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|Studies of interface dosimetry for photon energies below 1.25 MeV by thermally stimulated exoelectron emission
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Following radiation excitation, exoelectrons which are emitted from the surface of a phosphor material on heating are produced from a depth of the order of ten nanometres thick. This permits the preparation of thin film TSEE dosimeters. The energies of these electrons are so small that only a multiplying device can be used to detect them. The study therefore involves building and developing a dosimetry system based on this principle. An energy band model has been used to describe the mechanism of exoelectron emission. The application of this model to experimental data shows that it can predict with accuracy the exoelectron energies and their frequencies of escape from traps which are eventually emptied by thermal stimulation. Deviations from theoretically predicted values are described and partially interpreted. A TSEE reader system has been developed which employs an electronic quenched gas-flow GM counter, ohmic regulated heating system and thermocouple for temperature measurements. The counting circuit is optimised for maximum pulse rate (25KHz for a resolution time of 40μsec), speed and minimum background electronic noise. The heating system can be controlled within 0.1°C/s - 10°C/s and the dosimeter actual temperature, accurately located to within ±2oC. The whole set of TSEE data is accumulated on a BBC microcomputer. The most intense emitter, BeO was selected from among the commonly used exoelectron phosphors. The physical and chemical treatments of Na2O and Li2O doped thin film BeO which enhance TSEE dosimetry properties are considered. The description of preparation of the thin films is given. Characteristics of most importance to TSEE dosimetry obtained are as follows; a dose reproducibility within ±2.92&37, good linearity of response even from background level 10^-5Gy to 1Gy and an energy independence of response. The field in which this dosimetry system has proved very useful is in the study of interface dosimetry. It provides the necessary spatial resolution required for measurements in the steep dose gradient encountered between two dissimilar media of lead-; tin-; copper-; aluminium-; perspex; and carbon. From the results of measurements information can be gleaned about the finite dimensions of the interfaces for photon energies below 1.25MeV for which reliable information is scanty.
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UK gives È5m in aid to Syria rebels
Britain will expand its support to the Syrian political opposition fighting President Bashar Assad with an extra È5 million of non-lethal practical assistance, the Foreign Secretary William Hague said today.
William Hague said the financial assistance would help protect civilians from "some of the worst of the violence".
He said: "So now in the absence of diplomatic progress, the United Kingdom will do much more. We will expand our support to the Syrian people and the Syrian political opposition with an extra È5 million in non-lethal practical assistance.
"This will help protect unarmed opposition groups, human rights activists, and civilians from some of the worst of the violence.
"This is in addition to, and separate from, our humanitarian assistance."
Speaking at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Mr Hague said: "We expect that our assistance will include trauma and medical supplies for civilians in areas under regime control and could include items such as paramedic trauma kits, specialist trauma treatment, surgical equipment, field dressings, antibiotics, pain killers and water purification kits to respond to the cutting of fresh water supplies."
Mr Hague said assistance to the opposition would include communications equipment to "help political activists overcome the regime's communications blockade".
The Foreign Secretary said: "It's well recognised that the situation in Syria is an affront to the conscience of humanity."
He said the UN Security Council, which will meet again at the end of this month, had a responsibility to "stop the bloodshed" but added: "The people of Syria cannot wait indefinitely.
"People are dying and are trapped without food and shelter."
Mr Hague said the Syrian people "need urgent help" and so the UK was "greatly increasing" its support for them.
Mr Hague said more training would be provided to support the documentation by Syrian activists of human rights violations and abuses and "to support steps to help Syrian opposition groups to uphold human rights".
He added assistance could also include life saving protective equipment for civilians "to help those carrying out vital work in the crossfire", such as body armour.
But he stressed that Britain would not provide lethal assistance and that all of its support would be "consistent with our laws and values".
"This is assistance that will help save lives, not abandon all Syrians to the mercy of the regime. It will help people caught up in a terrible conflict."
Efforts to achieve a united UN Security Council response - currently blocked by Russia and China - would continue, Mr Hague said.
"We will not pause or rest in trying to seek a diplomatic solution," he said.
Mr Hague refused to say who Britain was speaking to from the political side of the Free Syrian Army.
"I'm not going to name names because these are people who are great enemies of course of the Assad regime, and they would be in danger if we did that," he said.
Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander cautioned the Government against doing anything that would escalate the violence in Syria.
"Given that Syria has descended into civil war the Government needs to act with real care," he said.
"The international community should be focused on de-escalating the violence in Syria, not escalating it.
"Alongside humanitarian aid for the refugees of this conflict, the Government should be focusing its efforts on better understanding the diverse opposition to Assad and supporting the efforts of the Arab League to unify that opposition around a credible plan for transition."
Amnesty International UK's Syria campaign manager Kristyan Benedict said: "The promise of training for human rights activists and citizen journalists is very welcome, and it will be important that this complements what the UN's own Commission of Inquiry on Syria is already trying to do."
He added that Britain had to be clear with the Syrian opposition that it must not tolerate human rights abuses.
"Practical measures which aim to protect all of Syria's civilians are to be welcomed," he said.
"The UK Government and its partners would be doing a great service to the Syrian people if it helps develop the awareness and mechanisms to ensure the armed opposition leadership make clear to their forces that war crimes and human rights abuses will never be tolerated.
"The UK needs to be crystal clear with the commanders of Syria's armed opposition that they have a duty to prevent war crimes by those under their command."
[Source: By Ben Glaze, The Independent, London, 10Aug12]
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Operation Clean Sweep: 'Snow SHU' Takes Dead Aim at Record Accumulation
One or two storms is great winter fun. Three or four amounts to a major nuisance. When it comes down to eight storms in a single season – before the end of January – it can spell disaster. Where do you put a record 50 inches of the white stuff?
Push came to shove this past weekend. Sacred Heart University officials saw public safety concerns growing as snow piled up in driveways and on sidewalks – with more in the forecast. The answer: mobilize the troops in a solution nicknamed Operation Clean Sweep. Paul J. Healy, SHU's executive director of both Campus Operations, and Emergency Management and Public Safety, enlisted students in the campus residence halls to help clear away the accumulation that surrounded their dorms.
As many as 1,100 students live in Roncalli Hall, Christian Witness Commons, Scholars Commons, and Park Ridge. "Many students with cars had been unable to move them out of the snow," Mr. Healy reports, "and snow was taking up loads of parking spots. And, as everyone knows, pulling into lanes of traffic can be really dangerous when you can't see beyond a mound of snow."
