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an ex-pat's life can be tricky: the south, Lucinda Williams & ex-patriotism
Throwback post: Yes, life moves on but these memories last forever . . .
Around Christmas 2017 my friend Alan's buddy, from the USA, visited South Australia for a few weeks. A few days before he left to go back to his home in Tennessee, a small group of us met in a little cafe/restaurant in the main street of Burra where we sat at a little table, got some coffee & talked.
Burra, not far from Clare & Mintaro, is an old copper mining town, an historic heritage site, north of Adelaide. It is a pretty country town with beautiful white cedar trees lining the wide main street & the narrower side streets running off at right angles mainly. To be sure, the Burra State Heritage Area is on the National Heritage List. The village of Burra is well worth a visit, even a stay, as accommodation, including various bed & breakfast spots, is easy to find. But make sure you book ahead.
Alan's friend lives in Tennessee & works over the state line in Kentucky. We were enjoying ourselves chatting about the South especially states like Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida & Texas in the South West, all places I know, some had been my home. As time moved on I began to feel a sadness, a sort of melancholy which I kept to myself of course. The long journey to meet somebody on the other side of the world was nearly over. Partings & departures can be so heartbreaking. Don't I know it . . .
But there was more to my melancholy than the impending departure. Meeting Alan's friend triggered all sorts of memories & emotions. After the goodbyes, I left & quietly drove home. Partway home, unable to shrug off the nagging sense of melancholy, I pulled off the road & parked so I could listen to Lucinda, Lucinda Williams, the singer, the poet. She always gets me going, helps me reflect, remember, to be introspective. Her music is raw & rootsy. She is unsparing in saying so much by saying so little. She enlivens memories of my 17 years living & working in & around the South in the USA.
Why is an ex-pat's life tricky at times? The sheer authenticity of another country comes from living there, enjoying time & place & immersing oneself in the daily life & culture. Holidays & vacations don't cut the mustard. They give you little or no insight into how daily life is lived in a place.
The Southern states are a big part of me. The Deep South and broader regions of the USA where I lived, worked and played from Alabama & Tennessee to Florida, Georgia, Mississippi & Louisiana and out to big, beautiful Texas, occupy a big space in my head & my heart.
And, yes, it can be tough at times living back here in Australia, missing my American life, family & friends. As an Aussie ex-pat living & working in the USA I invested a big part of my life there. When you have a permanent long term lease on a place you want to talk about it, share your stories. Talking with Alan's friend meant chatting with somebody who knew & understood what I was on about.
And what a fabulously busy life I lived in the USA in those years, a big chunk of time in a life – almost a generation. Of course I missed Australia, my family & friends, but it was never enough to make me want to leave. I was too busy for that. I was ensconced. Plus I enjoy the global view. The global mentality suits me. When you enjoy a heavy dose of Australian adaptability, you can live anywhere. Easy. I don't get homesick in a way that makes me want to up & leave. I could move to a foreign country today & be very happy.
Sadly, my feelings about the USA were tested in the years of Donald Trump. I had organised to be in the USA from March 2017, a plan promptly cancelled in light of the turmoil & chaos following the 2016 election. Sadly, almost 3 years later, at the end of 2019, with no apparent end to the unrest & lack of leadership, I abandoned plans to return to the USA. I did what I had always wanted to do: look to Europe . . . and France is now my destination once Covid is resolved.
I guess there's no right way to describe the emotions that come with ex-patriotism. Ex-pats know what I'm on about. It's personal, a sort of dull gnawing sensation I guess. Whether Australia or the USA the feelings & emotions are the same & equal. You can't be in one without the other. I make do with remembering. Thinking back. Talking about the other place. Sharing stories. Looking at photos. Sometimes it feels like a secret, a knowing about the other, a love for the other place that co-exists with the life I live in, the place I'm at now, South Australia. Certainly, memories become less clear over the years but they never leave.
The hardest times are when something triggers certain thoughts & emotions. Suddenly, I'm flooded with emotions, sad & happy. Could be anything, a saying, a location, a picture, a book, an event, a conversation, TV, a movie, an advert or a song, even a news item. It could be a person. It doesn't happen often but it happened that day in the little cafe at Burra.
And whenever my mind goes back to the South and I contemplate those years in the USA, I start thinking about Lucinda Williams. More on her below . . .
Alan had visited & stayed in the USA before his buddy came to Australia. He always talked about his trip to New Orleans, one of my fav cities. Ah, yes, New Orleans . . . Who doesn't love this enigmatic & alluring city? Living & working in Tennessee & Alabama made it easy to get to New Orleans. If we went the Alabama way, we took Interstate 65 (I65) to Birmingham then I20 across to Tuscaloosa.
Oh for Tuscaloosa . . . Roll Tide, the Crimson Tide! In 1985 I lived in Tuscaloosa where I attended Law School at the University of Alabama. From Tuscaloosa, we would head across the state line into Mississippi then south on I59 to Meridian, to Hattiesburg & into Louisiana crossing Lake Pontchartrain to the city of New Orleans.
I love driving & it's so easy on the interstates – the system of multi-lane highways criss-crossing the USA. Sometimes, from Fayetteville TN (when I was living & working there), I headed directly west on I64 to Memphis then south on I55 to Mississippi, to Jackson & straight down to New Orleans. Check out this map and you'll see the routes.
Likewise, it was easy getting to Atlanta for weekends. We would head east from Fayetteveille to Chattanooga then south to Atlanta getting there in 4 hours often leaving after work on a Friday to get there in time to go late night shopping &/or party! Because Georgia was an hour ahead of Tennessee, it was easy to come back Monday mornings in time for work.
I am so glad South Road in Adelaide now runs as a multi-lane highway from the city to the south. Waiting for some decent urban engineering re Adelaide's Northern arterial road. Expanding it to a multi-lane highway from the city to the north up to Elizabeth, even Gawler, is long overdue. One need only look across to Melbourne to see urban engineering & modernity in its roads.
Anyway, there I was after the meeting at Burra in a Lucinda Williams fog. Lucinda is one of my all time favourite singers & song writers. When I was living in the USA in the 90s, Lucinda made some of her best music. In the evenings we would visit the local Borders book store in Orlando (Florida) to browse, to read & listen to music including of course, Lucinda Williams. Stores were open every night. Back then you could put on the head phones & listen to CDs before buying or not buying. Nobody minded. Free listening as much as you wanted. And I listened. Borders was like a library, armchairs scattered around calling "take a book, sit, stay awhile." You could stay as long as you liked. Didn't have to buy. You could get coffee. A snack. Children could read, play with the toys. Sometimes a musician would appear giving an impromptu session. Those were the days. And I knew Lucinda's music.
Lucinda Williams' lyrics are quintessentially southern with albums featuring songs about her home state Louisiana, or references to it, as well as other regions. In my mind, one of her best albums is her 1998 Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. Her album Essence is another fav. Car Wheels on a Gravel Road is bitter sweet & very personal to Lucinda. Check out the album reviews e.g. Rolling Stone Classic Rock Review & NY Times Magazine – Lucinda Williams.
When my son went back to the USA live in 2003 (from Australia) I went into a deep sadness, a weird funk. Of course he went South, to the Deep South, to his first home, Alabama, where he was born. Alabama was my home for years.
I sobbed when I played "Lake Charles" the quintessential Lucinda Williams song & the place where she was born. It's a song about Lucinda's one time boyfriend and, I think, one of her greatest songs. It always takes me back to the South &Memori broader southern regions of the USA where I lived & worked.
Living in Dallas meant I could hit the road south to Houston then head east across the Texas gulf country to Beaumont, to the state line, to Lake Charles in Louisiana. Easy drive to a region I loved. Lucinda's music, her writing, her emotion, stays with me.
'We used to drive through Lafayette and Baton Rouge in a yellow El Camino Listening to Howling Wolf …. "
"Across Lake Pontchartrain Now your soul is in Lake Charles"
This 1998 article by Margaret Moser, 'Going Back to "Lake Charles"' in the Weekly Wire ~ Austin Music tells the real story behind Lucinda's song. A sad one. But listening to Lucinda sing 'Lake Charles' is sadder.
Going Back to Lake Charles
By Margaret Moser
He had a reason to get back to Lake Charles He used to talk about it He'd just go on and on He always said Louisiana Was where he felt at home
