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SA ROCK DIGEST ISSUE NUMBER 40
The South African Rock Music Digest
is a free, subscription e-mag, edited
by Brian Currin and Stephen "Sugar"
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THE BIG FOUR-OH!
The Digest has reached issue #40!
Issue #1 went out on the 27 January 1999 to only 15 people, so here is a short history for the those of you who weren't in at the beginning...
The Digest started as a moderated mailing list, a forum if you will, for fans of the legends of SA rock, to discuss and remember our old favourites.
Subscribers now include many music fans, as well as a number of musicians, radio stations, media and music industry people in South Africa and around the world.
The Digest now goes to almost 800 subscribers in 36 countries.
The SA Rock Digest back issue archive is on the net and keyword searchable at: http://www.crosswinds.net/~sarockdigest/
http://www.rock.co.za/littlesister
The new Little Sister website was launched recently and has already had over 400 hits. Fans of good female vocal pop/rock (or melodic rock as I now believe this type of music is called) should visit this site. Listen to some MP3 excerpts, post a message on their message board (or read Debbi and Jenni Lonmon's messages to their visitors), read through their biography and join the Little Sister fan club.
Damian from Orchard Publishing wrote...
Looked at the Little Sister website.
Fantastic. Fast, clean and consistent.
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MUTANT HARMONY TRIO
Nebula News
There has been a very positive response to the recent 'Song For
Ancestors' album by the Mutant Harmony Trio. This Pretoria-based trio,
comprising Greg Georgiades, Marc Duby and Wynand van der Walt, will be
appearing on the SABCTV program Geraas on Tuesday, November 30, where
they will be showcasing the new video for 'Brazouki',the opening track
on the album.
The band are also considering an offer to tour Oman in January, as well
as the possibilty that 'Song For Ancestors' will be released in the
Middle East and Europe early in 2000. Greg Georgiades, who fronts both
the Mutant Harmony Trio and The Jazzhounds, has been one of the top jazz guitarists in Pretoria for many years. These two bands have made a
string of creditable appearances recently. The Mutant Harmony Trio
performed at the Standard Bank Jazz Festival in Bloemfontein, and will
be playing at the Crossroads Jazz Cafe in Pretoria during December.
These appearances will feature their new drummer, Rob Watson, who will
be replacing Wynand van der Walt when he leaves for an extended overseas trip.
The Jazzhounds appeared at the recent Aardklop Festival in
Potchefstroom, and will be performing at the upcoming Standard Bank Jazz Festival in Kimberly.
Georgiades has also been working with Asish Joshi, and a new album from
this duo, titled 'Samraad', is set for an early 2000 release. The duo
will be performing at the upcoming Festival Of Living Treasures to be
held in Shongwene on December 18. As with the Mutant's album, the
predominant instruments featured on this album will be the oud (fretless lute), bouzouki and nylon acoustic guitar.
Indie Music Explosion
indie.co.za
Visit the Amuzine website for all the latest news on new CDs
http://rock.co.za
The Festival Of Living Treasures
http://www.livingtreasures.co.za
SUGARDRIVE
It is with pleasure that we announce that Sugardrive will be the official curtain raiser for the 5FM Alanis Morrisette on her South African tour on the 3rd, 5th and 7th of December.
The tour coincidences with the launch of Sugardrive's website, http://www.sugardrive.com and the release of their CD single "A Single and Some Remixes." The CD single features remixes of the 5FM #1 single "Disco Lazarus" and the current radio single "35 mil" as well as the incredible collaboration with the funk masters, Plum. Plum and Sugardrive spent the day at Downtown studios re-recording the Sugardrive song, "Navelgazer".
The onslaught of the Plum sharp-edged-rock-rap will shock and enthrall listeners and is a historical first as two SA rock bands record a collaboration for commercial release. The CD single will also feature an interactive section which will give fans a personal view into the professional lives of Sugardrive.
Sugardrive's website will feature a full e-commerce section, which will cancel all fans complaints of "I can't find your CD any where!!".
mailto:sugardrive@authentic.co.za
mailto:nancy@authentic.co.za
Gallo Records: Caroline Hillary 011 788-0519
SQUEAL: "CIVILIZED?" ON TOUR
December 3rd The Jam Cape Town CD Launch
December 4th Purple Turtle Cape Town
December 6th Backdoor George
December 7th Tin Roof Knysna
December 8th Ricks Jeffrey's Bay
December 9th Venue to be confirmed
December 10th Bedford Pub & Diner Port Shepstone
December 11th Venue to be confirmed Durban
(Squeal Publicity - Bite Me Music)
mailto:bitememusic@icon.co.za
THE DOGFLY TOUR
See the tour at a venue near you featuring Not My Dog and Fruit Fly Navigators.
Wednesday 1 December - The Underground (Bloemfontein)
Thursday 2 December - Buzz Bar (Pietermaritzburg)
Friday 3 December - The Winston
Saturday 4 December - Jamie's
Sunday 5 December - The Jam (St Michaels Hotel)
Fruit Fly Navigators
mailto:fruitflynavigators@hotmail.com
INTO THE NIGHT WE SLIDE - RADIO RATS special CD re-issue
Kurt Shoemaker
We all relate new entertainments (books, movies, music) to similar items we already know, but I can't do that with this album. I cannot think of any performers or groups to compare the Radio Rats to, so I'm left with the conclusion that in rock this is original stuff. Additionally, while possessing a distinctive style, each song is different from the others. The album doesn't sound like the same song played over and over. Many bands confuse style with the repetition of a sound so their albums sound like twelve versions of one song -- but not so in this case. This is fun and original and rollicking rock that doesn't lend itself to analogy. Stand-out tunes for me: "ZX Dan", "Plague Cafe", "I'm In Love", "Rocking", "Mucking About In the Dungeon All Day", "Rocket Road" and "Padded Rooms"-- though I don't know why I mention these songs separately because I usually just put on the disc and let the music play through from the first track to the last.
http://rock.co.za/legends/
This and any other SA CD can be ordered online at One World, the best SA CD store on the pla-Net.
http://www.oneworld.co.za
Well I had seen Sting in concert on 3 previous occasions, 1986 in Sydney Australia and twice later in San Diego. I volunteer for a local youth charity and part of my mission is to aquire autographed items for their annual celebrity auction. It was with this in mind that I stood, armed with 2 new basses, by the backstage door at Sting's show in San Diego. I got there at 2pm. My goal being to get the guitars autographed and hopefully meet Sting in person. The charity I volunteer for is well known and the security and promoters were all really nice, but wouldn't let me or the guitars inside. So I waited along with about 10 other autograph seekers for "the man" to appear. Well after about 3 hours some black vans finally appeared. An entourage, including Sting's manager emerged. I approached him "Hey Billy" (I had never met the man but was given his name and description). He thought I was totally nuts but accepted a letter I had written and said Sting was not there yet but he would see what he could do. Well at around 7pm Sting's limo finally showed up. He emerged and gracefully began signing for all the fans. When he got to me he had a pen in his hand from one of the other autograph seekers and he said "who does this belong to" I replied "I'll take care of it" and proceeded to tell him that I was a huge fan and had a photo taken with me. It was surreal standing and chatting with my longtime hero in person. The basses were eventually signed backstage and I stayed for the show -- which was awesome.
Also last week I was up in LA (another long story) but met this ex- South African Dane Gillibrand. He is part of what appears to be an amazing charity organization. Check out this website. It's a very cool story.
http://www.blueslab.com/page3.htm
Craig Ballen
JUST JINGER WOW FRENCH FAN
The new CD of Just Jinger is really cool! The 26th October I saw Just Jinger at the Walkabout inn, Shepherd's Bush, London.
Great gig: The atmosphere was great... They played very good and there was a great moment when it was the drums solo, magic!! I had spoken with Art and hisgroup, they are in good harmony. They are cool...
I think that I was the one French at the gig!! So Art dedicated my three albums and we taked pictures together.
You know, in my opinion Just Jinger is a great group like REM, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eels, Cranberries, Offspring, Radiohead, Nada Surf, Verve, Smashing Pumkins, Everlast... even if it isn't the same kind of sound! But they are better than Blur, Oasis, and boys band like Backstreet Boys and the others...
They merit to be famous when I compare them with many.... groups.
What do you think about it ?
Baudouin Le Normand <baudouin.le.normand@libertysurf.fr>
A FEW OF THE BEST SOUTH AFRICAN ROCK TRACKS I'VE HEARD THIS YEAR
Brian Currin
Then It Turns Around - Falling Mirror
from the unreleased album Hammerhead Hotel
Speedtrain - Frankie's Playground
from their debut album, Frankie's Playground,
released in May this year.
Sittin' - Toxic Shame
from their unreleased album Full Circle
Evil In Her Eyes - Off The Edge
from the album On The Run independently
released early in 1999
Fooling Around - Off The Edge
from their 1984 album, Off The Edge, independently
re-issued on CD in 1999
Street Of Love - Jack Hammer
from their 1994 album Ghosts On The Wind
Shot - Springbok Nude Girls
track from 'Surpass The Powers' released in July.
...to be continued
USA FOR AFRICA
Don't know if I mentioned before that I played a couple of tracks of Big Sky on my "Women In Music" show on KRVM. OK, I know, Steve ain't no lady, but I get away with playing South African boys as a feature called "Leigh's Pics". They got a great response, and I will be giving the "Going Down With Mr Green" CD (the only one I have of his), more airtime in future. Unfortunately, I only have my copy so I can't leave it at the station for the other DJ's to play.
Rodriguez also got a good response, which I think I mentioned to you. Again, it would be nice to be able to play him on the other shows during the day, but that is for record companies and agents etc to decide. The people in this area really enjoy that genre.
It was my first anniversary of presenting the show on Tuesday, and I spent a lot of the time chatting about adjusting to America (it'll never happen!), and playing music that is special to me - so Johnny Clegg's "In My African Dream" got place of prominence! I have a friend from Seychelles helping out in studio, so we were really getting homesick and weepy on air. It was combined with a fund raiser (the station relies on public giving generously to stay on air), and the phone was ringing off the hook. Also played Little Sister and Qkumba Zoo. Guess I'm doing something right!
All for now!
Regards to all and will someone please wave at Table Mountain for me..
mailto:leigh@hotmail.com
KEVIN MASON
I used to play with The Gentle People, Lincoln and Bite in the 70's and 80's. At the moment I am F.O.H. sound engineer for Kingston Sound in Durban as well as running my own production company. Do you want any info and pics? Maybe I can help with info on my many muso mates in Durbs.....
Big Bang Productions
mailto:bigbang@eastcoast.co.za
MIRIAM STOCKLEY
Not sure whether this qualifies as 'rock' really, but are you aware
that Miriam Stockley (indeed of the Stockley Sisters) is making a good
career for herself here in the UK as a vocalist and songwriter.
She has recently released her first solo album (called 'Miriam' I
think; I haven't heard it); she has also had some success with
a group called 'Praise'; again I haven't heard their stuff). She
also appears on many other artists work.
You can check her out at:
http://www.miriam.co.uk/
I know a few people who have heard her music and say she is
spectacular; so perhaps I should find a copy of the new CD and listen
for myself.
I notice the CD is produced by Glenn Keilis (who also has some of the
song credits), who I remember as a keyboard player in a band called,
I think, Ovation, in the early 70's (in Jhb). I don't think they ever
made any records (just did weddings and barmitzvahs) but I could be
STUDY POPULAR MUSIC - AND GET A DEGREE!
For the first time in Africa, there is now a degree programme in
Popular Music Studies! Students at the School of Music at the
University of Natal, Durban, can enrol for undergraduate or
postgraduate degree programmes focussed on popular music. For
details (and an online application), visit the School's website -
http://www.und.ac.za/und/music
MELODIC ROCK