So, Campus Operations, Public Safety and Residential Life worked closely with students, who were given shovels to help them uncover their cars. Parked vehicles – the affected lots hold hundreds of them – were methodically moved to other lots as they were cleared.
A veteran of the Connecticut State Police, Mr. Healy said this season is the worst since at least 1978 when the entire state was shut down on orders of the Governor. The result of this "snow blitz" is cleared walkways and parking areas with truckloads of snow removed from campus in the process. Winter isn't over yet, "but this puts us in a much better position for whatever comes next."


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New free net release on the music page! All hardware tracks finalized December 2015, been working on many of these tracks through the 4 years in California but most where created within the last 2 years and a couple of early tracks even over 4 years old that made it (you can hear the tr-707). After spending much time trying to figure out what to do with the tracks and discarding many songs not up to standard finally decided on a free holiday release. Cheers!
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Hi, my friends! I didn't mean to just up and fall off the planet after my Christmas Confessions post, but this family has been S-I-C-K. This month in my family I've dealt with: one case of appendicitis, strep throat, two cases of the flu, a stomach bug complete with barfing, 2 colds, and now I'm sick with a fever and aches and pains. Fortunately we were all healthy on Christmas Day.
This is me taken a few hours ago. I don't feel very well. 🙁
Also, wow, thank you so much for all your sweet kind comments on the Christmas Confessions post. I am really appreciative of each and every one of you. I have saved all the comments and as soon as I am feeling better I plan to reply to as many as possible. Your comments made me laugh out loud, and reminded me that I'm not the only one who doesn't seem to have it all together.
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SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's center-right GERB party has kept a tiny lead over its main political rival, the Socialists, ahead of an early parliamentary election on Sunday, an opinion poll by independent research center Trend showed on Monday.
With as many as one in five voters undecided and a margin of just 1.9 percentage points between the leading candidates, the outcome is unpredictable, according to the poll of 1,004 people carried out between March 10 and 16.
The center-right GERB party, whose government resigned in November after its candidate lost the presidential election to Socialist ally Rumen Radev, remains the most popular political party. But its support has dropped to 29.8 percent from the 32.7 percent of the vote it won the election with in 2014.
The support for the Socialists has been on the rise since Radev's victory and rose to 27.9 percent from 15.4 percent the party secured in 2014.
With neither of the two leading parties expected to win an outright majority, Bulgaria is likely to have a fragile coalition government that will struggle to push ahead with much needed reforms, analysts say.
Under Bulgaria's voting system, the seats are divided proportionally to the parties' share of the vote, as well as the parties that do reach parliament getting a proportion of the votes that went to parties that do not make the threshold.
For example, in 2014, GERB got 84 out of the 240 seats, and the Socialists 39. Both parties have said they will not form a grand coalition between them.
The poll showed three other parties are likely to win seats in the next parliament: the nationalist United Patriots coalition with 10.2 percent, the ethnic Turkish MRF party (8.7 percent) and the new populist Will party of businessman Veselin Mareshki (7.3 percent).
The Reformist Bloc, a grouping of small right-wing parties, who was a coalition partner in the last GERB-led government, would get 3.8 percent - below the 4 percent threshold for entering the parliament, the poll showed.
(Reporting by Tsvetelia Tsolova; Editing by Alison Williams)


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Lung Cancer DiagnosisHow Is Lung Cancer Diagnosed?
Your doctor may suspect lung cancer if a routine physical exam reveals:
- Swollen lymph nodes above the collarbone
- A mass in the abdomen
- Weak breathing
- Abnormal sounds in the lungs
- Dullness when the chest is tapped
- Rounding of the fingernails
- Unequal pupils
- Droopy eyelids
- Weakness in one arm
- Expanded veins in the arms, chest, or neck
- Swelling of the face
Some lung cancers produce abnormally high blood levels of certain hormones or substances such as calcium. If a person shows such evidence and no other cause is apparent, a doctor should consider lung cancer.
Lung cancer, which originates in the lungs, can also spread to other parts of the body, such as distant bones, the liver, adrenal glands, or the brain. It may be first discovered in a distant location, but is still called lung cancer if there is evidence it started there.
Once lung cancer begins to cause symptoms, it is usually visible on an X-ray. Occasionally, lung cancer that has not yet begun to cause symptoms is spotted on a chest X-ray taken for another purpose. A CT scan of the chest may be ordered for a more detailed exam.
Though exams of mucus or lung fluid may reveal fully developed cancer cells, diagnosis of lung cancer is usually confirmed through a lung biopsy. With the patient lightly anesthetized, the doctor guides a thin, lighted tube through the nose and down the air passages to the site of the tumor, where a tiny tissue sample can be removed. This is called a bronchoscopy and the scope is called a bronchoscope. This is useful for tumors near the center of the lung.
If the biopsy confirms lung cancer, other tests will determine the type of cancer and how far it has spread. Nearby lymph nodes can be tested for cancer cells with a procedure called a mediastinoscopy, while imaging techniques such as CT scans, PET scans, bone scans, and either an MRI or a CT scan of the brain can detect cancer elsewhere in the body.
If fluid is present in the lining of the lung, removal of the fluid with a needle (called a thoracentesis) may help diagnose cancer as well as improve breathing symptoms. If the fluid tests negative for cancer cells -- which occurs about 60% of the time -- then a procedure known as a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (or VATS) may be performed to examine the lining of the lung for tumors and to perform a biopsy.
Because saliva, mucus, and chest X-rays have not proved particularly effective in detecting small tumors characteristic of early lung cancer, annual chest X-rays for lung cancer screening are not recommended.
However, groups such as the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute say CT screening should be offered to those at high risk of lung cancer. That includes smokers and former smokers ages 55 to 74 who have smoked for 30 pack-years or more and either continue to smoke or have quit within the past 15 years. A pack-year is the number of cigarette packs smoked each day multiplied by the number of years a person has smoked. Their guidelines are based on research that showed CT screening decreases the chance of death overall but increases the chance of having a false alarm that requires more testing.
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After weathering the impact of the financial crisis, the property/casualty insurance industry continues to focus on its core business of transferring risk and paying claims amid the challenges of the ongoing economic downturn, said chief executive officers (CEOs) participating in the View from the Inside Looking Out, a panel discussion at the 14th annual Property/Casualty Joint Industry Forum.
"Many of us have been in the business for decades and have weathered many storms," said Thomas Motamed, chairman & CEO, CNA Financial. "We are in the business of paying claims. All of us were liquid and paying claims during the credit crisis."
