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Q: Call JavaScript function when button loaded by ajax is clicked I have an html form that loads its contents through ajax and includes buttons that, when clicked, should execute a JavaScript function that is defined in the html page's script tag. SO: Button is loaded through ajax (works), but when button is clicked, it doesn't trigger the desired action and doesn't trigger a JavaScript error in Firebug.  How does one get the onclick signal of a bunch of buttons loaded through ajax to bind to an already existing JavaScript function?
EDIT: I should have noted also that I am not using JQuery.  I am willing to do so if it is the only way, but otherwise, I would prefer to use only native JavaScript.
EDIT2: My problem was a bit more involved, but as was stated in the chosen answer, you should be able to set the onclick event handler in the php script before sending the data through ajax.  If you have a data-heavy response and want to reduce bandwidth, you might consider doing everything client-side, but I find it easier in most situations just to set the onclick attribute in the php script.

A: Append/insert the HTML (retrieved AJAX response) to DOM and bind click event to it:
function alreadyExistingFunc() {
    alert('button is clicked!');
}

var ajax_data ="<button id='my-button'>My Button</button>";

$('body').append(ajax_data).find('#my-button').on('click', function(e){
    alreadyExistingFunc();
    // some more code...
});

OR:
$('body').append(ajax_data).find('#my-button').on('click', alreadyExistingFunc);

A: Your dynamically generated button could have an inline event bound to it. When generating the button, simply make sure it has an onclick="alreadyExistingFunc();" and the page will happily execute it.
Alternatively, when your AJAX data is finished writing itself into the document, find the new button(s) and bind the event to them:
function ajaxSuccess()
{
    document.getElementById('newButtonIdHere').onClick = function() {
        alreadyExistingFunc();
    }
}

That should do the trick. Also note that if you ever "need" a small part of jQuery to do something (like selectors or event handling), you can almost always do it without loading the whole library.

A: You could also use a callback:
function getAjaxContent(callback) {
    $.ajax({url: "url"}).done(function() {
      callback(data);
    });
}

getAjaxContent(function (data) {
    //ajax content has been loaded, add the click event here
}


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On 21 February 1221 Henry I, Duke of Brabant granted the City of Antwerp city rights or town privileges. The charter was more a confirmation of an already existing situation, but is still worth a commemoration.
ÖBB Nightjet to Brussels to ride three times a week, Innsbruck route scrapped
ÖBB, the Federal Railways of Austria, is scrapping its Innsbruck route. That is the reason why we booked a voyage on it a few weeks ago. The Vienna – Brussels – Vienna service will run three times a week as of December 2020.
NIGHTJET | Austrian Federal Railways ÖBB and Swiss Federal Railways SBB-CFF-FFS present 2024 Austro-Swiss night train plans for Europe
The Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) or Austrian Federal Railways and their Swiss colleagues SBB-CFF-FFS present a map of their future Austro-Swiss night train plans for Europe in 2024.
CORONAVIRUS | La Démence's The Cruise cancelled
"With a lot of pain in our hearts we have to inform you that, as a consequence of the coronavirus COVID-19 crisis, we are cancelling this year's cruise", La Démence says in a communiqué.
Split in Croatia
After Florence and Venice, Steve and I embarked on our East Mediterranean cruise on board MSC Sinfonia. The cruise took us from Venice in Italy to Split in Croatia, Santorini and Mykonos in Greece, Dubrovnik, Ancona and back to Venice.
Half a day tour of Trier in Germany
Scott, Ivan, Danny and myself found a weekend to go an adventure together. We decided to go to Trier in Germany. We spent half a day there.
VIDEO | Landing at Antwerp International Airport
When I passed Antwerp International Airport (ANR, Internationale Luchthaven Antwerpen) by train, I remembered I filmed landing at our little airport in 2016.
VIDEO | The Cruise 2020 powered by La Démence sails to Rome, Dubrovnik and Albania with Royal Caribbean
The Cruise, also known as La Démence Cruise will sail from 5 tot 12 July 2020 on Royal Caribbean's Explorer of the Seas.
Two-day tour of Saint Petersburg in Russia
Two days isn't enough, really, to explore Saint Petersburg, the former capital and the cultural heart of Russia. But it's what we had on the Royal Caribbean cruise of the Baltic Sea.
(The Train to) Jerusalem in Israel
While in Tel Aviv, it's very easy to arrange a day-trip to Jerusalem. On Saturday I booked a guided tour. This meant I had to be at Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem at 11AM.

