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Fatigue In Railway Infrastructure
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Author : Mark Robinson
Publisher : Elsevier
Genre: Technology & Engineering
Fatigue in Railway Infrastructure Excerpt :
Fatigue is a major issue affecting safety and quality of service in the railway industry. This book reviews key aspects of this important subject. It begins by providing an overview of the subject, discussing fatigue at the wheel-rail interface and in other aspects of infrastructure. It then considers fatigue in railway and tramway track, looking at causes of potential failure in such areas as rails and fixings as well as sleepers. It also reviews failure points in structures such as embankments and cuttings. The book analyses fatigue in railway bridges, looking in particular at masonry arch bridges as well as metal and concrete bridges. Two final chapters review safety and reliability issues affecting escalators and lifts. Fatigue in railway infrastructure is a helpful reference for those in the railway industry responsible for infrastructure maintenance as well as those researching this important subject. Provides a concise review of fatigue in the railway infrastructure Examines the causes of potential failure in rails, fixings and sleepers Analyses fatigue in railway bridges including masonry arch, metal and concrete structures
Rail Infrastructure Resilience
Author : Rui Calcada
Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
Rail Infrastructure Resilience Excerpt :
Economic growth, security and sustainability across Europe are at risk due to ageing railway infrastructure systems. At present, the majority of such systems are aging and some have even reached their initial design lives. These issues align with a major challenge in civil engineering: how to restore and improve urban infrastructure and built environments. Policy, environmental and physical barriers must be addressed and overcome. The complex and interconnected nature of the problem means that there is a need for academia, industry, communities and governments to work collaboratively. The challenges posed by extreme events from natural and man-made disasters are urgent. Rail Infrastructure Resilience: A Best-Practices Handbook presents developed improvement methods for rail infrastructure systems, toward resilience to extreme conditions. It shows how best to use new information in the engineering design, maintenance, construction and renewal of rail infrastructure resilience, through knowledge exchange and capability development. The book presents the outcome of a major European research project, known as the RISEN project. RISEN aimed to enhance knowledge creation and transfer using both international and intersectoral secondment mechanisms among European Advanced Rail Research Universities and SMEs, and Non-EU, leading rail universities, providing methodological approaches and practical tools for restoring and improving railway infrastructure systems for extreme events. Edited and written by members of this project, this book will be essential reading for researchers and practitioners hoping to find practical solutions to the challenges of rail infrastructure resilience. Offers a best-practices handbook for rail infrastructure resilience from the leaders in the field Paints a holistic picture of the rail transport system, showing that infrastructure maintenance intervention can be enhanced through advanced monitoring systems and resilience design Presents rail inf
CIGOS 2021 Emerging Technologies and Applications for Green Infrastructure
Author : Cuong Ha-Minh
Publisher : Springer Nature
CIGOS 2021 Emerging Technologies and Applications for Green Infrastructure Excerpt :
This book highlights the key role of green infrastructure (GI) in providing natural and ecosystem solutions, helping alleviate many of the environmental, social, and economic problems caused by rapid urbanization. The book gathers the emerging technologies and applications in various disciplines involving geotechnics, civil engineering, and structures, which are presented in numerous high-quality papers by worldwide researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and entrepreneurs at the 6th CIGOS event, 2021. Moreover, by sharing knowledge and experiences around emerging GI technologies and policy issues, the book aims at encouraging adoption of GI technologies as well as building capacity for implementing GI practices at all scales. This book is useful for researchers and professionals in designing, building, and managing sustainable buildings and infrastructure.
Cumulative Damage of Welded Joints
Author : T R Gurney
Cumulative Damage of Welded Joints Excerpt :
Fatigue is a mechanism of failure which involves the formation and growth of cracks under the action of repeated stresses. Ultimately, a crack may propagate to such an extent that total fracture of the member may occur. To avoid fatigue it is essential to design the structure with inherent fatigue strength. However, fatigue strength for variable amplitude loading is not a constant material property and any calculations are necessarily built on a number of assumptions. Cumulative damage of welded joints explores the wealth of research in this important field and its implications for the design and manufacture of welded components. After an Introduction, chapter two introduces the constant amplitude database, which contains results obtained in test conditions and which forms the basis of the basic S-N curves for various types of joint. Chapter three discusses the influence of residual stresses which can have a marked effect on fatigue behaviour. Chapter four explores variable amplitude loading and the problem of how information from laboratory tests, obtained under constant amplitude conditions, can be applied to the design of structures for service conditions. This problem is further investigated in the next chapter which is devoted to two and three level load testing. Chapters six, seven and eight look at the influence that the variety of variable loading spectra can have on fatigue strength, whether narrow or wide band loading or cycles of small stress range. Taking all of this knowledge, chapter nine discusses structure designs. Cumulative damage of welded joints is a comprehensive source of invaluable information for welding engineers, supervisors, inspection personnel and designers. It will also be of great interest for academics working in the fields of structural and mechanical engineering. Covers the wealth of research in the field of fatigue strength and its role in the design and manufacture of welded components Invaluable reference source for welding engin
People and Rail Systems
Author : John R. Wilson
People and Rail Systems Excerpt :
Following on from 2005's Rail Human Factors: Supporting the Integrated Railway, this book brings together an even broader range of academics and practitioners from around the world to share their expertise and experience on rail human factors. The content is both comprehensive and cutting-edge, featuring more than 55 chapters addressing the following topics: ¢ Passengers and public ¢ Driver performance and workload ¢ Driving and cognition ¢ Train cab and interfaces: simulation and design ¢ Routes, signage, signals and drivability ¢ Signalling and control of the railway ¢ Planning for the railway ¢ Engineering work and maintenance ¢ Level crossings ¢ Accidents and safety ¢ Human error and human reliability ¢ SPADs: signals passed at danger ¢ Human factors integration and standards ¢ Impairments to performance ¢ Staff competencies and training. People and Rail Systems: Human Factors at the Heart of the Railway will be invaluable for all those concerned with making railways safer, more reliable, of higher quality and more efficient. It will be essential reading for policy-makers, researchers and industry around the world.
Life Cycle and Sustainability of Civil Infrastructure Systems
Author : Alfred Strauss
Life Cycle and Sustainability of Civil Infrastructure Systems Excerpt :
Life-Cycle and Sustainability of Civil Infrastructure Systems contains the lectures and papers presented at the Third International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE 2012) held in one of Vienna's most famous venues, the Hofburg Palace, October 3rd-6th, 2012. This volume consists of a book of extended abstracts (516 pp) and a DVD-ROM
Human Mental Workload Models and Applications
Author : Luca Longo
Genre: Computers
Human Mental Workload Models and Applications Excerpt :
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Human Mental Workload: Models and Applications, H-WORKLOAD 2020, held in Granda, Spain*, in December 2020. The volume presents one keynote paper as well as 13 revised full papers, which were carefully reviewed and selected from 22 submissions. The papers are organized in two topical sections on models and applications. *The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wheel Rail Interface Handbook
Author : R. Lewis
Wheel Rail Interface Handbook Excerpt :
Many of the engineering problems of particular importance to railways arise at interfaces and the safety-critical role of the wheel/rail interface is widely acknowledged. Better understanding of wheel/rail interfaces is therefore critical to improving the capacity, reliability and safety of the railway system. Wheel-rail interface handbook is a one-stop reference for railway engineering practitioners and academic researchers. Part one provides the fundamentals of contact mechanics, wear, fatigue and lubrication as well as state-of-the-art research and emerging technologies related to the wheel/rail interface and its management. Part two offers an overview of industrial practice from several different regions of the world, thereby providing an invaluable international perspective with practitioners' experience of managing the wheel/rail interface in a variety of environments and circumstances. This comprehensive volume will enable practising railway engineers, in whatever discipline of railway engineering – infrastructure, vehicle design and safety, and so on – to enhance their understanding of wheel/rail issues, which have a major influence on the running of a reliable, efficient and safe railway. One-stop reference on the important topic of wheel rail-interfaces Presents the fundamentals of contact mechanics, wear, fatigue and lubrication Examines state-of-the-art research and emerging technologies related to wheel-rail interface and its management
Rail Crack Monitoring Using Acoustic Emission Technique
Author : Dan Li
Rail Crack Monitoring Using Acoustic Emission Technique Excerpt :
This thesis provides an innovative strategy for rail crack monitoring using the acoustic emission (AE) technique. The field study presented is a significant improvement on laboratory studies in the literature in terms of complex rail profile and crack conditions as well as high operational noise. AE waves induced by crack propagation, crack closure, wheel-rail impact and operational noise were obtained through a series of laboratory and field tests, and analyzed by wavelet transform (WT) and synchrosqueezed wavelet transform (SWT). A wavelet power-based index and the enhanced SWT scalogram were sequentially proposed to classify AE waves induced by different mechanisms according to their energy distributions in the time–frequency domain. A novel crack sizing method taking advantage of crack closure-induced AE waves was developed based on fatigue tests in the laboratory. The propagation characteristics of AE waves in the rail were investigated, and Tsallis synchrosqueezed wavelet entropy (TSWE) with time was finally brought forward to detect and locate rail cracks in the field. The proposed strategy for detection, location and sizing of rail cracks helps to ensure the safe and smooth operation of the railway system. This thesis is of interest to graduate students, researchers and practitioners in the area of structural health monitoring.
