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He has been deeply involved in designing accreditation systems for the European Council of International Schools (ECIS) and the Council of International Schools (CIS). Kevin was a member of the Founding Board of CIS and served as Chairman for four years. He is a writer and trainer in the field of leadership for learning for the Principals' Training Center. As a curriculum designer he was the initiator and early leader of the IB Primary Years Programme.
Kevin is the Co-Designer and Co-Leader of two successful global initiatives: The Next Frontier: Inclusion and The Common Ground Collaborative, a curriculum project for international and national schools.
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Jim has worked as an assistant superintendent, language arts teacher, ESL coordinator and adjunct professor.
Jim is currently the executive director for Generative Learning. A consulting practice focused on healthy organizations and human development through the lens of natural systems theory and complexity science. http://www.generative-learning.com
He is also a teaching associate for Human Systems Dynamics (an institute that is using complexity theory to influence organizational effectiveness). Jim facilitates learning in the following areas: Leadership Development, Strategic Planning, Cognitive Coaching, Adaptive Schools and Program Evaluation.
Jim is the co-developer and co-facilitator of the West-Metro Teacher Leadership Academy in Minnesota! You can learn more about the teacher academy at the following video link: https://vimeo.com/126870299
Jim has authored numerous articles and is the coauthor of two books: Implementing Change Through Learning: Concerns-Based Concepts, Tools, and Strategies for Guiding Change (2013) & Guiding Professional Learning Communities: Inspiration, Challenge, Surprise, and Meaning (2010). Jim is currently working on a new book with Robert Garmston: Transparent Teams: How Mindful Groups Abandon Limitations for School Improvement
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18-10-2016 Chaand Nikalne Ka Time Samay IN DELHI PUNE, MUMBAI AHMEDABAD : karva chauth Moon rising time today in delhi, karva chauth moon rise in pune, 19th october karva chauth moon rising time in ahmedabad chandigarh uttar pradesh uttarakhand.
karva chauth is the festival of love. now every one is waiting for the moon rising. so the fast woman or girl are waiting for moon rising.
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karva chauth vrat vidhi for unmarried and married woman, Karva chauth puja vidhi in Punjabi, Karva chauth vrat katha in punjabi. Guys We will discuss all the above Topic.
According to the ritual, on this day married ladies make fasting whole day without a single drop of water and take food after moonrise in the evening. There is a lot of importance of that day in the life of all the Hindu married ladies.They start preparations of that festival before some days like shopping, parlors etc. it is also necessary to make fasting with all the rituals and with a proper procedure i.e. discuss below.
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Moonrise On Karwa Chauth Day = 9:21PM
Chaturthi Tithi Begins = 9:21 on 19th/Oct/2016
Chaturthi Tithi Ends
On the early morning ladies eat food, fruits and other things before sunrise as the Sargi and then make fasting whole day for the long life of their husband. They over their fast in the evening after seeing the moon. The preparation of this festival started before some day. They purchase new clothes, jewelry and other things of shringar. All ladies decorate their hands with mehndi on the previous day of Karva Chauth. They also make mathi and arrange karwa and other items of pooja.


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yes, but I'd rather do it in chronological order, like the On With The Action Live at the Roundhouse 1976 CD, which would be about now...but I'm easy
I know we have a couple albums to go before we get to the legendary live Strangers In The Night, but when we do I'd be grateful if folks familiar with the multitude of reissues of that one could give their opinion on which is/are the best (& why). I have three versions of it now ("expanded edition" on Chrysalis/Capital from 1999, remastered edition on Chrysalis from 2008, and the one from the Chrysalis years box set from 2011) - not counting various imports I think there was also at least one other reissue branded as "deluxe" or something like that that came out sometime in the '00's which I avoided for some reason but can't recall why now).
Ok...I'm fine with that - lets wait until Force It and No Heavy Petting have been fully discussed... BTW here's what there is in the way of official releases The Chrysalis Year contains a previously unreleased gig from November 1974 recorded on their first US tour. The 8 tracks include a rare cover of Lennon's Cold Turkey as well as the likes of Give Her The Gun and Prince Kajuku. This BBC archive release contains tracks from Oct 74, June 77, June 74 and Dec 75 of which all were included on the recently issued UFO at the BBC On Air 5cd/dvd boxset with a couple more tracks added. This is the widely bootleged radio broadcast from The Record Plant NY 1975 - this was also included in the Official Bootleg 6cd boxset released a few years back. This is as the package says a live album from 1976 recorded at The Roundhouse in Camden - the entire gig (sans All Or Nothing) was also included on the Official Bootleg boxset.
Great stuff. With Force It and NHP, there is a lot to discuss. I guess they are picked the most as favorites. Not sure if it was mentioned anywhere but, Force It was the first UFO album to feature keyboards. I will get to that on my review of Out In the Street.