I have tried everything to get more bands reviewed. One band I would really like to review is THE LOUD, but so far they never have been able to send me anything. I am going to check your website later, maybe you can help me getting more info on South African Rock. I would love to get to know more melodic rock bands in the style of OFF THE EDGE. It would be great to give them exposure and review their material. Let me know if you can help me with this.
Gabor Kleinbloesem
mailto:gabor.fabian@wxs.nl
Editor of Strutter'zine
http://www.angelfire.com/ma/strutteraor
LUNAR WAVES
My name is Alfonso Algora and I write for a Spanish prog-rock magazine called "Lunar Waves" (very known in Europe). Well, I've just interviewed Rob Granville, a SA musician who plays in a project called Tale with other SA players such as Kevin Kruger. I asked him about a SA band called JESTER and he gave me your e-mail. I am very interested about that band, because the only CD I own is the one called "Through a Weirdo's Eye" and I haven't any more news about them. Could you give more information about Jester and/or the musicians of the band. Have they released more CD's?
Alfonso Algora
mailto:algora@wanadoo.es
Well, Life has a way of going round and round. I bumped Jimmy at the
Troupador in Kalk Bay on Friday night. Jimmy is together with Ex-Dynamics Bass player, Rob Whiting, who incidently, has just returned back from a two year stint in London where his band - NO I.D. - had residency in a couple of London Clubs. Rob came back with Girlfriend and NO I.D. Guitarist, Nadia - Ex-Ngoyi, to begin rehearsals locally again for a couple of exiting projects going forward in the New year. Needless to say, Jimmy, Rob, Nadia, Tony, Heather and another guy who`s name I can't remember, cooked the paint off the walls of the Troupador. The Band will will resident there till the New Year. So go check them Out! Good things happening there, I assure you!
Watch the space at AIR for a Review & Pics of Fridays gig at Troupador.
Greg Alberts
Webmaster - African Invasion of Rock
http://www.air.org.za
THE CZECH'S IN THE E-MAIL
You've almost compelled me to write something on the significance of Rodriguez' music to me! In fact, I think I will. I'm trying to teach myself HTML and have a fledgling site going. Take a look at: http://malfark.future.easyspace.com/
I go to EVERY concert out here in Prague - in fact, I chose the apartment I'm in because it's only 200 metres away from the Czech Republic's biggest and best venue. Next month - Nick Cave - for the second time. You name them and I've probably seen them! I've started writing up reviews of some of the shows I've been to over the years, and have been posting them to my website. I havn't added anything for a while - I was trying to go through alphabetically! Last concert was The Pretenders. I was front row in an audience of about 250. Chrissie Hynde kept on tossing plectrums at me, and I built up a nice little collection! I have stage "track listings" from, inter alia, The Pretenders and Offspring. I have programmes, T-shirts and tickets from just about everything... going all the way back to to The Everley Brothers' back in Pretoria in the late-60's! I'm a compulsive collector! I guess I'll still be working on concert reports long after I've retired - I see them faster than I can write them up!
Autographs - jeez! I have the B-52's, Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, all the Gereformeerde Blues Band (from the Voelvry Tour)... inc Andre le Toit (Koos Kombuis) and Bernoldus "James Phillips" Niemand, the Radio Rats from 1977/8... when I spent the night with them in a parking garage in Pretoria because we were all so motherless and couldn't afford to pay to get out of the garage!!... Ella Mental (I think), eVoid definitely (concert at the university of Pretoria). I've also been posting scans of autographs to my website, but I'm easily bored, and have not finished.
I have concert photos of Ella Mental and the GBB's. Peter Tosh in Swaziland, UB40 in Gaborone, the Amnesty concert in Harare. Mango Groove at the Free People's Concert. Asylum Kids at - believe it or not - "Verwordburgstadt" (aka Centurion Park). Via Afrika in Margate and possibly the Asylum Kids in Cape Town (Greenmarket Square). Black Sabbath at Sun City. Queen at the same venue. I'm sure that there's more.
Posters? SA bands from the 70's, 80's and 90's. Since moving out here 4 years ago I've acquired dozens from just about every concert I've been to. I've started having them framed, but have unfortunately run out of wall space!
For....security reasons....I won't mention anything about bootlegs!! ;-))
So many things and so little time! Unfortunately for me, most of the stuff is still in SA.
Hey... gotta work! Why do we have to do that???
Excuse my incoherent rambling, and I look forward to speaking with you again.
MAlfaRK PAUTZ
Prague, Czech Republic....where it's bloody cold at the moment!
{Editor: this type of e-mail was the original reason for starting the Digest, so the Forum section will always have pride-of-place here.}
Wonder if you can assist me in obtaining/locating a copy of "Bush Rock" by Wildebeest. I know that Colin Pratley had intentions to re-release the album in conjunction with other role-players, back in the late 80's.
PS. Piet Botha and Johnathan Martin will be in J-Bay from the 20th of
December.
Dave Degenaar
mailto:David.Degenaar@zaf.xerox.com
ALTERNATIEWE AFRIKANSERS
Ek is 'n honneurs student in joernalistiek hier op Stellenbosch, en
doen 'n in-diepte projek oor die laaste 10 tot 20 jaar van Afrikaanse
musiek - meer spesifiek oor die sogenaamde "alternatiewe
Afrikansers." As jy enige insight oor die topic het, sal ek dit moerse waardeer indien jy dit met my kan deel.
Groete
De Jongh Borchardt
mailto:12417726@rgo.sun.ac.za
My name is Nicole Dennis and I live in Durban - I wandered onto the Sweet Smoke site purely by accident the other day and am trying my level best to track down one of their CD's, as I've never heard of them before, but they look helluva interesting. I play piano and keyboards and am looking for a 2nd hand sax - really keen to start on that. If you have any idea where I can find the Sweet Smoke CD in Dbn, please let me know - I'm very keen to hear them.
mailto:ndennis@grintek.com
Sweet Smoke on the Net is at:
http://www.rock.co.za/files/sweetsmoke.html
ON THE NET
SALT OF THE SOUTH/SILENT NOISE/CHILDREN OF NANDI
http://www.lalela.ch
Themba Ndlovu is a musician from Zimbabwe living in Switzerland
BERNARD BINNS
http://www.bernardbinns.co.za/
ex-Helicopter pilot releasing new solo album
CAPITOL RADIO 604
http://www.humanoidsoftware.com/projects/capital_radio/
Tribute to this great radio station
Samurai - Dr Jive and The Blue Notes
I bought this seven single (remember those?) in 1982 and knew nothing about this song except that I loved its strange haunting sound and powerful Far-East imagery. Last week, reading through the Off The Edge biography on the net <http://listen.to/offtheedge>, I discovered that Dr Jive and The Blue Notes were a South African band!
Clive Ridgway from KFM in Cape Town takes up the story...
The band was formed and run by my older brother Greg who played
lead guitar and was the lead voice on the bands records. He was very
much the driving force behind the band and produced 'Samurai' which
was recorded at Spaced Out Sounds Studio with Kevin Shirley
behind the desk. My younger brother Tony was the drummer
and I sort of fitted in somewhere in the middle.
Under Greg's direction we played a progressive brand of pop that
reflected our broad musical influences. These included amongst
other styles, rock, blues, country, soul and funk. When Greg decided
to call it a day to focus on film and his other artistic interests,
Tony and I formed a country-rock called Rocking Horse.
Crazy One - Ramases and Selket
This track was recorded in 1968 by that obscure artist, Ramases (with his wife), who is known in South Africa for his classic album, 'Space Hymns' (remember 'Life Child'?). On 'Space Hymns' is a track called 'Quasar One'. Well, this track is an earlier incarnation of that song. Full of Egyptian-type drumming and flutes this song fused Arabic themes with psychedelia long before Arabic/Western rock fusion efforts like Mike Batt's 'Schizophnia', Page and Plant's 'No Quarter' or Three Fish's 'The Quiet Table' albums.
New Musical Express, March 1975:
They managed to persuade CBS to let them make a single. It was to have been 'Quasar One'. In fact, someone at CBS got his wires crossed and misheard it as 'Crazy One', so they recorded it as 'Crazy One'.
-- Pete Erskine, NME, 15 March 1975 - info supplied by Felix Reut, November 1999
This track is available on the 'Best of Rubble Collection volume 3' CD from Voiceprint records.
http://www.voiceprint.co.uk/bamcaruso/bamvp1009.htm
For the only known website dedicated to Ramases visit:
http://rock.co.za/ramases
LINKS AND ADVERTS
THE LEGENDS OF SOUTH AFRICAN ROCK
Where SA rock legends still live
http://rock.co.za/legends
SOUTH AFRICA'S ROCK FILES
The online archive for the History of South African Rock
http://rock.co.za/sarock/
MESSAGE BOARD:
TOO GOOD TO BE FORGOTTEN
Post your message on the SA Rock message board
http://www.insidetheweb.com/mbs.cgi/mb311757
AMUZINE
News, views, reviews and interviews
http://rock.co.za/
AFRICAN INVASION OF ROCK
News, reviews and opinions
Arts news from Kwazulu-Natal
http://www.artsmart.co.za
Electronic Music Magazine
http://www.gstring.co.za
News, links, features, etc
http://www.intertainment.co.za
News, updated daily
http://www.jol.co.za
LOCAL BEAT
http://entertainment.iafrica.com/localbeat/recommendedgigs
POWERZONE
News, classifieds and much more...
http://www.powerzone.co.za/
Up-to-date news on the International music scene
http://www.wallofsound.com
WHATS ON:
Cape Town's Music Club
http://twisted.co.za/barleycorn/
THE GIG GUIDE
Whats on in Cape Town
http://www.gig-guide.co.za/
ZA@PLAY
What's on around South Africa
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/art/music/menu-music.htm
SHOPS:
Selling South African Music to the World
http://www.oneworld.co.za/
5% discount for Digest members!
OUTLAW RECORDS, CAPE TOWN
Branches at:
Cape Town Central (021) 4238145
Wynberg (021) 7972482
Claremont (021) 6717887
10% discount for Digest members!
VIBES MUSIC - N1 CITY, CAPE TOWN
mailto:vibes@fast.co.za
RECORD COMPANIES, LABELS & STUDIOS:
Home of some great SA bands
http://www.bmg.co.za
Independent multi-faceted music group
http://www.fresh.co.za
GALLO MUSIC
Supporting South African Music
http://www.gallo.co.za/
The Ultimate Independent Music Site in South Africa
indie.co.za/
MELT2000
Independent label
http://www.melt2000.com
MOUNTAIN RECORDS
Music from and about Africa
http://www.mountain-africa.com
RADIUM WRECKORDS
The home of the Radio Rats, The Glee Club, the Chauffeurs
and the Pop Guns
Postnet
Private Bag X10
Flamwood
mailto:jhandley@aghs.co.za
RIESTER INTERNATIONAL RECORDS
South African independent record company
http://www.riester-records.co.za/
STRANGER THAN FICTION PRODUCTIONS
http://www.strangerthanfiction.co.uk
STREET LEVEL RECORDS
Cape Town's Independent Record Label
http://www.streetlevel.co.za/
TEQUILA MUSIC
The Home of African Music
http://www.tequila.co.za
The Musician's Resource
backstage.co.za/
PEDRO THE MUSIC MAN
http://users.iafrica.com/m/mu/musicman
SA MUSIC DATABASE
Over 100 links relating to South African music
http://members.xoom.com/samusicd/links.html
SHOW VILLAGE
sound - lights - dance
http://www.showvillage.co.za
SCREEN AFRICA
broadcast • film • commercials • video • music • interactive
http://www.screenafrica.com
http://www.sly.co.za/
SA Music magazine
http://www.stage.co.za
DINOSAUR DAYS
The radio show, the CD, the website
http://www.geocities.com/dinosaurdays/
CAPITOL 604
Remembering Capital 604 (1979 to 1996)
THE HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
Garth Chilvers and Tom Jasiukowicz (TOGA, 1994)
http://www.rock.co.za/files/book_order.html
KOOS se SONGS
Koos Kombuis
MUSICADS
Free musical equipment classifieds ad website
http://www.twisted.co.za/musicads/
CLIMB UP ON MY MUSIC
A site dedicated to Rodriguez, the Sugar Man
http://www.rock.co.za/files/rodriguez.html
IMAGES OF ROCK
Your Ultimate Rock And Roll Experience
http://www.imagesofrock.com
SPACE HYMNS
The only known website for Ramases
VAGABOND'S MUSIC TRIVIA
a rock music trivia site
http://rock.co.za/vagabond
VAGABOND'S WORLD
music links in an e-zine style
http://www.zinezone.com/users/vagabond
PIOTR'S GREEN PAGES
Discographies and lyrics for the legends of rock
http://www.zetosa.com.pl/piotrus/greenpages
FESTIVALS:
SPLASHY FEN
The festival, the CD, the book, the website
http://www.splashyfen.co.za
OPPIKOPPI
http://www.oppikoppi.co.za
MUSIC ON-LINE:
CDDB
CD Database Online
http://www7.cddb.com/
CDMAX
CD player for accessing the online CD database http://www.mindspring.com/~clark_tisdale/CDmax/
DIGITAL CUPBOARD
African music, MP3s and more...
http://www.digitalcupboard.co.za
MP3.COM
Listen to MP3s of South African artists
http://www.mp3.com/regions/africa/south_africa/
MP3 SOFTWARE
Links to download sites
http://www.rock.co.za/files/mp3software.html
MUZE
Online music database
http://www.muze.com
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"unsubscribe" has been known to work too...


