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Hot 97 Summer Jam at New Meadowlands Stadium on Sun. June 6. The is an "internet" pre-sale until midnight tonight. General public tickets on sale tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. $40, $65, $99.50, $125 and $250. This year's full lineup will be announced on Hot 97 on the Angie Martinez show at 4:00 p.m. on Monday May 3.
Crosby, Stills & Nash at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel NY on Tues. Aug. 31. Tickets on sale tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. $40.50 – $81.45.
Phil Collins at the Roseland Ballroom on Tues. June 22 and Fri. June 25. Pre-sale tickets for Citi card holders go on sale this Mon. Apr. 19 at 10:00 a.m. General public tickets on sale next Sat. Apr. 24 at 10:00 a.m. (Live Nation Event but further ticket info to follow).
The Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem featuring Korn, Rob Zombie, Five Finger Death Punch and others at the PNC Bank Arts Center on Wed. July 28. Tickets on sale this morning at 10:00 a.m. $20, $39.50 and $49.50.
The Lilith Fair Tour returns this summer and will stop at the PNC Bank Arts Center in NJ on Saturday July 31 and the Comcast Theater in CT on Sun. Aug. 1. Tickets on sale tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. (Live Nation Event). Each tour date will feature 11 artists and the only mainstay at each show will be Sarah McLachlan (co-founder). Other artists include Mary J. Blige, Heart, Erykah Badu, Ingrid Michaelson, Loretta Lynn, Colbie Caillat and many others.
Sting with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at The Metroplitan Opera on Tues. July 13. Tickets on sale this morning at 10:00 a.m. $20 – $350.
John Mayer at Jones Beach on Wed. July 21 and at PNC Bank Arts Center on Tues. Aug. 3. Pre-sale tickets for Citi card holders on until 10:00 p.m. tonight. General public on sale tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m. Jones: $49.50 and $79.50; PNC: $36 and $79.50.
Rush at Jones Beach on Sat. July 24 and at PNC Bank Arts Center on Fri. Sept. 3. Tickets on sale tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. Jones: $36.50, $61.50, $91.50 and $151.50; PNC: $35.75, $56.25, $96.25 and $156.25.
Pat Benatar at the Nokia Theater on Wed. Aug. 25. Pre-sale tickets for American Express cardholders on until 10:00 a.m. this morning. General public tickets on sale today at noon. $45.
Cheap Trick and Squeeze at Radio City Music Hall on Tues. July 13. Further ticket information to follow.
Kings of Leon at the Borgota Event Center in Atlantic City, NJ on Sat. June 5. Tickets on sale this morning at 10:00 a.m. (Live Nation Event)
Modest Mouse at Brooklyn Waterfront in Willaimsburg on Fri. July 23. Tickets on sale today at noon. $37. Also appearing at the Wellmont Theater on Thurs. July 22. Tickets on sale today at noon. $37
Lyle Lovett at the Wellmont Theater on Sun. Aug. 15. Tickets on sale today at noon. $40, $60 and $75.
Toby Keith with Trace Adkins and James Otto at the PNC Bank Arts Center on Sat. June 19. Tickets on sale tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. $39 and $74.
Lady Antebellum at Nokia Theater on Mon. May 10. Pre-sale tickets for American Express cardholders on until 10:00 a.m. this morning. General public tickets on sale today at noon. $44.50.
The Black Crowes at the Theater in Westbury NY on Wed. June 2. Tickets on sale tomorrow afternoon at noon. $49.50
Billy Idol at the Hammerstein Ballroom on Wed. Sept. 15. Pre-sale tickets for Citi card holders on until 10:00 p.m. tonight. General public tickets on sale tomorrow at noon. $45 and $65.
The Michael Schenker Group at The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza on Sat, July 31. Tickets on sale tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. $29.50
Dave Mason at BB Kings on Thurs. Sept. 30. Tickets on sale next Fri. Apr. 23 at 10:00 a.m. $33.50 ($36 day of show).
Cyndi Lauper at the Ridgefield Playhouse on Wed. July 28. Tickets on sale now. $85 and $95.
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Thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of Peter Steele (front man for Type O Negative) who passed away on Wednesday at the young age of 48 and apparently it was from heart failure. This is a total shock and numbing, rest in peace Peter. \m/ \m/ He was born in Brooklyn NY.
Bret Michaels had emergency appendectomy surgery this past week and is apparently doing fine now recovering in a hospital. He had severe abdominal pain and was rushed to a hospital in San Antonio TX and some of his shows for April have been rescheduled. Take it slow Bret and we'll see you this summer.
Ok I have listened and digested Mary J. Blige's version of the Mighty Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" and "Whole Lotta Love." I'll start with "Stairway"- now I have read the many negative comments and some people have reacted with a feeling that it is "sac-religious" to even touch a Zep song. Now you all know that I have put down my feelings on some songs that should never be re-worked ("American Pie" by Mr. McLean quickly comes to mind) and of course you all know how I feel about the Mighty Led Zeppelin. My oldest son is all over me for actually being OK with someone covering the "Mighty Led Zeppelin" (as I put it) and he doesn't understand why I have accepted it and said the only reason I'm OK with it because it is Mary J. Blige- he says if it were any one else, I wouldn't even acknowledge it. He may be right but you all know I have a soft spot for Mary. But I have to tell you, Mary treats this song with the respect that it deserves and it is very close to the original rendition, so she didn't try to change the meaning and the tradition of this landmark song. To me that is always the first rule when trying to cover an epic tune, Ok the second rule-my first rule is that it should never be re-recorded-so yes I can understand those people who feel that the remaining members of the Mighty Led Zeppelin should have never given Mary permission to record her spin on the song. Now is it as good as the original? No, but no one could ever do it like Plant, Page, Bonham or Jones. The ending of her song is a bit theatrical but overall I would say she does a very good interpretation. By the way, the Steve Vai guitar solo in the middle of the song is "off the hook" and electrifying.
Now with "Whole Lotta Love"-I would say for all of you "rockers" out there-don't even attempt to listen to this-you might become very angry. Now for all of you out there who do not know this song (can't imagine who but I have to assume there are) you may like her take on it as she definitely changes the entire mood of the song and brings you to a club with dancing beats. So what is my take you ask? Well admittedly the first go around I was making squinting faces like I just swallowed some rotten milk but after a few more turns, it not as bad as I thought. Love the way she does the "Way down inside.. you need it….Loooovvveee" Again if you love the original don't even go near this but if you can keep an open mind, it's not so bad.
If you are a fan of Soulja Boy, you can ask him questions either now or live today at 2:00 p.m. through Twitter by tweeting to @billboarddotcom using the hashtag #bblivechat. He is a fixture on Twitter as he has over 2 million followers as well as at @souljaboytellem. So start tweeting away your questions now or at 2:00 p.m. today.
No offense to Andrew Garcia but finally… whew if he wasn't gone after Wednesday I probably would have stopped watching American Idol… I'm completely baffled on why Katie Stevens was voted off (and even more confused on why Michael Lynche was standing next to her in the bottom three) because out of the remaining women, Siobhan Magnus deserved to be booted after her lackluster performance on Tuesday. My prediction now is that Crystal Bowersox will be the winner in 2010. I know this years' competition has fallen short when compared to prior years but I have to say that now that we are in the final few, the performances have really been better and for all of you out there who haven't been following-now's the time to turn it on as we head for a winner in a month or so. Most everyone's performance on Tuesday night was really good, except for Andrew and Siobhan (in my opinion)-although Casey James has to take it up a notch again, he can't rest on the solid performance of "Jealous Guy" from last week.
My favorite "80's song" of the week belongs to Men at Work with one of their most popular songs-"Who Can it Be Now?" When is the last time you have heard this tune? Boy it has been a while for me and I forgot how catchy this song is and I love the saxophone solo. (That should have been me, oh well) Great tune check it out!!!