Ageing of Infrastructure
Author : Frank Collins
Ageing of Infrastructure Excerpt :
The book addresses the problem of ageing infrastructure and how ageing can reduce the service life below expected levels. The rate of ageing is affected by the type of construction material, environmental exposure, function of the infrastructure, and loading: each of these factors is considered in the assessment of ageing. How do international design codes address ageing? Predictive models of ageing behaviour are available and the different types (empirical, deterministic, and probabilistic) are discussed in a whole-of-life context. Life cycle plans, initiated at the design stage, can ensure that the design life is met, while optimising the management of the asset: reducing life cycle costs and reducing the environmental footprint due to less maintenance/remediation interventions and fewer unplanned stoppages and delays. Health monitoring of infrastructure can be conducted via implanted probes (wired or wireless) or by non-destructive testing that can routinely measure the durability, loading, and exposure environments at key locations around the facility. Routine monitoring can trigger preventative maintenance that can extend the life of the infrastructure and minimise unplanned and reactive remediation, while also providing ongoing data that can be utilised towards more durable future construction. Future infrastructure will need to be safe and durable, financially and environmentally sustainable over the lifecycle, thereby raising socio-economic wellbeing. The book concludes by discussing the key impacting factors that will need to be addressed. The author brings a strong academic and industry background to present a resource for academics and practitioners wishing to address the ageing of built infrastructure.
Maintenance and Safety of Aging Infrastructure
Author : Dan Frangopol
Maintenance and Safety of Aging Infrastructure Excerpt :
This book presents the latest research findings in the field of maintenance and safety of aging infrastructure. The invited contributions provide an overview of the use of advanced computational and/or experimental techniques in damage and vulnerability assessment as well as maintenance and retrofitting of aging structures and infrastructures such as buildings, bridges, lifelines and ships. Cost-efficient maintenance and management of civil infrastructure requires balanced consideration of both structural performance and the total cost accrued over the entire life-cycle considering uncertainties. In this context, major topics treated in this book include aging structures, climate adaptation, climate change, corrosion, cost, damage assessment, decision making, extreme events, fatigue life, hazards, hazard mitigation, inspection, life-cycle performance, maintenance, management, NDT methods, optimization, redundancy, reliability, repair, retrofit, risk, robustness, resilience, safety, stochastic control, structural health monitoring, sustainability, uncertainties and vulnerability. Applications include bridges, buildings, dams, marine structures, pavements, power distribution poles, offshore platforms, stadiums and transportation networks. This up-to-date overview of the field of maintenance and safety of aging infrastructure makes this book a must-have reference work for those involved with structures and infrastructures, including students, researchers and practitioners.
Bridge Safety Maintenance Management Life Cycle Resilience and Sustainability
Author : Joan Ramon Casas
Bridge Safety Maintenance Management Life Cycle Resilience and Sustainability Excerpt :
Bridge Safety, Maintenance, Management, Life-Cycle, Resilience and Sustainability contains lectures and papers presented at the Eleventh International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS 2022, Barcelona, Spain, 11–15 July, 2022). This e-book contains the full papers of 322 contributions presented at IABMAS 2022, including the T.Y. Lin Lecture, 4 Keynote Lectures, and 317 technical papers from 36 countries all around the world. The contributions deal with the state-of-the-art as well as emerging concepts and innovative applications related to the main aspects of safety, maintenance, management, life-cycle, resilience, sustainability and technological innovations of bridges. Major topics include: advanced bridge design, construction and maintenance approaches, safety, reliability and risk evaluation, life-cycle management, life-cycle, resilience, sustainability, standardization, analytical models, bridge management systems, service life prediction, structural health monitoring, non-destructive testing and field testing, robustness and redundancy, durability enhancement, repair and rehabilitation, fatigue and corrosion, extreme loads, needs of bridge owners, whole life costing and investment for the future, financial planning and application of information and computer technology, big data analysis and artificial intelligence for bridges, among others. This volume provides both an up-to-date overview of the field of bridge engineering and significant contributions to the process of making more rational decisions on bridge safety, maintenance, management, life-cycle, resilience and sustainability of bridges for the purpose of enhancing the welfare of society. The volume serves as a valuable reference to all concerned with and/or involved in bridge structure and infrastructure systems, including students, researchers and practitioners from all areas of bridge engineering.
Maintenance Safety Risk Management and Life Cycle Performance of Bridges
Author : Nigel Powers
Maintenance Safety Risk Management and Life Cycle Performance of Bridges Excerpt :
Maintenance, Safety, Risk, Management and Life-Cycle Performance of Bridges contains lectures and papers presented at the Ninth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS 2018), held in Melbourne, Australia, 9-13 July 2018. This volume consists of a book of extended abstracts and a USB card containing the full papers of 393 contributions presented at IABMAS 2018, including the T.Y. Lin Lecture, 10 Keynote Lectures, and 382 technical papers from 40 countries. The contributions presented at IABMAS 2018 deal with the state of the art as well as emerging concepts and innovative applications related to the main aspects of bridge maintenance, safety, risk, management and life-cycle performance. Major topics include: new design methods, bridge codes, heavy vehicle and load models, bridge management systems, prediction of future traffic models, service life prediction, residual service life, sustainability and life-cycle assessments, maintenance strategies, bridge diagnostics, health monitoring, non-destructive testing, field testing, safety and serviceability, assessment and evaluation, damage identification, deterioration modelling, repair and retrofitting strategies, bridge reliability, fatigue and corrosion, extreme loads, advanced experimental simulations, and advanced computer simulations, among others. This volume provides both an up-to-date overview of the field of bridge engineering and significant contributions to the process of more rational decision-making on bridge maintenance, safety, risk, management and life-cycle performance of bridges for the purpose of enhancing the welfare of society. The Editors hope that these Proceedings will serve as a valuable reference to all concerned with bridge structure and infrastructure systems, including students, researchers and engineers from all areas of bridge engineering.
Maintenance Monitoring Safety Risk and Resilience of Bridges and Bridge Networks
Author : Tulio Nogueira Bittencourt
Maintenance Monitoring Safety Risk and Resilience of Bridges and Bridge Networks Excerpt :
Maintenance, Monitoring, Safety, Risk and Resilience of Bridges and Bridge Networks contains the lectures and papers presented at the Eighth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS 2016), held in Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil, 26-30 June, 2016. This volume consists of a book of extended abstracts and a DVD containing the full papers of 369 contributions presented at IABMAS 2016, including the T.Y. Lin Lecture, eight Keynote Lectures, and 360 technical papers from 38 countries. The contributions deal with the state-of-the-art as well as emerging concepts and innovative applications related to all main aspects of bridge maintenance, safety, management, resilience and sustainability. Major topics covered include: advanced materials, ageing of bridges, assessment and evaluation, bridge codes, bridge diagnostics, bridge management systems, composites, damage identification, design for durability, deterioration modeling, earthquake and accidental loadings, emerging technologies, fatigue, field testing, financial planning, health monitoring, high performance materials, inspection, life-cycle performance and cost, load models, maintenance strategies, non-destructive testing, optimization strategies, prediction of future traffic demands, rehabilitation, reliability and risk management, repair, replacement, residual service life, resilience, robustness, safety and serviceability, service life prediction, strengthening, structural integrity, and sustainability. This volume provides both an up-to-date overview of the field of bridge engineering as well as significant contributions to the process of making more rational decisions concerning bridge maintenance, safety, serviceability, resilience, sustainability, monitoring, risk-based management, and life-cycle performance using traditional and emerging technologies for the purpose of enhancing the welfare of society. It will serve as a valuable reference to all involved with bridge structu
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Innovation Communication and Engineering Excerpt :
This volume represents the proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Innovation, Communication and Engineering (ICICE 2013). This conference was organized by the China University of Petroleum (Huadong/East China) and the Taiwanese Institute of Knowledge Innovation, and was held in Qingdao, Shandong, P.R. China, October 26 - November 1, 2013. The conference received 653 submitted papers from 10 countries, of which 214 papers were selected by the committees to be presented at ICICE 2013. The conference provided a unified communication platform for researchers in a wide range of fields from information technology, communication science, and applied mathematics, to computer science, advanced material science, design and engineering. This volume enables interdisciplinary collaboration between science and engineering technologists in academia and industry as well as networking internationally. Consists of a book of abstracts (260 pp.) and a USB flash card with full papers (912 pp.).
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Q: Doctrine merge: DateTime field always updated I create a new Entity with an existing Id, and I want to update the related database record.
Doctrine merge
has been my best friend: recognizes if there are changes and generates the correct update query.
$entity = new Entity();
$entity->setId(1);
$entity->setName('test');
$EntityManager->merge($entity);
$EntityManager->flush();

