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The Lingering Reek of Smell-O-Vision
By Martin J. Smith and Patrick J. Kiger
Martin J. Smith and Patrick J. Kiger co-authored "Poplorica." Smith is a senior editor for West.
This adapted excerpt is from "OOPS: 20 Life Lessons From the Fiascoes That Shaped America," by Martin J. Smith and Patrick J. Kiger, which will be published on March 14. Copyright 2006 by Martin J. Smith and Patrick J. Kiger. Published by arrangement with HarperCollins Publishers.
In 1960, when the romantic whodunit "Scent of Mystery" opened in Los Angeles, New York and Chicago, audiences were treated to more than just sights and sounds. As the projector droned, a device known as a smell brain pumped 30 different scents—wine, freshly baked bread, pipe tobacco, a salty ocean breeze—through a network of tiny tubes to movie viewers' seats.
This was the debut of "glorious Smell-O-Vision," the masterwork of Hans Laube, touted in publicity accounts of the day as a "world famed osmologist," and the flamboyant, gimmick-loving Hollywood producer Michael Todd Jr. While "Scent of Mystery" wasn't the first attempt to employ aromas in filmmaking, it was by far the most technologically intricate. Beyond that, it was the first—and apparently the only—motion picture that relied on smells as integral devices in the plot. And Laube and Todd had high hopes. Ads for the movie proclaimed: "First they moved (1895)! Then they talked (1927)! Now they smell!"
The history-making nature of Smell-O-Vision aside, audiences and movie critics were unimpressed, and "Scent of Mystery" quickly evaporated at the box office. Today it's remembered, if at all, as a bit of trivia on movie-buff websites.
Yet Laube and Todd's attempt to lead moviegoers by their noses presaged a postmodern culture in which the manipulation of scents has become a powerful tool in shaping consumer behavior, with manufacturers assaulting the nostrils with chamomile-scented carpeting and rosebush sofas and wristwatches and mobile phones that smell faintly like coffee. Synthetic aromas have become so ubiquitous that some people consider them environmental hazards. Laube and Todd, in fact, were visionaries.
Almost since the invention of the motion picture, filmmakers have sought to exploit senses in addition to sight. Some tricks, such as the THX system that provides high-quality sound in theaters, have been successful. Others, such as Sensurround—a violent motion-simulating technology featured in the 1974 film "Earthquake"—fell flat.
The sense of smell has tempted filmmakers for a long time, with good reason. The olfactory neurons in the nasal cavity, which detect chemical components of aromas, and the brain's olfactory bulb—a clump of cells that identify nerve impulses as being triggered by jasmine, say, rather than rose petals—are capable of sensing and distinguishing about 10,000 scents. Research has shown that scents can stimulate physiological responses before people even realize what they're smelling.
It was no accident that ancient Greek festivals such as the Eleusinian mysteries were replete with potent smells, including burning incense and flowers. In the 19th century, stage dramatists sometimes used aromas as special effects in plays. They scattered pine needles to suggest the odor of a forest, or cooked food in the theater to simulate the aroma of a restaurant onstage.
The use of smells in the movie industry, in fact, actually preceded the introduction of sound. In 1916, proprietors of the Family Theater in Forest City, Pa., dipped cotton wool in rose oil and put it in front of an electric fan during a newsreel about the Rose Bowl game. Similarly, in 1929, a Boston theater put lilac oil in the ventilating system to get audiences in the mood for "Lilac Time," a love story set during World War I. That same year, when "The Broadway Melody," one of the first Hollywood musicals, premiered in New York, perfume was sprayed from the ceiling.
In the early 1940s, Hollywood experimented with using compressed air to force various artificial scents through air-conditioning systems. In 1943, a theater in Detroit showed "The Sea Hawk," a swashbuckler starring Errol Flynn, with aromas such as the smell of tar from a sailing ship to add ambience. Also on the bill was "Boom Town," a drama in which each character was given a distinctive scent: tobacco for Clark Gable, pine for Spencer Tracy, My Sin perfume for Hedy Lamarr.
There were two obvious shortcomings to early attempts at olfactory filmmaking. Since they were added to existing movies, they were an offense to film aesthetics, a distraction from what the director had intended audiences to focus upon. Beyond that, the clouds of perfume that accumulated in theaters created problems, because the human nose has difficulty transitioning to a new smell until it is cleared of the molecules that triggered a previous scent. People can suffer "olfactory fatigue" when the sense of smell gradually stops working; just think of the smoker who no longer notices the acrid stink of his cigarette. Enter Hans Laube with what seemed like a solution. A tall, gray-haired Swiss native who affected owlishly severe dark eyeglasses, he has been identified variously as a professor, an advertising executive, an electrical engineer and "an expert in osmology, the science of odors."
By one account, sometime prior to World War II, he invented a method for cleaning the air in large auditoriums that was widely used throughout Europe. This success led to his fascination with reversing the process: putting odors of his choosing back into rooms. He developed an artificial scent-delivery process, in which chemicals were transmitted through a network of pipes connected to individual seats in the theater, so that the timing and amount of the aroma could be more carefully regulated. With a colleague, Robert Barth, Laube produced a 35-minute "smell-o-drama" movie called "Mein Traum"—in English, "My Dream"—for the 1940 World's Fair in New York. The projectionist operated a control board with dials that allowed him to release 32 different odors, including roses, coconut, tar, hay and peaches.
Laube's invention, a newspaper reported in 1943, "is said to have produced odors as quickly and easily as the soundtrack of a film produces sound." The New York Times noted that audiences thought the film's simulated bacon aroma didn't quite seem real, but that the incense was on the mark.