Sheryl Crow's new album-"100 Miles from Memphis"-is due out on July 20 and it is "a bit of an experiment" as it is filled with R&B influences. She says she grew up with heavy influence of Carla Thomas and Curtis Mayfield so she decided to pay homage to these vintages artists with her take on R&B. I am very intrigued and can't wait to hear it.
Ozzy will release his 10th studio solo album-"Scream"- on June 15th and if you are a fan of CSI you may have heard his new single-"Let Me Hear You Scream"-which debuted this past Wednesday night on CBS. You can listen to the entire version of the song right here: http://www.noisecreep.com/2010/04/15/ozzy-osbourne-let-me-hear-you-scream-new-song/It is blistering and loud. Metal fans rejoice-Ozzy still has it. A tour will follow, I'll keep you posted on Ozzfest.
My other favorite "80's song" of the week is "One Thing Leads to Another" by The Fixx. Remember that song? Man this was the "bomb" back in 1983 and was part of that "new wave" revolution that made their stamp on the music world. The early '80's music was special in my opinion because it was a period of time where an individual or a band could have really made a splash as it was a time where the road was wide open as genres like disco was being left behind (still not in Brooklyn though), classic rock was there but nothing new, so bands like The Fixx (B-52's etc.) had a chance to make some cool songs and this is definitely one of them.
Have I mentioned how great the solo Slash album is? I can't stop listening to this phenomenal album and now am obsessed with "Back to Cali" with Myles Kennedy. What's up with Blabbermouth? They can't review this phenomenal album? Check out this performance on the George Lopez "Tonight" show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrNsgfAPhQM
By the way, just a second on the song with Iggy Pop-"We're all Gonna Die" (from the same album) and please take what I'm about to say as not a knock on Iggy, just want to make a point on something. We all know Iggy has made his impact on Punk rock and the world of rock with his time with The Stooges but definitely is an acquired taste and probably is not something you'll have at your next tea party (no not the maniac Republican "get-togthers"), I'm talking regular tea that you drink. I just have to point out that one of my favorite bands-Kiss- has been ridiculed for their last album-Sonic Boom- as far as the juvenile lyrics and how can it be that Simmons & Stanley at their age write about such things. OK let's compare- here are some lyrics to "Yes I Know (Nobody's Perfect):" "…flip a coin.. is it heads or tails tonight.. you can't bring this boy to his knees.." –admittedly kind of "teenage-like" lyrics. Now let's take a look at "Gonna Die:""…I'm in the mood…so let's intrude…pee on the ground.. and jump around.." Ok did you see those last two lines-pee on the ground and jump around- do I need say any more? I believe Iggy and Gene are about the same age, why is it OK for Iggy but not Gene?
My favorite "new song" of the week (thanks to my youngest son as he is now "schooling" me on all the latest "pop/rap" stuff out there-he's 12, so who better, right?) is "Nothing On You" by B.o.B. I had not heard this song until yesterday and I have to say that it is very impressive. "Nice beat, nice vocals… Mr. Clark I would give that a 9 as my score."
Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit) has released a two minute version of one of his new songs-"Shark Attack"- through his twitter account and of course it is laced with all the nice words that you'd expect from him. I don't know but this sounds awfully similar to what he released back in 1999 on his most popular album-"Significant Other"- so if you like that sound it is right up your alley. Sounds a little stale to me
"And 5, now this is most important, Rat…comes down to making out… whenever possible.. put on side 1 of Led Zeppelin IV"
Side One of "Tapestry" by Carole King
Ok I know what you are thinking- how can I ignore side two of this landmark album? I'm not, I will state that every song on this album could be considered as "perfect." But for my taste, there are some songs on side two that are good but just not perfect which I will not disclose due to fear of retribution out there on the part of some of you. Please do not be upset with me, catch your breath and just know that I acknowledge the entire album as an American classic. I especially love "Smackwater Jack" from side two and that is probably my favorite song on the disc. I acknowledge that this album is akin to a "greatest hits" collection even though it is an actual studio album. Carole put her signature on the world of music with this album and it deserves to be in everyone's music library, if you don't have it… well.. you still have time. This album is like water- you need it to survive.
Anyway about side one… it starts off with the electrifying "I Feel the Earth Move" and this has to rank way up there as one of the greatest songs ever recorded in the 20th Century and any other Century you'd like to throw in there. The opening piano notes are legendary and you immediately recognize it. Now this was recorded in 1971 but to hear today it still sounds as fresh as it was back then. This brings me back to my early days when I was growing up on 46th street in the Sunset Park area of Brooklyn, this song was everywhere during my childhood and for some reason I immediately picture me standing in front of the apartment building that we lived in with my mother, with her "beehive" hairdo on a nice spring day taking a walk down to 5th avenue to shop because that's what my mother loved to do. I love the way the song ends with "tum bum bling down…" Track # 2-"So Far Away" could possibly be another "greatest song ever written" in the history of music. This song brings me to a standstill and I can't even move when I hear it, it gives me chills down the back of my neck. Think about how many people know this song? Think about how it has affected the lives of millions? Can you imagine if you wrote this? I can't even envision what it is like to be Carole King after writing this song, I wonder if she knew what kind of world renowned acceptance she would receive from people from every corner of the globe. There's no way that anyone can not like this song, I have declared it-"unallowed." Now talk about a "1-2-3" lineup- the third song is "It's Too Late." What makes her songs so great is the easiness to start singing along to the lyrics, there is a certain comfortable "homey" feeling to it-the same feeling you get around the holidays-do you know what I'm saying? The arrangement of this song is so spectacular it just has the coolest grooves ever created. "…And it's too late baby.. though we really tried to make it.." If you get a chance-buy tickets to her tour with James Taylor just to hear this song. Incredible.
Track # 4-"Home Again" could be used as a tranquilizer because it has this immediate effect of soothing one's entire body-think of it as a full body massage. This is an absolute stunner and you have to search long and hard to find someone who sings with the passion as Ms. King. If this doesn't move you, you may be from another planet. "Beautiful" is all about inspiration. It says that you need to love yourself and "show the world" how beautiful you really are. These are powerful words and have such a special meaning-"maybe love can end the madness"-that I wish the entire world would adhere to these words so that we could all live in harmony. This songjust brings a smile to my face and I wish I could have been in the studio when she recorded it, I'm assuming everyone had "goosebumps." Another absolute stunner. The last song on side one is "Way Over Yonder" is a blues laden track filled with one of the best vocals performances you will ever find. For me this conjures up images of Aretha because I could picture her taking on this track and when the saxophone solo comes into play well I'm floating off into "La La" land and don't want to come down. This brings tears to my eyes; that's how good it is. Well folks just like that there you have it, side one is done and again side two is also fantastic but for me side one is perfect.
Carole King's "Tapestry" remains one of the most important albums of all time and represents the longest charting album by a solo female in the history of music. (Think "Dark Side of the Moon" on the men's side). It has sold over 25 million copies worldwide with over 10 million sold alone in the U.S. and was ranked the 36th greatest album of all time by Rolling Stone magazine in 2003 when they named their top 500 ever. I have the vinyl and I love listening to this gem with all the "scratchiness", timeless classic.
