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Having dispatched with much of the US Rock 'N' Roll promotion in a single phone call, John turned to the UK. Disc jockey and TV presenter Bob Harris, host of BBC2's Old Grey Whistle Test, flew to New York and filmed an interview with John at the Dakota on March 17th.
Accepting his fee in the form of Chocolate Olivers, John was relaxed, witty, and willing to discuss topics such as the American music scene, his telephone having been bugged, inebriated escapades with Harry Nilsson and Phil Spector, and his relationship with the other ex-Fabs. The interview would be broadcast April 18th, accompanied by two specially-shot performances of Rock 'N' Roll numbers (more on those in a future post).
Across the country, Paul and Wings were spending a few weeks in Los Angeles, adding the final overdubs to Venus And Mars and mixing tapes at Wally Heider Studios in Hollywood. On March 24th, Paul threw a launch party aboard the Queen Mary, permanently moored at Long Beach Harbor, to celebrate the LP's completion. Among those in attendance were George Harrison, Mal Evans, and Derek Taylor, along with Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye, Mick Jagger, Carole King, Cher, the Jackson Five, and members of the Monkees and Led Zeppelin.
Shipboard entertainment was provided by a number of New Orleans-based acts, including the Meters, Lee Dorsey, Ernie K-Doe, and Professor Longhair. The Professor's influence pervaded Venus & Mars, from a namecheck in "Rock Show" to the outtake "My Carnival" and an unreleased cover of "Mardi Gras In New Orleans". His set was recorded and released as the 1978 LP Live On The Queen Mary:
During his stay in Los Angeles, Paul played bass on an unreleased single by Kenney Jones, then a member of the Faces, who also attended the Queen Mary bash. Kenney had recently played drums on the soundtrack of the Tommy film, and he and Paul and Linda attended the movie's Hollywood premiere on March 19th. The ridiculously star-studded occasion was covered by ABC's Wide World Of Entertainment, whose host David Frost interviewed the McCartneys during the after-party, although it was Elton John who stole the show:
On March 26th, Tommy had its London premiere at the Leicester Square Theatre, and Ringo was present, accompanied by Nancy Andrews. He was interviewed by Nicky Horne for Capital Radio's Your Mother Wouldn't Like It, which was broadcasting live from the cinema that evening. (Does anyone have copies of the Frost or Horne interviews?)
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So This Is What Dawn Does
To promote Walls And Bridges, John had done one-on-one phone interviews with dozens of radio stations from his base in New York. For Rock 'N' Roll, he decided to kill 35 birds with one stone; on February 21st, 1975, he hosted a conference call from the Capitol offices in New York and fielded questions from disc jockeys across the country in a single phone event.
Unfortunately, this format didn't lead to any in-depth discussion and the topics covered were par for the course: reunion rumors, the Roots LP, the immigration case, disco music, and his reconciliation with Yoko. He also discusses "Have You Heard The Word", "What's The New Mary Jane", and "How Do You Do It". The event ends in humorous chaos when a pre-recorded voice interrupts to repeat "please hang up and try again".
Former US Attorney General John Mitchell had been found guilty of conspiracy in the Watergate case earlier that day, and John is asked to comment. He also mentions being in the studio the previous day to add ARP synthesizer strings to the single mix of "Stand By Me". The single was released March 10th in the US, where it would peak at #20. It failed to chart in the UK.
John also mentions his plans to cut a new album soon, claiming to have plenty of new material composed. Whatever the case, when Yoko discovered she was pregnant soon thereafter, John decided to put his musical career on hold for a while. He was still seen in public, beginning with a memorable appearance at the Grammy Awards on March 1st. John co-presented the award for Record Of The Year with Paul Simon and Andy Williams:
John, Yoko, and David Bowie socialized at the Grammies after-party, and early the next morning the trio (prompted by their limo driver) decided to call in to WPLJ-FM and speak live on the air with Alex Bennett. Bowie sounded a bit reluctant to chat, but John brought him out of his shell with a faux-interview, while Yoko mostly remained silent. John also conflated hearing "Love Me Do" on the radio for the first time (October 1962) with President Kennedy's assassination (November 1963).
Waking Up On The Floor
George and Pattie had separated in 1974, and Ringo and Maureen followed suit in 1975. Ringo began dating model and photographer Nancy Andrews, and the new couple flew from London to Los Angeles on February 7th.
His solo music career was still in great shape, with the second US single from Goodnight Vienna ("No No Song") released January 27th, and climbing to #3 on the Billboard chart. For the UK, the Elton John/Bernie Taupin composition "Snookeroo" was chosen as the next single release on February 21st; surprisingly, it failed to reach the top 30.
Ringo spent much of February and March filming Lisztomania, directed by Ken Russell, fresh from putting the Who's Tommy on film. Roger Daltrey played Franz Liszt and Ringo co-starred as the Pope:
Ringo was also fast friends with Who drummer Keith Moon, and had contributed to Keith's first and only solo LP, Two Sides Of The Moon. It was released March 17th in the US, accompanied by a radio spot with Ringo audible in the background. Ringo also drummed on Keith's cover of "Together" by their mutual drinking buddy, Harry Nilsson:
Speaking of Harry, he too had a new LP out in March 1975. Duit On Mon Dei had a drumming contribution from Ringo on the song "Kojak Columbo", and he also appeared in the TV spot promoting the album:
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You Should'a Been There
As part of a legal arrangement with music publisher Morris Levy, John had recorded songs from the Big Seven music catalog (including "You Can't Catch Me", which precipitated the issue) on his oldies LP. When John presented him with roughly-mixed tapes of the album, Levy enthused and proposed a TV campaign to sell the album via mail order (an increasingly popular, if somewhat tacky, way to hawk music in the mid 70's).
John tentatively agreed, but when he proposed the idea to Capitol's legal team, they nixed it immediately. Undaunted, Levy took the handshake agreement and ran with it, pressing up albums from the rough mixes, and slapping on an ugly cover with an inappropriate 1968 Lennon photo, calling the whole mess John Lennon Sings The Great Rock And Roll Hits: Roots, and releasing it on his own Adam VIII label.
Levy's TV spots began to air the weekend of February 8th-9th, by which time John had rushed to complete his own EMI-approved LP, Rock 'N' Roll. It omitted two songs ("Angel Baby" and "Be My Baby") and altered others via early fades and editing. While the lawyers went to work sending cease and desist orders to TV stations and record distributors, John set about promoting the new album, making sure to emphasize that Levy's package was inferior and unlicensed.
Towards the end of his 1974 appearance on WNEW-FM with Dennis Elsas, John had lamented that he missed reconnecting with DJ Scott Muni. He made up for that by giving Muni the first crack at airing Rock 'N' Roll. John brought the album, fresh off the presses, with him on February 13th, and spent three hours on the air with Scott, playing and chatting about each song from the LP.
The real bombshell, dropped in toward the end of the show, was John's announcement that he was now officially back together with Yoko, and that "their separation was a failure". He had abruptly moved back in to the Dakota a few days earlier, leaving a shell-shocked May Pang behind and scotching any plans to record with Paul in New Orleans.
Sometime in February, John also made a return visit to the airwaves of 3XY in Melbourne, once again talking with John O'Donnell about the new album.
Rock 'N' Roll was rushed to US shops by February 17th, accompanied by a radio commercial in which John advised listeners, "You should'a been there". The LP came out four days later in the UK, and would hit the top 10 in both countries; Levy's Roots would sell fewer than 2,000 copies before vanishing from the market.
Is It Any Wonder?
The new year began with the end of an old era, when the London High Court officially cut the legal ties binding The Beatles and Company on January 9th, 1975. John Lennon was at a bit of a crossroads, having an oldies album wrapped and ready to go and already composing material for a new solo LP.
He spent much of January at the Record Plant in New York working with other artists. On the 13th, he co-produced a session with engineer Roy Cicala for Roy's wife Lori Burton. Lori had sung backup on a couple of John's albums, and was being backed by a group dubbed "BOMF" (Band of Mother Fuckers). On the 22nd, John & Roy co-produced a few songs by the band, now renamed Dog Soldier after the lyric from a Lennon/Cicala composition, "Incantation". This and two of the Burton numbers ("Answer Me, My Love" and "Let's Spend The Night Together") were eventually released on a CD included with the book Beatles Undercover in 1998. The rest of the sessions remain unheard.
Far more prominent was John's work with David Bowie a couple of weeks later. The two had become casual acquaintances during 1974, and Bowie was currently finishing up his LP Young Americans at New York's Electric Lady Studios. He invited John to join him in a new rendition of "Across The Universe", and having enjoyed his experience remaking "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" with Elton John (and not being satisfied with either Beatles release of the song), John readily agreed, playing rhythm guitar on the number:
During the session, a guitar riff improvised by Carlos Alomar developed into a jam which reminded John of the recent disco hit "Shame Shame Shame". He began to sing "Shame", morphing it into "Fame", which inspired Bowie to pen a set of lyrics on the topic of celebrity. With John providing backing vocals, the new song was recorded, and a surprising number one hit was born:
One person John came close to working with that winter was, even more surprisingly, Paul McCartney. He and Linda passed through New York en route to New Orleans, where they would arrive January 16th and continue recording Venus And Mars with Wings. An open invitation to join them (whether to record or just socialize) was offered via May Pang, and John tentatively agreed.
The iteration of Wings recording at Sea Saint Studios was now sans English drummer Geoff Britton, who was fired early in the sessions and replaced with American drummer Joe English (I know, right?). The band soaked up the local atmosphere during Mardi Gras week, and although little of it is present on the final album, they did cut a number for the occasion, "My Carnival", which would remain unreleased until 1985.
Local TV station WVUE was allowed to film the February 12th session for their News Scene Eight (broadcast on the 24th). A day later, Wings held a press conference aboard a steamboat chugging along the Mississippi.
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Ring Out The Old
December 1974 was turning out to be a pivotal month in the relationships among the ex-Beatles. I've already discussed John and George's prickly meeting at the Plaza, and John and Ringo had been socializing in Los Angeles earlier in the month. Paul and Linda were also in New York for a pre-Christmas visit with the Eastman family.
The Beatles' business partnership had been in limbo since the March 1971 court decision to channel all their joint income through a receiver, but four years of negotiations had finally resulted in a dissolution agreement everyone could agree to. December 19th was chosen as a date to sign the papers, since George was in New York for his Madison Square concert that night and John and Paul were both in town.
Paul and George met up at the Plaza Hotel that afternoon, along with Ringo's representative (the drummer had returned to England for the holidays), and waited for John to arrive. And waited. And waited some more. Eventually a balloon arrived with a note attached: "Listen to this balloon".
That was all George could take, and he phoned John, angrily demanding an explanation. The only response was that John has consulted his (more accurately, Yoko's) astrologer and that "the planets weren't right" for him to sign anything that day. In truth, John had gotten cold feet at the last minute, and perhaps wanted to stick it to George after their earlier disagreement.
Paul and George went ahead and signed the agreement, the latter muttering "Krishna Krishna" to calm himself down:
An irate George then sent word to John that his presence at the Madison Square shows was now unwelcome, which must have come as a relief to John. George went on that night and vented some of his frustration at the audience, admonishing them for smoking "reefers":
The tour concluded December 20th with two more concerts at the Gardens. By now, George was in much better spirits (and his voice was mostly healed), and the tour was able to end on a high note. Paul and Linda were even present in not-so-subtle disguises:
Julian Lennon was in New York visiting his father for Christmas, and attended George's concert in proxy for his ostracized dad. Now that two of the things which had been weighing most heavily on his mind, the tour and the legal matters, were behind him, George was in a far more relaxed state. He met with Julian backstage and offered a peace branch, inviting John to his end-of-tour party at the Hippopotamus Club late that night.
The two old mates socialized at the club and then returned to George's hotel room, where at 5AM, a lucky radio reporter was able to talk with two Beatles, although as it was a Harrison interview, John mostly kept his distance, only joining in when invited by George. After looking back on the tour, George chatted about his improved opinion of Texas, meeting Gerald Ford, writing "My Sweet Lord", and his favorite Beatle songs.
Just as quickly as New York had been full of Beatles, it emptied of them. Paul returned to Scotland, George to England, and John and Julian flew to Orlando where they spent Christmas at Walt Disney World (and where John finally signed the Beatles dissolution papers). George closed 1974 with a New Year-themed single, "Ding Dong Ding Dong", released December 23rd in the US and accompanied by a Pythonesque promo filmed at his home:
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Magic In The Air
The week of November 16th, 1974 marked a commercial high point in John Lennon's solo career, as the single "Whatever Gets You Thru The Night" and album Walls And Bridges both topped Billboard's charts. All his promotional efforts of the past two months had paid off handsomely, and the album was certified gold in the US on October 22nd.
On December 7th, John and May flew to Los Angeles for a few days, stopping by Billboard's office on the 9th where John accepted an award from the magazine's chart director, Bill Wardlow. That evening, at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, John fulfilled a promise made to Howard Cosell back in October by appearing live during halftime of the Redskins-Rams game on ABC's Monday Night Football. The interview was brief and charming, if unenlightening, but would have a sickening echo nearly six years later:
John had been following the progress of George's hapless North American tour closely, well aware that he would be expected to join his ex-bandmate onstage when it reached New York. A meeting between the two at the Plaza Hotel on the 14th ended in anger when a frazzled George lashed out at Lennon for years of perceived slights. John refused to rise to the bait, and the two made amends the next day, with John and May attending George's performance at the Nassau Coliseum that night, but remaining offstage.
The tour was scheduled to conclude with three shows at Madison Square Garden on December 19th and 20th, and John offered to participate on the final night. He hinted at the reunion during a live interview on NBC's Today December 17th. Reporter Jim Hartz led off with the usual reunion questions before shifting to the immigration case (with John offering yet another lively and entertaining account of his 1968 drug bust):
John also took a moment to plug his new single, "#9 Dream", released the previous day in the US, where the song would peak (of course) at #9 on Billboard (I guess Bill Wardlow had a sense of humor). This turned out to be John's final live TV interview.
My Sweet Ford
George's 1974 tour continued to slide downhill as it trudged from city to city. Things went okay in Baton Rouge on November 26th, in Memphis the following night, and Atlanta the night afterwards:
The problems began after two shows in Chicago on the 30th:
Following the evening performance, Ravi collapsed backstage and was taken to the emergency room with a suspected heart ailment. It turned out to be severe indigestion brought on by stress, and he would miss the rest of the shows until December 19th in New York City.
The rest of the band carried on, but the next scheduled shows in Cleveland on December 2nd had to be cancelled due to a snowstorm. The tour continued north, hitting Detroit, Toronto, and Montreal by December 9th, when the Dark Horse LP was finally released in the US. Boston and Providence followed, and December 13th found George and company in Landover, Maryland.
At the Salt Lake City stop back in November, George had met with Jack Ford, son of US president Gerald Ford. Jack invited George to visit the White House during their Maryland visit, so prior to their matinee show on the 13th, George, Ravi, Tom Scott, Billy Preston, George's father Harold, and his budding sweetheart Olivia Arias congregated in Washington to meet the Prez:
After that peculiar summit, it was back to the Capital Centre for two more shows. At the tour's conclusion, Jack Sheridan of Baltimore station WCAO aired this hatchet job on the concert (and George in general), which was sadly representative of the mainstream rock press's feelings.
A Joyous Occasion
All the events of 1974 in John Lennon's life came to a head on Thanksgiving night, November 28th, at Madison Square Garden. To backtrack a bit, when Elton John had participated on "Whatever Gets You Thru The Night" back in July, he had semi-jokingly extracted a promise from John that if the song hit #1, the two would perform it together at one of Elton's concerts.
Unlikely as it seemed (John hadn't reached the top 10 since "Imagine" three years prior), the single did indeed top Billboard's chart for the week ending November 16th. John agreed to fulfill his end of the deal, so he and Elton's band met up at the Record Plant a couple of days before the gig to choose and rehearse the numbers for John's appearance:
Things were changing in John's private life as well. He and May had been going through some rough times, exacerbated by John's November 5th assignation with another female companion at the Bottom Line following a Jerry Garcia show. After a photo of the couple was published in Cashbox, May was understandably outraged, and John ended up spending the night of November 16th back at the Dakota (sleeping in the living room while Yoko participated in an Arts Festival at Shea Stadium).
So John was understandably on tenterhooks the night of November 28th, knowing that Yoko had a ticket to the Elton show, that May would also be there, and that he had never performed (albeit as a guest) without his own band or at least Yoko before.
Towards the end of the show, Elton paused to make the dramatic introduction; a buzz was already in the building as rumors of John's attendance and sightings of May and Yoko made their way through the crowd, which absolutely exploded when John strolled onstage, guitar in hand:
John's mini-set was short but memorable, playing guitar and singing on "Whatever Gets You Thru The Night", "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" (Elton's new single, also headed for #1), and a song usually associated by his "estranged fiancee", "I Saw Her Standing There". John also returned for the encore, "The Bitch Is Back", to shake a tambourine.
As legend has it, John and Yoko decided to reunite after meeting backstage following the concert. In reality, the wheels had been in motion for their reconciliation for a long time, and it wasn't until 1975 that John finally returned to the Dakota for good. Thanksgiving 1974 should really be remembered as the last night of John Lennon's live performing career, and it's gratifying to observe that he went out on a high note.
Hari's On Tour (Depressed)
George Harrison's 1974 North American tour kicked off November 2nd in Vancouver, Canada. Fans' expectations were through the roof, with the Concert for Bangla Desh setting a high bar, never mind the ex-Beatle mystique and reunion rumors which dogged George at every stop on the tour.
The setlist began with a new instrumental, "Hari's On Tour (Express)", from the Dark Horse LP, which nobody in the audience had heard yet. The one-two punch of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "Something" followed, but any thrill of hearing George sing these Beatles numbers was dampened by the state of his voice, and the lyrical changes he insisted upon ("while my guitar tries to smile", "something's in the way, remove it!"). Worse was to come with a dirge-like "In My Life" ("I love God more") and two unfamiliar songs from Living In The Material World which George was smart enough to drop from the setlist after the first night.
A lengthy set from Ravi Shankar and Friends occupied the last half of Act 1, and while the performances were top-notch, with participation from Tom Scott and the rest of George's backing band, 30 solid minutes of Indian music tried the patience of many audience members. The unquestioned highlights of the tour were Billy Preston's solo numbers, which brought the crowd to its feet each night.
The tour moved on to Seattle, San Francisco, Oakland, and Long Beach, before reaching Los Angeles on November 11th and 12th for three shows at the Forum. Reporter Ben Fong-Torres interviewed a rather testy George backstage on the 12th for the Rolling Stone News Service radio series. Fong-Torres tried to challenge George about meeting the audience's expectations, but he deflected all criticism by either claiming it was in God's hands, or telling disappointed fans to go see Wings instead.
From there, it was on to Tucson, Salt Lake City, Denver, St. Louis, and Tulsa, where friend and Bangla Desh cohort Leon Russell made a special guest appearance on November 21st:
The "Dark Horse" single finally came out in the US on November 18th, peaking at #15 on Billboard's top 40. On the 24th, George played two shows at the Hofheinz Pavilion in Houston. The following night (actually closer to 1AM on the 26th), he made a surprise appearance on local station KLOL-FM, sitting in on Levi Booker's overnight shift. He seemed to be in much better spirits, chatting freely about finances, meeting John & Paul, Sgt. Pilcher's arrest, the concept of happiness, Ravi, Monty Python, and Lord Buckley, as well as playing a rough mix of "Maya Love" from the (still-unreleased) Dark Horse LP.
PS - Thanks to TFM for uploading a substantially more complete recording of George's October 23rd L.A. press conference. It can be downloaded here.
You Better Not Fight
In November 1974, Paul McCartney and Wings settled in at EMI's Abbey Road Studios to begin recording their next album, Venus And Mars. On the 6th, the day's "session" was actually a ruse to lure boxer John Conteh to the location in order to spring Eamonn Andrews and his big red This Is Your Life book on the pugilist.
Paul and Linda had been close friends with Conteh, who appeared on the Band On The Run album cover; in turn, they had attended his Empire Pool bout on March 12th, congratulating him on his victory afterwards. So it was easy enough to convince him to participate in a photo shoot at Abbey Road, where the TV camera crew waited. Wings went through the motions of rehearsing "Junior's Farm" as John entered:
The EMI sessions only produced a few numbers for the LP, such as "Letting Go", "Love In Song", and Jimmy McCulloch's "Medicine Jar". Part of the problem was that drummer Geoff Britton wasn't a good fit with the other band members, whose recreational drug use ranged from casual to heavy. Britton was a health fanatic and a karate practitioner who frowned on such activity. In fact, his participation in an Amateur Karate Association tournament on November 11th was filmed by MPL in London. The film, titled Empty Hand, included a soundtrack of "abstract percussion" contributed by Paul. It was completed in 1976 or 77, but doesn't circulate.
One gem from the November Abbey Road sessions was this superb alternate take of the song "Rock Show":
Wings' other task that month was to promote their new single "Junior's Farm", taping a TV appearance on Top Of The Pops November 20th for airing the following night. This clip was considered lost until it surfaced in the 2001 Wingspan documentary; the full performance was released on the McCartney Years DVD in 2007.
Paul and Linda closed out the month on November 27th by making a surprise guest appearance at Rod Stewart's Lewisham Odeon concert. The show was being filmed for the US TV series Midnight Special (aired April 25th, 1975); their cameo amounted to brief backing vocals towards the end of "Mine For Me", Paul's song for Rod's recent LP.
Fancy Bumping Into You, Basingstoke
Goodnight Vienna, the eagerly-anticipated follow up to the smash Ringo, was released November 15th in the UK and three days later in the US. The first single was a cover of "Only You (And You Alone)", an oldie made famous by the Platters. Ringo's version featured John Lennon on acoustic guitar and Harry Nilsson providing smooth backing vocals.
As John had a month earlier, Ringo sat down with EMI's Bob Mercer in Los Angeles around the beginning of November for a chat to promote the single and LP. Their brief conversation was issued on a white-label promo single for EMI's British sales staff, with "Only You" on the flip.
The single came out November 11th in the US, where it peaked at #6; the UK release (simultaneous to the LP) scraped into the top 30 for a couple of weeks, then disappeared. Ringo went all-out to promote the song, filming a humorous and elaborate promo on November 14th at the Capitol Tower building in Hollywood. Harry joined Ringo for the shoot, which carried out the LP cover's Day The Earth Stood Still theme to ridiculous proportions:
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Perhaps inspired by John's September DJ stint, Ringo spent three hours on November 19th co-hosting Billy Pearl's evening shift at KHJ-AM in Los Angeles. He proved to be a natural on-air personality, reading local ad spots, interacting with hysterical callers, and spinning discs by Neil Diamond, the Rolling Stones, Little Richard, Jim Croce, Chuck Berry, Harry Nilsson, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Elton John, America, Billy Swan, B.T. Express, the Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin, Jim Stafford, Olivia Newton-John, Harry Chapin, Jerry Lee Lewis, John Lennon, Wings, and of course... "Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas.
Soundstage Of Mind
With Walls And Bridges now finally in his rear-view mirror, John could focus on completing his oldies album. Having realized that only a few of the songs taped with Phil Spector were salvageable, he reenlisted the Walls studio band to record the rest of the tracks.
The musicians spent October 18th and 19th rehearsing the material at a farm in upstate New York owned by music publisher Morris Levy. Levy's company, Big Seven, owned the rights to Chuck Berry's "You Can't Catch Me", a lyric from which Lennon had appropriated in "Come Together". As part of an agreement with Levy, John agreed to record some songs from the Big Seven catalog in his oldies project.
In exchange, Levy loaned the band use of his dairy in Ghent for the rehearsals, which were recorded. Among the numbers tried out were several that didn't make the final cut, including "Thirty Days", "C'mon Everybody", and "That'll Be The Day":
The band made quick work of the sessions at the Record Plant in New York, completing the basic tracks for the rest of the album in five days of sessions from October 21st through the 25th. Overdubbing and remixing continued through November.
On the other side of the country, George was rehearsing his own band for the Dark Horse tour, scheduled to begin November 2nd in Vancouver. George officially launched the tour during a press conference October 23rd at the Beverly Wiltshire Hotel in Los Angeles. His comments about "going back in his cave for another five years" foreshadowed the troubles ahead.
The truth was that George had been simultaneously rehearsing on a soundstage at Hollywood's A&M Studios and still recording the Dark Horse LP throughout October, with sessions running as late as the 31st. The result was an album and tour marred by George's croaky, raspy vocals, as heard in this promo clip for "Dark Horse" filmed during rehearsals:
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Believe it or not, John Lennon wasn't the only ex-Beatle doing things in the early autumn of 1974.
Two songs from Paul McCartney and Wings' Nashville sessions were released as singles in October. "Walking In The Park With Eloise", credited to the Country Hams, came out October 18th in the UK (on EMI, not Apple) and unsurprisingly failed to chart anywhere. "Junior's Farm", backed with "Sally G", fared much better. It went on sale October 25th in the UK (where it peaked at #16), and November 4th in the US, which took the A-side to #3 and then found the B-side creep into the top 40 when it was promoted as a country crossover.
Ringo had spent most of the summer recording Goodnight Vienna, which received final overdubs and mixes in September and October. He also worked on a live action/animated film with Harry Nilsson, Ringo And Harry's Night Out; it was never completed, but brief glimpses were seen in the documentary Who Is Harry Nilsson?
Inspired by Dark Horse, Ringo was in the process of starting his own label, Ring O'Records. Its first signing was David Hentschel, who had been an engineer at Trident Studios (working on All Things Must Pass and Red Rose Speedway) before branching out into music. He played synthesizer on numerous albums, and Ringo commissioned him to record a synth-based remake of the Ringo LP (akin to Paul's Thrillington remake of Ram). This odd project was taped during September 1974 at the home studio Ringo had installed in Tittenhurst after buying it from John. Startling Studio provided the LP's name (Sta*rtling Music), and Ringo reprised his role of finger clicks on the cover of "Step Lightly". Phil Collins played drums on several of the songs:
George was running himself and his throat ragged recording the Dark Horse LP, working with Ravi Shankar, and rehearsing his own band for a US tour, the first by an ex-Beatle. At some point, he sat down by a roaring fire at his Friar Park home with DJ Alan Freeman and recorded a lengthy interview for syndication on the US series Rock Around The World.
The exact recording date is uncertain, as the show was apparently first aired in October 1975 to promote Extra Texture. But there is no mention of that album, and George plays solo acoustic renditions of both sides of the first US single from the 1974 LP ("Dark Horse" and "I Don't Care Anymore"). He also drops in brief performances of "Awaiting On You All" and "Far East Man" in response to Freeman's questions.
Most of George's replies early in the conversation ("force-grown rhubarbs in a hothouse", "if there's a God, we must see Him", "Ravi's the only person I met who impressed me") will be familiar to interview collectors, but as time passes, George opens up about his inspirations ("One Meatball", Buddy Holly, "Heartbreak Hotel"), calls Beatles songs "80% overrated" but explains how they revolutionized studio recording, touches on his recent separation from Pattie, and in one breath claims that Paul "ruined" him as a guitarist, and in the next talks of how he and Paul have recently begun to reconnect as friends and enthuses about doing the same with John as soon as possible.
Speaking of John, he had one last bit of promotion to do for Walls And Bridges, namely shooting a promo clip for "Whatever Gets You Thru The Night", which was rapidly climbing the US charts, to be shown on Top Of The Pops. On October 17th, John and a BBC film crew wandered around New York filming John's interactions with fans and kids in Central Park.
Thirty years later, the raw footage was re-edited to create a video for the 1973 song "Mind Games":
New York Talk
John Lennon spent the first half of October, 1974 in pre-production for the Rock And Roll LP. Having retrieved the tapes from the late 1973 Phil Spector sessions, he spent several days in the Record Plant listening to the material, remixing and editing and overdubbing (for instance, replacing his drunken lead vocal on "Just Because" with a fresh take that referred to the New York studio).
After celebrating his 34th birthday, John took one final lap in the Walls And Bridges promotional marathon. On October 10th at Capitol Records' New York offices, he spoke with Jim Ladd for the syndicated radio series Innerview. The finished broadcast includes plenty of Lennon and Beatles songs, and finds John reflecting on broad topics such as peace, philosophy, drugs, meditation, charity, and art. Another recording dated October 10th circulates, labeled Rock World, that mostly overlaps this one (which may indicate Ladd's interview was used in other shows); here is a unique bit from the alternate source.
On October 11th at the Record Plant, John took a phone call from Australia (showing up late to the 2PM appointment). This interview, with John O'Donnell of Melbourne's 3XY Radio, was more prosaic than the Innerview, basically describing each song on Walls And Bridges track-by-track. The interview exists in two forms: a very good quality (but heavily truncated) broadcast with O'Donnell's original questions, and a lesser quality (but complete) airing on Sydney's 2SM, with disc jockey Ron E Sparks dubbing in the questions. I've combined both sources into a full composite; John also read a station ID for 3XY, plugging "Rocktober".
Many Vicissitudes
John's promotional campaign took an odd turn on October 3rd, 1974 when he visited the New York headquarters of ABC Radio. He was there to appear on media icon Howard Cosell's syndicated talk series, Speaking Of Everything.
In typically loquacious fashion, Cosell elicited thoughtful conversation from John about his immigration case, the Beatles as cultural leaders, the state of relations among the ex-group, and intellectualism in music. John and Howard got along so swimmingly that John agreed to appear on Monday Night Football a couple of months later.
Meanwhile, John was still phoning disc jockeys across the USA to plug the new album and single. Sometime during late September-early October (exact dates unknown), he chatted with Ginger Sutton at WEBN in Cincinnati and John Houghton of WZMF in Milwaukee. The latter interview is particularly interesting, covering musical influences, John's acceptance of his Beatle past, the Plastic Ono Band album, comparisons with Van Gogh, Dylan Thomas, and Brendan Behan, his Dick Cavett Show appearances, Allan Klein, reunion rumors, and his current feelings about Yoko.
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After appearing in local markets from California to Texas to Canada, John Lennon finally appeared live on his hometown radio. Late in the afternoon of September 28th, 1974, he showed up at WNEW-FM's studio for a surprise appearance during Dennis Elsas's Saturday shift.
Armed with a stack of singles, John spent the next two hours spinning tracks from Walls And Bridges, and deconstructing songs old and new by Bobby Parker, ELO, Marvin Gaye, Harry Nilsson, Splinter, Ringo Starr, Richie Barrett, Ray Charles, the Rolling Stones and Derek Martin, often playing "spot the influence".
The tape has been rebroadcast with some regularity over the years, and most of it was included in the Lost Lennon Tapes radio series; here is the complete broadcast (minus commercials):
Walls And Bridges was officially released in the US on September 30th, trailed by an extensive promotional campaign consisting of radio and TV ads, buttons, billboards, posters, matchbook covers, T-shirts, bumper stickers, and more, all labeled "Listen To This [X]":