The Sweet Smell of Excess
Laube found a patron in Michael Todd Jr., the son of flamboyant Broadway and Hollywood producer Michael Todd. The elder Todd, best remembered as one of Elizabeth Taylor's husbands, had put on a series of successful musical spectaculars at the same New York World's Fair at which Laube had exhibited his experimental smell movie. A decade and a half later, Todd and his collaborator-son were looking at gimmicks that might make Todd's outrageous wide-screen epic, "Around the World in 80 Days," even more spectacular.
Smells were an intriguing possibility, and the Todds considered several different setups. Ultimately, they opted not to include aromas in the 1956 film—a wise choice, since "80 Days" already had enough pizazz to become a box-office smash and win an Oscar for Best Picture. After the elder Todd died in a 1958 plane crash, the younger Todd—who had inherited his father's penchant for the outrageous—decided to take a chance on Laube's technology. He signed the Swiss inventor to a movie deal, one proviso being that what Laube originally dubbed "Scentovision" be redubbed "Smell-O-Vision." When asked why he didn't change the name to something more dignified, Todd Jr. replied: "I don't understand how you can be 'dignified' about a process that introduces smells into a theater."
Todd Jr.'s wonderfully tacky, Walter Winchell-esque plays on words ("I hope it's the kind of picture they call a scentsation!") made great copy for newspapers. Syndicated columnist Earl Wilson gushed that Smell-O-Vision "can produce anything from skunk to perfume, and remove it instantly."
Meanwhile, Todd Jr. provided Laube with use of the Cinestage Theatre in Chicago as a laboratory so he could perfect the patented process. The core of Laube's device was his "smell brain"—an assortment of perfume containers linked in a belt, which in turn was wound around a motorized supply reel. As the movie footage began to roll, markers on it cued the brain. The containers, apparently arranged in the order that the scents would be used in the film, whirred into position. At the right moment, needles pierced membranes on the bottom of the appropriate container and drew off perfume. Electric fans mixed the perfume with air, which was then pumped through a mile's worth of tubing that stretched to vents under each seat in the theater. At the end of the movie, the belt was rewound and the containers refilled.
Even Laube saw Smell-O-Vision as having certain aesthetic limitations. He theorized that heavy drama wouldn't mix well emotionally with odors, but that lighter fare could be enhanced by the right aroma. Todd wisely agreed, and he scheduled Smell-O-Vision to debut in the tongue-in-cheek "Scent of Mystery" instead of, say, a biblical epic or historical costume drama.
"Scent of Mystery" centers upon a photographer, played by British actor Denholm Elliott, who is on vacation in Spain when he stumbles upon a plot to murder a beautiful American heiress played by Todd Jr.'s stepmother, Elizabeth Taylor, in a surprise cameo appearance. With the help of a brandy-sipping cab driver, portrayed by screen legend Peter Lorre, Elliott embarks on a wild chase across the picturesque Spanish countryside to thwart the crime.
"Scent of Mystery" faced the difficult task of living up to the expectations that Todd Jr. had so artfully created for Smell-O-Vision. The technology was billed as far more precise and realistic than any of the previous attempts at olfactory filmmaking, and some, such as New York Times writer Richard Nason, thought it might actually represent a genuine advance in cinema—the way that early, crude attempts to add sound eventually had been followed by the synchronized soundtrack.
The film opened in three specially equipped theaters in February 1960. Some of the olfactory effects clearly had been included to demonstrate the new technology's capabilities. A view of a monastery's rose garden, predictably, was accompanied by a floral scent. When wine casks rolled down a hill and smashed against a wall, the apparatus produced the odor of grape juice. Additionally, director Jack Cardiff had included a number of "whiff gags," such as a scene in which Elliott and Lorre appear to be drinking coffee, but Lorre's cup gives off the smell of brandy, leading Elliott to chastise him about the need to keep a clear head.
Beyond that, this was the first film in which aromas were integral to the story, providing pivotal clues to the audience. The killer is identified, for example, by the smell of his pipe tobacco, and the heiress by her perfume.
Despite Laube's years of laborious effort, on opening night Smell-O-Vision didn't completely work as intended. According to Variety, moviegoers in the balcony complained that the aromas reached them a few seconds after the action on the screen and were accompanied by a distracting hissing sound. New York Times critic Bosley Crowther complained that the aromas were too faint, so that "patrons sit there sniffling and snuffling like a lot of bird dogs, trying hard to catch the scent." He caustically suggested that Todd Jr. pump laughing gas into the audience instead, since the film's acting and script seemed to him nearly as sparse as the aromas.
Smell-O-Vision's proponents made technical adjustments that mostly solved the problem, but it was too late. Negative reviews and word-of-mouth had doomed the film to oblivion. (Quipped comedian Henny Youngman: "I didn't understand the film—I had a cold.") Todd Jr. shelved plans for installing Smell-O-Vision in 100 theaters around the world, and the film eventually was re-released as "Holiday in Spain," minus the odors. As the Daily Telegraph noted, "the film acquired a baffling, almost surreal quality, since there was no reason why, for example, a loaf of bread should be lifted from the oven and thrust into the camera for what seemed to be an unconscionably long time."
The Smell-O-Vision Fallout
With the failure of "Scent," Laube quietly disappeared. Todd Jr.'s Hollywood career similarly petered out. He announced plans to make two more films—a sci-fi picture, "Creature from the Bronx," and "Bumpkin's Holiday," in which the action was to consist of a man riding on a bus, with no spoken dialogue or subtitles. Neither film was made, and Todd Jr. went nearly another two decades before producing another. The olfactory auteur's swan song was a painfully serious cinematic version of suicidal poetess Sylvia Plath's novel "The Bell Jar."
But the notion of "smellies," as some had called them, was as stubbornly persistent as the aroma of cat pee on a carpet. In 1981, independent filmmaker John Waters parodied the idea in "Polyester" with "Odorama" scratch-and-sniff cards, and Waters' gag was copied by makers of the 2003 animated film "Rugrats Go Wild," who claimed it was an "homage" to him. Laube and Todd Jr.'s film was revived briefly in the mid-1980s, when the MTV cable network aired "Scent of Mystery" in conjunction with a convenience store chain promotion that offered scratch-and-sniff cards.