This week's I-Pod shuffle landed on "Burning Bright" by Shinedown from their debut album-"Leave a Whisper" and it had me thinking that I needed to put down their top ten songs. Now I know I wrote so much about them last year that many of you were probably thinking this was the "Shinedown Weekly" instead of "Errols Weekly." But more recently I have not "sung their praises" (I know I did a review of their sophomore effort-"Us and Them" a few months back but that was "months") so I figured it was time to try and get more of you on their bandwagon. This band was formed in 2001 in Jacksonville FL with four guys who had dreams of grandeur as rock stars and more recently they have reached that upper echelon of stardom as more and more of their songs are reaching the masses with some pretty good success. "Second Chance" went on to be a powerful hit and now that I am older I love the fact that it reached the "general" audience. Why? Because it will draw more fans in to what the die-hard Shinedown loyal already knows-this band has some serious talent. Now I was drawn into this band back in 2004 while vacationing down in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee and back then their cover of the Skynyrd classic-"Simple Man"- was all over the air waves. I tried to get my brother-in-law to go see them at a local club in Tennessee but he had never heard of them and wasn't as intrigued as I was, so I did not end up going because I did not know my way around the area. Then in 2005, when they released "Us and Them" it was almost like a potion as I became engulfed with that entire album and I "got" what the original fan was talking about. When that little girl starts off by reciting "Whisper in the yard, turn the trees all into toys, lay there on the ground and turn the dirt into your joy…" I know I will be off into a dream state for at least an hour while taking a fantastic musical journey as their music is pumped into my bloodstream and I know this is good for my heart because it makes me feel great. There is something different about the passion that resides within Brent Smith (and the rest of the band but its Brent I hear singing) that gets me going like no other band out there.
After "Us and Them" they started their work on "The Sound of Madness" and somewhere along the line, the original foursome had something go wrong and sadly the original guitarist (Jasin Todd) and bassist (Brad Stewart) left the group. To this day I still don't know what really happened as all parties have taken a page out of the Bill Belichick playbook by not saying a word about it. The band Shinedown still shines on and again they appear to be primed for bigger things in the years to come. I am here to convince you to listen to their music as last year they released "deluxe" versions of both "Leave a Whisper" and "Us and Them" which include more unreleased material plus a cover of the infamous U2 song-"One." I absolutely love their version and I won't say it is better than U2's version because my oldest son has threatened to never read my blog again if I state that on this page and I wouldn't want to lose him as a reader (or disappoint him). So here it is, I am on an island and have been told that I can only have 10 songs-"These are Them:" (Of course if I was able to take eleven that would be "Some Day"or "Yer Majesty")
10. Fly From the Inside– What a way to start off their career with this powerful knockout that begins their very impressive debut-"Leave a Whisper"-(2003) "It's the weight of the world on my shoulders…on my shoulders.." wails Brent as you can immediately feel a twitch in your own shoulders as his voice surrounds you just like when you sit in front of a fan that blows your face and hair. You can hear the heavy influence of Soundgarden in this song-think the "Badmotorfinger" Soundgarden. Yes this is the "post grunge" sound with a twinge of "heavy metal rap" (think Linkin' Park-a little bit). There is a heavy guitar riff that dominates the song but they take it down at points with some acoustic vibes that gives it that extra kick when they storm back up. "I don't wear a mask and I have no regrets!!!" and as Kara (American Idol judge) would say-"Brent makes you believe that this song is "relate-able" to the experiences in his life." Shinedown is "real."
9. Devour– They had me on the opening "high school marching band drums" sound that slowly gets louder as the slick guitar work creeps in and all along the piano is working its way in there as you prepare for a tornado as the pace intensifies with crashing of the pounding drums and before you know it you are in a mash pit with yourself spinning in circles looking for something to crash into. Talk about intensity? I'm assuming this song has to be on many a football player's I-pod playlist before the big game to get them totally psyched. Every time I hear this song I am immediately taken back to the High Line Ballroom where I saw them perform this song in the summer of 2008 and I can just picture Brent's face highlighted by a light while the rest of him remained in a shadow as I was blown away by his intensity, it's a moment I will never forget. This pumps me up like no other song and after the week I have had, this works perfectly, as it was my "release."
8. Burning Bright– Whew…I coming down from the ride of "Devour" to the calming influence of this great tune from their debut album. Folks listen to this song and tell me you don't feel the passion in Brent's vocals??!! Especially the "bridge" part where he exudes the furor of "There's nothing ever wrong but nothing's ever right.. such a cruel contradiction.." How anyone can not like this song is beyond me. This is always a fan favorite at their live shows, some quality stuff right here.
7. Atmosphere– The guitar melody is outstanding and how much more can I praise the massive skills as Brent Smith as a singer? He is freaking phenomenal. I wish I could get up on stage when they come back to NY again and sing this song with him (there is no way I could match his zeal) because he is the only singer out there today with the "younger" bands that has moved me (keep in mind I'm 45) and I would just once want to experience what he does up there on stage in front of the faithful followers, it has to be magical. It's hard to put into words what this song does to me, it's like I'm possessed-this is some powerful stuff folks-please join in on the fun.
6. Stranger Inside– You know how when you hear the opening notes of a song that you really love and you get that incredible urge to turn the sound up as loud as you can and just savor the moment? I can just picture myself in an abandoned parking lot surrounded by a chain link fence about 10 feet high in the night time with a street light shining a circle on the ground while the rain is pouring and I have a microphone trying to emulate the dedication that Brent applies to each and everyone of his songs. Love the beginning of the song where he accentuates the word "breath" as he says "I just won't relax I can't catch my bray-eee-ethhh" His intensity is unmatched and the heavy riffs from the guitar is too much for me to take, this is too good to be true. This is some of the best stuff that was released in the decade of 2000, hands down-so don't even try to argue the point.
5. Breaking Inside– If this song doesn't hook you into this band then nothing will. This song has it all-softness, heaviness, inspiration and a passionate display to make one self better. Don't say nothing about that it is a pop ballad or any other nonsense like that because this is straight from the heart and anything from the heart which displays the devotion as this song does-then you need to pay attention. I want to say that this is Brent's best ever vocal effort but I'd be lying because he gives the same effort on each song he sings, some may mean more to him but the effort is always there. Folks, he is the best singer/front man out there today, I'm sorry you can't make songs like these and not be considered one of the best in the business. Beautiful song.
4. Fake– Oh my Lord when I hear the beginning of this song I just lose it. Please I beg of you- next time you are in one of those music stores (FYE or whatever-we went through this already) go to the Shinedown section (pray that they have "Us and Them") and go to track # 12 press play and squeeze those headphones (Ok you should bring one of those Lysol swipes to clean the headphones, I understand) as tight against your ears and slowly bring up the volume and I don't care what 30 second section of the song it will play because you will be blown away. Then you can put down the headphones, buy the disc from the teenager behind the counter who looks confused, then run to your car, try to rip open the package (use your car keys that usually works for me) slip it into your CD player and quickly fast forward to track #12 and listen to this masterpiece in its entirety. "Because I'm bleeding and my hands are bruised… from the grip that I once had on you…And I'm open for a new way because there's not much more I can fake…" This is so good, it brings tears to my eyes. Music is supposed to move you, this moves me.
3. If You Only Knew– For those who have been following me for the last few years you know when I did a review for "The Sound of Madness" I told you that this was going to be the biggest song on the album (OK it didn't go as far as "Second Chance" but there is still time) and I told the casual fan that if you didn't like the heaviness of the other songs you'd have to love this track. This song evokes so many memories-the first being at their live show at The Highline in 2008 when Brent introduced the song as one of his favorites because he wrote it for his wife- the second being I hooked my cousin Michele (and Jenny too) into Shinedown and last year she sent me a birthday card and at the bottom of the card she wrote ".. it's 4:03 and I can't sleep without you next to me I toss and turn like the sea.." The smile that came across my face when I read the words to the song was from ear to ear. So this past Wednesday I woke up and didn't have a job to go to again, so I couldn't stay in the house so I went to the mall and was just walking around aimlessly and guess what song was playing over the speakers around the entire mall- yes- you have it-"If You Only Knew"- I said this has to be a sign of some sort-their music will help me get through this bump in the road. Thank you boys!!!