I think bears and wolves are manufacturing and setting leghold traps along hiking trails and scenic overlooks. Trapped humans are chewing off their feet to free themselves.
footfootfoot, I read this and thought of you.
Now there is a sixth foot that's been found!
What race are the feet?
What ever race it was, I think they lost.
Not even a matching pair of feet yet, I bet.
This phenomena happens with my socks.
It turns out the sixth foot was a hoax.
Yep it's been reported as a faux pas, a mean feat if there ever was one.
Isn't there an ocean currents guy who can trace those feet back to the shipping container that fell overboard in the Indian Ocean in a storm?
Curtis Ebbesmeyer, an expert on ocean currents, told The Sun a foot wearing a buoyant athletic shoe could float as far as 1,000 miles.
This would be a great and sick, ad for nike athletic shoes.


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Ron Howard is Now Directing 'Han Solo' Spinoff 'Star Wars' Movie
Phil Lord and Chris Miller's replacement is here.
After co-directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord parted-ways with the upcoming Han Solo Star Wars standalone movie on Tuesday, speculation ran rampant as to who would replace them as the new director. And now, that question has been swiftly answered: Veteran Hollywood director Ron Howard will take the controls of the Millennium Falcon as the new director of the movie.
On Thursday, the Hollywood Reporter confirmed Howard has been named by Lucasfilm as the new director of the film. An offical announcement on Star Wars.com quickly followed in Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy said: "At Lucasfilm, we believe the highest goal of each film is to delight, carrying forward the spirit of the saga that George Lucas began forty years ago. With that in mind, we're thrilled to announce that Ron Howard will step in to direct the untitled Han Solo film."
Ron Howard's filmography is varied and spans mutliple genres. His last mainstream film was 2016's historical-caper Inferno, which co-starred Rogue One star Felicity Jones. The last time Howard helmed a movie with spacecraft central to the story was in 1995's award-winning film, Apollo 13.
Howard also has another interesting connection to Star Wars. As an actor, he played Steve Bolander the 1973 George Lucas film American Graffiti. That film also featured a pre-Han Solo Harrison Ford as a drag-racing villain named Bob Falfa.
The Han Solo movie is slated to be released on May 25, 2018.
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Home E New Styles of Tourism E NATURE RESERVES>TAVOLARA> EXCURSIONS
Spalmatore di Terra-Punta del Cannone Beach
Climb along the military road, leaving from the restaurants; on the big bend, on the left, you can see a red sign at the right side of the road.
A path winds from here, and it leads you up along the northern side of the island, towards "Punta del Cannone", the highest point.
The road passes through the first vegetation area, then, with an easy passage, it crosses the first cliff.
From here a route through the maquis leads to the rocky coasts of the last part.
The last 80 meters of the wall are 3rd grade, and it would be better to use ropes and slings, because it's quite exposed.
During the climb you can enjoy many interesting views, but the real surprise is on the top.
It's like being on the Dolomites, but there is a big difference: beneath you there is beautiful blue sea!
You can see the depths around the island and the colours are wonderful.
On clear days you can see all Gallura, with Corsica to the north and most of eastern Sardinia to the south. (photo on the right, "Punta Ceraso")
Other excursions
You can leave for a really easy and fascinating excursion from "Spalmatore di Terra" Beach, especially in spring, during flowering time.
You can reach "Punta la Mandria", where you can enjoy a wonderful view of the southern side of Tavolara, Molara, the others islands and the coast.
The eastern side along the coast of the island of Tavolara is a military zone: access from sea and from land is forbidden, as well as navigation within 500 metres from the shore.
The prohibition is indicated with big yellow warning notices on the cliff.
Molara island is private property.
Admission to the coasts is possible, but if you would like to visit the inland, you better follow the unpaved road from "Cala Spagnola" (Spanish Cove) up to the country house and the guardian's home and ask for permission to venture inside the island.
Along the coast there is an interesting excursion towards "Cala Chiesa" (Church Cove), a little east of Cala Spagnola. Close to the shore, among wild olives, there are the ruins of the church of Saint Ponziano, a Pope who was allegedly banished from Rome and died in Tavolara (IIIrd century).
Surrounded by remains of "cumbessias", buildings