In 2000, Hong Kong director Ip Kam-Hung released "Lavender," a fantasy romance in which an aromatherapy shop owner falls in love with an injured angel who has tumbled onto her balcony. To add to the film's ambience, producers reportedly spent $1 million to purchase special devices that would pump flowery scents into the air-conditioning systems at theaters. Ip told the South China Morning Post that he got the inspiration from Internet accounts of previous odor-enhanced films.
Mercifully, Ip chose to forgo the gimmick in the 2004 film "Elixir of Love," which focused on the romantic travails of a princess afflicted with intolerable body odor.


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9 legitimate Music Sharing Websites
Carrie-Ann Skinner (PC Advisor (UK))
Splicemusic.com music-sharing site
Ever fancied giving Pete Tong or Judge Jules a run for their money? Now you can, with Splicemusic.com, a free online sequencer that allows users to mix tracks and share them with other members of the community. Splice encourages users to collaborate by offering a public sounds vault, to which you can upload your own copyrighted samples and sounds for use by other Splice members.
• Try your hand at mixing sound samples • Share your work with Splice's community
There's a tutorial for those who aren't used to sampling software, but you'll soon get the hang of it. Choose a kit to remix pre-created dance tracks or create your own from scratch by filling a clean sequencer with bass lines, melody and effects. Finished tracks can be shared with the Splice community or saved privately. Splice only let users upload sounds and samples with the copyright-holder's permission.
Suitable for anyone who fancies trying their hand at becoming the next Pete Tong.
Where: www.Splicemusic.com
How Much? FREE
Sellaband.com music-sharing site
Sellaband is talking up its service as the perfect community for band lovers. Unsigned acts can create a SellaBand profile and upload three tracks for free. They must then persuade fans to join the service. If the fans like an act, they can choose to 'buy into' them for $10.
•	Share your band's music with your fans and a wider audience online •	In with a chance of getting a chance to record and distribute your own album
The site aims to help up-and-coming bands raise US$50,000 — enough to pay the studio, recording and marketing fees for an album, and start a band on the road to megastardom. Adverts are stitched on to the free downloads and profits are split 50:50.
Suitable for anyone after a record deal.
Where: www.sellaband.com
How Much? Free for bands; US$10 for fans
CD Baby music-sharing site
CDBaby.net is one of the most popular music aggregators. The company requires a US$35 registration fee, but will then sell digital files and CDs through music stores including cdbaby.com, iTunes, Yahoo Music, Best Buy, Rhapsody, Napster and MSN Music.
•	Sell your own music through iTunes •	Set the price yourself
Users can set the price of their tracks at whatever they like and CD Baby takes a 9 percent cut of this, or US$4 for each CD.
Suitable for anyone keen to make a profit from selling music, while retaining control.
Where: www.CDBaby.net
How Much? US$35 Registration Fee
Napster music-sharing site
NOTE: Some pricing for this service is in UK currency
Napster.com was once touted as the future of downloadable music. It began life as the most successful of all the illegal music download services. After being shut down, it re-emerged as a legitimate service in 2003. Initially, it became known as a subscription service, but this is only one of Napster's offerings.
•	Choose from five million tracks online •	Stream music as many times as you like
Napster offers a catalogue of more than five million tracks. From US$12.95, a monthly membership permits you to listen to tracks on your PC on and offline as many times as you like. The Napster To-Go membership adds the option of transferring these tracks to a compatible portable player. You can also buy tracks outright. DRM-free tracks cost 79p, or less for bundles or complete albums. Napster subscribers can buy individual tracks at a discounted rate — sometimes as little as 68p. Peer recommendations and artists you're likely to enjoy are offered via shared libraries.
Suitable for those who are after a primarily PC-based service and who are happy with the subscription concept.
Where: www.Napster.com
How Much? From US$12.95
7Digital.com music-sharing site
NOTE: Pricing for this service is in UK currency
7digital.com is a music store offering WMA, ACC and MP3 files for download. WMA files start at 79p but feature digital rights management (DRM) technology, while MP3 files are DRM-free and priced at 99p.
•	Download various audio formats •	Sell your own music online
The company also offers indiestore.com, a service that allows anyone to create their own download store through which they can sell their own records. In comparison, iTunes, Amazon and the other big-name stores won't deal with unsigned acts or labels. Up to four tracks can be made available for sale.
7Digital.com offers two types of account: Starter is free, while Pro requires a one-off registration fee of £75. Both accounts let you set prices yourself, but any tracks sold from a Pro account qualify for inclusion in the charts. Note that 7Digital takes a 30 percent cut on any tracks sold with a Starter account; a 20 percent slice is taken on songs sold using a Pro account.
7digital.com is suitable for anyone who fancies giving Simon Cowell a run for his money.
Where: www.7digital.com
How Much? Registration fee of £75
eMusic.com music-sharing site
Digital music store eMusic specialises in songs outside the mainstream. The eMusic website offers more than 3.5 million downloadable tracks from 27,000 independent labels across every genre of music, from rock and classical to hip-hop, blues, country and folk. It has relationships with well-known independent labels such as Touch and Go, Merge and Sun Records and claims to be "the world's largest retailer of independent music and the world's second-largest digital music retailer overall".
•	More than 3.5 million tracks available •	DRM-free MP3 files
The subscription based service costs (minimum) US$9.99 a month. For that, users can download up to 30 high-bitrate MP3 files per month. The files don't feature DRM, so users can make as many copies as they like for personal use — whether it's burning the music to disc or transferring it to a digital audio player.