Approaching the end of 2018, the Ministry of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia issued a guideline for the implementation of the Minister of Transportation of Republic of Indonesia Regulation No. 52 of 2018 on Civil Aviation Safety Regulations Part 47 Regarding Aircraft Registration issued earlier this year ("Implementation Guideline Part 47"). The Implementation Guideline Part 47 provides details explanation on the implementation of the MOTR 52/2018 which in principle the Ministry of Transportation has addressed concerns from international parties especially creditors in aircraft financing transactions or aircraft owners who serve as indirect lessors in two tiers lease agreements where in the previous legislation regime those parties' interest were not well protected. The Implementation Guideline Part 47 provides clarity on the procedures to establish legal protection through an Irrevocable Deregistration and Export Request Authorization ("IDERA") to not only for aircraft operator and aircraft owner, but also other related parties of the aircraft owner. The aircraft owner may transfer its rights of an aircraft to other related party, such as head lessor, financial institution, or insurer, etc. ("Other Related Party") through a Certified Designee.
According to the Implementation Guideline Part 47, a chargor/conditional buyer/lessee ("Authorized Party") under one of the following agreements i.e. security agreements, title reservation agreements, or lease agreements, may perform recording of IDERA over Indonesian registered aircraft which have obtained an Indonesian Aircraft Certificate of Registration that can be recorded IDERA to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia ("DGCA"). The IDERA recording procedures also applies to the recording of Certified Designee to the DGCA in the event of an aircraft owner will transfer its rights of an aircraft to Other Related Party. Prior to record the Certificate Designee, aircraft owners must have obtained an original IDERA certificate from the Authorized Party. In the process to record the IDERA or Certified Designee by the Authorized Party to the DGCA Indonesia, the Authorized Party shall provide: (i) completed DGCA forms; (ii) summary agreement in connection with the aircraft transaction that must be signed by all parties of the agreement(s); and (iii) a statement letter signed by the Authorized Party or Other Related Party (as applicable) containing a promise not to involve or sue the DGCA in any dispute arising from or in connection with the aircraft transaction. The IDERA Certificate or Certified Designee Letter shall be issued by the DGCA Indonesia within five (5) working days since all the requirements are received completely and correctly by the DGCA.
The Implementation Guideline Part 47 provides that IDERA may be revoked based on a request from the Authorized Party in written proposal to the DGCA. In this regard, the record of IDERA over the Indonesian aircraft registration mark will be revoked accordingly. So is the case with Certified Designee Letter. The Certified Designee Letter may also be revoked based on a written proposal from the Certified Designee to the DGCA. The revocation process of the IDERA or Certified Designee Letter by the DGCA Indonesia shall be completed within five (5) working days since all the requirements are received completely and correctly by the DGCA. Once the Certified Designee Letter has been revoked by the DGCA Indonesia, the right of IDERA shall return to the Authorized Party under the IDERA Certificate.
The Authorized Party or the Certified Designee may request de-registration of Indonesian aircraft registration mark under the Certificate of Aircraft Registration to the DGCA in case of default occurs under a security agreement between a chargee and a chargor, a title reservation agreement between a conditional seller and a conditional buyer, or a lease agreement between a lessor and a lessee. In the process of de-registration of an aircraft, the Authorized Party or Certified Designee shall submit: (i) completed DGCA forms and (ii) a statement letter containing a promise not to involve or sue the DGCA Indonesia in any dispute arising from or in connection with the aircraft de-registration signed by the Authorized Party or Certified Designee (as applicable). The DGCA shall issue the de-registration statement letter to the Authorized Party or Certified Designee within five (5) working days since the Authorized Party or Certified Designee submits the administrative requirements completely and correctly to the DGCA. Upon the issuance of the de-registration statement letter by the DGCA, the status of an aircraft becomes "state-less aircraft". Since such de-registered aircraft is no longer under Indonesia aircraft registration mark, thus, the DGCA no longer has authority to the de-registered aircraft.


