
The sensitive little Stranger is feeling the virtiol because if this story had ran in the PI, Times or Weekly, you'd be reading here how THEY ruined it for everyone else. You can dish it out, but you can't take it.
No black people were playing those shows so fuck Atlas and their dangerous, freedom hating drug den for wayward teens.
so is eric grandy is the new kathleen wilson?! ouch.
If the owner of the store/building (whomever has the last word on its usage, is my point) was serious about fronting money to make the place legit all along, now looks like the time to "put your money where your mouth is" and get the club rolling.
It seems as if all hell has broken loose the fire department shuts down an off-license club! the music is silenced! teenage girls defacing their bodies in protest! Loud people are talking! The Internet is all a buzz! Its summer, what WILL the kids do NOW!!!!
Sounds like ROCK AND ROLL to me.
Being shut down for operating illegally THEN trying to get the proper permits will really make the authorities happy.
That should make your application process go VERY SMOOTHLY.
Good thinking, Atlas.
If you took alot of the logic displayed here then DIY in Seattle would not exist. Please bare in mind that these type of venues are a result of Seattles draconian stance on All Ages. If anyone should know that I would expect it to be Eric considering his history with OFH and the countless house parties and illegal afterhours parties he has DJ'd.
Many of you argue that for a "Covert" venue it's not very covert with the myspace page, flyering etc. But it's not like the myspace page or flyers says "Atlas: ILLEGAL VENUE! come one come all!!!!!!" I feel the article was more about the fact that it was "Illegal" than about the mission of the venue.
Couldn't the article been more about how awesome it is that there is a venue here in condohill catering to the all ages crowd? There have been many articles written about "covert" venues in the stranger. They praised them rather than pointing out their legality.
So much for the "For the kids" tattoo....
Jamie @ 38, the flyers and web pages don't need to say "illegal" - the SFD undoubtedly saw the ads, notices and sandwich board and recalled that the place wasn't licensed. They don't need to read the Stranger to find out about these places with all the advertising.
Matt From Denver:
Even so ,Every so called "Covert" venue advertises. Be it flyers, Myspace etc. Some of them even get write up's, and stranger suggests. I honestly do feel since he brought up the fact that they were unlicensed, It caught the SFD attention.
Jamie, I used to do all ages work a long time ago and dealt with a few closures like this. The speed of the SFD's response tells me that they likely already knew, but the Stranger article forced them to act sooner. But that doesn't mean that they weren't already aware and planning a visit - heck, maybe they already scheduled this before the article had come out.
weird. in this discussion i never heard anyone say: "hey atlas, how can i help?"
i think the reason that the all-ages scene has sucked here for decades is that no one is willing to step up and do anything about it except small groups of people. those people put their all into it and find that they quickly burn out without even the perception of assistance from the greater community.
the atlas clothing venue was a chance for something to be created by the seattle community (rather than by paul allen or a church or some other group that isn't "us"). sorry, i shouldn't have said "was." i should say "is." because now is the time for you talkers to step up and help.
bring your hammer and a bottle of water. or maybe a pen and your knowledge of building code. or donate some money. or work to convince people that the reason people are good at music when they're over 21 is because they started experiencing it when they were kids.
That very well could be the case but it's something only the SFD knows. Even so by all accounts the whole reason for the secrecy was to generate cash flow to pay all the costs to go legit. So yeah maybe SFD were planning a visit a week from now or a month or tomorrow...who know's but it could have been one day closer for them to have had the funding they needed. I know It's alot of conjecture and what if's but it's just something to think about.
why not just, you know, keep having shows there?
Jamie, understood. I guess I have to say that Atlas should have been a little more covert than it sounds like they were being. I don't think a myspace page is very high profile but the sandwich board sounds like it was probably seen by a lot of people.
to the folks who are so quick to condemn a newspaper for pointing out the illegality of a venue:
What if the Stranger suppressed what it knew about the safety hazards, and a fire broke out and people got hurt?
Wouldn't the Stranger get blamed for knowingly promoting a death trap?
Wouldn't the Stranger be accused of running a fluff piece, recycling a press release, and pandering to their advertisers?
If you don't want your journalists to report the facts, try Fox. They might be willing to sell out the public for financial gain.
Read up kiddies.
Replace "flammable soundproofing" with "cardboard boxes" for a look at the future.