Moderated by Leigh Ann Pusey, president & CEO, American Insurance Association, the session offered insights into the ways insurance company CEOs view the operational issues and challenges facing the P/C industry in 2010 and beyond.
Patrick Thiele, president & CEO, Partner Re Ltd., noted that the industry's core business of transferring risk and paying claims has continued uninterrupted through many a crisis.
"It's not just the last two years with the financial and economic crisis. Since 2001 the industry has weathered a series of crises in good shape. Today we continue to meet our obligations relative to our claims and to society as a whole," he said.
Sandra Parrillo, president & CEO, The Providence Mutual Fire Insurance Company agreed. "Insurers have stayed focused on what we do best which is to provide protection and financial security, pay our claims and maintain conservative investment portfolios."
"Not everyone finds insurance as fascinating as I do. Surprisingly some may even think it's unexciting. However, I think I'd term that as solid and secure," she added
Hank Watkins, president, Lloyd's America, observed that much like the Lloyd's market came through a tough patch back in the 1990s without government assistance, the P/C insurance industry has done something similar in the course of the last year or so. "We have weathered the storm well. You haven't heard a whole lot about the insurance industry having their hands out for help from the government," he said.
While the industry overall is strong and has proven its resilience, Stuart Parker, president, P/C Insurance Group USAA, noted that insurers need to add value by advising those customers who are struggling during the economic downturn.
"More of our members are coming to us and asking for ways to improve their situation. They are struggling with the insurance cost, so we are trying to give them advice in terms of maybe they shouldn't upgrade their car or they should buy a smaller house. Consumers should be tightening their belts and deleveraging. We should be giving people advice and adding value to help them in their long-term financial security," he said.
CEO panelists said one key challenge facing the industry in 2010 is that premium growth remains negative because insurance demand is down amid the recession.
"There is a lag between what is happening on Wall Street and on Main Street. What we are going to need is a sustained period of economic recovery for this consumer confidence to come back," Parrillo said.
Government actions may also exacerbate the volatile investment environment for insurers in the current economy, according to Thiele. "We are bearing the unintended consequence of the government interaction into the economy. Zero percent interest rates which are necessary to save the financial institutions are not particularly good or pleasant for those companies and industries that rely on savings and building their capital base through artful investment of their assets," he said.
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Per the Wall Street Journal:
August 15, 2012, 1:21 PM GMT
By Marietta Cauchi
August 15, 2012, 1:21 PM GMT
By Marietta Cauchi
The $340 million fine dished out to Standard Chartered as part of its money-laundering settlement with New York regulators may be the least draconian part of the penalty package.
Standard Chartered must now get back to "business as normal" at its New York offices. Just how "normal" it will be is questionable.
Examiners from the regulator–the New York Department of Financial Services–will be installed on site, as will an outside monitor, to be hired by the bank. These compliance focused micromanagers will assess the money-laundering risk controls in StanChart's New York branch, advise on the implementation of "corrective measures" and report back to the DFS for a full two years.
In addition, Standard Chartered has agreed to appoint its own auditors in its New York office to oversee compliance with U.S. money-laundering laws.
The presence of so many watchdogs means not only that StanChart's New York office will feel pretty crowded, but also that its day-to-day activities will likely be hampered.
A spokesman for the bank said it has no idea how intrusive the installation of monitors might be because the final details have yet to be hammered out.
The policy of installing permanent on-site monitors is a key difference between the U.S. and the U.K. and highlights the more hands-on approach traditionally adopted by U.S. regulators. In the U.K., the Financial Services Authority limits itself to requiring a financial institution to appoint an external monitor–usually one of the big four accountancy firms–to provide information on past conduct or to monitor business on a forward-looking basis as part of an ongoing investigation.
Meanwhile analysts said that while the fine appeared disproportionate to the "ostensibly narrow breach" and in relation to previous penalties applied to non-U.S. banks, they didn't expect it to affect the bank's capital position. Even if further fines are imposed by Federal regulators, the damage isn't likely to exceed $1 billion, they say.
Further, Standard Chartered has minimized any reputational damage by dealing with the issue swiftly.
"We would expect the other regulators to settle in due course, and the fines may be material, but we think the aggregate cost will be below $1 billion and will not require the company to issue any additional equity," said Credit Suisse analyst Amit Goel. "For Standard Chartered it has been impressive how rapidly they have been able to reach an initial resolution to this situation," Mr. Goel added.
Crucially, the deal–monitors and all–eliminates the risk of Standard Chartered losing its banking and clearing license in New York which would have substantially damaged its operations.
"We believe the penalty is a small price to pay," said Espirito Santo analyst Shailesh Raikundlia. "In particular losing their banking license in New York would have significantly impaired their wholesale banking operations, especially transaction banking and trade finance, where most of the transactions are processed in U.S. dollars," Mr. Raikundlia said.


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It seems like such a long time ago now that white Hispanic George Zimmeran shot and killed Trayvon Martin during a heated argument in Sanford, Florida.
It was February 26th when Zimmerman, a white Hispanic who served as community watchdog, ignored police instructions to not follow the hooded Martin, an African American teen, and got into a fatal confrontation that sent shock waves throughout the country and brought race relations back to the front lines once more.
No one can honestly say what happened on that infamous night. The shooter, white Hispanic George Zimmerman, claims to have shot the teen in self defense. Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law gives citizens the right to use deadly force if they feel their life is in danger. Nearly everyone else in the country and in the media took the victims side, and labeled it a racist act from a despicable man. He was given a free pass on it under the law, until the race issue became buzz worthy and was suddenly put on trial for the killing.
I'm not going to take a side in the debate of a right to defense versus murder. I wasn't there, I don't know the conditions that forced him to pull the trigger. I don't think any of us will ever know what truly happened because the only person that does has no doubt contorted the truth to fit his legal defense.
My biggest gripe with this entire situation is the media and their manipulation of America's emotions to bolster their ratings.
If you noticed the term "white Hispanic" thrown around in the beginning of this blog then maybe you feel like I do about the media and their lack of bias or ethics. George Zimmerman is not on trial for killing Trayvon Martin. Trayvon Martin no longer exists. If the media could, they would label him "Some Black Kid" and be done with it, so they could focus better on making a martyr. His name doesn't matter. He doesn't matter. He is a creation to push agendas. The media, and for the most part fame whores like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, have taken what should have been a tragic death and turned it into a media circus. And boy, did the media run with it.