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By a great man, however, we mean a man who, because of his spiritual gifts, his character, and other qualities, deserves to be called great and who as a result earns the power to influence others.
Fredrik Bajer
But I feel convinced, and I venture even to prophesy in this regard, that the time will come when there will also be a minister of peace in the cabinet, seated beside the ministers of war.
As a result of my study, I came to the conclusion that a common supreme authority was undesirable.
A sign that a peace association is going adrift is its exclusion of other political parties, with whom it could collaborate effectively on most of the problems besetting the cause of peace.
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Tonite on the IM I was chatting with my mom, and we were both blog surfing. As I sat on my bed, rocking Eisley to sleep in my arms, I chatted and surfed with one hand.
Then we came upon this blog, about sweet precious little Cora. Little Cora wasn't even a year old when she was diagnosed with cancer. This was a little over a month ago. Unfortunately, she didn't survive. Her parents are strong Christians, however, and I'm thankful to know that sweet little Cora is with our Savior right now.
I tend to feel things very deeply, and I was reading back on the blog - going through the last month of posts - I started imagining myself in their shoes. I do this to myself, its torture. I started to feel the emptiness, even though I was just imagining the pain and the heartache I felt is a fraction compared to theirs, it became unbearable. When I saw the pictures of their baby Cora in the hospital hooked up to all those tubes and wires, my heart broke. I thought about how much I hated seeing Eis get her vaccinations last week, having to watch her go through chemo would just kill me inside.
Justin walked in on me rocking Eisley, using the computer one-handed, with tears streaking down my face. I was holding back sobs. I fought the urge to rock Eisley all night and whisper to her how much I loved her.
I'd had a somewhat blah day. Not really bad, just one of those days where several inconveniences were causing me to feel sorry for myself and annoyed with my loved ones. Being sleep deprived, frustrations with my web design software, Justin throwing dirty laundry on the floor a foot away from the hamper and about 5 loads worth of clean laundry to fold while caring for a sick and fussy baby.
But really, it wasn't a bad day at all. I got to rock my baby girl to sleep. And now here I go again, my eyes filling up once again. Some mommies had empty arms tonight.
I think it is amazing that a story like that can really make you think and reexamine your life. I know I have a lot to be thankful for, though I don't always remember that.
It's always good to get some perspective. There is so much I could say. But I think you already got something good enough out of it! Thanks for the reminder of how good my life is... even when it seems bad.


