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Caribbean Cruises
Discover tropical rainforests, sandy beaches and some of the best seafood in the world on a Caribbean cruise.
Caribbean cruises have long been a popular choice with both experienced cruisers and those looking to enjoy a cruise holiday for the first time. A classic destination in every sense, the Caribbean promises to fill your days with stunning beaches, warm waters and gently swaying palm trees. It's a region best seen by cruise ship, where you can explore at your leisure and really get a feel for the distinct characteristics and varied cultural vibrancy of a number of islands in a single trip.
Steeped in history and simply overflowing with wonderful natural beauty, the Caribbean promises much to suit all tastes. Whether it's exploring the dense forestry and mountainous peaks of St Lucia and St Kitts or enjoying beach-side cocktails whilst soothing reggae wafts through the air in Barbados and Trinidad, you can be sure that your Caribbean cruise will provide you with memories guaranteed to last a lifetime.
For sheer indulgence, enjoy the holiday of a lifetime on one of our luxury Caribbean cruises. We have six-star sailings with the likes of Regent Seven Seas, Silversea and Seabourn Cruises who each offer all-inclusive voyages to this magnificent region.
Luxury cruise ships are often somewhat smaller than many of the vessels that visit the Caribbean so you'll find that these cruise lines offer itineraries that visit seldom-seen ports of call and hidden islands that are largely inaccessible to bigger ships. For example, SeaDream Yacht Club often features the islands of St Barts and Anguilla on selected voyages, whilst Oceania Cruises visit stunning Santo Tomas in Guatemala, a lush island steeped in Mayan history.
There really is no 'best' time to visit the Caribbean on a cruise; it's more a case of finding the best time to suit your preferences. If you're seeking the very best of the Caribbean sunshine, then trips between November and March is advised as this is when the region is at its hottest. However, it's important to note that this is also considered the Caribbean's peak season and the travel fares are likely to be higher and the more popular islands are a lot busier.
For the best value, departure dates in November, April, May and June are great months to capitalise on slightly lower fares and other assorted cruise deals.
Those who wish to err on the side of caution may want to avoid travelling to the Caribbean during hurricane season which normally resides between June and late October. Of course, hurricanes aren't guaranteed, but stormy weather is likely.
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At The Cruise Line, we offer Caribbean cruises with a wide variety of cruise lines. From the glamour and elegance of Silversea to the mega-ship attractions of Celebrity Cruises, we guarantee we can find a cruise ship and itinerary to match your preferences.
Our team of Cruise Experts are unrivalled when it comes to their Caribbean cruise knowledge and as such are able to go above and beyond to ensure you really do enjoy the holiday of your dreams. We offer some of the best Caribbean cruise deals available and would be more than happy to tailor-make any aspect of your trip to include flights, pre/post-cruise hotel stays and additional shore excursions.
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Click here for newest popular baby names.
Baby names 2012 are already proving themselves to be very different from last year's choices, with The Hunger Games taking over from Twilight as the primary cultural influence on names, the hottest boys' names taking a cue from the girls, and musical names trumping Hollywood for inspiration.
In an analysis of nearly 3 million views of Nameberry's individual name pages in the first quarter of 2012 compared with the same period last year, these names are enjoying the biggest jumps in attention. Here, our picks for the top baby names 2012:
Rue – Credit The Hunger Games, which has turned the spotlight on a range of exotic botanical names for girls, from the heroine's name Katniss to gentle Primrose to Posy and Clove. But the hottest choice for babies, according to the Nameberry statistics, is sleek, simple, if somewhat mournful Rue, the name of the agile young girl who meets a tragic end in the series. In real life, however, we see Rue as having a bright future.
Emmett and the -ett boys – There's a new wave of boys' names that take their cue from the girls: Emmett rising on the coattails of wildly popular sister names Emma and Emily, Everett following the trail blazed by Eva, Beckett getting notice thanks to Becca. Think of -ett at the newest "it" ending for boys' names, following yesterday's –en and –er. But Emmett is the hottest of them all, partially thanks to Twilight's Emmett Cullen.
Ivy – Beyonce and Jay-Z may have already trademarked their newborn daughter Blue Ivy's name, but that can't stop parents from choosing the name for their own babies. While Blue is hot and we predict will inspire a new taste for color names, from Indigo to Scarlett, we see Ivy as the real winner in the equation. Ivy had already risen into the Top 300 and we see it moving much higher, a la other I-beginning hotties such as Isla, Isabel, and Number 1 Isabella.
Weston, Wesley, and West – Go west, young men, toward these names that not only evoke but come right out and denote the Western region. All variety of West names are hot this year, but Weston, the choice of The Office's Jenna Fischer for her son, is the hottest of them all.
Adele – Singing star Adele triumphed at The Grammys and she's triumphing in the baby name arena as well, with this French diminutive of Adelaide reentering the Top 1000 for the first time in nearly half a century.
Grayson and Gray – Is Grayson the new Jason? This more sober, surname-y spin on one of the most popular boys' names of the 1970s, now the name of many a new dad, is one of the hottest new choices of 2012, along with shorter form Gray. Hot new television series Revenge, which focuses on the Grayson family, may be having an influence.
Aria – Aria is a musical new A name, at once familiar and exotic, new to parents and to Nameberry's hot list. A names have become parental favorites, making up the most popular first initial and shown by studies to encourage children to get high marks in school. A child named Aria seems destined to be a star.
Cyrus – Cyrus makes our hot list not by virtue of any one celebrity or cultural reference but by a range of influences propelling it up the ranks: An ancient royal name, it's got a fashionable S ending, is the surname of pop star Miley, and sports the cute nickname Cy. Like cousin name Silas, it's a vintage choice finding its way back into favor.
Estelle – Sweden's royal couple named their baby daughter Estelle earlier this year, which is one reason for its increased attention on Nameberry, but there are other reasons we see Estelle as one of the hottest new names of 2012. It's related to the popular Stella but more unusual, it carries the appealing meaning "star," and it ends in a consonant rather than a vowel sound, which we predict will be the hot new trend for girls' names following several years of trendy a-ending names such as Isabella, Sophia, and Olivia.
Cato – Cato might be a villain in The Hunger Games, but the popular series turned attention on a name that fits into a couple of other hot trends. It's an ancient Roman name that, like brothers Atticus and Cassius, is being resurrected by modern parents. It's got the stylish O ending. And it kind of sounds like Kate, a name in the spotlight thanks to the new future Queen of England.
Blythe – Names that mean happiness, from Felix to Felicity to Hilary, have an obvious appeal for new parents, and Blythe is one of the freshest. Most closely identified with Gwyneth Paltrow's mom actress Blythe Danner, the one-syllable name has never been in the Top 1000 but could be a top middle name choice of tomorrow.

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Green Lantern #1 First Look and DC Universe Online DLC
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This Movie is So Cool... I love it!
After browsing about an hour finally I found this movie on novamove here http://movies.66o99.com/2011/0 6/green-lantern-2011.htmlPosted: September 21, 2011 4:15 AM -
Love your Green Lantern 1 review buddy - when you have the chance, check out mine - http://www.comicbookandmoviere views.com/2011/09/green-lanter n-1.html
Posted: September 19, 2011 4:26 AM -
BTW not sure if this was said but the DLC is gonna be given free to active players on Sept 6th so if you want to play DCUO get it now for PS# or PC and get to playing so on Sept 6th you can get the GL dlc 8)
Posted: September 1, 2011 9:29 PM -
From what I understand, it is a reboot, but it is starting 5 years into the reboot. A lot of the major events that happened in the old DCU also happened here (including the recent GL stories Blackest Night and War of the Green Lanterns). Some books are telling back story before jumping back up to now in the timeline, some are continuing right where they left off. Depends on the story. GL seems to be sticking to it's continuity more than some of the others, but the reboot is happening. It's just a matter of time to see what else is new.
