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Long Income King's Cross London Investment
54-58 Caledonian Road | King's Cross | London | N1 9DP
subject to contract
5.78% NIY
RATEABLE VALUE
INVESTMENT CONSIDERATIONS
DATA ROOM AND CLICKTOPURCHASE®
An opportunity to acquire a Freehold investment in a prime Central London area;
The property is located within close proximity to the new King's Cross development area;
In excess of 17 years unexpired lease term, without tenant breaks;
5 yearly rent reviews to the higher of: passing rent, open market and RPI subject to a cap of 5% per annum;
Hostel (Sui Generis) use;
Landlord only break option (without penalty) in 2026;
6,253 sq ft GIA
Medium term redevelopment opportunity, subject to planning;
£4,750,000, subject to contract;
Net initial yield of 5.78%;
Capital value of £760 per sq ft which is at a discount to the vacant possession value
The subject property is situated in King's Cross, within the London Borough of Islington.
King's Cross is one of the largest regeneration projects in Europe. The 67-acre site is owned by the King's Cross Central Limited Partnership, a joint venture between developer Argent and pension fund AustralianSuper. It is undergoing a huge transformation which, according to the development's website, will feature 50 new buildings, 1,900 new homes, 20 new streets, 10 new public parks and squares and 26 acres of open space. A number of global businesses such as Google, YouTube, Facebook, Havas, Universal Music and Louis Vuitton have all chosen to locate here. As a result, King's Cross has become one of the most attractive places to live, work and visit in London. For further information see here.
King's Cross is home to some of London's renowned sites including The British Library and Central Saint Martins, the world-famous arts and design college.
King's Cross is an exceptional national and international travel hub. The two major railway stations of King's Cross and St Pancras provide mainline rail services throughout the UK. St Pancras International is home to Eurostar with direct services throughout Europe including Paris, Brussels and Lille. King's Cross Underground station provides access to the Victoria, Piccadilly, Northern, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City lines, and is within Zone 1. In addition, Euston Station is approximately 500 metres away.
The City of London and Docklands are situated to the south-east, approximately 5 km (3 miles) and 13 km (8 miles) respectively. London City Airport is approximately 14km (9 miles) to the south-east, Heathrow Airport approximately 31km (19 miles) to the south-west, Luton Airport 51km (32 miles) to the north and Gatwick Airport 48km (30 miles) to the south.
The subject property benefits from excellent communications and is within a couple of hundred metres of King's Cross Station and St Pancras mainline and underground stations.
The property occupies a prominent position on the east side of Caledonian Road (A5204), close to its junction with the A501 Pentonville Road / Euston Road. The newly developed Institute of Physics, a £13.5 million scheme which opened in 2018, is directly opposite. This section of Caledonian Road is characterised by a mixture of commercial and residential use. The property benefits from being located within easy walking distance of the many amenities surrounding one of the busiest transport hubs in the country.
The property comprises a four-storey building arranged over lower ground, ground and two upper floors. We understand the building was constructed in the mid to late nineteenth century as three separate terraced town houses which have subsequently been converted into one single building, currently used as a hostel.
The building is of traditional brick construction and has been extended at lower ground floor level to the rear, to provide additional accommodation.
The entire property is used for the purposes of a hostel providing short-stay accommodation for youths and tourists. The property extends to 21 rooms / dormitories (including 6 private bedrooms) and 114 bed spaces. There are WC and shower facilities on each floor plus a communal kitchen, bar area and launderette on the lower ground floor.
The property has been measured by BKR Floor Plans and provides the following areas:
Lower Ground Floor 239.31 sq m 2,576 sq ft
Ground Floor 122.07 sq m 1,314 sq ft
First Floor 108.60 sq m 1,169 sq ft
Second Floor 110.92 sq m 1,194 sq ft
Total 580.90 sq m 6,253 sq ft
A set of floor plans is available to download and the measured survey report will be re-addressed to a purchaser at a cost of £495 + VAT.
According to the Valuation Office website the rateable value for the property is as follows:
54-58 Caledonian Road Hostel and premises £76,500
The business rate multiplier is 50.4 pence per pound.
The property is not a Listed Building and is situated within the Keystone Crescent Conservation Area.
The property benefits from Sui Generis use class under the Town and County Planning (Use Classes) Order 1988.
Freehold.
The property, trading as Home Hostel, is let to Northstar Hotels Limited (personally guaranteed by Mr Zaman), on assignment from Tangerine Ventures Limited.
The lease, which is full repairing and insuring, is for a term of 20 years from 1st September 2016, expiring on 31st August 2036 (in excess of 17 years unexpired lease term). There is a Landlord only option to determine the lease on 1st September 2026.
The current passing rent is £292,440 per annum (£503.42 per sq m / £46.77 per sq ft overall). The tenant pays the rent monthly. The lease benefits from an upwards only rent review to open market rental value on 1st September 2021, 2026 and 2031 to the higher of passing rent, open market and RPI subject to a cap of 105% per annum.
Tenant - Northstar Hotels Limited (Co. No. 03918990) has reported the following figures:
Year Ending
Net Assets £2,146,251