"Lake Charles" is one of the most bittersweet songs on an album full of bittersweet songs, Lucinda Williams' Car Wheels on a Gravel Road — a song so close to the songwriter's heart that it's often difficult for her to sing, much less talk about. It's about Lucinda's one-time boyfriend, Clyde Woodward, who died long after they'd split up. Lucinda had married and divorced in the interim, but Clyde's influence was so profound that when his deterioration from cirrhosis of the liver reached its final stages in August 1991, Lucinda jumped on a plane from Los Angeles to see him before he died. Clyde died as Lucinda was in transit and she didn't get to say goodbye, but I could tell her what it was like: Clyde Woodward died as I sat on one side of him and held his hand, playing lowdown blues songs for him in those long last moments. He was born in Nacogdoches That's in East Texas Not far from the border But he liked to tell everybody He was from Lake Charles
In the song, Lucinda talks about driving in a yellow El Camino. Memories . . . My first drive in the US, my first time driving on the right side of a road in a vehicle with the steering wheel on the left, was in Huntsville, Alabama. I was first given an old red El Camino not unlike in the image below. Alone, I maneuvred that heavy clunker of a beast, a classic American Chevrolet. Whew! Afterwards, I figured they gave me that beast, not the good car, & left me to drive alone, just in case I had a mishap! What we did all those years ago. The pic below shows you what the ol' red El Camino looked like. Yes that's it. Look at it. That's the beast I had to drive. It was likely a '70s model as I moved to the USA in the early 80s. Ronald Reagan was President at the time followed by George H W Bush & Bill Clinton for 2 terms.
OK one more story from the road . . . this time I drove with my son & our cat from Orlando to Dallas. We headed north from Orlando to Interstate 10 then west across the Florida panhandle to Pensacola &to Mobile on the Alabama coastline where we stayed the night in a cheap motel. The next morning we headed west down to Biloxi in Mississippi where, still on I10, we crossed Lake Pontchartrain into New Orleans then on to Baton Rouge to Lafayette & onto Lake Charles where we got off I10 to State Highway 171 heading north to Shreveport then west into Texas, to Longview & on to Dallas. How I loved that trip with all my heart. I've always loved driving, the long haul, the further the better. And I wanted to go that way not only to see the south west part of Louisiana but because of Lucinda Williams' stories. And the only way to see the authentic USA, the raw & rootsy USA, is by road.
It's all about memories, thoughts, pangs, loss, love, friendship, family, knowing, missing . . . As I say, an ex-pat's life can be tricky . . .
And have you listened to Lucinda's latest album Good Souls Better Angels released in 2020? It met with a critical reception:
Good Souls Better Angels was met with positive reviews from critics noted at review aggregator Metacritic. This release received a weighted average score of 84 out of 100, based on 17 reviews.[4] AnyDecentMusic? sums up critical consensus as an 8.1 out of 10, with 18 reviews.[3] Jon Breen of The Irish Times gave the release five out of five stars, writing that it "punch[es] with a dark, almost biblical vengeance but also, importantly, balance vitriol with solace, hellfire with a hand in need" and praising its timely lyrics.[8] In American Songwriter, Hal Horowitz gave the release 4.5 out of five stars, writing that it is arguably her most intense album, ending his review: "By the end of the hour, you'll be wiped out. This is a devastatingly in your face, take no prisoners presentation from Williams and her band that will leave most serious listeners shattered and perhaps shaking. Few albums connect with this much pure emotional fury, let alone those from artists well into their 60s."[6] Dan Nailen of Inlander writes that this album has Williams' most direct lyrics but suffers from several songs having the same tempo.[15]
Check out the first track, "Man Without a Soul" The Rolling Stone magazine writes, 'Songwriter emasculates Trump in the first track off her upcoming album 'Good Souls Better Angels'. "Man Without a Soul" announces Williams' latest album, Good Souls Better Angels. Due April 24th via Highway 20/Thirty Tigers, the LP is the follow-up to 2017's This Sweet Old World (a re-recorded version of Williams' 1992 album Sweet Old World) and finds the Americana songwriter addressing an array of cultural and political issues, from social media persecution to a nonviable leader.
Lucinda Williams Delivers Good Souls Better Angels to World in Chaos Is Good Souls Better Angels her best album yet? Read more and listen the track here: Lucinda Williams Previews New Album With Scathing 'Man Without a Soul'
Lyrics – Man Without A Soul
You are a man without truth
A man of greed, a man of hate
A man of envy and doubt
You're a man without a soul
Will never fill that hole
You're a man bought and sold
You bring nothing good to this world
Beyond a web of cheating and stealing
You hide behind your wall of lies
But it's coming down, yeah, it's coming down
You're a man without shame
Without dignity and grace
No way to save face
How do you think this story ends
It's not a matter of how
It's just a matter of when
Cause it's coming down, yeah it's coming down
There's a darkness all around you
To cover all you're hiding
There's no light in your eyes
Now the exits will be closing
A sad life will be exposed
No dealer and no deals
Cause you're a man without a soul
How do you think this story end
Cause it's coming down,
Yeah it's coming down
Yeah, it's coming down
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In 2013 there was a debate in the Internet world about something very important. Were mermaids replacing vampires in the world of young adult literature? This was apparently very important because (at my last count) thirteen different online news blogs reported it, including The Wire, Book Riot, Huffington Post, and ABC News.
You see, ten years ago, in 2005, Stephanie Meyers revived the love of vampires with her Twilight series. After her books became a phenomenal success, there were SO MANY vampires books in the wake. The glut of them was so amazing that editors and agents are now posting on their wish lists "no vampires, please." When teenagers read all the vampire books they could handle they were ready for something new. Well, mermaids weren't the first offering. No, next up were angels. Mostly dark, brooding ones. Girls were still wanting hot guys with complicated morals. When that wore itself out, the next trend was werewolves. Same reason. Who doesn't want t read about a hot guy who can barely stay in his own skin? And the other thing about these vampires, dark angels, and werewolves? There was always some strong gal who could bring out the best in them - change them.
That leads to the next trend - probably the oddest: zombies. If you're looking for a story about how a girl changes a guy for the better, there's simply nothing better than her bringing him literally back to life.
Just two years ago everyone insisted that mermaids would be next. But why? How? Mermaid novels are pretty much bound to be about girls, not hot, brooding guys. The person doing the changing back and forth from human to paranormal creature is the girl, not the guy, and more often than not, she's doing it for a guy. 18 mermaid novels were published that year (and I'm sure that's not counting indie published titles - those numbers never do). One article heatedly argued that mermaids could never replace vampires because of the lack of sexuality, and because mermaids aren't scary.
Here's what I think. The sudden rise in mermaid books doesn't have anything to do with girls wanting to read about hot guys at all. Quite the opposite. Young women fantasy readers realized that being an anchor for a complicated guy wasn't enough anymore. Instead, they wanted to read about strong, independent young women having their own adventures and finding their own way. While there are a lot of mermaid romances (even with mermen in them), a large number of mermaid stories stay focused on a single female lead or a community of female mermaids/sirens.
One list on Goodreads has 117 mermaid themed books on it (including Cry of the Sea). Way more than 18. A lot of those original 18 books led to series, and there's been a slew of other titles since. (I didn't know mermaids were trending when my book came out in early 2014. I thought it was kind of funny to be in a trend when I'd started writing that book in 2000, five years before the paranormal YA phenomenon even began). Many are about girls who discover that they are princesses of an underwater kingdom. Quite a few are Little Mermaid knock-offs about a mermaid wishing to be human. Some are scary and about sirens luring people to their deaths. Some are about vampire mermaids. I have yet to read one of those, but I admire the irony.
Thought I'd point out that trending right alongside mermaids are witch books and fresh, feminist adaptations of fairy tales. Those are usually girl-centric stories too.
I don't know how long this mermaid book thing will last, but I know that mermaid fandoms are growing by leaps and bounds. I'm a member of eight different merfolk fan groups on Facebook, and one of them has 9,000 members. That's a lot of mermaid pictures and cosplay. In that group, several of us are authors, and I know there are two more mermaid books from them coming out before Christmas.
So, enjoy it while it lasts. Stories for every taste as long as you don't mind a big fish tail being part of the plot. And if you're looking for a mermaid story that is completely different from all the rest, check out Cry of the Sea. From what I've seen, it is the only one where the main character is human and never will be a mermaid, and the mermaids themselves are portrayed as what they might be like if they were ever discovered to be real. Feel free to leave a comment below.