With Black Sabbath, Rainbow and Zep all releasing classic albums that year how do you guys rank Force It in the 1975 hard rock scene?
I mentioned it in my review. Chick Churchill of Ten Years After was brought in by former bandmate Leo Lyons for those sessions.
It is pretty heavy compared to all those bands, even Sabbath at that time. Not as well known, however. I still think UFO is a second tier band, unfortunately.
Force It is right up there in terms of being a classic hard rock record. IMO, it's probably compositionally a bit stronger than even Black Sabbath's Sabotage. For 1975, I'd rank it right up there with Nugent's s/t debut, Nazareth's Hair of the Dog, Budgie's Bandolier, and Rush's Fly By Night. It's not as good Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti but that's pretty stiff competition right there.
Thanks for the info. I don't know why but I always think it is Leo Lyons that played keys. I guess after Force It, they had no choice but to hire a keyboard player.
Nah, Leo Lyons was the bass player. Have you ever seen video footage of TYA's performance at Woodstock? Leo Lyons is really into it. The only guy that could hold a candle to his intensity was the bass player from Canned Heat who performed on Day 2.
As promised. Out in the Street...another awesome song from Force It. The song starts out with keyboards playing a bluesy A major to D major riff with A as the pedal tone. When I first heard the song I said wait a minute...where is the trademark Schenker riff? UFO with keyboards?! I thought, I hope this gets better. By the end of the song I would have my answer. The keyboards flow along with some tasty cymbal work until the heavy main riff (G-D-A) comes crashing in at :24. Phil is once again in fine form. Back to the keyboards and a repeat of the main riff until 1:07 where the band plays a slight variation of the main riff with Michael playing some great sliding power chords and the chorus "Over my Head" with Phil adding harmonies. The main keyboard riff returns at 1:22 signaling the start of the second verse. The riff variation returns at 1:57 with the chorus until 2:12 where the band breaks into a bridge in C major. Another great bridge ...the album has a bunch of them. The keyboards play along in the bridge with Chick Churchill adding some tasty arpeggios. At 2:38 it's back to A Major with Michael playing some slow tasty fills. At 3:09 the tempo steps up with Michael soloing over C-G-A. It's another blistering solo with searing bends and pull offs. Michael plays a cool little descending thirds line at 3:23 with the final note being G, reminding our ear of the G major in the accompanying chords. It's little phrases like this that make his solos great and never boring. The solo ends with the bridge returning at 3:37. There is a repeat of the first verse starting at 4:11. The verse repeat chugs along with the chorus following until at 4:53 where Michael plays a couple of pull offs signaling the end of the song with the main riff played ending on an A major chord which fades out. I had my answer...it's a great song. I was never sure what the lyrics were exactly about. I am guessing it is about a prostitute with a spin on the theatricality side of the hooker's job.
I was fortunate enough to see them during the "Lights Out" tour in the 70's, unfortunately it was my first rock concert, and was all a blur....I do remember that "odd" smell, and seeing some classmates in the audience. Being my first "concert" experience, it was a little more memorable than some, as I do recall visions of Schenker and the Flying V. Or, maybe it was all a dream? I had plans to see UFO during the You are There tour, but was canceled due to Visa issues or something. Would have liked to of seen it....
UFO Lights Out (1977) 1. Too Hot To Handle (Way/Mogg) 2. Just Another Suicide (Mogg) 3. Try Me (Schenker/Mogg) 4. Lights Out (Schenker/Mogg/Way/Parker) 5. Gettin' Ready (Schenker/Mogg) 6. Alone Again Or (Bryan MacLean) 7. Electric Phase (Way/Mogg/Schenker) 8. Love to Love (Schenker/Mogg) Line-up: Phil Mogg: vocals Michael Schenker: lead guitar Paul Raymond: rhythm guitar, keyboards Pete Way: bass Andy Parker: drums Produced by Ron Nevison Orchestral and horn arrangements: Alan McMillan Continuing the band's routine of the yearly record/tour regiment that was the way of hard rock bands in the decade of the 7o's (unless you were Led Zeppelin), UFO returned to the studio for their 1977 outing, Lights Out. This time, however, they would be without Chrysalis in-studio producer Leo Lyons, who had been a fixture at the board for the band since their 1974 Phenomenon album. Lyons departure was due to UFO feeling that, after the relatively disappointing reception of No Heavy Petting, a change was needed in terms of a producer. So, looking at the past track record of Ron Nevison, who had engineered hit albums for The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, as well as the first three albums for Bad Company plus producing Thin Lizzy's Night Life, the band felt that Nevison had the necessary skills to help them create an album that would be dynamic in terms of its sound spectrum as well as be more radio friendly. After all, UFO had released three remarkable slabs of commercial oriented hard rock with Lyons, yet the albums had not done well in terms of sales. Due to time constraints and cost, the band had always felt rushed in the studio with Lyons (Phenomenon had been recorded and mixed in ten days, Force It in fifteen, and No Heavy Petting in twenty) so this time the band would take a bit more time in studio. Working closely under the tutelage of Nevison, the band strived to hone and perfect their song craft for maximum radio success, and further, to create an album that was sonically pleasing to the listener's ear. The decision was made within the band to try write more accessible/hook laden rock tunes and, in effect, soften their sound a bit (much to Pete Way's disapproval). Another move the band had made was the hiring of