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BCAB #973 - Foundation Drains, Articles 9.14.2.1. and; 9.14.3.3.
Re: Foundation Drains, Articles 9.14.2.1. and; 9.14.3.3.
With reference to your letter of January 20, 1988, regarding the installation of foundation drains.
The details submitted show the drain installed against the side of the footing, with the bottom of the pipe approximately level with the surface of the ground within the crawl space. As such it clearly contravenes Article 9.14.3.3., which requires that the top of the pipe be below this ground level. If the drain is necessary, then the ground level within the crawl space should be raised, or the drain lowered.
However, if the soil conditions are such that drainage can be shown to be unnecessary, as provided in Article 9.14.2.1., then there is no point in taking any further action with respect to the drain level, as the drain becomes superfluous. Your letter indicates that the subsoil is sandy, several feet deep, with excellent drainage characteristics.
Under the circumstances, we suggest you refer the authority having jurisdiction to the provisions of Article 9.14.2.1., for their consideration as to whether Article 9.14.3.3. would be applicable to your situation.


Fans in Singapore of Paris Saint-Germain, mark the date July 26. That is when the French champions and their squad will land in Singapore for this year's International Champions Cup (ICC).
While the attendance of their star players like Neymar and Kylain Mbappe depend on how far their respective national teams progress in the World Cup - the final is in Moscow on July 15 - PSG are planning a host of events to engage with local fans.


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Anna University frames as one of the most progressive and best-featured universities present within the academic interface of India. It is located in Tamil Nadu, and has worked extensively in the fields of Engineering and Technical Education. It offers best charted UG & PG courses in the genre of Pharmacy and administers these courses in the several colleges under it. TNPCEE is conducted on undergraduate level for providing admissions within the courses of B.Pharma.
The Tamil Nadu Professional Courses Entrance Examination (TNPCEE) is conducted under the supervision of Anna University on state level so as to offer best and updated candidates for the admission procedure of Bachelor of Pharmacy course administered in several private and government colleges within the state of Tamil Nadu.
· Candidates must have qualified their 10+2 with 60% as aggregate in their qualified subjects and under the recognition of a reputed academic board.
· Candidates appearing in their 10+2 exams or waiting for the result are eligible too.
· SC/ST Candidates will be provided with relaxation in accordance with the norms laid out by the Govt. of Tamil Nadu.
· Upper age limit exceeds till 21 Years, and 3 years is provided as relaxation for the reserved candidates.
· Candidates can log on to the official website and must click on the application form and download it or can obtain it directly from the university campus by depositing a DD worth Rs.1000 drawn in favor of The Registrar, Annamalai University payable at Chennai.
· All the information must be filled accurately and the print out must be taken out.
· Applicants must send the printout of the form attached with a DD amounting to Rs.1000 drawn in favor of The Registrar, Annamalai University payable at Chennai.
Candidates are required to pay a minimum amount of Rs.1000 in the form of Demand Draft drawn in favor of The Registrar, Annamalai University payable at Chennai.
Entrance exam results are declared in June every month, on the official website. The dates are yet to be announced.


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"I was very nervous about doing Live Aid, it was such a huge gig. People were queuing up to do it because of the exposure, they were talking about the amount of TV coverage and whatever. It was hard to convince some people that we were there for the right reasons." - Larry Mullen jr.
The Popmart concert held in Reggio Emilia (1997, Italy) holds the world record for the concert with the highest paying attendance for one single act without support. There were around 150.000 people.


RethinkDB is an open source nosql scalable database built for real-time applications. It is a good data storage. You should give it a try if you are looking a flexible data store for rapid development or you need to scale an application with a very little effort.
Time to market has been an important challenge for all startups for years. But now the world is changing so fast that it became even more important. You should build your project now or somebody else will do it tomorrow.
RethinkDB is the open-source, scalable database that makes building real-time apps dramatically easier. It simplifies data access a lot and helps you to ship your application faster. Another advantage of RethinkDB is it has been developed for real-time web communications, e.g. real-time marketplaces and online games.
The audience will learn how install RethinkDB, perform CRUD operations, subscribe for real-time data updated and query the data.
As a software engineer and software development manager in finance and e-commerce sectors, Ilya gained more than 10 years of experience in leading the development of complex software in teams, large and small. Before starting his own business, he worked in Europe and North America for several multinational companies such as Monster and Barclays. Ilya Verbitskiy is currently an independent consultant helping companies to create a successful online business. Outside of work, he's a husband and father and enjoys sports, games and learning everything about everything.