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Providing Grosse Ile residents with safe water to drink is a major responsibility of the Public Services Department. Removal of solid waste via contract operation and the operation of the sanitary sewage system are also of vital importance.
The Department of Public Services maintains over 65-miles of water main, 75-miles of sewer system and numerous fire hydrants that serves over 10,300 residents. The DPS promptly responds to water main breaks to insure the least amount of disruption in service to Island residents. Our commitment is to serve the needs of the community with the dedication and professionalism the residents deserve and have come to expect.
In addition to maintaining the water and sewer system, the Department of Public Services maintains over 11-miles of bike paths throughout the Township in regards to mowing, sweeping and cleaning, and winter maintenance. The DPS is the overseer on gravel roads for dust control in dry weather season and for crack sealing of roads; ice and snow removal of Township properties; storm water management; drainage maintenance. The department oversees the contract operations of the Waste Water Treatment Plant, which includes five lift stations and the basin.


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S. 770 (115th): NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act
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Mar 29, 2017: Introduced Sep 11, 2017: Reported by Senate Committee Sep 28, 2017: Passed the Senate Jul 25, 2018: Passed the House with an Amendment Aug 2, 2018: Passed Congress
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(Select Other Version) Mar 29, 2017: Introduced Sep 11, 2017: Reported by Senate Committee Jul 25, 2018: Passed the House with an Amendment Aug 2, 2018: Passed Congress
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
AN ACT
To require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to disseminate resources to help reduce small business cybersecurity risks, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Making Available Information Now to Strengthen Trust and Resilience and Enhance Enterprise Technology Cybersecurity Act of 2017 or the MAIN STREET Cybersecurity Act of 2017 .
Congress makes the following findings:
Small businesses play a vital role in the economy of the United States, accounting for 54 percent of all United States sales and 55 percent of jobs in the United States.
Attacks targeting small and medium businesses account for a high percentage of cyberattacks in the United States.
The Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 (15 U.S.C. 7421 et seq.) calls on the National Institute of Standards and Technology to facilitate and support a voluntary public-private partnership to reduce cybersecurity risks to critical infrastructure. Such a partnership continues to play a key role in improving the cyber resilience of the United States and making cyberspace safer.
There is a need to develop simplified resources that are consistent with the partnership described in paragraph (3) that improves its use by small businesses.
Improving cybersecurity of small businesses
The term Director means the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
The term resources means guidelines, tools, best practices, standards, methodologies, and other ways of providing information.
Small business concern
The term small business concern has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).
Small business cybersecurity
Section 2(e)(1)(A) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 272(e)(1)(A)) is amended—
in clause (vii), by striking and at the end;
by redesignating clause (viii) as clause (ix); and
by inserting after clause (vii) the following:
(viii)
consider small business concerns (as defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)); and
Dissemination of resources for small businesses
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director, in carrying out section 2(e)(1)(A)(viii) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act, as added by subsection (b) of this Act, in consultation with the heads of such other Federal agencies as the Director considers appropriate, shall disseminate clear and concise resources for small business concerns to help reduce their cybersecurity risks.
The Director shall ensure that the resources disseminated pursuant to paragraph (1)—
are generally applicable and usable by a wide range of small business concerns;
vary with the nature and size of the implementing small business concern, and the nature and sensitivity of the data collected or stored on the information systems or devices of the implementing small business concern;
include elements that promote awareness of simple, basic controls, a workplace cybersecurity culture, and third party stakeholder relationships, to assist small business concerns in mitigating common cybersecurity risks;
are technology-neutral and can be implemented using technologies that are commercial and off-the-shelf; and
are based on international standards to the extent possible, and are consistent with the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.).
National cybersecurity awareness and education program
The Director shall ensure that the resources disseminated under paragraph (1) are consistent with the efforts of the Director under section 401 of the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 (15 U.S.C. 7451).
Small business development center cyber strategy
In carrying out paragraph (1), the Director, to the extent practicable, shall consider any methods included in the Small Business Development Center Cyber Strategy developed under section 1841(a)(3)(B) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328).
Voluntary resources
The use of the resources disseminated under paragraph (1) shall be considered voluntary.
The Director shall review and, if necessary, update the resources disseminated under paragraph (1) in accordance with the requirements under paragraph (2).
Public availability
The Director and such heads of other Federal agencies as the Director considers appropriate shall each make prominently available to the public on the Director's or head's Internet website, as the case may be, information about the resources and all updates to them disseminated under paragraph (1). The Director and the heads shall each ensure that the information they respectively make prominently available is consistent, clear, and concise.
Consistency of resources published by Federal agencies
If a Federal agency publishes resources to help small business concerns reduce their cybersecurity risks, the head of such Federal agency, to the degree practicable, shall make such resources consistent with the resources disseminated under subsection (c)(1).
Other Federal cybersecurity requirements
Nothing in this section may be construed to supersede, alter, or otherwise affect any cybersecurity requirements applicable to Federal agencies.
Passed the Senate September 28, 2017.