keyboardist/guitarist Paul Raymond (ex-Chicken Shack and Savoy Brown) to their line-up as a replacement for the now departed Danny Peyronel. Raymond, who was a good friend of Pete Way, seemed to be the perfect addition for UFO due to his ability play both keyboards and guitar on stage (often within the same song) which helped to significantly beef up their live sound. In terms of songwriting, Paul Raymond would not contribute any songs to Lights Out. Instead, of the eight songs that appear on the album, the compositions would come from the four other band members in various combinations. The Schenker/Mogg team, as a duo, would only contribute three songs of the eight. Four other songs would include Pete Way in some equation, (he is sole co-writer on "Too Hot to Handle" with Mogg) and, as a first, Phil Mogg would have sole composition credit in the ballad/rocker "Just Another Suicide". Rounding out the album was the cover of "Alone Again Or" from the LA based psychedelic band, Love, written by Bryan MacLean, which appears on the 1967 album Forever Changes. The Way/Mogg penned tune "Too Hot to Handle" opens Lights Out with an infectious riff and a rousing chorus that was stadium themed (and endorsed). Indeed, "Too Hot to Handle" got its fair share of play on FM radio which was a first for the band, at least in terms of the US. I guess, in a way, this is UFO's answer to BTO's "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet": a simplistic, riff driven song complete with the stuttering type deal with the "sha-la-la-la, roll you over" in the chorus, but it works in same way as the BTO cut did, in that it's catchy and memorable. "Too Hot to Handle" is a radio driven cut with a relatively short, melodic, processed solo from Schenker that ends quickly and returns back to the chorus. It's a good rocker, though, and I've always thought of it as the brother to "Only You Can Rock Me". Indeed, they're very similar, rabble rousing, chorus infectious songs and both are prime time radio ready songs. The title track, "Lights Out", is a raucous, anger fueled rocker. I love the brisk, driving staccato rhythm during the chorus; it really accentuates the urgency of the song. "Lights Out" is really one of the heaviest rockers that UFO has ever cranked out, past or present. Also fueling the drive of the song is the poignant, depressive lyrics concerning the English economy. It's one of UFO's first forays, lyrically, into the political/socially based spectrum and, obviously, a response to the burgeoning punk scene that was developing at the same time that this album was recorded. God Save The Queen, indeed! "Lights Out" features a great solo from Schenker which works with the driving chorus rhythm. Schenker is particularly effective with his accents on the "lights out!" parts in the chorus. Pete Way's bass and Andy Parker's double kick drums rumble and tumble together perfectly on this in terms of the rhythm section. Additionally, Paul Raymond's use of the organ as a layered instrument, adds to the oppressive nature of the song. The other out and out rocker on Lights Out is "Electric Phase" that begins with a bass riff similar to "Cherry" (from Obsession); a throbbing and percussive line. Michael Schenker puts down slide guitar lines similar to that of Manny Charlton of Nazareth (i.e. No Mean City) while his double tracked dry distorted riffs work underneath the slide guitar for added effect. In terms of effect, Raymond's organ on "Electric Phase" is distracting and doesn't add to the song in a meaningful way. Schenker's solo is, once again, remarkable with the guitarist displaying his terrific sense of high soaring melody. As a producer, one of things that Ron Nevison did for UFO was to incorporate a lot of orchestration for Lights Out to give it a lot of mood and contrast. In some senses, it worked well (see "Love to Love"), but in other cases it did not. For instance "Just Another Suicide", which was written solely by Phil Mogg, hints at something that might have been on Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell. It's a cut that Jim Steinman could (and would) be proud of with heavy piano working with acoustic guitar to create a sense of drama. Michael Schenker tries to pick his spots here, lead riffing during the verses, but it doesn't work. The solo is great, though, and highlights the clean, bright production that Nevison had developed for Schenker's guitar sound (really just furthering the sound Lyons helped to coin, to be completely honest). It's Schenker's trademark and I've remarked on it before (thanks to Slipkid and River Rose Bear, I now know it's due to the use of a wah pedal half compressed to keep things sounding clean and precise). Ultimately, however, "Suicide" fails due to over (false) orchestration from the keyboards causing the song to sound more like musical theater than a rock song; maybe like something from "Phantom of the Paradise" or "The Rocky Horror Picture Show". It doesn't work. Speaking of things that don't work, "Try Me" is a heavily orchestrated ballad that falls flat as well. Even Michael Schenker's obligatory guitar solo in the middle section can't save the song from the melodramatic and the mundane. Evidently, "Try Me" is an attempt at the lighter approach that Pete Way didn't approve of. Rightly so, as it falls flat. What it does do, however, is highlight Mogg's somewhat gritty and expressive vocals. I've said it before, but Mogg has an extremely unique voice. I've only heard (maybe) one other singer sound like him in all of hard rock, but I can't remember the band at the moment. A singularity! (almost). The cover of Love's "Alone Again Or" is somewhat interesting and, yet, it's not. Though I own Forever Changes, I'm not overly familiar with this song. To me this sounds like more acoustic/rock theater stuff akin to "Just Another Suicide". The good part: there's a slight Rush vibe in some of the chording on this but it's, sadly, slight and only in small spots. This song fails due to, again, over