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This is not an alternate universe. A large portion of the books included in the reboot have been restarted and are telling more of an origin story. Green Lantern and Batman, though, are continuing with the same continuity but are being renumbered more so for a good jumping on point. These preview pages actually give a pretty good summation of what has happened with Sinestro in the past Green Lantern stories. So no, this isn't a complete reboot of Green Lantern and it's also not an alternate universe.
I'm a HUGE Green Lantern fans so I just thought I'd clear that up for everyone. :)Posted: September 1, 2011 1:11 PM -
I don't really know anything about green lantern, just bits and pieces, but i don't understand how this is going to be a reboot if they are using stuff that has happened already?
Unless they are just going to retell the same exacty stories again and try to make money off it lol?Posted: September 1, 2011 6:10 AM -
I believe it is a complete reboot; but with the Marvel AND DC Universe they have multiple universes. So I would not be surprise if you see a "CLASSIC" DC Universe comic line or story arc from time to time. I am not sure if "CLASSIC" is the correct word for DC because of the Silverage and golden age stuff. Sometimes the DC Universe has a worse time line than a Doctor Who series.
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Is this a complete reboot of the DC Comics line or is just another alternative universe arc that eventually become null and void by yet another "Infinite Crisis" like event that will merge all the universes again?
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The place to be....for the Characters, Places & Things on Television
Pocket Dragons - Six tiny green dragons featured on the children's series POCKET DRAGON ADVENTURES/SYN/1998.
The Pocket Dragons series told the tale of happy-go-lucky dragons who frolic together in a magical medieval kingdom with a kind-hearted Wizard.
The Pocket Dragons included:
Beside the Wizard, the Dragons were also friends with Princess Betty Bye Belle who ran the village library. Specs the dragon likes to visit her establishment. He has a crush on her.
The Wizard
The Pocket Dragons
TRIVIA NOTE: The POCKET DRAGONS were created by Texas artist and sculptor Real Musgrave. In 1989, he licensed his dragon images to Collectible World Studios, and began to sculpt fantasy figurines based on his own designs.
His creations proved to be very successful and eventually, the Paris-based Bohbot Kids Network (BKN) purchased the rights to turn the figurines into a cartoon series of 52 episodes that launched in France on the April Fools Day 1998 and premiered throughout Europe in September of 1998.
Writers Marv Wolfman and Craig Miller collaborated with Musgrave on the series. In America, the program was produced by DiC Enterprises and Wolfmill Entertainment.
THEME SONG LYRICS (Music and Lyrics by Sandy Howell and Matt McGuire) Pocket Dragons, Pocket Dragons, Pocket Dragons They're brave as they can be They're small but what you get Isn't always what you see Something new 'round every corner, Action packed with mystery Pocket Dragon Adventures There's Cuddles and there's Binky Filbert always thinks he's right Scribbles loves inventing But her gadgets are a fright Zoom Zoom tries to fly But he never gets too far, and Specs has got another plan To raid the cookie jar Pocket Dragons, they surely will amuse They'll stand up to a knight But barely see above his shoes They'll build a new contraption You would never think to use Oh No! Look Out! Kazootles!!! It must have blown a fuse There's always an adventure Waiting to be found But they don't always see it coming 'Cause they're so close to the ground Still they'll rise to the occasion Headed straight for victory And they won't stop for anything Unless they pass a bakery Pocket Dragons, get ready, here they come So many ways to save the day, they can't decide which one! Though their magic doesn't always work, it's always just as fun Pocket Dragon Adventures! Pocket Dragons, Pocket Dragons, Pocket Dragons
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I use a 240gb iPod 7th gen. Mod kit or completed mods are readily available on eBay.
Yes I think to a certain point a good USB LOD is better than a cheap USB LOD. The way i understand it is that data being transmitted in music format which is bit for bit in real time is not the same as digital file transfer, I doubt the former has any error checking at all and is prone to loss whereas the latter has much error checking built into send and receive ends to preven file corruption. Therefore rf interference and other factors do play a role in data transfer in digital audio. But I feel after a certain quality it's less relevant. Happy to be proven wrong though.
Was there anything else I missed in your post? I read all 350 pages of ES5 thread before receiving mine so 40 pages is lightweight!!!!


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By Bharath Ramaraj
June 12, 2014
England after the first session of the first Test played against Sri Lanka at home of cricket, Lord's are 98 for the loss of three wickets. Hosts, lost their first wicket early in the piece. Sam Robson, the Test debutant tried to play a drive to a pitched up delivery and edged it to the wicketkeeper, Prasanna Jayawardene, off Nuwan Pradeep's bowling down the slope. Robson got into an awkward position to play that stroke.
He was followed by Alastair Cook trying to play his favourite cut shot and losing his wicket to Nuwan Kulasekara, the swing merchant. Sri Lanka in sunny conditions bowled good lines and lengths and pitched it up to the batsmen and that led to Cook's dismissal, who was frustrated by some fine bowling.
Sri Lanka's opening bowlers also found some swing to keep the batsmen quiet. Kulasekara even changed the angle and bowled from around the wicket to keep the batsmen guessing. It has to be said though, that the batsmen didn't help their cause by playing back when they should have come forward on a slow deck that offered a bit of help for pacers. Ian Bell and Gary Ballance, playing in his second Test then, looked to steady the innings for England. When Kulasekara bowled it a touch short, Ballance showed that playing square of the wicket was his strength by essaying a square cut.
Bell then, gave a glimpse of his ability to play with technical perfection when he drove Angelo Mathews down the ground for a sumptuous boundary. Bell also showed measured judgment outside his off-stump with Sri Lanka looking to test his patience. He was the only English batsman, who looked to come forward at every given opportunity. The factor to consider about the partnership was both batsmen played positively and every-time a loose ball was bowled, they cashed in. Ballance though, lost the plot when he got out to Pradeep with the angle taking away from the left-handed batsman to catch the edge.
Earlier, Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl what with the track offering a bit of help for the pacers. England on the other hand, picked three debutants; Robson, Chris Jordan and Moeen Ali. This is the first time since 1921 that England have given three players a chance to make their debut in a Test match.
Brief scores:
England 98 for 3 (Gary Ballance 23, Ian Bell 41*; Nuwan Pradeep 2 for 35) vs Sri Lanka.
(Bharath Ramaraj, an MBA in marketing, eats, drinks and sleeps cricket. He has played at school and college-level, and now channelises his passion for the game by writing about it)


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Gong (band)
Gong | |
Gong live in Tel Aviv, 31 October 2009
Steve Hillage, Gilli Smyth, Chris Taylor, Dave Sturt, Daevid Allen (from left to right) |
Background information | |
Origin | Paris, France |
Genres | Progressive rock, psychedelic rock, Canterbury scene, space rock, jazz rock[1] |
Years active | 1967-1968, 1969–1976, 1977, 1990, 1992–2001, 2003–2006, 2007–present |
Labels | BYG Actuel, Virgin, Charly, Snapper |
Associated acts | Daevid Allen, Soft Machine, Pierre Moerlen's Gong, Steve Hillage, Here & Now |
Website | www |
Members | Fabio Golfetti Dave Sturt Ian East Kavus Torabi Cheb Nettles |
Past members | See article |
Gong is an international psychedelic rock band known for incorporating elements of jazz and space rock into its musical style.[2] The group was formed in Paris in 1967 by Australian musician Daevid Allen and English vocalist Gilli Smyth. Notable band members have included Didier Malherbe, Pip Pyle, Steve Hillage, Mike Howlett, Pierre Moerlen, Bill Laswell and Theo Travis. Others who have played on stage with Gong include Don Cherry,[3] Chris Cutler, Bill Bruford, Brian Davison, Dave Stewart and Tatsuya Yoshida.