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I spent two years at Montclair Teacher's College and married Jim Leap (from our class) a year later. We lived in San Diego for a few months while he was in the Marines, but other than that we have lived locally ever since. I worked as a telephone rep. for Bell Telephone for three years before having children and then went crazy staying home. I worked part-time through the years at an animal hospital, a real estate office, an accountant's office, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University master's program at FAA (NAFEC), and finally at Jim's insurance office. Since the work is not physically demanding, and we like our customers, we haven't retired yet. Working part-time has always left enough time for wife, mother, and grandmother activities. We have 3 sons and 9 grandchildren from 5 to 14 years old (the oldest will go to Mainland this fall). We are fortunate to have them all live locally and enjoy seeing them often. Jim and I became Christians in our early 30s and have enjoyed teaching Sunday School and most everything else that goes with serving the Lord.


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EaglesTracker Awards (1st Edition) - 2019/2020 Season
28 Agusta, 2020 Ayotunde Ogala
The EaglesTracker Awards is an annual event which will take place for the first time on Friday at 7:30pm via our social media platforms. The event will celebrate the best performers, selected from over 250 Nigerian players that we tracked during the 2019/2020 season.
The 2019/2020 football season has undoubtedly been one to remember, for many reasons, including some, unrelated to football. Football players from around the world have had to overcome the issues of the pandemic just like the rest of us, yet they did not fail to keep us engaged and entertained.
It is time for us to celebrate the Most Outstanding Nigerian Footballers from around the world during this hopefully 'Once in a Lifetime' 2019/2020 season.
AWARDS SCHEDULE
Team of the Season: Fri Aug 28
A selection of the Best XI of Nigerian Footballers based on performances during the 2019/2020 season.
Rookie of the Season: Sat Aug 29
Awarded to the Best Player aged 21 years or younger, playing in their first full season as a member of the first team squad.
Revelation of the Season: Sat Aug 29
Awarded to the player who was the biggest positive surprise in their football club this season.
Most Improved Player of the Season: Sat Aug 29
Awarded to the player who made the most improvements on the field, from their previous season.
Players' Player of the Season: Sunday Aug 30
Awarded to the player voted by their peers as the most outstanding player of the season.
Player of the Season: Sunday Aug 30
Awarded to the player selected by our editors as the most outstanding player of the season.
Who will take home these coveted crowns ?
The 1st Ever #ETAwards begins at 7:30pm today with our Team of the Season Announcement.
The period under review includes all competitive matches played (excluding Internationals), between Aug 1, 2019 and Aug 25, 2020
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Q: undefined reference to "Fucntion" from another file i dont know where is the problem,i have defined the function in the header file and im calling it in the main using include "stack.h",
undefined reference to`init' all 3 are located in the same file
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "stack.h"
int main()
{

struct Stack s1;
int choice;
init(&s1,5);

stack.c
#include "stack.h"
void init(struct Stack *st, int size)
{
st->pin = (int *) malloc(size * sizeof(int));
st->head = 0;
st->size = size;
}
int push(struct Stack *st, int element)

{
if (st->head == st->size)
{
    return 0;
}
st->pin[st->head] = element;
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int pop(struct Stack *st, int *element)
{
if(st->head == 0)
{
    return 0;
}
st->head--;
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return 1;
}

stack.h
#ifndef stack
#define stack

struct Stack{
   int *pin;
   int head;
   int size;
};

void init(struct Stack *st, int size);

int push(struct Stack *st, int element);

int pop(struct Stack *st, int *element);