orchestration like "Suicide". Michael Schenker's multi-tracked guitar is great here, though. That being said, UFO's cover of "Alone Again Or" sounds like it could just as easily be an up-tempo Moody Blues song. It doesn't really work, and makes me wonder if they included a cover like this to satisfy the bigwigs at Chrysalis. "We need a hit!" Closing out Lights Out is the band's magnum opus "Love to Love" which begins by featuring more of Schenker's multi-tracking with some dissonant lines in the melody to make it sound conflicted (light and shade). The use of electric piano on this cut is brilliant. Normally, I'm not overly fond of the instrument, but here it's terrific due to, seemingly, a bit of reverb on it. "Love to Love" might have one of the most effective build ups of almost any rock tune I can think of -- on par with Rush's "Xanadu", in fact. It's that good. The ELO like nuances (multi-tracked acoustic guitar? synthesizer? both?) that work during the phrases in conjunction with the piano are very effective in creating tension. When the intro segues into Mogg's weary, longing vocal the song stretches out like a long, dark road ahead with the destination unknown. Driver be prepared! "Love to Love" is a moody, introspective, smoky ballad/rocker that highlights UFO's ability incorporate darker and lighter nuances within the same song. After Mogg sings his last "misty green and blue!" Michael Schenker kicks into the ultimate guitar solo/meltdown climaxing with a dramatic, bombastic conclusion. It's such a well crafted song. No wonder Steve Harris of Iron Maiden has stated that it's his favorite song of all-time! It's up there for me, too. Side bar for me: "Love to Love" is a great live staple for the band and, arguably, the pinnacle of the band's set. On Strangers in the Night, the beginning section of the version is spine chilling, especially when some guy in the audience screams loudly "WOOOOOHOOO" as the electric piano pounds out the melody and the band kicks in behind it. It's one of my favorite moments in recorded hard rock music! "Love to Love" was the first UFO song I ever heard, and I've relayed the circumstances of me hearing it before on this forum, so I'll spare the reader that reminiscence again for this review. I will say, though, it is the song responsible for me getting into the band and learning about their music, so it will always have a special place in my headspace for that alone, never mind it's an absolutely brilliant piece of music. Summing up the album, for me, Lights Out falls somewhere between Force It and Obsession in terms of being a favorite. (In truth, Obsession is the weaker cousin of Lights Out. It's set up the same in terms of strengths and, basically, track listing, but has less strong material overall, but because I heard Obsession first, it peaks above Lights Out in terms of a personal favorite). Force It, in sum total, is a stronger album than Lights Out in every respect as far as I'm concerned. It has the most concert staples, as I pointed out in its review and it flows much smoother to my ears. In truth, Lights Out isn't that great of a record with all its parts considered. I think it's seen as a stronger outing because of Ron Nevison's clean, polished sheen and because of having two absolutely stunning tracks in the title cut and "Love to Love" which, by itself, is transcendently brilliant. Other than that, Lights Out suffers due to over orchestration and material that is decidedly more mainstream than previous efforts. In sum: Lights Out seems to be a product of a band over thinking, to an extent. As I pointed out at the beginning of the review, Pete Way was not happy with the direction the band had decided for Lights Out and, being that he was a founding member of the band, and a contributor in terms of songwriting, it tells me that the decision to head in the direction that Lights Out did was probably Phil Mogg's. Indeed, this album allows for, and highlights, Mogg's vocals more than any UFO release before it and, simultaneously, eschews Schenker in the process. The long, extended Schenker solo outings were, for all intents and purposes, gone on Lights Out and, replacing them, were more thoughtful arranged melodic pieces that spanned the spectrum of radio ready rock music for the time. Indeed, in some respects, Lights Out is the first UFO album that might be considered truly AOR in terms of the material. It was definitely the most ambitious and daring album the band had put forth so far, but it is not their best, at least not in my opinion. A couple of notes: The band has stated that Nevison was no easy task master and was often harsh and demanding in terms of trying to get the best performances from the musicians. Indeed, Paul Raymond admitted that he stormed out of the studio due to one of Nevison's comments, but was finally coaxed back by assistant engineer Mike Clink while still in the parking lot. Tensions were often high within the band as well as Michael Schenker was becomingly increasingly estranged from the rest of the group. In fact, after the UK tour for Lights Out, Schenker disappeared just before the US tour was to begin prompting Mogg to seek out, once again, Lonestar guitarist Paul Chapman to replace him. Schenker would later return at the behest of Pete Way and record and tour for 1978's Obsession, but it was clear Schenker's status was tenuous, at best, and Raymond has remarked that he had to be treated with kid gloves as to not upset the cart, so to speak. Cover by Hipgnosis again. 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Great review! "Lights Out" is one of the rare UFO songs I've heard, and it always sounded to me like a bona fide NWOBHM songs, and NWOBHM didn't really start until 1979, as far as I'm concerned (bands like Priest and Motorhead are precursors, but not actual NWOBHM, although they benefited from that movement's momentum and fit well alongside it). So, yes, the influence of UFO on NWOBHM is really apparent here. Excellent song.