Gong released its debut album, Magick Brother, in 1970, which featured a psychedelic pop sound.[4] By the following year, the second album, Camembert Electrique, featured the more psychedelic rock/space rock sound with which they would be most associated.[1] Between 1973 and 1974, Gong released their best known work, the allegorical Radio Gnome Invisible trilogy, describing the adventures of Zero the Hero, the Good Witch Yoni and the Pot Head Pixies from the Planet Gong.
In 1975, Daevid Allen & Gilli Smyth left the band, which continued without them, releasing a series of jazz rock albums under the leadership of drummer Pierre Moerlen. This incarnation of the band became known as Pierre Moerlen's Gong. Meanwhile, Smyth formed Mother Gong while Allen initiated a series of spin-off groups, including Planet Gong, New York Gong and Gongmaison, before returning to lead Gong once again in 1990 until his death in 2015. With Allen's encouragement, the band decided to continue and released the album Rejoice! I'm Dead! on 16 September 2016.[5]
- 1 History
- 1.1 Protogong (1967–68)
- 1.2 Gong 'proper' begins (1969–71)
- 1.3 The Radio Gnome Invisible trilogy (1972–74)
- 1.4 Daevid Allen's departure and Shamal (1975–76)
- 1.5 Pierre Moerlen's Gong and other 70s offshoots (1976–80)
- 1.6 Gongmaison and reunion (1989–92)
- 1.7 25th anniversary celebration (1994) and worldwide touring (1996–2001)
- 1.8 Acid Mothers Gong (2003–04)
- 1.9 Gong Family Unconventions (2004–06)
- 1.10 Gong Global Family (2007)
- 1.11 Continuing to record, tour and evolve (2008–14)
- 1.12 The passing of Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth (2015–16)
- 1.13 Post-Daevid Allen: Rejoice! I'm Dead! (2016–present)
- 2 Music and lyrics
- 3 Personnel
- 4 Discography
- 5 Filmography
- 6 References
- 7 Further reading
- 8 External links
Protogong (1967–68)[edit]
In September 1967, Australian singer and guitarist Daevid Allen, a member of the English psychedelic rock band Soft Machine, was denied re-entry to the United Kingdom for 3 years following a French tour, because his visa had expired.[6] He settled in Paris, where he and his partner, London-born Sorbonne professor Gilli Smyth, established the first incarnation of Gong (later referred to by Allen as "Protogong"[7]) along with Ziska Baum on vocals and Loren Standlee on flute.[8] However, the nascent band came to an abrupt end during the May 1968 student revolution, when Allen and Smyth were forced to flee the country after a warrant was issued for their arrest. They headed for Deià in Majorca, where they had lived for a time in 1966.
Gong 'proper' begins (1969–71)[edit]
In August 1969, film director Jérôme Laperrousaz, a close friend of the pair, invited them back to France to record a soundtrack for a motorcycle racing movie which he was planning. This came to nothing at the time, but they were subsequently approached by Jean Karakos of the newly-formed independent label BYG Actuel to record an album, and so set about forming a new electric Gong band in Paris, recruiting their first rhythm section of Christian Tritsch (bass) and Rachid Houari (drums & percussion) and re-connecting with a saxophonist called Didier Malherbe whom they had met in Deià.[9] However, Tritsch was not ready in time for the sessions and so Allen played the bass guitar himself. The album, entitled Magick Brother, was completed in October.
The re-born Gong played its debut gig at the BYG Actuel Festival in the small Belgian town of Amougies, on 27 October 1969, joined by Danny Laloux on hunting horn & percussion, and Dieter Gewissler & Gerry Fields on violin, and was introduced to the stage by bemused compere Frank Zappa.[10] Magick Brother was released in March 1970, followed in April by a non-album single, "Est-Ce Que Je Suis; Garçon Ou Fille?" b/w "Hip Hip Hypnotise Ya", which again featured Laloux and Gewissler.[11] In October, the band moved into an abandoned 12-room hunting lodge called Pavillon du Hay, near Voisines and Sens, 120 km south-east of Paris. They would be based there until early 1974.[12]
Houari left the band in the spring of 1971 and was replaced by English drummer Pip Pyle, whom Allen had been introduced to by Robert Wyatt during the recording of his debut solo album, Banana Moon. The new line-up recorded a soundtrack for Laperrousaz's movie, now entitled Continental Circus, and played at the second Glastonbury Festival, later documented on the Glastonbury Fayre album.[13] Next, they began work on their second studio album, Camembert Electrique, later referred to by Allen as "the first real band album".[14] It established the progressive, space rock sound which would make their name, leading, in the autumn, to their first UK tour. However, by the end of the year Pyle had left the group, to be replaced by another English drummer, Laurie Allan.[15]
The Radio Gnome Invisible trilogy (1972–74)[edit]
1972 saw the start of increasing line-up disruption for Gong. Laurie Allan left in April to be replaced by Mac Poole, then Charles Hayward and then Rob Tait, before returning again late in the year. Gilli Smyth left for a time to look after her and Daevid Allen's baby son and was replaced by Diane Stewart, who was the partner of Tait and the ex-wife of Graham Bond. Christian Tritsch moved to guitar and was replaced on bass by former Magma member Francis Moze, while the band's sound was expanded with the addition of synthesizer player Tim Blake.
In October they were one of the first acts to sign to Richard Branson's fledgling Virgin Records label, and in late December traveled to Virgin's Manor Studio in Oxfordshire, England, to record their third album, Flying Teapot. As they settled in, they were played a rough mix of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells, then already in production.[16] Towards the end of their recording sessions they were joined by English guitarist Steve Hillage, whom they had met a few weeks earlier in France playing with Kevin Ayers, and who had replaced Oldfield in Ayers' band. He arrived too late to contribute much to the album,[17] but would soon become a key component in the Gong sound.
Flying Teapot was released on 23 May 1973, the same day as Tubular Bells, and was the first installment of the Radio Gnome Invisible trilogy, which expounded upon the (previously only hinted at) Gong mythology developed by Allen. The second part, Angel's Egg, followed in December, now featuring the 'classic' rhythm section of Mike Howlett on bass and Pierre Moerlen on drums. In early 1974 both Moerlen and Smyth left for a time and were replaced once again by Rob Tait and Diane Stewart, and the band moved from their French base at Pavillon du Hay to an English one, at Middlefield Farm, near Witney, Oxfordshire.[18] Moerlen and Smyth returned to complete the trilogy with You, but by the time of its release, in October 1974, Moerlen had departed once again to work with the French contemporary ensemble Les Percussions de Strasbourg. He was initially replaced by a succession of stand-ins (Chris Cutler, Laurie Allan & Bill Bruford) before former Nice drummer Brian Davison took the job, staying until July 1975.[19]
In June 1974, Camembert Electrique was given a belated UK release by Virgin, priced at 59p, the price of a typical single at the time; a promotional gimmick which they had used before for Faust and would use again for a reggae compilation in 1976. These ultra-budget albums sold in large quantities because of the low price, but this pricing made them ineligible for placement on the album charts. The intention was that purchasers would be encouraged to buy the groups' other albums at full price.
Daevid Allen's departure and Shamal (1975–76)[edit]
At a gig in Cheltenham in April 1975, Allen refused to go on stage, claiming that a "wall of force" was preventing him, and left the band.[20] With both Smyth, who wanted to spend more time with her two children, and synth player Tim Blake having already left in previous months, this marked the end of the 'classic' line-up.