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Reporting guidelines for clinical trials evaluating artificial intelligence interventions are needed
As artificial intelligence moves into the realm of clinical trials, consideration is needed on whether the current CONSORT and SPIRIT reporting statements are sufficient to ensure transparency. This commentary describes work by an international group of researchers who form the CONSORT-AI and SPIRIT-AI Steering Group to develop new reporting guidelines for AI-driven interventions in clinical trials.
Liu, X., Rivera, S.C., Faes, L. et al. Reporting guidelines for clinical trials evaluating artificial intelligence interventions are needed. Nat Med 25, 1467–1468 (2019) doi:10.1038/s41591-019-0603-3
Turing affiliated authors
Professor Christopher Yau
Turing AI Acceleration Fellow, and Professor of Artificial Intelligence
Dr Sebastian Vollmer
Associate Professor, University of Warwick
Professor Chris Holmes
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Symphony in an Airport
Emmanuel Fratianni conducts the 70-piece Hollywood Scoring Orchestra at the preview opening gala of the new Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX on June 20, 2013. Photos courtesy of Laurie Robinson
(#TBT Throwback Thursday post: This article originally appeared in the August 2013 issue of the AFM Local 47 Overture.)
70-piece Hollywood Scoring Orchestra plays once-in-a-lifetime gig at new LAX Tom Bradley International Terminal
by Linda A. Rapka
In what marked possibly the first world premiere of a symphonic poem ever to take place at an airport, the Hollywood Scoring Orchestra provided a once-in-a-lifetime musical experience at Los Angeles International Airport June 20 with the debut of "Portale — A Symphonic Poem," especially composed by Emmanuel Fratianni and Laurie Robinson.
Dedicated to the peoples of Los Angeles, the piece celebrated the new 150,000 square-foot Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX, set to officially open later this year. (Update: The Bradley terminal at LAX opened in September 2013.)
The performing ensemble of 70 featured special performances by the International Children's Choir, multi-ethnic percussionists, and world-renowned soloists. Grammy Award-winner David Foster performed with special guests. The piece was commissioned by Westfield Corporation, corporate sponsor of the event. A framed copy of the score was gifted to L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (recently succeeded by Eric Garcetti) by Westfield CEO Peter Lowy.
"We were profoundly appreciative of the great job the Local 47 orchestra did," composer Robinson said. "It was no small feat to get an orchestra and all of their instruments past TSA, over the tarmac, into restricted airspace and into a working terminal to premier a symphony. To witness the hard work and more importantly the good will that all of the musician's brought to this project was very moving, because it was not an easy job!"
To make the event happen, the production team had to deal with not only the logistical challenges of working in a functioning airport — one of the busiest, at that — but also in an unfinished space.
"That the musicians brought not just their talent, but the sincerity and desire for the project to succeed against a lot of obstacles, was profoundly touching," Robinson said. "It must be said that the project would not have succeeded without their professionalism — a lesser orchestra could not pull it off and stay on budget."
It was an unusual commingling of populations at the airport with 1,000 gala guests arriving in gowns on a red carpet, flanked by illuminated pillars meant to mimic the airport's signature feature, that stretched right through the existing terminal, where travelers trudged along with bags and boarding passes.
"Bravo to every one of the great players and thinkers, who helped us solve the unforeseen dilemmas which plagued us only because of this unusual performance environment," Robinson said. "Special thank you to Ross DeRoche, who contracted a knockout orchestra; Peter Kent, concertmaster; Jason Goodman, who solved an impossible cartage problem single-handedly; Bob O'Donnell, who never failed to get me yet another revised LAOLA budget, because our timeline from the client changed every single day; and the fantastic players who nailed the piece, after only two or three play downs.
"Vic Sagerquist of Paramount Music Library, who turned the score around in record time, deserves special thanks," Robinson said. "A special shoutout must go to Damon Tedesco, our top scoring engineer, who came off the scoring stage for this live project, to make the orchestra, soloists and David Foster sound amazing in this acoustic wildcard of modern architecture."
The new Tom Bradley terminal is considered the crown jewel of the $4.1 billion LAX Capital Improvements Program, the largest public works project in the history of the City of Los Angeles. The New TBIT Project is creating nearly 4,000 construction-related jobs during the project's five-year schedule and nearly 2,000 permanent concession jobs when the terminal begins operations.
The facilities previewed are expected to become operational later this year. The new terminal is expected to help LAX retain its competitiveness as the premier U.S. West Coast international gateway, especially to the fast-growing Asia-Pacific region.
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So I walked over and spotted the bird, fulfilling McCabe's promise.
Our day included at least one Canada goose, mallard, American coot, common merganser, wood duck, pied-billed grebe, great blue heron, common goldeneye and bufflehead, among others. None were a surprise or hard to spot for McCabe, who rides the Greenbelt nearly every day in search of birds (and knows some of the people and dogs, too).
McCabe, a 70-year-old retired attorney, began birding in 1970 when the Army stationed him in Oklahoma. He was near the dividing line between western and eastern birds, so he'd go out with both field guides in his pockets.
But he didn't get serious about birding until a decade ago, when a bout with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma changed his life. He used biking-and-birding trips to help his mind overcome the effects of chemotherapy. And when it was time to go back to work, he decided he'd rather retire. He began chemo in January 2006, finished in July of that year and had his last checkup five years ago.
"Once I started biking for birds, it was just more fun and it got me out and it got me healthier," McCabe said.
He still makes his brain work when he birds. He rarely takes notes.
Instead, he goes home and makes a list from memory of the birds he spotted, in the order they were seen.
"I replay the ride, so I enjoy it all over again," McCabe said.
His favorite bird is the bald eagle. The national animal fascinated him when he watched one take off. Since then, he's seen many of them — including one in Boise that chased, then got chased by, an osprey over a fish.