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BooksHarry Potter
The Squiggle In Her Loins
By: Lauren Something
Parody of a romance novel. Can young, luscious Hermione entice the squiggling desire of her dreams?
Rated: Fiction T - English - Humor - Voldemort - Words: 1,453 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 2 - Published: 1/29/2004 - id: 1709261
by Lauren and Alex, who would like to note that this should in no way be taken seriously. We were bored one day, and makng fun of other fanfiction. Go us!
It was a hot, steamy day at the castle of Hogwarts. Hermione Granger, a well endowed, vivacious brunette with long, luscious tendrils falling down her sloping, pale shoulders gracefully floated down a bustling hall. All of the other students, wizards and witches stopped to admire her awe striking beauty. How could such a simple-minded girl become the most prized piece of flesh at Hogwarts? It seemed that only yesterday Hermione had arrived at the school, a short, stocky, flat chested girl of only 11.
Most of the men at Hogwarts were unusually well-proportioned as well, but Hermione soon tired of their lusty gazes and crude words as she passed them in the corridors. She hungered for a sweeter meat, something none of the boys here could give her. She needed a man, a bold, passionate man with a twisted nature....someone who could ignite the fire in her shapely loins beneath her hour-glass figure. Someone like...the Dark Lord himself.
Harry and Ron had both distanced themselves from Hermione as soon as they realized they could no longer "fit her needs." All throughout their six years they had tried to appease her, but to no avail. She grew tired of their inevitable thinness and Harry's constant obsession with...himself. Of course, Ron was a redhead. That should say enough.
But in Voldemort, Hermione saw all the power she had ever longed for, an unbridled passion, danger, oh yes, yes, YES! Over the years, Hermione had lost her youthful idealism, the Slytherin 7th years saw to that. But now that she was a 7th year herself, she found that she was unable to satisfy her growing passion. Although she received delicate gifts from many admirers, many of them from teachers, namely Albus Dumbledore and the young seductive Severus Snape who had recently undergone a serious operation upon his .... lower half, Hermione was reluctant to have her way with these suitors. She spent most of her time looking in the restricted section of the library, under the... V's. The only time she ever spoke to a fellow student was when she was inquiring about the Dark Lord's nature to Harry Potter who was always giddy with observable excitement when Hermione came within a ten feet radius of him.
"Well, he's rather.... squiggly," Harry explained one particular morning.
Hermione shifted in her stance, her long, gossamer gown brushed against her shapely, enticing hips. "Yes, but dear Harry, his face, tell me about his face."
"O yes, well, it's rather.... squiggly, and very much... his body," Harry blushed.
"His body.. O, his body.. tell me about his body.. certainly it is as succulent as his delicious face," she questioned.
"Sometimes it's... well.. it's green and kind of... transparent... and, um. That's about it." Harry lowered his eyes, reluctant to reveal to Hermione that Voldemort's face actually WAS his body.. but he figured she wouldn't care, seeing that she was utterly obsessed with the Dark Lord's unique physique.
"I must go to him," Hermione said determinedly, her voice deep as the red velvet brushing against her voluptuous figure. "To be with the Dark Lord...such a thing my soul desires above all else!"
Hermione found it rather difficult to sleep that night, so she clambered out of her revolving, four-poster bed lined in black silk sheets. Clad only in her silk teddy, she stepped lightly down to the common room. There, she finally closed her wide brown pools we call eyes and slept.
When she opened her deep eyes again she was surrounded by a voluminous green light. She felt warm and at ease. Everywhere she looked she could only see..... green. Hermione lifted one of her pale, lithe hands, it was covered in a sticky goo substance.
"What.... what is this substance?" she quivered lightly. But suddenly, her cry was answered.
"IT'S MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE," A high pitched, elf-ish voice resembling that of Sméagol's from Lord of the Rings (TM.) "I HAVE COME! TO TELL YOU OF A GREAT RECKONING! I mean... uh. KILLLLL!!"
Hermione's usually dark eyes beamed with a strange light that overpowered her like no other force she'd ever felt in her life. Her small body trembled with great passion as she thought, "O.... Finally! The great Dark Lord himself is here! I must use all the power vested within my buxom chest and delicate thighs to entice his desires.. then and only then will I ever be happy!!"
After much inner debate, Hermione finally opened her thick, full, red lips to utter few words. "O my dear Voldemort, I have waited my entire lifetime to finally meet you."
A small, green object floated towards her and Hermione saw her love's face and ...... body. They were one, and the same. A bace, maybe. Or a fody. Nevertheless, it was beautiful. A fire started in her lustrous loins that only wild, passionate love-making could put out. Hermione found herself utterly, and completely, in love.
"Hermione Granger!" squeaked the majestic amorphous blob. "I have a task for you!"
"My love! Anything you command!" proclaimed the quivering beauty.
"You must...KILL HARRY POTTER!"
Hermione gasped, bringing a lovely, slender hand to her perfectly shaped crimson mouth. Her pert lips were opened in a perfect O of surprise.
"My darling! Why ever would you ask such a thing of me? I am young and innocent, with long, lustrous hair flowing freely down my back! But if you insist, my lithe fingers are at your disposal. But on one condition."
"And what is this?" Voldemort inquired.
"You must fulfill my every womanly desire," she announced in her clear voice.
Voldemort looked down at his squiggling figure. It wasn't much, but he was unusually well-endowed for a single-celled organism.
"Well, baby, if you can kill Harry Potter, I will do as much as my body is capable of. And since I am the sole operator of a strip bar downtown, I'm capable of more than you think." He winked. "In fact," he said, greedily eyeing her young, sweet sweet body, "I see no reason why you can't come work in my strip bar for me once our excursions come to a close."
Hermione's lip's twisted into a seductive, desirous smile. "O darling, I'll make you so satisfied you won't be able to live a day without my passionate wriggling against yours!!"
"Oooo baby!" Voldemort giggled as he pressed his sticky, gooey "lips" against Hermione's red buds.
And that.... was just the beginning, for the next morning, Hermione found herself surrounded in a puddle of passionate sweat and... gooze, proof that the dream had been very real indeed.


