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Google today officially launched the next major iteration of its mobile operating system and hence finally confirmed what many industry watchers have been speculating about for months now – Android 8.0 is officially called Android Oreo. The tech giant has been dropping Oreo-related hints for a long while now, though the company has a history of serving users with red herrings and has just recently done so by shipping one of the earlier developer previews of Android Oreo with an interactive Easter egg designed to imply that Android 8.0 will be called Android Octopus. Alphabet's subsidiary already set a precedent for this kind of a cross-brand marketing endeavor in 2013 when it launched Android 4.4 KitKat in partnership with Nestle and has now collaborated with Nabisco — which owns the Oreo brand in the United States — and Cadbury on a similar initiative.
Google also took advantage of the first solar eclipse in 99 years that will sweep the U.S. from coast to coast, using this uncommon solar event as an opportunity to launch Android 8.0 Oreo for maximum impact and lightheartedly pointing out the visual similarities between a total eclipse and an Oreo. This particular idea also isn't unprecedented as Oreo itself ran a similar marketing campaign in spring 2015 in the United Kingdom when its initiative was touted as innovative and successful by some industry watchers and marketing specialists.
Apart from the name of the next major build of the most popular mobile OS on the planet, Google also confirmed that the first stable version of Android 8.0 Oreo is now available for the Pixel and Pixel XL and will soon be rolling out to compatible Nexus devices. Consumers who aren't keen on waiting and want to experience the new take on stock Android as quickly as possible are able to do so by downloading and manually flashing the first Android 8.0 Oreo system images onto their devices. Everyone else who owns one of Google's handsets can expect to receive the upgrade in the coming days as an over-the-air (OTA) package and first third-party smartphones running Android Oreo out of the box are expected to be released this fall.
The first Android N developer preview from last year had a picture-in-picture mode, like you'd see in Apple's iPad, but it was for Android TV.
Now, Google has announced this feature will be widely available in Google O for smartphones as a baked in feature. We know that picture-in-picture display – also known as PIP – is coming to phones and tablets, so you can continue watching a video while, for instance, answering a chat in another app.
Launching it is as simple as pressing the home button while a video is playing. The video then becomes a small window on the home screen and you can move it around the screen so that it's not in the way of what you're doing. Then continue doing whatever else you need to be doing. When you're finished, swipe it away, off the screen.
Notification Dots
Google billed Notification Dots as "a new for app developers to indicate that there's activity in their app". On the surface, it looks similar to the app badges we've seen on the iPhone's operating system for years. It's essentially a little dot that appears on the app icons when there's a notification.
To interact with it, you can long-press on the app icon and a pop-up bubble appears showing the notification, right above where the app icon is on the screen. That means – while you still can – you don't have to drop down the notification shade from the top of the screen to see your alerts.
And, thankfully, the dots disappear as soon as you dismiss the notifications from the drop-down shade.
Autofill with Google
We use Autofill every day in the Chrome browser, and now Google is bringing a system-wide iteration to Android. If you've ever told Google Chrome to save details in browser, you'll be able to use that information to automatically fill in fields in Android Oreo.
As an example, you can log in to the Twitter account on your phone using the suggested account name and password that Google remembered from your Chrome browsing. It will work for most applications, presuming you opt-in to the feature.
Smart Text Selection
Smart Text Selection is another new feature that's designed to make daily interactions with your phone less tedious. For instance, if an email contains the name of a restaurant or cafe with more than one word, you can double tap any of the words, and it'll select the whole name.
More importantly, it can detect entire addresses; so double tapping any part of an address will automatically select the entire thing. What's more, when it is selected, the system knows it's an address and offers you the option to navigate there using Maps, along with the usual cut, copy and format options. It's the same for phone numbers or email addresses, automatically giving you the relevant functions for those.
Google Play Protect
Google has decided with Android Oreo that it wants to make its efforts to keep your phone secure more visible. With O, in the apps and games screen, a small card appears to let you know that it's scanning all your apps to make sure they don't contain anything harmful.
OS Optimisations
With Android Oreo, Google has done some serious work on the backend to improve speed. That means, booting up your phone will take far less time than it does currently. With the Pixel, Google claims it boots up more than twice as fast. It will also mean that apps load faster and smoother by default, without any work needed by the developers.
Background limits
To improve the battery life of Android devices, Google plans to reduce the background activity of apps in Android Oreo. Android can now limit how apps function in the background, thus improving a user's battery life and the device's interactive performance.
Keyboard navigation
Google added a "reliable, predictable model" for "arrow" and "tab" navigation that helps both developers and users, the company said.
Android Oreo supports Bluetooth audio codecs like the LDAC codec. There's also a new "Wi-Fi Aware", which was previously known as Neighbor Awareness Networking. On supported devices, apps and nearby devices can communicate over Wi-Fi without an internet access point.
Support for wider colour gamuts
Android Oreo will make it possible for app developers to take advantage of support for a wide-colour gamut displays. There's a growing trend for improving displays by making them HDR compatible (both on Android TV, but also in smartphones and tablets). A large component of HDR is supporting wider colour gamuts, which goes hand-in-hand with this aspect of Android Oreo. Google says it's aimed at imaging apps, however, with support for profiles like AdobeRGB, Pro Photo RGB or DCI-P3 to get the most out of the display.


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The Who
are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey (lead vocals, harmonica and guitar), Pete Townshend (guitar, keyboards and vocals), John Entwistle (bass guitar, brass and vocals) and Keith Moon (drums and percussion). They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction. The Who have sold about 100 million records, and have charted 27 top forty singles in the United Kingdom and United States, as well as 17 top ten albums, with 18 Gold, 12 Platinum and 5 Multi-Platinum album awards in the United States alone.
The Who rose to fame in the UK with a series of top ten hit singles, boosted in part by pirate radio stations such as Radio Caroline, beginning in January 1965 with 'I Can't Explain'. The albums My Generation (1965), A Quick One (1966) and The Who Sell Out (1967) followed, with the first two reaching the UK top five. They first hit the US Top 40 in 1967 with 'Happy Jack' and hit the top ten later that year with 'I Can See for Miles'. Their fame grew with memorable performances at the Monterey Pop, Woodstock and Isle of Wight music festivals. The 1969 release of Tommy was the first in a series of top ten albums in the US, followed by Live at Leeds (1970), Who's Next (1971), Quadrophenia (1973), The Who by Numbers (1975), Who Are You (1978) and The Kids Are Alright (1979).
Moon died at the age of 32 in 1978, after which the band released two studio albums, the UK and US top five Face Dances (1981) and the US top ten It's Hard (1982), with drummer Kenney Jones, before disbanding in 1983. They re-formed at events such as Live Aid and for reunion tours such as their 25th anniversary tour (1989) and the Quadrophenia tours of 1996 and 1997. In 2000, the three surviving original members discussed recording an album of new material, but their plans temporarily stalled upon Entwistle's death at the age of 57 in 2002. Townshend and Daltrey continue to perform as The Who, and in 2006 they released the studio album Endless Wire, which reached the top ten in the UK and US.