Pierre Moerlen was persuaded to return once again in August, and the band continued, adding Mireille Bauer on percussion and Jorge Pinchevsky on violin. They toured the UK in November 1975, as documented on the 2005 release Live in Sherwood Forest '75, and worked on material for their next album, Shamal. However, Hillage became increasingly uncomfortable without Allen and with now being seen as the band's de facto leader. He and his partner Miquette Giraudy, who had taken over from Smyth in late 1974, left before Shamal was released in February 1976, although they had participated in it as guests.[21] Both re-joined Gong briefly for the 1977 reunion concert in Paris, along with Allen, Smyth, Malherbe, Blake, Howlett and Moerlen, as documented on the live album Gong est Mort, Vive Gong.
Pierre Moerlen's Gong and other 70s offshoots (1976–80)[edit]
Drummer Pierre Moerlen, who had been persuaded by Virgin to rejoin Gong in 1975 as co-leader, gradually took over sole leadership after Mike Howlett left in 1976. When Malherbe, the only remaining founding member, left in 1977, Moerlen formed a new percussion-based line-up with American bassist Hansford Rowe and percussionists Mireille Bauer and his brother Benoit Moerlen. To avoid confusion, it became known as Gong-Expresso and then, from 1978 onwards, as Pierre Moerlen's Gong. Their last album, Pentanine, was recorded in 2002 and Moerlen died unexpectedly in May 2005, aged 53.
Daevid Allen continued to develop the Gong mythology in his solo albums and with two new bands: Planet Gong (1977), which comprised Allen and Smyth playing with the British festival band Here & Now, and New York Gong (1979), comprising Allen and the American musicians who would later become known as Material. At the same time, Gilli Smyth formed Mother Gong with English guitarist/producer Harry Williamson and Didier Malherbe, and played in Spain and England. Allen delighted in this proliferation of groups and considered his role at this time to be that of an instigator, traveling around the world leaving active Gong-related bands in his wake.
Gongmaison and reunion (1989–92)[edit]
After spending most of the Eighties in his native Australia, Allen returned to the UK in 1988 with a new project, The Invisible Opera Company of Tibet, whose revolving cast included violinist Graham Clark and Gong saxophonist Didier Malherbe. This morphed into Gongmaison in 1989, which added Harry Williamson from Mother Gong and had a techno-influenced sound with electronic beats, as well as live percussion from Shyamal Maïtra. In 1990 the Gong name was revived for a one-off U.K. T.V. appearance with a line-up featuring Allen, Smyth and Malherbe, plus early 70s drummer Pip Pyle and three members of Here & Now: Stephen Lewry (lead guitar), Keith Bailey (bass) and Paul Noble (synth). In April 1992, Gongmaison became Gong permanently with the combined line-up of Allen, Malherbe, Bailey and Pyle, plus Graham Clark and Shyamal Maïtra from Gongmaison. Together they recorded the album Shapeshifter (subsequently dubbed Radio Gnome Invisible, Part 4) and toured extensively.[22]
25th anniversary celebration (1994) and worldwide touring (1996–2001)[edit]
In 1994, Gong celebrated its 25th birthday with a show in London which featured the return of Gilli Smyth, bassist Mike Howlett and lead guitarist Stephen Lewry of Here & Now. This formed the basis of the band which toured worldwide from 1996 to 2001, with Pierre Moerlen replacing Pip Pyle on drums from 1997 through 1999.[23] The album Zero to Infinity was released in 2000, by which time the line-up had changed again to Allen, Smyth, Malherbe and Howlett, plus new recruits Theo Travis on sax and Chris Taylor on drums. This line-up was unique in the band's history in having two sax/flute players.
Acid Mothers Gong (2003–04)[edit]
2003 saw a radical new line-up including Acid Mothers Temple members Kawabata Makoto and Cotton Casino, plus University of Errors guitarist Josh Pollock. Allen and Smyth's son Orlando drummed on the 2004 studio album Acid Motherhood, but for the subsequent live dates the rhythm section was Ruins drummer Tatsuya Yoshida and Acid Mothers Temple bassist Tsuyama Atsushi. A live album recorded by this line-up in 2004 was released as Acid Mothers Gong Live Tokyo and they played a few more more one-off shows in 2006 and 2007.
Gong Family Unconventions (2004–06)[edit]
The European version of Gong had retired from regular touring in 2001, but there were subsequent one-off reunions, most notably at the "Gong Family Unconventions" (Uncons), the first of which was held in 2004 in the Glastonbury Assembly Rooms as a one-day event and featured many ex-members and Gong family bands including Here & Now, House of Thandoy, Thom the Poet, Invisible Opera Company, Andy Bole, Bubbledub and Joie Hinton. The 2005 Uncon was a 2-day affair featuring several Gong-related bands such as Here & Now, System 7, House of Thandoy and Kangaroo Moon. The next Uncon was a 3-day event held at the Melkweg in Amsterdam on 3–5 November 2006, with practically all Gong-related bands present: 'Classic' Gong (Allen, Smyth, Malherbe, Blake, Howlett, Travis, Taylor, plus the return of Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy), System 7, The Steve Hillage Band, Hadouk, Tim Blake & Jean-Philippe Rykiel, University of Errors, Here & Now, Mother Gong, Zorch, Eat Static, Sacred Geometry Band, Acid Mothers Gong and many others. These events have all been compèred by Thom the Poet (now "Thom Moon 10").[24]
Gong Global Family (2007)[edit]
In November 2007, Daevid Allen held a series of concerts in Brazil with a new band which he called Gong Global Family. This consisted of Allen on vocals and guitar, Josh Pollock on guitar, Fabio Golfetti (of Violeta de Outono) on guitar, Gabriel Costa (also from Violeta de Outono) on bass, Marcelo Ringel on flute and tenor saxophone, and Fred Barley on drums. He also performed with his other band, University of Errors (Allen, Pollock, Barley & Michael Clare). These shows took place in São Paulo on 21 and 22 November and São Carlos on 24 November. The 21 November show was filmed and released in the UK on DVD and CD by Voiceprint Records. These musicians, minus Marcelo, also recorded some new songs at Mosh studio, São Paulo.
Continuing to record, tour and evolve (2008–14)[edit]
In June 2008, Gong played two concerts in London, at Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank (opening Massive Attack's Meltdown festival) and at The Forum, with a line-up of Allen, Smyth, Hillage, Giraudy, Howlett, Taylor and Travis. This line-up then released a new album, 2032, in 2009 and toured in support, including the Glade stage at Glastonbury Festival. They played at The Big Chill festival in the UK on 9 August 2009 with Allen, Smyth, Hillage, Giraudy, Travis, Taylor and new bassist Dave Sturt, as well as the Beautiful Days festival in Devon and the Lounge On The Farm festival near Canterbury.
Gong played four UK live shows in September 2010 with Allen, Smyth, Hillage, Giraudy, Sturt, Taylor and new wind player Ian East. Support for these shows was provided by Nik Turner's Space Ritual.
Gong toured Europe in the fall of 2012 with the line-up of Allen, Smyth, Sturt & East, plus Orlando Allen (Acid Mothers Gong) on drums, and Fabio Golfetti (Gong Global Family) on guitar.[25] It would be Gilli Smyth's final tour with the band.
They played in Brazil in May 2013 and again in 2014, this time with the addition of Kavus Torabi on guitar.
The 2014 line-up released a new studio album entitled I See You on 10 November, with Gilli Smyth guesting.[26] However, Daevid Allen had been diagnosed with a cancerous cyst in his neck and had to undergo radiation therapy followed by an extensive period of recuperation. The I See You tour went ahead without him, and the line-up of Sturt, East, Golfetti, Torabi and a "mystery drummer" (revealed to be Cheb Nettles) played five dates in France and two in the UK.