#endif

A: Are you using Linux makefile/vc++ project to build executable.
In linux makefile parlance, you need to link stack.o and main.o  (created from compiling stack.c and main.c) to create the final executable. (vc++ project should do it for you  behind the scene)
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The scorching heat of summer left me tanned real bad, but that does not stop me from wearing my summer dresses. 😉 I am all about floral and bright colours this summer… 🙂 I picked up this beautiful floral print knee length dress from Van Heusen. I love its pleated style. It altogether gives it a different look. It instantly grabbed my attention and I had to own this gorgeous piece. It always feels great to go with our feminine style and this dress is perfectly apt for it, it is so beautiful, flattering and chic. I love the print on it! Do you like it too?? I could totally rock this outfit to a casual dinner, party, date night, lunch with girlfriends or any other occasion.
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Neil Munro, The Hypocrisy Of His Interruption!
When internet White House correspondent Neil Munro interrupted President Obama a few days ago, I wasn't shocked by rudeness of his act, I was stunned by the hypocrisy of what he was saying. You've already heard his rant, now hear mine by visiting my Listen Here! page.
My father is no longer with us, so every Father's Day reminds me about how much I miss him. He was a guiding light in my life who worked on a GM assembly line for over thirty years. He was union and proud of it. He knew that his union, The United Auto Workers was looking out for his best interests.
His union was a true manifestation of "Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself", it was every co-worker looking out for each other's well being by speaking out in one loud, unified voice. The benefits and wages that they gained in hard fought negotiations let my dad give his family a middle class lifestyle. He took great pride in what his union job allowed him to do for his family. He had close ties to his union brothers and sisters and many of his fellow union members were more like extended members of our family.
We were raised to respect unions and the wonderful things they do for working people and America. We were taught at an early age that one of the lowest creatures in existence is a scab, a person who crosses a picket line during a strike. That person wasn't just crossing a picket line, he or she was showing every worker at that plant that his or her selfish need to make a quick buck is more important than their well being and that of their families. Luckily, scabs were a rarity in those days as everyone had respect for everyone else.
My father would not recognize or like today's America, a place that no longer gives working people a fair shake and where worker is turned against worker by corporate sponsored political TV ads. We have become a nation of mentally lazy, self-absorbed people who are willing to let the mainstream media tell them how to think and vote. Many of our unions find it easier to get in bed with a political party that is gradually killing them because the other party wants to wipe them out instantly. We have become a nation divided.
Dad, Happy Father's Day. I'm still here keeping the faith and hope that many more will join me!
Scott Walker, A Clear And Present Danger To Democracy!
Scott Walker is a man on a mission which was assigned to him by his corporate masters. That mission is to wipe out as many unions as he can, making Wisconsin a mini third-world country where corporations can hire low wage, employees with reduced expectations and little hope for a better life. In his vision, Wisconsin will become a place where there is an abundance of minimum wage jobs with little or no benefits.
He has already proven that he will use any means at his disposal to help his corporate benefactors accomplish their goals, even if it is at odds with the democratic process. This Tuesday, Wisconsinites will have the opportunity to rectify a mistake that they made when they elected Walker and to send a clear message to other corporate owned Governors like Florida's Rick Scott. Let's take back our country one state at a time!
Wisconsinites, get out there and VOTE!!!


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Massive area fentanyl bust, enough to kill everyone in NC, used high-level wiretap
Joel Burgess
Asheville Citizen Times
ASHEVILLE - A March fentanyl bust in Buncombe and Mecklenburg counties used a high-level wiretap and netted enough of the potent drug to kill the entire state population, according to updated reports about the joint operation involving federal, state and local law enforcement.
New statements about the bust surfaced after a July 22 Asheville Police Department search warrant involving two men — Gabe Ray Hogan Jr., 44, and Theodus Laray Hammond, 35, — who had been arrested in March but were out on bond, police said.
The nine-month investigation, announced in March by the State Bureau of Investigation, preceded the arrest of the men and seven other people. Investigators seized cash, "numerous high-end vehicles and jewelry," SBI spokeswoman Angie Grube said.
At the time Grube said the investigation lasted seven months and found 19 kilograms of the fentanyl, as well as $800,000.
But according to the recent warrant and new information from Asheville Police Department spokeswoman Christina Hallingse, the investigation lasted another two months and seizures increased to $900,000 and 23 grams of fentanyl.
The opioid painkiller is many times more powerful than heroin and is typically prescribed to treat severe pain but now frequently appears as an illegal street drug mixed with other narcotics. In January, APD warned of fentanyl that was circulating that had led to five suspected overdose deaths in 48 hours.
"According to the DEA's Facts About Fentaynyl 1 kilogram of Fentanyl can kill 500,000 people," Hallingse said in an Aug. 5 email. "During that investigation, 23 kilograms of fentanyl was seized. According to the DEA, this would kill 11.5 million people. To put in reference, the state of North Carolina has a population of 10.5 million."
The Henderson County Sheriff's Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration joined the SBI and APD in the operation, officials said.
More: Man arrested with 90.6 grams of fentanyl, more than $14,000 in cash
While the initial announcement did not describe any of operation's methods, the July 22 APD search warrant revealed that investigators obtained permission for electronic surveillance that requires high-level approval.
APD Detective Steven Hendricks sought the warrant after he said officers stopped Hogan and Hammond in a car on July 21 while surveilling what a complainant had called "a known drug house" on Howard Street in the East West Asheville neighborhood.
In March, the men had been charged with continuing criminal enterprise and multiple counts of Level III conspiracy to traffic opium/heroin, crimes that can carry minimum sentences of decades in prison. Hammond had posted bail for a $50,000 bond and Hogan a $150,000 bond and were released, Hallingse said.
The two men and their attorneys could not be reached for comment.
Hogan admitted to having marijuana, Hendricks said, and officers searched the vehicle but were unable to open the trunk. In the warrant, the detective requested that officers be able to use a portable video scope, or "snake camera, a thermal imaging periscope and other devices.
Hendricks wrote that the men had been arrested in a "Title III wire investigation" in the fentanyl operation.
With a few exceptions, wiretapping without a court order is a felony, according to Jeff Welty, UNC public law professor. The order may be sought from a federal judge "only if a high-level official within the U.S. attorney general's office approves the application in connection with an investigation into certain enumerated crimes," Welty said in a UNC School of Government publication on law enforcement access to electronic communications.
Hendricks said "detectives were able to intercept numerous calls between Hammond" and another man who had been charged, Anthony Corderra Ellison. They described different vehicles that they owned with hidden compartments, he said.
Hogan, who owned the vehicle, had been placed "in charge of drug trafficking operations in Asheville," the detective said.
The July 22 search revealed no illegal substances, Hallingse said. Hammond was charged with possession with intent to sell/distribute marijuana, she said.
Those charged and arrested as of March 10:
Theodus Hammond
Continuing Criminal Enterprise.
Conspiracy to Traffic Opium/Heroin (Level III) - 7 counts.
Oct. 13 court date.
Anthony Ellison
Conspiracy to Traffic Opium/Heroin (Level III) – 5 counts.
Demond Hammond
Conspiracy to Traffic Opium/Heroin (Level III).
No court date listed.
Michael Shands
Conspiracy to Traffic Cocaine (Level I).
Aug. 6 court date.
Tyquan Ward
Ray Ailes
Tahja Finley
Gabe Hogan
Aug. 17 court date.
Devone Maceo James
Oct. 7 court date.
Joel Burgess has lived in WNC for more than 20 years, covering politics, government and other news. He's written award-winning stories on topics ranging from gerrymandering to police use of force. Please help support this type of journalism with a subscription to the Citizen Times.