There is a personal guarantee from the Director, Mr Zaman.
Residential Capital Values
Our enquiries indicate that residential accommodation in the area has been selling up to £2,000 per sq ft (£21,529 per sq m).
For example, Gasholders London is a unique new development of 145 apartments and penthouses built within a refurbished triplet of Grade II-listed, cast-iron gasholder guide frames, next to the Regent's Canal. Comprising a mixture of studio, 1-bed, 2-bed, 3-bed and penthouses, prices achieved have been between £1,500-£2,000 per sq ft.
Luma is a new development on Stable Street which is due for completion in 2021. All the apartments have sold off-plan, achieving an average sale price of approximately £1,500 per sq ft.
The 13-storey Plimsoll Building is situated on Handyside Street, overlooking the Regent's Canal and Gasholder Park. This recently completed collection of one, two and three bedroom apartments, duplexes and penthouses has achieved an average sale price of approximately £1,500 per sq ft with only one of the 178 apartments remaining available.
King's Cross Quarter is a collection of 119 luxury apartments by Regal London. We are advised that there are only seven apartments remaining with the scheme achieving an average sale price of £1,550 per sq ft.
In comparison to the asking price for the subject property, new developments are achieving more than double the capital value based upon the asking price for the investment, thereby providing attractive development potential.
The property has been registered for VAT. It is anticipated that the sale will be treated as a Transfer of a Going Concern (TOGC).
We are instructed to seek offers in the region of £4,750,000 (Four Million, Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds), subject to contract, reflecting a net initial yield of 5.78% assuming purchaser's costs of 6.58%.
Please note that a purchaser will be re-charged the costs of the surveys and searches which are provided in the data room.
An opportunity to acquire a freehold Central London investment;
The property is well located in close proximity to the King's Cross re-development, one of London's largest regeneration areas which has attracted recognised international companies;
A purchase at the asking price represents a capital value at significant discount to figures being achieved for new nearby residential schemes;
Opportunity to seek change of use back to residential, subject to planning;
A purchase at the asking price reflects an attractive net initial yield;
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Encloses Governor's order to be read and explained to the Indians of Cape Sable. It concerns a robbery committed on an English sloop by nine or ten Indians at Piziquid. Indians bound by their honor and the treaty of 1725 to make restitution. Hopes D. will try to make them take measures to avoid the consequences of these actions.
Otho Hamilton Sec.
Armstrong to the Secretary of State.
In his last (of Nov. 22nd, 1786) explained all proceedings regarding de St. Poncy. A strong petition from the inhabitants to have him officiate during the winter. The lateness of the season and no means of deporting him being at hand and his own submissive behaviour induced A. and the Council to allow him to remain during the winter, with some restrictions, as per minute No.1. On the 19th of April last, Lt. Amhurst's house burnt down (with much loss of property) by an incendiary, his bound servant, a boy named Isaac Provender, who is now a prisoner; but there is no gaol, and "his confinement grows very troublesome to the Garrison." Has consulted a New England lawyer how far he could be proceeded against, as he is within the years of discretion: his answer marked No.4. Still at a loss what to do with him: Council not empowered to try for capital crimes nor to inflict condign punishment upon such offenders. Wishes for instructions. Next relates to "a Villainous Robbery perpetrated by a few Rascally Indians at Piziquite" on Stephen Jones' sloop; No.5 is an account of it. Circular letters sent by A. to all the Indians in the province: and to the deputies of Minas and Piziquid in accordance with the aforesaid minute.
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Understanding Anxiolytic Nootropics
by Peak Nootropics On: Guest Author
For those who may choose to supplement with nootropics, keeping in mind the crippling effect of cortisol and stress related cognitive impairment is important. The need and desire for achieving high performance states often involves adding stimulants into the mix, but the long term effects of using traditional stimulants such as coffee can be detrimental to our overall cognitive, physiological and even psychological health. As a result, adding anxiolytics to your supplementation regimen may be helpful.
British psychologist and Professor, Dr. Michael Eysenck and professor of Experimental Psychopathology, Dr Nazanin Derakhshan, did a study regarding anxiety's effect on our executive function especially as it regards to performance of simple tasks such as avoiding distractions while attempting to comprehend material the subjects read or solving simple arithmetic problems.
Drs. Eysenck and Derakhshan have published multiple studies on anxiety's relation to performance effectiveness, or quality of performance and processing efficiency, or the relationship between performance effectiveness and use of processing resources. Both are negatively affected by stress related anxiety and result in decreased executive function.
First, let us look at the most traditional ways of treating anxiety with drugs and supplements. GABA is a neurotransmitter in the brain that causes inhibitory and calming effects. Benzodiazepines are GABA-a receptor agonists which are very effective at treating panic as well as temporary or situational anxiety. The problem with benzodiazepines is that they can cause GABA-a receptor down-regulation which in turn, can cause more anxiety as well as addiction and dependence. Benzodiazepine usage has been associated with multiple issues that can result in cognitive decline, neuronal damage, memory impairment and even serious blackouts. Dependence on benzodiazepines can result in serious stress and even seizures during detox as well.