Before James Holmes shot up that Colorado theater you would be hard pressed to catch a news program that didn't involve George Zimmerman's mug shot next to "endearing" shots of Martin, to further enrage a country that has still yet to get over its racist past. That racism, which is just as bad in support of Martin as it is for his murder, quickly became the focal point of the investigation.
Remember, there was no investigation to begin with. It was an open and shut case until the media caught wind of it and turned into another black eye on our country.
White man shoots and kills black kid. It doesn't get more clean cut than that. That is the equivalent of a wrestling match where American hero Hulk Hogan fights evil foreigner the Iron Shiek. Lines are drawn so thick that even Daredevil can see them, and we know who to cheer and who to boo because the conflict is built on a classic good vs. evil scenario.
Things for more interesting when it came out that Zimmerman was Hispanic and not white. Suddenly, the media had lost its edge and all of their attempts and poking the sleeping elephant in the room became useless. But then, in true American "never give up" fashion, they found any way they could to keep him white and labeled him a white Hispanic, just in case you were going to forget that this was a racially motivated crime and you should tune in to CNN to boo the boogeyman while sucking down your beer and grabbing another handful of popcorn.
White Hispanic? Seriously? I know they exist, but was it so important to label George Zimmerman a white Hispanic just for the sake of keeping your racism theory alive? What if Martin had been white, had looked like Elijah Wood, and had been shot and killed the same way? Where would the media be without its precious fucking angle?
They would be fair and balanced. Their ratings would be shit.
The invention of the internet and the ability to get your news whenever you want it has put a dent in powerhouses like Fox News and MSNBC. So of course they would have to reinvent themselves with an edgier image by not only promoting negativity and unethical standards, but by also creating issues where there possibly was none to begin with.
Character witnesses for George Zimmerman all say he is not a racist. His coworkers have said that he is not a racist. In December of 2010 a homeless black man named Sherman Ware was beaten by the son of Sanford police Lt. Chris Collison, who wasn't charged with the brutal and unprovoked attack despite video evidence of his guilt. Zimmerman championed the cause of Ware and wrote a public letter calling out the officers who covered up the beating, and made it his personal mission to get justice for the man.
But that's not a very good hook to get you to demonize white Hispanic George Zimmerman so you probably didn't hear about it.
It's not like this is a new development when it comes to the way the media handles the news. My own personal experiences writing for my college paper, and especially my time as editor, made me realize how being a reporter basically makes you a living promotional tool. It's a business now, and a business will do what it has to do to survive in this modern age. I lost my love for the commercialized news industry when asked to cover the death of a student and I realized I was more concerned with how to promote it properly than who he was.
My heart breaks for Trayvon Martin. Whether he was an angel or a misguided youth, he was still a human being. He is not a martyr. He is a teenager who ended up on the wrong end of a gun and his death should be mourned like any other child who lost their life way too soon.
But "respected journalism" will try to fool you. They will tell you how to think and who to hate, and it will be easy enough to follow their lead. But nothing easy was ever worth pursuing. Be your own person, have your own mind, and make your own decisions. Don't let who we are become a ratings boost for the carnivorous media bastards that look at human life as Neilsen numbers.
Don't believe everything you read.


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Mississauga Is Canada's GatewayMississauga is home to Lester B. Pearson International Airport and the greatest concentration of major highways in the country, all of which position Mississauga to serve local, national and international markets and travelers. Local public transit is linked to Toronto and other neighbouring cities, offering a comprehensive network of bus, subway and commuter train routes.
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Need a BlackBerry Torch to help you stand out from the crowd, but can't wait until Q3 to grab yourself the BlackBerry Torch 2?
Well then, how's about jumping onto the white phone bandwagon (everyone's doing it except Apple it seems) with the white BlackBerry Torch 2 that's coming soon to pay monthly contracts from Vodafone?
The Torch will most likely cost you nada if you take up a £35 per month contract as per the original black one - although prices have yet to be confirmed.
The BlackBerry Torch 9800 packs BlackBerry 6 OS, has a 5-megapixel camera with flash, autofocus, and environment settings, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, a 3.2-inch, 480 x 360, touchscreen and 512MB of RAM.
Vodafone has told Pocket-lint that it will be the only UK network stocking the white handset.


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Ginnifer Goodwin Covers 'Lucky' May 2011
Ginnifer Goodwin wears Vera Wang as she graces the cover of Lucky magazine's May 2011 issue.
Here's what the 32-year-old actress had to share:
On the costumes from some of her movie roles: "I've played a lot of characters where I've worn something"�"she pauses�" "not flattering."
On her hometown of Memphis, Tennessee: "I truly believe that the kindest people on the planet live in Memphis."
On one of her favorite Memphis shopping spots: "(Hoot + Louise) is a perfect little boutique on a bada– historic corner. It's half vintage and half new."
On the Memphis boutique that sparked her interest in fashion: "When I first got interested in fashion, (Isabella) is where I would come. And half my closet is composed of striped shirts."
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Serena Williams Flaunts Curvy Bikini Body in Miami
Serena Williams shows off her curves in a bikini while chatting on the phone on Saturday (September 13) in Miami, Florida.
"Beach. Body. The first," the 32-year-old tennis star posted on Instagram while lounging at the beach. Check out the pic below!
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Serena Williams
Serena just finished promoting her Serena Williams Signature Statement by HSN fashion line at a fashion show last week in New York City.
In case you missed it, Serena recently won her 18th Grand Slam at the US Open, tying her with tennis legends Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova.


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Watermelon Oreos Are Perfect For Summer
What's more summery than watermelon? Watermelon Oreos, of course! Unlike some of the other odd Oreo flavors, Dinosaur Dracula says these ones are actually pretty good, though they taste more like watermelon Bubblicious than the actual fruit. Some people would say that's even better though.
Link Via The Consumerist
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I love uh oh oreo's, with the chocolate cream, but this sounds not so great.
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A majority of affiliate managers need to feel more recognized, and given more power, by their bosses.
Eighty percent of you say bosses need a better understanding of (appreciation for) performance-based web marketing's raw power! And 90% need better tools to do their job...
Ok.. I admit to it. I'm asking loaded questions to affiliate managers... yet in doing so I don't pretend to know what this industry needs or doesn't need. Nor do I pretend to be a research house -- like E-consultancy (I bow to Linus Gregoriadis and his team).
Over a hundred affiliate managers took time out of summer vacations (doldrums?) to answer my questions. Thanks for doing so!
Let's waste no time and get right to the response analysis.
1. "I need better recognition and respect internally among my superiors."