The Who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990, their first year of eligibility; the display describes them as 'Prime contenders, in the minds of many, for the title of World's Greatest Rock Band.' Time magazine wrote in 1979 that 'No other group has ever pushed rock so far, or asked so much from it.' Rolling Stone magazine wrote: 'Along with The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, The Who complete the holy trinity of British rock.' They received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Phonographic Industry in 1988, and from the Grammy Foundation in 2001, for creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording. In 2008 surviving members Townshend and Daltrey were honoured at the 31st Annual Kennedy Center Honors. That same year VH1 Rock Honors paid tribute to The Who where Jack Black of Tenacious D called them 'the greatest band of all time.'
In 1962, influenced by American R&B and skiffle music, Townshend and Entwistle started a Dixieland jazz band called The Confederates. Townshend played banjo and Entwistle played the French horn, which he had learned to play in his school band. Roger Daltrey met Entwistle walking down the street with a bass guitar slung over his shoulder and asked him to join his band called The Detours, which he had formed the year before. After a few weeks, Entwistle suggested Townshend as an additional guitarist. In those early days The Detours played a variety of music, while becoming influenced by American blues and country music, playing mostly rhythm and blues. The line-up consisted of Daltrey as lead guitarist, Townshend on rhythm guitar, Entwistle as the band's bass guitarist, Doug Sandom on drums, and Colin Dawson as vocalist. With the departure of Dawson, Daltrey moved to performing as lead vocalist, and Townshend, with Entwistle's encouragement, became sole guitarist. The band sought a recording contract, but were told they needed a better drummer, and it was suggested that they write their own material, with The Beatles and the
Rolling Stones
as examples. In 1964, Sandom left the group. To fill contractual obligations, the bandmates hired a session drummer for the remainder of their scheduled gigs, while seeking a new permanent drummer. One of those evenings, Keith Moon approached the band about their open position for a drummer and said 'I'm in a band but I would much rather be in yours' and was given the opportunity to perform after their interval. After accidentally smashing up the drum kit when he sat in, he was invited to join the band.
The Detours changed their name to The Who in February 1964, taking the suggestion of Townshend's roommate Richard Barnes, and, with the arrival of Moon that year, the line-up was complete. However, for a short period in summer 1964, under the management of mod Peter Meaden, they changed their name to The High Numbers, releasing 'Zoot Suit/I'm the Face', a single aimed at appealing to mod fans. The single failed to chart, and the band reverted to The Who. Meaden was replaced as manager by the team of Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp, who had seen the band playing at the Railway Tavern. Lambert and Stamp paid off Meaden and offered to manage the band. They became popular among the British mods, a 1960s subculture involving cutting-edge fashions, scooters and music genres such as rhythm and blues, soul, and beat music. To highlight their innovative music style, the band created the slogan 'Maximum R&B'.
The band had a strong local following, but needed an edge to separate them from many other ambitious small bands in the London music scene. In September 1964, during a performance at the Railway Tavern in Harrow and Wealdstone, London, Townshend accidentally broke the head of his guitar through the ceiling. Angered by sniggers from the audience, he smashed the instrument on the stage. He picked up another guitar and continued the show. A large crowd attended the next concert, but Townshend declined to smash another guitar. Instead, Moon wrecked his drumkit. However, with that first act, the band found a 'gimmick' to make a name for themselves. Instrument destruction became a staple of The Who's shows for several years. The incident at the Railway Tavern is one of Rolling Stone magazine's '50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock 'n' Roll'.
The band crystallised around Townshend as primary songwriter and creative force. Entwistle also made songwriting contributions, and Moon and Daltrey contributed occasional songs in the 1960s and 1970s.
Early singles and My Generation
The Who's first release, and first hit, was January 1965's 'I Can't Explain', a record influenced by The Kinks, with whom they shared American producer Shel Talmy. The song was only played in a few markets in the US, notably by DJ Peter C Cavanaugh on WTAC AM 600 in Flint, Michigan. 'I Can't Explain' was a top 10 hit in the UK and was followed by 'Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere', a song credited to Townshend and Daltrey.
The early UK singles were released on Brunswick Records, then an arm of American Decca, whose UK operation had earlier rejected the band. Lambert and Stamp, who were dissatisfied with the contract Shel Talmy had made with Decca for The Who, took advice to 'break the contract', which resulted in acrimony between the band and their producer which rumbled on for decades. Meanwhile The Who were signed to Robert Stigwood's Reaction Label for the release of their next single, 'Substitute'. In 1967 Lambert and Stamp formed their own record label Track Records, and claimed the coup of signing Jimi Hendrix for its first release. Distributed by Polydor, Track became home for The Who's output until the mid-1970s.
The debut album My Generation (The Who Sings My Generation in the US) was released in late 1965. It included 'The Kids Are Alright' and the title track 'My Generation', which was one of the first songs with a bass guitar solo. Subsequent hits included the 1966 singles 'Substitute', about a young man who feels like a fraud, 'I'm a Boy', about a boy dressed as a girl, 'Happy Jack', about a mentally disturbed young man, and 1967's 'Pictures of Lily' about a young man fixated on a pin-up poster of a woman given to him by his father. The early singles, all written by Townshend, addressed the themes of sexual tension and teenage angst.
A Quick One and The Who Sell Out
Although successful as a singles band, Townshend wanted The Who's albums unified rather than collections of songs. Townshend removed 'I'm a Boy' from an initially projected rock opera, the first sign of which came in the 1966 album A Quick One (titled Happy Jack in the US), which included the storytelling medley 'A Quick One While He's Away', which they referred to as a mini-opera. The song's most famous live performance was onstage at The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, where others' 'poor' renditions were rewarded with rotten tomatoes. However, they sailed through with flying colors, as evidenced by the applause.
A Quick One was followed in 1967 by the single 'Pictures of Lily' and The Who Sell Out – a concept album like an offshore radio station, complete with humorous jingles and commercials. It included a mini rock opera called 'Rael' (whose closing theme ended up on Tommy) and The Who's biggest US single, 'I Can See for Miles'. The Who destroyed equipment at the Monterey Pop Festival that year and repeated the routine on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour with explosive results as Moon detonated his drum kit. Years later, during filming of The Kids Are Alright, Townshend claimed that the event was the start of his tinnitus. The drum kit had been loaded with an excessive amount of explosives after Moon bribed a stage hand. The resulting explosion was much more powerful than had been anticipated by anyone, including Moon himself. Music channel VH1 listed the event at #10 on their list of the 100 Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Moments on Television.
In 1968, The Who headlined the first Schaefer Music Festival in New York City's Central Park and released the single 'Magic Bus'. In December, they took part in The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, performing their mini-opera, 'A Quick One While He's Away'. Also that year, Townshend became the subject of the first Rolling Stone interview. Townshend said he was working on a full-length rock opera. This was Tommy, the first work billed as a rock opera and a landmark in modern music.
During this time the teachings of India's Meher Baba influenced Townshend's songwriting, continuing for many years. Baba is credited as 'Avatar' on Tommy. In addition to commercial success, Tommy became a critical smash, Life saying, '...for sheer power, invention and brilliance of performance, Tommy outstrips anything which has ever come out of a recording studio,' and Melody Maker declaring, 'Surely The Who are now the band against which all others are to be judged.'