On the remaster for Lights Out there is a drop out on Too Hot to Handle. I don't have it with me but I believe it's after the first chorus. It's right around when he sings "wink of an eye"; it almost sounds like a compressor misfiring. I don't have the original CD to compare it to either to see if it was part of the original mix/recording.
Thanks, and I think your comment about the song "Lights Out" being a precursor to the NWOBHM sound is right on. It's definitely a tougher, non-blues based hard rock track. The heavy, staccato rhythm that propels the song reminds me a bit of Diamond Head's "Helpless" (a seminal NWOBHM track), so I'd say your thoughts hit the nail on the head.
Precisely! When I first saw a live performance of this on TV, I actually thought it was Diamond Head.
Godshifter did a great job reviewing Lights Out. Here is my two cents from a guitar players view on Too Hot To Handle...the hot opener on Lights Out Too Hot to Handle is a masterwork in commonly used guitar tricks which make a song more interesting. The song opens with an E major chord with a suspended fourth pull off added. The next chord is A Major with a suspended fourth also. The suspended fourth is what you hear at :02 and :04. Suspended fourths are commonly used in rock and roll to make simple chord progressions a little more interesting. Johnny Thunders used them just about every time he played. It's Michael's way of adding some color to this Pete Way song. At :06, Michael pulls off at the third fret of the bottom E string to the open E. This is used by many guitar players to add a boogie type feel to a song. At :16, Pete Way enters the fray with the beginning of the first verse. The chorus starts at :30 with Michael playing sliding power chords to give the chorus a shuffle feel. After the second verse we come to the bridge at 1:16 which shifts to B Major. Michael's guitar solo begins at 1:31 in B Major with some wicked bent double notes a la Chuck Berry. Michael jumps to the 19th fret position at 1:36 with some more nasty bent double notes and stays at that position for some single string soloing at 1:42. He plays some beautiful flowing legato lines along the way with the solo ending at 2:00. At 2:01 it is back to the bridge chords with the bridge verse delayed entering at 2:15. At 2:30, Michael plays a Chuck Berry type shuffle on the B chord before the final verse comes in. The song moves along thru the final verse to the chorus with Michael adding some fills before launching into a outro solo starting with some Johnny Thunders type bent double notes at 3:01. He plays some hot double notes at 3:18 followed by some wicked pull offs a la Jimmy Page. The solo and song ends with Michael playing a bent note to E with an accompanying E power chord fast fade out. A standard rocker that would sound pretty boring if not for the flourishes played by Michael.
Phenomenom is my UFO album of choice, followed by Lights Out. But for me they were only ever a 2nd division band.
Lights Out was my first UFO album, and though it's not my favorite I do like it more than the reviewer. The orchestration doesn't bother me one bit, and I think that it was a good idea for the band to try something new--even if it did take off some of their heavy rock edge. I disagree with the reviewer regarding Just Another Suicide and Try Me not working because of the orchestration. I think said orchestration adds some nice color to these tunes. In fact, Just Another Suicide may be my favorite track off this album, and Mogg's vocal on Try Me is heartfelt and engaging. Ol' Phil brought the ache and longing on that one. Also, the lighter nature of some of the tunes on Lights Out allowed the heavier songs to hit with that much more impact. Consider the opening onslaught of the title track following the gentle close of Try Me just seconds before. Talk about shock and awe. Whoever programed this album is a genius. Lights Out would shine on SACD.