Suppose that the element with the id=1 already exists in the db: if the name is different from 'test', Doctrine generates this query:
UPDATE table SET name = ? WHERE id = ? ["test","1"]

If I run again the code above, Doctrine recognizes that nothing is changed, and no query is committed.
But... when I set a DateTime field, Doctrine consider it as changed and always runs the update query:
$entity = new Entity();
$entity->setId(1);
$entity->setDate(new \DateTime(2000-01-01));
$EntityManager->merge($entity);
$EntityManager->flush();
//* ALWAYS commits this query:
>> UPDATE table SET date = ? WHERE id = ? ["2000-01-01 00:00:00","1"]

Do you know a way to avoid this useless update? Thanks!

A: Apparently it's seems to be a bug in Doctrine which is still not resolved(Reference Github)

That is expected behavior, objects are compared by reference

A: As said by @Raymond, it's the expected behavior.
It's a pity, but if your merge doesn't depend on the date property, a workaround could be to set the date after the merge like this:
$entity = new Entity();
$entity->setId(1);
// Set all fields that the merge is depending on
// ...
$EntityManager->merge($entity);

$entity->setDate(new \DateTime('2000-01-01'));
$EntityManager->flush();

Update
After tried, the only alternative seems to retrieve the merged object and update it by flushing the EntityManager again.
You can use:
$entity = new Entity();
$entity->setId(1);
// Set all fields that the merge is depending on
$EntityManager->merge($entity);
$EntityManager->flush();

$entity = $EntityManager->getRepository('Your\Entity')->find(1); // Retrieve the entity
$entity->setDate(new \DateTime('2000-01-01'));
$EntityManager->flush(); // Reflush

Update2
The cleaner way I found to achieve the update after the merge is re-merge the entity, e.g. :
$entity = new Entity();
$entity->setId(1);
// Set all fields that the merge is depending on
$EntityManager->merge($entity); // The real merge that retrieve (without commit) or create
$EntityManager->flush();

$entity->setDate(new \DateTime('2000-01-01'));
$entityManager->merge($entity); // Remerge the object with the changed field
$EntityManager->flush(); // Working re-flush

But this doesn't change the main problem and doesn't really make sense because you cannot compare the DateTime object by yourself, $entity->getDate() return always null before calling setDate, even after the first merge.
Doctrine compare the objects by reference (hash) with ===, also a new instance of \DateTime causes the update even if the object date is unchanged.
This is a really problematic issue that could be fixed by using == as comparison operator, but doctrine can't make a specific condition for \DateTime without breaking their generic object comparison mechanism, that involves to decrease performances of one of the most used feature.

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Gunman leaves no clues to what sparked killings
December 15, 2011 — 3.00am
LIEGE: A solemn hush descended on Liege yesterday as the Belgian city mourned the victims of the carnage wrought by a lone gunman that left five people dead and scores injured.
The minute's silence, held at lunchtime, came as police confirmed that the Nordine Amrani, the man who unleashed a volley of gunfire and grenades on a city square on Tuesday, had murdered a cleaning lady before the killing spree, and that he committed suicide.
''Nordine Amrani committed suicide with a bullet to the head,'' prosecutor Daniele Reynders said yesterday.
''The coroner said he shot himself in the forehead. He left no message to explain his act.''
Mayhem ... Belgian police at the scene in Liege. Credit:AP
The statement cleared up speculation that the 33-year-old with a long criminal record may have died accidentally when a grenade he was carrying exploded.
A prosecutor said Amrani ''left his home … with his backpack and his arms'', and that he climbed on to the roof of a bakery shop ''and fired and then threw three grenades'' at his victims. About 120 people were injured, some critically in the incident.
A search yesterday of Amrani's home found the body of the 45-year-old cleaning woman, who prosecutors believe was killed before Amrani's shooting attack on Tuesday in Saint Lambert square.
The woman's body was found in a shed that Amrani had used to grow cannabis, the prosecutor general in Liege, Cedric Visart de Bocarme, said as it emerged that Amrani had had about 20 brushes with the law.
Killer ... Nordine Amrani. Credit:AFP
The dead woman worked as a cleaner for a neighbour of Amrani, who had in the morning asked her into his home on the pretext of offering her work and then attacked her.
Released on parole about a year ago less than halfway through a sentence for firearms and drugs offences, Amrani had been summoned by police in the morning but never showed up. Police said there was no link to terrorists, insisted he acted alone and had no history of mental illness.
A 17-month-old was the latest victim of the rampage, succumbing to injuries, a Liege hospital announced. A 15-year-old boy died instantly and a 17-year-old boy died later in hospital.
Amrani's shootings targeted passers-by near the city's courthouse and started as hundreds of teenagers emerged from end-of-year exams and festive market-goers converged on the popular area. King Albert II and Queen Paola rushed to the scene, as did the newly-named Prime Minister, Elio Di Rupo. The former Belgian leader Herman Van Rompuy expressed condolences, as did Luxembourg and Britain.