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One of the first things most travelers do after landing to your destination country is exchange money, or make use of your debit/ATM/credit card. This can be a huge expense, especially if you're careless. A few tips can help you get the best exchange rate and avoid paying high fees.
Look at the currency converter for the most up to date exchange rates. When you know the current rate you'll know what you're getting into is a good or a bad deal.
Using your ATM card to get cash from a local ATM will save you from traveler's check fees and exchange stand fees. Most ATMs will only charge an ATM fee (if any), but will not charge you a percentage fee for the actual exchanging of the money.
Don't go to the ATM and get only a day's worth of money. Get 2-4 days worth of cash and stash it in various places. Try to figure out exactly how much you need so you won't have to exchange your money back again. Most ATMs charge fees for withdrawing money in a foreign country and if you withdraw $100 in one day, that ATM will charge the same to withdraw, say, $500 in the same transaction, rather than spending fees on 5 transactions everyday.
ING (if you have an ING Electric Orange Checking) and HSBC both have banks in almost every country in Europe. You can use your ATM card at any of their locations and not get charged a fee. Bank of America partners with banks in the UK, France, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia, and China. Also, if you're eligible, USAA lets you take money out of any ATM in the world and will reimburse you any fees the ATM charges.
Give your local bank a call before you head overseas and ask what their rates are and what they can do for you. They may not be able to prevent fees on your ATM card before you go, but if you call when you get back they will likely remove the fees.
You are going to get a worse exchange rate in your country than you will in the country you're visiting.
The exchange kiosks at the airports have terribly high fees. Look for local spots like banks or currency exchange places that offer zero fees and good rates. Banks are your best bet.
If you are at a bank/exchange kiosk in another country they post two rates "we buy at" and "we sell at". "We buy" is when they are buying the the currency (e.g. euros) back from you to your currency (e.g. dollars). "We sell" is when they are taking your dollars and giving you euros. You will want to look at the sell rate when you get there and the buy rate when you are going home. Ideally, you want both of these numbers to be as close to the current exchange rate as possible.