Giving eMusic a try earns you 50 free tracks, which you can keep regardless of whether you become a regular. If you subscribe, you can install a toolbar that provides a free MP3 download every day, the ability to search eMusic's entire catalogue quickly, technology that analyses your previous downloads and suggests new music you may like and the ability to share other members' playlists.
Suitable for people that prefer more obscure music that's not found in the commercial top 40.
Where: www.emusic.com
How Much? 30 downloads for US$9.99 per month, 50 downloads for US$14.99 per month, 75 downloads for US$19.99 per month
Virb.com music-sharing site
Virb.com is a social-networking site that works in the same way as MySpace.com. Users create their own website from scratch or by using the customised templates provided by Virb. Their site can then be filled with photos, videos, blogs or audio.
•	Mix streaming with social networking •	Display your most listened to songs from iTunes on your Virb.com profile
Unlike MySpace, Virb offers a software plug-in for iTunes, which tracks the songs played in the program. This can then be displayed in the Recent Songs, Top Artists, Top Songs and Top Albums section of your website, letting your friends know just what tracks you're rocking your socks off to. Virb also uses the data to help users find their favourite artists on the social network, let you know when they will be appearing nearby and even recommend new music based on your current tastes.
Meanwhile, Virb's blog lets you help it to make the social-networking site better by discussing new features and learning how to customise your profile.
Suitable for social networkers looking to recommend their favourite music and explore new acts based on their tastes.
Where: www.Virb.com
WaTunes music-sharing site
WaTunes.com works in a similar way to CDBaby.net, offering a platform for unsigned artists and independent record labels to sell their music through online digital music stores such as iTunes, Napster and Rhapsody, without sacrificing copyright.
•	Sell your own music through iTunes and other digital music stores •	Upload your own tracks using FTP
A free account lets users upload their albums via FTP. The site sets the price of the downloadable tracks and makes them available through its selected digital music store partners. Users get 90 percent of any tracks sold; 10 percent goes to WaTunes.
The site has partnered with RoyaltyShare to provide users with detailed sales reports and billing statements. WaTunes demands exclusivity from its artists — you must cancel any existing accounts before signing up.
Suitable for first-time music sellers.
Where: www.watunes.com
We7.com music-sharing site
Believe it or not, there are some free, legal ways to share music online. We7.com attaches personalised adverts to the beginning of songs. The brainchild of ex-Genesis member Peter Gabriel, entrepreneur Steve Purdham and financial expert John Taysom, the service uses MediaGraft's patent-pending technology to provide free and DRM-free downloads. Ad deals last for up to four weeks. They target people based on age, gender and location, and play when consumers are on or offline.
•	Legally download free MP3 files •	Fans' reviews get new artists published
As well as offering tracks by signed musicians, the site aims to act as a platform for unsigned acts. We7's 'TasteMaker community' of artists, band members and fans review new artists to determine whether they're good enough to be published. Listener reviews earn artists the right to have their music downloaded from the site.
Suitable for those who want free, legal downloads that can be burned to disc, and who aren't bothered by stitched-on ads.
Where: www.We7.com

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Why "Missing U," Robyn's first new solo music in 8 years, is a gift to her fans
Call your girlfriend, who will be dancing on her own to "Missing U."
By Genevieve Koski Aug 1, 2018, 3:45pm EDT
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For the past decade or so, being a fan of Robyn — the effervescent Swedish singer-songwriter responsible for modern dance classics like "Call Your Girlfriend" and "Dancing on My Own" — has been an exercise in feast and famine. Now, after a too-long hiatus, Robyn is giving fans a taste of what they've been missing.
After literal years of teasing a new record, Robyn has unveiled the first concrete sign that her full-length follow-up to 2010's three-album album series Body Talk is on the horizon: a single, titled "Missing U," which the singer released on Wednesday, August 1 following a week of buildup.
"Missing U" trades heavily in the strain of triumphant melancholy — or perhaps melancholic triumph — that characterizes some of Robyn's most beloved hits, like "Call Your Girlfriend" and "Dancing on My Own." The new song embodies the sense of catharsis and resilience that's become a big part of Robyn's sonic brand, which has endeared her to a fan base — a good portion of them queer or otherwise outside the pop mainstream — that knows and cherishes the kind of visceral emotional release that can happen in the middle of a packed dance floor.
The song's lyrics may address an unnamed absent lover, but for fans fluent in Robyn's favorite lyrical motifs, "this empty space you left behind" translates to the two-way void that's opened up between the singer and her fans since Body Talk catapulted her into the broader cultural consciousness. Fans have missed Robyn, yes, but in choosing "Missing U" as her first solo single in more than half a decade, and explicitly dedicating it to her fans, Robyn has made it clear that the feeling is mutual.
That idea of mutual respect between artist and fan is not unusual in pop music, where "doing it for the fans" is one of the most enduring clichés outside of doing it for Mama and/or God. But in the case of Robyn and "Missing U," it feels not only true but also sort of profound, a statement on the enduring strength of a symbiotic relationship built on a shared recognition of the power in dancing your way through pain, pleasure, and everything in between.
"Missing U" may not be about Robyn's fans, but it is expressly for them
Robyn performs at Coachella in 2011, the era of Peak Robyn.
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Robyn's popularity and attendant fandom exploded in 2010, when she released three career-defining albums back to back: The Body Talk series, comprising two "mini albums," subtitled Pt. 1 and Pt. 2, and one longer album, called simply Body Talk, that compiled songs from parts one and two alongside five new tracks. Altogether, the Body Talk era was responsible for around two dozen excellent, critically acclaimed dance songs, which became the crown jewels of a discography that also includes earlier hits like 2007's "Handle Me" and her 1997 Total Request Live-era breakthrough "Show Me Love."