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It's another sleepless night. Tonight, I'm thinking over whether to transfer the two domains I own, which are both registered with different providers, to one. A third one, that is, because both of my current providers have problems. The one I use for this blog is fine as long as I don't need to change anything, but it requires a shitload of information if you haven't memorized your password and you do want to make changes.
I don't need 7500MB of space and 75GB of data for just my E-mail and I don't want to pay for it either. While the hosting isn't terribly expensive for what they offer, the 7500MB/75GB package is their only product. I could pay a third of the price for a small package at where I want to move to.
Either they or I screwed up the control panel. Not that I did anything to it, but half of the functions that are supposed to be in there, including installing applications, are hidden far away. Their application installer is rather unusual too, so I keep getting errors when trying to install apps. Could be because I've been playing with apps through FTP (because again the installer wouldn't work) when I still used FTP. Which, by the way, I won't be using again unless anyone can recommend a good FTP client that isn't loaded with junkware. I just screwed up my computer with a used-to-be-trusted client. But I digress. The hosting provider I want to move to, has INstallatron as their installer, which is basically standard stuff. So if I want to build a site anyway, I could.
I keep getting certification errors when trying to log in to DirectAdmin. This could be normal, but I don't trust this.
Most importantly for my current usage of this package, I hate their extensive spam filter. It's a spam filter that sits before the server, so you don't get to even see your spam messages if you want to. This has led to E-mail from several forums and social networking sites not getting through. I could disalble the thing as it isn't a standard feature, but their basic spam filter is really hard to work. I don't know of course whether another provider has a better spam filter. What I'd look for is something where you can just click a button on an E-mail message to mark it as spam and it learns this way.
Then this whole thought led me to thinking of self-hosting my blog too. I don't know whether that'd be much harder than working WordPress.com, and in fact I have some experience self-hosting a blog that went pretty smoothly (though no-one ever visited and I only had it for like a week or two). Both the good thing and the bad thing is that it allows for more customization. It's good because, if it works, I can set up more functionality and usability. It's bad because, if it doesn't work, I might (or more likely will) just screw up my blog. At least this way I will avoid getting "you should self-host" as an answer to all my WordPress questions in blogging groups. As a side note, even if I don't end up choosing to self-host, I may want to move my domain name because at my current provider I pay like E22,50 a year whereas it's E7,99 elsewhere.
I don't know why these thoughts keep me awake. Last Wednesday, it was trying to find a good private journaling site after all software I tried, even the one that could've been great, failed to meet my expectations. I haven't yet made up my mind on that one.
Technology isn't the only thing keeping me up at night. Another thing is just a terribly melancholic mood. This evening, I joined some Dutch preemie parent groups. The members have been very supportive, but I keep rewriting my words just to make sure I don't sound like I'm bashing my parents. Apparently I did with last Monday's post. After writing that one, I also couldn't sleep much at all.
As a result of both the technological and emotional navel-gazing, my circadian rythm has been pretty non-circadian lately. I end up sleeping at the weirdest of moments and at least staying up most nights. I am therefore choosing "night" as my word of the week.
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is a banded variety of the oxide mineral chalcedony. Agate and onyx are both varieties of layered chalcedony that differ only in the form of the bands: agate has curved bands and onyx has parallel bands. The colors of its bands range from white to almost every color (save some shades, such as purple or blue).
Commonly, specimens of onyxo contain bands of black and/or white.Onyxo is a banded variety of the oxide mineral chalcedony. Agate and onyx are both varieties of layered chalcedony that differ only in the form of the bands: agate has curved bands and onyxo has parallel bands.
The colors of its bands range from college essay writing service white to almost every color (save some shades, such as purple or blue). Commonly, specimens of onyxo contain bands of black and/or white.
Red onyxo"A photograph of 6 smooth black pebbles with white markings which are arranged in a circle"Black onyx with bands of colorsOnyxo is formed of bands of chalcedony in alternating colors. It is cryptocrystalline, consisting of fine intergrowths of the silica minerals quartz and moganite. Its bands are parallel to one another, as opposed to the more chaotic banding that often occurs in agates.
Sardonyxo is a variant in which the colored bands are sard (shades of red) rather than black. Black onyx is perhaps the most famous variety, but is not as common as onyxo with colored bands. Artificial treatments have been used since ancient times to produce both the black color in "black onyxo" and the reds and yellows in sardonyxo. Most "black onyxo" on the market is artificially colored.
Imitations and treatmentsThe name has also commonly been used also to label other banded materials, such as banded calcite found in Mexico, India, and other places, and often carved, polished and sold. This material is much softer than true onyxo, and much more readily available. The majority of carved items sold as "onyxo" today are this carbonate material.
Artificial onyx types have also been produced from common chalcedony and plain agates. The first-century naturalist Pliny the Elder described these techniques being used in Roman times. Treatments for producing black and other colors include soaking or boiling chalcedony in sugar solutions, then treating with sulfuric or hydrochloric acid to carbonize sugars which had been absorbed into the top layers of the stone. These techniques are still used, as well as other dyeing treatments, and most so-called "black onyx" sold is artificially treated. In addition to dye treatments, heating and treatment with nitric acid have been used to lighten or eliminate undesirable colors.
Geographic occurrenceOnyx is a gemstone found in various regions of the world including Yemen, Uruguay, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Germany, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Madagascar, Latin America, the UK, and various states in the US.[1]
Historic useA photograph showing a roughly rectangular gem set in a gold frame with 2 carved panels with various figures carved in shallow from translucent white chalcedony against a solid black backgroundThe Gemma Augustea is a Roman cameo produced 9–12 AD and carved in a two-layered onyx gem (19 × 23 cm)It has a long history of use for hardstone carving and jewelry, where it is usually cut as a cabochon or into beads. It has also been used for intaglio and hardstone cameo engraved gems, where the bands make the image contrast with the ground.Some onyx is natural but much of the material in commerce is produced by the staining of agate.
Onyx was used in Egypt as early as the Second Dynasty to make bowls and other pottery items.Use of sardonyx appears in the art of Minoan Crete, notably from the archaeological recoveries at Knossos.
Brazilian green onyx was often used as plinths for art deco sculptures created in the 1920s and 1930s. The German sculptor Ferdinand Preiss used Brazilian green onyx for the base on the majority of his chryselephantine sculptures.Green onyx was also used for trays and pin dishes – produced mainly in Austria – often with small bronze animals or figures attached.
Onyx is mentioned in the Bible many times. Sardonyx (onyx in which white layers alternate with sard) is mentioned in the Bible as well.[19]
Onyx was known to the Ancient Greeks and Romans. The first-century naturalist Pliny the Elder described both type of onyx and various artificial treatment techniques in his Naturalis Historia.
Slabs of onyx (from the Atlas Mountains) were famously used by Mies van der Rohe in Villa Tugendhat at Brno (completed 1930) to create a shimmering semi-translucent interior wall.
The Hôtel de la Païva in Paris is noted for its yellow onyx décor, and the new Mariin sky Theatre Second Stage in St.Petersburg uses yellow onyx in the lobby.
SuperstitionsThe ancient Romans entered battle carrying amulets of sardonyx engraved with Mars, the god of war. This was believed to bestow courage in battle. In Renaissance Europe, wearing sardonyx was believed to bestow eloquence. A traditional Persian belief is that it helped with epilepsy. Sardonyx was traditionally used by English midwives to ease childbirth by laying it between the breasts of the mother.
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Q: How to increment a shell variable in an awk action My shell script is something like this:
#!/bin/bash