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Last year, Moto G4 and G4 Plus continued Motorola's tradition of budget friendly devices. The users were a bit disappointed with the design and built of the device but software-wise, there were no issues at all. It is expected that Motorola will be launching Moto G5 and Moto G5 Plus this month at MWC and we have seen a few leaks already that include the real image of the phone also. Today, we have got yet another leak of the phone, but this time, it is the real-life, hands-on image of the phone with the specifications. There are a lot of surprises coming with the Moto G5 Plus and we will be talking about that today.
Starting off with the display, it seems Motorola understood what the fans of Moto devices want. They want a compact device with excellent features, and so, the G5 Plus is going to have a 5.2-inch Full HD display which is smaller than the 5-5-inch on G4 Plus. Under the hood, the phone is powered by an octa-core 2.0GHz processor, which could be Qualcomm 625 but we aren't sure about the processor yet. Anyways, there is a 12MP rear camera with 'Rapid Focus.' The G4 Plus still has one of the best cameras among all the smartphones in its price range, and we are expecting that the story will continue with the Moto G5 Plus also. It seems like we are not going to see any change in battery size as the G5 Plus is going to have 3,000mAh battery with Turbo Charging.
One of the most surprising things that this leak reveals is the presence of NFC on the G5 Plus. This is something we wanted to see from Moto G3 but Motorola disappointed two times. But finally, we are going to see the NFC on Moto G5 Plus along with the oval shaped fingerprint scanner on the front.


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After studying through Purdue University and obtaining his licensure through the Illinois Department of Public Health, Gerrod had the opportunity to work for the Department of Defense for over two years as a Pest Management Supervisor on multiple U.S. Army bases in Kuwait.
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AFP | Saudi Arabia has intercepted and destroyed a missile fired from Yemen toward a major international airports on the outskirts of the capital, Riyadh.
Saudi Arabia said its forces intercepted Saturday evening a ballistic missile fired from Yemen toward one of the kingdom's major international airports on the outskirts of the capital, Riyadh.
The missile was fired from across Saudi Arabia's southern border by Yemen's Houthi rebels, who are at war with the kingdom. Several Houthi-owned media outlets, including Al-Masira and SABA, reported the rebels had launched the missile.
This is the first time that a Houthi missile has come this close to a heavily populated area, and it appears to be the farthest that such a missile has reached inside Saudi Arabia. Riyadh is around 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) north of the country's border with Yemen.
Saudi military forces have intercepted missiles fired from Houthis several times since March 2015, when a Saudi-led coalition launched a war against Houthi rebels and their allies after they captured northern Yemen and ousted the Saudi-backed president from power. The kingdom has also imposed an air and sea blockade on Yemen.
The stalemated war has killed more than 10,000 civilians and displaced 3 million others, pushing the Arab world's poorest country to the brink of famine.
The U.S., which is one of the kingdom's most important military suppliers, has backed the coalition with logistical support.
In the past, Saudi Arabia has accused its rival, Shiite power Iran, of training and helping arm the rebels. Iran denies that it has provided material support, though it acknowledges its political support of the Houthis.
News outlet Al-Masira said the missile launched Saturday evening was made in Yemen and was the third to be fired toward Riyadh this year. It reported the rebels saying the missile was fired in response to "Saudi-American aggression and crimes against the people of Yemen."


Discover the Secrets of the Chosen Card Through a Borrowed Handkerchief!!
This is a great effect that you can perform anywhere and anytime in pretty much any conditions, where you have or can borrow a pack of cards and a gent's handkerchief.
IT PENETRATES THROUGH THE HANKY!!
You have a card FREELY CHOSEN and returned to the pack and shuffled until completely lost. You then borrow a gent's handkerchief and have the member of the audience check that there are no holes in it.
You take the handkerchief and hand the pack of cards to the member of the audience to shuffle and cut just as much as he wishes, in order to be certain that his chosen card is completely lost and out of your control.
You take the pack of cards back and simply wrap it up in the handkerchief and when the audience say the name of the chosen card, you simply give the handkerchief a shake and gradually and amazingly the chosen card comes right through the handkerchief, which is duly handed back to the audience member for checking .
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Climate Watch
Study: Fire Will Pose Greater Risk to California Homes in Years Ahead
By Jeremy Miller, KQED Guest Contributor August 6, 2012
Forecast: warmer, drier and more of us in harm's way
The towering flames of the Robbers fire, which burned 2,600 acres and destroyed five buildings in Placer County in July. A new UC Merced report says such fires may double in the next 40 years because of urban growth and warming temperatures.
As notices begin to arrive in the mail to nearly 850,000 California residences in fire-prone areas for Cal Fire's controversial new fire prevention fee, a study out of the University of California Merced offers a powerful rationale for beefing up the state's wildland firefighting resources.
Warmer average temperatures coupled with urban growth will greatly increase wildfire risk to California homes in the decades to come, according to the new UC study [PDF] prepared for the California Energy Commission.
Lead author and environmental engineering professor Anthony Westerling, says wildfire risk to California homes may double over the next 40 years because of a combination of climate change, land alteration and urban development.
The report supports the findings of several other studies released earlier this year showing a correlation between warming Western temperatures and increased fire activity. The study projects that climate change will generally increase fire risk across the state, with the greatest threat posed to forests in the foothills and mountains of Northern California.
The interplay among climate, people and fires is complex. In some cases, according to the report, factors contributing to fire risk may even cancel out. For example, development may reduce the volume of flammable material available to fuel large fires but the corresponding increase in population will up the probability of human ignitions.
Even with large-scale efforts to reduce carbon emissions, Westerling says that some level of warming is inevitable and that the state must work to phase in sound policies to mitigate growing risk to property.
"While policies to mitigate climate change could help to limit changes in wildfire, some level of additional warming is going to occur regardless, requiring adaptation," Westerling said in a press release. "Fire suppression, fuels management and development policies such as zoning and building codes are the primary means we have to manage wildfire risks."
[module align="left" width="half" type="pull-quote"]"When you have 11 of the 20 most damaging wildfires in California history happening since 2002, that tells us where things are going."[/module]
The findings grabbed the attention of Cal Fire director Ken Pimlott, who spoke with Climate Watch senior editor Craig Miller last week. "When you have 11 of the 20 most damaging wildfires in California history happening since 2002, that tells us where things are going," said Pimlott.
He noted that the models in the report are confirmed by the experience of fire crews in the field. "The computer models are helping us validate the things our firefighters and the public are seeing, real-time, on the ground," said Pimlott. "We need to be responding to that now and into the future "
Cal Fire's fire prevention fee will be assessed on California homeowners living at fire-prone boundaries with open space. The fee, which has been met with protests in Marin County and derided by critics as an "illegal tax," will hit California homeowners with a maximum annual charge of $150 and is expected to generate around $84 million in revenue for the agency.
Study: Fire Will Pose Greater Risk to California Homes in Years Ahead 6 August,2012Jeremy Miller
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7 thoughts on "Study: Fire Will Pose Greater Risk to California Homes in Years Ahead"
calndr says:
Cal Fire – over rated and over paid.
Just a bad excuse to add money to their budget.
I wonder if the Director has a budget like the State
Parks – two weeks ago, we find out that $54 million was hidden by them. All the
while they were closing parks and administering new user fees. Special
interest groups where lobbing for more funds….
I call BS!
Keep them at the level they are at now and hire contract
wild land fire fighting companies. This then, might help the state's economy!
Tedwards says:
You must be a private contractor trying to get work. Because you really don't know a thing about CAL FIRE, by the way you talk. Ignorant people like yourself are the reason misinformation goes around. Stop trying to support and make yourself feel better on the backs of hard working middle class firefighters who do the job everyday. If you knew anything at all about the job and the pay that CAL FIRE employees make, you would not have typed what you did. So keep you mouth shut , and you think you can do the Job apply and do it otherwise SHUT UP you fool
Hey Goverment-Guy guess again, not a contractor. Over rated and over paid!
Johnjefferson_1 says:
None of your fire fighters will get a raise you idiot
I hope CDF will use my money to pay home depot people to burn the fuel smokey the bear has built up over the last century. This smacks of protection money. Don't pay and your house will burn down. I don't know about you but CDf has nothing for me.
Pay or I will take your ice cream
Maybe I can charge CDF for the water I am storing on my property for them. Right.
Jeremy Miller is a contributing editor for High Country News, and his stories have appeared in numerous publications including Harper's, Orion, Men's Journal, Earth Island Journal, The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Magazine. He currently lives in the East Bay with his wife, Emma, and children, Deirdre and Owen.
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J.J. Watt Using Proceeds From His New Reebok Shoe to Fund Honor Flights for Veterans
The 6′ 5″ Texans lineman is all heart.
By Meghan Overdeep
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J.J. Watt is at it again with the do-gooding.
The defensive lineman for the Houston Texans known for his philanthropy efforts is giving back to veterans through his latest collaboration with Reebok.
The black and camo JJ III Valor training shoe was inspired by Watt's grandpa, James, who served in the Korean War. It pays tribute not only to his grandfather's service, but to all of our nation's veterans.
To honor the veterans that inspired the shoe, Reebok will be donating $5 per pair (up to $25,000) to the Honor Flight Network, a non-profit dedicated to providing veterans with closure and honor by transporting them to Washington, D.C. to visit and reflect at their memorials.
And that's not all. Watt will also be donating all of his proceeds from the shoe to the Honor Flight Network.
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"I'm so proud and excited to partner with the Honor Flight," Watt said in a personal video message to the veterans attending the November 2nd Badger Honor Flight. "I truly appreciate, from the bottom of my heart, everything that you've done and it's an honor for me to be able to gift these shoes as a tiny symbol of thanks for the sacrifices you've made for our country."
Well done, J.J. Keep up the good work!