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Why folic acid may prevent a first heart attack, but not a second
A perplexing medical paradox now has an explanation according to research undertaken at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry and published in the current issue of the Public Library of Science. The paradox is that taking folic acid, a B vitamin, lowers homocysteine in the blood which, epidemiological evidence indicates, should lower the risk of heart attack, but clinical trials of folic acid have not shown the expected benefit.
The explanation is surprisingly simple; lowering homocysteine prevents platelets sticking, which stops blood clots...something aspirin also does, so if people in the trials were already taking aspirin there would be no extra benefit in lowering homocysteine with folic acid. Aspirin was in fact widely used by participants in the trials because they were mainly conducted in patients who had already had a heart attack or other cardiovascular diseases.
Research led by Dr David Wald at the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry showed that there was a difference in the reduction in heart disease events between the five trials with the lowest aspirin use (60 per cent of the participants took aspirin) and the five trials with the highest use (91 per cent took aspirin). The observed risk reduction was six per cent but it would have been 15 per cent if no one had been taking aspirin. Research was based on 75 epidemiological studies involving about 50,000 participants and clinical trials involving about 40,000 participants.
"The explanation has important implications," said Dr David Wald, the lead author of the paper. "The negative clinical trial evidence should not close the door on folic acid - folic acid may still be of benefit in people who have not had a heart attack because they will generally not be taking aspirin".
'Reconciling the evidence on serum homocysteine and ischaemic heart disease: a meta-analysis' is published in the Public Library of Science (PLOS One), 2 February 2011.
Alex Fernandes
a.fernandes@qmul.ac.uk
Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry offers international levels of excellence in research and teaching while serving a population of unrivalled diversity amongst which cases of diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, TB, oral disease and cancers are prevalent, within east London and the wider Thames Gateway. Through partnership with our linked trusts, notably Barts and The London NHS Trust, and our associated University Hospital trusts - Homerton, Newham, Whipps Cross and Queen's - the School's research and teaching is informed by an exceptionally wide ranging and stimulating clinical environment.
At the heart of the School's mission lies world class research, the result of a focused programme of recruitment of leading research groups from the UK and abroad and a £100 million investment in state-of-the-art facilities. Research is focused on translational research, cancer, cardiology, clinical pharmacology, inflammation, infectious diseases, stem cells, dermatology, gastroenterology, haematology, diabetes, neuroscience, surgery and dentistry.
The School is nationally and internationally recognised for research in these areas, reflected in the £40 million it attracts annually in research income. Its fundamental mission, with its partner NHS Trusts, and other partner organisations such as CRUK, is to ensure that that the best possible clinical service is underpinned by the very latest developments in scientific and clinical teaching, training and research.
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Blood test for eight gene signatures can predict onset of tuberculosis UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
The Lancet: Fewer than half of US clinical trials have complied with the law on reporting results, despite new regulations THE LANCET
Scurvy is still a thing in Canada MCMASTER UNIVERSITY