2. Save Me– Wow this is colossal… majestic…grandiose…folks these have to be some of the best songs written during the 21st Century… if you don't feel the passion in this song then I just don't know what to say… this song is a "Cry for Help" (which is on my youngest son's top ten list) for the many who struggle with their demons. ".. my hardest question to answer is WHY…WHY!!!!" I can't decide which version of this song I like better- the original or the acoustic- they both are so incredibly stupendous. Tears are rolling down my face as I listen to this song and think of my mother's brother who struggled so long to get off those demons but couldn't, you always ask "what might have been?" I think to Layne Staley the lead singer of Alice In Chains and of his mother speaking to those living addicts on the "Celebrity Rehab" show. "What could have been?" Man the passion rips your heart right out of your chest-how many singers can do this like Brent? "How did I get here and what went wrong?"
1. I Dare You– After "Save Me" comes "I Dare You" and I swear I feel like I could fly. I want to run right outside my house now and run and dive into the air with the feeling that I can fly high above the trees. I really feel that I could "walk through fire" when I hear this song. I feel like I can do anything when I hear this song. Folks this is some kind of special and if you don't know these songs you are truly missing out. Again both versions-original and acoustic- are out of this world. If you remember (I do) Daughtry covered this song on his run with American Idol a few years back and did an admiral job but this song should never be officially "covered" by anyone-no one will ever do it justice the way Brent Smith does. This is absolutely stunning.
Trivia Questions
Answers from last week:
1. Elton John
2. David Bowie
3. Waylon Jennings gave his seat up to the Big Bopper
4. "Ain't Wasting Time No More"
This week's trivia (Random)-
1. Who wrote the Manfred Mann popular song-"Blinded by the Light?"
2. Who sings backup on Carly Simon's single-"You're So Vain?"
3. What is Fleetwood Mac's only number one single in the U.S.?
4. Who is the only female credited with backing vocals on Pink Floyd's "The Wall?" (Hint: she played along side a piano player-no not Richard Carpenter)
Name That Tune
Answers from last week:
1. "Fly Like An Eagle"- Steve Miller Band
2. "Fly Me to the Moon"- Frank Sinatra
3. "Gonna Fly Now"-Bill Conti (theme from "Rocky")
4. "Fly By Night" –Rush
Can you guess the title from the following lyrics from part of the song?
1. "…So many times, it happens so fast…you change your passion for glory…don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past…you must fight just to keep them alive…"
2. "…Now every morning just before breakfast…I don't want no coffee or tea…Just me and my good buddy Weiser…That's all I'll ever need…"
3. "…when I hold you in my arms… I know that I can't do no wrong…and when I hold you in my arms…my love won't do you no harm…"
4. "…I got flowers in the spring…I got you to wear my ring…And when I'm sad… you're a clown…and if I get scared you're always around…"
Back on this Day
Back on this day in 1965, The Hollies had their first concert in the U.S. at the New York Paramount.
Back on this day in 1969, Elektra Records dropped MC5 from their label after MC5 took out an ad in a local Detroit paper blasting a record store that did not carry their album.
Back on this day in 1972, the Electric Light Orchestra made their live debut at the Fox and Greyhound Pub in Croydon U.K.
Back on this day in 1974, Queen made their first live appearance in the U.S. when they opened for Mott the Hoople in Denver CO. (What a cool show that must have been).
Back on this day in 1993, David Lee Roth was arrested at Washington Square Park in NYC for buying a $10 bag of marijuana from an undercover police officer.
Back on this day in 1996, Kiss made an announcement from the Intrepid that they were getting back together for a reunion tour with Peter Criss and Ace Frehley, leaving Bruce Kulick and Eric Singer in the cold. (Singer is now the drummer for Kiss). That tour went on to make $144 million.Can you imagine how much Gene and Paul are worth if that one tour made $144 million?
If it is your birthday today you share the same birth date with the late great Dusty Springfield, Bobby Vinton, Gerry Rafferty and John Bentley (Squeeze)


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Why W?
By Brian Hayes
Should Lambert W be added to the canon of standard textbook functions?
Should Lambert W be added to the canon of standard textbook functions?
No, not that W. I won't be drawn into presidential politics here. The W I want to discuss is something else entirely: the Lambert W function, a mathematical contrivance that has been getting a fair amount of attention lately. The buzz began in the world of computer-algebra systems such as Macsyma, Maple and Mathematica, but word of W has also been spreading through journal articles, preprints, conference presentations and Internet news groups. The W function even has its own poster (see http://www.orcca.on.ca/LambertW).
The concept at the root of W can be traced back through more than two centuries of the mathematical literature, but the function itself has had a name only for the past 10 years or so. (A few years longer if you count a name used within the Maple software but otherwise unpublished.) When it comes to mathematical objects, it turns out that names are more important than you might guess.
Without further ado, here is the definition of Lambert W: It is the inverse function associated with the equation:
WeW = x.
What does that mean? Some readers of this column will grasp it instantly, but I am not going to pretend that I am one of them. It took me a while to figure out how W works, and even longer to see why the concept might be considered interesting or important. At the risk of inflicting severe tedium on those who are more adept at algebra and analysis, I want to retrace my own path toward understanding what W is all about. It's a fairly long and wiggly path.
In trying to make sense of the expression WeW , the first question is not "why W?" but "why e?" The e in the formula is Euler's number, the second-most-famous constant in all of mathematics, often introduced as "the base of the natural logarithms"; but then the natural logarithms are usually defined as "logarithms taken to the base e," which is not much help. Another way of defining e, originally derived from the study of compound interest, avoids this circularity: e is the limiting value of the expression (1+1/n) n as n tends to infinity. Thus we can approximate the value of e by setting n equal to some arbitrary, large number. With n=1,000,000, for example, we get six correct digits of e: 2.71828.
Now, with e in hand, consider an equation somewhat simpler than the one for W; we might call it single-U:
eU = x.
This equation defines the exponential function, also written exp(U). The function maps each given value of U to a corresponding value of x, namely e raised to the power U. If U is a positive integer, we can calculate the function's value by simple arithmetic: Just multiply e by itself U times. For nonintegral U, the procedure is not quite so obvious but is still well-defined; the left part of Figure 1 shows the elegant curve generated.
The equation eU = x also defines an inverse function; we just need to read the equation backward. Whereas the forward function maps a value of U to a value of x, the inverse function takes a value of x as input and returns the corresponding value of U. In other words, the inverse function finds the power to which e must be raised to yield a given value of x. This is another well-known, textbook function: the natural logarithm, written log(x) or ln(x). The log function has the same graph as the exponential function but reflected across the diagonal, as shown in the right part of Figure 1.
There is an obvious family resemblance between single-U and W, between the equations eU = x and WeW = x. In the case of the forward W function, if we know how to calculate eW , then it's a trivial matter to calculate WeW : just multiply by W. The resulting curve is shown in the left part of Figure 2. In overall shape it looks much like the exponential curve, although for large W it rises more steeply. Where eW and WeW really part company is to the left of W=0. Whereas eW is always positive, WeW dips into negative territory, reaching a minimum at the point W=-1, x=-1/e. As W tends toward negative infinity, both eW and WeW approach 0, but one from above and the other from below.
Taking the inverse of this function—solving WeW = x for W instead of for x—finally brings us to the Lambert W function. Just how to solve for W is a matter I'll return to below, but for now it's enough to flip the graph of the function about its diagonal, as in the right side of Figure 2; the inverse graph is drawn in more detail in Figure 3. Just as the forward function resembles the exponential curve, the inverse function appears similar to the logarithm. The curves for log(x) and W(x) cross at x=e, where both are equal to 1. Where things get most interesting, again, is to the left of x=0. Whereas log(x) is undefined for any x ≤ 0, W(x) continues to have a value down to x=-1/e, or about -0.37. Indeed, when x lies in the range between -1/e and 0, W(x) has not just a value but two values. For example, W(-0.2) could be equal to either -0.26 or -2.54. Plugging either of these W values into the formula WeW yields the x value -0.2.