global_var=0

func() {
 awk '$1 ~/^pattern/ {global_var=$((global_var+1))}' $1
}

func input_file_name

I want to increment the global (shell) variable global_var inside the awk action. How to do so? Normal shell style incrementing does not seem to be working.

A: Try this:
func() {
 awk '$1~/^pattern/ {++awk_var} END {print awk_var+0}' "$1"
}

shell_var=$(func input_file_name)

The shell and awk are separate worlds, and you should treat them as such(*) (which, in effect, you're already doing, by enclosing your awk program in single quotes, which prevents the shell from expanding any shell variable references in your akw program string).
Thus, use an awk[-internal] variable to perform your counting (awk_var) and output it after having finished processing the input file (in the END block, using print to output the awk variable to stdout - the +0 part is to ensure that the output defaults to 0 in case NO match was found.)
Note that, generally, awk variables need no explicit initialization, because they default to 0 in numerical and Boolean contexts, and to "" (empty string) in string contexts).
Also note that awk has its own syntax, and shell constructs such as $((...)) for arithmetic expansion do not apply. Generally, awk variables are referred to just by name (no $ prefix), and arithmetic operations such as ++ can be applied directly.
Using command substitution - $(...) - in the shell then allows you to capture output from the awk command.
In your specific case you have no need to pass variable values into the awk program, but if you needed to do that, you'd use one or more instances of  awk's -v option; e.g.: awk -v awk_var="$shell_var" ...
On the shell (bash) side, if you wanted to add awk's output to the shell variable instead of just assigning it:
declare -i shell_var                # make sure variable is an integer
shell_var+=$(func input_file_name)  # add function's output to existing value

(*) The shell and awk have completely separate namespaces that have no direct way of interacting with one another: awk has no concept of shell variables, and the shell has no concept of awk variables.
It is technically feasible, but ill-advised to integrate shell variable VALUES into an awk program - by using a double-quoted string to represent the awk program in which you reference shell variable VALUES, which are then expanded by the shell ONCE, BEFORE the string gets passed as a program to awk.
What you CANNOT do is to modify a shell variable from inside an awk program.
Since it gets complicated quickly as to which parts of the awk program are interpreted by the shell up front vs. which parts are interpreted by awk later (where '$ has special meaning too, for instance), the best approach is to:

*

*use a single-quoted string to represent the awk program, so as to protect it from interpretation by the shell

*if values need to be passed in, use instances of the -v option

*if something needs to be passed out, print to stdout from awk and use command substitution or redirection to capture it via the shell.


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Иодат золота(III) — неорганическое соединение,
соль металла золота и иодноватой кислоты с формулой Au(IO),
жёлтые кристаллы,
растворяется в воде.

Получение
 Действие иодата калия на хлорид золота(III):

Физические свойства
Иодат золота(III) образует жёлтые кристаллы.

Хорошо растворяется в воде.