Picamilon
Picamilon, or nicotinyl-GABA, was initially formulated by Soviet scientists, who were responsible for some of the most advanced findings in regards to neuroscience at the time. Since the early part of the century when Dr. A.R. Luria revolutionized the field with his research, the concern was that cosmonauts would need to be as calm as they were alert so the solution would need to be a substance that managed to cut down on stress as well as it energized and focused. The answer came in the form of Picamilon which is actually an altered form of Niacin (vitamin B-3) fused with GABA, the primary neurotransmitter involved with modulating stress and anxiety in the brain. Both were altered in such a way as to cross the blood-brain-barrier more effectively than in their original form making them more bioavailable, thus boosting their ability to effect the brain's functions.
You may not be operating a Soviet era spaceship, but the calm energy and focus provided by picamilon without the jittery overstimulation associated with other stimulating agents may be beneficial. Picamilon is not a typical nootropic according to Dr. Giurgea's original criteria, as it's a vasodilator (a "true nootropic" is not only neuroprotective and cognitive enhancing but must be neither a vasodilator nor vasoconstrictor, so Hydergine, often considered a nootropic substance would also be counted out by in the strictest interpretation of what a nootropic is due to its vasoconstrictive properties).
According to a 2010 study published in the Russian journal Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, researchers found picamilon helped restore GABA receptors in rats and could prevent hypokinesia, a condition that can be associated with Parkinson's or other neurological diseases.
A simple stack that operates on the same principle as picamilon is the popular L-theanine and caffeine combo. L-theanine, which is found in green tea, is a focusing agent but also slightly sedative so combination with caffeine provides stimulation, focus and anti-anxiety effects through the synergy of the two naturally occurring chemicals. Both picamilon and the L-theanine/caffeine combo can provide calm, focus and motivation without the overstimulation that can be present when using certain performance enhancing stimulant substances.
Phenibut is a GABA receptor agonist that can be useful at providing occasional relief from stress. It is an altered form of GABA, but unlike pure GABA supplements which don't cross the blood brain barrier, it's more bioavailable, and thus effective. In lower doses around 300 mg Phenibut is calming without much sedation.
Phenibut can provide occasional relief of anxiety on an "as needed" basis, from symptoms of anxiety, social anxiety and panic attacks but shouldn't be depended on as a daily supplement considering how quickly tolerance can build up and the possibility of becoming dependent on it can lead to free-floating anxiety. Phenibut is not technically a nootropic on its own but for those whose stress levels are resulting in decreased efficiency, it can useful at time. Be advised that in doses above 1500 mg it becomes a potent hypnotic and sedative.
Tianeptine
Another neurotransmitter that's important when it comes to regulating stress, anxiety and especially social anxiety is serotonin, or 5-hydroxy-tryptamine (5HT). Serotonin is involved not only in cognitive function but deficiencies are associated with depressive mood disorders. The typical treatment of depression is through the 3rd generation anti-depressants, the Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors (SSRI's). Two of the most popular and well-known in this class being Fluoxetine (Prozac) and Sertraline (Zoloft). An atypical depressant popular in Europe is the chemical compound Tianeptine which has been in use since the 60's before the development of the SSRI's popular in use today within the U.S.
Marketed in France as Stablon and elsewhere as Coaxil, Tianeptine acts as a Selective Serotonin Release Enhancer (SSRE). As opposed to SSRI's which encourage serotonin to stay in the synaptic gap, the SSRE Tianeptine has the opposite neurological mechanism. Although the mechanism is different, the mood stabilization and anxiolytic effects appear similar without the same side effects of SSRI's. Tianeptine has been regarded as a nootropic due to its apparent ability to target specific Glutamate receptors which may lead to improved memory and focus.
Aniracetam is an excellent choice for those wishing to experience the cognitive enhancement of the racetam family without the "edginess" that some people may experience with piracetam or other typical cholinergics in the racetam family. Aniracetam stimulates glutamate and acetylcholine receptors which may lead to its cognitive effects. The anxiolytic and mood-improving properties may be a result of its effects on certain serotonin pathways.
Aniracetam's anxiolytic mechanism of action is thought to be connected to the release of dopamine (DA) and serotonin (5-HT) in the pre-frontal cortex. According to studies conducted on rats, this effect is most likely due to action within the 5-HT-2-a and D2 receptors, the effect is likely replicated in human brains. Another positive quality of aniracetam is that there are no known interactions with any commonly used anxiety medications. ( http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11412837 )
As always, exercise caution and utilize supplements responsibly and only after fully understanding the safe dosages and any interactions they may have with medications or other psychotropic substances.


