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First time I had any contact with Elvis I was in the hospital and Elvis sent me a telegram ... I had written and recorded this song called Old Friend
and in the song it says, 'Would you be here if I could have been there?' in the song and that really means that at one point I think it was the second time maybe he went into the hospital or something I wanted to come to Memphis and talk to Elvis as a friend, you know, didn't want a Cadillac, didn't need anything, didn't want anything, just loved him.
died November 23, after a year of declining health. Joe first met Elvis Presley in the Army in 1958
and began working for him soon after they were both released from the service in 1960 until literally the day he died seventeen years later. Joe was Elvis' right hand man and head of the Memphis Mafia
'If I Can Dream' was the dynamic production duo of Don Reedman (Barbra Streisand
, Michael Crawford) and Nick Patrick (Plácido Domingo, Il Divo). Reedman first approached executive producer Priscilla Presley
with the idea to marry vintage Elvis vocal tracks with the RPO at famed Abbey Road Studios in London, and it was an idea she wholly embraced. Buoyed by the reception of If I Can Dream, the production Dream Team reunited to emerge with another stellar Elvis/RPO offering, 'The Wonder of You: Elvis Presley With the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
' (RCA/Legacy), a worthy sequel if ever there was.
Celebrating Elvis's first motion picture - Follow That Dream
present 'Love Me Tender
' in the 2-CD 7" classic soundtrack format
-- and its stunning audio and visual content is highly impressive. The sound here is warm, detailed and full on the soundtracks original EP recordings.
Interview with Joe Esposito by Larry King 2007. Joe Esposito: Elvis loved to be on stage. That where -- he felt the happiest on stage because he got the love from the audience
. And he loved to sing. I mean, that's what he loved to do. He'd sit in his house on hours on end by himself at the piano and just play songs and sing.
There's a photograph of you and Elvis here that looked like a plaque. Can you tell us a little background about what happened there? Well, Elvis and I took a picture together, because we wrote a song called 'I'll Be Back', which was voted in the top ten in the motion picture category.
Interview with Ray Walker of the Jordanaires
. We were looking the other way when Elvis came in. When I turned around, he stuck his hand out and said, 'I'm Elvis Presley'. I said, 'I know who you are. I'm Ray Walker'. Elvis replied to me, 'And I know who you are'. We stood there and talked, and the minute I looked in to his face all his fame left. I saw one of the nicest guys. I'm not really one to keep my mouth shut most of the time, as long as I know there's no harm, so during that all-night session I said to him, 'You know, your heart's going to take a beating in this business. And I've only been in it three weeks'. (Laughs) I really liked him right off. There was just an aura about him, he was one of the most impressive people I have ever met in my life.
Elvis Live Australia and New Zealand in Priscilla's own words.
Australian and New Zealand audiences should prepare themselves to experience what will be a triumphant celebration of Elvis Presley and his music, in a way that many have never before. View concert dates and venues.
Elvis fans, be sure to sign up to the Official Elvis Live mailing list
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Pre Sale, and VIP packages
. This is a tour not to be missed! Friday May 26
: Perth Arena Sunday May 28
: Adelaide Entertainment Centre Thursday June 1
: Brisbane Entertainment Centre Friday June 2
: ICC Theatre, Sydney Friday June 9
: Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne Sunday June 11
: Derwent Entertainment Centre, Hobart Friday July 7
: Horncastle Arena, Christchurch Sunday July 9
: Vector Arena, Auckland
Video, B.B. King talks about Elvis Presley, and the first time he saw him at Sun Records. Later, Elvis Presley and B.B. King backstage at the WDIA Goodwill Revue at Ellis Auditorium on December 7, 1956.
The I'm 10,000 Years Old : Elvis Country' album 'tells us as much about the man who created it as anything he ever did'. In January 1971, RCA records slipped its latest Elvis Presley LP on the market, not two months after the previous one. That record, 'I'm 10,000 Years Old: Elvis Country', the singer's 30th of original material (excluding live collections, compilations and greatest hits sets), wasn't just another Elvis LP. It was an honest to gosh concept LP. The songs were not only linked stylistically and thematically, but all the performances were linked by splices of a song interspersed between each number. Even the cover wasn't the usual head shot of a smiling Elvis, concert pose, or movie still. In their place was a sepia toned photo of a very familiar looking young boy, Elvis Presley aged two.
Kate Moss wore a nice jean blouse with silhouettes of Elvis Presley, the TCB logo and titles of popular songs of Elvis like 'Heartbreak Hotel', 'Teddy Bear' and 'Can't Help Falling In Love' at the recent Spring 2017 Fashion Dior show. The 42-year-old model wore black pants, boots, a t-shirt and the blue 'Elvis' denim shirt. Thank you, thank you very much, Kate.
Elvis Presley: Elvis Treasures - Robert Gordon Book and CD
. For Elvis fans everywhere, Graceland has opened the doors to its extensive archives, allowing the historic documents and memorabilia within to be reproduced in facsimile, collectible form. With the expert help of archivists from Elvis Presley Enterprises, the King's life story is told through handwritten letters, press releases, movie scripts, and additional memorabilia and photographs from the Graceland archives. These historic documents, combined with the evocative text of author Robert Gordon, create a moving portrait of the legendary performer in this one-of-a-kind collector's book. Includes Elvis Speaks, an exclusive 60-Minute Audio CD of Candid Conversations with The King Of Rock 'N' Roll
. This unique interactive book also contains a 60-minute CD of interviews spanning his career, providing a formerly unavailable portrait of the King in his own words.
A Touch of Gold Lamé is a 450+ page Hardcover book by Erik Lorentzen author of the Elvis Files books and is the same size and weight (3.5kg/ 7.7 pounds) as these classic releases (i.e. HUGE) and will cover all you could want to know about Elvis and his 1957 concerts featuring the famous Gold Lame Suit. The wealth of material in this book is stunning with 420 pages of glorious photographs and articles of Elvis on tour! View a video preview
In May 2017 Elvis fans will have an opportunity that many have never had before - to experience the man who changed the course of popular music - the biggest selling solo artist in history (having sold an astonishing one billion records
worldwide), in a live concert experience - 'The Wonder of You', featuring the most recognizable voice of all time with a full symphony orchestra live on stage performing the King of Rock and Roll's most well-known rock 'n' roll songs and his tender, heart-wrenching ballads - with a very special personal appearance by Priscilla Presley
. Australian & New Zealand announced October 11.
The man who brought it all into focus and made the world catch on fire with rock and roll was Elvis Presley. He also generated those fires in me and my friends. We all thought we could be like him.
Let's just say it wasn't Jenny Maxwell's day. It all started early, when scenes for 'Blue Hawaii', Hal Wallis production, called for Jenny to try to drown herself, be rescued by Elvis Presley, who then turns the tiny 19-year-old blonde over his knee and gives her a sound spanking.
For the long shots and close-ups, Jenny dunked herself thoroughly three times, was hauled out and spanked by Elvis, a total of four times.
A suicide note was the unlikely inspiration behind the song that became Elvis Presley's first No. 1 hit and million-selling single.
Steel guitarist and session musician Tommy Durden read a newspaper article about a man who had killed himself, leaving behind a piece of paper with the haunting words: 'I walk a lonely street'. Durden brought the article to his friend and cowriter Mae Boren Axton. A 41-year-old high school English teacher who moonlighted as a journalist and a songwriter, Axton had notched a few hits in the early '50s with artists such as Perry Como and Ernest Tubb. In late 1955, she took a part-time position as a public relations secretary for Elvis' manger, Colonel Tom Parker
. As Axton and Durden discussed how they could turn the newspaper article into a song, Axton suggested that there be a 'Heartbreak Hotel
' at the end of the lonely street. With that flash of inspiration, the pair was off and running. Painting a picture of a place where 'broken-hearted lovers cry away their gloom' and 'the desk clerk's dressed in black', they managed to convey in very few words a mood that was both romantically charged and funereal.