The passing of Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth (2015–16)[edit]
On 5 February 2015, Daevid Allen released a statement announcing that the cancer had returned to his neck and had also spread to his lungs, and that he was "not interested in endless surgical operations", leaving him with "approximately six months to live".[27][28] Just over a month after the initial announcement, on 13 March 2015, Daevid's son Orlando announced through Facebook that Allen had died in Byron Bay, Australia, aged 77.[29]
On 11 April 2015, it was revealed that Allen had written an email to the band prior to his death, expressing his wish that the five remaining members continue performing following his passing and suggesting that Kavus Torabi become the new frontman of the band.[30]
Gilli Smyth died on 22 August 2016, aged 83. She had been admitted to hospital in Byron Bay with pneumonia a couple of days previously.[31]
Post-Daevid Allen: Rejoice! I'm Dead! (2016–present)[edit]
On 5 July 2016, it was announced that the band had recorded a new album, Rejoice! I'm Dead!, featuring Kavus Torabi, Fabio Golfetti, Dave Sturt, Ian East and Cheb Nettles. It features guest appearances from Steve Hillage and Didier Malherbe, and Daevid Allen's vocals appear on two tracks. The album was released on 16 September 2016 through Snapper Music.[5]
Music and lyrics[edit]
Style and influences[edit]
Gong's music fuses many influences into a distinctive style which has been variously described by critics and journalists as experimental rock,[32] jazz fusion,[33] jazz rock,[34][35] progressive rock,[33][36][37][38][39][40] psychedelic rock[33][40][41] and space rock.[42][43] Gong has also been associated with the Canterbury scene of progressive rock bands.[36]
Rolling Stone described Gong's music as combining "psychedelic English whimsy, German kosmische space jams and Gallic libertine fusion."[44]
Daevid Allen's guitar playing was influenced by Syd Barrett.[45]
The Gong mythology is a humorous collection of recurring characters and allegorical themes which permeate the albums of Gong and Daevid Allen, and to a lesser extent the early works of Steve Hillage. The characters were often based on, or used as pseudonyms for, band members, while the story itself was based on a vision which Allen had during the full moon of Easter 1966, in Deià, Majorca, in which he claimed he could see his future laid out before him.[46] This mythology was hinted at through Gong's earlier albums but was not the central theme until the Radio Gnome Invisible trilogy of 1973/74. It contains many similarities to concepts from Buddhist philosophy, e.g. optimism, the search for self, the denial of absolute reality and the search for the path to enlightenment. There are frequent references to the production and consumption of "tea", perhaps suggesting mushroom tea, although the word has also long been used to describe cannabis, especially in the 1940s and 1950s.
Flying Teapot: Radio Gnome Invisible, Part 1 (1973)[edit]
The story begins on the album Flying Teapot (1973), when a pig-farming Egyptologist called Mista T. Being is sold a "magick ear ring" by an "antique teapot street vendor & tea label collector" called Fred the Fish. The ear ring is capable of receiving messages from the Planet Gong via a pirate radio station called Radio Gnome Invisible. Being and Fish head off to the Hymnalayas of Tibet (sic) where they meet the "great beer yogi" Banana Ananda in a cave. Ananda tends to chant "Banana Nirvana Mañana" a lot and gets drunk on Foster's Australian Lager. (This latter development mirrors the real-life experience of band members Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth who met their saxophonist, Didier Malherbe, in a cave in Majorca.)
Meanwhile, the mythology's central character, Zero the Hero, is going about his everyday life when he suddenly has a vision in Charing Cross Road, London. He is compelled to seek heroes and starts worshiping the Cock Pot Pixie, one of a number of Pot Head Pixies from the Planet Gong. These pixies are green, have propellers on their heads, and fly around in teapots (inspired by [Bertrand] Russell's teapot).[47]
Zero is soon distracted by a cat to whom he offers his fish and chips. The cat is actually The Good Witch Yoni, and she gives Zero a potion in return.
Angel's Egg: Radio Gnome Invisible, Part 2 (1973)[edit]
The second part, Angel's Egg (1973), begins with Zero falling asleep under the influence of the potion and finding himself floating through space. After accidentally scaring a space pilot called Captain Capricorn, Zero locates the Planet Gong, and spends some time with a prostitute who introduces him to the moon goddess Selene.
Zero's drug-induced trip to the Planet Gong continues, and the Pot Head Pixies explain to him how their flying teapots fly: a system known as Glidding. He is then taken to the One Invisible Temple of Gong.
Inside the temple, Zero is shown the Angel's Egg, the physical embodiment of the 32 Octave Doctors (descendants of the Great God Cell). The Angel's Egg is the magic-eye mandala that features on much of the band's sleeve-art. It is also a sort of recycling plant for Pot Head Pixies.
A grand plan is revealed to Zero: there will be a Great Melting Feast of Freeks which Zero must organise on Earth. When everyone is enjoying the Feast, a huge global concert, the Switch Doctor will turn everybody's third eye on, ushering in a New Age on Earth. The Switch Doctor is the Earth's resident Octave Doctor, who lives near Banana Ananda's cave, in a "potheadquarters" called the Compagnie d'Opera Invisible de Thibet (C.O.I.T.) and transmits all the details to the Gong Band via the Bananamoon Observatory.
You: Radio Gnome Invisible, Part 3 (1974)[edit]
In the third instalment, You (1974), Zero must first return from his trip. He asks Hiram the Master Builder how to structure his vision and build his own Invisible Temple. Having done this, Zero establishes that he must organise the Great Melting Feast of Freeks on the Isle of Everywhere: Bali.
The event is going well, and the Switch Doctor switches on everyone's third eyes except for Zero's, for he is out the back, indulging in Earthly pleasures ("fruitcake").
Zero has missed out on the whole third eye revelation experience and is forced to continue his existence spinning around on the wheel of births and deaths and slowly converging on the Angel's Egg in a way which, to a certain extent, resembles Buddhist reincarnation.
Continuations (1992–2009)[edit]
The album Shapeshifter (1992) is the fourth installment in the saga, in which Zero meets an urban shaman who agrees to take him to the next level of awareness on the proviso that Zero spends nine months on an aeroplane traveling where he wants, but not using money or eating anything other than airline food. Zero eventually dies in Australia under mysterious circumstances.
The next installment is the album Zero to Infinity (2000), which sees Zero's spirit enjoying a body-free and virtual existence. During the course of this he becomes an android spheroid Zeroid. With the help of a strange animal called a gongalope, he learns that all the wisdom of the world exists within him and practices Lafta yoga and tea making. At the end he becomes one with an Invisible Temple and has a lot of fun.
The final installment of the story, 2032 (2009), is set in that year, one which Daevid Allen had seen as significant for the enlightenment of humanity. The Planet Gong now serves as more of a digital portal for a humanity still grappling with contemporary issues of life.
Influence on other artists[edit]
Gong's influence has been seen in artists such as Ozric Tentacles[48][49] and Insane Clown Posse, whose member Violent J listened to Gong's music for inspiration during the recording of ICP's 2009 album Bang! Pow! Boom![50] Gong's music has also found fandom in the ambient music scene.[51]
American hard rock band Raging Slab has covered Gong's "The Pot Head Pixies" for NORML's Hempilation release. Japanese psych-rock band Acid Mothers Temple frequently covers Gong's "Master Builder", titled as "Om Riff", and have released 2 full albums dedicated to album-length renditions of the song; 2005's "IAO Chant From The Cosmic Inferno" and 2012's "IAO Chant From The Melting Paraiso Underground Freak Out".