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Q: why are model relationships a challenge in backbone.js I've seen the answer regarding changing the toJSON function in backbone to create a nested model
Saving nested objects with Rails, backbone.js, and accepts_nested_attributes_for,
But I'm trying to understand why this works, and why it is any different than just creating

var book = new Book({title: 'my first book', chapters:[{chapter_title: 'first chapter'},{chapter_title: 'second chapter'}...]});
book.url ='books';
book.save();

I've been trying to save to rails using the manual method, but i can't save the chapters. I find this strange, as far as I can tell the json structure is there, so what does the 'to_JSON' change recommended for nested attributes do? Why is it necessary?
As backbone models don't need to have model attributes defined, will there be problems when a nested models is returned? Or will it just parse the entire json without issue?

A: I am not very familiar with Rails, but it seems to me that the benefit of overloading the toJSON function is that chapters, in this instance, could be a model, or a collection or something, and have the extra functionality of Backbone.js as opposed to just being a JSON object.

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4177.0.55.002 - Microdata: Participation in Sport and Physical Recreation, Australia, 2013-14
Latest ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 18/02/2015
Using TableBuilder
Data Item List
DATA AVAILABLE BY LEVEL
The 2013-14 Multipurpose Household Survey asked respondents across Australia a range of questions about their participation in sport and physical recreation activities over a 12 month period. Responses to these questions, along with a range of socio-demographic data are available as microdata through TableBuilder files. The microdata files have three levels:
Person level
Role level
These levels are hierarchical as each activity must be linked to a person. A person identifier exists on each level which allows data users to combine people's characteristics with the activities they undertake.
The Person level contains all of the standard demographic characteristics of each person such as age, sex, country of birth, education and labour force status. The level also contains person characteristic data items relevant to participation in sport and physical recreation activities.
In addition, the level includes some household characteristics applicable to the respondent such as equivalised weekly household income and whether any children aged 14 years or under are present in the household.
All geographic identifiers are included on the Person level (i.e. state/territory of usual residence, remoteness area and capital city/balance of state).
The Activity level contains details relating to each individual sport or physical recreation activity participated in by each respondent. A maximum of 10 sports and physical recreation activities were recorded in the survey for each respondent.
A complete data item list can be accessed from the Downloads page.
The role level contains fields relating to each particular role: frequency and duration of involvement and payment details.
A complete data item list can be accessed from the Downloads page
WEIGHTS AND ESTIMATION
As the survey was conducted on a sample of households in Australia, it is important to take account of the method of sample selection when deriving estimates. This is particularly important as a person's chance of selection in the survey varied depending on the state or territory in which they lived. Survey 'weights' are values which indicate how many population units are represented by the sample unit.
There is one weight provided: a person weight. This should be used when analysing data at the person, activity and role level.
Where estimates are derived, it is essential that they are calculated by adding the weights of persons in each category, and not just by counting the number of records falling into each category. If each person's 'weight' were to be ignored, then no account would be taken of a person's chance of selection in the survey or of different response rates across population groups, with the result that counts produced could be seriously biased. The application of weights ensures that the person estimates conform to an independently estimated distribution of the population by age, sex, state/territory, part of state and labour force status.
NOT APPLICABLE CATEGORIES
Most data items included in the microdata include a 'Not applicable' category. The 'Not applicable' category comprises those respondents who were not asked a particular question and hence are not applicable to the population to which the data item refers. The classification value of the 'Not applicable' category, where relevant, are shown in the data item lists in the Downloads tab.
For some data items certain classification values have been reserved as special codes and must not be added as if they were quantitative values. These special codes generally relate to data items such as income. For example, code 999999999 for the data item 'Weekly personal income from all sources - Parametric', refers to 'Income unknown or not stated'.
The population relevant to each data item is shown in the data item list and should be considered when extracting and analysing the microdata. The actual population count for each data item is equal to the total cumulative frequency minus the 'Not applicable' category.
Generally, all populations, including very specific populations, can be 'filtered' using other relevant data items. For example, if the population of interest is 'Employed persons', any data item with that population (excluding the 'Not applicable' category) can be used as a filter.
STANDARD ERRORS
Each record on the person level and activity level also contains 30 replicate weights and, by using these weights, it is possible to calculate Standard Errors (SEs) for weighted estimates produced from the microdata. This method is known as the 30 group Jack-knife variance estimator.
Under the Jack-knife method of replicate weighting, weights were derived as follows:
30 replicate groups were formed each group mirroring the overall sample (where units from a collection district all belong to the same replicate group and a unit can belong to only one replicate group)
One replicate group was dropped from the file and then the remaining records were weighted in the same manner as for the full sample
Records in that group that were dropped received a weight of zero
This process was repeated for each replicate group (i.e. a total of 30 times). Ultimately each record had 30 replicate weights attached to it with one of these being the zero weight.
Replicate weights enable variances of estimates to be calculated relatively simply. They also enable unit records analyses such as chi-square and logistic regression to be conducted which take into account the sample design. Replicate weights for any variable of interest can be calculated from the 30 replicate groups, giving 30 replicate estimates. The distribution of this set of replicate estimates, in conjunction with the full sample estimate (based on the general weight) is then used to approximate the variance of the full sample.
To obtain the SE of a weighted estimate y, the same estimate is calculated using each of the 30 replicate weights. The variability between these replicate estimates (denoting y(g) for group number g) is used to measure the SE of the original weighted estimate y using the formula:
g = the replicate group number
y(g) = the weighted estimate, having applied the weights for replicate group g (is this needed?)
y = the weighted estimate from the sample.
The 30 group Jack-knife method can be applied not just to estimates of the population total, but also where the estimate y is a function of estimates of the population total, such as a proportion, difference or ratio. For more information on the 30 group Jack-knife method of SE estimation, see Research Paper: Weighting and Standard Error Estimation for ABS Household Surveys (Methodology Advisory Committee), July 1999 (cat. no. 1352.0.55.029).
Use of the 30 group Jack-knife method for complex estimates, such as regression parameters from a statistical model, is not straightforward and may not be appropriate. The method as described does not apply to investigations where survey weights are not used, such as in unweighted statistical modelling.
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Q: Open a separate page for each operation in html I created the following table:

        operationno
        type
        status

        1001

        open

        1002

        open

What I would like to do is to let the user press the open link that is beside each operation and open another page to complete the operation. The page will be:
<form>
Operation No: <input type="text" name="opno">

Description: <input type="text" name="desc">
</form>

One idea that I know but I don't know how to implement is to let the open link contains link and at the end of it has the operation number.

A: You would do something like:
open

And then access it on page.php with $_GET['operation_number'].