In the meantime, invading and rebuilding Iraq will not only free the Iraqi people, it will also make the Saudis aware of the consequences they face if they continue to oppress their own people while exporting terrorism and terrorists. The War on Iraq will make it clear to our friends and enemies in the Middle East (and elsewhere) that we mean business: Free your people, reform your societies, liberalize, and democratize... or we're going to come over there, remove you from power, free your people, and reform your societies for ourselves.
Dan Savage Oct. 2002
But wait! Iraq isn't in cahoots with al Qaeda, so why attack Iraq in the war on terrorism?
Because we're not just at war with al Qaeda, stupid. We're at war with a large and growing Islamo-fascist movement that draws its troops and funds from all over the Islamic world. Islamo-fascism is a regional problem, not just an al Qaeda problem or an Afghanistan problem. To stop Islamo-fascism, we're going to have to roll back all of the tyrannous and dictatorial regimes in the Middle East while simultaneously waging war against a militant, deadly religious ideology.
Dan Savage Oct 2002
DJ Fucking Up All Ages Venues. Boycott his crappy dj nights.
DJ Fucking Up All Ages Venues. Boycott his crappy dj nights.
DJ Fucking Up All Ages Venues. Boycott his crappy dj nights.
DJ Fucking Up All Ages Venues. Boycott his crappy dj nights.
I eat underagers for breakfast.
Just wanted to add to the intelligent dialogue here on SLOG.
Listen, what older people actually know is that they can kick younger peoples' ass all afternoon instead of playing Jarts over pitchers of sweet-tea, while the whole time the little curt-smiling fuckers are rolling around in the god damned dust, still trying to figure out how to dry off their primary feathers.
If your upset that your moshing in an antique mall was disrupted by the press, then I beg you to examine the lives of the chinese 9 year olds who sewed their ways out of the rape room and earned an exta pack of smokes by keepng their mouths shut this week.
Or worse. Imagine growing up in a town with less that 3 All Ages venues.
Also, to everyone spending woof tickets on The Stranger for not shitting on the Egg Room (dumb angle but laets play it out).
Dudes...did everyone sleep through Megan Seling (worst writer in all of creation) taking on FSU?
Or was that Jenniges. That would make more sense. Anyway..google that shit fucktards. I never got into the Egg Room without those Stranger pariahs greenlighting it.
#38, such good timing. Bringing the pox of Kath Wilson upon this steeze. Thankfully tonight I saw The Cave Singers in a warehouse on 6th St in L.A. that the cops could give two shits about.
P.S. Pony is better than the Cha circa 99 with the Colt .45 and hella dude porn on the walls. Marcus, you are like iced tea on a hot afternoon.
Mmm. Out of town for a week and come back to a closed venue. Kudos.
Narc'ing on kids having good clean fun - is there anything less cool?
don't be such a baby, #2. If Atlas was up to code BEFORE having these shows, then there wouldn't be a problem. It's not Eric's fault for reporting..it's Atlas' fault for not following standards that other "venus" have to follow. Why should they get special treatment? The codes are in place for a reason. Who would be crying foul if something had actually occured and put someone at risk?
You wanna play with the big boys, you gotta be prepared for the battle.
There are a few local houses doing shows in their basements regularly in this town. It's terrible! Laws are being broken and teenagers are running wild! None of these venues are up to code, yet how come they are getting special treatment? The codes are in place for a reason, the laws must be obeyed, and if it were not for people like Eric and papers like the Stranger pointing these things out, who would protect today's youth?
"Who needs teenage nightclubs and the punk rockers that frequent them anyway? With their crazy hair and antics? The time to put a stop to this is now..." -Lou Guzzo's editorial on KIRO 7 back in the '80s
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dear number sixty, i was planning on sewing my way INTO the rape room this week and smoking that pack of smokes.
the stranger is not responsible for upholding public safety. far from it. opposite from it, really.
i think these code enforcements are kind of silly. fire hazards? if i am on fire i promise to get out of the way.
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Toca's Miracle
|"Toca's Miracle"
|Single by Fragma
|from the album Toca
|10 April 2000
|CD single, 12"
1996 ("I Need A Miracle")
|Trance (original mix)
Dance-pop, Eurodance, house (2008 edit)
|5:44 original mix
3:22 (radio edit)
|Positiva, Tiger Records
|Dirk Duderstadt, Marco Duderstadt, Ramon Zenker, Rob Davis, Victor Imbres
|Ramon Zenker
|Platinum (BPI)
|Fragma singles chronology
"Toca's Miracle" is a bootleg recording[1] by the German musical group Fragma, featuring the vocals of British singer Coco Star. Taken as the second single off the studio album Toca, the song is a mashup of Star's "I Need a Miracle" (1996) and Fragma's own "Toca Me". The instrumental ("Toca Me") was written by Dirk Duderstadt, Marco Duderstadt, Ramon Zenker and the lyrics (of "I Need a Miracle") were written by Rob Davis and Victor Imbres, while some of the song's production was produced by Ramon Zenker, the vocals were produced many years earlier by Imbres and Tim Orford.