Nearly 2/3 of you said you need this, with the other 1/3 being in the enviable position of NOT needing more recognition within your work environment. My take is that in an outsourced program management (OPM) role, one is bound to have a LOT more success with this need. Unfortunately, I don't know how many OPMs took the survey, but I'm betting they played a role in the results data.
2. "I need better tools to do my job."
WOAH! 90% of our community needs better tools. While I was anticipating this I am truly knocked on my bony hind-end when I saw the numbers. Okay, E-consultancy readers and fellow poll-takers... let's hear it. In fact, I'll also take your offline comments at jeff_at_jeffmolander.com if you'll share them with me. What kind of tools do you need?
3. "I need more autonomy -- to be allowed by the boss to 'get creative' occasionally, try something new."
Again, nearly 2/3 of you need to feel more empowered. Out of this group, almost 20% are feeling desperate -- you need it now! How can affiliate managers work to earn this from their superiors and/or clients? What can we do as an industry to help bring about change that creates better results for everyone involved?
4. "I need more budget to foster creativity."
We here a lot about clients 'running out' of money to fund affiliate marketing from many of the networks and OPM agencies. Is this really true and if so, why? It seems to make very little sense in a performance-driven environment. Why would marketers treat performance-based budgets as they would a banner buy or CPM (eyeballs-based) media buy? Nearly 1/3 of you said this is NOT a problem. There IS hope! But this leaves 2/3 of you saying that, yes, it IS happening.
5. "I need a team environment: less competition and more collaboration with search, email and other channels."
Roughly 1/3 of you said this is needed... but not that much. Yet 43% of you went as far as saying, hey, this is really needed -- a lot. 25% of you said it's not really an issue, which I'm confident it's not... for a good number of people who believe that "internal competition" among all marketing channels is -- and always will be -- a healthy thing. Of course, I disagree but that's another discussion :)
6. "A better compensation structure (not necessarily salary but reward structure)."
What I was getting at here may not have been clearly worded enough. I'm trying to assess if people are happy with how they're bonused at year end. I probably failed but... a majority felt that compensation structure change was needed but not critical. Just over 40% of respondents did, however, say it was an issue that's very needed. I'll leave it to commenters to analyze this response data. What do you think?
7. "I need better understanding from leaders in my company of affiliate marketing as an affordable customer acquisition tool."
A majority of you said you need this "a lot". Nearly 80% of you said that understanding at the highest level was lacking. So what can we do to change that? This gets to professional education in our space which I believe could stand to improve. As I see it, it's been a very AFFILIATE-centric world when it comes to education. What about affiliate managers and executive marketers that they report to? There seems to be a clear void in terms of un-biased (not influenced by corporate sponsor dollars) professional education. Of course, there are public and private movements afoot to bring our industry together around things like certification, standards and plain old education.
8. "I need a place where I can go to learn from respected experts first, party second."
Probably my most devious of questions :). Sure, I have my feelings about conferences and professional education opportunities in our world, but this isn't about me. I'll leave you with this: there was a bit of contention here over this question. Not everyone seems to agree and it was one of the few questions that demonstrated division.
My analysis? There are some hard core party animals in our industry ;)
Consider yourselves teased... I'll release that data in the days ahead. I'll also touch on remaining answers to related questions:
"Do you need a trusted, 'go-to' resource on performance-based marketing of all flavors that's up-to-date."
"I want fewer whiners and negativity in our business — more doers, risk-takers and brotherhood."
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Fact-checking the Fox News-Google GOP debate
After several debates that were so similar they sometimes felt like reruns, Thursday night's debate in Orlando brought some new twists, the appearance of former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson and questions from YouTube.
The event, sponsored by Fox News and Google, was part of Presidency 5, a straw poll of Florida Republican activists.
To be sure, there was some familiar turf.
When he was asked about boosting the economy in Texas, Gov. Rick Perry mentioned the state's efforts at tort reform. We've previously checked his claim that tort reform attracted 21,000 more doctors to Texas. We rated that False.
Mitt Romney again attacked Perry about his comments on Social Security and Romney proved once again he must have a well-worn copy of Perry's book Fed up! Romney said that in the book, Perry said Social Security was unconstitutional. We checked that against the text and rated it Mostly True. He also said that Perry wrote that Social Security was a failure. We rated that True.
Romney also criticized the expansion of the federal government.
"I believe government is too big," he said. "It's gone from 27 percent of our economy in the years of JFK to 37 percent of our economy." We've rated that Mostly True.
Romney also complained about President Barack Obama's foreign policy, saying that Obama "went around the world and apologized for America." We examined Obama's remarks when he traveled around the world and found little to support that claim. We rated that Pants on Fire.
Johnson was asked about U.S.-Cuba policy. His reply was about a balanced budget.
"I think the biggest threat to our national security is the fact that we're bankrupt, so I am promising to submit a balanced budget to Congress in the year 2013, and included in that is a 43 percent reduction in military spending."
The country's not in great financial shape, but it's not bankrupt. We rated his claim False.
There was a spirited back and forth over immigration focusing largely on Perry's position on illegal immigrants. Romney criticized him for a Texas policy that allows illegal immigrants to qualify for in-state tuition. PolitiFact Texas examined a similar claim from Rick Santorum about Perry's actions and rated it True.
Perry explained his position by saying, "If you say that we should not educate children who have come into our state for no other reason than they've been brought there by no fault of their own, I don't think you have a heart. We need to be educating these children, because they will become a drag on our society."
Perry said the way to secure the border was to put more "boots on the ground," but he said the federal government "has not engaged (in border security) at all." We checked the numbers from the U.S. Border Patrol and other agencies and found that to the contrary, there's been a substantial increase in the federal effort. We rated Perry's statement Pants on Fire.
One point of agreement by the candidates was their dislike of President Obama. Michele Bachmann said that Obama "has the lowest approval ratings of any president in modern times." But we checked the historical numbers from Gallup and found plenty of presidents were lower. We rated her claim Pants on Fire.
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Johnny Project: Filers arrived
The new filers for our Johnny Project* had just arrived and since our business has "quite a lot" to do with photos, I decided to do a little "unboxing fotostory" again.
The specs of these machines (per machine):
- transtec CALEO 3U
- Quad-Core XEON E5405, 2.0 GHz
- 14 Seagate 1TB SATA-2 Disks, 7200 rpm
- 2 Seagate 146 GB SAS Disk, 15'000 rpm
The three filers cleanly piled up, but still in the box
So, lets open the box!