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We are 4 good friends made up of two couples, who are taking on the Nation Three Peaks Challenge (aiming sub 24hrs!!!)
We are very excited to be doing it and t raise money and awareness for two excellent charities.
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Fundraising for Mind & Scope
We are raising money for Mind, as within our group we have personally been affected by a mental health illness.
We appreciate all the help and support the charities like Mind Provide. It's important for those battling with a mental health illness; those who are facing their darkest days to know that they are not alone and that there are people out there who can help and support them.
We are also raising money for Scope to help children with disabilities and their families to get the support that they need.
Oscar (the youngest son of one of the couples) who is 2 and 1/2 years old has Cerebral Palsy. He is a very happy and determined young man. The CIMT therapy and support that he has received has helped him to improve the mobility of his left arm and hand day by day.
Scope strive for equality for people with disabilities and provide guidance and support for families who face struggles like out, so this is a charity that we feel is vitally important.
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4 Body fat percentage tells you WHAT you are gaining, but how do you know WHERE you are gaining?
Body fat estimations are a frustrating but necessary aspect of successful physique-change programs.
They are frustrating because the numbers you come up with, regardless of what method you employ, are rarely all that accurate. I've known noticeably chubby people to claim a body fat percentage of 10 while those sporting signs of a six-pack lament over a percentage of 20.
What gives? Well, all body fat estimator methods are flawed. The possible exception to this is dissection. So if you really want to get an absolutely accurate body fat percentage, find a qualified doctor to dissect you.
Those of us who don't want to be dissected are left to seek out a more workable and less final method for measuring body fat even if it won't give us a number we can bet the farm on.
Understand this, the actual number is really meaningless. Would you rather be the chubby guy with a 10 or the one with the six-pack and a 20?
Ultimately, the best indicator of your true body fat percentage will come when you lift up your shirt.
What we need is a method that will tell us how our training is affecting our body composition. Are we gaining lean muscle mass or are we gaining body fat? We need a convenient and consistent body fat estimator that will tell us every two weeks or so in what direction we are headed. From this information, we can determine if adjustments to our diet or weight training are necessary.
Like with measuring our bodyweight as discussed back on the Tracking Your Bodybuilding Training Program page, there is no reason to get fussy about the accuracy of the individual measurement. Rather, we just need to know if our body fat percentage is increasing or decreasing.
Underwater weighing measures body fat by water displacement.
Body Pod attempts to measure body fat by air pressure changes.
DEXA or DXA x-rays the body at different energy levels which discern the differences between fat and muscle.
Ultrasound measures the thickness of fat tissue and can then estimate a body fat percentage.
The above methods are very accurate but, along with other high tech methods, are expensive (can cost $200 and more) and inconvenient (they take time and require appointments).
Body tape measurement methods use girth measurements plugged into a formula to get a body fat estimate.
BMI uses height and weight to get a very rough estimate of body fat.
These methods are as quick and simple as it gets. Unfortunately, they have little value to the bodybuilder or fitness enthusiast. Because they do not discern the difference between fat and muscle, they aren't really providing an accurate picture of what is going on with the body of an active trainer.
The two methods that can realistically provide you with a relatively consistent and convenient way of measuring your body fat percentages are bioelectrical impedance and skinfold measurement methods.
Bioelectrical Impedance – Bioelectrical impedance methods are basically special body fat scales or hand-held devices that send a safe electrical signal measuring its return through the body. The signal will travel faster with water and since muscle is 70% water and fat contains little water, the body fat scale is able to make a distinction, plug the information into an algorithm and give you a reasonable body fat percentage estimate.
Bioelectrical impedance is simple and quick. The scales are not outrageously expensive, usually $30 to $200, which makes it a practical method (I wouldn't recommend the really cheap ones, the ones in the $30 range, they will typically just spit out mind-boggling, useless numbers).
Tanita and Omron make some good ones. I currently use the Omron Body Composition Monitor and have been very pleased with it. It has, by far, been the most consistent one I've used. It sends the electrical signals through the hands and the feet simultaneously in an effort to improve accuracy and consistency. In my experience, accuracy is indeed improved.
The consistency of the measurements these scales is always a bit questionable. Changes in water retention, food intake, skin temperatures and minor posture changes among other things can affect the readings given by these devices. These variables can leave you with some perplexing numbers.
While the bioelectrical impedance methods won't be as reliable as skinfold measurements methods, they are better than not getting a number at all. So if you're not a very patient person (and learning to get consistent body fat percentages with skinfold measurements will require a little practice and patience), body fat scales can provide serviceable body fat calculations.
For best results, try to keep all factors as close to identical each time you jump on your body fat scales (temp, posture, etc.).
Skinfold Measurement –Skinfold measurement methods will, with practice, give you a consistent and economical method for body fat calculations.
For these you will need a body fat caliper with which to take a skinfold measurement at various places on your body. You then plug those numbers into a formula which will give you an estimate of your body fat percentages.
With some practice, this is the best method for regularly monitoring your body fat percentage. So, if you're game, you can learn how to take skinfold measurements here and then use the Guide's online body fat calculator to get your number.
Less than 15% When you get to percentages this low you are in great shape. This is where you can start to see abdominal definition (six-pack abs).
15-25% Below 15% for men and 25% for women and you are in good shape to start a mass gain program if more muscle is what you desire.
25-30% This is "gray area." It is average and you can go either way as far as putting your focus on mass gain or cutting. Generally, you are probably best cutting a bit to get below this level before going all-out on a mass gain program.
More than 30% This is higher than average and if you reach these levels, the focus of your program definitely needs to be on cutting the body fat levels down.
Body fat percentage tells you WHAT you are gaining, but how do you know WHERE you are gaining?
To find out where you are building muscle, you need to track your body tape measurements. The above page will tell you how and where to take girth measurements.
With that information you'll know which body parts are responding to your training and which may need to be attacked in a different way.