The cleverly titled 'Way Down in the Jungle Room
' is another Elvis session anthology from RCA/Legacy that was conceived in the style of 2013's critically acclaimed 'Elvis at Stax
'. It includes all the masters and many outtakes from the 'Jungle Room' sessions that took place from February 2-8 and October 29-30, 1976 at the 'den' of Graceland
, Elvis' home in Memphis, TN. Back then, nobody could have guessed that these sessions would become a rather sad part of music history as Elvis Presley's last studio recordings. The songs that were recorded at those sessions ended up on the albums 'From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee
' (1976) and 'Moody Blue
' (1977), which were both still released during Elvis' lifetime.
On stage during the filming of 'Elvis: That's The Way it Is
' Elvis joked and teased the 'Sweet Inspirations' that you would bring in the Supremes, with Mahalia Jackson singing lead. He did not have to go that far, he had an ideal group in front of him (as Elvis fans know), but the person to bring in, or rather bring back was the groups founder, Cissy Houston
. Emily 'Cissy' Houston was the real killer feature of the group, certainly when listening to this CD, and she was backed by three very competent singers in Myrna Smith
, Sylvia Shemwell and Estelle Brown who managed a great mix of a gospel sound and Atlantic soul music.
'I approached writing for Elvis differently than I did for any other artist. The songs had to have acombination of blues, country, rock and pop [what came to becalled 'rockabilly']. It was like walking in his musical shoes. With each new Elvis movie, more of my songs were being recorded. It became more and more exciting, for I was becoming the only songwriter to have so many songs recorded by him.
You may never have heard a Roy Hamilton song - he is not played much on the radio anymore, and is prized mainly by rhythm-and-blues aficionados, especially in England - but you’ve heard the reach of his gospel-tinged voice. Hamilton was 'one of Elvis’s chief vocal inspirations', according to Elvis Presley’s biographer Peter Guralnick, who also noted that Elvis was 'one of Roy Hamilton’s most devoted admirers'.
In 1969 Elvis and Roy met at the American Sound Studios
in Memphis. Both were being produced by Chips Moman, Elvis at night and Roy during the day. Elvis was thrilled to discover that Roy (his boyhood idol) would be working at the same studio.
Elvis Presley died at Graceland on August 16, 1977. He was 42 years old. Listen to Tony Prince announce Elvis Presley's death on Radio Luxembourg and the first hour of his show, (46:53), Vernon Presley Talks to the Media (August 16, 1977), View videos, Metamorphosis of Elvis Presley & Old Friend by Bill Medley, Elvis Presley Funeral Procession August 18, 1977 and November 1977, first time the public were allowed to view Elvis' grave. President Carter statement, photos, the original news story and more. The manner in which the major television networks handled the news of Elvis' death illustrated his enormous popularity and the tremendous impact he had on America, something few realized until he was gone.
Elvis Presley & the event of 1977. A detailed look at the years events. Updated
'Way Down in the Jungle Room
' has debuted at No. 9 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart
and is No. 6 on the ARIA 'physical chart' (i.e. CD). The album has also debuted at No. 16 on the Official UK Charts
, No. 29 in Ireland, No. 25 Netherlands, Belgium No. 30, and No. 12 in Scotland.
Elvis Presley never called it the Jungle Room. For him, his breathtakingly garish tiki-tinged lair - sui generis in the realm of ostentatious kitsch - was merely 'the den'. Constructed in 1965 as an addition to Graceland
, Elvis Presley's already-fabled Memphis headquarters, the room was the nerve center of his home life. There he would take his breakfast, contemplate the enormous artificial waterfall, entertain his coterie of confidants nicknamed the 'Memphis Mafia
'. For a man who opened many of his concerts by singing 'I'm the king of the jungle, they call me tiger man', this unruly terrain of green shag carpeting, plastic plants, rainbow lights and ersatz animal fur seemed perfectly appropriate.
We need a red light or something, you know, so these guys'll think they're in a whorehouse and play better', Elvis Presley jokes before a stunning take of 'It's Easy For You' on the new release Way Down in the Jungle Room, released on Friday. He needn't have worried. Long considered a fallow period in Elvis' career, the 1976 sessions on 'Way Down in the Jungle Room' - recorded when Elvis was overweight, out of shape, and overmedicated - are stunning. Cut after cut shows Elvis in powerful voice, with his peerless gift for interpreting a song undiminished.
Interview with Richard Davis a longtime member of Elvis' Memphis Mafia. Richard started working for Elvis after Elvis returned from the Army and continued to work for him until 1971 as a body guard, a stand-in in 23 movies and eventually a wardrobe manager. He remained friends with Elvis until the end. Known among the other Memphis Mafia members for his quick wit and for being a bit of a prankster he once dropped a water balloon on Elvis' head as he walked out of his trailer in fresh makeup for a movie shoot.
Richard Davis : There's so many things it's hard to pinpoint. Well I got one thing. I don't remember what year it was. And one thing that happened is back in the dressing room before he went on one night, somebody came back and told Elvis, 'Muhammad Ali
is in the audience and he would like to meet you'. And Elvis said, 'Oh, yeah, yeah, bring him on back', 'cause Elvis loved Muhammad Ali. So Muhammad Ali comes back there and he's got his entourage with him and -- big old guys, man. You know, and big bodyguard guys.
Elvis 'If I Can Dream' the concert with 40 piece Orchestra is coming to Australia and New Zealand in 2017. Following on from the six date UK run in November featuring the (touring) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra perhaps surprisingly, Australia and New Zealand are up next, however the international tour will be without the actual Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, with instead a '40 piece Orchestra' to replicate the original album work of the Royal Philharmonic. 'If I Can Dream' was a worldwide chart success and hit the very top of the Australian ARIA album charts on debut and as reached as high as No. 3 in New Zealand. No concerts dates have been announced as yet.
Where is your copy of the 'If I Can Dream': Elvis Presley With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra'
CD? Filed away, among your current played CDs, or perhaps is it open with the disc in your CD player? After a period of it being 'left' on the shelf' after the heady times of its release nine months ago, recently I have had the album out and I have since played the CD several times, and I find I l still love this CD, with the exception of one track ('Fever' with Michael Bublé) so without any doubt for me this album has stood a good test of time, and I don't have any doubt I be able to say the same in ten years’ time!
Original NME article from April 6, 1962 that mentions a projected Elvis Presley charity concert in Britain. Includes many rare images, including the ad that announces the concert that proves it just wasn't talk.
The Houston Astrodome was chosen by Colonel Parker to be the first venue for Elvis to perform outside Las Vegas. After the concluding show Elvis held a press conference for about 100 journalists at Astroworld.
If Elvis Presley had not grown up to be the King of Rock 'n' Roll, there's a chance he would have been a police officer, such was his deep respect for law enforcement. As a youngster, Presley wanted to grow up to be a policeman, according to press accounts in the 1970s. He collected badges. If he performed in a city, he’d want a badge from there. What he wanted was not merely an honorary badge, but a real one. And he obtained several, some with his name or initials inscribed on them. But Elvis had some fun too, in the 1970s, he was known to actually pull over speeding drivers and flash one of his various badges and lecture them. Then, give an autograph and speed away, leaving behind a stunned person with an awesome story. To achieve this Elvis actually had a flashing blue light that he would put on the roof when required. Elvis also obtained a police radio and a revolving blue light to put on top of the car roof.
Ever since Good Times
was released by the Follow That Dream
label two years ago I've been looking forward to Promised Land
getting the classic album
treatment as well, and earlier this month it finally arrived. After listening to the two CD's packed with alternate takes and interesting studio dialog as well as some rehearsals and undubbed masters, I can say that it was definitely worth the wait.