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Kashmiri journalists describe new government tactics to control the narrative
In April, after Srinagar-based senior journalist Peerzada Ashiq published an article about the families of two militants who wanted to exhume their bodies to perform funeral rites, police in Kashmir launched an investigation and accused him of publishing "fake news." Ashiq told CPJ that he had sought official comment on multiple channels, but never received…
Journalists assaulted by police amid coronavirus lockdown in India
March 24, 2020 4:30 PM EDT
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Indian government drops advertisements from major newspaper groups in apparent retaliation for coverage
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The six-week-long voting period in India's national and provincial elections concluded this week, with results expected on Thursday, according to news reports. For journalists, the campaign has brought a familiar deluge of online abuse.
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The government of Narendra Modi, through Attorney General K K Venugopal, on March 6, 2019, threatened to invoke the Official Secrets Act against daily newspaper The Hindu and news agency Asian News International (ANI) for critical reporting on a fighter jet deal in which the government has been accused of corruption, according to news reports.
Indian authorities must bring killers of Shujaat Bukhari to justice
New Delhi, June 14, 2018–Indian authorities must ensure that there is a thorough and credible investigation into the murder of Shujaat Bukhari, founder and editor of the English-language daily Rising Kashmir, and bring the killers to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
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An online campaign to decriminalize defamation in India is being led by a member of the country's main opposition party. "Criminal defamation can lead to people being put in jail for something they have said publicly. This law needs to be replaced by a modern, progressive law," reads the statement on the campaign website.
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Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif: We are writing to express our deep concern about the deteriorating climate for press freedom in Pakistan, which undermines recent commitments made by your government during CPJ's mission to the country.
Pakistan should renew visas for journalists facing expulsion
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Bushzilla goes to Europe
Can the president convince our increasingly dismayed allies that he isn't just an arrogant Texas oilman?
By Anthony York
Published June 12, 2001 10:38PM (EDT)
If President Bush thought California was hostile territory, he probably won't like Europe much. The president makes his first trip to the continent this week amid increasing criticism from European leaders and a growing perception among Europeans that Bush is "a shallow, arrogant, gun-loving, abortion-hating, Christian fundamentalist Texan buffoon," as one administration official described it to the New York Times.
On the eve of his trip, Bush was trying to make the best of an impossible political predicament. His energy plan, released last month, calls for increased mining, drilling and power plant construction, and officially shelves a campaign pledge to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. But one of the top issues on the European agenda is global warming, particularly Bush's decision to back out of the 1997 global warming pact known as the Kyoto Protocol. And with last week's National Academy of Sciences study, commissioned by the administration, confirming what everyone but the White House seemed to already know -- that global warming is in fact real -- Bush is left spinning madly, trying to reconcile his energy plan with the need to at least appear concerned about climate change as he makes his first European visit.
Internationally, environmentalists say any serious administration commitment to stopping global warming would involve revamping the entire Bush energy policy. "The (Bush) energy policy is the global warming policy," said Dan Becker, director of the Sierra Club's Global Warming and Energy Program. "Their policy is burning more coal and pillaging the Arctic to burn more oil. They have chatted to us about something on renewables but they've made no commitments."
Environmental groups had estimated that if the entire Bush energy plan was implemented, it would increase the pollution that causes global warming by 35 percent over the next 10 years.
But anyone expecting that the results of the NAS study, or criticism by European leaders, would lead to a thoroughgoing reevaluation of the Bush energy plan will be sorely disappointed. While some in the administration made noise over the weekend to suggest the study might force at least a modest tweaking of the administration's energy strategy, Bush's statements on Monday, as he prepared to leave the country, showed him standing firm.
Bush tried to sound a conciliatory note as he assured our European allies that "the earth's well-being is also an issue important to America." But he continued his assault on the Kyoto treaty, calling it "fatally flawed in fundamental ways," and said still more study is needed on global warming before any action is taken.
"I've asked my advisors to consider approaches to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including those that tap the power of markets, help realize the promise of technology and ensure the widest possible global participation," Bush said. "As we analyze the possibilities ... our actions should be measured, as we learn more from science and build on it."
Bush said any treaty must include emissions limits for developing nations, including India and China, currently exempt from the Kyoto Protocol. Barring that, Bush has stressed voluntary measures to cut pollution, much like the ones he has embraced both as Texas governor and as president. Not surprisingly, Bush's statements did not go over well with environmentalists, both here and abroad.
"The president's approach to global warming is like commissioning a study on fire while your house burns down," said Sierra Club executive director Carl Pope. "President Bush's approach of merely studying global warming is irresponsible and will embarrass the United States in front of the rest of the world."
"It was a lot of 'blah, blah blah,'" said Nancy Kete, director of the World Resources Institute's climate, energy and pollution program. "It was disappointing but not surprising. He said repeatedly that he takes global warming seriously. But the proposals he put out are really timid. In six short months this president has set us back 10 long years."
"It's simply not acceptable that one country, even an important country such as the United States, would declare that an international agreement is not valid," said Bo Kjellend, lead European negotiator on climate control issues. "The United States had signed the Kyoto Protocol already. We believe they should now abide by this international agreement."
Others have responded with a mixture of condescension and sarcasm. Take this headline from the U.K. Guardian last week: "It's true Mr President, the world's hotting up."
If there is a public relations problem for Bush on the continent, Kjellend says, it is one of the administration's own making. "I think the various style of some of the statements that were made in the early stages gave rise to the feeling that this was an administration that went too far," he said diplomatically.
The idea of voluntary measures to curb global warming was rejected by Swedish environmental minister Kjell Larsson. "I don't believe there is any kind of voluntary system that could be satisfactory," said Larsson in an interview with the BBC. "We tried voluntary before we started working on the Kyoto Protocol and everyone concluded that this is too big, too general an issue to be dealt with by voluntary agreement."