The Who performed at the Woodstock Festival that year, insisting on being paid before going on stage early on Sunday morning when they played much of Tommy. During their performance Yippie leader Abbie Hoffman sat on the stage with concert organiser Michael Lang. Hoffman had been working the medical tent since the festival's opening act and was under the influence of LSD. Hoffman had become increasingly determined to publicise the case of John Sinclair, who had been given a 10-year jail sentence for passing two marijuana cigarettes to an undercover narcotics officer. Hoffman jumped up and grabbed a microphone during a brief lull in The Who's performance of Tommy saying, 'I think this is a pile of shit, while John Sinclair rots in prison!' Townshend replied, 'Fuck off! Fuck off my fucking stage!' and struck Hoffman with his guitar. Hoffman leaped off the stage and disappeared into the crowd.
Live at Leeds
Pete Townshend smashing his guitar during a performance with The Who; Ernst-Merck-Halle, Hamburg, 12 August 1972
The group began 1970 by appearing on the BBC's highly rated review of the sixties music scene Pop Go The Sixties, performing 'I Can See For Miles' live on the show broadcast on BBC1, 1 January 1970. In February 1970 The Who recorded Live at Leeds, thought by many critics to be the best live rock album of all time. The album, originally containing mostly the show's set closing hard rock songs, has been re-released in expanded and remastered versions. These versions remedy technical problems with the original and are expanded with portions of the performance of Tommy, as well as versions of earlier singles and stage banter. A double-disc version contains the entire performance of Tommy. The Leeds University gig was part of the Tommy tour, which not only included gigs in European opera houses but saw The Who become the first rock act at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. In March The Who released the UK top twenty hit 'The Seeker'.
Lifehouse and Who's Next
The Who performing in Hamburg in 1972
In March 1971, the band began recording the available Lifehouse material, a new Townshend-penned rock opera, with Kit Lambert in New York, and then restarted the sessions with Glyn Johns in April. Selections from the material, with one unrelated song by Entwistle, were released as a traditional studio album, Who's Next. The album became their most successful album among critics and fans, but terminated the Lifehouse project. Who's Next reached #4 in the US pop charts and #1 in the UK. Two tracks from the album, 'Baba O'Riley' and 'Won't Get Fooled Again', are cited[by whom?] as pioneering examples of synthesiser use in rock music; both tracks' keyboard sounds were generated in real time by a Lowrey organ (though in 'Won't Get Fooled Again', the organ was processed through a VCS3 synthesiser). Synthesizers can be heard elsewhere on the album, in 'Bargain', 'Going Mobile', and 'The Song Is Over'. In October The Who released the UK top twenty hit 'Let's See Action'. On 4 November 1971 The Who opened the Rainbow Theatre in London and played for three nights. They also played at the Young Vic in London, performing the Lifehouse set. This has been released on disc 2 of the Who's Next Deluxe Edition. In 1972 they released the UK top ten and US top twenty single 'Join Together' and the UK and US Top Forty 'The Relay'.
Quadrophenia and By Numbers
Who's Next was followed by Quadrophenia (1973), The Who's second completed double album rock opera. The story is about a boy named Jimmy, who struggles for self-esteem, with his family and others, and is mentally ill. His story is set against clashes between Mods and Rockers in the early 1960s in the UK, particularly at Brighton. The album became their highest charting cross-Atlantic success, peaking at #2 in the UK and US. The US tour started on 20 November 1973 at the San Francisco, California Cow Palace in Daly City where Moon passed out during 'Won't Get Fooled Again' and, after a break backstage, again in 'Magic Bus'. Townshend asked the audience, 'Can anyone play the drums? – I mean somebody good.' An audience member, Scot Halpin, filled in for the rest of the show, a jam featuring 'Smokestack Lightning', 'Spoonful' and 'Naked Eye'.
Moon in 1975
In 1974 The Who released the outtakes album Odds & Sods, which featured several songs from the aborted Lifehouse project. Their 1975 album, The Who by Numbers, had introspective songs, lightened by 'Squeeze Box', another hit single. Some critics considered By Numbers Townshend's 'suicide note.' A movie version of Tommy released that year was directed by Ken Russell, starred Daltrey and earned Townshend an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score. On 6 December 1975 The Who set the record for largest indoor concert at the Pontiac Silverdome, attended by 75,962 people. On 31 May 1976 The Who played at The Valley, the home of Charlton Athletic, in what was listed for more than ten years in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's loudest concert, at over 120 dBs.
Who Are You and Moon's death
Daltrey and Townshend, 21 Oct. 1976, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
On 18 August 1978, the band released Who Are You. It became their biggest and fastest seller to that date, peaking at #2 in the US, and was certified platinum in the US on 20 September. This success was overshadowed by Keith Moon's death in his sleep on 7 September after an overdose of Heminevrin – prescribed to combat alcohol withdrawal – a few hours after a party held by Paul McCartney. Kenney Jones, of Small Faces and Faces, joined as Moon's successor.
On 2 May 1979, The Who returned to the stage with a well-received concert at the Rainbow Theatre in London, followed up over the spring and summer by performances at the Cannes Film Festival in France, in Scotland, at Wembley Stadium in London, in West Germany, at the Capitol Theater in Passaic, New Jersey and in five dates at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Also in 1979, The Who released a documentary film called The Kids Are Alright and a film version of Quadrophenia, the latter a box office hit in the UK and the former capturing many of the band's most scintillating moments on stage, including their last performance with Keith Moon. In December, The Who became the third band, after The Beatles and The Band, featured on the cover of Time. The article, written by Jay Cocks, said The Who had 'outpaced, outlasted, outlived and outclassed' all of their rock band contemporaries.
Cincinnati tragedy
A small tour of the United States was marred by tragedy: on 3 December 1979 in Cincinnati, Ohio, a crowd crush at Riverfront Coliseum killed 11 fans and injured 26 others. This was due in part to festival seating – a seating arrangement in which seating is unassigned (non-reserved), so the first to enter the venue get the best of those spots. Additionally, many fans waiting outside mistook the band's sound check for the actual concert, and attempted to force their way inside. When only a fraction of the arena's entrance doors were opened, a bottleneck situation ensued, and with so many thousands trying to gain entry, the crush became deadly.
The band were not told until after the show because civic authorities feared crowd problems if the concert was cancelled. The band were deeply shaken upon learning of the incident and requested assistance in subsequent venues for appropriate safety precautions for their following concerts. From the stage the following evening in Buffalo, New York, Daltrey told the crowd that the band had 'lost a lot of family last night and this show's for them.'
Change and break-up
The band released two studio albums with Jones as drummer, Face Dances (1981) and It's Hard (1982). Face Dances produced a US top twenty and UK top ten hit with the single 'You Better You Bet' and a string of MTV and AOR hits like 'Another Tricky Day'. Three videos from the album played on MTV the day it took to the air in August 1981. While both albums sold fairly well and It's Hard received a five-star review in Rolling Stone, some fans were not receptive to the new sound. 'Athena' was a US top thirty hit and 'Eminence Front' charted as well and became a favourite. However Townshend's life was a mess – his marriage had fallen apart due to his drinking and he had become a heroin user, something which shocked his friends due to his previous anti-drug stance. He cleaned up in early 1982, but Daltrey told him he would stop touring if it meant keeping Townshend alive. Shortly after It's Hard, The Who embarked on their 'farewell' tour of the US. It included two shows at Shea Stadium in New York on 12 & 13 October and ended in Toronto on 17 December and which was featured on HBO. Townshend had said he wanted one more tour with The Who before turning it into a studio band. It was the highest grossing tour of the year, with sellout crowds in stadiums and arenas throughout North America.