No question that both the title track and "Love to Love" are the anchors of the album and, thus, why they are placed at the end of both sides. Go out with a bang! There's nothing wrong with the band trying to do something different and, as I noted in my review, I think it was a move they felt they had to take as their previous outings with Lyons had not been met with commercial success. If you look at RYM's ratings, Lights Out is rated a 3.91 out a possible 5, which is the highest rating any studio UFO album has. So, by and large, by the fans, it is considered the band's best record. I just don't like it as much as the other albums I mentioned in my review. There's no question that UFO is a "2nd tier" band when looking back at the trajectory of their career. Indeed, Lights Out and Obsession would be the albums that get them as close to tier 1 status as they'd ever be. Whether it be lack of charisma, songs that didn't quite resonate with US listening preferences, or internal conflicts that slowed their possible momentum, UFO would never get to the upper echelons of the hard rock stratosphere as they had hoped. Nevertheless, they cranked out some great music and have a couple of truly brilliant pieces that were highly influential on bands that would follow after them.
And therein lies the big question: what went wrong? Sometimes I wonder if MTV had happened a few years sooner if UFO's fortunes might have turned out different. Then again, compared to most bands that have come and gone, second tier status isn't such a bad outcome. As you stated, UFO definitely left their mark, and they created some great music. And hey, they're still out there tearing up stages everywhere. Things could have turned out much worse.
Force It was ahead of its time, an 80's hard rock album adrift in the mid-70's. (I said the same thing in some other thread a long time ago, but it bears repeating. )


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Houston, TX – There was a smattering of protesters greeting attendees of the Response Rally in Houston, Texas on Saturday. No more than two or three dozen by my estimation compared to more than 25,000 who flocked to Reliant Stadium to pray for a nation in crisis.
The majority of the protesters were there in support of gay marriage. There were also a few people who were protesting for separation of church and state and, of course, there were a few atheists protesting God knows what.
A representative from Americans United for a Separation of Church and State was passing out a press release from their leader, Reverend Barry Lynn that asserts that Governor Perry is not recognizing "America's wide spiritual diversity."
Perhaps the good reverend would be better served to study his bible rather than Alinsky since his church has more in common with the radical socialist left-wing in this country than it does with mainstream Christianity.
Reverend Lynn talks about America's great diversity but even with our vast melting pot more than three-quarters of Americans consider themselves to be Christian. Even with this overwhelming Christian majority, nothing prevents Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, or any other religion in America from building places of worship. Nor does anything prevent Atheists from not participating religious activities.
The gay rights groups protesting outside of Reliant Stadium were holding up signs that said "hate" on them. What these groups fail to recognize is that Christians do not hate them. We believe their chosen lifestyle is a sin but it is for God pass judgment not us.
We believe, as do the vast majority of Americans, that marriage is between a man and a woman. It is our constitutional right to defend that belief just as it is your constitutional right to protest against it. In America you are welcome to live your life as you wish, that is why so many people risk life and limb to get here. Try living the gay lifestyle in any middle-eastern or northern-African country, you will be stoned to death if you are even suspected of being gay. If getting married is that important, you have the freedom to move to New York or Massachusetts and live happily ever after.
For those making the separation of church and state argument, those words do not appear anywhere in the U.S. Constitution; what the Constitution does say is: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." So I ask you, how does Governor Perry exercising his right to pray establish a religion? It does not.
The rally was funded entirely by private donations not with tax dollars. Although the same cannot be said for abortion, global warming, and many other government boondoggles.
Using that logic, Christians could easily make the argument that government tax dollars are being spent to teach creationism in our nation's schools, therefore, government is in fact establishing atheism as the national religion.
Many media outlets have tried to portray some of the pastors endorsing or participating in the event as "radical." The leftist media loses all credibility with this argument when they still don't hold President Obama accountable for his twenty-year association with the radical Rev. Jeremiah Wright and his belief in Black Liberation Theology. Not too mention his many blasphemous and seditious statements about his country.
The Response rally was exactly what it was purported to be, an uplifting day of prayer and worship. There were blacks, whites and Latinos. Young and old. Jews praying with Christians.
There were those that looked like they stepped out of an 80's hair band video praying alongside those that looked like Larry the Cable Guy. There were those wearing khakis and an oxford shirt worshiping alongside women dressed wearing a hijab (head scarf). There were people reaching to the heavens and those so moved that they fell to their hands and knees.
There was nothing political about the Response other than the media that covered it. Most of the media members isolated themselves in a room far away from the power of the day's events, watching on closed circuit television, and stuffing their faces with free food and drink. Only a small handful of the media sat in the seats reserved for us. They were the only two empty rows of seats until you reached the stadium's third tier.