For a mathematical function, multiple values are an embarrassment of riches; a well-bred function is supposed to map each value in its domain to a single value in its range. But in practice multiple values are not uncommon, particularly with inverse functions. The square root is a familiar example: Whereas squaring 2 yields the unique result 4, the square root of 4 could be either +2 or -2. Some of the trigonometric functions are even worse. Every angle has just one sine, but the inverse function, the arc sine, wraps around to produce infinitely many values.
The problem with multivalued functions is knowing which value, or branch, to choose. Most calculators and programming languages give precedence to positive roots and to arc sine values between -90 and +90 degrees, but there is no fundamental justification for these choices. In the case of Lambert W, the part of the curve with W>-1 has been labeled the "principal branch," but again this is mainly a matter of convention. (In the complex plane, W has infinitely many branches.)
The Lambert W function may make a pretty curve, but what's it good for? Why should anyone care? By mixing up a few symbols we could generate an endless variety of function definitions. What makes this one stand out from all the rest?
If you ask the same question of more familiar functions such as exp and log and square root, the answer is that those functions are tools useful in solving broad classes of mathematical problems. With just the four basic operations of arithmetic, you can represent the solution of any linear equation. Adding square roots to the toolbox allows you to solve quadratic equations as well. Expanding the kit to include the trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions brings still more problems within reach. All of these well-known functions, and perhaps a few more, are classified as "elementary." The exact membership of this category is not written in stone, but it excludes more specialized tools such as Bessel functions.
A few years ago, a brief, unsigned editorial in Focus, the newsletter of the Mathematical Association of America, asked: "Time for a new elementary function?" The function proposed for promotion to the core set was Lambert W. Whether W ultimately attains such canonical status will depend on whether the mathematical community at large finds it sufficiently useful, which won't be clear for some years. In the meantime, I can list a few applications of W discovered so far.
One place where W turns up in pure mathematics is the "power tower," the infinitely iterated exponential
For large x, this expression soars off to infinity faster than we can follow it, but Euler showed that the tower converges to a finite value in the domain between x = e-e (about 0.07) and x = e1/e (about 1.44). Within this realm, the value to which the infinite tower converges is W(-log(x))/-log(x).
W has another cameo role in the "omega constant," which is a distant of cousin of the golden ratio. The latter constant, with a value of about 1.618, is a solution of the quadratic equation 1/x= x-1. The omega constant is the solution of an exponential variant of this equation, to wit: 1/ex = x. And what is the value of that solution? It is W(1), equal to about 0.567143.
Of more practical import, W also appears in solutions to a large family of equations known as delay differential equations, which describe situations where the present rate of change in some quantity depends on the value of the quantity at an earlier moment. Behavior of this kind can be found in population dynamics, in economics, in control theory and even in the bathroom shower, where the temperature of the water now depends on the setting of the mixing valve a few moments ago. Many delay differential equations can be solved in terms of W; in some cases the two branches of the W function correspond to distinct physical solutions.
A recent article by Edward W. Packel and David S. Yuen of Lake Forest College applies the W function to the classical problem of describing the motion of a ballistic projectile in the presence of air resistance. In a vacuum, as Galileo knew, the ballistic path is a parabola, and the maximum range is attained when the projectile is launched at an angle of 45 degrees. Air resistance warps the symmetry of the curve and greatly complicates its mathematical description. Packel and Yuen show that the projectile's range can be given in terms of a W function, although the expression is still forbiddingly complex. (They remark: "Honesty compels us to admit at this point that the idea for using Lambert W to find a closed-form solution was really Mathematica's and not ours.")
Still another example comes from electrical engineering, where T. C. Banwell of Telcordia Technologies and A. Jayakumar of Anadigics show that a W function describes the relation between voltage, current and resistance in a diode. In a simple resistor, this relation is given by Ohm's law, I=V/R, where I is the current, V the voltage and R the resistance. In a diode, however, the relation is nonlinear: Although current still depends on voltage and resistance, the resistance in turn depends on current and voltage. Banwell and Jayakumar note that no explicit formula for the diode current can be constructed from the elementary functions, but adding W to the repertory allows a solution.
Other applications of W have been discovered in statistical mechanics, quantum chemistry, combinatorics, enzyme kinetics, the physiology of vision, the engineering of thin films, hydrology and the analysis of algorithms.
It's all very well to express the solutions of problems in terms of W, but then how do we find the value of the resulting function? In the case of logarithms and trigonometric functions, the standard method for many years was to look up the answer in a big printed table; now we push the appropriate button on a calculator. For W, however, there are no published tables, and so far no scientific calculator has a built-in Lambert W key. Several computer algebra systems know how to evaluate the W function, but if you don't have access to such software, you're on your own.
Suppose we already know how to calculate exponentials and logarithms; can we then solve the equation WeW = x? As noted above, the forward version is easy: just evaluate eW and then multiply by W. At first glance, the inverse function looks like it might be wrestled to submission by a similar tactic. If we can solve for x by calculating an exponential and then multiplying, can't we solve for W by dividing and then taking a logarithm?
Dividing both sides of the equation by W gives eW = x/W. Then, taking the logarithm of both sides produces log(eW) = log(x/W). On the left hand side, the logarithm of eW is simply W. On the right hand side we can rewrite the logarithm of a quotient as the difference of two logarithms, and so we wind up with this equation:
W = log(x) - log(W).
We have succeeded in getting W off by itself on the left side, but unfortunately there's still a log(W) on the right. Thus we don't have a closed-form solution, a formula that would allow us to plug in an x and immediately get back the corresponding W. This failure is not merely a result of my ineptitude; no algebraic wizardry will yield a finite closed-form solution.
On the other hand, the equation above is not totally worthless. If we have a guess about the value of W, then we can plug it into the right hand side of the equation to get an even better guess, then repeat the process until we're satisfied with the accuracy of the approximation. For some values of x—well away from 0—this simple iterative scheme converges quickly on the correct result. The algorithms used in computer-algebra software are more efficient, accurate and robust, but they still rely on successive approximations.
The modern history of Lambert W began in the 1980s, when a version of the function was built into the Maple computer-algebra system and given the name W. Why W? An earlier publication by F. N. Fritsch, R. E. Shafer and W. P. Crowley of the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory had written the defining equation as wew = x. The Maple routine was written by Gaston H. Gonnet of the Institut für Wissenschaftliches Rechnen in Zurich, who adopted the letter w but because of typographic conventions in Maple had to capitalize it.
A few years later Robert M. Corless and David J. Jeffrey of the University of Western Ontario launched a discussion of W and its applications in what has turned out to be a long series of journal articles and less-formal publications. The most influential paper, issued as a preprint in 1993 but not published until 1996, was written by Corless and Jeffrey in collaboration with Gonnet, David E. G. Hare of the University of Waterloo and Donald E. Knuth of Stanford University. This was the paper that named the function in honor of the 18th-century savant Johann Heinrich Lambert.
Lambert, who wrote on everything from cartography to photometry to philosophy, never published a word on the function that now bears his name. It was his eminent colleague Leonhard Euler who first described a variant of the W function in a paper published in 1779, two years after Lambert's death. So why isn't it called the Euler W function? For one thing, Euler gave credit to Lambert for the earliest work on the subject. Perhaps more to the point, Corless, Jeffrey and Knuth note that "naming yet another function after Euler would not be useful."
In the years between Euler and Maple, the W function did not disappear entirely. The Dutch mathematician N. G. de Bruijn analyzed the equation in 1958, and the British mathematician E. M. Wright wrote on the subject at about the same time. In the 1970s and 80s there were several more contributions, including that of Fritsch, Shafer and Crowley. Nevertheless, the literature remained widely scattered and obscure until the function acquired a name. In a 1993 article, Corless, Gonnet, Hare and Jeffrey remark: "For a function, getting your own name is rather like Pinocchio getting to be a real boy."
Some of the recent publications on W go beyond mere explication of mathematics; they carry a whiff of evangelical fervor. Those for whom W is a favorite function want to see it elevated to the canon of standard textbook functions, alongside log and sine and square root. I am reminded of another kind of canonization—a campaign for the recognition of a local saint, with testimonials to good works and miracles performed.