Townshend spent part of 1983 trying to write material for the studio album still owed to Warner Bros. Records from a contract in 1980. By the end of 1983, however, Townshend declared himself unable to generate material appropriate for The Who and announced his departure from the band in December, wishing Daltrey, Entwistle and Jones all the best if they went on without him. He then focused on solo projects such as: White City: A Novel, The Iron Man (which featured Daltrey and Entwistle and two songs on the album credited to 'The Who'), and Psychoderelict, a forerunner to the radio work Lifehouse.
In July 1985, The Who—including Kenney Jones—reformed for a one-off at Bob Geldof's Live Aid concert at Wembley. The BBC transmission truck blew a fuse at the beginning of 'My Generation', meaning the picture was lost completely, but the band kept playing. This caused most of the video of 'My Generation' and all of 'Pinball Wizard' to be missed by the rest of the world, but the audio for 'Pinball Wizard' and the remaining songs were transmitted via radio. Transmission resumed with 'Love, Reign O'er Me' and 'Won't Get Fooled Again'.
In February 1988, the band was honoured with the British Phonographic Industry's Lifetime Achievement Award. The Who played a short set at the ceremony (the last time Jones worked with The Who). In 1989, they embarked on a 25th anniversary The Kids Are Alright reunion tour which emphasised songs from Tommy. Simon Phillips played drums with Steve 'Boltz' Bolton playing lead guitar, as Townshend relegated himself to acoustic guitar and some electric rhythm guitar in order to minimise damage to his hearing. A horn section and backing singers were also included in order to provide sonic richness while keeping stage volumes far lower than previous tours. Newsweek said, 'The Who tour is special because, after the Beatles and the Stones, they're IT.' There were sellouts throughout North America, including a four-night stand at Giants Stadium. Their two shows at Sullivan Stadium in Foxboro Massachusetts sold 100,000 tickets in less than 8 hours, beating previous records set there by U2 and David Bowie. In all, over two million tickets were sold. The tour included Tommy at Radio City Music Hall in New York and at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, with several guest stars at the latter performance. A 2-CD live album Join Together was released in 1990, stalling at #188 in the US. A video of the Universal Amphitheatre show was also released and went platinum in the US.
Partial reunions
In 1990, their first year of eligibility, The Who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by U2, Bono saying, 'More than any other band, The Who are our role models.' The Who's display at the Rock Hall describes them as prime contenders for the title of 'World's Greatest Rock Band'. Only The Beatles and The Rolling Stones received a similar accolade at the Rock Hall.
In 1991, The Who recorded a cover of Elton John's 'Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting' for a salutation album. This was the last time they released any studio work with Entwistle. In 1994 Daltrey turned 50 and celebrated with two concerts at Carnegie Hall. These included guest spots by Entwistle and Townshend. Although all three surviving original members of The Who attended, they did not appear on stage together except for the finale, 'Join Together', with the other guests. Daltrey toured that year with Entwistle and with John 'Rabbit' Bundrick on keyboards, Zak Starkey on drums and Simon Townshend filling in for his brother. Pete Townshend allowed Daltrey to call this band The Who, but Daltrey declined. The live album recorded during these concerts, Daltrey Sings Townshend, was not a commercial success. Also in 1994, The Who released the box set Thirty Years of Maximum R&B.
Quadrophenia revival
In 1996 Townshend, Entwistle and Daltrey performed Quadrophenia with guest stars at a concert in Hyde Park. Starkey was the drummer. The performance was narrated by Phil Daniels who played Jimmy the Mod in the film. Despite technical difficulties the show was a success and led to a six-night residency at Madison Square Garden. Townshend played acoustic guitar exclusively. These shows were not billed as The Who. The success of the Quadrophenia shows led to a US and European tour through 1996 and 1997. Townshend played mostly acoustic guitar, but also electric guitar on select songs. In 1998 VH1 ranked The Who ninth in their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of Rock 'n' Roll.
In late 1999, The Who performed as a five-piece for the first time in concert since 1985, with Bundrick on keyboards and Starkey on drums. The first show took place 29 October 1999 in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden. From there, they performed acoustic shows at Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California on 30 and 31 October. Next, they played on 12 and 13 November at the House of Blues in Chicago, as a benefit for the Maryville Academy. Finally, two Christmas charity shows on 22 and 23 December at the Shepherds Bush Empire in London. These were the first full-length concerts with Townshend playing electric guitar for the duration of the show since 1982. The 29 October show in Las Vegas was partially on TV as well as the internet and would later see release as the DVD The Vegas Job. Reviews for the shows were good.
Charity shows and Entwistle's death
The success of 1999 led to a US tour in 2000 and a UK tour in November. The tour started on 6 June at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York to benefit the Robin Hood Foundation and ended with a charity show on 27 November at the Royal Albert Hall for the Teenage Cancer trust. With good reviews, all three members of The Who discussed a new album. Also that year, VH1 placed The Who eighth in the 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock. The band, with Zak Starkey on drums, performed at The Concert for New York City on 20 October 2001, during which they played 'Who Are You', 'Baba O'Riley', 'Behind Blue Eyes', and 'Won't Get Fooled Again' for the fire and police departments of New York City. The Who were also honoured with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award that year.
The Who played five shows in England in 2002; in Portsmouth on 27 and 28 January and Watford on 31 January, in preparation for two shows for the Teenage Cancer Trust Benefit at the Albert Hall on 7 and 8 February. These were Entwistle's last shows with The Who. On 27 June, just before their US tour was due to commence, Entwistle was found dead at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. The cause was a heart attack in which cocaine was a contributing factor. After a brief delay and two cancelled gigs, the tour commenced at the Hollywood Bowl with bassist Pino Palladino as Entwistle's (now-permanent) replacement. Most shows from the tour were released officially on CD as Encore Series 2002. In September, Q magazine named The Who as one of the '50 Bands to See Before You Die'. In November 2003, The Who landed seven albums in Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, more than any other artist with the exceptions of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones,
Bob Dylan
and Bruce Springsteen.
In 2004 The Who released 'Old Red Wine' and 'Real Good Looking Boy' (with Pino Palladino and Greg Lake, respectively, on bass guitar), as part of a singles anthology (The Who: Then and Now), and went on an 18-date tour playing Japan, Australia, the UK and the US. All shows were released on CD as part of Encore Series 2004. The band also headlined the Isle of Wight Festival. Also that year, Rolling Stone ranked The Who #29 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
Endless Wire
The Who on Tour in 2007. On left: Roger Daltrey, on right: Pete Townshend, with Zak Starkey (drums) and John 'Rabbit' Bundrick (keyboards)
The Who announced that spring 2005 would see their first studio album in 23 years (tentatively titled WHO2). Townshend continued working on the album, however, and posted a novella called The Boy Who Heard Music on his blog. This developed into a mini-opera called Wire & Glass which formed the kernel for the new Who album, and later a full opera which Townshend presented at Vassar College.
The Who performed on the London stage of the Live 8 concert in July 2005. The Who were also inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame that year. In 2006, The Who were first recipients of the Freddie Mercury Lifetime Achievement Award in Live Music at the Vodafone music awards.