Hip hop artists have sampled Gong's music.[52] Madlib samples Gong's music frequently, including "Eat That Phone Book Coda" on his song ""Maingirl", "You Never Blow Yr Trip Forever" on "Bullyshit", and "Shamal" on "Mr. Two-Faced". Insane Clown Posse has also frequently sampled Gong, including "The Pot Head Pixies" on "Ringmaster's Word" and "Toy Box", as well as "Selene" on "The Dead One" and "Bambooji" on "For The Maggots".
Actor Sherman Hemsley, best known for his role on The Jeffersons, was an avowed Gong fanatic, going so far as to have a Flying Teapot room in his house. The room, which had darkened windows, played Flying Teapot continuously via tape loops.[53]
- Current members
- Fabio Golfetti – lead guitar (2007, 2012–present)
- Dave Sturt – bass (2009–present)
- Ian East – saxophone, flute (2010–present)
- Kavus Torabi – guitar, vocals (2014–present)
- Cheb Nettles – drums (2014–present)
(* Usually regarded as a transitional album between Daevid Allen's incarnation of the band and the Pierre Moerlen-led fusion line-up of the late 1970s.) Planet Gong[edit]
New York Gong[edit]
Pierre Moerlen's Gong[edit]
Mother Gong[edit]
Live albums[edit]
Compilation albums[edit]
Other appearances[edit]
- 2015: Romantic Warriors III: Canterbury Tales (DVD)
- ^ a b David Ross Smith (20 November 2007). "Camembert Électrique - Gong | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ Muggs, Joe (2016-08-25). "The silliness ran deep in Gong, but they could groove like mothers, too". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
- ^ Lucky, Jerry. Progressive Rock. Burlington, Ontario: Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc., 2000. p.61
- ^ "Allmusic ((( Magick Brother > Overview )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
- ^ a b "Madfish". www.burningshed.com. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
- ^ Allen, Daevid. Gong Dreaming 1. SAF Publishing, 2007, p.64.
- ^ Allen, Daevid. Gong Dreaming 1. SAF Publishing, 2007, p.76.
- ^ "planet gong bazaar". planetgong.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
- ^ Allen, Daevid. Gong Dreaming 2. SAF Publishing, 2009, p.13.
- ^ Allen, Daevid. Gong Dreaming 2. SAF Publishing, 2009, p.31.
- ^ Allen, Daevid. Gong Dreaming 2. SAF Publishing, 2009, p.34.
- ^ Allen, Daevid. Gong Dreaming 2. SAF Publishing, 2009, pgs.52, 67, 291.
- ^ Allen, Daevid. Gong Dreaming 2. SAF Publishing, 2009, p.110-115.
- ^ Allen, Daevid. Gong Dreaming 2. SAF Publishing, 2009, p.116.
- ^ Allen, Daevid. Gong Dreaming 2. SAF Publishing, 2009, p.124-141.
- ^ Allen, Daevid. Gong Dreaming 2. SAF Publishing, 2009, p.184.
- ^ Allen, Daevid. Gong Dreaming 2. SAF Publishing, 2009, p.188.
- ^ Allen, Daevid. Gong Dreaming 2. SAF Publishing, 2009, p.291.
- ^ See in the gigs section of Planet Gong's website
- ^ Allen, Daevid. Gong Dreaming 2. SAF Publishing, 2009, p.413.
- ^ "GONG-Chronology". calyx.perso.neuf.fr/gong. 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ "Shapeshifter Gong - Daevid Allen (chant, guitare), Didier Malherbe (saxophones, flûtes, chant), Keith Bailey (basse), Pip Pyle (batterie), Shyamal Maïtra (percussions, tablas), Graham Clark (guitare, violon). Concert enregistré le 1er mai 1992. - À l'écoute des Archives départementales de Saône-et-Loire". Audio.archives71.fr. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "Pierre Moerlen – 1952–2005". planetgong.co.uk. 2014. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ "Thom the Poet (now Thom Moon 10)". www.worldpoetry.org. 5 September – 15 October 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
- ^ "Current News". Planet Gong. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ "I See You (CD)". Gong Official website. November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ "Gong founder Daevid Allen has six months to live". the Guardian. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ^ "planet gong news : : Current News". planetgong.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ^ "Gong founder Daevid Allen has died, aged 77". The Guardian. Theguardian.com. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ^ "Daevid Allen's Farewell Message To Gong". uDiscover. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "Gilli Smyth 1933-2016". Planet Gong. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ "Legendary rocker Daevid Allen dies". Msn.com. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ a b c "R.I.P. Daevid Allen, founder of Gong and Soft Machine, has died". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "Rock Obituaries – Knocking On Heaven's Door". Books.google.com. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll". Books.google.com. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ a b "A guide to the best (and a bit of the worst) of prog rock". Avclub.com. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "Gong, Soft Machine Founder Daevid Allen Dead at 77". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ David Ross Smith. "Camembert Électrique". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "Daevid Allen, Guitarist and Singer in Progressive Rock, Dies at 77". The New York Times. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Daevid Allen, Founder of Gong and Soft Machine, Dead at 77". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "Daevid Allen, Frontman of Psychedelic Rock Groups Gong and Soft Machine, has Six Months to Live, Issues Emotional Statement". Classicalite. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ Chris Nickson. "Shapeshifter". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ Graham St John. "The Local Scenes and Global Culture of Psytrance". Books.google.com. p. 129. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "Gong, 'You' (1974)". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ DeRogatis, Jim. Turn On Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock. Hal Leonard Publishing, 2003
- ^ Allen, Daevid. Gong Dreaming 1. SAF Publishing, 2007, p.7.
- ^ Allen, Daevid. Gong Dreaming 2. SAF Publishing, 2009, p.5.
- ^ "PEPPERMINT IGUANA ozric tentacles interview". Peppermintiguana.co.uk. 21 June 1984. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ^ "Get Ready to ROCK! Interviews with Ed Wynne of progressive ambient rock band Ozric Tentacles". Getreadytorock.com. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ^ Graham, Adam (11 May 2009). "Insane Clown Posse takes on busiest year yet". The Detroit News.
- ^ Chris Nickson. "Shapeshifter". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "Gong". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ Myers, Mitch (5 March 2009). "GEORGE JEFFERSON: WORLD'S BIGGEST GONG FAN?". Magnet Magazine. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
Further reading[edit]
- Allen, Daevid. Gong Dreaming 1. SAF Publishing, 2007 ISBN 978-0-946719-82-2
- Allen, Daevid. Gong Dreaming 2. SAF Publishing, 2009 ISBN 978-0-946719-56-3
- Brown, Brian. "Gong: Angel's Egg", (Crawdaddy!) 26 March 2008
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gong (band). |
- Official web site for Gong, GAS & Gliss
- Gong at Calyx, The Canterbury Music Website, by Aymeric Leroy - includes detailed chronology
- "Not Just Another Gong Website" – comprehensive tapeography
- The Archive – Archival photos of Gong, Mother Gong, Steve Hillage, Nik Turner, Here & Now, Hawkwind and many Free Festivals from the 1960s–1980s
- Acid Motherhood voted weirdest album cover of all time


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Old cush Woodberry and the other loafers at Horton's would come out on the platform in front of the store and review the troops.
Assurbanipal boasts that he pursued Urdamane as far as the land of cush.
The occasion of it is said to be "the words of cush the Benjamite."
The locality of the land of cush has long been a much-vexed question.
He conquered Egypt (Muzur) and cush, and carried away innumerable prisoners.
It is said of this person, by Moses, that he was the son of cush.
Nimrod was the son of cush, grandson of Ham, and great-grandson of Noah.