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1. In Bloom - Sturgill Simpson
2. Gold - Kiiara
3. Spirits - The Strumbellas
4. Waves [Remix] - Miguel featuring Kacey Musgraves
5. My Church - Maren Morris
6. Take It All Back - Judah and the Lion
7. Lake By the Ocean - Maxwell
8. River - Bishop Briggs
9. The Sound - The 1975
10. Nobody Speak - DJ Shadow featuring Run the Jewels
11. We the People.... - A Tribe Called Quest
12. After the Afterparty - Charli XCX featuring Lil Yacgty
13. Get Out - Frightened Rabbit
14. Yellow Eyes - Rayland Baxter
15. Way Down We Go - Kaleo
16. Capsized - Andrew Bird
17. Shine - Mondo Cozmo
18. Send My Love (To Your New Lover) - Adele
19. Up&Up - Coldplay
20. When We Were Young - Adele
21. 24K Magic - Bruno Mars
22. I Don't Care About You - Lake Street Dive
23. Ain't No Man - The Avett Brothers
24. Happiness - Needtobreathe
25. Angela - The Lumineers
26. All We Ever Knew - The Head and The Heart
27. Hardwired - Metallica
28. White Flag - Joseph
29. Love Me - The 1975
30. Small Bill$ - Regina Spektor
31. Hurtin' (On the Bottle) - Margo Price
32. Longer - Lydia Loveless
33. Blended Family (What You Do For Love)\ - Alicia Keys featuring A$AP Rocky
34. Hotel Pool - Lily and Madeleine
35. River - Leon Bridges
36. SOS (Overboard) - Joseph
37. Cleopatra - The Lumineers
38. Vaporize - Amos Lee
39. Bury It - Chvrches featuring Hayley Williams
40. I Forgive It All - Mudcrutch
41. Sleep on the Floor - The Lumineers
42. I Go Through - O.A.R.
43. For the Weak - Lily and Madeleine
44. I Need Never Get Old - Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats
45. Part One - Hey, No Pressure - Ray Lamontange
46. Carry On - Norah Jones
47. A Change of Heart - The 1975
48. She Burns - Foy Vance
49. Help Me Out - The Wild Feathers
50. You Belong To Me - Bryan Adams
51. Lost Weekend - Pete Yorn
52. Underneath - Maia Sharp
53. On Hold - The xx
54. Fire - Barns Courtney
55. Black River - Sierra Hull
56. Born Again Teen - Lucius
57. Waste a Moment - Kings of Leon
58. Tragedy - Norah Jones
59. Starving - Hailee Steinfeld and Grey featuring Zedd
60. You Don't Get Me High Anymore - Phantogram
61. Left Handed Kisses - Andrew Bird featuring Fiona Apple
62. House of Mercy - Sarah Jarosz
63. Brace for Impact (Live a Little) - Sturgill Simpson
64. Into You - Ariana Grande
65. Hymn for the Weekend - Coldplay
66. Rhythm & Blues - The Head and The Heart
67. Off the Ground - The Record Company
68. Bleeding Heart - Regina Spektor
69. UGH! - The 1975
70. Lose It - Oh Wonder
71. Fade - Kanye West
72. True Sadness - The Avett Brothers
73. Better Man - Leon Bridges
74. Love Me Now - John Legend
75. Black America Again - Common featuring Stevie Wonder
76. Bang Bang - Green Day
77. Prophets of Rage - Prophets of Rage
78. Sit Here and Cry - Aubrie Sellers
79. I Can't Stop Thinking About You - Sting
80. No Hard Feelings - The Avett Brothers
81. Dark Necessitiess - Red Hot Chili Peppers
82. Ophelia - The Lumineers
83. The Runners - The Naked and Famous
84. Rock Bottom - Hailee Steinfeld featuring DNCE
85. Bring My Baby Back - Dr. Dog
86. Ain't It a Sin - Charles Bradley
87. Heartlines - Broods
88. Run - Bell Biv DeVoe
89. Light of Day - Aubrie Sellers
90. Wish I Knew You - The Revivalists
91. Wow - Beck
92. Devil In Me - Anderson East
93. Hourglass - Lily and Madeleine
94. Rise Up - Andra Day
95. Painkillers - Brian Fallon
96. Mr. Rodriguez - Rayland Baxter
97. Fire Away - Chris Stapleton
98. Stop Where You Are - Corinne Bailey Rae
99. Higher - The Naked and Famous
100. No Love Like Yours - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
at 3:30 PM Labels: A Tribe Called Quest, Adele, Best of 2016, Best Songs, Kacey Musgraves, The Avett Brothers, The Lumineers
I Want My Music Television: 5/24/15
Send My Love (To Your New Lover) - Adele
Adele gets a bad rap for being too boring, it is probably because she is the biggest artist right now and people would rather have the biggest artist on the planet be a bit more exciting but hey, she is better than when Katy Perry or Lady Gaga wore that crown. Okay, Adele's music video can be described as boring. The new one is just Adele standing in one spot and after realizing she is no D'Angelo, they thought, maybe we should just layer other takes over the first one.
Up&Up – Coldplay
Well that was one trippy Coldplay video.
In Common - Alicia Keys
After soft sales of her last album (granted I liked it), it sounds like Alicia Keys is jumping on the Caribbean dance trend that is going on right now that I am already ready to end. And those double jointed people are freaking me out.
Let Me Love You – Ariana Grande featuring Lil Wayne
Ariana Grande's last album was just cheesy fun, but her latest, oh goodness, it is just pure hot trash. She just spent too much time trying to make everyone think she is an adult even though she still could pass as fourteen. And somehow the guests are even worse: Future, Nicki Minaj, and uggg, Lil Wayne shows up on this track which is one of the more annoying. Oh, Ariana, please go back to being cheesy because you just cannot pull off being some grown up sexpot.
at 8:00 AM Labels: Adele, Alicia Keys, Ariana Grande, Coldplay, Music Videos
We On Award Tour: 2013 Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards are always the best award shows of the year just because of all the great performances even if it is an off year for music. But a funny thing happened at this year's Grammy, it was almost as if I programmed it. I loved almost all the performances (who invited Justin Timberlake, I hate when people who are not nominated get to perform unless they are a legacy artist; plus I do not see Suit and Tie getting nominated for anything next year) and it is almost as if I did the nominating. Sure I could nitpick that Call Me Maybe was nominated for a songwriting award or how Norah Jones was shut out despite releases her best single of her career, Happy Pills. But for the first time I actually endorse every nominee in the most prestigious category, each made my list of The Best Albums of 2012 (or 2011 thanks to the Grammy's wonky eligibility rule). Usually one (or four) stinkers sneak in, somehow Lady Gaga was that past three years. Since it seemed like this year's Grammys were geared specially towards me, I have a feeling the ratings will be way down and they will be back to nominating unworthy artists next year (maybe Suit and Tie will get a nod... or five), but I definitely enjoyed this year. Here are some thoughts on last night's festivities.
- We may be witnessing the downfall of Taylor Swift, her performer, the carnival meets Wonderland meets Marionettes meets Marie Antoinette was way too much. Hopefully Red is her Pop and she will go back to basics with her next album like U2 did with All That You Can't Leave Behind.
- Of course Adele won the first award, after the great ratings of last year, the show want to continue that even if a live performance off a DVD is a bit cheap way to get nominated. But then again it was not like there was much competition in that category.
- When Fun. performed at the nomination special I figured they would not get invited to the big show because they already burned off their best song. But they did get to perform and we were stuck listening to the fifth best song off their album (same goes for Maroon 5).