While Bush's energy policy is creating problems for him abroad, it has also given an issue to Democrats, who are increasingly using the environment as a sledgehammer with which to bash the president. "The Kyoto agreement had its flaws, but they were fixable," Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut said in a statement Monday. "By walking away from the agreement, the Bush administration has walked away from the only international process by which we would be able to address this very real and growing problem. The result may very well be that the rest of the world carries on without us and in a way that is detrimental to our economic interests."
But the Bush administration hopes the president's five-day jaunt -- which will take him to Spain, Poland, Sweden, Belgium and Slovenia -- will fundamentally change Europe's negative perception of the new president. It will give him a chance to wage one of those "charm offensives" Bush so relishes, even as he tries to kill two international treaties in the process: the 1972 anti-ballistic missile treaty as well as the Kyoto Protocol.
Bush will discuss the ABM treaty when he meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Slovenia on Friday. But the administration has made it clear that Bush is not eager to talk specifics on this trip. Just take this characterization from National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice about Bush's meeting with Putin.
"We're not expecting major agreements here," Rice told reporters last week. "What we really are doing here is establishing a foundation with these two presidents in their personal relationship that can help us to promote a constructive and realistic relationship with Russia."
Bush sounded a similar tone in his statements on global warming Monday. On Thursday, he will attend the United States-European Union summit in Sweden, where he is sure to hear his share of criticism from European leaders over the new administration's efforts to wiggle out of the Kyoto Protocol. Every head of state, with the exception of newly elected Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, has pledged to back the treaty.
But Rice and others in the administration would much rather accentuate the positive. "The one thing the president will really underscore is that we have more in common than we have in disagreement, and that we really should be celebrating that which we have in common."
Still, there's no doubt public criticism here and abroad has led the administration to try to spin its energy and environmental policies differently.
The Sierra Club's Becker and other environmental leaders met with Vice President Dick Cheney last week, as the administration tried to bolster its environmental credentials after being widely criticized for its energy plan. In addition to Cheney's meeting with several big-name environmental groups, Bush made trips to the Everglades and to Sequoia National Park in California, offering modest proposals for protecting national parks.
But while the president was posing for photo ops at home, Europeans grew increasingly angry about American backsliding on global warming. "Countries like the Netherlands are faced with flooding from rising sea levels," said Becker. "Britain has had floods and horrendous rainstorms for several of the last years. There are droughts in some of the southern European countries. They take this issue very seriously."
Appearing on "Fox News Sunday" this weekend, White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card appeared unmoved. "I think they have been driven by emotion rather than by science," he said of the Europeans.
But the administration's reluctance to act could lead to a showdown with Congress. Currently, there are several tough environmental proposals pending in Congress, including a push to raise fuel efficiency standards of new cars, which is gaining momentum. "That would be the biggest step we can take in curbing global warming," Becker said. "We discussed that with the vice president's staff and they did not close the door to it." A small block of moderate Republican senators -- including Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine, Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island and John McCain of Arizona -- is "very supportive of raising CAFE standards," he said.
Of course, any trend toward environmental moderation could bring Bush into conflict with his energy-industry friends, who made enormous campaign contributions to his presidential run.
But some in the environmental community say the administration has no choice but to moderate its plans, given the new domestic political realities. "It was dead on arrival," says Kete of the Bush energy policy. "There are things in the energy plan that even some Republicans laughed at, things like the eminent domain provisions [which would give Washington the power to seize private property for new transmission lines]. Now with the Senate switch, there's no way we're going to get that plan."
Anthony York
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« Interview: Mike Stoller (Part 1) | Main | Interview: Mike Stoller (Part 3) »
Interview: Mike Stoller (Part 2)
If you close your eyes, songwriter Mike Stoller sounds a little like comedian Larry David. The tone is distinctly New York—insistent and street smart. But unlike David, Mike's voice has tones that are more nasal and much gentler, the result of an upbringing in Queens, a borough of New York that's halfway to the suburbs of Long Island.
Mike likes things simple, and leaves the angst and analysis to others. One senses that he likes to keep things light, relying on humor to deflect negative thinking and reflecting on life's ironies from the perspective of a spectator rather than a participant or victim. [Photo of Mike Stoller and wife Corky Hale in March 2012 by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images North America]
In Part 2 of my conversation with Mike for the Wall Street Journal (go here to read my profile), the R&B songwriter reflects on co-composing Jailhouse Rock, his role in helping R&B cross over to white markets in 1957, and his writing partner Jerry Leiber:
Marc Myers: Jailhouse Rock in 1957 was something of a turning point for R&B and rock, wasn't it?
Mike Stoller: In what way?
MM: Elvis had his 1956 run and becomes larger than life, the civil rights movement shifts gears, Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis add a wild streak, the Coasters, Drifters and Platters cross over, images of racial strife appear on TV and in print, and there are several major political events of the year. In this context, Jailhouse Rock sounds like something of a generational bond-cutter.
MS: Interesting. But it's not that different thematically from Riot in Cell Block #9 though, don't you think?
MM: I don't know. To me, there's a different edge—a towel-snap feel to the words and music that's less about a whimsical prison uprising and more about flaunting authority, rebelling against your captors—teachers, parents and so on. It's a clarion call, and I think that's why it crossed over and resonated.
MS: Good point. And yet there's playfulness to it, too. The song doesn't feel unsafe. [Pictured: Elvis Presley on the set of Jailhouse Rock in 1957]
MM: Exactly, which is so true of many of your songs. Humor crosses all barriers. The movie version of Jailhouse Rock and the record have different instrumental approaches, yes?
MS: Yes. I had nothing to do with the movie's orchestration. The record was made first and became the template for the movie. The movie folks wound up doing an expanded orchestral version because of the visual choreography.
MM: What do you think of the movie version?
MS: I like it. It was funny. The record also was visual, but in one's imagination. I thought that Elvis' dancing performance in the movie was wonderful.
MM: How did you come to write that blues? It has a Freddie Slack feel.
MS: [Laughs]. Freddie Slack! I haven't heard that name in ages. The melody just came. It's based on the kind of blues breaks that had been part of the blues literature, so to speak. I just tried to find a way to make it a little different. Jerry and I wanted to create a style that we felt would be easy for Elvis to relate to and sing.
MM: The lyrics are a little homeoerotic in places, no?