Of course we all were excited about the inner values of those filers too, so we got them "prepared for surgery" (luckily we didn't have to use a scalpel for that )
Some close-ups
As we can see, there would be "a little bit" of space for RAM extension…
View from the back…
…and from the front. -Looks cute indeed!
But whats even better than one server full of disks…?
Right, THREE SERVERS FULL OF DISKS!
Total Capacity: ~38 TB
The whole environment for our Johnny-Project in the lab.
Left: The Mogile Storage Nodes, Right: The Old new ASUS cache servers
*if you may wonder what's that mysterious "Johnny Project" im talking about, stay tuned for further blog posts! -We will describe this at a later time.


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Like many folks, I was interested in comic guru Nick Sousanis's call for participation in a week of Grids and Gestures
Quickly, have a look at your ceiling tiles or other grid-ish things around you. If you then imagine putting these features to music, you might have regular long notes on the tiles, some shorter notes, and maybe rapid staccato beats on a ventilation grill. Ok, now come back to a comics page – and think about the idea that in comics, time is written in space. Comics are static – and it's in the way we organize the space that we can convey movement and the passage of time. Unlike storyboards, to which comics are frequently compared, in comics we care not only about what goes on in the frame, but we care about the size of the panel, its shape, orientation, what it's next to, what it's not, and its overall location within the page composition. The way you orchestrate these elements on the page is significant to the meaning conveyed – there are some strong correspondences between comics and architecture in terms of thinking about the way the entire space operates together.
Having briefly thought about this, I want you to take a single sheet of paper (any size, shape will do) and drawing with a pencil or pen, carve it up in some grid-esque fashion that represents the shape of your day. It can be this day, a recent day, a memorable day, or a typical/amalgamation day. And then inhabit these spaces you've drawn on the page with lines, marks, or gestures that represent your activity or emotional state during those times represented. The emphasis here is to do your best to not draw things. (You can always do that later!) And also, you can leave space blank on your page – but that has to mean something. This isn't writing where you can finish a final sentence mid-page. Every inch of the composition is important in comics – so be aware of that as well. Finally, when I do this in class or with groups, I give people about 5-10 minutes to do it, so they have to make decisions quickly. Try to give yourself a similar limit.
I've had it on my table a while, but it was on a plane flight last month that I finally read through a pre-print of Nick's work (now his Unflattening book) – this section has a great representation of the grimness of school having learners in boxes:
That happened out of the sheer weird serendipity of the web. I think it was in 2014 that Nick put out a call for people to send him (by twitter or was it email) just a tracing of our foot on a piece of paper. I got drawn from that for a prize!
Woohoo! My traced foot shape is a 3rd runner up for @nsousanis Foot project http://t.co/xS1vPvLQAk My foot is in his dissertation!
— Alan Levine ? (@cogdog) July 9, 2014
I think it was maybe Mariana Funes who suggested making Grids and Gestures a part of the DS106 Daily Create which makes lovely sense. We could have filled the weeks with prompts, but it also seemed like one is a good way to go, so people can try it, and if it resonated, they would do more on their own.
Twas an easy one to set up…
#ds106 #dailycreate #tdc1555 Join @nsousanis for a few days of #gridsgestures https://t.co/DkVKgyhU8v pic.twitter.com/8PmNKswHWy
— ds106 Daily Create (@ds106dc) April 11, 2016
I aimed to try for the full week plan. What I like about Nick's prompt, and what makes it "ds106ish" is that its not over prescriptive– there are many ways people could (and did take it on). Some (like me) drew on paper, others like Kevin did it on a device.
Amy Burvall defied convention:
#gridsgestures Thursday @Nsousanis @ds106dc pic.twitter.com/LxAY1o86b7
— Amy Burvall (@amyburvall) April 15, 2016
Friday #gridsgestures @Nsousanis @ds106dc pic.twitter.com/SoLVhiRja5
— Amy Burvall (@amyburvall) April 15, 2016
Mariana sketched beautifully
@ds106dc #tdc1555 My response #ds106 is: Tears, snot and rain. Day 5 #gridsgestures Watery inside + out @Nsousanis pic.twitter.com/RC0WGSNyMC
— ?ariana ?unes (@mdvfunes) April 15, 2016
Yin Wah did frame ready art too
Day #4 started well, got majorly frustrating for some time, but ended well. :) #GridsGestures 1 day left @Nsousanis pic.twitter.com/4WTcCiHook
— Yin Wah Kreher (@yinbk) April 15, 2016
All this says that people were free to make this assignment their own, not abide to some rules of servitude to the assignor.
For me, I wanted to experiment with reflecting on Nick's idea of the shape of the grids, what it meant to represent time. I'm also influenced by long ago reading of Scott McCloud with some sense that the spaces between frames meant something too. I also wanted to avoid, as much as possible (though I find its impossible) trying to represent things with what's in the grids, not try to draw them, but still I did. Oh well.
I also deliberately am NOT trying to draw a comic.
And lastly I did these quickly– this is what I could do in the time I could drink my first morning cup of coffee and before it was time to walk the dog. So maybe 10-15 minutes.
Also, after doing the first one, In my photos I ended up including a bit of the world outside my sheet of paper.
My first grids were all rectangular boxes. And I struggle to even rememner what I was representing. There was a grey heavy morning weather. I meandering dog walk. A drive somewhere. Planting stuff. Probably time spent on the computer.
The boxes broke on Monday. Most every one of these starts with a coffee symbol. The log dog walk is the first broken box. There are stretches of repetitive computer work, one open break for a video chat, more walks. Breaking into symbolism, there is a dog walk that includes a stop at my mailbox where I got a check ($). The last 2 rows go more into the shape of time- it represents while waiting to upload by photos to flickr, I zonked out on the couch around 10pm… and woke disoriented at 1:30am.
Again, the day starts with coffee and dog walk. The big half block represents the time spent at the Ford dealer getting my truck serviced (not sure if there is relief in the bill being only $550). There is getting Felix's dog tag, a happy dog tail (for meeting people), a piece of pie at lunch, and a nice drive home where I got to talk to my friend Kevin on the phone (I did not symbolize the dropped connections between Payson and Pine). I also did nto symbolize at the gas station when Felix (the dog) jumped out of the door as I was getting out. There should be bolts of panic in a time span of 20 seconds.
The bottom left is pretty much a map of our long walk up a steep hill street (Ralls Drive). And the rest is the miscellaneous stuff that seems to fill evenings on the computer.