Rest assured that the Houston Texans wished the crowds that come to watch them play were as loud as the crowd that turned out to see Governor Perry, Dr. Alveda King (niece of Martin Luther King Jr.), David Barton, Luis Cataldo, Laura Allred, Doug Stringer, Florida Governor Rick Scott (who appeared by video), Kansas Governor Sam Brownback, and Tony Evans to name just a few. There were times that the stadium seats were shaking from the crowd noise in response to the message and music of the day. Peyton Manning would be hard pressed to run his offense in the face of that much crowd noise.
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Jerry Hall was rehearsing at the Gielgud Theatre in London's West End yesterday, apparently in a positive frame of mind despite being slated by the critics over her first foray into acting for 10 years.
Jerry Hall was rehearsing at the Gielgud Theatre in London's West End yesterday, apparently in a positive frame of mind despite being slated by the critics over her first foray into acting for 10 years.
Sacha Brooks, producer of the stage version of The Graduate, said: "The cast is very positive. It is a happy theatre but also an exhausted one." If this was indeed the case, it seems Hall did not trouble herself over breakfast with the pile of hardly flattering reviews of her first appearance as the seductress Mrs Robinson. The critics were united in their praise of the 44-year-old's figure which, after weeks of hype, she revealed during the play. But of her acting performance they were less than kind.
The Daily Mail critic slated her before saying that with "her kit off" the mother of four looked "pretty damn amazing". He added: "The Texan accent wobbled like a learner cyclist, her dramatic pauses sagged horribly and her range of emotions would not have discredited a retiring clam."
In The Times her performance in the role previously taken by Kathleen Turner was reviewed with a headline "Barely acting". The Guardian said the "honest truth is that there are many actresses around better equipped to play Mrs Robinson but they will not get a sniff of the role because they lack the requisite celebrity". Ian Irvine, writing in The Independent, said that while Turner had brought the role "the authority of decades of fine acting on stage and in cinema, Hall could only bring celebrity and the carriage of a cat-walk model".
Except for Mick Jagger, her former husband, who watched the performance and said she was "doing great", no one had anything nice to say about Hall's acting.
Which hardly comes as a surprise. As the hype about her involvement in the production grew, the director Sam Mendes said the theatre was in danger of being "held hostage by the lure of glamour". Mendes, director of the Oscar-winning film American Beauty, who persuaded Nicole Kidman to appear naked in The Blue Room, said really great theatre moments "burn their way into the memory... the majority of evenings spent in the theatre are disappointing but when it works, it stays with you for a lifetime".
Hall might have to put up with even worse. Monday was the preview and the first night itself, when "proper" critics are expected, is not until 8 August. Brooks said: "I don't wish to say anything until then. I am conscious of fuelling the hype."
Either way, it is unlikely that Hall, reportedly earning £10,000 a week plus 5 per cent of profits, will be bothered. Speaking when it was disclosed she was to take on the role, she said she was not upset by the comments the news had elicited. "I was amused, darling. Upset is something I don't do any more. I feel I've started on a new chapter, regained my self-esteem, got rid of the chaos in my personal life."
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Abstract We consider a model of a random magnetic system, represented by Ising spins, and defined by a Hamiltonian consisting of an intercluster and intracluster parts. Assuming that all the clusters are of identical size and shape, we approximate the intracluster Hamiltonian by a "self-interaction" term of the type KΣ ν S 2 ν, where K is a given positive parameter and S ν is the total (Ising) spin of the cluster. The intercluster part of the Hamiltonian is taken to be Σ μΣ ν J μν S μ S ν, where the intercluster coupling J μν is assumed to be a random variable with a Gaussian distribution. Starting with a master equation for such a system and working in the mean-field and linearized version, we obtain the magnetization, dynamic susceptibility and spin correlation function. An important qualitative feature of the ferromagnetic cluster formation is that dynamical quantities like magnetization and spin correlation functions decay at a slower rate than when the clusters are absent.


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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# The Last Rebel by Lynyrd Skynyrd form the recording The Last Rebel (Gary Rossington, Johnny Van-Zant, Robert Johnson, Michael Lunn) Transcribed by Mark Russell - email@example.com Chords: Am C/D C G F |-----0-----0-----0-----3-----1----| |-----1-----3-----1-----0-----1----| |-----2-----0-----0-----0-----2----| |-----2-----4-----2-----0-----3----| |-----0-----5-----3-----2-----3----| |-----------------------3-----1----| The "C/D" chord is of C major form at the fifth fret - where the fifth string is a "D", hence my naming. I couldn't find a name for this chord, but it does work. Am C/D There's a grey horse standin' still C C/D Am F G As a soldier climbs in the saddle for one last ride Am C/D As the rain pours off his hat C C/D Am C C/D You can see the shadows of the past written in his eyes Am G C Now the cannons are silent Am G C His friends are all gone Am G C Gotta put it all behind him Am G F If he ever wants to find his way home G Am C/D F G He's the last rebel on the road Am C/D Just a boy with his old guitar C C/D Am Keeps to himself but everybody takes him wrong F G But he carries on Am C/D Got a dream that will never die C C/D Am C C/D Can't change him, no use in stayin' where you don't belong Am G C Now he's rollin' down the highway Am G C Gone too far too fast Am G C Am G C Am x 2 No one will ever find him, he'll never look back (chorus) F 'Cause he's the last rebel G And he's all alone F He's the last rebel G His friends are all gone F He's the last rebel G Am The last rebel on the road F G There'll never be another like him F G He's the last of a dying breed F G Ain't no use in tryin' to tame him G 'Cause he's the last rebel Am G C And he's all alone Am G C He's the last rebel Am G C His friends are all gone Am G C He's the last rebel Music keeps going alternating between the Am G C progression and the F G progression. Johnny throughs some "ohhhoo ohhhhs" in there over these progressions. Listen to the song... -Z- Return to my to my Lynyrd Skynyrd tabs page The Tablature is Copyright its respective owners.