MS: You mean, "Number 47 said to Number. 3, you're the cutest jailbird I ever did see?" Nah. It's whatever you think it means. There's an edge but none of that was intended.
MM: Despite the whimsy, there's a dark edge to that song. What inspired it?
MS: We were given a script. In the script, there was a note in brackets that simply said, "There's a talent contest in prison" [laughs].
MM: [Laughing] That's rich. That was it?
MS: That's all. But you know, we didn't read the whole script when we first got it. In fact, we just thumbed it. We got the script in New York. [Photo: Mike Stoller at the piano]
MM: Why were you in New York?
MS: After I returned from Europe in 1956 and Jerry told me about Hound Dog becoming a big hit for Elvis, I checked into the Algonquin Hotel, where Jerry was staying. That night we went to dinner at the Russian Tea Room. That's when I first met the guys at Atlantic—Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson [the label's co-founders] and Jerry Wexler, who by then was co-producing with Ertegun. Abramson at that point was running Atco, an Atlantic subsidiary, that was set up for him when he returned from the Army. Ahmet and his brother Nesuhi Ertegun, who ran the jazz side, took us to dinner. Then we went to the old Basin Street to hear the Modern Jazz Quartet.
MM: So you remained in New York?
MS: We began writing for the Coasters, who had signed with Atco. We had been writing for them and producing their records when they were known as the Robins. Jerry and I took an apartment on East 71st St. It was a six-month sublet. After the lease was up, we went home to L.A. Then in March 1957, we returned to N.Y. to hang out with Ahmet and Jerry Wexler. By then, we had had some successes with Elvis, and Colonel Parker, Presley's manager, wanted us to write the music to his next movie, Jailhouse Rock. So we went up to Hill & Range, the music publishing company that controlled Elvis' music, to pick up the script.
MM: What did you do with the script?
MS: When Jerry and I got back to our hotel suite on West 55th St., we tossed it on the corner table, on top of a bunch of hotel magazines. Then we set out to enjoy New York.
MM: What did you do?
MS: We spent the next few weeks going to jazz clubs and cabarets and the theater. I remember we went to see Cy Coleman and his trio. Ray Mosca was on drums. I had gone to high school in Queens with Ray before my family moved to L.A. in 1949.
MM: What motivated you and Leiber to finally pick up the script?
MS: Weeks later, Jean Aberbach, a co-owner of Hill & Range, showed up at our hotel unannounced. It was a Saturday, and Jerry and I were having breakfast. Jean said, "Fellows, where are my songs?" Jerry said, "Don't worry Jean, you'll have your songs." We both glanced over at our script in the corner.
MM: What did Aberbach say?
MS: He said, "I know I'll have my songs, boys, because I'm not leaving here until I do."
MM: What did he do?
MS: Jean got up and pushed a big overstuffed chair against the door. He said, "I'm going to take a nap, and I'm not leaving until I have them."
MM: How long did his nap last?
MS: About four hours. When he woke up, four songs were done.
MM: Which ones?
MS: Jailhouse Rock, Treat Me Nice, (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care and I Want to Be Free. All sort of related to being cooped up in that suite [laughs].
MM: What was going on inside the music business regarding civil rights in 1957?
MS: I can only tell you what we experienced, as I experienced it. In terms of integration, it wasn't an issue. Jerry and I had been writing, creating and recording in an integrated community from 1950. Only later, in the 60s, were there schisms in the music industry in response to the black power movement, when some of our relationships grew uncomfortable.
MM: Were you conscious of the civil rights movement?
MS: We were conscious of it to a degree. We were aware that what we had experienced in our lives, in our early lives with our interracial relationships, was starting to happen nationwide.
MM: Was the movement a conscious part of your music?
MS: No. It was just the music Jerry and I loved. The music had always been integrated for us. We were simply creating songs that were extensions of our own interracial experiences.
MM: Was there pushback by white record executives asking you to write in a certain way—to avoid trouble in the South, for example?
MS: Never. Not at all. Our songs actually sold well in the South, particularly in black communities. We'd see our songs in Cash Box on the R&B charts that covered 16 different markets. There was a chart for Harlem, Chicago South Side, Shreveport, Kansas City and so on. Each chart had different songs rising and falling as opposed to the pop chart, which was a national thing.
MM: Did you feel that what you and Leiber were doing was maverick from a civil rights perspective?
MS: We weren't really political. We didn't think of it that way. We weren't devoid of any sense of what was going on. Nor were we were devoid of racial politics, and right and wrong. But there was no black and white for us. We were writing what appealed to us, which happened to be mostly music performed and recorded by black artists. We were entertaining ourselves when we wrote. Our backgrounds had erased all of that.
MM: How so?
MS: I had gone to an interracial summer camp from age 7 to 15, and Jerry had lived a different experience—though similar in terms of his exposure to black families. His mother ran a little store in Baltimore, and Jerry delivered soft coal and kerosene to the black community on the edge of where he lived. He had relations with black kids and dated black girls. We both did. Jerry was welcome there because he was literally delivering the light.
MM: How did you two meet?
MS: When we were still in our late teens in 1950, Jerry called me out of the blue and said he was a songwriter. He said he had heard about me from a drummer he knew and asked if I wanted to write songs with him. I said I wasn't interested in writing pop songs. Less than an hour later, Jerry showed up at my front door with pages of lyrics. When I saw they were in the form of 12-bar blues, I agreed to write with him. I loved the blues.
MM: Was Leiber a nice guy?
MS: Yes. Sometimes he was tormented. Sometimes he was extremely generous. He was complex.
MM: Do you miss him?
MS: Yeah. I miss… [pauses]. I miss the kid I met in 1950. The ambitious, aggressive, dynamic and exciting kid. Jerry used to say to me when we drove around in my '37 Plymouth, "We're going to be rich and famous." I thought he was deluding himself.
MM: Your pragmatism was offset by his dreaming?
MS: I guess so. Jerry used to say he had no brakes and I had no motor.
MM: What did he mean?
MS: That he might go off in a direction at any given moment. Without me to hold him back, he might have gone off the edge of the world. But without that streak, I wouldn't have been motivated. Which was the no-motor part.
MM: You guys were pretty prolific for you to have been unmotivated.
MS: Oh, I was plenty motivated to write but not to promote myself. I was very shy. But together it worked.
MM: Are you still shy?
MS: No, I don't think so.
MM: Was that a result of Leiber?
MS: Maybe. But at a certain point in our relationship… It's weird. Early on, in interviews, Jerry did all the talking. And then at a certain point in our relationship, that shifted. He acknowledged that. I can't pinpoint the date. It just changed.
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          yAxis: {
              min: 0,
              max: 100,
              borderWidth: 0,
              gridLineWidth: 0,
              minorGridLineWidth: 0,
              dataLabels: {
                  enabled: false
              },
              labels: {
                  enabled: true,
                  format: '{value}%'
              },
              title: {
                  text: '',
              },
              plotBands: ConfigMgr.getChartPlotBands()
          },
          plotOptions: {
              column: {
                  pointPadding: 0.2,
                  borderWidth: 0
              },
          },
          tooltip: {
              enabled: false,
              shared: true,
              useHTML: true,
          },
      }
  })
    .config(configure);