Again, start with coffee and dog walk. There is a lot of repetitive copy/paste work on a prototype (which is pretty cool, but there is a bit of manual grunt work under the hood). Some good video calls and more coding.
Then the big topographic looking blob is an approximation of the drive Felix and I did from Strawberry to Cottonwood to visit with my friend Todd before he left for a new job in Washington State. I returned home, did a bit more repetitive work… and… I was laying down on the floor in front of the heater, and felt something like a small bit, and was freaked out to find a black spider inside my t-shirt.
This is followed by a bit of disorder as I look up and tweet about black spiders, figure out it was NOT a black widow…
Just to mix it up and experiment again, I did Thursday's grid as a representation of my dog's day (as I saw it). Apparently, dogs have no bounding grids! We wakes up from a slumber, has a big bowl of dry crunchy food, and goes on a long walk full of loud smells and wonders. Then he lounges most of the day, either out on the deck in the sun, or on the couch. There is play time with a ball, a tiny neighbor dog named "Bella" bones, Kongs, and more walks and more giant bowls of food.
And of course, Nick had a drawn reference…
@cogdog nice! And they certainly do! https://t.co/TN3y3oFhKs pic.twitter.com/cLTN1xacIJ
— Nick Sousanis (@Nsousanis) April 15, 2016
I probably should have done one more, but… choose my own assignment? Nothing here was done as a means of trying to draw something. I found the daily practice of thinking through the day before to be valuable, as the challenge of trying to represent the shape of time and activities without depicting them (I failed often).
Thanks for triggering a great activity Nick. For anyone out there, it's worth noting how active Nick was in acknowledging and giving feedback to people who participated in Grids and Gestures.
And because this is not locked up inside some xMOOC, you can still do it at any time – there's a lot of examples to draw from.
Top / Featured Image: An image from the post would have done fine, but I wanted something less literal. I was nicely surprised by how many flickr photos I had with the word "grid" in them, many would have done.
The one I chose a flickr photo https://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/8121357840 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license worked on may layers (get it?), the grids are superimposed, but askance, the indiscriminate other objects, including a leaf. This was taken at the Oil Museum of Canada (in southwest Ontario) looking into a shaft of some form filled with water.


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Hi, I would like to ask the experts on what "coding" style will be better in the long term on Find Chart..
Let me explain better based on what I saw from WFA in the last few days (and some tests).
Let me say I have a simple workflow that work across 2 storage and it will do a refresh on a cloned volume on a secondary storage based on a refresh of a snapshot on the primary :
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In this workflow there will be those objects involved: 2 array (source and destination), 3 volume (source vsm, destination vsm and cloned), a vsm relationship and a snapshot (not at this moment in 1.0.2).
Of all this objects one if checked via a "finder" (the cloned volume) so that if it don't exist I'll not try to remove it. The same will be true for the snapshot (I'm doing the table/finders to use them in my environment at this moment).
the array, source/dest vsm volumes and VSM relation are static defines.
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It will be better to create separate FC for every object or to mix definition reducing the number of the FC?
I would probably go for the first because it will probably be more readable (one FC for one object with a good description) but for example the FC with the VSM could include the 2 volume too and also the array definition but visively it will not be "friendly" in my opinion.
Anyone has suggestion on when to use more than one define/finder for each FC or what's the better strategies also with a vision of what will be with the future releases?
Here are my thoughts on the use of multiple FindCharts. I use many FindCharts for my workflows. I actually have a habit of actually splitting my Finders from my Defines. Part of my logic to do this is thinking about reusing FindCharts. It is also easier to make changes in how I want to handle evolving workflow requirements. For example, I have a workflow that will split a set of volumes across multiple aggregates depending on the total size of the new storage requirements (example >10Tb). I actually define the two aggregate FindCharts separately and then user Return Variables to define their uses later on.
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Release Date: August 7, 2007
Selection #: 200708
UPC Code: 880956070827
Availability: North America & Caribbean
Track Listing:
1. The Beat Goes On
2. Livin' in My Skin
3. Buried Alive
4. (Blues for) Robert Johnson
5. Mim
6. Pretty Beat
7. The Ballad of Hollis Brown
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Phil May lead vocals
Dick Taylor lead guitar, banjo
Frank Holland acoustic & lead guitar, vocals
John Povey keyboards, harp, vocals
Wally Waller bass, vocals
Skip Alan, drums, percussion
Mark St John ancient Trixon drums, vocals
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James Cheetham, piano & organ on "Robert Johnson"
Rupert Cobb, trumpet
Duncan Taylor-Jones, extra vocals on "Dearly Beloved"
Balboa Island is the legendary British Rock group The Pretty Things long awaited 11th studio album in a 43-year recording career. Their first CD release in over eight years, it is already regarded by many as on par with their very greatest 1960s and 70s recordings.
From the stadium sized Rock of All Light Up through the raw acoustic guitar blues of Feel Like Going Home to the Beatles / Abbey Road period style of Dearly Beloved The Pretty Things have crafted a dark record doomed, brooding, powerful, mysterious and full of edge.
The 13 new songs mostly originals, but also containing an acoustic cover of an early 60s Bob Dylan song The Ballad of Hollis Brown have an unmatched rawness, intensity, depth and passion.
Founded in 1964 by lead vocalist Phil May and lead guitarist Dick Taylor who was the Rolling Stones original bass guitarist prior to starting the Pretty Things - the Pretties have always followed their own, fiercely independent path: although the huge international break-through of the Rolling Stones, the Who has eluded them, their un-compromising musical integrity has given them a cult following around the world.
Astonishingly, the Pretty Things are the only 60s British invasion rock groups still playing in their original 1966 line-up, only augmented by guitarist Frank Holland who joined in 1992.
The first 5,000 copies of the North American, ZOHO ROOTS label release of the CD includes original full-sized artwork by lead vocalist Phil May, making this first edition an instant must-have collectors item for the groups many fans!You can preview the artwork in the PHOTO GALLERY section of this website.
October 2007 national US Tour in preparation.
The North American ZOHO ROOTS release of The Pretty Things Balboa Island in August 2007 is the first of a series of three CDs recorded and produced by the British production company Cote Basque Productions, on vintage analog / valve equipment and instruments. Look for the next two ZOHO / Cote Basque releases featuring the legendary The Amazing World of Arthur Brown (The Voice of Love, ZMR 200709) and the amazing young British Blues Band The Malchicks (To Kill A Mockingbird, ZMR 200710), to be released by Allegro Corporation on September 4, 2007.