Tallahassee – In the anticipation of federal funding, Volunteer Florida is proud to announce the availability of FY 2017-2018 Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)/Citizen Corps Program funding. Volunteer Florida will distribute a total of $300,000; in sub-grant awards of up to $10,000. Interested parties may apply for funding for a CERT program, a Citizen Corps program, or both. If seeking funding for both CERT and Citizen Corps, a separate application must be submitted for each.
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Tropicana Atlantic City's November Burger of the Month Proceeds to Benefit The Community FoodBank of New Jersey
Thu, Oct 31, 2019
Noel Stevenson
nstevenson@caesars.com
Tropicana Atlantic City will donate $1 with every purchase of Chelsea Five's November Burger or Cocktail of the Month to The Community FoodBank of New Jersey.
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (October 31, 2019) – Tropicana Atlantic City's Chelsea Five Gastropub will donate $1 to The Community FoodBank of New Jersey with every purchase of the November Burger or Cocktail of the Month. As the holidays quickly approach, the organization is preparing to combat hunger and provide meals for those in need.
November's Burger of the Month, the "Give Thanks Burger," includes a house-signature turkey burger topped with chorizo-cornbread stuffing, turkey gravy and cranberry sauce served with a side of sweet potato tater tots for $17.
A $13 Autumn Mule will also be available during the month of November. The Autumn Mule features a delightful mixture of Ketel One Vodka, spiced pear liqueur, cane syrup, mint and ginger beer. For each beverage purchased, $1 will go to The Community FoodBank of New Jersey.
The nonprofit organization is able to turn every $1 donated into $8 worth of food for those struggling in our local communities.
The Community FoodBank of New Jersey is the state's largest anti-hunger and poverty organization. The Southern Branch addresses food insecurity throughout Atlantic, Cumberland and Cape May County. Food services provided by the organization include stocking school food pantries for children, distributing boxed food supplies to seniors, as well as bringing food to areas where there are not enough food pantries and soup kitchens to meet the need via the Mobile Food Pantry.
For more information about The Community FoodBank of New Jersey, please visit https://www.cfbnj.org/.
Chelsea Five Gastropub is open Wednesday through Saturday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. For more information about Chelsea Five Gastropub and Tropicana Atlantic City, please visit www.tropicana.net.
About Tropicana Atlantic City
Tropicana Atlantic City, home of The Quarter, spans six city blocks and is situated steps from the Atlantic City boardwalk and beach. Boasting 2,400 luxurious rooms and suites in five hotel towers, Tropicana is one of New Jersey's largest hotels. The 24-hour casino resort offers 2,300 Slot Machines, 18-Table Poker Room, 132 Table Games, 25 restaurants, 25 shops, 20 bars and lounges, 4 pools, 2 spas, the Tropicana Showroom, William Hill Sportsbook, an IMAX Theatre, AtlantiCare LifeCenter Fitness and over 122,000 square feet of meeting space.
Since 2013, Tropicana has completed an impressive $250 million in renovations across the sprawling property garnering national recognition including "Coolest Casinos in the World" by PopSugar, Cabana Five Bar & Pool Deck "No. 2 Best Hotel Pool" in the Nation by USA Today's 10Best Readers' Choice Awards and "Best Players Club" by Casino Player Magazine for four consecutive years.
About Eldorado Resorts, Inc.
Eldorado Resorts is a leading casino entertainment company that owns and operates twenty-six properties in thirteen states, including Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. In aggregate, Eldorado's properties feature approximately 27,500 slot machines and VLTs and 800 table games, and over 12,500 hotel rooms.
Founded in 1973 in Reno, Eldorado has been dedicated to providing exceptional guest service, a dynamic gaming product, award-winning dining, exciting entertainment and premiere accommodations. Our extensive management experience and unwavering commitment to our team members, guests and shareholders have been the primary drivers of our strategic goals and success. We take pride in our reinvestment in our properties and the communities we support along with emphasizing our family-style approach in an effort to build loyalty among our team members and guests. We will continue to focus on the future growth and diversification of our company while maintaining our core values and striving for operational excellence. For more information, please visit www.eldoradoresorts.com.