- I think the suits Miguel and Wiz Khalifa were wearing broke my HD. And of course they went on to announce the Best Country Solo Performance.
- A couple weeks ago someone pointed out to me that We Are Young is a song about domestic abuse ("My seat's been taken by some sunglasses asking 'bout a scar, I know I gave it to you months ago") I it is weird listening to it ever since. Even weirder is a song that may be about domestic abuse won a songwriting award.
- It was jarring seeing Mumford & Sons perform with an electric bass instead of their trademark stand-up bass. And what was with three of them being clean shaven?
- Alicia Keys playing the drums = awesome.
- Should I know who Micky Echo is?
- Best acceptance speech of the night, maybe ever: "I would like to thank the swap meet for his hat." - Jay-Z.
- I really like the aesthetic of the two The Black Keys, but I would like them to make a full band album at some point, preferably with Danger Mouse producing.
- After every review mentioned The Police, of course Bruno Mars had to bring in Sting for his performance. But I wish the Bob Marley part was much longer.
- I am not sure if there is such a thing as male groupies, but if there are, I am thinking about becoming one for the chick from the The Lumineers.
- Do someone slip me some acid or was Carrie Underwood's dress changing shapes and colors?
- How do you invite Prince to an award show and not get him to perform? This may have been the best awards in recent memory, but not getting Prince to sing was an epic fail.
- I guess it should go down as a successful Grammy awards because Chris Brown made it through an entire night without punching anyone.
at 8:00 AM Labels: Adele, Alicia Keys, Award Show, Carrie Underwood, fun, Grammys, Jay-Z, Mumford and Sons, Paramore, Prince, Taylor Swift, The Black Keys, The Lumineers
The 25 Best Mash-Ups of 2012
If you want to give the mash-up a listen, click its name on the first line (where you will find ways to download it most places) and if you would like to download the song that make it up, click those in the second line and it will take you to iTunes. Although I have to say before we get to the list that I am a bit disappointed that no one was able to figure out a way to mash-up Ho Hey and Hip Hop Hooray. Oh well, maybe next year and here are my favorite from the past year.
1. Rock Of Ages (2012) - DJ Schmolli
Led Zeppelin (Whole Lotta Love) vs. Rolling Stones (Sympathy for the Devil) vs. Run-DMC (King of Rock) vs. The Chemical Brothers (Block Rockin' Beats) vs. Twisted Sister (I Wanna Rock) vs. Dio (Stand Up and Shout) vs. AC/DC (Let There Be Rock) vs. many more
2. Somebody That I Used to Know - Norwegian Recycling
Goyte featuring Kimbra (Somebody That I Used to Know) vs. Drake featuring Rihanna (Take Care) vs. Adele (Set Fire to the Rain) vs. Bruno Mars (Grenade)
3. United State of Pop 2012 - DJ Earworm
The Top 40 Songs of 2012
4. Wonderwall Like You - DJ Y alias JY
Adele (Someone Like You) vs. Oasis (Wonderwall)
5. I'm Coming Home - Mashup-Germany
M83 (Midnight City) vs. P.Diddy feat. Skylar Grey (Coming Home) vs. Bob Marley (Could You Be Loved) vs. 3 Doors Down (Kryptonite) vs. Men at Work (Down Under) vs. Rihanna (Diamonds)
6. Fire in Moscow - Michmash
Jimi Hendrix (Fire) vs. Michael Jackson (Stranger In Moscow)
7. Lana Adele Rey - Phil RetroSpector
Adele (Set Fire to the Rain) vs. Lana Del Rey (Born to Die)
8. Master Of Doin' It - Wax Audio
Metallic (Master of Puppets) vs. Herbie Hancock (Doin' It)
9. The Boys Are Back In Heaven (2012) - DJ Schmolli
Eric Clapton (Tears In Heaven) vs. Thin Lizzy (The Boys Are Back In Town)
10. So What'cha Want? A Whole Lotta Love! - BRAT
Led Zeppelin (Whole Lotta Love) vs. Beastie Boys (So What'cha Want)
11. To Be Sweet With You - Colatron
Mr. Big (To Be With You) vs. the Verve (Bitter Sweet Symphony)
12. Just Like Rain - Chocomang
Blind Melon (No Rain) vs. the Cure (Just Like Heaven)
13. The Seas Have No Name - Wax Audio
Queen (Seven Seas of Rhye) vs. U2 (Where the Streets Have No Name)
14. I Reckon I'm Crazy - Colatron
Seal (Crazy) vs. Radiohead (Reckoner)
15. Some Creeps - The Hood Internet
TLC (Creep) vs. Holy Ghost! (Some Children)
16. We Are the World on Fire - DJ Prince
Kings of Leon (Sex On Fire) vs. USA for Africa (We Are the World)
17. South of the Grapevine - Wax Audio
Slayer (South of Heaven) vs. Marvin Gaye (I Heard It Through the Grapevine)
18. The Lonely Song - Mighty Mike
The Police (So Lonely) vs. Bruno Mars (The Lazy Song)
19. Criminal Down - Martinn75
Men at Work (Down Under) vs. Michael Jackson (Smooth Criminal)
20. Maybe We Found Love (So Call Me) - DJ Lobsterdust
Carly Ray Jepsen (Call Me Maybe) vs. Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris (We Found Love)
21. More Than a Scientist - Mighty Mike
Extreme (More Than Words) vs. Coldplay (The Scientist)
22. The Only Love's Theme - G3RSt
Paramore (The Only Exception) vs. Barry White (Love Theme)
23. Titanium 500 - DJ Schmolli
The Proclaimers (I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)) vs. Midnight Oil (Beds Are Burning) vs. David Guetta and Sia (Titanium)
24. Maneater Cream - DOSVEC
Wu-Tang Clan (C.R.E.A.M.) vs. Hall & Oates (Maneater)
25. Dirty Roxanne - MadMixMustang
The Police (Roxanne) vs. Michael Jackson (Dirty Diana)
at 8:00 AM Labels: Adele, Best Mash Ups, Best of 2012, Paramore
The 25 Best Live Performances of 2012
I have embedded the first couple, after that, the link will take you to YouTube, usually for some crappy rip that will be taken down at some point (one of these days content suppliers will realize they should put everything on the internet, montinize it, because people are just going to upload it anyway).
1. Losing My Religion – Michael Stipe and Chris Martin (12-12-12 Concert for Hurricane Sandy Relief)
2. Ronan – Taylor Swift (Stand Up 2 Cancer)
3. Cut Me Some Slack – Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, and Pat Smear (12-12-12 Concert for Hurricane Sandy Relief)
4. Hallelujah – The Cast of the Voice
5. Gold on the Ceiling / Lonely Boy – The Black Keys with Johnny Depp (2012 MTV Movie Awards)
6. We Found Love / Princess of China / Paradise – Coldplay and Rihanna (2012 Grammy Awards)
7. Beastie Boys Tribute – The Roots, Kid Rock, and Travie McCoy (2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony)
8. Call Me Maybe – The Roots, Jimmy Fallon, and Carley Rae Jepsen (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon)
9. Higher Ground – Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ron Wood, Slash, Billy Joe Armstrong, and George Clinton (2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony)
10. Rolling in the Deep – Adele (2012 Grammy Awards)
11. Dream On – Amanda Brown (The Voice)
12. Let Yourself Go – Green Day (2012 MTV Video Music Awards)
13. Surfer Girl / Wouldn't it Be Nice / Good Vibrations – The Beach Boys, Maroon 5, and Foster the People (2012 Grammy Awards)
14. Criminal – Melanie Martinez and Nicholas David (The Voice)
15. Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway) – Billy Joel (12-12-12 Concert for Hurricane Sandy Relief)
16. Crazy – Daryl Hall and Cee-Lo Green (Live From Daryl's House)
17. Crossroads – Eric Clapton (12-12-12 Concert for Hurricane Sandy Relief)
18. Say Aah – Lindsey Pavao (The Voice)
19. We Are Young – Fun. (2012 MTV Movie Awards)
20. Thinkin' Bbout You – Frank Ocean (2012 MTV Video Music Awards)