The bootleg recording was critically acclaimed worldwide, with many critics citing the bootleg recording one of the best dance anthems of all time, praising its catchy tune. The bootleg recording was also a commercial success, remaining both Star's and Fragma's best selling single to date. The bootleg recording topped the UK Singles Chart in April 2000 and peaked inside the top ten in countries including Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Italy and Australia. A music video was issued, depicting Coco Star at an indoor football game.
The bootleg recording was re-issued in 2008 by Tiger Records with new remixes. The bootleg recording also received mixed reviews from music critics, but managed to gain commercial success around the globe. Additionally, a new music video was issued for the single, but did not feature Star in the video. The bootleg recording was then once again re-released in 2012 by Tiger Records. Controversy has also been raised, mostly due to the further releases and titling.[2]
- 1 Conception
- 2 Critical reception
- 3 Commercial performances
- 4 Music videos
- 5 Controversy
- 6 Track listing
- 7 Charts
- 8 References
- 9 External links
Recording background[edit]
In 2000, British DJ Vimto had the idea of taking the 1996 sound recording of Coco's a cappella vocals from the song "I Need a Miracle" and mixing it with the music of Fragma's "Toca Me". By amalgamating the titles, it became "Toca's Miracle". He pressed an illegal bootleg which earned considerable attention from leading DJs.[3] At the time, Fragma were signed to Positiva Records, so a release was made.[3] "I Need a Miracle" was originally released by Greenlight Recordings in 1996[4][5] and re-recorded for EMI/Positiva in 1997.[5][6] It is noted that Coco was never a member of Fragma.
"I Need a Miracle" was written by Rob Davis and Victor Imbres. When Coco's "I Need a Miracle" was subject to a mash-up with "Toca Me", it was bootlegged by Ramon Zenker. With the interview with Zenker, he stated; "One day [Dirk] and [Marco] gave me a rough demo with this magic plugged-guitar line which I thought was really good. I called it 'Toca Me'. Toca in Spanish means touch, so it became known as Touch Me."[3]
The original vocal of "Toca Me" may have been inspired by a track called 'Feel The Magic' by Exotica, which was the b-side to their 1995 UK hit single "The Summer Is Magic".
The whole story around this record is very funny -- someone takes your record and takes another record, mixes them together, does a bootleg, sells it illegally, and then everybody plays it on the radio and the record company calls me and says 'We need this version!'"[7]
- -Ramon Zenker talking about mixing both "Toca's Miracle" and "Toca Me".
Zenker stated about the production; ""I produced it as a club track. I thought it was a good idea, with the guitar sample, but I thought it was only a thing for clubs, and wouldn't really be that successful [...]"[7] He carried on saying "They started the composition, they offered [me] some chord lines, sequences and bass lines, and started looking for interesting sounds. I collected these, put my own ideas to it and mixed it together into a track."[7]
Musically, the song was based on a "typical-trance" style, which features instrumentation of guitars and synthesizers.[7] Zenker used a Roland TR909 for the drums, arpeggiated sequence from the Nord Lead, chord sounds from the Korg O5R/W and used the bass from the Waldorf Pulse.[7] He also used a string pad from Emu Audity 2000 and occasionally used some synth chords from the Access Virus.
While mixing both recordings, he stated he couldn't "believe" both versions fit perfectly.[7] He mistakely concluded Coco as being on the same label as them,[8] stating: "Fortunately, this Coco single was on Positiva, which is the same label we are on, That was very good, so Kevin from Positiva A&R sorted things out with Coco and her management, and it was very quick to find a deal to use the vocals. 'I Need A Miracle' was three years old -- a long time ago -- and 'Toca's Miracle' was more successful than both knocked together, so there was benefit for both sides."[7]
In 2008, it was announced that a re-release of "Toca's Miracle" would be released under the name "Toca's Miracle 2008". The production of one of the remixes is similar to the original version, but features a more "retro-rave" edit, with the song being remixed by InPetto.[9] Inpetto's production was heavily confused with Deadmau5, where people believed it was produced by him, but this was eventually clarified.[9] The song's composition was described as "subdued, electro-tinged sound, which betrays a marked deep house influence, 'Toca's Miracle 2008' veers perilously close to sounding classy."[10] The song was eventually re-released in Australia as a CD Single by Tinted Records, while it was release in Europe around Spring 2008 by Tiger Records and Spinnin' Records with new artwork.[11] Other remixes by Wideboys, Richard Durand and Wes Clarke feature little or no Fragma production. These are technically new productions of Coco-I Need a Miracle, incorrectly attributed.