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And like any good coach, we're here every step of the way to provide encouragement and motivation.
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A bad day shouldn't stop you from living your life, but it can be hard to feel ready to try something new if you're thinking about something bad that happened last week. Next time you have a bad day, do something to boost your confidence see how much better you feel!
2. Give your self-talk a makeover: We often speak to ourselves in a way that we would (or should) NEVER speak to another person. Imagine your friend comes to you and says they want to start a new fitness routine. You wouldn't respond negatively, or point out that they've tried several times before and never actually followed through, would you? So, why would you say that to yourself?
Start talking to yourself in an encouraging and positive way. Instead of saying "I can't sell 5 cars this month!" try saying to yourself "I am going to make as many calls and follow ups as possible to make sure I'm doing everything I can to sell 5 cars this month!" That simple change can make a big difference to your attitude. The more you practice being kind to yourself, the easier it becomes.
3. Take action: To develop a strong mindset, you have to learn to take action when you're scared. I know that sounds pretty terrifying, but it can also be incredibly rewarding. I used to be so afraid of speaking on camera, but I also realized it was important to do it if I wanted to grow my career. Instead of worrying that I was speaking in front of people I didn't know, I started to think of it as an opportunity to connect with more people. You might feel the same way about asking for the sale, or calling a customer to follow up…. Just remember, these actions will get you closer to your goals.
4. Reflect on your progress every day: When you're looking at a big goal, like selling a goal number of services or cars in a month, for example, it can feel overwhelming. If you happen to not close a deal or get the sale, negative thoughts can creep in and may even make you feel as though you want to quit. Try making a note of the progress you've made because it can make a big difference! Keep a progress tracker of your sales, calls, and follow ups – this can help encourage you, and remind you of all the positive actions you've done and sales you've made over the past few months!
You could also try taking a moment at the end of the day to ask yourself what you learned, what you could improve on and where you want to go tomorrow. Strengthening your mindset takes a bit of time and practice, but it's so worth it! Even if you feel mentally strong, I think there is always room for a little improvement. Remember, every day is an opportunity to shape your life into what YOU want it to be! It really does all start in your mind. And that's the Get Fit Tips of the day, thanks for watching!
Our courses can be customized to your dealership or dealer group, and our experts provide a continual sustainment process to ensure success.
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THE RAINBOW ZOO WILD-AFTERLIFE by Debz Pokai | Books | Store - BATS QLD (Flying Foxes & Microbats) Inc.
What do we tell our children where our furry, feathered and four-legged friends go to when they die? How do we support them during this challenging time?
The Rainbow Zoo – Wild Afterlife is a beautiful and enchanting world where creatures big and small go to live their best wild afterlife. The story encapsulates the loss of a beloved animal who, after dying, travels to the Rainbow Zoo where they have transformed into stronger, healthier versions of themselves.
Their journey to the wild afterlife is fun and exciting. They explode into the atmosphere like shooting stars, choosing whatever mode of transport their wild imaginations can conjure up!
A gentle and warm account of Blade's miraculous journey to the Rainbow Zoo – where he is destined to meet animals from all around the world. Filled with amazing illustrations and fun activity pages for ages 4-10 years.
Debz, who is also a member of Bats QLD is donating 30% of all proceeds of the sale of this book to Bats QLD! So you can donate toward our beautiful bats by purchasing this beautiful book for your kids or as a gift.