The advocates of W do make a strong case. In a 2002 paper, Corless and Jeffrey argue that W is in some sense the smallest step beyond the present set of elementary functions. "The Lambert W function is the simplest example of the root of an exponential polynomial; and exponential polynomials are the next simplest class of functions after polynomials."
But the elevation of W has not won universal assent. R. William Gosper, Jr., has suggested that a better choice might be the square of W, that is, WeW2 = x, which eliminates the multivalued branching on the real line. (In a play on "Lambert W," Gosper calls this the Dilbert lambda function.) And Dan Kalman of American University has suggested a formulation based on eW/W = c, with an inverse function he calls glog.
My own misgivings about Lambert W pertain not to the function itself but to the name. Again: Why W? Over the years, English-speaking people have inflicted far too many Ws on the rest of the world, from the Wicked Witch of the West to the W boson to the World Wide Web. (Again I forgo comment on the current occupant of the White House.) We purse our lips painfully to pronounce doubleyou, doubleyou, doubleyou. With 26 letters to choose from, why do we keep fixing upon the only letter in the English alphabet with a polysyllabic name? (I acknowledge that I have made matters worse by writing this column, in which every sentence of the text includes at least one instance of the letter w.)
It's not too late to right the wrong. On a bus in Italy—a country that doesn't even have a w in its alfabeto—I overheard a fragment of a conversation: Someone was reading a URL and pronounced the first part "woo woo woo." It's a shrewd accommodation to linguistic wimperialism. We should all adopt it. Let us keep the letter but change the way we say it. Whether it's Lambert W or George W. or www, it's woo all the way.
© Brian Hayes
For assistance with this article I offer warm thanks to Jonathan M. Borwein, David W. Cantrell, Robert M. Corless, David J. Jeffrey and Tim Royappa.
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For their efforts in creating a true sense of community, Partners' Village Store owners Nancy Crosby and Jan Hall have been named 2012 Westport Women of the Year.
All her life, Nancy Crosby had a singular dream: to open a country store — not just any store, but an old-fashioned country store filled with unique gifts and whimsical toys, with hand-painted greeting cards and hand-made jewelry made of silver and seaglass, with rows and rows of books, books, books.
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Added Tripp, "A strong independent bookstore is lifeblood to a community, and Partners is a gift to Westport."
It's also, she said, "Your old-fashioned country store for the 21st century."
That's the original vision Crosby, 81, had in mind when she started her store 40 years ago.
Back then, it was a wine- and beer-making wholesale store, Winemakers Limited, which a wine-making friend had talked her into opening.
It was also in Connecticut, where her husband, Bill, was working as an electrical engineer.
"I didn't even drink wine," said Crosby with a laugh.
So when Bill retired in 1979, the New Bedford natives decided to come home and open Nancy's dream store — a store like The Yankee Trader, which her godfather, Cap Hill, ran on Elm Street in Padanaram.
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When she opened The Village Store at 999 Main Road in Westport in 1979, it had only eight parking spots, and was still mostly a beer and wine wholesale store with a tiny kitchen.
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More than seven million people tuned in to watch the Queen's speech on television on Christmas Day - but thousands also logged on to the Swansea-based DVLA's online services.
Figures from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in Morriston reveal that despite it being December 25, many still found time to keep on top of their vehicle administration, from taxing cars to buying personalised registrations.
So, in addition to the estimated 10 million turkeys eaten on the big day, 8,550 vehicles were taxed or declared off road online, 521 people informed the agency online they had bought or sold a vehicle, and more than 1,600 people applied for their first provisional driving licence.
Oliver Morley, chief executive of the Swansea-based DVLA, said: "Giving customers choice in how, where and when they use our services is at the heart of what we do.
"We are committed to creating digital services that meet the needs of our customers and clearly, these services are allowing people the opportunity to fit their admin into their lifestyle – 365 days a year."
Other figures for online activity on Christmas Day include 136 people paying a fine, 621 people buying a personalised registration number, 456 people applying for a duplicate licence, 727 telling the DVLA of their new address and 11,343 viewing their driving licence.
THERE are a number of mistakes that can be made on personalised number plates that could see drivers land a £1,000 and also fail their MOT. Here is what they are and how to avoid them.
Illegal number plates could see thousands of Brits face fines and even make them fail their MOT.
Certain personalised number plates have the potential to be costly errors for drivers.
While a personalised number plate can be, to some people, a nice form of expression, they could also be costly.
Personalised number plate firm Regplates.com encourages drivers to use a degree of imagination and interpretation while designing one, but sticking to the traditional number plate formats.
According to the company, however, 15,000 drivers across the UK have been fined for having an illegal plates over the past three years.
The worst offenders come from London with 3,058 offences clocked while North Wales and Norfolk also totted up over 1,100 each.
This includes plates that did not conform to regulations, cars without a front or back plate or ones with indistinguishable/obscured plates.
It is a legal requirement for a car's numberplate to be clear and legible and failure to meet these criteria can result in £1,000 fine, loss of the personal registration number and/or a failed MOT.
There are other modifications that drivers can also be penalised for.
These include using the wrong colours for the lettering or for the background of the plates.
Number plates should have black characters on a white background at the front of the car and on a yellow background on the back of the car.
Spacing is also crucial and drivers should ensure that the characters on their plate are correctly spaced.
Non-confirming backgrounds or stickers that could interfere with the legibility of a plate are also factors that carry a fine risk.
The standard font used on all number plates is 'Charles Wright' and it is the only one deemed acceptable for motorists to have.
Similarly, the flag on the left hand side of the plate must also be correct.
Acceptable flags include: The EU flag, The Union Jack, The St George Cross, The Scottish Saltire (St Andrew Cross) and The Red Dragon of Wales.
The transport department has clarified that all vehicles registered in the state must have High Security Registration Plates (HSRP) fitted by January 15, 2018. The department has plans to impose a fine of Rs 500 on those who fail to comply with the requirement.
The state government had in November 2012 made it mandatory for all new vehicles to have HSRP number plates. But the vehicles registered before 2012 were given exemption. That exemption has now been done away with and the transport department, following a Supreme Court order has mandated HSRP for any and all vehicles registered in the state. The apex court had in November this year issued notices and sought response from five states on a contempt plea alleging non-compliance of the order related to ensuring high security registration plates (HSRP) for all vehicles. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud issued notice to the governments of five states and sought their response in eight weeks.
It was contended that despite the apex court directive earlier in 2017, the five state governments - Gujarat, Assam, Delhi, Haryana and Bihar had not complied with the directions.The transport department stated that it has also come to their notice that several vehicles registered after November 2012 are moving without the HSRP number plate.
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DVLA Personalised Registrations' three-day live autumn auction will get underway this week at the Cambridge Belfry Hotel.
The Agency has once again delivered a wide-ranging blend of 1,250 personalised registrations to suit all tastes and budgets that will go under the hammer during the three-day event being staged in Cambourne.
While there are a whole host of registrations aligned to supercars like the Ferrari 812 Superfast with 812 S and 812 SA and the famed Aston Martin with A57 TON, as ever DVLA Personalised Registrations has delivered an array to suit all tastes ranging from those reflecting names such as B116 JON, D166 ORY, F41 TH and RY11 ANS, through to quirkier offerings such as HE16 HTS, 544 MBA and RUS 55T.
Jody Davies, DVLA Personalised Registrations' Senior Sales Manager, said: "We have experienced another hugely successful year with a great number of registrations surpassing our expectations. Our last live auction held in the summer fell just four lots short of a 100 per cent sell out and we are hoping that success will continue with our autumn sale."