The two years following the release of Body Talk were the era of Peak Robyn, full of high-profile TV appearances, Grammy nominations, festival and tour performances, and one classic music video, for "Call Your Girlfriend," that achieved mini-meme status for Robyn's one-of-a-kind dance moves.
Then Robyn kind of disappeared.
Well, not entirely: There was a 2014 collaborative five-track EP with electronic duo Röyksopp, a smattering of one-off tracks, and a handful of live appearances. But mostly, there was the promise of a proper Body Talk follow-up that never quite materialized amid the smaller-scale side projects, leaving fans to subsist on her existing body of work as they waited out the Great Robyn Famine.
One group of those fans, based in Brooklyn, became instrumental in keeping the spirit of Robyn fandom alive via This Party Is Killing You, a recurring Robyn-themed dance party in Williamsburg that's been enduringly popular in the years since its post-Body Talk genesis. (The party takes its name from a repeated lyric in the Body Talk Pt. 1 track "Don't Fucking Tell Me What to Do.") So it's entirely appropriate that This Party Is Killing You would serve as the setting for Robyn's reentry into her fans' lives and speakers.
In the lead-up to the release of "Missing U," Robyn previewed the track via a short film released on Monday, July 30, designed to both tease the single and celebrate the devoted fans who have been waiting for this moment for years.
The seven-and-a-half-minute clip — subtitled "A Message to My Fans" — briefly tracks the history of This Party Is Killing You via its creators and attendees, who team up to send Robyn a series of voicemails urging her attend "the Robyn party" and sharing what she and her music has meant to them. It then switches to Robyn listening to the voicemails and talking a little about her struggle to follow up Body Talk (and performing a version of the backward somersault she does in the "Call Your Girlfriend" video).
The clip reaches its climax as it follows the singer to make a surprise appearance at what appears to be the May 2018 party, where she DJed and performed another recently teased single, "Honey," which briefly appeared in the final season of HBO's Girls.
But "Honey" didn't end up being Robyn's comeback single. It's "Missing U" that plays throughout the clip, an appropriate soundtrack to this reminder that for her fans, Robyn and her music have never gone away — they've only grown more resonant to a generation of devotees whom she's helped find themselves, both on and off the dance floor.


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Beyond the CPTPP: Why Canada's Relationship with Asia Needs a Long-Term Strategy
Author: Dominic Barton
What a difference a year makes.
At last year's meeting of the Asia Business Leaders Advisory Council (ABLAC), fears about the backlash against globalization and the election of new populist leaders with protectionist tendencies cast a pall over the discussions. Now, as ABLAC's Asian and Canadian members prepare to meet in Toronto on March 2nd to discuss ways to strengthen economic connections, concerns remain but we have reason for new optimism. The agreement reached in January to form the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership(usually referred to as CPTPP), which is expected to be signed later this month, marks an important milestone in boosting Canada's trade relationship with Asia. In addition, Prime Minister Trudeau announced last summer that Canada intends to double its trade with China by 2025 and initiate talks for a free trade agreement with the country.
But the progress we have made isn't enough. Today, Asia is the core engine of global economic growth, thanks primarily to urbanization and the expansion of its middle class. The region is home to nine of the world's 15 fastest-growing economies. Of the 2.4 billion people around the world who will become middle class consumers by 2030, two billion will come from Asia. Deepening our relationship with Asia is critical to Canada's future prosperity. The opportunity is vast, and the consequences of missing it are potentially dire for our economy.
2018 represents a watershed moment – an inflection point in Canada – Asia relations that can lead to much closer economic collaboration. There is a strong appetite among Canadians to continue developing our country's ties with the region. A survey by the Asia Pacific Foundation Canada found that close to half of all Canadians believe strengthening economic and political relations with Asia should be Canada's top foreign policy priority, up from 37% in 2014. This same survey found that 46% of Canadians support a free trade agreement with China, up from 36% in 2014 – and a recent study by Paul Evans, research director of University of British Columbia's Institute of Asian Research, puts that support even higher, at close to 70%.
Yet when it comes to trade with the region, our country has significantly underperformed our peers over the past 15 years. Canada's exports to China lag behind other developed countries in terms of both growth and absolute value. While the CPTPP is a welcome development, we need to go beyond trade deals and develop a five-to-10-year strategy and commitment to engaging more deeply with our Asian economic partners.
While India, Japan, Indonesia and Vietnam all represent tremendous opportunities for Canadian businesses, China is critical to Canada's relationship with Asia. The Chinese economy is projected to overtake that of the U.S. within 15 years. Consider that by 2025, nearly one in four companies with US$1 billion or more in revenue will be headquartered in China. What's more, the country is poised to take a stronger leadership role in trade, investment, and innovation.
To capture this opportunity, the federal government should shift resources further toward the high-growth regions in Asia. That includes establishing consulates and trade commissioner offices in more of China's economic "hub cities," such as Jinan and Changchun. Provincial and local governments have important roles to play as well, including building city-to-city connections, creating links between Canadian and Asian universities, fostering cultural exchanges, and encouraging more of our young people to travel to Asia.
With an enviable global brand and a strong economy, Canada is well positioned to play a larger role in shaping future relations between East and West. We largely missed the opening up of China in the 1980s. We also failed to capitalize on the next inflection point when China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001. Today however, Canadian companies are well positioned to participate in the growth in China's private sector economy, particularly in the boom in innovation around digitization and big data. Additionally, China's rapidly growing middle-class will drive accelerating demand for goods and services that Canadian companies, large and small, are primed to meet, notably in agriculture and food. Finally, China's aging population will put increasing pressure to revamp its social safety net – an area where Canada is again a global leader. This is China's third inflection point – one we cannot afford to miss.
Canada's Indo-Pacific Strategy: Analysis From Our Network
The CPTPP Bids of China and Taiwan: Issues and Implications
A Free Trade Agreement for Canada and India: Is the Time Finally Right?