But the soldiers got around this in the way "cush" was manipulated.
I refer to Nimrod, who was a son of cush, the oldest son of Ham.
cush is the Hebrew word for black and means the same as Ethiopia.
Money; cash: They've put up their good cush to send me on tour
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black. (1.) A son, probably the eldest, of Ham, and the father of Nimrod (Gen. 10:8; 1 Chr. 1:10). From him the land of Cush seems to have derived its name. The question of the precise locality of the land of Cush has given rise to not a little controversy. The second river of Paradise surrounded the whole land of Cush (Gen. 2:13, R.V.). The term Cush is in the Old Testament generally applied to the countries south of the Israelites. It was the southern limit of Egypt (Ezek. 29:10, A.V. "Ethiopia," Heb. Cush), with which it is generally associated (Ps. 68:31; Isa. 18:1; Jer. 46:9, etc.). It stands also associated with Elam (Isa. 11:11), with Persia (Ezek. 38:5), and with the Sabeans (Isa. 45:14). From these facts it has been inferred that Cush included Arabia and the country on the west coast of the Red Sea. Rawlinson takes it to be the country still known as Khuzi-stan, on the east side of the Lower Tigris. But there are intimations which warrant the conclusion that there was also a Cush in Africa, the Ethiopia (so called by the Greeks) of Africa. Ezekiel speaks (29:10; comp. 30:4-6) of it as lying south of Egypt. It was the country now known to us as Nubia and Abyssinia (Isa. 18:1; Zeph. 3:10, Heb. Cush). In ancient Egyptian inscriptions Ethiopia is termed _Kesh_. The Cushites appear to have spread along extensive tracts, stretching from the Upper Nile to the Euphrates and Tigris. At an early period there was a stream of migration of Cushites "from Ethiopia, properly so called, through Arabia, Babylonia, and Persia, to Western India." The Hamite races, soon after their arrival in Africa, began to spread north, east, and west. Three branches of the Cushite or Ethiopian stock, moving from Western Asia, settled in the regions contiguous to the Persian Gulf. One branch, called the Cossaeans, settled in the mountainous district on the east of the Tigris, known afterwards as Susiana; another occupied the lower regions of the Euphrates and the Tigris; while a third colonized the southern shores and islands of the gulf, whence they afterwards emigrated to the Mediterranean and settled on the coast of Palestine as the Phoenicians. Nimrod was a great Cushite chief. He conquered the Accadians, a Tauranian race, already settled in Mesopotamia, and founded his kingdom, the Cushites mingling with the Accads, and so forming the Chaldean nation. (2.) A Benjamite of this name is mentioned in the title of Ps. 7. "Cush was probably a follower of Saul, the head of his tribe, and had sought the friendship of David for the purpose of 'rewarding evil to him that was at peace with him.'"


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I adore this scent. A true tiare with nothing added. It is very sweet floral and on my skin there's nothing fruity to it. It is very intense - it wears a long time.
It comes in an aluminium bottle which is not very elegant looking, but it is the best way to store the fragrance.
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Ordered a sample of this from Lucky Scent. Tried this one because I love the smell of gardenias. Unfortunately, this turns sweet and fruity on me. Smells like a pineapple-scented candle that a young girl in high school would have burning in her bedroom. For me, this one is a pass.
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Putting on this fragrance makes me feel like I'm soaking up the sun at the beach with flowers in my hair. Monoi oil is one of my favourite scents in the world, and Intense Tiare smells like monoi oil's more sophisticated older sister. Within the first 15 minutes of application, the fragrance has an almost green edge, probably due to the jasmine. However, the jasmine quickly takes a backseat and the tiare and coconut milk come to the forefront creating the most perfect, warm, creamy, elegant tropical fragrance. Unlike monoi oil, which, though gorgeous, is a rather static scent containing only tiare and coconut, Intense Tiare develops on the skin and has depth. I don't detect any rose, and only the slightest hint of ylang-ylang, but the floral blend adds sophistication to the otherwise sweet scent and saves it from smelling like suntan lotion. Sillage is good but not offensive, and it lasts around 8-9 hours on my skin. I asked my husband what he thought of the scent and he straight up just said "sex", so if that's not a stamp of approval, I don't know what is.
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Montale's Intense Tiare is huuuge. HUGE. It delivers a gigantic creamy punch to the olfactory system while yelling "I AM HERE AND YOU WILL LOVE ME!" It actually reminds me in many ways of my old cat, George. Soft, furry, totally insane. The reason I liken Intense Tiare to George is that a) I love analogies for getting the point across and b) it really is a fragrance that I can't get my head around, much like how I never understood George but just went along with his particular brand of crazy. Intense Tiare changes every few minutes. It comes on all soft and lovely, a heavy whipped delight of coconut and what smells to me like expensive sunscreen but is really a big smack of rosey-vanilla-jasmine-tiare. It draws you in within the first few seconds of application and somehow unfolds within five minutes into loud, loud, LOUD. It doesn't mellow (maybe I wished it would, just a little, but it's still going strong five hours later) or change or budge from wherever you apply it. It is both beautiful and crazy, a caress and a slap. I have Keiko Mecheri's Jasmine on the same arm and she has disappeared into the thick fog of what I think is the perfect beachy fragrance - it reminds me a little of EL's Bronze Goddess with the volume turned up past 50. From this I get hot sand underfoot, the sun beating down, sunscreen and flowers. It is very, very strong and not for the light hearted, i.e me. I'm partial to soliflores and sparkly brightness that fades fast; I don't mind reapplying because my favorite perfume smells to me like condensed happiness, even if it only lasts fifteen minutes.
But you know what? I still love Intense Tiare. It is bold, loud, totally insane but completely gorgeous in it's insanity. It screams for your attention. It is everything my favorite fragrances aren't, but I love it all the same. At $95 for 50ml, I think it's fairly priced for what it is and the tiniest spray is more than ample for yours truly. I can imagine this fragrance being even bigger and bloomier when worn on hot, humid days, and I'll likely give it a go then too, just to see how gorgeous it can be. Not full bottle worthy, but I will keep and treasure my sample and probably wear it on those days that I miss George - sometimes we all need a little bit of crazy in our lives.
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This one was my gateway drug into profound and possibly irreversible tuberose addiction (even though it's not really a tuberose scent - bear with me...). Before trying this, I hated tuberose with a huge passion � any perfume with even a hint of it made me turn and run screaming the other way. Still, I was strangely intrigued by tropical white flowers, and gardenia in particular � even though I knew that many gardenia scents are kissing cousins to tuberose (or are sometimes tuberose in disguise). I ordered a sample of Intense Tiare, and one of Monyette Paris - I think because they both have coconut notes, and I was in a beachy mood. When I tried one on each wrist, I found that the contrast with the more �in your face� tuberoseyness of Monyette made the Intense Tiare just smell sweet, coconut-y and luscious, luscious, luscious. I was intoxicated, couldn�t get enough of it, and was ready to buy a full bottle on the spot. But then the strangest thing happened�at odd moments of the day while wearing Intense Tiare, I would think �maybe I should try that awful, disgusting tuberosey Monyette thing again on the other arm� just to be *remind* myself that I don�t like it.� Well, you know the story: one sniff led to another and another, and soon I was sniffing Monyette *by itself* and�LIKING IT!!! Liking it so much, in fact, that I soon began trying all the other scents with tuberose notes that I had previously turned my back on. Fracas and Carnal Flower and Beyond Love�come to momma! But I digress. The real story here is that Intense Tiare is quite a lovely tiare/gardenia; it�s a warm lagoon of incredibly sweet, slightly creamy, smoooooth, heady, tropical goodness. But it doesn�t have enough tuberose in it for my taste. Kidding. But seriously, I do find it a little too sweet for me these days (and I�m a big sucker for sweet scents). Was off the charts five lippies when I first tried it, now down to three and a half � I�ll call it four. Highly recommended for a summer vacation at the beach (or when you want to feel like you�re there).