Cambridge, MA (October 8, 2014) — iZotope, Inc., a leading audio technology company, has announced an update to its critically acclaimed line of mastering software, Ozone.
Launching this fall, Ozone 6 is the latest version of iZotope's complete mastering system. For the first time, the mastering workflow is centered around creativity: Ozone 6's modern visual paradigm guides and inspires users of all experience levels at every step, so they can freely experiment with ease—or dial in their signature sound in just a few clicks.
Whether they are mastering engineers or home studio producers, Ozone 6 gives users everything they need to effortlessly produce professional-sounding masters in one elegant standalone application.
iZotope product specialists will preview Ozone 6 to the general public at AES (Booth 1100) in Los Angeles from October 9 - 12. AES attendees can view a demo of Ozone 6, hear from top audio industry figures, and learn the latest research and technology information. iZotope plans to release further information about Ozone 6's features throughout the coming weeks.
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by Gary Booysen, Senior analyst, Rand Swiss, 12 January 2022
Incredibly, it's already that time of year when brokers, banks and analysts' dust off their crystal balls and start making wild predictions on what will happen to financial markets over the next 12 months.
Now, it's important for you to remember, that no matter how fancy the title of the person making predictions, or how prestigious the institution, the future has a way of surprising us all.
Many people may have worried about a global virus taking hold some time in the future, but accurately predicting it would happen in early 2020, before the first stories came out of Wuhan, was impossible.
I agree, recognising which stories are important as they break will make you a great trader but, understanding deep and influential trends is a far more reliable way of making money in financial markets.
So, with all qualifications aside, let's look at three trends that could dominate financial markets in 2022.
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Theme #1: Inflation and higher interest rates
Now, the midnight clock ticking from the 31st of December 2021 to the 1st of January 2022 doesn't influence the sales or earnings forecast of global companies. And, while it may actually have a mild impact on South African FX markets, because your foreign currency allowances have just reset for the year, generally speaking, there is little "new year" impact on financial market pricing.
People may see the new year as a fresh start, a time to hit the gym or quit smoking, but the impact on aggregated financial data is low.
So, it should come as no surprise that my number one theme for 2022 is an extension of warnings we've been issuing in this newsletter for some time.
Prediction: Inflation is back, and it's not going to come down quickly. Since the Fed initially started talking about how inflation would be transitory, we've been calling bulls*#t.
2022 is likely to be no different. Yes, we will probably see a moderation in some soft commodity prices, and you would expect global supply chains to sort themselves out, but once the icy hand of inflation gets a grip on the system, it doesn't let go quickly.
We're already seeing the start of this theme playing out as the first FOMC minutes were released on Wednesday, showing that the US Federal Reserve is ready to aggressively dial back their pandemic era stimulus measures.
What does this mean for you, the south African investor?
As we've said before, higher interest rates are coming. Inflation in the price of real goods and services is here. And that means three things.
You cannot hang onto cash in 2022. Cash in the bank will buy you less
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Companies promising future earnings (growth) over delivering earnings today (value) will likely underperform.
Companies with unsustainably high debt levels should be avoided when you're picking stocks.
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Theme #2: Reverse Globalisation
A perhaps less obvious theme is reverse globalisation. There is a lot we can unpack here, and the concept probably deserves one or two articles to itself, but let me try and explain it quickly.
If you don't know, the term Globalisation was first coined by Theodore Levitt, who was a professor at Harvard Business school, and first became popular in the 1980s. The trend he recognised was the growing interdependence of the world's economies, cultures and populations. He saw that companies (the creators of just about everything you use on a daily basis) could standardise their products and sell them to people across the world.
With the help of institutions like the World Trade Organisations (WTO), barriers to trade were removed and, as the world united, it prospered. Labour, goods and capital were freer to flow between areas of inequality and everyone gained. The world-pie became bigger.
Then for many reasons: The rise of social media; the clash of cultures as immigrants streamed across borders; and the reactionary force of entrenched old-world labour, the trend has started to reverse.
Barriers to trade increased, the Sino-US trade war escalated as antiquated trade taxes reared their ugly head. We saw a dramatic increase in the use of tariff systems. Nationalist political rhetoric spiked, and power flowed from the centre to the extremes. These counter currents worked against the massive economically positive forces that had been placed previously.
As we ring in the new year, there's no reason to believe these counter currents will abate in 2022. If anything, they could escalate further.
The expectation is that China will look more domestically. Following the supply chain disruptions of the last two years, countries are more focused on manufacturing as a strategic national advantage. Fabrication could move from the emerging markets back to the developed markets, we'll probably see the increasing prevalence of ultra-high automation plants nearer the large
developed market consumer areas.
This theme could have many results.
Firstly, depending on the speed of the transition, higher inflation could be the result as low cost established production systems in China are no longer viable for regulatory reasons and the production efficiency at ultra-high tech localised factories take some time to catch up.
Secondly, developed market wealth creation may become more focused, as regional autonomy increases. In other words, the investment moves would be to stay overweight developed economies for now.
Finally, emerging market manufacturers may find they have less customers while pressure mounts on labour to move to areas of opportunity. Increased friction around emigration and immigration is likely. Legislation and regulatory barriers to the movement of labour and capital into high per capita income countries will increase.
But it's not all doom and gloom.
Theme #3: The digital revolution
It's possible that the reactionary countertrend of reverse globalisation may continue, but in the metaverse the opposite is true. Now the metaverse itself probably gives us enough meat for at least three more articles, but there is no question that the online world is more integrated than ever before.
The idea that Crypto, in its infant stages, has given us a unified global currency and medium of exchange is fanciful, but incredibly exciting.
The idea of a unified, borderless, truly global currency has managed to generate enough hype today that it's early-stage prototype products (Bitcoin and Ethereum) have a combined market capitalization over $1 trillion. That means the market system is currently allocating more value to these coins than all but a handful of global listed companies.
And, while the actual products themselves (Bitcoin and Ethereum) may be flawed (flightless birds, never destined to truly fly) the fact that they can achieve this type of market capitalisation speaks to an enormous demand for a unified, decentralised payments system.
Communication technologies like Zoom, Microsoft Teams have made the world smaller and more globalised than ever before. So, while high tech manufacturing may be returning to the developed world the rising digital gig economy is thriving. The idea, that ideas themselves can flow instantly around the world as global teams collaborate from desperate hubs is already a daily reality.
It's one of the reasons vaccines could be developed as quickly as they were. Collaboration will likely increase. And knowledge work will become decentralised and global.
South African workers who are fortunate enough to be able to work online, can earn dollars, pounds and euros while still spending and living in our own fair country. All without ever having to take a flight or meet their colleagues in "real" life. Covid-19 has accelerated the digital migration of knowledge work in a way that is exciting and astounding!
So how do you play this?
Well, you could just get a high paying digital job overseas. Train up. Apply.
You'll be surprised how easy it is. But from a financial market point of view, while I'm negative on the overhyped tech stocks, which currently trade on massive multiples. I would suggest ignoring the long-shot, pie-in-the-sky ideas that have generated massive excitement with the "promise" of future earnings.
But instead focus on truly global digital products. They're likely to have some legs and will probably remain winners in any portfolio.
I'm thinking that companies like Google (GOOG) will do better than a companies like Rivian (RIVN).
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Mohamed Salah Receives Outstanding Arab Athlete Award in Dubai
by Khaoula Ghanem
Courtesy of the Dubai Media Office.
Just one day after receiving the African Player of the Year Award (for the second consecutive year), Mohamed Salah met with Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, the Crown Prince of Dubai, who presented him with the Outstanding Arab Athlete award at the 10th annual Mohammed Bin Rashid Creative Sports Award on Wednesday at the Dubai World Trade Centre's Sheikh Rashid Ballroom.
The Egyptian athlete later met with HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, and Ruler of Dubai at Zabeel Palace.
"Awards give athletes the motivation for more efforts and improvements," stated the Liverpool striker when he accepted his accolade. "And an award that holds the name of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is great and huge one, because its value comes from Sheikh Mohammed's great position as the pioneer innovator in all fields," he added.
"Yesterday, I won the African Player of the Year award for the second time in a row, and today I am honored to be here to receive this prestigious award, and with a group of leading athletes and champions, including young people from different Arab countries, the award will be an incentive for them to achieve more achievements in the future," he stated. He concluded by saying "May God help you to achieve the goals of this award and support our athletes and youth".
Indeed, Salah had quite the 2018. The athlete, who scored 44 goals in all competitions for Liverpool this season, is a national hero. He helped his team reach the 2018 Champions League final, but suffered a shoulder injury during the 3-1 defeat by Real Madrid in Kiev. Despite his injury, Salah represented his country at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, scoring twice.
His spectacular season for Liverpool earned him the ultimate recognition in football as he was named as the Professional Footballers' Association Players' Player of the Year. The footballer is the object of a number of songs sung by Liverpool fans — including the infamous "If he's good enough for me/ he's good enough for you".
Salah's football career began in his hometown club El Mokawloon in Egypt, before moving to Basel in Switzerland where he helped win the league title. His performance caught the attention of Premier League favourite Chelsea who signed Salah for a £11 million (US$15.4 million) fee in 2014. Despite the big money signing, Salah's spell at Stamford Bridge was disappointing – he made just 13 appearances for Jose Mourinho's side and was eventually loaned out to Italy's Fiorentina and subsequently Roma. On 22 June 2017, Salah agreed a transfer to Liverpool, breaking the club's record as the most expensive signing at £34 million (US$48 million).
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Three health care myths affecting consumers in 2018
Possible changes to the Affordable Care Act made plenty of headlines in 2017, but actual changes were few and far between.
Three health care myths affecting consumers in 2018 Possible changes to the Affordable Care Act made plenty of headlines in 2017, but actual changes were few and far between. Check out this story on Tennessean.com: https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/industries/health-care/2018/02/09/three-health-care-myths-affecting-consumers-2018/320736002/
Alex Tolbert, Special to Nashville Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK – TENNESSEE Published 7:00 a.m. CT Feb. 9, 2018
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When it comes to health care, things are as confusing as ever. Possible changes to the Affordable Care Act made plenty of headlines in 2017, but actual changes were few and far between.
This disconnect has created a lot of misinformation. Polls show a third of Americans incorrectly believe President Trump has repealed the Affordable Care Act, and many other myths have cropped up around healthcare, especially regarding insurance and costs.
Here are three healthcare myths that could be costly for consumers in 2018.
Myth #1: Obamacare is repealed.
Despite President Trump describing Obamacare as gone from time to time, the ACA is still very much the law. Though Congress did successfully repeal the individual mandate through the GOP tax bill in December (more on that later), the individual mandate is just one segment of a much larger law.
The rest of Obamacare remains fully intact, and still significantly affects payers, providers and consumers. For example, here are a few ACA requirements that are still the law and fully in place: Employers with more than 50 full-time employees are still required to offer coverage to workers, insurance companies are not allowed to deny coverage to consumers based on pre-existing conditions and premium subsidies are still available for consumers making up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level. Also, insurance plans still have to cover the ACA's 10 essential health benefits, and they can no longer place annual or lifetime limits on healthcare claims.
And there is much, much more. Almost all of Obamacare is still standing.
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Myth #2: The individual mandate repeal means there will be no penalty for dropping coverage in 2018.
Back to that individual mandate repeal. Congress did repeal the mandate, which requires consumers who can afford insurance to carry it, or pay a penalty when they file their taxes.
But there's a catch. The repeal is not effective until 2019. The individual mandate is still the law for 2018, which means consumers who don't have insurance this year will face penalties in 2019.
Beginning in 2019, the mandate will no longer apply, which means there will be no penalties in 2020.
But it is almost certain that some consumers, hearing that the mandate has been repealed, will drop coverage in 2018 and face an unwelcome surprise at tax time next year.
More: With the individual mandate repealed, three things to expect
Myth #3: Changes to insurance regulations will reduce health care costs.
Republicans have said they will continue to work on deregulating the insurance industry in 2018 and beyond. The wish list includes repealing the employer mandate, the essential health benefits and the Cadillac tax on high-dollar health plans.
However, most of these changes will not result in reduced health care costs for consumers. Allowing insurers to cover less would reduce premium costs, but it won't affect the actual cost of medical care.
The U.S. pays more for health care than any other country. Surgeries, prescriptions, primary care — everything costs more in America, even for the exact same service or drug.
The reasons for this are complicated, and insurance does play a role. But largely, the high prices that affect people's care and health status are not affected by the kinds of changes Congress has proposed in regards to health reform.
Possible cost-reduction reforms include requiring providers to post price lists, allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, or capping service costs for common procedures. But for all the conversation around health reform over the last few years, Congress has barely touched these issues.
The takeaway for consumers is that, when it comes to health care, less has changed under the Trump administration than many may think. At least for 2018, the law still impacts most of the U.S. health care system.
Alex Tolbert is the founder of Bernard Health, a company that provides noncommissioned, expert advice on health, Medicare and COBRA insurance and medical bill consulting. To learn more about Bernard Health, visit www.bernardhealth.com.
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COHERENCE 2nd Viewing Movie Review - Javi's Take
Directed by: James Byrkit
Written by: James Byrkit
Starring: Emily Foxler, Nicholas Brendon, Maury Sterling, Elizabeth Gracen, Lorene Scafaria, Lauren Maher, Hugo Armstrong and Alex Manugian
Synopsis: A group of friends gets together for a dinner party when a comet passing by the earth starts to have some unexpected side effects.
This is a special review for the upcoming Oscilloscope Labs release, COHERENCE. I previously reviewed and love the movie back when I first saw it in Fantastic Fest 2013. That review will be appropriate for those that have not seen the movie and don't want to be spoiled. Given the nature of the movie and just how dense it is, this review will focus on my impression of seeing it a 2nd time where I know what will happen and can focus on the details. Needless to say, there will be spoilers, and this review takes into account that you have seen the movie all the way and know the character, but you can always check out my Fantastic Fest 2013 review.
COHERENCE is a dense movie. With its complicated premise of alternate realities created by a passing comet, it deserves to be seen multiple times. Once you get past the premise of quantum decoherence and its multiple parallel realities, it's imperative to then watch it to see the clues and cues that the director plants through the movie to let you know which characters are more than they seem.
One of the aspects of the movie that came to the forefront this time around was the mystery aspect of it. While the first viewing of this movie felt more of an existential and philosophical examination of our regret and questioning our choices, this time was more about noticing the subtle foreshadowing of future events or of things not being all quite there. It definitely felt more of cerebral experience rather than an emotional one. Now that we know that the first time that Amir and Hugh come back, they are not from the original timeline. And we know that when Emily comes back after inspecting Hugh's car into the house, that she's not in her original house.
One of the worst aspects of the movie the first time seeing it was having to sit through these loud scenes where all of the party guests argue, yell, and panic at each other. It felt like those scenes belonged in a different movie and while they were meant to heighten the feeling of dread and concern between the group of friends, it came off as more like people acting hyperbolically. True, no one can know how you would react when you realize you have a double out there somewhere in the dark, but it still felt off. Regardless, the annoying fight scenes could be explained away from the fact that the impostors such as the first set of Amir and Hugh that come back, are trying create strife within the group to be able to get back to their respective realities.
In addition, it was easier to try to keep track of a theoretical number of the amount of alternate realities. Well, it's "easier" but by the author's estimates there are at least 12 realities that we have seen. This is, of course left to debate, since there are times such as the last half of the movie, where you see that there are two Mikes that are tied up and they show a green and a red glow stick. Are we meant to assume that this was the continuation of Beth's original timeline just much later after she leaves the house? Who knows, but it is interesting to think about the fact that whenever you see an "impostor" they could all potentially be from completely different reality we don't know about.
What's interesting is taking a look at the "science" behind some of the concepts of the movie is how it takes the concept of Schrodinger's Cat and Quantum Decoherence and manipulates them into their own purposes for thematic reasons. Schrodinger's Cat is the famous "is the cat in the box dead or alive experiment" that has become a thing in pop culture. Despite the fact that this experiment was used to highlight the flaws of the "Copenhagen Interpretation," in the movie, it's used to talk about the potential for alternate realities where both realities of the cat being dead or alive exist at the same time until you open the box. Then, Hugh mentions Quantum Decoherence, which is supposed to keep these two alternate realities separate from each other so that they exist at the same time. Without getting too bogged down, it basically separates two waves from a complementary state, usually causing some type of disruption just like in the movie.
It was a great experience watching COHERENCE for a second time. While the first viewing leaves you drained after wrapping your head around its concept, the second viewing affords you the ability to look past the premise and see the details hidden beneath the plot. With shades of an almost science fiction "whodunit," COHERENCE is one of the most exciting science fiction movies to come out in a long time.
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Q: How to instantiate a Scikit-Learn linear model with known coefficients without fitting it Background
I am testing various saved models as part of an experiment, but one of the models comes from an algorithm I wrote, not from a sklearn model-fitting.
However, my custom model is still a linear model so I want to instantiate a LinearModel instance and set the coef_ and intercept_ attributes to the values from my custom fitting algorithm so I can use it for predictions.
What I tried so far:
from sklearn.linear_model import LinearRegression