Endless Wire was released on 30 October 2006 (31 October in the US). It was the first full studio album of new material since 1982's It's Hard and contained the band's first mini-opera since 'Rael' on 1967's The Who Sell Out. Endless Wire debuted at #7 on Billboard and #9 in the UK Albums Chart. On the eve of its release (29 October), The Who performed part of the mini-opera and several songs from the new album live as the closing act of the BBC Electric Proms at the Roundhouse in London.
In advance of the album, and to support it, The Who embarked upon their 2006–2007 tour. Shows were released on CD and DVD as part of Encore Series 2006 and 2007. Starkey was invited to join Oasis in April 2006, and The Who in November 2006, but he declined, preferring to split his time between the two. On 24 June 2007, The Who topped the bill at the Glastonbury Festival.
Amazing Journey
Daltrey and Townshend at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, 26 October 2008
In November 2007, the documentary Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who was released. The documentary includes footage not in earlier documentaries, including film from the 1970 Leeds University appearance and a 1964 performance at the Railway Hotel when they were The High Numbers. Amazing Journey was nominated for a 2009 Grammy Award.
The Who were honoured at the 2008 VH1 Rock Honors in Los Angeles. Taping of the show took place 12 July, followed by a network broadcast on 17 July. That same week, a 12-song best-of collection was released for the music video game Rock Band. The Who performed at the Rock Band party at the Orpheum Theater during the 2008 E3 Media and Business Summit. In October 2008, The Who embarked on a tour of four Japanese cities and nine North American cities. In December, The Who were recognised at the Kennedy Center Honors. After other musical celebrities performed their music, the finale was a surprise chorus of police and rescue first responders who had been touched by The Who's performance at The Concert for New York City after the shock of 9–11.
An Australia and New Zealand tour was completed in early 2009. In August, Townshend announced on The Who's website that he is working on a new musical titled Floss which follows the story of an aging rocker known as 'Walter', some songs of which will debut on a new Who album proposed for 2011 or 2012.
The Who performed at the halftime show of Super Bowl XLIV at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida on 7 February 2010. They played a medley of 'Pinball Wizard', 'Baba O'Riley', 'Who Are You', 'See Me, Feel Me', and 'Won't Get Fooled Again'.
The Who performed Quadrophenia at the Royal Albert Hall on 30 March 2010 as part of the Teenage Cancer Trust series of 10 gigs. This one-off performance of the rock opera featured guest appearances from Eddie Vedder, lead singer of Pearl Jam, Tom Meighan the lead singer of Kasabian, and Tom Norris of the London Symphony Orchestra.
Townshend told Rolling Stone magazine that the band had planned a tour for early 2010; Townshend later stated this was jeopardised due to the return of his tinnitus. He is experimenting with a new in-ear monitoring system that was recommended to him by fellow rocker Neil Young and his audiologist. The in-ear monitoring system was scheduled to be tested out at the Quadrophenia concert at the Royal Albert Hall on 30 March. Most recently, Roger Daltrey has stated that they have acquired new equipment—earpieces and the like—that he and the band are learning to use to enable Townshend to perform. The Who hoped to hit the road again in 2011, with 'a new show,' according to singer Roger Daltrey, or possibly a retooled stage presentation of the group's 1973 rock opera Quadrophenia.
On 11 October 2010, The Who's official website announced the release on 15 November 2010 of the Fortieth Anniversary Super-Deluxe Collectors' Edition of their Live at Leeds album, including the complete 14 February 1970 performance, and a 2-CD set containing the complete performance of 15 February 1970 at the City Hall in Hull, England.
The Who performed in London on 13 January 2011, along with Jeff Beck and Debbie Harry for a 'killing cancer' benefit concert.
In July 2011, Townshend revealed on his blog that he will be touring their 1973 rock opera album Quadrophenia with bandmate Roger Daltrey in 2012. Townshend wrote 'The reason I am not on the road with Roger is that this is entirely Roger's adventure, one that is bringing him great joy. I don't belong on this 'Tommy' tour. I wish him well, sincerely, and I look forward to playing with Roger again doing 'Quadrophenia' next year'.
On 4 November 2011, Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend launched the Daltrey/Townshend Teen and Young Adult Cancer Program at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, to be funded by The Who's charity Who Cares. The launch, followed on 5 November by a fund-raising event, was also attended by Robert Plant and Dave Grohl.
Legacy and influence
The Who are one of the most influential rock groups of the 1960s and '70s, influencing artists from Led Zeppelin to The Clash. Bono of U2 said, 'More than any other band, The Who are our role models.' Brian May of Queen said, 'They were my inspiration.' Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips said, 'I already believed in rock & roll, but seeing The Who really made me feel it. I knew I had to become a musician after that.' Geddy Lee of Rush said, 'They were really influential on our band in a big way.' Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder said, 'The one thing that disgusts me about The Who is the way they smashed through every door in the uncharted hallway of rock 'n' roll without leaving much more than some debris for the rest of us to lay claim to.'
Pete Townshend does the windmill in 1976
The Who's Mod genesis inspired Mod revival bands such as The Jam, as well as later bands of the Britpop wave in the mid-1990s, such as Blur and Oasis. The band has also been called 'The Godfathers of Punk' due to their loud, aggressive approach to rock and the attitude evinced in songs like 'My Generation'. Many protopunk and punk rock bands from the MC5 to The Stooges to the Ramones to Green Day, point to The Who as influence.
The group has been credited with originating the 'rock opera' and it made one of the first notable concept albums. Following Tommy were David Bowie's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway by Genesis, and Pink Floyd's The Wall in the 1970s. Later efforts in the rock opera vein include My Chemical Romance's The Black Parade and Green Day's American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown releases.
In 1967 Townshend coined the term 'power pop' to describe The Who's sixties singles. The guiding lights of the seventies power pop movement, from the Raspberries to Cheap Trick, take inspiration from The Who. The Who's influence can also be seen in early incorporation of synthesisers, with Who's Next featuring the instrument prominently.
The Who's surviving members, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, were given Kennedy Center Honors for their enduring influence on popular culture. The band had an impact on fashion from their earliest days with their embrace of pop art and their groundbreaking use of the now common Union Jack for clothing. Their contributions to rock iconography include the windmill strum, the Marshall Stack and the guitar smash.
All three versions of the American forensic drama CSI (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, and CSI: NY) feature songs written and performed by The Who as theme songs, 'Who Are You', 'Won't Get Fooled Again' and 'Baba O'Riley' respectively.
Awards and accolades
Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend in 1976
The Who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990, the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005, and won the first annual Freddie Mercury Lifetime Achievement in Live Music Award in 2006. They received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Phonographic Industry in 1988, and from the Grammy Foundation in 2001, for creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording.
Tommy was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, 'My Generation' in 1999 and Who's Next in 2007. At the 31st annual awards ceremony on 7 December 2008, Townshend and Daltrey received Kennedy Center Honors; the first rock band to be so honoured. VH1 Rock Honors 2008 paid homage to The Who with tribute performances from Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Flaming Lips, Incubus and Tenacious D. My Generation was selected for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry in 2009.
The Who are ranked #3 on About.com's 'Top 50 Classic Rock Bands'. The Who have seven albums on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, more than any other artist with the exceptions of the Beatles,
Bob Dylan
, the Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen. The Who are ranked #2 on Classic Rock's '50 Best Live Acts of All Time'. The Who were ranked #9 on VH1's '100 Greatest Artists of all time' in 1998 and are ranked #13 in 2010.