The story has been repeated thousands of times, with minor variations, in magazines, books, blogs and documentaries. In some versions, the heartbroken man shoots himself; in others, he leaps to his death from a hotel window. There are occasional references to a failed romance and to the destruction of all traces of identification before the fatal act. There's always a one-line suicide note: 'I walk a lonely street'. But there's never a name. For 60 years, the true identity of the man whose death inspired 'Heartbreak Hotel
' has remained a mystery. Florida songwriters Tommy Durden and Mae Boren Axton always claimed the creative spark for Elvis Presley's first-ever Number One hit was a 1955 newspaper story about an anonymous man's suicide and his cryptic note about that 'lonely street'.
Lisa Marie Presley files for divorce of her fourth marriage. TMZ has learned from friends of The Kings daughter that she demanded full custody of her two daughters. Lisa Marie also wants that her ex Michael Lockwood may only see the twins when she is there. Lisa Marie and Michael married in 2006
, but after ten years the love is over. She has not asked for financial help in the education of the two girls and she wants nothing Michaels assets.The 48-year-old Lisa Marie was three times married. Before her marriage with Lockwood gave her yes to all of Danny Keough, Michael Jackson and Nicolas Cage.
Scotty Moore, who had been in poor health in recent months, died Tuesday in his longtime home of Nashville. He was 84. He was the man behind 'The Man', the one producing the signature licks amid the screams and hysteria and history making moments. Scotty Moore was one of the foundational figures in rock and roll, a profoundly influential guitarist, and the musician who helped Elvis Presley become The King.
News of Moore's death was confirmed by several sources, including Moore's friend and Phillips Recording Service engineer Matt Ross-Spang.
In early May
, we reported some interesting Elvis Presley
happenings afoot at the Phillips Recording Service. Although details were vague, officials from Sony/Legacy - the custodians of the Presley catalog - and longtime Elvis TCB band members
were on hand at Phillips to work on tracks for an upcoming project. Though unconfirmed officially, the work was reportedly for a 40th anniversary package marking the King's 1976 home recording sessions at Graceland's Jungle Room
. 'We mixed 18 tracks from the Jungle Room sessions, and the really cool thing is James Burton
, Norbert Putnam
, David Briggs
, Ronnie Tutt
- all those guys who played with Elvis came to town and hung out while I mixed', says Ross-Spang. 'It's pretty interesting mixing with James Burton standing over your shoulder
'. Ross-Spang's work offers a sparer-sounding version of the Jungle Room material
. 'Those songs were originally done on 16-track at the house, but afterward, (Elvis producer) Felton Jarvis
took the tracks back to Nashville and added strings and horns and overdubs. Which was cool, but it's really great just to have the original kind of swamp-y tracks, real bare bones. I think that's where some of the material really shines'.
, who played standout horn lines on rock 'n' roll, soul, R&B and pop mainstays along with Memphis Horns partner and tenor saxophonist Andrew Love, has died. He was 74. Jackson and Love performed on recordings by numerous top-shelf artists, including Otis Redding, Elvis Presley
, Neil Diamond
and U2. His wife, Amy, said her husband died of congestive heart failure Tuesday night. Jackson had been hospitalized and released June 7 before taking a turn for the worse Monday night and being readmitted. 'He led an incredible life and he left an amazing music legacy', Amy Jackson said.
View three video interviews with Scotty Moore. Scotty talks about meeting Elvis
, about The Sun Sessions
, where Scotty says that it was Bill Black that came up with the flip side for what would be their first record. It was their rendition of the bluegrass standard 'Blue Moon of Kentucky', made famous by Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys. And in a third interview Scotty talks about The 68 Comeback Special
Listen as Roy Orbison talks with Glen A. Baker about Elvis Presley and 'Only The Lonely' (1980).
, the legendary producer of the American Sound Studios in Memphis
, where Elvis recorded in January and February 1969, passed away yesterday, just a day after his 79 birthday. Chips worked for a while at the famous Stax studios in Memphis, but in 1962 he started his own recording studio on 827 Thomas Street in Memphis. Lincoln Wayne 'Chips' (because he loved gambling and collecting the 'chips') Moman worked with many great artists, including Neil Diamond
and Elvis Presley
, and wrote and/or produced more than 100 songs for Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings
and many others.
Elvis' first Canadian performances were at the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto April 2, 1957
. Next The 'King' performed two concerts in Ottawa on April 3, 1957
. Then on August 31, 1957
, Elvis, Scotty Moore, Bill Black
, D.J. Fontana
and the Jordanaires
went to Vancouver by train to perform at Empire Stadium. It was the second stop of a tour of the Northwest that had started the day before in Spokane. By this time Elvis had recorded eight No. 1 singles in two years, had made three movies and was about to release 'Jailhouse Rock' as his latest single. Having performed in Toronto and Ottawa in April, this was only the third time they ever performed outside of the U.S. and for Elvis it would be the last. Vancouver's first rock-and-roll show had taken place barely a year before, when Bill Haley
and the Comets drew 6,000 people to the Kerrisdale Arena. Now Elvis had drawn a crowd over four times larger.
: 'People don't realize what they had till it's gone. Like President Kennedy, there was no one like him, the Beatles, and my man Elvis Presley. I was the Elvis of boxing
My first hero, and a very good friend of and to Elvis, Muhammad Ali has died today. It is hardly surprising that Muhammad Ali and Elvis Presley became good friends, their backgrounds were so similar and they became the two arms of the pincer movement of civil rights within entertainment and sport. Muhammad Ali : 'Elvis Presley was the sweetest, most humble and nicest man you'd want to know'.
'Elvis is a truly great vocalist, and you can hear why on this song. His phrasing, his use of echo, it's all so beautiful. It's the way he sings it, too. As if he's singing it from the depths of Hell. It's a perfect example of a singer being in command of the song. Musically it's perfect, too. The double-bass and the walk-in piano create this incredibly haunting atmosphere. It's so full of mystery, and it's never lost that for me. The echo is just stunning. When The Beatles
were recording, we'd often ask George Martin for 'the Elvis echo. I think we got it down perfectly on A Day in the Life
Well, my first meeting with Elvis was the pre-production meeting. I got a call from Tom Diskin who was the Colonel's associate, and he said they were thinking about me conducting the show for Elvis Presley. And someone had preceded me there for the first show.
Elvis was in fine form on this 'Hot August Night' of the 25th of August 1969, a performance perhaps never to be beaten. For those that only read the summery of reviews, I can be quite clear, this concert is without doubt the best live recording released to-date of Elvis Presley in 1969, and is one of the best concerts Elvis Presley ever performed - both in sound quality and performance! Why? I could say, listen to it and you will agree, but I offer you an interesting fact, it was from this concert that RCA chose to use seven (7) of the tracks to make up the original 12 track 'Elvis In Person' album in 1969. This is 58% of the albums tracks. And this is from the good number of concerts recorded of which several have been released on CD by FTD. So crystal clear stereo sound and a great performance.


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The bell was used by the TUC president to open, close and maintain order at the TUC Conference in Plymouth in 1899. This historic TUC Congress voted decisively in favour of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants motion and seconded by the National Union of Dock Labourers to establish a Labour Representation Committee. The president that year was Typographical Association official W.J.Vernon.
3/1907: Chorley & Pickersgill dispute
A “fierce and courageous struggle” according to the NATSOPA history took place at Leeds company Chorley & Pickersgill in 1907 in a dispute over wage reduction after “two brave girls” objected, supported by others. (Credit Leeds Council Archives, courtesy of Chris Remington).
4/1960s: Vietnam war
Print union members and representatives in Fleet Street set up a printers’ movement for peace which included medical aid for Vietnam during the war of liberation against the United States. This leaflet describes the successful campaign to raise money for an ambulance.