In 2012, the song was re-released as "Toca's Miracle (2012 Update)". The song was issued on a compilation series which was issued by Ministry of Sound. The song was issued in late 2011 as a digital download, while a physical release was bound in early 2012. by Tiger Records.[12]
Critical reception[edit]
"Toca's Miracle" received critical acclaim. DJ Ron Slomowicz from About.com said ""Toca's Miracle" became one of those dance (and even club) standards - reaching the same pinnacle as Darude's "Sandstorm", which is considered the "gold-standard" of music production and Cher's "Believe".[citation needed] Another review from the publication compared the work to American DJ Deadmau5, saying " The In Petto remix of "Toca's Miracle" so eerily resembled Deadmau5 that online leaks mistakenly credited it to him [...]"[13] With the same publication, the song was a runner-up for being the Best Remix/Re-release of 2008.[14] Dancingastronaugh.net called it "one of the more classic progressive tunes of our time."
Nick Levine from Digital Spy gave it a fairly mixed review, only awarding it two stars out of five. He called it "modest beginnings", but believed that the original version was better, saying "[the original] remained pretty much inescapable for the rest of the year, especially for those who frequented provincial nightclubs and/or cultivated a fondness for freeview video channels."[10] He later concluded by saying that "Toca's Miracle" presented more "class", but criticized the use of "class" in a "Euro club banger."[10]
Commercial performances[edit]
"Toca Me" and "I Need a Miracle" performances[edit]
The original version for "Toca Me" received moderate chart success before the mash-up version. The song managed to enter the top forty on the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at number twenty. The song also entered inside the top twenty on the Irish Singles Chart, peaking at twenty as well.[15] The song, however did not pursue the same success on the Dutch Top 100, peaking at number forty-nine.
Coco Star's song, "I Need a Miracle", entered the UK singles chart at #39 in addition to #1 on the UK DJ and Club charts in October 1997[16]
Original edit[edit]
The song was additionally a commercial success when it was first released. The mash-up debuted at number twenty on the Australian Singles Chart and eventually peaked at number eight for three non-consecutive weeks. The mash-up spanned the charts for eighteen weeks. The mash-up entered at number sixteen on the Norwegian Singles Chart and peaked at number two for a sole week. The mash-up only spent one week on the Italian Singles Chart, peaking at number nineteen. The track entered at eleven on the Spanish Singles Chart, where it ultimately peaked. The track re-entered on 10 May 2009 after its re-release.
The mash-up generated generally moderate success around Europe. Toca's Miracle peaked inside the top forty in Finland, Sweden, Belgium and managed to chart in countries including Switzerland, France and The Netherlands. The track debuted at number ninety-nine on the US Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.
In Coco's native United Kingdom, the mash-up peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart. The track entered with over 185,000 copies sold in its first week, becoming the highest charting single that month and was eventually certified Silver,[17] and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). As of August 2000, however, the track alone has sold over 500,000 copies in the United Kingdom.[18]
2008 InPetto remix[edit]
The 2008 edit received generally good commercial success. The song reached number two in Spain, a better position than the original version. The song also peaked inside the top ten in Sweden at seven, and eighteen in The Netherlands. The song peaked at ten on the New Zealand Airplay Charts and inside the top twenty on the Australian Dance Singles Chart.
To date, with the re-release, the song has reportedly sold over 3 million copies worldwide.[19]
"I Need a Miracle"[edit]
After several mixes were released worldwide, some versions have been lucky to chart on record charts around the globe. In Austria, a 2012 update version of Coco's original (known as the "Guru Project Remix") debuted at number sixty for a sole week until falling out. Then, in Belgium, a Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Remix of Coco's 2009 version of "I Need a Miracle" was issued at charted at number thirty-seven on the Belgium Singles Chart and stayed in there for four weeks in total. It peaked at three on the Belgium Dance Charts. These recordings an entirely different sound recording of "I Need a Miracle" and are not to be confused with "Toca's Miracle".