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Certificates of deposit (CDs) are interest-bearing receipts for funds deposited with banks or other depository institutions. Depositors purchase CDs in fixed denominations ($1,000, $10,000, etc.) and for a fixed time to maturity, which typically ranges between six months and five years for CDs of less than $100,000. At maturity, the owner of a CD receives the original purchase price of the CD plus interest. A purchaser of a one-year, $1,000 CD bearing 5 percent interest would receive at the end of a year $1,000, plus $50 interest. Certificates of deposit in denominations less than $100,000 are not negotiable and cannot be sold in a secondary market. Also, the issuing institution imposes a substantial penalty for early withdrawal. Since the deregulation of interest rates, CDs pay interest rates slightly higher than the treasury bill interest rates.
Negotiable certificates of deposit come in denominations of $100,000 and up. The most common denomination is $1 million, and time to maturity is usually six months or less. These CDs are sold mainly to corporations, state and local governments, foreign central banks and governments, wealthy individuals, and financial institutions. They can be sold in a secondary market before maturity if the owner needs cash, but most negotiable CDs are held to maturity. In 1961, First National City Bank of New York, now Citibank, first offered the large denomination CDs to its largest customers. Large CDs grew rapidly in popularity, and by 1973 the Federal Reserve Bank had lifted all interest rate ceilings on these large denomination, negotiable CDs.
Negotiable CDs quickly became a financial instrument for the Eurodollar market. Eurodollar CDs are CDs denominated in dollars but issued by foreign banks, or foreign branches of U.S.-owned banks. Eurodollar CDs first appeared in 1966 and owed their success to the high interest rates paid by institutions beyond the reach of U.S. banking regulations and interest ceilings. In 1968 U.S. and British banks began issuing sterling pound CDs.
The small denomination CDs (less than $100,000) came into being in the late 1970s and were intended to give small savers the advantages of market interest rates. The Federal Reserve Bank includes CDs of less than $100,000 in the calculation of M2, a monetary aggregate often regarded as the best measure of the money supply. The larger CDs are included in the calculation of M3, the most broadly defined monetary aggregate.
Negotiable CDs enable banks to attract deposits that they can count on having for a fixed period without losing to withdrawal, and the owners of negotiable CDs may always sell them for cash, albeit at a sacrifice of part of the interest yield. In contrast to demand deposits, which allow depositors to withdraw funds on demand, CDs assure the bank that deposits will be left with the bank for a while, taking some pressure off the bank. For thrift institutions, CDs are a powerful tool for raising funds, but at the price of higher interest rates for small savers.


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One among the amusing anecdotes told me by friends and old neighbors in Marion County, Ark. is the following which was given me by Tom Terry son of Tom and Elizabeth (Holt) Terry and was born in the Bull Bottom on White River in what is now Cedar Creek Township in the county and state that we have just mentioned. Tom Terry, one of the subjects of this sketch lives in Keesee Township in Marion County. The land on which he lives was once school land and was first settled by Levi Donathan who lies buried in the cemetery at Protem, Mo. The next man who lived there was Abe Robins he was succeeded by Ed Melic who died at the Joe Fields camp house at Goodloe Post Office In Taney County, Mo. Then Bill Treadway lived there awhile and was succeeded by John Shaffer and Tom Terry bought it from Shaffer. Mr. Terry after purchasing the place lived here alone until he married Miss Emma Graham to help him farm and keep house. While Mr. Terry lived here before he was married, John Paton son of Susan Paton a widow woman was paying his respects to Miss Manerva Melic whose father John Melic lived, on Big Buck Creek near the Seven Elm Pond. One day while John Patons mother lived at the Buck Shoals Ford of White River young Paton while on his way afoot to see his girl stopped at Tom Terrys cabin and had a pleasant conversation with his old friend Terry. The latter is a jovial man and when the young man Paton had gone on his way to the abode of his sweetheart, Mr. Terry concluded to prepare a dummy to frighten Paton with for he knew that the young man would be back by his house in a few hours and stop a while for another chat for usually in passing, John would stop with Terry an hour or two and have a lively time, and so after John Paton had went on Terry prepared a dummy by making a cross of two pieces of wood of the desired length and used one of his old coats and pair of pants and other garments to dress the cross in such a manner that it would resemble a man bareheaded. Then he placed a hat on the dummies head and then he put a small round stick the length of a rifle gun across one of the arms as if it was in readiness for a shot. After Terry had got the mummy prepared to his liking he left the cabin 50 or 60 yards and concealed himself and watched for the appearance of John Paton and finally after a long careful watch for his return back Terry saw him coming. Paton had a bad sore on his neck which caused him to hold his head to one side or in other words he "creened" his neck. As Tom Terry watched John approach the house he laughed to himself for he was in for fun at Patons expense. John when he reached the yard gate stopped and opened it and walked into the yard and across it with the intention of going into the house to get a chair and take it out under a shade tree and sit in the shade for it was warm weather and Terry had left the door open on purpose. Just as the young fellow reached the door Terry yelled out as if frightened "John for God sake and your sake dont go in there. Old John Melic will shoot you. He is angry because you are going to see his girl." John was astonished and looking in at the door he caught sight of the dummy and he supposed it was a real man and that it was John Melic and he threw both hands up and exclaimed in horror, "Oh please Mr. Melic dont shoot." Then the terror stricken young fellow fell backward in front of the door and groaned in agony and Terry fell too for he laughed so heartily that he could not stand on his feet. In a few minutes Paton recovered from the shock and rose to his feet. In the mean time Terry had rose to his feet also and went on up toward the house yard and Paton says "Tom Terry I will make it all back off of you if it takes me ten years to do so. And Terry said in reply, "All right John and when you do fix it so we can both laugh. I had to do all the laughing myself in this case. And John promised him that he would. Poor John Paton he is dead now. He did not live long enough to get even with his old friend Tom Terry.
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Worried about how much your children use their phones to send text messages? Don't be.
New research has shown that using those abbreviated words such a "18r", "ttyl", and the thousands of other short forms is actually beneficial to both children's spelling and literacy skills.
The research has been carried out at the University of Coventry where a new study involving children between the ages of 8 and 12 were found to have better literacy skills due to the use of text language regularly. This repeated use of text language tests their English skills and requires the learning of correct spellings. To create the short form word they need to understand and know the original too.
The research is set to continue until next year, but those involved have so far found no negative link between text language and literacy skills. In fact it seems as if the opposite may be true.
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I do a lot of texting throughout the day and find that when I am writing abbreviated words I still think of the full versions in my head. The same is true when in an IM conversation. So you are actually doing double the amount of work by thinking of the real word and then writing the shortened version.
If your kids are doing the same then they are effectively giving their brain a double literacy workout even though they may be writing less to the point where you may not even know what their sentence says. The important thing is they do know what it says both in short and expanded form.
It is important for them to also write regularly, however. Just texting isn't going to do their literacy skills any good, it needs to be supplemented with regular written work which should be catered for by their school and through homework.


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White Sturgeon Gallery Part 2
Diane Born sent me these photos taken by her husband. This is another view of the gallery. Below, is Mary Arnold and the potter, Richard Roth. You can see the beautiful spread of delicious food that Mary brought for us. Thanks again to Mary, and the gallery curator Maya!!