5/1986: Print union and Wapping badges
Framed collections in the MML include badges and dies from the News International dispute.
6/1980: Media ownership and democracy
This postcard from 1980 is one of a series from the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom formed by the print and media unions for tighter laws on media and cross media ownership, an effective system of press and media regulation and a statutory right of reply.


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Yes, unfortunately, Jean Giraud, aka Moebius, has lost a long battle with bad health.
Check out one of my other blogs for more, including some eulogistic words from Mr. Neil Gaiman here.
As I've mentioned, I've only been on the site for a week and I am amazed by the strong sense of community and support I've seen.
It's so much different from the music scenes of most towns, where everyone is nice to each others' faces then turn around and talk crap about their bands or try to screw their girlfriends.
I guess I just want to say thanks. There is so much talent and caring here that I have a renewed hope for humanity.
After some advice, I have chosen to make the Bluehaven Manifesto a private blog that can only be accessed by invite. Basically, I don't want to give out a free first draft.
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I am brand new to the site and very excited about everything it has to offer. My name is Trevor J Wallace, but I generally use that name for my forays into journalism. Here, I will be known as Albrecht Zimmer. I think it has a nice alchemical odor and separates my fiction from my other writings. I have just put up two of my short stories on the site (the only two I felt ready to share) and I am also rough drafting my novel as a blog so those interested can see it grow and develop (not to mention

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Have you ever been to a party without music? They're the worst.
Maybe that's why there are so many music festivals throughout the Netherlands for their biggest bank holiday of the year, King's Day. 27 April is a nationwide celebration in honour of King Willem-Alexander's birthday and the Dutch people take full advantage.
New to the party last year was Nassau Festival. Taking place in Amsterdam, the festival is all about music you won't hear in a stadium. No soaring drops or eyebrow tingeing pyrotechnics of EDM here.
One of the biggest names at Nassau this year is veteran party starter Marc Maya. A founding member of Row 14 aka Elrow in Barcelona, the Spanish DJ has made a name for himself by creating a uniquely versatile style of techno. His eclectic mix of genres has taken him around the world and gotten him residencies at famed clubs in Barcelona and Ibiza.
With King's Day and Nassau Festival just around the corner, we thought it was a perfect time to catch up with the dance master general himself to discuss his approach to music, what he has in the pipeline and what to expect at Nassau Festival.
Electronic music is heavily linked with dancing and partying. How do you balance artistry and danceability in your music?
My music is 100% aimed at getting people to dance, to enjoy and have fun on the dance floor. It's true that I don't have a regular style which you can define because I play the music that I feel and like.
How does your approach change between live and studio settings?
The relationship between both is so good because I have the possibility to check the new tracks live, finalise details and then retouch them in my studio.
You're known for mixing different sounds and genres together, is that something you do consciously or are you simply focused on what sounds good?
Not really. Like I mentioned before, I always play the music that I like, always thinking in the connection with people. All tracks have space in my set if I feel like that. If I feel like that or if it fits into the music line that I play, I'm indifferent to the music style of the track.
Do you have any upcoming releases you can tell us about?
Yes, I have a lot of projects and some of them are almost ready to bring to light. Some EPs and launches will come soon on labels like Time Has Changed and Stickrecordings, among others, and a big surprise is coming also but I can’t reveal yet.
You've never put out a full length studio album, is there a reason for that?
Sincerely I have never considered it. I have been bringing out tracks that were fitting into different labels. At the moment it has not been launched yet, maybe in a future I will consider to make a complete album alone.
What made you fall in love with music?
Music is a way to express yourself and connect with people. Live, we experience the music together and bring it to another level.
You've held residencies in Spain and Ibiza, have you noticed differences between audiences in Spain, Ibiza and The Netherlands?
Talking about festive atmosphere, not too much, because fortunately the response of the people at both sites is very good, and we are so happy with that. On a feedback level and connection in the dance floor every place is different, but in all of them there is a lot of energy. In Holland, for example, you dance more, people love to shake their bodies.
Do you have any pre show rituals?
Not especially. I drink two beers and puff some ganja, never tobacco.
Who are you excited to see at Nassau Festival?
Friends like Eats Everything and Hot Since 82.
And finally, what can we expect from your Nassau Festival set?
A mix of music with a lot of groove, rhythms, and melodies… with only one purpose: to make people dance and enjoy.
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Alkaline Foods, Allergies, Arthritis, Asthma, Autoimmune Disease, Blood Sugar, Brain Function, Cancer, Detoxify, Diabetes, Digestion, Disease, Gluten Free, Healing Foods, Healthy Living, High Blood Pressure, Immune System, Inflammation, Leaky Gut, Osteoporosis, Pain Symptoms, Raw Foods, Stress Management, Superfoods
Inflammation Is At The Root of Most Diseases
Living with a disease or having our immunity being compromised by common diagnoses such as, arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, asthma, and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), we should pay more attention to the long-term effects that are needed. A commonality introduced by inflammation is at the root of most diseases.
Incorporating foods that fight against inflammation, can help alleviate some of the symptoms, and the domino affect it can have on some ones health.
Inflammation is a bodily function that happens when someone has been injured, or illness signals lymphatic (immune) system to carry the immune system’s white blood cells to the problem area. The body increases blood flow when there is inflammation.
With the excess blood flow there may be swelling, redness, heat, pain and sometimes discomfort. You’ve probably seen this immune response in action, as you get a paper cut and your finger swells up around the wound while the extra blood runs. Inflammation is the normal for a healthy response that promotes healing.
Our body can overreact at times such as dealing with an autoimmune disorder like leaky gut. Inflammation is in rather healthy areas of the body. This reaction is common for arthritis and fibermyalgia, celiac disease and irritable bowel disease (IBD). Areas of concern that aren’t autoimmune, inflammation can still cascade as the body tries to heal the tissues in a specific area. Asthma causes inflamed lung capacity; inflammation related to diabetes affects insulin prevention etc.
Despite the connection between inflammation and prevalent diseases, as well as the connection between diet and inflammation that we’ll explore, diet isn’t always analyzed in response to inflammation. In a 2014 study on diet and IBD, 33 percent of the patients in the study opted against the proposed anti-inflammatory diet. All of the patients who participated and consumed anti-inflammatory foods found enough relief that they were able to discontinue at least one of their medications. Still, the study notes that physicians typically offer “if it hurts, don’t do it” advice instead of clear dietary guidelines. (1)
Certainly, there is more we can do to promote anti-inflammatory lifestyle changes.
The Anti-Inflammatory Diet
Standard American diets (appropriately called SAD) are never touted as exemplary, but when talking about inflammation, it becomes vitally important to rethink our typical diets. As a report from the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases reported:
While today’s modern diet may provide beneficial protection from micro- and macronutrient deficiencies, our over abundance of calories and the macronutrients that compose our diet may all lead to increased inflammation, reduced control of infection, increased rates of cancer, and increased risk for allergic and auto-inflammatory disease. (2)
To move toward an anti-inflammatory diet and anti-inflammatory foods, we primarily move away from the abundance of overly processed, unbalanced diets of the West and toward the ancient eating patterns of the Mediterranean. (3) A Mediterranean diet comprises plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, little to no red meat, certainly no chemicals or meat additives, and an abundance of omega-3 foods.
As we look into the anti-inflammatory components of certain foods and herbs, we can see how this kind of diet is linked with lowered inflammation. Among the many compounds found in fresh produce, a few general categories stand out as beneficial when attacking inflammation and inflammatory diseases at their source.