A: Since you are using PHP you can open the new link with GET parameters something like
Javascript-------
var el = document.getElementById("elToClick");
el.addEventListener("click",function () {
    window.open("http://yoursite.com/script.php?operation=1001","_blank");
})

or you can do this with simple

then in PHP you can access it
$value = $_GET['operation'];


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Q: NSDictionary not sent via HTTP POST I don't know what i am doing wrong but when i try to send this NSDictionary
NSDictionary *payload = [[NSDictionary alloc]
                         initWithObjects:@[
                                           [[self name] text],
                                           [[self dob] text],
                                           [[self phone] text],
                                           [[self email] text],
                                           [[self address] text],
                                           [[self city] text],
                                           [[self state] text],
                                           [[self zipcode] text],
                                           [NSNumber numberWithBool:hi],
                                           [NSNumber numberWithBool:li],
                                           [NSNumber numberWithBool:di],
                                           [NSNumber numberWithBool:hsa],
                                           [NSNumber numberWithBool:client],
                                           [NSNumber numberWithBool:info]
                                           ]
                         forKeys:@[@"name",
                                   @"dob",
                                   @"phone",
                                   @"email",
                                   @"address",
                                   @"city",
                                   @"state",
                                   @"zipcode",
                                   @"hi",
                                   @"li",
                                   @"di",
                                   @"hsa",
                                   @"client",
                                   @"info"]];

if (online) {
    // enviar el post .

via POST the server receives nothing, but if i do it via GET then there is no problem.
    [afFetch POST:baseURL parameters:payload success:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, id responseObject) {
        if ([[responseObject objectForKey:@"success"] boolValue]) {
            NSLog(@"%@", responseObject);
            [self showSuccessMessage:YES];
        } else {

            [self showSuccessMessage:NO];
        }

    } failure:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, NSError *error) {
        NSLog(@"Error: %@",error);
        [self showSuccessMessage:NO];
    }];

I guess i am missing something but i am unable to find it. Any ideas ? Thanks

A: As per @ian-macdonald recommendation I refactored the code with the @{key: value, ...} notation and this fixed the issue. Here's the example:
NSDictionary *payload = @{@"name":[[self name] text],
                          @"dob":[[self dob] text],
                          @"phone":[[self phone] text],
                          @"email":[[self email] text],
                          @"address":[[self address] text],
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Community – not just a stakeholder but the purpose of business
Guest contribution from Anant G. Nadkarni, Vice President Group Corporate Sustainability, Tata Council for Community Initiatives, India.
Long before terms like "values" and "sustainability" became business buzzwords in the West they were already being implemented by an Indian corporation: The Tata group, founded by Jamsetji N. Tata in the late 1890s, is today going on over 130 years of emphasizing themes of governance, sustainability, values and ethics.
Jamsetji N. Tata wanted to build a pioneering enterprise that willingly shouldered nation building and community development. Early in the 20th century, when India was still ruled by the British, Tata group built India's first steel plant, first hydro-electric power plant and the first luxury hotel in India, the now famous Taj Hotels. The group also funded the Indian Institute of Science.
What Jamsetji N. Tata wanted most of all was to help the Indian people to "improve the quality of their lives through the medium of business as an institutional mechanism". But business was more than just business to the founder of Tata group, and he made sure his views were integrated and shared by establishing his ventures on sound ethics, values, human considerations and an aim to enhance the well-being of the employees.
Jamsetji N. Tata expressed his belief in the – probably to many in the commercial business world – thought-provoking sentence: "the community is not just another stakeholder in a business but the very purpose of the existence of an enterprise."
Since its conception the Tata group has been run according to its founder's beliefs. Recently, Anant G. Nadkarni, the Vice President of Group Corporate Sustainability, Tata Council for Community Initiatives, has written a short paper about some of the pioneering efforts that have shaped the company from within and created a model that the new pioneers of today can be inspired by and learn from.
You can read Anant G. Nadkarni's inspiring paper here.
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Tagged | Anant G. Nadkarni, changing world, CSR, Indian Institute of Science, Jamsetji N. Tata, new logics, socially innovative business concepts, Taj Hotels, Tata, Tata Council for Community Initiatives, The New Pioneers
Mike Smith | http://www.cauxbusiness.org
Having worked in India, visited the country 12 times and reported on the Tata group for the British press, I can endorse Anant Nadkarni's remarks about the Tata ethos and its founding father, Jamsetji Tata. Recently, Dr JJ Irani, former head of Tata Steel in Jamshedpur and now on the parent board of Tata Sons, emphasised Tata's commitment not only to corporate social responsibility but also to corporate sustainability (a theme of Tania Ellis's book) when he gave a lecture to a conference on 'Trust and Integrity in the Global Economy' in Caux, Switzerland, three years ago.
Craig Duckmanton | http://www.corporatesustainability.com.au
These visionaries are rare in the short term sightlines and outcomes offered up by corporate executives, sharemarkets and fund managers who seem to make extraordinary decisions on behalf of their shareholders based entirely on financial gain or loss, with almost nought offered up for sustainability and responsibility. These latter two are constantly pushed aside as the triple line hypocracy is poorly weighted. In this digital age we have the ability to ask shareholders direct; not just corporate shareholders, but unit holders of fund managers all the way down the line. These "cowboys" in charge of funds ride around with absolute power, yet the true intent, or values, of their ultimate owner is raely, if ever, sought out. This has to change.


Delve deep into the dynamic neighborhoods of the Lower East Side tour through an exploration of their vibrant street art.
Come along with us through one of New York City's oldest neighborhoods and let us bring the art live. The Lower East Side is well known for it's diverse ethnic neighborhoods and astonishing street art. Historically, the Lower East Side is known for hosting immigrants coming off Ellis Island, and in the second half o the 20th century, the area became flooded with artists. The growing counter-culture population in the Lower East Side drew more and more artists. Soon the area quickly exploded with creative expressive graffiti art that illustrated the social and cultural movements that would influence American society in the 21st century.


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Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR – 20 May 2019
This week's roundup of legal news and commentary includes fundamental dishonesty by PI claimants, the place of the dock in the criminal courtroom, the mental capacity of a person to consent to sex, and some recent new legislation.… Continue reading
Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR — 13 May 2019
This week's roundup of legal news and commentary includes court reform, family justice and the availability of the judiciary as a commercial service. Plus something uplifting from Reading County Court.
Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR – 7 May 2019
We welcome you back to the short new law term, with a roundup of legal news and comment, including courts, open justice, crime and punishment, and family law. And a bit of Brexit, with regret.… Continue reading
Book review: Guilty until Proven Innocent, by Jon Robins
Jon Robins anatomises a criminal appeals system that appears to prioritise public confidence over individual fairness, that only grudgingly admits miscarriages of justice and that, even then, fails to compensate its victims unless they prove the very innocence they were presumed to have had in the first place. … Continue reading
Book review: How to be an ethical solicitor by Mena Ruparel and Richard Burnham
David Rosen reviews a primer on legal ethics which aims to spark debate and help lawyers develop an instinct for doing the right thing rather than relying on a prescriptive all-embracing code of conduct. … Continue reading
Parliamentary privilege and the rule of law
David Burrows explains how parliamentary privilege was designed to stop the courts interfering with Parliament, not to allow parliamentarians to interfere with the work of the courts. He considers Lord Hain's use of the privilege to trump a court injunction in the light of a recent speech on the matter by the Lord Chief Justice. … Continue reading
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In this last roundup of the Hilary Term, we look at the latest law and policy stories including Brexit, Assange's extradition, the Brunei boycott, legal aid and divorce myths and new crimes on the statute book. But who is the seasonal sacrificial lamb?… Continue reading
Book review: Doing Justice by Preet Bharara
In a fascinating and instructive memoir, the former US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, famed as the 'Sheriff of Wall St', explains the role and functions of a public prosecutor and recalls some of the most interesting cases of his career.… Continue reading
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This week's roundup includes internet regulation, serious violence, copyright, data protection, prisons and probation, media law and animal rights.… Continue reading
Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR - 1 April 2019
This week's roundup of legal news and commentary takes a slight detour into the realms of folly, looking at all the week's stories that might have been an April Fool's Day jest, but actually weren't. Hold onto your hats - unless you're throwing them into the ring of course. (Updated edition.)… Continue reading