Just some of the 1,250 personalised registrations included in the forthcoming sale include:
121 A (reserve £2,500), A61 LLY (£250), B111 RTY (£250), CA11 DDY (£400), DDH 110N (£250), E88 ONY (£250), FR12 ANK(£400), GHO 57T (£300), GLO 88E (£300), HE16 HTS (£700), HUG 9H (£350), JPE 4R (£350), KA15 ERS (£700), KHA 5N(£350), LAM 80L (£300), LL11 OYD (£400), MA15 EYS (£700), 544 MBA (£1,200), M42 RCO (£250), N41 NCY (£250), 96 O(£2,500), OAT 1S (£500), OSC 42R (£300), ROW 60AT (£250), 812 S (£2,500), SH11 MBA (£400), 250 T (£2,500), 75 US(£2,200), 2 VAN (£1,200), 600 W (£2,500), WY11 ATT (£400), 993 X (£2,500), YA11 CHT (£400), YOU 45K (£300).
Drivers have been warned that they can be stripped of their car's number plate if they break the law.
Devon and Cornwall Police revealed the circumstances in which plates can be seized as they revealed how many motorists had been stopped for having dodgy plates.
The force said three drivers a week were stopped, on average, in the last 12 months for having illegal plates.
So-called "non conforming" number plates include those that have been mis-spaced and those with italics.
In response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act, a Devon and Cornwall Police spokesman said: "The force will also contact DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency) in cases where the number plate has been mis-spaced.
"Purchasers of the registration mark do not own the plate, they own the right to place it on their vehicle, subject to conditions. Mis-spacing is one of them.
"On receipt of two reports of the same mark being mis-spaced they will remove it from the owner, who may have paid several thousand pounds for it. Often the illegal number plates are purchased on the internet and specified not for road use."
On its website the DVLA also warned that you could be fined up to £1,000, and that your car "will fail its MOT test if you drive with incorrectly displayed number plates".
For vehicles with new or replacement number plates fitted from 1 September 2001, registration numbers can no longer be shown over three lines (unless the vehicle was first registered before 1 January 1973) or if a vehicle is constructed before 1 January 1976 and is registered in the historic tax class and is exempt from vehicle tax.
Also, the letters and numbers (characters) on number plates bought since 1 September 2001 will need to meet the following standards.
Characters must be 79mm tall
Characters (except the number 1 or letter I) must be 50mm wide
The character stroke (the thickness of the black print) must be 14mm
The space between characters must be 11mm
The space between the age identifier and the random letters must be 33mm
The margins at the top, bottom and side of the plate must be 11mm
Vertical space between the age identifier and the random numbers must be 19mm
Parking firms are buying details of more than 19,000 vehicles a day from the DVLA to chase unpaid fines.
Last night MPs warned that 'bully boy' firms are using the information to hound innocent motorists.
They called for a crackdown to protect drivers as it was revealed that the trade in information has reached record levels.
Between April and June the DVLA sold 1.74million vehicle keeper records, up from 1.06million in the same period last year. The DVLA, which sells the information for £2.50 a vehicle, is generating almost £1.5million a month.
The information is used by parking companies to chase drivers for fines of up to £100.
The most prolific of these is ParkingEye, owned by outsourcing firm Capita – which was exposed by the Daily Mail for using ruthless tactics to collect TV licence fees for the BBC.
It obtained 570,000 vehicle records in the three-month period, followed by Smart Parking with 125,000 and Euro Car Parks with 118,000.
The RAC Foundation said the industry is out of control, with the data suggesting a parking fine is issued every four and half seconds. It warned that the details of around seven million vehicles could be sold during the financial year, which would suggest that almost a quarter of motorists are being chased for a parking fine.
MPs are worried that the information is being widely misused, with motorists unfairly targeted while visiting hospitals and high street shops. Drivers have complained about being fined up to £100 for returning their cars a few minutes late, or after being unable to buy a ticket because of a faulty ticket machine.
Tory MP Sir Greg Knight said there appears to be a worrying rise in a practice known as 'ghost ticketing'.
This is when a warden puts a ticket on a car and takes a photo. The warden then removes the ticket so the driver is unaware they were given one.
The firm waits 14 days, then hits the driver with an increased fine of up to £100 because they have not paid.
Sir Greg, who has tabled a private members' Bill in the Commons to crack down on the self-regulated parking industry, said: 'These figures are concerning. It is highly unlikely there has been a massive increase in bad parking.
'Instead bully-boy parking firms are hounding innocent motorists and milking them for money. We need to put rogue firms out of business. There are many private parking companies who are playing fair. But others are clearly making a killing out of pursuing and persecuting motorists who have done nothing wrong.'
Fellow Tory Jacob Rees-Mogg said: 'My concern is that some of these firms use the fines they levy as part of their business model.
'This gives them a strong incentive to levy fines unjustly and aggressively. We would not need a new law if DVLA was more willing to strike off companies suspected of behaving badly.'
A ParkingEye spokesman said: 'We operate with clear, standard and proportionate procedures which follow the British Parking Association's code of practice. We encourage people who have received a parking charge to appeal if they think they should not have received a charge.'
A businessman who bought the No.1 limited edition licence plate in Abu Dhabi for Dh31 million has been sentenced to three years in jail for issuing a dud cheque to the organisers.
The Emirati man had bought the special number plate at an auction last year.
The Abu Dhabi Misdemeanour Court handed down the sentence to the Emirati man after he was found guilty of fraud and issuing a bounced cheque.
Abu Dhabi public prosecution had ordered for the detention of the 32-year-old man after organisers of the auction filed a complaint that he issued them a cheque after buying the number plate, even though he didn't have enough balance in his bank account.
Prosecutors had detained the businessman. He was charged with fraud and issuing a bounced cheque.
And during interrogation, the Emirati admitted to giving the cheque to orginisers despite being aware he didn't have sufficient funds in his account, said prosecutors.
"He said he was planning to re-sale the rare number plate at a profit so he could pay the value of the cheque to the organisers and maintain enough balance in his account," said a prosecutor.
Authorities, however, said one can only re-sale a number plate bought in an auction after one has paid the full amount and that any resale before making the payment is considered illegal.
The auction, which generated Dh99 million, was hosted by Emirates Auction in cooperation with Abu Dhabi Police on November 19, 2016 at Emirates Palace hotel to commemorate the Abu Dhabi Government's Golden Jubilee.
And the Emirati beat several bidders for the coveted plate after starting at Dh1 million. The limited-edition golden jubilee plates all featured the number 50 in the top left corner.
Fifty vanity Abu Dhabi number plates were up for grabs at the Emirates Auction event.
In 1963, numbers were running out once again, and an attempt was made to create a national scheme to alleviate the problem. The three letter, up to three number system was kept, but a letter suffix was added, which changed every year. In this scheme, numbers were drawn from the range AAA 1A to YYY 999A for the first year, then AAA 1B to YYY 999B for the second year, and so on. Some areas did not adopt the year letter for the first two years, sticking to their own schemes, but in 1965 adding the year letter was made compulsory. As well as yielding many more available numbers, it was a handy way for vehicle buyers to know the age of the vehicle immediately. At first the year letter changed on 1 January every year, but car retailers started to notice that buyers would tend to wait until the New Year for the new letter to be issued, so that they could get a newer" car. This led to major peaks and troughs in sales over the year, and to help flatten this out somewhat the industry lobbied
A number plate owner has had their number plate withdrawn by the DVLA after a member of the public complained to police that it spelt 'jihad'.
The Ford Fiesta was driven around with the personalised plate for six months before it was reported to officials.
Licence bosses have now banned the plate which was written JH11 HAD and sent the owner a replacement.
The car was reported after it was spotted driving around Newport, Gwent.
One woman who reported it to police after she saw it being driven in her home city said: "How can this be allowed with everything that is going on in the world at the moment?
"I have told the police about it and they said they would make a note of it.
"Surely this plate cannot be legal?"
A DVLA spokesman said the personalised plate had been bought in October last year and had "slipped through the net" of offensive registrations.