- Antioxidant foods
- Essential fatty acids
There’s little doubt that the pursuit of a healing diet begins with a menu high in vegetables, fruits, wild meats and sprouted seeds rich with omega-3 benefits. The evidence is clear that such anti-inflammatory foods can regulate the immune system and impact the way inflammation affects our bodies and our lives. (4)
13 Anti-Inflammatory Foods
By adding the right types of anti-inflammatory foods that decrease inflammation and reconstruct your health at a cellular level, you can begin to repair the body.
1. Green Leafy Vegetables
Stock up on greens and leafy vegetables when fighting inflammation. Fruits and vegetables are rich in antioxidants vitamin A and C, as well as vitamin K. These antioxidants can assist your brain in protecting from oxidative stress caused by free radicals.
2. Bok Choy
Also known as Chinese cabbage, bok choy is an excellent source of antioxidant vitamins and minerals. In fact, recent studies show that there are over 70 antioxidant phenolic substances in bok choy. These include something called hydroxycinnamic acids, which are robust antioxidants that scavenge free radicals. (5) A versatile vegetable, bok choy can be made in many dishes outside of Chinese cuisine, so make it one of your go-to anti-inflammatory foods.
Celery include both antioxidant and anti-inflammatory abilities that help improve blood pressure and cholesterol levels, as well as prevent heart disease. Celery seeds have been known to help to lower inflammation and to fight bacterial infections. It’s an excellent source of potassium, as well as antioxidants and vitamins.
Beets are great for cleaning the liver and they also rebuild cell damage caused by inflammation. Beets are a root vegetable that contain a source of Betaine, a natural liver detoxifier and bile thinner, which helps decrease gallstones. Beets are rich in folic acid, they offer great benefits for females reproductive systems. Beets are also used to assist in treating uterine disorders.
Broccoli is great roughage and contains detoxifying agents known as Glucoraphanin, gluconasturtiin, and glucobrassicin. The high levels of both potassium and magnesium, and its antioxidants are great anti-inflammatory agents. Broccoli is also known for its anti-aging properties being packed full of vitamin C, beta-carotene, vitamin B and E.
Berries that are darker tend to have high levels of flavonoid value and contain quercetin. The excessive amount of antioxidants blueberries protect the body from oxidative stress and reducing inflammation. Blueberries repress cognitive decline and improve memory and motor function.
Pineapple contains a natural digestive enzyme, and is packed full of bromelain, which can fight blood clotting and it is an organic way other than taking an aspirin a day to decrease the risk of heart attack. Being used as an anti-inflammatory regulator eating pineapple helps to stabilize the immune response which often creates inflammation.
When your source of food is mostly plant-based, such as being a vegan, nuts and seeds can make up the difference for protein and omega-3. The benefit of consuming walnuts can increase healthy brain development. Anthropological research suggests that our hunter-gatherer ancestors consumed omega-6 and omega-3 fats in a ratio of roughly 1:1.
9. Coconut oil
Coconut oil can reduce high blood pressure and risk factors to protect against heart disease. The anti-inflammatory agents are helpful in reducing free radicals. Since coconut oil contains high levels of antioxidants, it’s a number one treatment for osteoporosis.
10. Chia seeds
Chia seeds are an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory power house that regulates blood flow and helps reduce stress. Chia seeds are enriched with omega-3, omega-6, fatty acids, essential vitamins (A, B, E, and D) along with minerals including, sulphur, iron, iodine, magnesium, manganese, niacin, and thiamine which are all important for sustainability.
An antioxidant also great source of omega-3s and phytonutrients. Great fiber-related polyphenols that sustain us with antioxidant benefits for anti-aging, hormone balance and cellular health. Polyphenols can promote good gut bacteria and may eliminate yeast and candida in the body.
Turmeric’s primary compound, curcumin, is its active anti-inflammatory component. Packed full of anti-inflammatory properties, turmeric is highly effective at helping people manage rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or lessen symptoms related to inflammation.
Ginger is an immune modulator that helps reduce inflammation caused by overactive immune responses. Ginger is so effective treating inflammation in allergic and asthmatic disorders.
Common Inflammatory Foods to Avoid
- Artificial Colors
- Artificial Flavors
- Canned Foods
- Foods containing flour
- Fried foods
- Oils/Hydrogenated oils (vegetable oils such as soy, corn, sunflower, safflower, or palm oil)
- Processed foods
- Refined foods
- Synthetic sweeteners
(1) Olendzki, B. C., Silverstein, T. D., Persuitte, G. M., Ma, Y., Baldwin, K. R., & Cave, D. (2014). An anti-inflammatory diet as treatment for inflammatory bowel disease: a case series report. Nutrition Journal, 13, 5. http://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2891-13-5
(2) Myles, I. A. (2014). Fast food fever: reviewing the impacts of the Western diet on immunity. Nutrition Journal, 13, 61. http://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2891-13-61
(3) Leo Galland, MD (December 07, 2010). Diet and Inflammation. Nutrition in Clinical Practice Vol 25, Issue 6, pp. 634 – 640
(4) Watzl B. (2008). Anti-inflammatory effects of plant-based foods and of their constituents. International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research, 78, pp. 293-298. DOI: 10.1024/0300-98184.108.40.2063. © 2013 Hogrefe AG.
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TE Connectivity introduces two-position sealed fuse box for two-wheelers
TE Connectivity (TE), a global leader in providing connectivity solutions to multiple industries, today announced the introduction of a two-position sealed fuse box for anti-lock braking system (ABS) applications within two-wheelers.
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Today @ the Summerfest grounds - 3 p.m.
Aug. 29, 2008
As the band’s name suggests, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club specializes in loud, rambunctious garage rock, making the group outcasts from an indie-rock scene that now prefers downtrodden songwriting or handclap-laden quirk. Blending abrasive guitar-driven straight-ahead rock with plenty of nods to the Jesus and Mary Chain’s most fuzzed-out moments, the band’s most recent release, Baby 81, is a return to its trademark sound after the introspective folk of 2005’s Ginsberg-inspired Howl. The band is just one of many playing the Harley-Davidson 10th Anniversary Celebration today at the Summerfest grounds. There set begins at 3 p.m.


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Back in 2012, I was asked to test this recipe for pea and courgette salad by my step-step-grand-daughter Niaomh, who was editing and publishing The Deptford Community Cookbook. Since then, the salad has become a spring-time favourite of mine. But before we get into peas and their pods, I suspect you’re trying to work out what is a ‘step-step-grand-daughter’? Let me explain…
Like many 21st century families, we are that modern creation, ‘the recomposed family’. A horrible term and far too similar to ‘decomposed’, which might be more appropriate in some cases! I prefer to think of us as ‘a tribe’ of McKenzie and Slaters with a sprinkling of Converys.
At the age of 27, when I moved in with my future husband, John Slater, I technically became a ‘step-mother’ of sorts to Imogen, Adam, and Emma – all teenagers. But given the age gap between Slater and myself, I was only eight years older than Imogen!
I guess that (and the inevitable pain of a family breaking up), made it quite difficult and those first few years were… how can I put it… somewhat challenging! It took time, a lot of patience, and a lot of understanding before we all felt part of a larger extended family. The births of our sons, Tom, Harry, and Jack – along with Adam’s decision to come and live with us in Wales – did a lot to help build those connections. Gradually, as a bigger family, we began sharing Christmases, Easters, and many happy times in between.
But over the years, our tribe became even larger. When Louis, Imogen’s son was born, she nominated me as a ‘step-granny’, and some years later, with her new partner Ian, I became a step-granny again when Sylvie was born.
Ironically, in her new marriage, Imogen found herself in a very similar situation to mine – becoming a step-mother to a much older teenager, Ian’s daughter, Niaomh. In trying to work out what my relationship to Niaomh was, we decided the only term that captured it was ‘step-step-granny’ and so Niaomh therefore became my ‘step-step-grand-daughter’ – and it’s been a pleasure.