We have a lot of class players, but Champ is at the head of the class.
Ding dong . . Avon Calling . .
Aside from hopping up his Mini, I am not impressed.
Obama's soft touch whatever. I trust Cory Gardner will stay with the program and insist on border control first, which means that is as far as it will ever get with this president. Don't go wobbly now!
Where does this story say the victim is a girl?
It is always good to have Archbishop Aquila and Bill Romanowski on our side.
Put some P Zeros on that P 1 and presto, a proper Porsche!
This looks excellent. If Champ Bailey tells me this is a good antidote to green and blue, I will eat bowls of it.
The wacko environmentalists have been warning us for years, and I have been making fun of them. No more!
Peyton psychs them out and sets them up. Then he will pick them apart on Sunday.
The actions of a President with a big agenda.
When you environmental injection Einstein's achieve consensus on this one, maybe you could offer some thoughts on the New Madrid fault activity.
No mention of the poor old Beetle's number.
Sure, this could energize those small towns once required by the steam locomotives. But when is some sanity going to take over? Maybe, just maybe the diesel fuel is still the practical solution.
"Is Barack Obama an imperial president?
President Obama's use of executive action to get around congressional gridlock is unparalleled in modern times, some scholars say. But to liberal activists, he's not going far enough."
I too found the UK paper story described by Sid. They have pictures and describe the spurned boyfriend and all. US papers can't be the first to report, I guess.
We need to replace the Honey Badger with a true Democrat Statist Bureaucrat Honey Pot who will spend money and shut up. NOT.
In my humble opinion, this "disaster waiting to happen" is only the tip of the iceberg. It is a big social upheaval that we really don't need. Time for the regular people to take charge again.
Topic: Article Discussion: ATMs in or near pot shops called "disaster waiting to happen"


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Impact of obesity on life expectancy levels and trends in Europe
March 10, 2021 January 13, 2020 Fanny Janssen, Nikoletta Vidra and Sergi Trias-Llimós
Europe, Health, Mortality, obesity
Since the 1980s, obesity prevalence has increased threefold in many European countries. Without obesity, life expectancy in 26 European countries in 2012 would have been, on average, 1.2 years higher for males and one year higher for females.
Moreover, as Fanny Janssen, Nikoletta Vidra, and Sergi Trias-Llimós note, the average increase in life expectancy between 1975 and 2012 would have been 0.8 years higher for men and 0.3 years higher for women.
Obesity, defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m2 and over, is considered one of the biggest public health challenges of the 21st century (WHO 2018). Compared to their non-obese counterparts, obese individuals are at higher risk of developing and dying from a range of diseases, including type II diabetes, several types of cancer (breast, pancreatic, colon, rectum) and cardiovascular disease. Obesity has been increasing worldwide since the 1980s and is considered a global epidemic.
After the USA, Europe has been hit hard by the obesity epidemic, and since the 1980s obesity prevalence has increased threefold in many European countries (WHO 2018), to about 16% in 2014 across the EU member states (Eurostat 2016). However, obesity prevalence levels and trends vary substantially by gender and between European countries. Figure 1 illustrates this, using data from the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration Study (2016).
These trends are worrying, and raise the question of how obesity is affecting life expectancy levels and trends in Europe as a whole, and in different European countries.
Impact of obesity on life expectancy levels in Europe
The impact of obesity on life expectancy levels in Europe is by no means negligible. In the 26 European countries studied by Vidra et al. (2019), the potential gain in life expectancy at birth (PGLE) in 2012 if obesity was eliminated ranged from 0.86 years (the Netherlands) to 1.67 years (Lithuania) for males, and from 0.66 (Switzerland) to 1.54 (Russia) years for females (Figure 2). In the USA, the impact was very large for men (PGLE of 1.73 years) and only slightly less so for women (1.44 years).
The average PGLE estimate across the 26 European countries was 1.22 years for men and 0.98 years for women. Broken down by region, the respective values were 1.08 and 0.86 years in Western Europe, with the largest impact in the UK (1.3 years for men; 1.1 years for women), and 1.44 and 1.16 years in Eastern Europe, where the impact was smallest in Slovakia, particularly for women (1.14 years on average).
Impact of obesity on life expectancy trends in Europe
In all 26 European countries, obesity prevalence and the share of all-cause mortality due to obesity (obesity-related mortality) have risen over time. Their adverse impact on life expectancy levels and trends across Europe is increasing as a consequence.
Figure 3 illustrates the effect of obesity on life expectancy in the 26 European countries over the 1975-2012 period. On average, life expectancy at birth (e0) increased by 7.3 years for men and by 6.3 years for women. Without obesity, the average increase in e0 would have been 0.8 years higher for men and 0.3 years higher for women.
For men, the impact of obesity on life expectancy trends was greatest in Lithuania (1.1 years) – even larger than in the USA (1.0 years) – and smallest in Iceland and Sweden (0.5 years). For women, the impact was greatest in Ireland (0.7 years) – as in the USA – and smallest in Estonia and the Czech Republic (less than 0.1 year).
We observed that the impact of obesity on life expectancy is considerable. It is larger for men than for women, and differs across Europe. For men, its impact on both life expectancy levels and trends is largest in Eastern Europe. Among women its impact on levels is largest in Eastern Europe, but its impact on trends is smallest in that region.
These country and sex differences reflect differences in the onset and the progression of the obesity epidemic. In Eastern Europe, obesity prevalence levels were already higher than in Western European countries in the 1970s and early 1980s (see Figure 1). This pattern has been linked to the relatively high total supply and intake of calories in Eastern Europe in those years (Silventoinen et al. 2004). Although these trends have stagnated, particularly among women (see below), Eastern Europe still has the highest obesity prevalence levels in Europe (Malik et al. 2013), particularly for women (see Figure 1).