In this brief period of time before Nashville makes their first appearance in a Stanley Cup Final, we take a look at the team's identity and what could have been…or at least, what other designers out in the interwebs think what should have been. Because of the Preds' historical inauguration to the final round of sports' greatest tournament, we'll give them a bit of a initiation ceremony, a look at the best alternate logos for the team designed by you, the hockey community.
One thing you notice fast when going through online suggestions for alternate logo concepts for the Preds, most people stay pretty close to the current concept: a profile of a sabre-toothed tiger of some sort. It makes sense, considering that the current logo has a strong connection to the city of Nashville itself, (here's the story, if you didn't know) but what about that spice of life?
Regardless, Tyler Rodgers' comes in with a solid entry. The yellow/gold/mustard is replaced with orange, which is paired with its complimentary blue (albeit a darker navy blue). There's obvious illustration and design skill with this interpretation, but compared to the current logo, this tiger is a little more cuddly than ferocious. Don't get me wrong, I still wouldn't want to get stuck in a room with this guy, but with more curves on a head that seems to be sitting still rather the lunging, it's lost its edge. And the smaller teeth turns it more info a regular old tiger rather than a fierce historic predator. One thing I really like is how the whiskers almost look like guitar strings which would make an elegant and clever connection to Nashville's musical legacy. Turn those three whiskers into six, and you've got something great in the works!
Another fierce predator that's an interpretation of the current Predators' logo, this concept uses more basic and modern aesthetics without losing any of its fierceness. Like the previous concept, the colour scheme is changed to orange and navy blue, but with a steel grey added in as well which connects with the teams previous colour schemes. There's some really nice artistry and illustration here, walking a line between simplified and complex detailing, stoic and dynamic. I think that with the white fangs, there's just slightly too complex of a colour scheme happening though and the obvious victim should be the steel grey. I doubt that Nashville will be moving away from their gold anytime soon either. Everybody has bought into it at this point.
Would you like a little Game of Thrones thrown into your Predators logo? Teemu's happy to oblige, and with a really cool result. I have no idea if it was intentional or not, but the resemblance of this concept to the stylings of the Stark banner's direwolf is undeniable (and there's nothing wrong with taking inspiration from it). This concept has more flat aesthetics to it, with very simplified lines and tons of fierceness. With tons of angles and jagged lines, it's got tons of movement to it but the relative lack of detailing within the shape itself veers it towards the iconographic. The colour scheme is kept to the current gold/blue/white (which is a better and more unique look for the Preds). The only issue is that all the jagged angles makes it look more like a hairy wolf than a tiger in some respects. But who knows, maybe sabre-tooth tigers rocked a killer salad.
Here's the only non-tiger-head logo concept on the list. There weren't many out there, but this was one that caught my eye for its simplicity while still having some good movement and ferocity to it. Well, a ferocious as the letter P can be anyway. It's actually sold as an alternate logo to a tiger-headed primary logo, but this P has some good potential to it. The P's tail is reminiscent of the exaggerated tooth on the Preds' logo (and could even by emphasized a bit more, which a strong curve on it), while the claw marks within the P adds a subtle aggressiveness to it. The gold-blue-white colour scheme is kept intact, although I'd like to see the white and gold reversed perhaps. It's not a finished product per se, but as a non-tiger-head concept, it's got some legs.
An argument could be made that this isn't an alternate logo concept at all, and you would be right. It resembles the Predators current logo very closely, with a similar shape, similar features, and similar styling. But, it takes everything that works on the Preds current logo and simplifies it closer to its core concept, which is not always an easy task. All the detailing around the eyes and across the face work a lot better: simplified and more integrated into the general movement of the logo as a while. The addition of the steel grey actually works better here (although I still wouldn't want to see that brought back into the jerseys). It's essentially a positive continuation of the current logo's path from its inception: simpler and more iconic. Not unlike Starbucks. Just don't take it too far. And in your humble writer/designer's opinion, it's a better logo than what they have now.


Papp had his first experience with Summit Audio at the age of eight,when he helped his father and former president of Summit Audio, MikePapp, make company brochures and has since learned every aspect of thecompany by working closely with his father. Papp's business skills werealso evident when he successfuly ran a mobile DJ company, SelectiveSounds, at the age of 14 with a partner of the same age.
"I can't think of anyone who has a better understanding of thiscompany's past and present, as well as a clear vision for its futurethan Erik," commented Mike Papp, who will remain with the company as aconsultant and will lead new-product R&D. "His combination ofbusiness smarts and audio know-how, in addition to his energy andpassion, makes him an ideal choice to lead this company as it continuesto grow and expand. Also, in this business, having a sense of humordefinitely helps. The future of Summit Audio is in the righthands."
Erik Papp's primary focus will be on managing Summit's day-to-dayoperations, as well as exploring new ways to develop the businessthrough strategic planning, financial management and evaluation of newopportunities. He will also work closely with Summit's sales team,dealing directly with distributors and customers.
"I literally grew up with this company, acquiring the same valuesthat made Summit what it is today," said Erik Papp. "I will only expandupon what I know and what I have learned, and moving up to the positionof president is not just the best step for me, but the best step forSummit Audio."


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Special note in "They That Wait Upon The Lord Shall Renew Their Strength.
To wait on the Lord is to trust Him fully with our lives. It involves looking to Him as our source of help and grace in time of need (Ps.25:3-5; 27:14; Luke 2:25, 38). Those who wait upon the Lord are promised: (1) the strength of God to revive them in the midst of exhaustion and weakness, of suffering and trial; (2) the ability to rise above their difficulties as an eagle that soars into the sky; and (3) the ability to run spiritually without tiring and to walk steadily forward without fainting at God's delays. God promises that if His people will patiently trust Him, He will provide whatever is needed to sustain them constantly (1 Pet. 1:5).


George IV (1820-1830) Farthing, 1825. Extremely Fine but edge nick at 8 o'clock.
Victoria, Farthing, 1886. In uncirculated condition.
We have just bought a wonderful lot of 1888 Queen Victoria Farthings in Uncirculated -Brilliant Unc condition. They were issued the year after Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.They have the Young Head of Queen Victoria on the obverse and a handsome seated Britannia on the reverse. These coins are Uncirculated with lots of original lustre. The current catalogue price on these coins is £120.00 in Uncirculated. Get them whilst you can at our considerably more attractive price!
We have been offering for sale the Queen Victoria 1890 Farthing Brilliant Uncirculated for £45.00, even though the current catalogue price is £90.00. Well, we just bought the rest of the hoard. They are Brilliant Uncirculated but because of the way that they have been stored, there are more spots on them. The coins have never circulated but they are not as nice as the ones we have been selling. So we decided to call these coins 2nd grade Brilliant Uncirculated and reduce the price further. At this price it would be very hard to find any similar coin at anything near our price. Supplies are very limited.


One hundred-and-twenty years after Pears' Cyclopaedia made its first appearance, offering "A Mass of Curious and Useful Information about Things that everyone Ought to know in Commerce, History, Science, Religion, Literature and other Topics of Ordinary Conversation" for a shilling, its publisher Penguin has announced that the newest edition of the beloved compendium of facts will be the last.
Penguin attributed the decision to discontinue the almanac to the retirement of its long-term editor Dr Chris Cook, as well as "the ready availability of electronic information [that] has made the printed reference book no longer commercially competitive". According to the Bookseller, sales have sharply declined in recent years, with the 2001/2002 edition selling just under 25,000 copies, while last year's sold barely 3,000.
"Chris Cook has been editing Pears' Cyclopaedia for 40 years and we are incredibly grateful to him for the tireless work that has gone into making it a book of extraordinary longevity, durability and value. In the age of the internet, Pears has continued to be a uniquely British almanac, reaching readers across generations. It is with great sadness that we stop publishing it as Dr Cook retires but we celebrate his dedication and generosity over the past four decades," said the publisher in a statement.
Cook, who worked with a team of expert contributors to put Pears' together since 1977, said he had also received "a very large amount of mail" from around the world during his time as editor.
Running to roughly 1,000 pages, Pears' Cyclopaedia covers everything from Norse mythology to wedding anniversaries, modern cinema, medical matters and sporting records. An index in the new edition, the 126th, shows its range, beginning with aardvark and abdication and closing with ziggurats and Zoroastrianism.
The book's origins date back to the 19th century, when Pears Soap published the Pears Shilling Cyclopaedia as an advertisement for its product. The book was first published conventionally in December 1897, containing an English dictionary, a medical dictionary, a gazetteer and atlas, desk information and a compendium of general knowledge.
"The idea was to keep the general public informed on the issues of the day, to equip them for social discourse, satisfy their curiosity and widen their learning. Topics ranged from hard facts to questions of etiquette, from why the Russians needed a port on the Mediterranean to the longevity of the clergy," explains the final edition.
Three million copies had sold by the 1930s. In the last decade, more than 120,000 of the books were bought. According to Penguin, it did particularly well in election years.
The book has not been connected to Pears Soap since 1960, but it still keeps popular features from the early editions, including the medical section, the gazetteer, and sections on Science, Literature, Ideas and Beliefs, Historical Events and General Information.