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Navigation bar – use this method if you want to navigate to the page in a tree structure.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIROCCO: The Siroccan Government's official anniversary logo honours all four of Sirocco's incarnations since the foundation of the Maran District in 2002.
Alston, NCD, Jul 15 – Sirocco has celebrated ten years of micronationalism today with the National Capital District expanding southwards… and a surprise rebirth of the Maran District.
While the exact date is unknown, July 15, 2002 is celebrated as the birth of micronationalism in northern New Zealand as it is seen as the earliest known reference point to the former Maran District, a fictitious territorial authority in New Zealand's Northland region. From this spawned the Kingdom of the Peebles in 2006, the Glorious Dictatorial Republic of Andersonia in 2008 and the present Federal Commonwealth of Sirocco in 2010.
Across Sirocco today there have been celebrations, however the National Capital District trumped all the other provinces by expanding south to claim a "historically significant" bay west of the capital. The government of the National Capital District province today confirmed that several names, including "Tank Bay", "Mangrove Beach" and "Decade Bay" were all considered before "Kingdom Bay" was chosen, the name stemming from the micronation current Siroccan Premier Daniel Anderson led alongside the former Maran District between 2006 and 2007. In a further honouring of the past, the entire area claimed today has been put under a separate territorial authority – a new Maran District to serve as a provincial enclave in New Zealand.
Kingdom Bay consists of a small mangrove forest, a tidal beach and to the amusement of some, a power pole.
Also having played a part in the new Maran expansion was Roadways Sirocco, a part of the Ministry of Access, who have extended the A1 by 628 metres. Breaking with convention, the highway is designated as the A1 between Gate Park and Kingdom Bay instead of the usual 'B' designation when a highway must run through New Zealand territory.
A new bypass has also been created to allow traffic to travel between Kingdom Bay and the greater province without needing to route through Alston's notoriously narrow streets. Known as the Glorious Highway in honour of the former Andersonia, the highway has been designated as Provincial Highway 20, a designation the road bore when it was a major arterial road in Maran times, and also bears almost exactly the same shield it did six years ago, albeit with a new green and white colour scheme to differentiate it from Sirocco's other Provincial Highways.
Premier Daniel Anderson spoke this evening on the historic event.
Through its Maran heritage Sirocco has one of the oldest histories of any MicroWiki state, joining the decade-plus ranks that include St.Charlie (founded in 2000), Landashir (2001), Juclandia (2001) and Erephisia (2002), however it comes nowhere close to Atlantis and New Wessex with their joint achievement of seventeen years since their earliest incarnations in 1995.