configure.$inject = ['$chartDefaultsProvider', 'COLUMN_DEFAULT'];

function configure($chartDefaultsProvider, COLUMN_DEFAULT) {
    $chartDefaultsProvider.addDefault(COLUMN_DEFAULT.name, COLUMN_DEFAULT.options);
}
});

This constant is loaded in the module definition:
angular.module('frapontillo.highcharts.directives',     ['frapontillo.highcharts.providers']);

angular.module('frapontillo.highcharts.constants', ['frapontillo.highcharts.providers']);

angular.module('frapontillo.highcharts.providers', []);

angular.module('frapontillo.highcharts', ['frapontillo.highcharts.directives', 'frapontillo.highcharts.constants',  'frapontillo.highcharts.providers'
]);

Finally in my app.core.js, I have:
(function () {
'use strict';

angular.module('app.core', [
    // App blocks
    'blocks.logger',
    'frapontillo.highcharts'

    // 3rd Party Modules

]);
})();

My abbreviated controller looks like:
(function () {
'use strict';

angular
    .module('app')
    .controller('Dashboard', dashboard);

dashboard.$inject = ['$scope', 'logger', 'dashboarddata', 'SOLIDGAUGE_DEFAULT', 'COLUMN_DEFAULT'];

function dashboard($scope, logger, dashboarddata, SOLIDGAUGE_DEFAULT, COLUMN_DEFAULT) {
})();

app.js:
(function () {
'use strict';

angular.module('app', [
    // Angular modules
    'ngAnimate',
    'ngRoute',

    // Custom modules

    // 3rd Party Modules
    'app.core',
    'app.layout',
    'app.services'
])

.config(configure)
.run(['$route', '$rootScope', '$q',
    function ($route, $rootScope, $q) {
        // Include $route to kick start the router.
        //breeze.core.extendQ($rootScope, $q);
        //routemediator.setRoutingHandlers();
    }]);

configure.$inject = ['$routeProvider', '$locationProvider'];
/**
* Setup routes
* @param $routeProvider Angular route component
* @param $locationProvider Angular location component
*/
function configure($routeProvider, $locationProvider) {

    $routeProvider
        .when('/dashboard', {
            templateUrl: "Home/Dashboard",
            controller: "Dashboard",
            controllerAs: 'vm'
        })
    .otherwise(
        {
            redirectTo: '/home/Index'
        });
}
})();

Now I only added this one constant (SOLIDGAUGE_DEFAULT existed previously), all other parts of this frapontillo.highcharts module were working ok before.
Thanks for looking!


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Q: Could not locate property of name Continuously displaying in server logs why these INFO are displaying logs please help me any one.  log file size increased and getting memory leak. I really appreciate any one respond

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*Could not locate property of name [gstCategory-3355753] on ActionBean.net.sourceforge.stripes.util.bean.NoSuchPropertyException: Bean class com.casb.stripes.sep.PrReqSupActionBean$$EnhancerByGuice$$ed30caad does not contain a property called 'gstCategory-3355753'. As a result the following expression could not be evaluated: gstCategory-3355753

A: It looks like you are feeding an action bean (com.casb.stripes.sep.PrReqSupActionBean) a parameter (gstCategory-3355753) that it doesn't know about (not declared in the class definition). It duly reports that it refuses to deal with that, and no variable binding occurs.
You could solve this by not feeding that action bean the parameter with the form submission request, declaring the field in the action bean, or tightening logging to WARN, up from INFO.


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We have been learning many mental math strategies for addition (and subtraction).
Add to subtract -- 14-7 What do you need to add to 7 to get to 14? then count on.
Let's see if we can put some of these strategies into practice and explain our thinking.
We are getting much better at using Mental Math Strategies AND showing our work -- and we can orally explain how we found solutions.!


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Q: Making HTTP requests with facebook webhooks I'm trying to make a simple movie subtitling using Messenger bots. I have done most of but, but stuck on this part.
Okay so, here's the message flow
User sends message -> e.g "hi" -> server makes a http request to my database and return the "hi" meaning. -> send the message back
Okay so to handle all this, i have:
    // handler receiving messages
app.post('/webhook', function (req, res) {
    var events = req.body.entry[0].messaging;
    for (i = 0; i < events.length; i++) {
        var event = events[i];
        if (event.message && event.message.text) {
           if (hasWhiteSpace(event.message.text)) {
                console.log("hi");
                sendMessage(event.sender.id, {text: "Whitespace please try again"});
            }  else {

                 sendMessage(event.sender.id, {text: "wait..."});
                  var url = 'http://subtitlebuddy.com/api/res/index.php?word=' + event.message.text ;
                      console.log(url)

                // Return new promise
                    return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
                     // Do async job

                        http.get(url, function(res){
                        var body = '';

                        res.on('data', function(chunk){
                            body += chunk;
                        });

                        res.on('end', function(){
                            var fbResponse = JSON.parse(body);

                            sendMessage(event.sender.id, {text: event.message.text + ": " + fbResponse.meaning});
                            //console.log("Got a response: ", fbResponse.meaning);
                        });
                    }).on('error', function(e){
                          console.log("Got an error: ", e);
                    });
                    })

            }

        }
    }
    res.sendStatus(200);
});

My sendMessage() function:
    // generic function sending messages
function sendMessage(recipientId, message) {
    request({
        url: 'https://graph.facebook.com/v2.6/me/messages',
        qs: {access_token: process.env.PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN},
        method: 'POST',
        json: {
            recipient: {id: recipientId},
            message: message,
        }
    }, function(error, response, body) {
        if (error) {
            console.log('Error sending message: ', error);
        } else if (response.body.error) {
            console.log('Error: ', response.body.error);
        }
    });
};

For the record my website subtitlebuddy.com is fast, i tried it on my browser. But when the user sends a message without whitespaces, i should get the meaning but all i get "wait" 10 to 12 times. I don't know what i am doing wrong,
Thanks
Edit. this is how i check for whitespaces:
function hasWhiteSpace(s) {
  return /\s/g.test(s);
}

A: Thanks to www.valentinog.com's tutorial, i used axios and it works perfectly now