Music videos[edit]
The original version, which broadcast in 2000, features an futsal team of girls, including Coco Star. Another team enter the locker rooms, where they look intimidating towards the other team. Both teams head towards the court and toss a coin, where Star's team kicks-off first. The opposition take a 2-0 lead, and begin to become more aggressive or competitive towards the game, obstructing the other team. At the end of the video, it show's Star's team make a comeback to win the game 3-2.[20]
The 2008 video is completely different from the 2000 video and is the only video not to feature vocalist Coco Star. The video starts with a woman in a room, lip-syncing the song, then begins to strip her clothes off and tries to kiss a man. The next shot features another woman in her bra and underwear, dancing in a supposed bathroom, with another man in the room. Another scene then shows, yet another woman on her bed, where she also has her bra and underwear. She too also lip-syncs to the song playing and starts to seduce a man, laying near the bed. The video ends with one of the woman's eye closes.[21]
Disputes of title[edit]
The song has been known for some controversy, surrounding the copyright infringement of "I Need a Miracle".[2] One of the controversies associated with the song was the naming of the song, in which re-branding of the original song "I Need a Miracle" to Fragma's "Toca's Miracle" occurred without permission or prior agreement.[2][22]
Many song releases of "Toca's Miracle" had been branded "illegal", because rights were never received from either act. In late 2012, CoCo Star revealed on her official Facebook page that the record companies had confused the vocal recordings and sampled the original 1996 version of I Need a Miracle (released on Greenlight Records), instead of the 1997 re-recording (released on EMI/Positiva). She also wrote that the agreements that were entered "are now known to be 'Unauthorised'".[23] On CoCo Star's SoundCloud page she wrote that the 2008 Inpetto remix of Toca's Miracle, made by the talented Duderstadt brothers, as well as other remixes, were never authorised either.[24]
Shortly after, Kirsty Hawkshaw revealed that Fragma had never paid her royalties for her contribution to the 2006 single Radio Waves. Legally binding contracts were never issued,[2] and the release was illegal. She further wrote that she loves the Bastian remix of the track, released in October 2012, and that she was sure Bastian had nothing to do with "the rogue label Tiger Records". Kirsty Hawkshaw and Coco Star have both sued Tiger Records Germany in 2015.[25]
Track listing[edit]
- Australian 2008 CD single[26]
- "Toca's Miracle (Inpetto Edit) Vocals by Coco Star"
- "Toca's Miracle (Richard Durand Remix Edit) Vocals by Coco Star"
- "Toca Me (Inpetto 2008 Edit)"
- "Toca's Miracle (Inpetto Remix) Vocals by Coco Star"
- "Toca's Miracle (Richard Durand Remix)Vocals by Coco Star"
- "Toca Me (Inpetto 2008 Remix)"
"Toca Me"[edit]
Coco I Need a Miracle (re-vocal)[edit]
"Toca's Miracle"[edit]
2008 InPetto Remix[edit]
|Preceded by
"Fill Me In" by Craig David
|UK number one single
16 April 2000 – 29 April 2000
|Succeeded by
"Bound 4 Da Reload (Casualty)" by Oxide & Neutrino
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ATMORE, Ala. (AP) - Death row inmate Richard Eugene Gaddy, who was convicted in the 1989 stabbing death of a Birmingham teacher, has died from liver disease a little over a week after the disease claimed another condemned killer.
Department of Corrections spokesman Brian Corbett said the 47-year-old Gaddy died about 4:30 a.m. Thursday in the Holman prison infirmary.
Gaddy was sentenced to death for the Dec. 9, 1989, killing of Huffman High School teacher James Caldwell in Birmingham. He spent more than 17 years on death row.
On Feb. 10, liver disease was cited in the death of 53-year-old Stephen Pilley. He had been on death row at Holman since 1997 for killing five people during a robbery at the Changing Times Lounge in Birmingham in 1994.
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Have you ever had a fresh rice paper roll? If not, I suggest you rush right out to find them and make these! You will become totally addicted!
My first experience with fresh spring rolls was at the new Thai place in Potsdam, NY. They make these awesome fresh vegetable spring rolls. That is my lunch often when I go there. Knowing that I will be leaving this area and not super familiar with Albany food (yet I am sure I will become familiar soon!) I decided I was going to make these spring rolls I saw in my Veganomicon cookbook. I made a few substitutions since, as I have been saying all week, I am using up what I have before we move out this week. :o)
I shared these rolls with my dad, mom, and brother Phil – along with the Chickpea-Quinoa Pilaf. So yummy and we all loved them! I never made spring rolls before because I always had the illusion it was too much work. How wrong I was! Definitely worth making and eating – often!