Edited to add: Tonight, I sprayed a tiny bit just to have a whiff, and from across the room, Mr. Phthalo comes literally running, asks "What is THAT?" and pretends to bite my arm. I think we have another fan.
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I really wanted to love this one and expected to do so, but I do not. This has some pretty notes imbedded in it and is youthful and sweet. Waaaaaaay too sweet... like marshmallows triple dipped in sugar sweet and when I smell this it tickles my nose all the way down to my stomach the way marshmellows do. It is also headache-inducing. This is very youthful and reminds me of a high end BBW product. I am soooo glad I purchased a giant decant of this and tried it rather than blindly ordering it. Well, it is the perfect fragrance for someone!!
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Well I am shocked that a true floral scent exists that does not give me an instant headache or make my stomach do flips. This is a true interpretation of the Tiare flower. Starting off intense, it soon softens to a pleasant floral blended well with the creamiest of coconut. The drydown is dead-on reminiscent of a tropical vacation and actually quite wonderful. I am still gun shy though. Florals are not, not, not my thing with the exception being rose blended to smell very, very dirty. When I first pulled the stopper from my little sample last week, I thought "Oh gag, funeral parlor". However, I am determined to finish all of my many samples, giving each one a full day of wear before I make my next FB purchase. This was in the rotation so I figured today/Saturday, should be a safe day as I planned on being mostly at home (close to my shower). A pleasant surprise, I must say. I may actually like this. Certainly, I don't think at this point I would buy a full bottle, even though this would be a super fragrance for summertime. As with all the Montale's I have tried, the sillage and lasting power are outstanding. Floral lovers will no doubt be enamoured with this. I think I am a little bit too. Imagine that.
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Bootable ISO images
the command mkisofs -r -J -o <outputfile.iso> /mnt/cdrom was used to make the images which work fine except they no longer boot. The original cd boots without a problem but when using cdrecord -speed=8 dev=1,0,0 <imagefile.iso> it will not boot. The rest of the disk works fine.
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There is one very solution to this:
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If that doesnt work look at this site.
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And then info sites, and then the post of mondo-mindi Linux system restore. That workes BIGTIME for me in a production enviroment. I schedule a iso-program twice a week and saves thoose centrelized. It took me 20 minutes to restore a production system to point of time, and then i include the time i took to burn my cd-iso. Impresive..


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UGH! I have been so sporadic about posting menu plans lately...quite honestly, I haven't been all that great about following them either. My girls started school mid-July and we have been getting used to a new routine and schedule.
But, here it is...the menu plan for the week. Here's hoping we can stick with it!
Monday - Salmon, Creamy Cucumber-Dill Relish, Rice Pilaf, Garlic Almond Green Beans
Tuesday - Okinawan Takoraisu
Wednesday - Spaghetti with Italian Sausage and Roasted Peppers & Onions, Homemade Breadsticks, Caesar Salad
Thursday - Shake and Bake Chicken Legs, Macaroni and Cheese, Corn
Friday - BBQ Pork Corn Bread Cakes, Ranch Wedge Salad
Saturday - Cheesy Chicken Spaghetti, Peas, Rolls
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- MicheleAugust 1, 2011 at 3:37 PM
Fire Island Pasta
40 Clove Garlic Chicken, pasta, bread
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CP Cube Steak w/gravy, baked potatoes and broccoli and cheese
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We don't necessarily go in order. And I try and do the menu for two weeks at a time.
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ST. MARYS - Council agreed to provide Midwest Electric with sewer service in an emergency ordinance passed Monday night, a step the mayor pronounced "good for everyone."
Located about a mile east of the city on route 33A, Midwest Electric recently completed a large addition to their existing facility. The EPA is requiring the Midwest facility to have a sewer treatment system.
"Basically it was cheaper for them to come down McKinley Road and force feed into the Parker Hannifin (Iift) system. This is all at no cost to the city. Midwest will pay all charges to tie in to the lift station plus surcharges plus the monthly commercial rate," Mayor Greg Freewalt said following the meeting.
In his report to council, Safety Service Director Tom Hitchcock noted the fire department has had, to date, 800 ambulance runs, 257 fire runs, 78 miscellaneous and 95 complaints.
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I was at a neighbors the other day and he had a hanger over his welding bottle. He had bought it at a farm show. When I seen it I could hardly waite to get home and make one. His had about six hooks and the one I made only has four. Anyway I thought it was very clever and thought I would pass it on.
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Hanger for welding bottle
Originally posted by squigthats what i was kinda wondering also if the gas is flamable with the whip and ground kinda close
Cables are only hung on the hooks after the machine is turned off. The thing was made in a vise and a piece of rail road iron. I welded it together on the floor and on the bench and not on the bottle. Had to hook and unhook the gas to the bottle a couple of times to test the fit. No welding was done on the tank. And again the cables are not hung up until the machine is turned off.
Iliked it so Ibiult one to thanks for the firstname.lastname@example.com trail blazer 301g with all the fixins:delta band saw dewalt chop saw craftsman drill press, sp-135 mm251 spectrum 375 suite case mig, tig w/hi freq. one welding truck.
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I've seen the results of a mistake around a pressure vessel, my welding carts (I build) all have ground, AC, and torch holders built in. NOTHING ever touches the tank except when I put on the cap on to take it and have it refilled.
Granted - I only have C25 and Argon tanks, I don't ever want to think "oops" - that flash of a second where you know you screwed up BEFORE you feel the results. If you work with power tools on a regular basis - you would be atune to my thought process. I don't go there.


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Orientation Star Demands his Money Back — on Tape
January 24, 2010 by XENU TV
Filed under Latest News
The St. Petersburg Times continues their explosive coverage of Scientology with today's story about celebrity Larry Anderson departing Scientology and asking for the return money he had in his account:
If you watched TV in the past three decades, you probably saw Larry Anderson. He appeared on more than 30 shows, including Charlie's Angels, Mork and Mindy, Desperate Housewives and Mad Men. He hosted three game shows and had bit parts in eight movies.
He got lots of parts but isn't well known. Except to Scientologists.
Anderson starred in the Church of Scientology's 1996 film Orientation, a 40-minute promotion central to church recruiting efforts. Translated into 15 languages, it has been shown at church facilities worldwide not only to potential recruits but also to parishioners and staffers, to get them more involved in Scientology.
At the film's dramatic climax, Anderson is a portrait of rectitude as the background music swells and the camera zooms in:
"If you leave this room after seeing this film and walk out and never mention Scientology again, you are perfectly free to do so. It would be stupid. But you can do it. You can also dive off a bridge or blow your brains out. That is your choice.
"But, if you don't walk out that way, if you continue with Scientology, we will be very happy with you. And you will be very happy with you."
Now, after 33 years as a Scientologist, the past 13 as the voice extolling the virtues of Scientology and the perils of walking away, Anderson is walking away. He says the church failed to deliver the spiritual gains it promised.
He also wants his money back, nearly $120,000 he says he prepaid for services never taken. A church policy says parishioners can get repayments, but if they do, they cannot come back.
Eleven months ago, Anderson met with Scientology spokesman Tommy Davis to discuss his request for repayment. Anderson, 58, put a tape recorder on the table between them.
The 90-minute tape affords a rare look at how the church dealt with a high-profile defector and his demand for his money.
You can listen to excerpts from the recording on the St. Pete Times website.


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