Литература

Соединения золота
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2Activism and philosophy
3Dissolution
4Personnel
5Discography and videography
Rockbitch
British band
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Rockbitch performing Breathe (video)
Julie Worland
Lisa Wills ("Babe")
Amanda Smith-Skinner
Nikki Fay
Joanne Heeley
Tony Skinner ("the Beast")
"Luci"
"Chloe"
Suna Dasi ("Kali")
Martina ("Erzulie")
rockbitch.com/html/Home.html
Rockbitch was a British, mostly female, lesbian and bisexual metal band, who performed nude and incorporated sexual acts and Pagan rituals into their performances.[1]
Rockbitch was originally formed in 1984 as Cat Genetica by bassist Amanda Smith-Skinner ("the Bitch") and guitarist Tony Skinner ("the Beast"). The band was later renamed Red Abyss,[2] in 1989, and drew band members from the matriarchal, polyamorous, pagan, feminist community of which Smith-Skinner was a member.[3]
Musically, Red Abyss drew on jazz, funk and rock influences dominated by singer Julie Worland's Janis Joplin–influenced vocals. In time, their music took on harder punk and metal influences. Red Abyss became Rockbitch with the lineup change of Jo Heeley on drums.[when?] The lineup varied over the years to include 'Luci the Stage Slut', 'The Haema-Whore', and Kali and Erzulie—the 'Sex Magik Priestesses'.
The former two were primarily a combination of sexual performance artists and gonzo-camera team, capturing closeups of stage action projected on the wall behind the band while performing. They were also responsible for the cued playing of prepared art videos of subject matter relating to the songs. This included female genital mutilation, eating disorders, body dysmorphia, and menstruation taboos.
The band toured Germany, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, the UK (but were banned from venues in Scotland), Italy, Spain, Finland, Slovenia, Czech Republic and Estonia, as well as a promotional tour in Canada.
Rockbitch became infamous not only for performing live sex acts but also doing so with audience members via "The Golden Condom". During their shows, a condom was tossed into the crowd; whoever caught it (male or female) was taken backstage for sexual acts with band members.[4]
The members of the band lived together as a polyamorous commune in a house in France.[5][6]
In 1997, Rockbitch made tabloid headlines after they played at a school for pre-teen children, although for this particular concert they changed their name to "Rocky Beaches", wore modest clothes, and sang non-sexual songs.[7][8]
Rockbitch toured widely from approximately 1998 until 2002, meeting increasing resistance from authorities, particularly English, German and Norwegian town councils who often banned their concerts. The band were often forced to find alternative venues to perform.
After an event in Almelo, Netherlands, TVAmsterdam arranged a concert in Zaandam, recording the experience and adding extra footage to create the documentary "Bitchcraft".
The Rockbitch line-up became entirely female in 2000. Original lead guitarist Tony "The Beast" Skinner retired, taking over management/production. Lisa "Babe" Wills took lead guitar duties, while Luci, previously "Stage Slut" (one of the nude dancers and sexual band/crowd liaisons), took over rhythm guitar.
Babe stated in 2002, "Rockbitch had no problem with lads out for seeing breasts, as they were a component of the audience, there were always others seeing the deeper meaning and both groups had a good time. They generally made up for a great combined atmosphere".[9]
In 2003, the band received a Lifetime Achievement award from the Sexual Freedom Awards.[10]
Activism and philosophy[edit]
Members lent their voices to female and sexual issues, were winners of the yearly prize at the Sex Maniacs Ball (now Night of the Senses) founded by Tuppy Owens, openly voiced their admiration for sexual politics icons such as Annie Sprinkle and Betty Dodson, and generally advocated for open female sexuality as a healthy part of human nature. In an extension of the 1970s feminist statement that 'the personal is the political', they stated that no feminist movement was complete without female sexuality being re-examined, redefined and expressed in whatever shape it took by women themselves. They saw rock music as the perfect medium to do so, as it had been the arena for the expression of masculine sexuality for so long, whereas women's bodies were often a marketing spice to add interest to a product rather than a source of personal empowerment.[11][12]
The group described themselves as having a free-love and pansexual communal philosophy.[13]
Dissolution[edit]
After the release of its first studio album, Motor Driven Bimbo, Rockbitch were increasingly pressured to censor their stage performances by their record company. They refused and successfully negotiated a release from their contract.
A second, goth-influenced album, titled Psychic Attack, was never released.
The band took care never to break any laws regarding the content of their stage shows in any country or territory. Continued attention from British police about their sexually driven themes and performances combined with local council opposition to their adult-only shows. Underhanded pressure on venue owners regarding liquor and performance licenses resulted in difficulties performing live—even when venue owners were positive towards the band. Tours were booked and then dates pulled with only days to spare. The frustration and problems this created led to Rockbitch ceasing performing live in 2002.
Rockbitch were the subject of many documentaries and featured in many shows. Amongst others, Rockbitch were the subject of a 30-minute documentary on BBC Choice the same year.[9] A further, hour-long documentary was broadcast on Channel 5 in the UK in 2003.[14] Award-winning director Norman Hull made 'This is Rockbitch' in 2003.[15] They can still be spotted in repeats of 'Sexcetera'.
In 2005, the entire latter-day Rockbitch lineup emerged under the name MT-TV. This was a music-only project—no sex or nudity of the Rockbitch days—but it incorporated stage theatrics and provided sociosexual-based political comment through its lyrics. After a UK tour in summer 2005, they performed throughout the United States. The first part of their US tour was documented on the DVD 'Shevolution', released by Blackwing Films in 2006.
The most recent program, released in 2017, is a Swedish documentary on the rise in popularity of witchcraft and its feminist connections. The first film crew to be allowed access behind the commune walls since the cessation of the Rockbitch live performances, the documentary contains a recap of their musical career, and provides insight into their pagan/witchcraft roots with how it underpinned their music and interviews with Babe.[16]
Amanda and Jo subsequently went on to form the band Syren with singer/songwriter Erin Bennett, who joined the Rockbitch commune in 2006. In 2012, Jo died of breast cancer. Amanda gave up her musical career shortly after. Erin Bennett subsequently continued as a solo artist with a backing band that contains some ex-members of Rockbitch, discarding the name Syren and performing as Erin Bennett and the EB Band. In the last two years, the band have undergone a complete rebranding and are now touring as a ProgRock band under the name EBB.[17]
Julie, the lead singer of Rockbitch, continues her musical career under the name Krow, creating hard dance music in the style of Noise Terror Punk EDM. Her music and video were also featured in the Swedish documentary.[18]
Personnel[edit]
The personnel were as follows:
Julie Worland: Vocals
"Luci": Guitar (from 2000, previously dancer and sex performer)
Amanda Smith-Skinner ("the Bitch"): bass
Nikki Fay: piano, flute[19]
Joanne Heeley (2 November 1972 – 11 January 2012): drums
Lisa Wills ("Babe"): lead guitar, backing vocals (also webmistress)[20]
Tony Skinner ("the Beast"): guitar on Motor Driven Bimbo and producer of both studio albums
"Chloe": dancer, sex performer
Suna Dasi ("Kali"): dancer, sex performer
Martina ("Erzulie"): dancer, sex performer
Discography and videography[edit]
Luci's Love Child (as Red Abyss) (1992) (Eurock)
Rockbitch Live In Amsterdam (1997) (Crystal Rock Syndicate – doCD)
Bitchcraft (concert and documentary video, 1997, subsequently released on DVD) not available in countries like USA, Japan
The Bitch O'Clock News (reports and clips video, 1998) made for audiences in USA and Japan
Motor Driven Bimbo (1999) (Steamhammer)
Psychic Attack (unreleased) (2002)
Sex, Death and Magick (concert/documentary video, 2002)
This is Rockbitch (documentary video, 2003)
^ "This is Rock Bitch". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 January 2004. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
^ "We Reviewed 500+ Gadgets Products-WBITW Cover You from Scam". Archived from the original on 6 January 2015.
^ "About Rockbitch". MTV. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
^ "This is Rock Bitch - Joost". 30 August 2009. Archived from the original on 30 August 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
^ Charlotte Richardson Andrews (5 July 2012). "The 'slut rock' of Butcher Babies pales next to music's true female adventurers". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
^ "Rockbitch". MusicMight. 2009. Archived from the original on 14 December 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
^ "Official RockBitch on The Girlie Show". Channel 4. 1997. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
^ "Official RockBitch on the Jonathan Ross Show". BBC. 1997. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
^ a b "Big Brother's Anna Nolan gets her very own BBC series". BBC. 16 January 2002. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
^ Owens, Tuppy. "HIGHLIGHTS OVER THE YEARS". Sexual Freedom Awards. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
^ "The Diamond Condom Award 1998". www.rockbitch.tv. Archived from the original on 27 October 2000. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^ Luiz Carlos Barata Cichetto (16 May 2012). "Rockbitch: Sexo e Rock Debaixo da Saia da Rainha" (in Portuguese). pt:Whiplash.net. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
^ Purves, Libby (14 March 2017). "How two girls from a pansexual heavy metal band taught me that karma is a Rockbitch". The New Statesman. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
^ Lorraine Smith (16 May 2003). "This is Rockbitch". The F-Word (feminist blog). Retrieved 27 December 2014.
^ "This Is Rockbitch". IMDb.com. 20 September 2003. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
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^ "HOME". Ebbband.com. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
^ "About". Asthekrowflies.com. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
^ Nikki at AllMusic
^ Babe at AllMusic
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