The smaller mortality impact of obesity for women than men in 2012 is likely driven by different factors in Europe. Western European women, particularly those with high socioeconomic status (SES), are particularly likely to be health conscious, have healthy eating habits, follow nutritional recommendations (Fagerli and Wandel 1999), and perhaps also feel social pressure; they are less frequently obese than men. The reverse is true in most of the Eastern European countries included in our research, where obesity is slightly more prevalent among women (see Figure 1). Yet, for reasons that remain unclear, its mortality consequences are more severe for men.
The smaller impact of obesity on female life expectancy trends in Eastern Europe can be explained by the stabilization of obesity prevalence over the 1980-2008 period, especially in the 1990s (see Figure 1). This may be linked to poorer nutrition and decreased calorie intake resulting from the dramatic economic and political changes that affected these countries over the period (Silventoinen et al. 2004). For women with low SES especially, it may be related to their greater exposure to food scarcity and their higher energy expenditure (Monteiro et al. 2004).
Among the Western European countries studied, the UK and Ireland seem to be the forerunners in the obesity epidemic, and to closely follow obesity trends in the USA (Vidra et al. 2019). These countries share cultural characteristics related to dietary and exercise choices, such as widespread fast food consumption, an increasing prevalence of sedentary and inactive lifestyles, and extensive stigmatization of obese people (Donahue et al. 2018) which aggravates the health effects of obesity and hampers behavioural change.
Obesity clearly has an adverse effect on life expectancy levels and trends in Europe. The observed gender differences and cross-country disparities in the impact of obesity can be linked to contextual factors (economic conditions, diet, obesogenic environment), and to differences in people's ability and capacity to adopt healthier lifestyles.
The rise in obesity prevalence will likely continue to slow down the increase in life expectancy, at least in the near future. Effective health interventions are needed to tackle the obesity epidemic and its increasing effects on public health.
This work is financed by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) as part of the research programme Smoking, alcohol, and obesity, ingredients for improved and robust mortality projections, grant no. 452-13-001.
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Monteiro, C. A., Conde, W. L., Lu, B. and Popkin, B. M. (2004). Obesity and inequities in health in the developing world. International Journal of Obesity 28(9): 1181-1186.
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Construction of a new temple that consists of two-stories, 49-ft., approx. 4,166 sf of floor area on an approx. 16,174 sf site. The new temple will contain 240 seats. The project will provide 72 on-site parking spaces located at-grade to the rear of the building and within two subterranean parking levels. Vehicular access is provided from the adjacent alley that runs east-west along the south property line. Pedestrian access is provided along Beverly Boulevard. As proposed, the project requires approval of a haul route to permit the export of 6,700 cubic yards of dirt in the Special Grading Area (BOE Basic Grid Map A-13372).
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© Chongqing Chuanju Theatre
Market Screening 'Jinzi'
Presented by China Intercontinental Communication Center - CICC and Chongqing Chuanju Theatre
Jinzi was a milestone for modern Chinese Xiqu plays in the late 20th century and a revered classic today. With over 600 performances in China and 40 international tours, this powerful opera has a global appeal and was even featured in the Opening Ceremony of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Moreover, the production has won multiple major Chinese Performing Arts Awards (35 in total).
"Jinzi" is an adaptation of the masterpiece "The Wilderness" written by the renowned Chinese playwright Cao Yu and tells the story of a love triangle and revenge, set in the early days of the Republic of China in the countryside.
Tuesday 12 Feb 201914:00 - 15:00Scandic Hotel Potsdamer Platz,
GENRE Opera PROGRAMME FORMAT Live recording PRODUCTION YEAR 2018 DURATION 137 min RECORDING LOCATION Chongqing (China) DATE OF RECORDING Autumn 2017 DIRECTOR Sonia Lovett PRODUCER Colin Wilson PRODUCTION COMPANY Chongqing Chuanju Theatre (China) MAIN ACTOR Shen Tiemei


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Rumor: Nikki Bella To Make Return At Evolution Against Ronda Rousey
WWE has considered the idea of having Ronda Rousey and Nikki Bella headline the upcoming all-women 's Evolution pay-per-view, according to Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Radio.
Meltzer added that the thought behind this would be for WWE to have its two biggest female superstars clash off in the event. Nikki has been one of the top mainstream talents over the past decade, and she earned much more publicity during her high-profiled six-year relationship with John Cena.
That being said, Meltzer did caution that things could always change, and WWE could opt to roll with another main event later on. But for now, fans can prepare for a Rousey-Bella match to headline the historic pay-per-view.
There are two matches confirmed for the show so far. Hall of Famer Trish Stratus will battle former Raw Women's Champion Alexa Bliss, while NXT talents Toni Storm and Io Shirai will clash in the finals of the Mae Young Classic.
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Rousey defeated Bliss at SummersSlam to win the Raw Women's Championship for the first time in her career. She's easily the biggest name in the women's division right now, and it shouldn't surprise anybody that WWE would want her to headline the historic Evolution show.
Bella has only competed on a part-time basis over the last two years, as she had a lengthy recovery from neck surgery. Her last televised match was at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view, where Nikki turned on twin sister Brie before losing to Asuka.
Nikki's last match took place in a March house show, where she and Cena teamed up to defeat Sonya Deville and Elias. But if she's truly set to face Rousey, we can expect more televised appearances in the immediate future, as WWE tries to build up towards what will be a show for the ages.
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Stan Getz Must Be Turning Over In His Grave
Started by Ken Dryden, 9 Nov 2021
Press release received today from Concord Records. Both Stan Getz and Carl Jefferson must be turning over in their graves.