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White Sturgeon Gallery Reception
We had a fairly nice turn out for the opening of the show this afternoon. Many thanks to Mary Arnold for the delicious refreshments.
The Gallery is upstairs, and some of the quilts are hung in the stairwell as an invitation to come up and see more.
My quilts were hung together which delighted me. The curator said she loved how the colors worked together. I do think that the details in the Meander piece stand out more next to the other piece.
She hung all of the cool color quilts together on one wall. I think this worked very well.
Here is a sample of the beautiful pottery that is sharing gallery space with us.
Seeing the pieces in a new environment, makes them seem new again. I really enjoyed the show. If you couldn't make it today, I hope you will get out to see our show in this beautiful building.
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Popular craft chain store Hobby Lobby has agreed to pay a $3 million fine and return thousands of artifacts smuggled from Iraq. Hobby Lobby's owners are conservative Christians who plan to open a Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., this fall.
Federal prosecutors say Hobby Lobby spent over $1.5 million in December 2010 to purchase more than 5,000 Iraqi artifacts from a dealer based in the United Arab Emirates. The sales violated a ban on the sale of Iraqi cultural artifacts in place since 2004.
According to the complaint, Hobby Lobby began collecting a range of historically significant manuscripts and other antiquities in 2009. The following July, Hobby Lobby President Steve Green traveled with a consultant to the United Arab Emirates, where they inspected a large cache of cuneiform tablets and other artifacts.
Two Israeli antiquities dealers and one from the United Arab Emirates attended the July 2010 inspection with Hobby Lobby's president and consultant. At the meeting, the complaint says, the artifacts were displayed informally, "spread on the floor, arranged in layers on a coffee table, and packed loosely in cardboard boxes, in many instances with little or no protective material between them."
The dealers claimed the items were from the family collection of a third dealer who was not present, according to the complaint. They later sent Hobby Lobby a provenance statement — a guarantee of authenticity — indicating that the artifacts were legally acquired in the 1960s from local markets.
After returning to the United States, the complaint says, Hobby Lobby's president and in-house lawyer spoke with an expert on cultural property law who warned them that antiquities from ancient Iraq may have been looted from archaeological sites. In a memo, the expert told them that any items of Iraqi origin that were not properly declared could be seized by customs officials. Hobby Lobby proceeded with the sale despite the numerous "red flags", buying hundreds of cuneiform tablets and thousands of other artifacts. According to a civil complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, the deal was "was fraught with red flags" and was consistent with a "clandestine" operation. According to the complaint, Hobby Lobby got conflicting information about where the artifacts had been stored and never met or communicated with the dealer selling them. When it came time to pay, the company wired money to seven separate bank accounts.
A dealer based in the United Arab Emirates shipped packages containing the artifacts to three different corporate addresses in Oklahoma City. Five shipments that were intercepted by federal customs officials bore shipping labels that falsely declared that the artifacts' country of origin was Turkey. In September 2011, a package containing about 1,000 clay bullae, an ancient form of inscribed identification, was received by Hobby Lobby from an Israeli dealer and accompanied by a false declaration stating that its country of origin was Israel. The packages bore shipping labels that described their contents as "ceramic tiles," the complaint said.


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Good luck with the spending ban! I'm also trying to cut down on spending - it's working well at the moment as there's little time for shopping when you're spending all day studying. Hopefully I'll continue to avoid spending once I'm free to (window) shop again! xReplyDelete
I really need to try and stick to something like this but i just don't have the willpower haha! Plus there's loads of birthdays coming up so my proper spending ban may have to wait until August!ReplyDelete
Good Luck though :)
Good luck - I did this in April and I managed to save loads, it's worth doing every now and then! xxReplyDelete
Ha! Good luck! I like the fact you've set out a list of exceptions from the start. I need to do this too, to be honest. xReplyDelete
ohh I did frugal feb and it made me really think twice before I spent my money! I think its still working, I don't seem to be spending half as much as i used to!! good luck, it's hard at the start but thenyou get a wee buzz when you see you bank balance at the end of the month!!xxReplyDelete


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This one-day conference, organized by the Chatham House Centre on Global Health Security, aims to address themes surrounding the role of the private sector in global health initiatives.
The establishment of working partnerships between governments, civil society and the private sector to strengthen national health systems and improve public health outcomes often result in debate. Despite this, the advances made in public health over the last 20 years, and the universally agreed Sustainable Development Goals demonstrate the value of private sector involvement in global health initiatives. Nevertheless, there are still many associated issues that raise legitimate concerns among public health stakeholders: conflicts of interest – both perceived and real – are often used as arguments against involving the private sector, as are the governance structures and financing models that underpin collaborative efforts.
This one-day conference will bring together a range of high-level stakeholders from academia, commercial for-profit companies, foundations and other prominent global health partners to stimulate discussion and identify the opportunities and challenges related to the private sector's engagement in improving global health.
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- Charlotte Ersboll, Senior Adviser, UN Global Compact
- Luc Debruyne, President, Global Vaccines, GlaxoSmithKline
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If You See This On The Wrist Of Your Hand, Stop What You Are Doing Immediately And Call The Doctor. The Reason Is Scary!
Inflammation, a broken bone, infections, abnormal growths and cysts arthritis bursitis, tendinitis as well as sprains, strains and bone fractures be a benign or malignant growth as well as tumors may be some of the reasons for wrist injuries. They are caused due to:
- Tenosynovitis
This is causes when the fluid-filled sheath (synovium) that surrounds a tendon gets inflamed. This happens when we're over stressed or experience trauma or we're labour workers. When this happens the abductor muscle and the short extensor in the thumb get affected.
- De Quervain syndrome
When the extensor ligament of the thumb gets affected we get soreness and swelling. This causes the ligament to thicken and causes extreme pain.
- Nodular tenosynovitis
When you have tumors in the fingers, wrist, hip, ankles, knees, spine and shoulders you suffer from nodular tenosynovitis fortunately it doesn't hurt.
- Ganglions
Lumps in the synovial cyst or some other connective tissue or fibrous structure next to the joint, ligament or tendon which is caused by trauma is called Ganglions.
- Lipomas
Tumors in the wrist and in the palm which are painful and make your hand sensitive are called lipomas.
The conditions are treated differently-if they are minor you can take meds to cure them but if they are more serious you may have to undergo a surgery.
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Computer Networks and Communication Branch of Study (MKS for short) is instructed in Czech only. It is a branch of the Information Technology Follow-Up Master Study Program. It is controlled in the frame of common rules, conditions and criteria, which are defined in detail in the common part of the accreditation documentation of that study program and also by common rules and directives of BUT, especially those of FIT BUT, as presented at internet addresses www.vutbr.cz and www.fit.vutbr.cz.
Study branch Computer Networks and Communication covers different parts of data transmission (wired, wireless, mobile), implementation of computer networks for data, voice and multimedia transmissions, including sensor and real-time communications. Students will understand basic concepts and principles of computer communication, network architecture, and design of network application. They will learn how to design different communication systems, model their behavior, simulate and test them. They will learn how to design communication hardware and process signals. They will get acquainted with design principles of distributed systems connected with information and database systems. Students will study aspects of threat analysis and security. Students will be prepared to manage network applications and nets.