The Pretty Things run through the body of Rock & Roll like a backbone. Fundamental yet invisible. Throughout a career lasting more than 40 years, what stands out is their strength, self-belief and indelible power - all required to sustain this great cult act that is as relevant today as it was when they first prowled the stage in 1964, sporting the world's longest hair and the worst rock & roll attitude ever seen.
Along the way they created some memorable moments:
jailed for possession of a 12 gauge shotgun,
banned (still) from Australia & New Zealand,
creators of the worlds first rock opera - "SF Sorrow" - recorded alongside Sgt Pepper's and the Pink Floyds Piper at the Gates of Dawn at Abbey Road,
recorded Rolling Stone Magazine's 1st 1970's Record of the Year - Parachute,
were the first signing to Led Zeppelin's seminal Swan Song label....
thru to 2006 - with the "Dirty Pretty Things" paying homage by borrowing (stealing?) their name.
And so it still goes on...
Throughout it all they have carried their shields and have never been less than total in their commitment to the rock music they grew up
with and the R&B that they would die for. And now, in this - their 11th studio album - The Pretties have opened their deepest vein. The power, intensity, depth and passion of this record is unmatched by any of their contemporaries. The Stones, Van, The Who - none of the class of '64 has enough gas left in the tank to make a record like this.
The sheer scale of (Blues for) Robert Johnson, and the bleak landscape of Livin In My Skin slice through preconceptions like a switchblade; while The Beat Goes On could have been recorded in 1966, the energy is so vibrant.
Phil Mays astonishing, disturbing voice, overlooked for so long by the movers & shakers we all know & love, is a sheer force of nature - unique in its power, depth and delivery. He interprets new boy Frank Hollands edgy, driven writing to the furthest edge of darkness, and beyond. And Dick Taylor, here often playing the bass that he started with in '64 in the early Stones, is like quicksilver, diving in and out of the songs, creating the break downs and the mysterious, chilling riffs that glue these heartfelt songs together.
This is a black record: doomed, brooding, powerful, mysterious and full of edge. It could just be the greatest record the Pretty Things have ever made, and maybe now they'll finally get some of the luck they always deserved but never, ever seemed to find. If it wasn't for bad luck, they wouldn't have no luck at all.
The darkest night of your life is... "Balboa Island" - the new Pretty
Things CD.
Mark St John
The "acoustic" Pretty Things - from left : Dick Taylor, Phil May, Frank Holland.
The road to Balboa Island has been a long and eventful journey... Littered with car crashes and catastrophe, and taking us all way back to the very beginnings of the band... En route, precious blood has definitely been spilt and the long years of friendship we shared, have been seriously tested. The record we started recording 3 years ago was train-wrecked 13 months into the project. We watched it crash & burn in eruptions of wounded pride and volcanic egos in torment... dark déjà vu: it always ends like this.
Confused casualties reeled away from the wreckage, sensing that this indeed could finally be terminal - with myself amongst them. But, of course, it wasnt... Just another self-inflicted wound in the battered body of The Pretty Things.
When the smoke finally cleared, those of us left standing found ourselves back at the Station Hotel, Dartford, 1963 - our first paid gig... back at Sidcup Art School - cloakroom jamming with Keith Richards... back in Dicks mums sitting room - first rehearsals (fed by the Jaffa cakes that Mick & Keith had sampled the previous year)... All sharp flashbacks that served as signposts.
So, for the next few months we soaked up hours and hours of the raw early archive blues, that had shaped our raucous beginnings...Slowly the rehab started to work. We took the time out to faithfully record a complete set of traditional delta blues tracks for possible future release - scratchy, scruffy, littered with mistakes, but dripping with truth & commitment.
And, somewhere in there, the blues found us again, and, more importantly, we found ourselves in the blues; the new material started to flow, and an old, deep vein was re-opened the tapes were rolling again. The Boys from The Dartford Delta were back in town, back together & back in the studio, older, non the wiser, very bloody, but (still) unbowed. Eventually we put it to bed and, out of nowhere, finished this tortured record, which may just be the best thing weve ever done... Or maybe its not... Who knows any more? Not me, thats for sure.
And when the night-train rolled to a dead stop at the end of the line - the destination board read: Balboa Island.But we wouldnt have made it to journeys end without the engineer and the driver so, thanks a million Mark, (St John, that is) - Nemesis or Savior - Well never know? You too, Ross, new kid on the block, old head on young shoulders And, last but not least, to all our new, extended family - our fellow Côte Basque artists, musicians & co-conspirators, but especially you, Scarlett, weve got a real soft spot for you. You breathed a little of your youthful innocence into our cynical souls I think we needed that. And lastly, for anyone still listening. Were very proud of this, its still
everything and its still the only life for an outlaw to live - even with the invidious cancer of Blair, Bush and reality TV eating away at our freedom... So, till the next time Phil May
© 2007 A Cote Basque Music Group Production. Recorded at Cote Basque Studios, using only analog tape and real band performances. Produced by Mark St John. Assisted by Ross McCracken. Mastered by Dave Garland & Mark St John.
The Pretty Things? - one of the greatest R & B bands of all time - real wild! Van Morrison
The Pretty Things always made The Stones look tame, and the time has definitely come for their renaissance. Dave Gilmour, Pink Floyd
The Pretties were great on stage - always far more rebellious than The Stones. You could like The Stones, but if you were a real rebel, it was always The Pretties. Gary Brooker, Procol Harum
"I've been in awe of these guys since hearing their earliest hip- shakin' wildass r 'n b singles on Fontana in the mid-60's, import- only gems like "Buzz the Jerk", "Roslyn", and "Midnight to Six". They are the absolute Real Deal, a legendary UK 60's band who've managed to keep on pushing forward, producing an extraordinary body of work out of the British blues boom, through psychedelia, and beyond, one album of which--their trippy dark rock opera "S.F. Sorrow"-- the first and best concept album ever to emerge out of the hey-day of PeaceLoveDonovanFlowers...
And the astonishing thing is, the Pretty Things are still raging, still burning, still dreaming--some would say, at the height of their powers. I shared a bill with them in France a couple years ago and was totally overwhelmed by their live set, which took in every phase of their long and winding career, singer Phil May spitting out all their classic songs with a vengeance, Mick and Keith's childhood
friend Dick Taylor uncoiling menacing blues guitar licks and psych curlicues from their SF Sorrow circa hits. Their new album "Balboa Island" is one of the freshest,fiercest, and blues-iest blasts yet from The Band They Couldn't Kill. A lovely miracle we should all be thankful for!"
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