Kenny G "Legacy [Feat. "The Sound" of Stan Getz]"
Impacting November 15
"Legacy featuring 'The Sound' of Stan Getz" was created to pay homage to one of the great masters of the saxophone, Stan Getz. Written with his sound in mind, using very advanced modern technology, we were able to sample notes to create this brand new melody never before played by Stan. To say I'm honored to duet with Stan Getz is an immense understatement. I hope people that have not heard Stan's music before will be touched, as I have been, by the man who's nickname is "The Sound''."- Kenny G
World-renowned and Grammy-Award winning saxophonist Kenny G, will release his first new album in six-years titled New Standards. Out December 3rd through Concord Records. The 11-song collection of original compositions takes inspiration from the Jazz Ballads of the 50's and 60's.
"For this album, I wanted to try to recreate those 'sounds' but do it my own way, which for me meant that I would have to compose the songs myself. So I set out to compose and perform songs that capture the 'heart and soul' of those beloved Jazz Standards and to record them "my way". It was a wonderful (and painstaking) labor of love and I'm super proud of the end result."
An interesting idea. Perhaps this is the future.
I'm looking forward to 'Wynton meets Pops at Basin Street', and 'Kamasi and Coltrane: Spiritual Jazz Giants'.
Rooster_Ties
Location:Washington DC (formerly KCMO)
Maybe when Pat Metheny kicks the bucket, Kenny G can release an albums of "duets" with him too.
Dan Gould
Location:Climbing out of a sinkhole in Plant City
"Written with his sound in mind, using very advanced modern technology, we were able to sample notes to create this brand new melody never before played by Stan."
Does this really mean that they sampled Getz playing different notes and put them together into a new melody that the G-Spot composed?
What kind of new fresh hell is this?
ghost of miles
Location:Chronic Town
I got a promotional email about this as well, Ken. Let me choose my words with care--"a fucking abomination" is what comes to mind.
Location:The Former Aztlan
TBH, I'm surprised something like this has not been attempted before.
Also, love Stan as a a musician. Considering the kind of person he was reputed to be, however, this feels a bit like poetic justice.
T.D.
2 hours ago, Ken Dryden said:
Apparently Mr. G. is also a functional illiterate [emphasis added].
the man who's nickname is "The Sound''...WTF?
Wow this is seriously uncool
jazztrain
I had hoped that it was an early April Fool's joke. No such luck.
There's an associated concert tour for those who want to suffer.
aparxa
Location:Troyes
Will they be using this very advanced modern technology to create a hologram form of the man who's nickname is "The Sound'' on tour?
Face it - you could play this song with an average jazz band for a typical jazz audience and everybody would be all, hey, that's a pretty song!
That's why pretty in and of itself is meaningless. Pretty is an adjective, not a noun. But most folks don't care about that
But give it up to Concord. Life gives them lemmings and they make lemming-aid!
I'm not the target audience for this so it doesn't effect me in anyway. I bet Stan would roll back over if he gets royalties off this release though.
A musical obscenity, for sure… I wonder what Stan's daughter thinks about this release from the Duke of Puke?
4 hours ago, jcam_44 said:
... or else spring right out!
Re Zoot Sims' legendary "Stan's a nice bunch of guys" quip, think of the possibilities in our age of virtual replication... a whole gaggle of AI humanoid Stan Getzs. A veritable Four-Brothers-Of-Stan-Getz-Only! A 15-piece big band of Stan Getzs backing Kenny G on "The G From Ipanema." An army of zombie-bot Stans who turn on their soprano-sax master and shuffle after him in pursuit, till he falls to his death from a high precipice as he tries to escape.
mhatta
Groover
Location:Tokyo, Japan
Damn, isn't it an April Fool joke? I feel I'm doubly fooled.
Anywise, I believe that we'll soon observe a plethora of "new" recordings from dead masters thanks to shiny AI/machine learning technology. I miss those days when Natalie & Nat King Cole duet was the thing.
I also should say that Kenny G (and his marketing team) is a kind of genius...not so many people can raise hell and grab attentions this way.
4 hours ago, ghost of miles said:
This is good. Looking forward to the press release.
Stereojack
The average Kenny G fan never heard of Stan Getz.
I just threw up in my mouth.
I reviewed the hairdo artist's classics in the key of g (lower case is deliberate) for allmusic.com, got paid, but it wasn't published. Instead a glowing review from one of the editors appeared in its place, so I guess they couldn't afford to offend the record label. It was that kind of crap and editors lowering star ratings on some reviews without consulting the writer that damaged their credibility for many of us freelancers. At least the money was good for a time, before the business was sold a second or third time.
1 hour ago, Stereojack said:
So is it a good thing or a bad thing that now - or soon - they are more likely to have heard of him?
22 hours ago, Ken Dryden said:
It's annoying how it goes all out on Stan Getz' nickname.
28 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:
Is this what they're trying to reference with that "The Sound" business?
https://www.discogs.com/release/4111684-Stan-Getz-The-Sound
As if the title of one album — and a compilation at that (according to Discogs) — makes that some sort of nickname that Getz seemingly never had.
(At least that's all I'm really getting from Goggle — searching on Getz' name, and "the sound" in quotes as a literal search string.)
I wasn't alive then, but...My take on the "narrative" of Stan Getz was that his "Early Autumn" solo with Herman "made him a star", in no small measure due to his, yes, sound. Just like they say here. That nickname stuck for a while, as I understand it. You'll see it references through the years, mostly on liner notes f4rom the early-mid 1950s.
Here's an April Fool's review from 2019:
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/playin-it-straight-kenny-g-poisson-davril-review-by-ken-dryden.php
felser
Location:King of Prussia, PA (Suburban Philly)
Looking forward to his duet with John Coltrane on "Ascension".
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  Do not use a creole seasoning made with salt. The sausage and ham provide
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  Add additional peppers if desired. Serve with rice.

  A table of tomato paste may be added near the end of the cooking time.

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