my_intercepts = np.ones(2)
my_coefficients = np.random.randn(2, 3)

new_model = LinearRegression()
new_model.intercept_ = my_intercepts
new_model.coef_ = my_coefficients

It seems to work okay for prediction:
X_test = np.random.randn(5, 3)

new_model.predict(X_test)

It passes this test:
from sklearn.utils.validation import check_is_fitted

check_is_fitted(new_model)

Question
Is this method fine?  It feels like a hack and I suspect there is a 'proper' way to do this.

A: Although the simple technique in the question works, the danger is that you might later call the object's fit method and over-write your coefficients.
A slightly more 'proper' way to do this, if the model is only going to be used for prediction, would be to inherit from sklearn's class and overload the fit method as follows:
class LinearPredictionModel(LinearRegression):
    """
    This model is for prediction only.  It has no fit method.
    You can initialize it with fixed values for coefficients
    and intercepts.

    Parameters
    ----------
    coef, intercept : arrays
        See attribute descriptions below.

    Attributes
    ----------
    coef_ : array of shape (n_features, ) or (n_targets, n_features)
        Coefficients of the linear model.  If there are multiple targets
        (y 2D), this is a 2D array of shape (n_targets, n_features),
        whereas if there is only one target, this is a 1D array of
        length n_features.
    intercept_ : float or array of shape of (n_targets,)
        Independent term in the linear model.
    """

    def __init__(self, coef=None, intercept=None):
        if coef is not None:
            coef = np.array(coef)
            if intercept is None:
                intercept = np.zeros(coef.shape[0])
            else:
                intercept = np.array(intercept)
            assert coef.shape[0] == intercept.shape[0]
        else:
            if intercept is not None:
                raise ValueError("Provide coef only or both coef and intercept")
        self.intercept_ = intercept
        self.coef_ = coef

    def fit(self, X, y):
        """This model does not have a fit method."""
        raise NotImplementedError("model is only for prediction")

Then, instantiate the model as follows:
new_model = LinearPredictionModel(coef=my_coefficients, intercept=my_intercepts)

I think the only 'proper' way to do this would be for me to fully implement a new class with my custom algorithm in the fit method.  But for the simple needs of testing the coefficients in a scikit-learn environment, this method seems to work fine.

A: This approach works nicely for primitive methods (such as linear-regression), but how can you tweak this for more complex models (such as lasso or elastic net or...). It appears the linear regressor can be modified like this, but a lasso regressor still throws errors (complaint of not being fit: As in this question, which is indicated as a duplicate of the above.

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