21. Not Even the King – Alicia Keys (Stand Up 2 Cancer)
22. Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi (12-12-12 Concert for Hurricane Sandy Relief)
23. I'm Yours – Daryl Hall and Jason Mraz (Live From Daryl's House)
24. Over You – Cassadee Pope (The Voice)
25. Comfortably Numb – Roger Waters and Eddie Vedder (12-12-12 Concert for Hurricane Sandy Relief)
at 8:00 AM Labels: Adele, Beastie Boys, Best of 2012, Coldplay, Paul McCartney, R.E.M., Taylor Swift, The Black Keys, The Voice
Best of the Week - 2/25/12
Quote of the Week: You want to run your hillbilly heroin fiefdom up here, that's between you and the great state of Kentucky. I got no interest in (expletive deleted)kicker-on-(expletive deleted)kicker crime. But you will not drag me into this. The next time you set up an operation in this county or any other it better not have my (expletive deleted) family name on the deed or so help me God, I will lose this star and the dance we do subsequent to that will not end with you finding Jesus in a hospital bed. (Raylan, Justified)
Song of the Week: Kiss from a Rose – Seal (Shameless)
Scene of the Week:
Big News of the Week: 21 Turns a Year Old: Adele celebrated her one her anniversary of the release of her sophomore album 21 by managing to have its best selling week yet with another 730,000 albums sold thanks to a sizable Grammy bump, the largest Grammy-bump in 21 years (natch). It also became the first album on iTunes to sell over 2 Million albums (it has sold over 7 million overall). Her twenty-first week at number 1 on the Billboard charts also pushed her ahead of The Bodyguard Soundtrack for the most by a female solo artist (she still has 33 more weeks before she can beat the recotrd set by the West Side Story Soundtrack). Her debut album 19 even made its way to number 4. This week also so her become the first female artist to have three songs in the Billboard Singles chart. Those numbers (two top 5 albums, three to 10 songs in the same week) puts her in exclusive company with The Beatles.
Preview Picture of the Week: Today NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) team MAKE Motorsports will kick off the 2012 season with a sponsorship from HBO and the hit comedy series EASTBOUND & DOWN. In celebration of the HBO series' season three debut on Feb. 19, the network will sponsor the #50 Chevrolet driven by T.J. Bell at RIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway.
Free Download of the Week: Handclaps & Guitars – Chiddy Bang (iTunes)
New Album Release of the Week: Roses - The Cranberries
New DVD Release of the Week: Justice League: Doom
Video of the Week: Someb people complain about how The Voice recruits contestants with extensive music industry experience and to them I say "shut the frack up and go watch one of those horrible amateur shows instead." And since some of the contestants have a large internet footprint a simple Google search (or searching the 9th Green, you can find some Charlotte Sometimes mentions) can lead you some entertaining pre-The Voice performances like breakout star Lindsey Pavao singing an acoustic version one hit wonder Flagpole Sitta. But the best pre-fame video goes to the country pianist Nicolle Galyon who recruiting a choir for a stripped down version of Super Bass. No, seriously and it is much more entertaining than her Blind Audition on The Voice and much better than the original (though I have not yet confirm that the girl in the ski cap is in fact Kat Dennings so I will blindly believe it is), take a look or download for free over on Soundcloud:
Super Bass - @nicatnitemusic from Nicolle Galyon on Vimeo.
Next Week Pick of the Week: Parenthood, Tuesday at 10:00 on NBC: The best drama on network television wraps up its third season early so NBC can air Fashion Star (seriously NBC why are you ripping of basic cable ideas?). Apparently there will a wedding even though as the last episode ended with the two participants in relationships with other people. But I just hope this season ends with Julia and Joel deciding to adopt Zoey and her baby together. But if me declaring the show the best drama on network television still cannot get you to tune in, maybe this video of the cast lip-syncing to the classic LFO song Girl on TV, complete with Vince Howard rapping, should do the trick.
at 8:00 AM Labels: Adele, Best of the Week, Justified, Parenthood, Suburgatory, The Voice
It seems like the Grammys always get a major chunk of their awards wrong, but in 2011 there was no denying Adele and even with the Grammys track record, it is still no surprised that she hauled in the most awards this year. Here are some other thoughts on the night:
- I am a little shocked that Bruce Springsteen went with the new song that most people won't even remember by next year instead of a song that highlighted a Clarence Clemmons sax solo.
- Can't say I was ever a Whitney Houston fan (a grand total of two songs made it on my iPod), but it is also sad to see someone go that quickly and unexpectedly. But once again it shows, just like Whitney said it was: crack is wack. Another example as to never start using the stuff and if you do, it is time to get yourself help.
- Why even bring in LL Cool J as host if his entire monologue consists of a prayer and then shouting out people in the front row?
- It is never a good sign when they mentioned Bruno Mars is up for Album of the Year and I completely forgot he was. Granted the category was always Adele and the four other people since they announced the nominees.
- I can't believe they actually brought Chris Brown back to the Grammys considering the last time the two were in the same sentence he had to cancel an appearance after brutally beating Rihanna. What's worse (aside from not even bother to sing) was that he totally ripped off Rihanna's We Found Love for the song he lip-synced.
- It is nice to see after sporting bad mom hair for the last couple months, Kelly Clarkson decided to actually do something with her hair tonight. Unfortunately she passed on her bad hair to Taylor Swift.
- Couldn't they just give an entire half an hour block to The Beach Boys? That just did not seem long enough.
- Paul McCartney, Diana Krall and… Joe Walsh?
- It was enough that they were snubbed for Best New Artist, which they should have won, but only sixty seconds for The Civil Wars?
- It is ironic that Taylor Swift performed Mean on the Grammys considering the song was inspired by the critics who had some mean things to say following her performance with Stevie Nicks on the show a couple years ago.
- Katy Perry fooled me; I thought she pulled an Ashlee Simpson, although maybe she should have lip synced because it was pretty poor performance.
- After a year of hearing everyone butchering the song, it is weird hearing a great performance of Rolling in the Deep.
- Bon Iver, your Best New Artist of 2009.
- Roy Orbison's widow gets mentions in the In Memoriam package but not Jani Lane?
- You really have to be high to enjoy electronic music.
- Can we please end the Nicki Minaj era please? Seriously, did she really work Oh Come All Ye Faithful into her abomination of a performance?
at 8:00 AM Labels: Adele, Award Show, Bruce Springsteen, Grammys, Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift, The Civil Wars