The State Final Examination has two parts: A defence of the Master Thesis, and a discussion based on selected topics from the course "Networks and Communication" which is derived from compulsory courses of the branch of Study. The areas of possible questions must be approved by the Study Branch Council, and students will be informed about the selected topics at least 2 months before the state final examination is held in the particular academic year. The discussion will be held on two topics.
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Collecting Art
...or other such stuff...some of value...others...not so much.
If there is something on this planet that hasn't been collected, I don't know what it is. If it has a physical presence, it's probably been collected by someone, somewhere, at some point.
In my childhood, I collected stamps, coins, and baseball cards. Even today, there is still an urge to collect stuff. Show me a well made box, a beautiful bottle, jar, or vase, and it becomes difficult to find a reason not to keep it.
Show me an artist, and I'll show you an art book collector.
There are two kinds of collectors, the haphazard/recreational collector and the serious/purposeful collector.
|This would be, on a good day, haphazard collecting
|Here is a serious model rally car collection
Most of us are what I would call the haphazard type. We collect stuff because we like it, it makes us feel good, satisfies some need within us, and someday we think it will be worth something.
Art collecting can be like that...and is, for most of us. My wife and I generally fall into that category, with some exceptions. Basically, we buy what we like, of good quality, affordable, and that fits well in our home. When it comes to art, our purchases are seldom planned.
The serious/purposeful collector is totally different. Their approach to collecting is like a good novel. It has a beginning, a middle and an end...and all the individual actors have an important role to play in completing the story.
|Political button collection
|Lunch box collection
|Edison light bulb collection
|Old postcard collecting
Although there are some significant differences between the two types of collectors, all of us regardless of what we collect, can certainly benefit from the knowledge and experience of the serious collector.
So, here are a few helpful tips for those collecting art.
1) Only buy art that appeals to you. Be true to your personal taste. Acknowledge that you like certain types of art and don't be swayed by what is fashionable or what others suggest you should like.
|How about some marbles, or paintings of marbles?
|or dolls?
|or...maybe thimbles?
|OK... spoons
2) Educate yourself. Familiarize yourself with all types of art. This will help solidify what appeals to you. You may even find that your taste will change. This education may be gained through art history books, museums, galleries, art expos, auctions, art magazines, etc. Figure out why some paintings "connect" with you while others do not.
3) Do your homework. Learn all you can about the artist, credentials, price structure, subject matter, genre of art, etc. How does the quality and price of your chosen painting compare with the artist's other works...and how will it help complete your collection?
|Colored glass collection
4) Be an informed buyer. Learn from those who have knowledge of the art market, gained through personal experience. Establish relationships with other art collectors, galleries, auction houses, etc. Read books about collecting art. Have a variety of sources, not just one or two.
|Matchbook collection
5) Have a purpose and plan for your collection. The serious collector does not purchase any and everything they like and can afford. Instead, they narrow down and focus very specifically on particulars. For example, California Impressionists between 1940-1960, or Rockport, MA harbor scenes, or the art of William Merritt Chase's students. Now if your're collecting Barbie Dolls, you might want to focus on Vintage Barbie's from 1959-1966 with dark hair and ponytails.
Good collections are well thought-out so that all the pieces in the collection relate to one another in some way. A good collection can enhance one's understanding of a certain period of art, culture of a particular era, or even stylistic changes during an artist's career. As each piece adds to the whole, the whole becomes greater than the sum of its parts.
6) Don't view art as primarily an investment. I have a close friend who jokingly, every time I see him, asks how I'm feeling...suggesting that maybe I might have been diagnosed with some rare, incurable disease that will soon result in a dramatic increase in the value of his art collection. Not so fast. Investment potential of art can be somewhat unpredictable.
|Johannes Vermeer - The Girl With a Red Hat - 9.12"x 7.12" - Oil on wood panel - National Gallery of Art
7) Go for quality. Buy the best you can afford. It's better to have a small, quality collection rather than a large, average one.
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It rained a lot early Sunday morning. In Boone it rained 2.26 inches. We ran into some kayakers at the trailhead at the end of our hike that said it rained 3 inches at Grandather mountain. Check out some before and after photos of the two creek crossings we did on our hike.
Take a good look at the rocks in the middle of the creek here
Notice James is standing on the rocks you could see in the previous picture...
Crossing the second creek crossing on our way in on Saturday
Coming back across on Sunday
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Since 1996, Brown Brothers Asphalt and Concrete has become Colorado's most trusted asphalt and concrete construction, maintenance, and repair company. Brown Brothers sets the standard for how companies in our industry should do business. With more than 250 employees and over 1,000 jobs completed each year, we deliver the highest quality paved surfaces and service on every job. We seek individuals who are skilled, dependable, honest, and who believe safety is a priority. Whether in the office or on the job site, you'll find a team of hard-working, dedicated people working together to provide the best possible solutions and experience for our customers and employees alike. BBAC is the perfect company for self-starting individuals with the right skills and attitude to build their careers.
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The Project Manager has the overall responsibility for coordinating and planning of heavy civil construction projects to include dirt, aggregate, asphalt, and concrete work. Responsible for crews having the materials when they need them, the correct tools, the right working environment, the correct information, the right equipment, and enough manpower to get the work done on time and within budget. The Project Manager is responsible for coordinating with the Management Team and all Superintendents to track labor and production costs on a daily basis.
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- Manage and maintain multiple projects at one time
- Ability to coordinate and manage production and project support staff
- Act as a primary customer contact for all issues relating to the scope of work
- Coordinate and communicate with internal and external customers to resolve all issues arising from the performance of the customer's specification and other contract terms and conditions
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The Glenrose is the largest tertiary rehabilitation hospital in Canada. This unique medical facility focuses on helping people recover function that may have been lost due to illness or injury, and improve their quality of life through cutting edge technologies and rehabilitation techniques. In addition to providing day-to-day services, the Glenrose also has a research division that is continually striving to find new and better ways to serve their patients.
In the AMMI lab, professors Pierre Boulanger and Walter Bischof use innovative computing science technologies to tackle problems in a variety of domains. Their many partnerships, including the one they have with the Glenrose, is one of the reasons Michelle decided to pursue graduate studies in computing science at the U of A.
"Pierre and Walter are so well connected," says Michelle. "Not only do they know people in other departments, but other universities as well.
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Michelle, still in the first year of her Ph.D., is exploring a variety of technologies (including the Nintendo Wii, virtual reality, e-textiles, and multi-touch tabletops) and the way they can be used to provide patients with more engaging therapy activities.
In the case of the Wii, current games made for this platform – though interesting for the patient – don't always best serve their needs or that of their therapists. The standard Wii games are not tailored to the specific improvements of someone in therapy, nor do they target the movements therapists hope to work on. This leads to negative feedback for the user – in the form of "losing" the game – even though they may have been making progress.
Michelle's research looks at designing devices and programs that will enable therapists to refine both the intensity and difficulty of the activities so that they can be better tailored to a patient's goals. The development and deployment of customized activities for the Wii has been very promising so far and is being investigated further for future integration into rehabilitation programs in Edmonton.
"I've always wanted to work on projects that would benefit everyday people," says Michelle. "Last year I went on a tour of the Glenrose facility and met with many of their staff. After the tour, I knew that I had a very unique opportunity before me. The staff at the Glenrose are so caring and dedicated to their patients and I knew this would be the perfect area for me to focus on in my research."
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Pierre Boulanger, Walter Bishchof,Jim Raso
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