Niaomh is a force of nature! Full of energy – and with an irrepressible laugh – she’s a talented photographer, singer, chef, and a committed activist who does her best to help other people. With her partner, Adam, she recently finished a year’s volunteering in a refugee camp for Syrians in Greece, and they are now setting up a new project based in Devon called The Ground Up, helping to support under-represented people in the UK.
Her cook book was another community project, aimed at bringing people together in Deptford to share recipes and participate in supper club events. When it came to recipe testing for her book, I volunteered my services and was given this recipe for a pea, courgette, feta, and mint salad. It can, of course, be made with frozen peas, but somehow, it’s not the same.
I used to grow peas in my vegetable garden in Wales and it was one of my great pleasures to sit outside with a cup of coffee and pod the peas, so long as I could pick them before my boys did! They adored fresh peas and I would frequently find them, knee-high in the vegetable patch, picking the peas and eating them straight from the pod.
With no vegetable garden here in Albi, I was able to buy fresh peas from the market, and this morning I sat on my balcony with a cup of coffee and slowly podded the peas. It’s a slightly zen activity, repetitive and yet satisfying as the bowl of podded peas slowly filled up. The sun shone, swifts swooped round the tower of the church, the bells rang, and tourists wandered past on the cobbled street below me. Slow is good.
This salad is a meal in itself – with the freshest of tastes. The combination of fresh peas, baby courgettes, rocket, lemon juice, mint, and feta, is like eating a bowl of Spring!
Spring Salad of Peas, Courgettes, Feta, and Mint
Preparation time, 40 minutes (if you include podding the peas). Cooking/putting together time, 10 minutes. Serves 3-4 as a main salad, more if it’s an accompaniment.
600 grams of peas in the pod to give you 300 grams of peas
3 small young courgettes (any larger and you have too many seeds)
150 grams rocket leaves
10 grams mint leaves
100 grams feta cheese
150 ml olive oil
Juice of 1 lemon
Black pepper – a chunky grind
Starting with the courgettes, slice the ends and peel long strips with a potato peeler. Arrange in layers (sprinkling salt on each layer) in a colander and leave to drain for 30 minutes.
Now put the mint leaves, 100mls of the olive oil, and a sprinkling of caster sugar, in a food blender/mixer. Once finely chopped, put the mixture into the fridge for the flavours to meld. Take the remaining 50 ml of olive oil and whisk with the juice of a lemon in a small bowl but don’t combine with the mint mixture yet.
Then sit in the sunshine with a cup of coffee (and preferably a friend), and pod the peas. Cook them by adding to a pan of boiling salted water for 5 minutes, drain, then put in a bowl with cold water to cool before draining again.
Rinse the courgette strips well in a sink of water to remove the salt and then drain – I use my salad spinner to dry them off and then dab dry with kitchen towel.
In a large salad bowl, put in the rocket leaves, add the courgette ribbons, the peas, and crumble in the feta. Finally whisk together the mint oil with the lemon oil and pour the dressing onto the salad before gently mixing. Finish with a sprinkling of cracked black pepper but you don’t need to add salt because of the pre-salted courgettes and the naturally salty feta. Serve with a crusty baguette.


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Selected Ambient Works Volume II
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Selected Ambient Works Volume II is the second studio album by English electronic musician Richard D. James under the alias Aphex Twin. The album was released by Warp on 7 March 1994. Billed as a follow-up to Selected Ambient Works 85–92, the album differs in sound by being largely beatless ambient music. James has claimed that the album was inspired by lucid dreaming.
Upon its release, Selected Ambient Works Volume II was generally well received by critics, but also saw some mixed responses from audiences. It was placed on various best of the decade lists by publications such as Rolling Stone, Spin and Pitchfork.
James stated that the sounds on Selected Ambient Works Volume II were inspired by lucid dreams, and that upon awaking, he would attempt to re-create the sounds and record them. He claimed to have natural synaesthesia, which contributed to this album. The album itself makes liberal use of microtonal musical tunings, which James was investing himself in at the time. The 22nd tracks features a conversation of an interview with a woman who had murdered her husband, which was given to James' friends from the police station while working as a cleaner there.
Simon Reynolds commented that on the album Selected Ambient Works Volume II James changed styles "from the idyllic, Satie-esque naivete of early tracks like "Analogue Bubblebath" to clammy, foreboding sound-paintings." Reynolds stated that along with other artists such as Seefeel, David Toop and Max Eastley, that artists have moved from "rave into the vicinity of "isolationism", a term coined by critic Kevin Martin which "breaks with all of ambient's feel-good premises. Isolationism is ice-olationist, offering cold comfort. Instead of pseudopastoral peace, it evokes an uneasy silence: the uncanny calm before catastrophe, the deathly quiet of aftermath." Volume II differs significantly from the first volume in the series, in that it consists of lengthy, textured ambient compositions with minimal percussion and occasional vocal samples, in a vein similar to Brian Eno's ambient works. James described the album as being "like standing in a power station on acid"
The artwork for the album was designed by Paul Nicholson, who was credited as Prototype 21 in the liner notes. He stated in an interview with Resident Advisor that the images were taken by "Richard's girlfriend at the time, Sam" and that most of the photographs were taken in a flat that the three were all living in together. The front cover is the result of James scratching the Aphex Twin logo onto the back of a leather travel case, which Sam took a picture of.
Of the pie charts and size of the photographs in the artwork, Nicholson said that they were "related to the track signatures, how long they were." The timecodes of a track would be converted into a decimal, then into the percentage of the total length of the side of the record the track is on, and then into a degree to be used on the pie chart.
Select Ambient Works Volume II was released in the United Kingdom by Warp on 7 March 1994. Warp has released Select Ambient Works Volume II compact disc and triple vinyl. The album charted in the United Kingdom on 19 March 1994 where it debuted and peaked at the 11th position on the charts. The album sold 9,336 copies in its first week of release. It stayed on the charts for three weeks. The UK CD pressing removes the 19th song for space reasons. Sire released the album on compact disc on 12 April 1994; this US pressing also removes the 4th song. The album was re-issued on vinyl by 1972 records on 6 March 2012, though the master was made from a US CD copy (see tracklist for details). In 2017, James added the album to his own web store, and included not only a 26th track, but made the 19th track available in a digital format for the first time since its inclusion on an ambient music CD compilation entitled Excursions in Ambience: The Third Dimension, also released in 1994.
As of 1994 it has sold over 60,000 copies outside of United States.
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From contemporary reviews, Spin gave the album a positive review, with critic Simon Reynolds stating that the album has "plenty of the shimmeringly euphoric and majestically melancholy tunes that have won James so many devout fans," but that it "will leave you not so much blissed as spooked out." Rolling Stone stated that "While many of his disciples have done little more than propel New Age atmospheres into the computer age, producing comforting but often emotionless elevator music, James has used the medium to confront his shadowy demons, exploring realms of spooky, textured sound." The review concluded that the album "provides a visionary perspective on ambient electronic music." Select stated that "Anyone who thinks they know what to expect on the basis of 'Volume I' might care to sit down, have a nice cup of tea and prepare themselves for a shock." The review noted the album was not successful "as a conventional dance record", but "as an album to wallow in at 5am while watching the wallpaper conduct a heated argument with the lightshade, it is indeed the knees of the bee." Robert Christgau gave the album a B– rating and critiqued reviews by Frank Owen, Simon Reynolds, and J.D. Considine, finding that "James is rarely as rich as good [Brian] Eno, not to mention good Eno-Hassell or Eno-Budd." and that "these experiments are considerably thinner ("purer," Owen wishes) and more static ("pulse dreamily," Considine dreams) than the overpriced juvenilia on the import-only Volume I." Entertainment Weekly wrote that "At its best [the album] is an avant-garde score in search of a postapocalyptic theater piece, a la Philip Glass. More often, it’s chamber music for humorless cyber-nerds"
At the end of the decade, Selected Ambient Works Volume II was included on several publications' lists of top albums of the 1990s including Rolling Stone and Spin. Commenting on the audience's reaction of the album in 1999, Simon Reynolds stated that that "many in the Aphex cult were thrown for a loop" and that "Aphex aficionados remain divided" on the album. Rolling Stone stated the album was James creating "an enriched, wraparound style of burp-and-whoosh programming, the perfect soundtrack for pulling the pieces of your brain back together after spilling them all over the club floor. The first dance album to celebrate the rhythms in your head." Spin placed both Selected Ambient Works 85–92 and Selected Ambient Works Volume II at number 56 on their list of the top albums of the 1990s, calling it "an awe-inspiring feat of avant-techno texturology". Pitchfork placed the album at number 62 on their list of top albums of the 1990s, stating that it "spurred on one of the great trajectories of pop music in the 1990s, influencing everyone from Radiohead to Timbaland." Pitchfork later ranked the album second on their 2016 list of the best ambient music albums of all time.