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Lloyds Plans Initial Public Offering for TSB Banking Unit
Sarah Jones and Richard PartingtonLloyds Banking Group Plc, Britain's biggest mortgage lender, will sell 25 percent of its TSB consumer bank in an initial public offering next month and plans to lure individual investors with bonus shares.
The prospectus will be published in mid-June, the London-based bank said in a statement today. Individual investors buying up to 2,000 pounds ($3,364) of stock will get one free share for every 20 they buy, as long as they hold them for a full year after the IPO.
TSB Chief Executive Officer Paul Pester said there was "strong appetite" for the offering and predicted individual investors will buy as much as 20 percent of the shares on sale. Speaking on a call with reporters, he declined to comment on the lender's eventual valuation.
The IPO is the biggest by one of the so-called challenger banks that are trying to take on Britain's four biggest lenders. TSB is going public as demand for IPOs shows signs of waning: last week, retailer Fat Face Group Ltd. pulled its IPO and Saga Plc sold shares at the bottom of the range used to canvas investor interest in the stock.
"This one would need to work for the other challengers to follow," said David Moss, a portfolio manager at F&C Asset Management Plc in London, which oversees about 82 billion pounds. "This needs to be a litmus test."
British regulators and politicians are seeking to boost competition in Britain's consumer banking market, which is dominated by Lloyds, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, Barclays Plc and HSBC Holdings Plc. The four banks control about 75 percent of the checking-account market, according to the Office of Fair Trading.
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That regulatory push is encouraging smaller lenders to raise money for expansion, while Lloyds and RBS are being forced to sell branches by regulators after receiving government bailouts during the financial crisis.
OneSavings Bank, a specialist lender to landlords and small businesses backed by J.C. Flowers & Co., is preparing an IPO. Banco Santander SA is also weighing an IPO of its British operation. European Union regulators are forcing RBS to sell Williams & Glyn, a network of 314 branches, by 2017.
Lloyds had been required by regulators to sell TSB, which it acquired in 1995, by the end of 2013. Co-Operative Bank Plc pulled out of a 700 million-pound deal to buy the operation in April 2013, forcing Lloyds to seek an extension of the deadline.
That deadline and ebbing investor appetite for IPOs may force Lloyds to sell TSB at a discount to its book value, estimated to be about 1.5 billion pounds by analysts at Oriel Securities Ltd.
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"We haven't been able to see much in terms of numbers yet, but those that were published today make us think that TSB's IPO might price at a significant discount to book," Sandy Chen, an analyst at Cenkos Securities Plc in London, said in a report to clients.
Lloyds closed up 1.6 percent to 77.15 pence in London trading today, outpacing the benchmark FTSE 100 Index's 0.4 percent increase.
TSB "is already operating on the U.K. high street and is proving to be a strong and effective challenger," Lloyds CEO Antonio Horta-Osorio said in the statement.
TSB has 4.5 million customers and 631 branches, making it the U.K.'s seventh-largest branch network. The lender's core equity Tier 1 capital ratio, a key measure of financial strength, will be 22 percent under the latest Basel rules.
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TSB will also be protected from "historical conduct-related claims," according to today's statement. Lloyds has so far set aside 9.8 billion pounds, more than any other lender, to cover the cost of compensating clients mis-sold payment-protection insurance.
The lender plans to pay its first dividend in 2017. Pester said TSB will increase its balance sheet as much as 50 percent by boosting mortgage lending and expanding its checking-account operation.
"This is a business that we expect investors to buy and hold as we grow," Pester said on the conference call. "My job is to get out there and explain the bank as it is to both institutional investors and retail investors and let them decide" on the valuation, he said.
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc., UBS AG, Investec Bank Plc, Numis and RBC are arranging the offering. Rothschild is advising the board of TSB.


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