The spokesman said: "We try to identify all combinations that may cause offence, and on the rare occasion where potentially offensive numbers slip through the net, steps are taken to withdraw the number.
"As soon as we became aware of this last week we withdrew it and would have then sent a replacement plate."
Plates resembling the word 'jihad', which literally means striving or struggling in Arabic, and is associated with the concept of 'holy war', are unavailable, for example plates starting with JE and ending HAD.
Others which are banned include HO57 AGE, a close match to "hostage", and the chain of characters O54 MA because of its resemblance to the name Osama.
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Mark Wahlberg has warned troubled pop star Justin Bieber to quit Twitter and "take a vacation" amid fears the teenager is on the verge of a meltdown.
"The Fighter" star, who has previously been in talks to work with Bieber on a movie project, admits he has concerns for the young singer following a series of headline-grabbing incidents which have sparked fears for his well-being in recent weeks.
Wahlberg has now urged the "Baby" hit maker to take a break from social networking websites and book a vacation to escape the spotlight for a while.
He tells Vulture.com, "I think it's best to put down the phone and Twitter and all that stuff, and just be a little more low-key right now. Because they're watching every move he makes, everything he says, and less is more. Go take a vacation."
Bieber's troubles came to light during his rocky U.K. tour, which ended in a backstage collapse, a hospitalization and a bust-up with a photographer in London.
He hit headlines again shortly after wrapping his U.K. shows and became the focus of a police investigation when he was accused of spitting in a neighbor's face after he was told to stop speeding his Ferrari around a gated community in California.
The young pop star's life appears to have spiraled out of control since he split from former Disney star Selena Gomez last year.


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Some composers are known as one-hit wonders. Not John Williams.
Considered by many to be the greatest composer for film of all time, Williams has written music for more than 80 movies. The list includes some of the most popular releases for two generations of movie-goers, including "Jaws," the "Stars Wars" saga, and several of the Harry Potter films.
This weekend, the Virginia Symphony Pops will offer an evening of Williams highlights in concerts in Newport News and Norfolk. Conductor Benjamin Rous was in charge of selecting which pieces to perform, something he admits did not come together easily.
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Best of 2013 – LUXUS Magazine at Wrocław Contemporary Museum
As we continue our look back over the year, today's Best of 2013 selection comes from Ashley Stull, who writes, "I've never been to Poland. I've thus far remained shielded from the weight of Communist regimes; and my best protest to date has been limiting my mother on my portion of cauliflower. Succeeding where I have failed, Michal Wisniowski visited the Wrocław Contemporary Museum and[…..]


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By the cold of North and heat of South,
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From the Mother and from up high,
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(HONG KONG) Dragonair welcomes the commitment of the Hong Kong Government to give its full support to the construction of a third runway at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) and the development of Tung Chung. The commitment was made by Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive C Y Leung in his Policy Address today.
Dragonair Chief Executive Officer Algernon Yau said: "The development of a third runway is critical not just to maintaining the status of Hong Kong International Airport as a premier aviation hub, but also to the long term economic development of Hong Kong. We are encouraged by the Government's commitment to this essential infrastructure project that will further strengthen Hong Kong's position as the gateway to Mainland China."
Dragonair now operates flight services to 49 regional destinations, including 22 cities in Mainland China, from its Hong Kong base.
"We support the Government's initiatives to expand its network of Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices in the Mainland, which will help facilitate travel and trade flows," Mr Yau added.
As one of the long-standing members of the airport island in Lantau, Dragonair also welcomes the Government's initiatives to develop Tung Chung and East Lantau, believing the measures will complement the completion of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge in 2016 to help develop Tung Chung into a transport hub connecting Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta.
Mr Yau said: "The development of the Tung Chung New Town will help provide much-needed manpower resources in Lantau to support the aviation companies operating on the airport island. We welcome this approach, and at the same time we are encouraged by the Government's various initiatives to address the labour shortage issue."


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By Lisa Capobianco
Staff Writer
Southington will soon welcome an upscale dining and entertainment center, bringing more jobs to town.
Don Millard, the owner of the building on 240 Spring Street, has planned to turn the 33,000 square foot facility into a combined Bocce court and bowling alley, along with a bistro and bar. The facility, located in front of Pilgrim Furniture City, once housed a warehouse and was vacant for two years, said Millard.
Millard received approval from the Planning and Zoning Commission back in November.
"The world has changed a lot from industrial to the service world," said Millard, adding that he worked in the industrial field for many years. "We're trying to go along with the change."
Under the name "Crystal Bees," the business will feature a bistro called "Glass Hat Bistro," and a full bar called "Dante's Bar," which will serve 16 beers as well as wine and liquors. The bowling alley will be called "Crystal Bowl." According to the design plan, there will be a total of 16 bowling lanes and two Bocce courts as well as an electronic games plaza equipped with pool tables and Shuffleboard. The plan also includes 140 outdoor parking areas,
Individuals and businesses will also have the opportunity to use the facility as rental space for private parties. Once Crystal Bees is up and running, it is expected to bring between 40 and 50 jobs.
Millard said he expects the project to be finished this fall, and hopes to have construction start within 60 days.
"It will give employment to a lot of people and will give high-quality recreation to a lot of people," said Millard, adding that the town has shown support for the project.
Planning and Zoning Chairman Mike DelSanto said the commission feels excited to see this type of business opening in Southington, as residents and non-residents may notice other businesses while visiting Crystal Bees.
"This type of business also falls in line to further enhance us in becoming a premier 'recreation destination location,' said DelSanto. "With Lake Compounce and their new campground, this bowling center could be a fun place a family on vacation could enjoy after a day at the park."
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It's so haa-arrr-arrd to say good-bye to Stevie Jaaaaaaayyyyeeeeeee! Last night's final installment of the Love & Hip Hop Atlanta reunion was bittersweet. On one hand, it's been an emotional roller coaster of a season, and this girl is drained, but on the other, speaking like Lil' Scrappy in the off-season tends to draw some strange looks in my place of biz-nigh-ee.
We'll jump right back into where Mona Scott Young left us…with Rasheeda and Kirk Frost's dysfunctional marriage. The audience is stunned to re-watch Kirk suggest his wife get an abortion, and he says–with a straight face, no less!–that pulling out was a legitimate form of birth control. What, is he sixteen? Mona scolds Kirk when he laughs over the footage of his affair, and he again relays to Mona that he believes Rasheeda gave him a free pass. Mimi Faust is all "oh no he didn't" from the sofas, and Drew knows better than do anything but nod in agreement to Mimi's outcry since he's sitting between her and Traci Reece.


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WKCTC Wins 2014 Basketball Invitational Tournament
The West Kentucky Stars, the club basketball team at West Kentucky Community and Technical College, won the championship game at this year's invitational tournament February 15-16.
More than 200 people attended the two-day tournament held in WKCTC's Haws Gymnasium and which featured teams from Elizabethtown Community and Technical College, Club Louisville and the Earle C. Clements Job Corps.
Each of the four teams played on Saturday to determine who would play in the semi-final and final games on Sunday. During Sunday's semi-final game, Club Louisville beat Earle Clements 83 to 65 and the West Kentucky Stars edged out the ECTC Barons with a score of 89 to 86 to win the tournament.
Following the final game, seven players were named to the All-Tournament Team, based on points scored, teamwork, and overall performance during the tournament. The members from WKCTC were Cody Schultz, Kris Jackson, and Jacob Scott; from Elizbethtown Community and Technical College, Jansen Hood and Chris McDonald; from Club Louisville, Aaron Baker; and from Earle Clements, Richard Bryson.
Following Sunday's game, their last game, sophomore WKCTC players Kris Jackson, Jacob Scott and Cody Schultz and sophomore WKCTC cheerleaders Kaylie Palmer, Idalia Moore and Moriah Dycus were recognized. All are expected to graduate in May.


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