Aftermath and influence
Online music zine Pitchfork noted described that Selected Ambient Works Volume II as "a very early example of a record being anticipated, experienced, and, ultimately, analyzed in minute detail through online communication." Pitchfork noted that the Electronic mailing list titled IDM (Intelligent dance music) had a profound influence on how the album would be received in the future, noting that the community's influence has to do with the album's mysterious non-titles. List member Greg Eden, who kept a detailed discography, gave the tracks names based on a word or two that related to the corresponding images. Eden would later work for Warp, the original label for Selected Ambient Works Volume II.
A book on the album was released in the 33⅓ series on 13 February 2013. The series are short books inspired by or focused on albums and are generally written as longform essays. The book was written by Marc Weidenbaum, a music journalist and former editor of Tower Records' in-store magazine Pulse!.
With the exception of "Blue Calx", and later "th1 [evnslower]", James didn't give the tracks official names, instead representing them with pictures on the album's artwork. Unofficial titles were given to them by fan Greg Eden.
During his upload of material to Soundcloud, James added track 2 ("radiator") under the name "harmonicom" and track 11 ("domino") as "modal 10". He also added the alternate "radiator" version "SAW2 CD1 TRK2 (Original Mix)" from 26 Mixes For Cash as "harmonicom 13".
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|Untitled||[stone in focus]||10:11||19||—||E2||C7||—||—|
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Credits adapted from Selected Ambient Works Volume II liner notes.
- Richard D James – writer, producer, liner notes, photography
- Prototype 21 – design
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Remote light stress detection for greenhouse LED lighting control
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The illumination in greenhouses is in general still controlled manually by on/off control because of the type of lamps (High Pressure Sodium) that are traditionally used. With High Brightness LEDs being introduced on the market today, sufficiently high power for greenhouse grown crops can be achieved, which opens up for advanced lighting control since both light spectrum and intensity can be controlled then. For the growers, maximizing production in order to meet customer demand and economically optimize the production, often imply a high light intensity and a high level of artificial light complementing the natural sunlight. However, a too high intensity causes light stress and a photo inhibition that can significantly reduce the photosynthetic yield and hence, production. A key issue to address is therefore to detect when this level is reached. Here we present new results on how to diagnose the plants remotely based on transient and frequency analysis, system identification and frequency function properties.


The energy of the experience gathered from the Romenca project and from the meeting with Moldavian cimbalom player Valeriu Cașcaval led to a new music adventure. In 2007, under the label Asphalt Tango, Oana Cătălina Chițu recorded Bucharest Tango, together with the members of Romenca who were joined by Valeriu Cașcaval (cimbalom) and Anton Slavici (violin).
The songs heard by Oana when she was a child from her father, the music of Interwar Bucharest, neglected and partially forgotten, was repolished by this new formula of eight musicians. A biographic detail made it possible for this album to gather what perhaps might be the most valuable songs of the 30’s. When visiting some relatives in Bucharest, Oana found old gramophone records, 78 recordings of old tangos.
Enthralled with this old music, she started to learn it. It is an album in which Oana’s strong, velvety tone refashions a culturally refined epoch with nostalgia and melancholy. That pre-war Europe, full of political and social tension, found ways to be free, even in its periphery. Interwar Bucharest had a spiritual universe which also created a music for the broken-hearted, a music both heart-rending and soothing, which can be listened to in the Bucharest Tango album.
The tours that accompanied the launching of the album took the three musicians on various stages, from Singapore to Switzerland, where they worked their magic on the audience and spun their tales of old Bucharest.


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The first thing you want to do is check the tire pressure. A tire that is low by just a few PSI can cause the car to feel unstable. I’ve frequently had problems with new tires that leak because of a problem with the rim or even a poor installation. If you don’t find any fault in the tire pressure, then you can start to suspect a strut or a suspension problem. Modern cars have multiple links holding the wheels in place while allowing complicated movement over rough surfaces. If the bushings in the ends of any of these links are worn out, the car could feel unstable. You can have this checked out conveniently by contacting Your Mechanic. They can send a technician to your home or office to [check out your swaying issue}(https://www.yourmechanic.com/services/excessive-car-bounce-and-sway-inspection) and let you know what you can do about it.
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Then Diet Coke Came Out of My Nose
My brothers and Peter know all too well what happens if you make me laugh when I'm drinking something. It's never pretty and usually involves one or all of the following:
Even with the risk of choking ('I don't know officer, all I did was tell her a joke and then she was dead.'), the other two possible outcomes are so amusing that trying to make me laugh when I'm drinking is a sort of game that my brothers and Peter enjoy playing. I take precautions when I identify that mischievous glint in their eyes and have been able to reduce the chances with quick reflexes. (Or at least minimise the damage by rushing to the sink or rolling down the car window.)
Sometimes though, laughter comes from the most unexpected sources. I was home alone reading Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris. It's about the disintegration of a marketing company in the post dot.com bubble world. Even though I worked for a software company at the time, the characters and predicaments are all too familiar. (I especially appreciated the guy who photocopied library books to read at his desk, an activity that looked like real work. On more than one occasion when I worked in tucked-away cubicles, I put small paperbacks inside technical how-to books. To the casual observer, it looked like I was working on learning XML when in reality, I was reading trashy novels. The curses of the open workspace put paid to this activity in later jobs.)
Then We Came to the End is an amazingly well-written book with believable characters and situations. One of the things Ferris gets right is the way people find bizarre and whimsical ways to relieve stress in an uncertain and tense environment. The following two paragraphs got me mid-swallow and nearly caused a catastrophe:
A fun thing to do to let off steam after layoffs began was to go into someone’s office and send an e-mail from their computer addressed to the entire agency. It might say something simple like “My name is Shaw-NEE! You are captured, Ha! I poopie I poopie I poopie.” People came in in the morning and read that and the reactions were so varied.
Jim Jackers read it and immediately sent out an email that read, “Obviously someone came into my office last night and composed an e-mail in my name and sent it out to everyone. I apologize for any inconvenience or offense, although it wasn’t my fault, and would appreciate from whoever did this a public apology. I have read that e-mail five times now and I still don’t even understand it.”

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In the process, he gave an unforgettable name -- “the military-industrial complex” -- to a growing danger in American life. The question remained, however: Why exactly had he waited until his criticisms lacked all the force that power can offer? He was, after all, president and commander-in-chief. In this, however, he would hardly prove unique. Take, for example, four-star general George Lee Butler, who from 1991 to 1994 was the last commander of the Air Force’s Strategic Air Command and commander in chief of the U.S. Strategic Command, which, as he later explained, “controls all Navy and Air Force nuclear weapons.” In 1996 at the National Press Club in Washington, two years after he retired, he spoke out forcefully against the very weapons he had so recently overseen, pointing out that, “over the last 27 years of my military career, I was embroiled in every aspect of American nuclear policy making and force structuring, from the highest councils of government to nuclear command centers; from the arms control arena to cramped bomber cockpits and the confines of ballistic missile silos and submarines.” He then called for the “elimination” of such weapons. Ever since then, he has been a forceful anti-nuclear advocate, terming such weaponry a “scourge” to the planet and an immoral danger to humanity.