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HOW LITTLE GLUCK SET OFF ON AN EXPEDITION TO THE GOLDEN RIVER, AND HOW HE PROSPERED THEREIN; WITU OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST.
WHEN Gluck found that Schwartz did not come back, he was
very sorry, and did not know what to do. He had no money, - and was obliged to go and hire himself again to the goldsmith, who worked him very hard, and gave him very little money. So, after a month or two, Gluck grew tired, and made up his mind to go and try his fortune with the Golden River. "The
will turn me into a black stone." So he went to the priest, and the priest gave him some holy water as soon as he asked for it. Then Gluck took some brcad in his basket, and the bottle of water, and set off very early for the mountains.
If the glacier had occasioned a great deal of fatigue to his brothers, it was twenty times worse for him, who was neither 80 strong nor so practised on the mountains. He had several very bad falls, lost his basket and bread, and was very much frightened at the strange noises under the ice. IIe lay a long time to rest on the grass, after he had got over, and began to
climb the hill just in the hottest part of the day. When he i had climbed for an hour, he got dreadfully thirsty, and was
going to drink like his brothers, when he saw an old man coming down the path above him, looking very feeble, and leaning on a staff. "My son," said the old man, "I am faint with thirst, give me some of that water." Then Gluck looked at him, and when he saw that he was pale and weary, he gave him the water; "Only pray don't drink it all," said Gluck. But the old man drank a great deal, and gave him back tho bottle two-thirds empty. Then he bade him good speed, and Gluck went on again merrily. And the path became casier to his feet, and two or three blades of grass appeared upon it, and some grasshoppers began singing on the bank beside it; and Gluck thought he had never heard such merry singing.
Then he went on for another hour, and the thirst increased on him so that he thought he should be forced to drink. But, as he raised the flask, he saw a little child lying panting by the road-side, and it cried out piteously for water. Then Gluck struggled with himself, and determined to bear the thirst a little longer; and he put the bot:le to the child's lips, and it drank it all but a few drops. Then it smiled on him, and got up, and ran down the hill; and Gluck looked after it, till it became as small as a little star, and then turned, and began climbing again. And then there were all kinds of sweet flowers growing on the rocks, bright green moss, with palo pink starry flowers, and soft belled gentians, more blue than the sky at its decpest, and pure white transparent lilies. And crimson and purple butterflies darted hither and thither, and the sky sent down such pure light that Gluck had never felt so happy in his life.
Yet, when he had climbed for another hour, his thirst became intolerable again; and, when he looked at bis bottle, he saw that there were only five or six drops left in it, and he could not venture to drink. And as he was hanging the flask to his belt again, he saw a little dog lying on the rocks, gasping for breath,-just as Hans had seen it on the day of his ascent. And Gluck stopped and looked at it, and then at the Golden River, not five hundred yards above him; and he thought of the dwarf's words, "that no one could succeed, except in his first attempt;" and he tried to pass the dog, but
it wbined piteously, and Gluck stopped again. "Poor beastie," said Gluck, "it'll be dead when I come down again, if I don't help it." Then he looked closer and closer at it, and its eye turned on him so mournfully that he could not stand it. "Confound the King and his gold too," said Gluck; and he opened the flask, and poured all the water into the dog's mouth.
The dog sprang up and stood on its hind legs. Its tail disappeared, its ears became long, longer, silky, golden; its nose became very red, its eyes became very twinkling; in three seconds the dog was gone, and before Gluck stood his old acquaintance, the King of the Golden River.
"Thank you," said the monarch; "but don't be frightened, it's all right;" for Gluck showed manifest symptoms of consternation at this unlooked-for reply to his last observation. "Why didn't you come before," continued the dwarf, "instead of sending me those rascally brothers of yours, for me to have the trouble of turning into stones? Very hard stones they make too."
"Oh dear me!" said Gluck, "have you really been 80 cruel ?"
"Cruel," said the dwarf, "they poured unholy water into my stream; do you suppose I'm going to allow that po
"Why," said Gluck, "I am sure, sir,-your majesty, I mean,--they got the water out of the church font."
"Very probably," replied the dwarf; " but," and his countenance grew stern as he spoke, "the water which has been refused to the cry of the weary and dying, is unholy, though it bad been blessed by every saint in heaven; and the water which is found in the vessel of mercy is holy, though it had been defiled with corpses."
So saying, the dwarf stooped and plucked a lily that grew at his feet. On its white leaves there bung three drops of clear dew. And the dwarf sbook them into the flask, which Gluck
held in his hand. "Cast these into the river," he said, "and descend on the other side of the mountains into the Treasure Valley. And so good speed."
As he spoke, the figure of the dwarf became indistinct. The playing colors of his robe formed themselves into a prismatio mist of dewy light; he stood for an instant veiled with them as with the belt of a broad rainbow. The colors grew faint, the mist rose into the air; the monarch bad evaporated.
And Gluck climbed to the brink of the Golden River, and its waves were as clear as crystal, and as brilliant as the sun. And when he cast the three drops of dew into the stream, there opened where they fell, a small circular whirlpool, into which the waters descended with a musical noise.
Gluck stood watching it for some time, very much disappointed, because not only the river was not turned into gold, but its waters seemed much diminished in quantity. Yet be obeyed his friend the dwarf, and descended the other side of the mountains, towards the Treasure Valley; and, as he went, he thought he heard the noise of water working its way under .the ground. And, when he came in sight of the Treasure Valley, behold, a river, like the Golden River, was springing from a new cleft of the rocks above it, and was flowing in innumerable streams among the dry heaps of red sand.
And as Gluck gazed, fresh grass sprang beside the new streams, and creeping plants grew, and climbed among the moistening soil. Young flowers opened suddenly along the river sides, as stars leap out when twilight is deepening, and thickets of myrtle, and tendrils of vine, cast lengthening shadows over the valley as they grew. And thus the Treasure Valley became a garden again, and the inheritance, which had been lost by cruelty, was regained by love.
And Gluck went, and dwelt in the valley, and the poor were never driven from his door; so that his barns became full of corn, and his house of treasure. And, for him, the river
had, according to the dwarf's promise, become a River of Gold.
place where the three drops of holy dew were cast into the stream, and trace the course of the Golden River under the ground, until it emerges in the Treasure Valley. And, at the top of the cataract of the Golden River, aro still to be seen two BLACK STONES, round which the waters howl mournfully every day at sunset; and these stones are still called by the people of the valley,
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