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Films and Fools: Thoughts on Cinema, History and Politics
24 years old from Sheffield. I spend my time thinking about films, football and politics, occasionally I write those thoughts down. Read, share, comment, shrug your shoulders and close the tab- it's up to you.
No means No
On January 24th of this year, a Toronto police officer, constable Michael Sanguinetti was talking to a group of university students at a safety forum and allegedly gave out this piece of advice; "women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized." He later apologised for the comment but it's unlikely he imagined the scale of response his statement has triggered.
Born out of that safety meeting was the concept of 'Slutwalks'; A series of protest marches, predominantly made up of students but expanding to a greater range of people as they grow and spread to other cities from their original location in Toronto. The aim of the walk is to make the general public aware of the degree to which some people in Canada appear to believe that rape victims were in some way to blame for the attacks on them, in many cases defending or excusing to some extent the perpetrator.
The marches have spread across America and events are planned for the UK; the reason they've caught on from a march protesting a very specific statement to a wider ranging protest about attitudes towards rape cases is that it's an issue that is a major concern in many Western nations.
Also in Canada, during a rape case in February of this year a judge handed out a sentence of two years probation rather than prison time for a man found guilty of rape because the victim was wearing "provocative attire" and makeup and had been drinking. He described the reason for the leniency of the sentence as being that the defendant hadn't seemed threatening just "insensitive to the fact (she) was not a willing participant". This man raped the woman, yet doesn't even serve any time in prison for the act because the woman was at a party and the man didn't notice that she didn't want to have sex with him?
Warning women to be careful in today's hyper-sexualised world and giving them tips as to how to help them stay safe is an important task and one that has to be carried out constantly but that message of caution should never stray into claiming that victims are in any way to blame for the violent act towards them.
Rape is a violent act that occurs all over the world, it happens on mass scale in countries as diverse as Uganda, the U.S and Pakistan, countries with very different attitudes to sex, women and traditional clothing. It happens to women wearing full length robes and burqas, so laying the blame for rape on a woman's choice of clothing is an incredibly short sighted way of looking at the situation. Sadly it's a view that is far too commonly held and allows people to make excuses for the actions of men who should have no defence for their choice.
I'd been meaning to write about the 'Slutwalks' for a week or so now, but Conservative Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke's comments yesterday and today forced my hand into writing something now.
Yesterday he announced that he plans to increase the maximum discount for an early guilty plea for rapists to 50% from the current 33%. This move was already coming in for a lot of criticism as many people believe the law is already more than lenient enough when it comes to rape cases.
However it was his interviews today with BBC 5 live and Sky news that have led to calls from Labour leader Ed Milliband for Clarke to resign his post. While trying to defend the new discount plan he argued that no one convicted of a "serious rape" would be released as quickly as those guilty of some "date rapes".
It was an incredibly misjudged comment and one that seems to almost trivialise the incredibly serious crime of date rape. Now i'd like to think it was merely a mistake on Clarke's part, a slip born out of desperately trying to defend an unpopular policy rather than one stemming from his actual opinion.
There is a difference between how different kinds of rape should be punished; consensual sex between a 17 year old and a 15 year old is considered statutory rape and should obviously be punished less severely than violent non-consensual rape. But Clarke should not have used 'Date Rape' as an example of a less serious crime, abusing a woman in such a way is an incredibly serious offence and for the nations Justice Secretary to refer to it in the terms he did was either incredibly unwise or highly worrying.
But debates over the sentencing of rape only deal with a small part of the problem; what has to be of more concern is the fact that in the UK only 6% of rapes reported to police stations result in conviction and why an estimated 75% of rape victims never actually approach the police. They're worrying statistics and suggest an attitude in this country that isn't conducive to rape victims getting the justice they deserve.
There are some incredibly sickening commonly held beliefs when it comes to rape cases that i find both depressing and baffling. The idea that how a woman dresses, the make up she wears or her previous sexual history could in any way, to any degree, justify or excuse a sexual assault or rape just doesn't make any sense to me. As far as i'm concerned the responsibility in a rape case rests solely with the man; it is his decision and his actions and no matter how short a skirt the girl may be wearing it doesn't change the fact that 'No means No'.
Rape is a brutal and traumatising attack and the fact that a victim will have to face questions of whether they were in some way "asking for it" only makes it that much harder for victims to come forward in the first place and endure the lengthy trial process.
At the end of this slightly rambling but well meant post i'll end this section with a statement that i believe to be absolutely true.
In cases of rape the blame is always, without fail, with the rapist and never with the victim.
The song today is one of my favourite cover versions at the moment on Youtube. The singer, Ortopilot has an extensive collection of covers and original songs on his channel and he's well worth checking out.
Posted by Arthur at 07:56
Labels: Politcs, Rape, Slutwalks
Apathy and Sympathy
Godzilla (Edwards, 2014)
Pleasant Sounds And Pretty Pictures
Things that have intrigued me this week
A Year of Film
Terrific Television
Films of the Year 2015: Part One (20 -11)
So i guess now we leave.....
Films of the Year 2015: The Top Three
My Favourite Films (2/14) - Drama
Hype That Was Deserved?
My Favourite Films (1/14) - Comedy
4 Finals in 3 Days
A Friday's Worth Of Music
Running With The Wolf Pack Again
Same Again, Barack?
Just Over 12 Hours Until The End Of Second Year
Inspiration Identified
I Was There When The World Didn't End
Forest's Fortunes
Goals And Drama Galore
Examinations And Expression
5 Films To See
A Brief Break From Boredom
A City United In Victory
Have You Paid To Use That Swing?
Adventures and Anticipation
Should We All Be In It Together?
Injustice And Inspiration
Friends Lost In The Dark
30 Days Of Nerves
A Quiet Saturday Night
You Have To Laugh Or You'd Cry
A World's Worth Of News
Vote Yes Or Vote No, Just Make Sure You Vote
A Death That Will Spawn A Thousand Articles
A Bad Man Died Today