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Twitch has published its new misinformation guidelines.
The updated guidelines contain a section called “harmful misinformation actors”. It clarifies that it is illegal to question COVID-19 vaccines or any conclusions made by the World Health Organization.
Misinformation that targets protected groups is already forbidden by our Hateful Conduct Policy
Misinformation about dangerous treatments is widespread and includes harmful health misinformation, conspiracy theories, COVID-19 information, and COVID-19 vaccine information.
There are many discussions about harmful treatments without mentioning the dangers.
For COVID-19–and any other WHO-declared Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)–misinformation that causes imminent physical harm or is part of a broad conspiracy
Conspiration networks that promote violence, misinformation, and conspiracy are actively promoting it
Information on civics compromises the integrity of a political procedure. False claims about the outcome of a carefully vetted political process, such as election fraud and ballot tampering, are promoted.
In cases of public emergency, misinformation may be addressed (e.g. Wildfires, earthquakes, or shootings
Users need to be aware of the fact that Twitch said before the list was published that “misinformation evolves rapidly” and that guidelines would be updated when new behaviors or trends emerge.
These topics are being called “misinformation hotbeds”. Although you don’t have to be a genius to understand why these topics are becoming so popular, It’s possible that a Republican could win the 2024 election.
The COVID-19 data is undisputed. It has been wildly inaccurate and sometimes politically influenced. The CDC then changed the rules about who is considered fully vaccinated. Finally, boosters were made available. However, many people rejected them and it became clear that the Omnicron virus which was supposed to cause death in all of us did not cause significant harm. It was much more difficult to force vaccines onto the population.
Also, we were repeatedly told that masks were necessary to stop COVID-19 from spreading. This despite the fact they were clearly not working. After it became a political liability, many blue-state leaders began to abandon mask requirements.
Florida Governor. Ron DeSantis hosted an open discussion in which medical experts discussed the fact that many solutions offered by medical bureaucrats were more harmful than beneficial.
These medical experts and the conclusions and opinions that they reached based on data should be disqualified. But, it is permissible for political organizations to release clearly flawed information.
Twitch finds this kind of conversation unwelcome and unacceptable. It’s because the platform’s leftist owners declared it so. They want to silence all discussion in order to create a narrative.
If you want to keep your secret, it might be difficult to have a conversation.
Misinformation could also be rapidly changing. People may believe it to be false if they are called “misinformation”.


text: The smart phone has become a popular handheld device. The Android operating system is an open source which can write functions according to the needs of users. In this thesis, we propose the Design of an Android-based real-time monitoring System. In our designed scheme, when Traffic accident in the road/highway, an eyewitness can use Android-based smart phone application to connect server (such as rescue center). Next, witnesses use the phone's camera to records the images of traffic accident in which synchronization with the screen of server. It not only lets the staff of the hospitals and police stations for immediate processing, but also can be saving images and become to digital evidences.


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FITCHBURG - Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School’s newly established veterinary science training program has received a $50,000 donation from Workers’ Credit Union’s Charitable GiveBack program.
To provide additional career and educational opportunities for students, Monty Tech will build a 6,000-square-foot veterinary science facility on its property for the new program, which will be done in partnership with Becker College.
"It will be such a great program, involving not only the students, but giving reduced cost pet care to people who might not be able to afford it." said Workers' Credit Union President and CEO Doug Petersen.
Monty Tech teachers and students from the school’s building trades programs will do construction. All costs for construction materials will be covered through donations grants, and in-kind matches, and will not have an impact on member communities’ assessments. The facility is scheduled to be completed by August 2017.
Monty Tech Superintendent-Director Sheila M. Harrity said, “It has been the support of local businesses like Workers’ that will make this program possible.”

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Research from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, dept. of Agriculture proves the beneficial action of Greek honey in the human body. Forty eight different samples of honey were collected from all over Greece and from all types of flowers for the research, but no one expected that the produced honey composition to be hiding so many properties, which are far better than many other honeys. The findings revealed that the Greek honey has far more nutrients and more health benefits than many other honeys from abroad such the Manuka honey!
The following video produced by the Greek Reporter provides good insides about the Greek honey.
Dimitris Papapostolou, whose great-grandfather started harvesting honey in Northern Evia more than a hundred years ago, notes that “…all countries produce good natural honey, but they are inferior to Greek honey.”
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Principal of the college, Majid Nasir, however, claimed that the complaint was a conspiracy to defame the institution.
Lucknow: A probe has been ordered against a school in Ballia district for punishing students for singing Vande Mataram and chanting “Bharat Mata ki Jai”.
A complaint in this regard had been filed by a social organisation Manas Mandir, whose members visited the GMAM Inter College and were told that students were being punished for singing ‘Vande Mataram’ or chanting ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ after the school prayers.
The manager of the organisation, Shiv Kumar Jaiswal, said that not only the students, but the teachers also complained about this. He said that studenst who chanted ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ were made to sit under the sun for hours as punishment. He said that he had sent video recordings of the statements made by students and teachers to the district magistrate. District magistrate Bhawani Singh Khangaraut said the matter was serious and that the District Inspector of School (DIOS) Narendra Dev Pandey had been asked to probe the matter.
The district magistrate said that stern action would be taken against those found responsible for this. The principal of the college, Majid Nasir, however, claimed that the complaint was a conspiracy to defame the institution and denied all allegations.


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‘DWTS’ Winner Kaitlyn Bristowe to Perform on Janet Jackson Night
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Dancing with the Stars Season 30 returns Monday night for an episode themed to the music of Janet Jackson. The night will also feature a performance from last season’s winner Kaitlyn Bristowe.
Bristowe will also be joining the upcoming Dancing with the Stars tour, starting in January. Fans of the former Bachelor and Bachelorette star have a lot to look forward to.
Kaitlyn Bristowe Performing on ‘DWTS’ Janet Jackson Night
On Sunday, Bristowe posted a selfie on her Instagram story in which she called herself “Sweaty Freddy,” pointing to her wet hair. She asked fans if they could “guess what I get to do tomorrow.” Now we know the answer is dancing on TV.
We’re not sure yet if Bristowe will be dancing with Chigvintsev, or what kind of dance she’ll be doing. Chigvintsev is still in the running to win this season, as he’s dancing with current contestant Melora Hardin.
During Monday’s episode, each couple will perform a solo dance to a Janet Jackson song and participate in a dance-off against another couple in the competition. Each dance-off will be judged by a different member of the panel. Jackson herself will also appear during the episode.
Bristowe Is Also Joining the ‘DWTS’ Tour Next Year
Kaitlyn Bristowe’s new performance isn’t the only thing to get excited about. The former champion will also be appearing on the Dancing with the Stars tour, which begins January 7. Pro dancer Emma Slater recently announced the tour, with tickets on sale now.
“All of the dancers told me what an incredible experience the tour is. I was so sad that there was no tour last season [due to Covid] so I am very excited that I’ll finally get to perform in front of an audience and connect with the fans,” Bristowe told Us Weekly. “Being on Dancing with the Stars let me live out my childhood dream by being able to dance on such a big platform and I am beyond grateful for all of it.”
The tour will also feature several pro dancers from the show, demonstrating some of the most iconic dance styles you know and love from the ballroom. For more information and to buy tickets, visit the tour’s official website.

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