We Use to Drive the Canyons, Get Lost for Fun
When the entertainment business finds a hit, there is nothing they like better than to copy it off like they work at Kinko's. Seriously, even years later television has been trying to recreate Lost and Friends to little avail. I bring this up because I recently read an article calling Lana Del Rey the first artist of the post-Adele era, someone who tried to gain fame solely by trying to steal Adele's style. And much like other first retreads like Invasion and Coupling, Del Rey crashed and burned after a disastrous Saturday Night Live performance last weekend.
Of course it is much better when an entire scene is in place before one them break big like the Seattle era when Nirvana bust through the door, bands like Pearl Jam and Soundgarden were ready and waiting for their breaks and it were the post-grunge bands like Bush that came along later and sucked massively. So instead of looking for the next Adele that who tries to squeeze herself into Adele's persona, it would be better to an artist already out there that already has Adele's esthetic for The Next Adele.
One candidate could be Jessie Baylin who may not have the same booming voice but travels in the same jazzy-folk music (just forget the cover art which maker Baylin look more like a Joan Jett clone than an Adele sound alike). Both manage to make retro music fresh for the new millennium but where Adele has a voice that goes down with the Aretha (and other one name divas throughout history) Jessie has a softer, smokier voice along the line of Dusty Springfield. With the throwback feel, Jessie Baylin's third album Little Spark sound like a one woman Brill Building creation with a little Wall of Sound thrown in for good measure.
Little Spark starts off with the lovely Hurry Hurry which swells with the hopeless romantic of new love. While Love Is Wasted on Lovers shows the flip side of the coin with Baylin cooing along with the best track. Then later in the album, Dancer may actual put a little pep in your step. If you are looking for something organic for the Next Adele, Jessie Baylin may be better than anything that is packaged as such.
Song to Download – Love Is Wasted On Lovers
Little Spark gets a on my Terror Alert Scale.
at 8:00 AM Labels: Adele, Album Review, Terror Alert Scale
1. Barton Hollow - The Civil Wars
2. Otis - Jay-Z & Kanye West featuring Otis Redding
3. Someone Like You - Adele
4. Good Man - Raphael Saadiq
5. Rolling in the Deep - Adele
6. Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes
7. Young Blood - The Naked and Famous
8. Poison & Wine - The Civil Wars
9. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People
10. Colder Weather - Zac Brown Band
11. Lonely Boy - The Black Keys
12. My Ugly Mouth - Meg & Dia
13. Black - Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi featuring Norah Jones
14. Rumour Has It - Adele
15. Brighter Than the Sun - Colbie Caillat
16. Bring It On - The Gaslight Anthem
17. Children - V V Brown
18. Lost In My Mind - The Head and the Heart
19. L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. - Noah and the Whale
20. Make Some Noise - Beastie Boys
21. Back Down South - Kings of Leon
22. Comeback Kid (That's My Dog) - Brett Dennen
23. Oh My Heart - R.E.M.
24. Tree By the River - Iron & Wine
25. Freak Out - Tapes 'n Tapes
26. Stay Young, Go Dancing - Death Cab For Cutie
27. Windows Are Rolled Down - Amos Lee
28. Just a Kiss - Lady Antebellum
29. The Show Goes On - Lupe Fiasco
30. I Need a Doctor - Dr. Dre featuring Eminem and Skylar Grey
31. Lucky Now - Ryan Adams
32. Battery Kinzie - Fleet Foxes
33. My Body - Young The Giant
34. Freaks and Geeks - Childish Gambino
35. Faster - Matt Nathanson
36. Nylons In a Rip - Nikka Costa
37. (Expletive Deleted) in Paris - Jay-Z & Kanye West
38. Up Up Up - Givers
39. Love the Way You Walk Away - Blitzen Trapper
40. Single Girls - Laura Jansen
41. Gonna Get Over You - Sara Bareilles
42. Ours - Taylor Swift
43. All of the Lights - Kanye West
44. The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars
45. Let the Rain - Sara Bareilles
46. Go Outside - Cults
47. Our Hearts Are Wrong - Jessica Lea Mayfield
48. Mean - Taylor Swift
49. When I'm Alone - Lissie
50. Stone Rollin' - Raphael Saadiq
51. Paradise - Coldplay
52. Hey Mama - Mat Kearney
53. Thinking About You - Frank Ocean
54. Time Spent in Los Angeles - Dawes
55. The Broken Ones - Dia Frampton
56. Hell On Heels - Pistol Annies
57. The Shrine / An Argument - Fleet Foxes
58. You Are a Tourist - Death Cab for Cutie
59. Flower - Amos Lee
60. Holdin On to Black Metal - My Morning Jacket
61. How Come You Never Go There - Feist
62. Bonfire - Childish Gambino
63. Back to December - Taylor Swift
64. Inventing Shadows - Dia Frampton
65. 'Til the End of Time - Timothy Bloom featuring V
66. ÜBerlin - R.E.M.
67. We Found Love - Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris
68. Lorelai - Fleet Foxes
69. Call Your Girlfriend - Robyn
70. The Story of Us - Taylor Swift
71. Invisible - Skylar Grey
72. Movin' Down the Line - Raphael Saadiq
73. Don't Kick the Chair - Dia Frampton featuring Kid Cudi
74. You've Got the Love - Florence + the Machine
75. Roll Away Your Stone - Mumford & Sons
76. Best Thing I Never Had - Beyoncé
77. Red Solo Cup - Toby Keith
78. Two Against One - Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi featuring Jack Black
79. Get Some - Lykke Li
80. We All Go Back to Where We Belong - R.E.M.
81. Change The Sheets - Kathleen Edwards
82. Nasty - Nas
83. From the Clouds - Jack Johnson
84. Shanghai Cigarettes - Caitlin Rose
85. Radio Message - R. Kelly
86. Who Says - Selena Gomez & the Scene
87. Smarter - Eisley
88. Monster - Kanye West, Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj and Bon Iver
89. Howlin' for You - The Black Keys
90. KMAG YOYO - Hayes Carll
91. If I Die Young - The Band Perry
92. Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera
93. Make My - The Roots featuring Big K.R.I.T. & Dice Raw
94. Masquerade - Lelia Broussard
95. Calamity Song - The Decemberists
96. Little Lie - Lindi Ortega
97. Shake It Out - Florence + the Machine
98. The Scientist - Willie Nelson
99. Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall - Coldplay
100. Radio - Raphael Saadiq
at 3:00 PM Labels: Adele, Best of 2011, Best Songs, Dia Frampton, Fleet Foxes, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Raphael Saadiq, The Black Keys, The Civil Wars, The Gaslight Anthem
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I've been hearing medleys in my head. The a cappella variety, where the songs overlap after a while. I was stuck on one, and now I've got two alternating. No clue why, but I figured that if I wrote them down maybe they'd leave my head.
Those two overlap surprisingly well, and work together thematically. I'm actually kind of amazed I haven't heard it done yet.
The Billy Joel song only works if it's combined with the old guy at the beginning of every episode of "Monty Python's Flying Circus."


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Reni Eddo-Lodge is an award-winning journalist. Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race is her first book. It was longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize and the Orwell Prize. It won the Jhalak Prize and Non-Fiction Narrative Book of the Year at the British Book Awards.