The local network of Move to Amend affiliates representing Cleveland Heights, Shaker Heights, and South Euclid in northeast Ohio.
About 40 people attended the hearing, with 20 testifying before Cleveland Heights Vice Mayor Melissa Yasinow and Council members Kahlil Seren, Mary Dunbar and Michael Ungar.
The public will again have a chance to voice their displeasure with the current American political system.
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH — Democracy Day will be celebrated in Cleveland Heights on Jan. 17, 2019.
The annual event is a rallying cry for residents frustrated by the current American political climate. Specifically, residents will decry the poison of money flooding into politics. At 7 p.m., on Jan. 17, in City Council chambers, participants will have the chance to voice their displeasure on the record.
In our January column, we wrote about the history of Democracy Day in Cleveland Heights. Since we were writing for the Heights Observer, we kept our focus local. However, Robert Shwab's letter to the editor in response to that column, published in the February issue, takes a national view. That letter contained some misconceptions, which several readers have asked us to address.
On Thursday, Jan. 25, Cleveland Heights City Council will convene the city's fifth annual Democracy Day, and you, dear reader, are most cordially invited.
For the uninitiated, Democracy Day gives the public an opportunity to address council about how the political influence of corporate entities, added to obscene amounts of money spent in the political process, is degrading the democratic institutions of our city, our state and our nation. Following the hearing each year, a letter stating the reason for the event and summarizing citizens' remarks is sent by council to our U.S. senators, our U.S. congress member, and the presidents of the Ohio Senate and the Ohio House. That letter, the full text of the petition, plus written minutes and a video, can be viewed on the city's website under Government, Archived Agendas and Minutes, Public Hearings.


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The Love Blog: Reality dating shows for you to binge
Samantha Chu, Managing Editor|April 20, 2020
Many reality TV shows are about love and finding a significant other. Though they do not accurately portray love in its entirety, these shows are still fun to watch.
Reality TV.
It's evident that it doesn't truly portray how life works, but it's still highly addicting and can consume a good chunk of your day.
Here on the "Is This Love?" team, we condemn reality dating shows for creating unrealistic expectations about love and finding a partner, but it's still fun to watch them and invest yourself in all of the drama.
If you're looking to spice up your days in quarantine, you've come to the right place. Here are four reality dating shows that will take you right out of your boredom.
"Temptation Island" is a show about couples who want to put their relationship to the test. Host Mark Walberg takes four couples to Maui, Hawaii, and separates them into two villas: a boy villa and a girl villa.
At each villa, 12 singles of the opposite gender tempt the people in relationships. The couples virtually have no contact with each other and can only see what their partner is doing through tape recordings at the weekly bonfire.
This show will take you through so many ups and downs as the couples fight to stay loyal to one another.
"Love Is Blind" is a show on Netflix that just came out in February of 2020. Hosts Nick Lachey and Vanessa Lachey set up an experiment to answer one question: "Is love blind?"
A group of single people comes to Atlanta, Georgia, in an attempt to find love. There's one catch, though: they can't see the person they are talking to.
People go on dates in pods, where they can hear the other person but not see them. After a couple of days, these people must decide whether or not they want to get married without ever seeing each other.
If they agree, they do eventually get to see each other and go on a honeymoon in Mexico. But after this, their relationship is put to the real test. They have to go back home, move into an apartment together, and face reality, all while trying to plan their wedding.
Finally, on their wedding day, they decide whether or not they want to get actually want to get married. Though breaking up with someone by saying "I don't" at the altar is not ideal, this show is still packed with lots of drama that will keep you entertained for a long time.
90 Day Fiancé
"90 Day Fiancé" follows couples who have received or applied for a K-1 visa. A K-1 visa allows people who have partners in foreign countries to arrange for their marriage ceremony within 90 days.
This show highlights the struggles that a couple may face when they first meet each other in person and also the problems foreigners face when coming to the U.S. to marry their partner.
With seven seasons and a total of 79 episodes, this show is bound to keep you occupied.
Back with the Ex
"Back with the Ex" is an Australian reality TV show that follows four single people and their journey to reignite their love with one of their exes. These couples must fight to overcome past issues and eventually choose to stay together or split up.
Although this show only has one season and so far has shown no plans for having a second one, it still can entertain you when boredom strikes.
Our days may seem a little less bright due to COVID-19 and all of the shelter-in-place orders, but at least reality TV can keep us busy for the time being.
Is This Love?
Samantha Chu, Managing Editor
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MILWAUKEE – Jannis Antetokounmpo scored 30 points and made his third triple-double of the season, and on Thursday night, Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer returned from the NBA's COVID-19 protocol to help Milwaukee beat the Golden State Warriors 118-99. .
Antetokounmpo made 12 rebounds and 11 assists for the 28th triple-double in his career.
Budenholzer missed four games in the health and safety protocols, and assistant Darwin Ham was hired as acting head coach. The Bucks won 1: 3.
Chris Middleton had 23 points, Bobby Portis 20 and Grayson Allen 15 points.
Milwaukee was never behind and took the lead at the break 77-38. Antetokounmpo scored 23 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists in the first half.
The Boxes are two points behind the biggest break in franchising history, a record they set this season. Milwaukee beat Orlando 123-92 on November 22 to take the lead with a time of 77:36.
Jannis Antetokunmpo (center)
The Golden State beat the Bucks in the second half and reduced the deficit to 18 points by Juan Tuscano-Anderson 3 points with 9:39 left, but that was so close to the Warriors.
Andrew Wiggins led the Warriors with 16 points. Jonathan Cumming had 15, Stephen Curry had 12 and Clay Thompson had 11.
The Warriors didn't have Draymond Green, as the left calf density, which also kept him from losing in Memphis on Tuesday night, led him to play less than a minute in Sunday's win over Cleveland.
Milwaukee missed goalkeeper Jrue Holiday for the fourth game in a row. Holiday won the NBA health and safety protocols in Brooklyn on Jan. 2 and has since played in three games with left ankle pain.
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Last season, the Bucks defeated the Warriors 138-99 in a Christmas Day game in front of an audience at the Fiserv Forum.
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Home All News All News UNIST Introduces Next-generation of Annealing-Free and Flexible Organic Solar Cells
UNIST Introduces Next-generation of Annealing-Free and Flexible Organic Solar Cells
Their work has been published in Nano Letters, one of the most prestigious journals in the field of nanomaterials.
Feb 06, 2018JooHyeon Heo Public Relations Team
A research team, led by Professor Hyesung Park in the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST has recently introduced the next-generation of annealing-free and flexible organic solar cells (OSCs).
In the study, the research team unveiled that the exclusion of the annealing process during fabrication can be particularly advantageous for the practical application and commercialization of OSCs, allowing for a simplified process at room temperature. This research outcome has been introduced in the January 2018 issue of Nano Letters, one of the most prestigious journals in the field of nanomaterials.
Organic solar cells (OSCs) have been advanced significantly in recent years and the power conversion efficiency has now reached above 1o%. To date, most OSCs are built on indium tim oxide (ITO) substrates, which are rigid and inflexible.
Numerous efforts have been devoted in the OSC community to improve the device efficiency and operational stability as well as the practical applicability to facilitate the commercialization of OSCs in the near future.
In search for suitable electrode materials, the research team has developed graphene/annealing-free ZnO-NP hybrid materials were developed for inverted OSC by successfully integrating ZnO-NP on the hydrophobic surface of graphene with an aim to enhance the applicability of graphene as a transparent electrode in flexible OSC systems.
"Chemical, optical, electrical, and morphological analyses of ZnO-NPs showed that the annealing-free process generates similar results to those provided by the conventional annealing process," the research team noted. "The approach was effectively applied to graphene-based inverted OSCs with notable power conversion efficiencies of 8.16% and 7.41% on the solid and flexible substrates, respectively, which promises the great feasibility of graphene for emerging optoelectronic device applications."
This study has been supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), funded by the Ministry of Education. It has been also funded by the Free Innovative Reserach Fund of UNIST and by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy through Technology Innovation Program.
Seungon Jung et al., "Development of Annealing-Free, Solution-Processable Inverted Organic Solar Cells with N-Doped Graphene Electrodes using Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles," Nano Letters, (2018).
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