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Let me start by saying this is my staple survival curry paste. I try to make it monthly and it makes enough paste for four or five curries in the month. It is Asian based, more Thai, and its is incredibly light and adaptable In the tips section I will explain how to modify it for some dishes however at its simplest with vegetables it will change your mind about vegetarian dishes.
Before we begin lets talk about your food processor. Seriously you could make this in a giant mortar and pestle but for simple convenience I choose the machine. The thing to know here is that if you have a food processor where the mixture constantly slides up the side of the bowl then you are in for a long ride on this one. 🙂 I have had 3 different processors in my life and my latest pro level Cuisinart breaks the record for me. I can make this paste now with only one or two stops for a scrape down of the bowl.
Put the peppercorns, cumin seeds, coriander seeds into a dry small fry pan and dry fry them until they become fragrant. Remember to keep them moving all the time or they burn.
Toss the seeds and pepper into a mortar and pestle and ground them down to a fine mix and then add them to the other ingredients.
Process all the ingredients in the food processor. You will need to watch it and as I mentioned you may need to keep stopping it and wiping down the side of the bowl.
Process until you get a fairly smooth paste, this can take anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes.
Once the paste mix is done I like to put it into several Tupperware containers or small jars. By keeping it in separate jars you can leave it sealed and only open a small amount at a time. After you put the paste into the jar drizzle a little bit of vegetable oil on top to seal it, put the lid on and straight in to the fridge.
I keep mine in the fridge for about 3 weeks, that is as long as it ever lasts in our place it tastes to good not to use it.
Vegetables; mix 100ml of vegetable stock with 400ml of coconut milk. Fry about 2 large tablespoons of paste in vegetable oil, add the liquid and simmer for 5 minutes, toss in vegetables of your choice and low simmer until just cooked. Mixed beans are brilliant with this.
Chicken; mix 100ml of chicken stock and 400ml coconut milk. Fry 3 heaped tablespoons of paste add the liquid, some sliced capsicum and chopped chicken pieces and simmer until cooked.
Marinade; it works incredibly well as a marinade for vegetable skewers, chicken and pork. Simply mix paste with a little bit of vegetable oil and marinade accordingly.
Give it a try and I will put money down that you will never buy a jar of curry paste ever again. Its simple, incredibly economical and it tastes sensational.


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Dec 24, 2018 By Mark Redfern and Frank Valish Holiday Gift Guide 2018
Welcome to part 12 of our Holiday Gift Guide 2018, which centers on music box sets and reissues, some on CD and some on vinyl. It's the second part of our reissues guide, check out part one here for suggestions for more reissues from The Band, David Bowie, Prince, Pet Shop Boys, Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, and more. This one features Blondie, The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Doors, ELO, The Flaming Lips, Fleet Foxes, Fleetwood Mac, Stereolab, Barry White, and more.
We fully realize that Christmas is almost finally here, but perhaps you still have some last minute gifts to buy for a music fan or are hope to snag some presents for yourself in the after Christmas sales or just want to get a window into some of 2018's best new reissues. Either way, we hope this final part of our 2018 Holiday Gift Guide is of use.
We have previously posted part 1 of our 2018 gift guide (for video games), as well as part 2 (for board games), part 3 (for technology), and part 4 (for collectibles). Then there was part 5, for toys and other gifts for kids and parents, which was split into two parts: one on kid-friendly toys, books, and DVDs/Blu-rays and another one on kid-friendly board games and technology. Part 6 covered apparel and household items. Part 7 was the first installment of our guide for DVDs and Blu-rays. Part 8 was a drinking guide. Part 9 was the first installment of our guide for reissues, vinyl, and music box sets. Part 10 featured graphic novels and books. Part 11 was the second installment of our guide for DVDs and Blu-rays.
And don't forget that Under the Radar subscriptions also make a great gift. Plus donating to the charity of your choice in the name of the gift receiver is also a good way to go.
Blondie: Heart of Glass Deluxe 12-Inch EP (The Numero Group)
"Heart of Glass" was one of the first songs Blondie, who formed in 1974, wrote, but it wasn't recorded until 1978, as the band had trouble getting it to work, trying it as a ballad and even a reggae song. When the song was finally released in 1979 it launched the band into the mainstream, but its disco sound led to some in the New York City New Wave scene they came from to label them as sellouts. But no matter, the single was #1 in various countries around the world, including American and the UK (where it sold 1.32 million copies and remains in the Top 100 selling singles of all time). Next fall The Numero Group will be releasing Blondie: The Complete Studio Recordings 1975-1982. Ahead of that there's this vinyl reissue of the Heart of Glass EP. It features six different versions of the song and new cover art by Shepard Fairey that resembles the Death Star as a disco ball. By Mark Redfern (Buy it here.)
Eric B. & Rakim: The Complete Collection 1986-1992 (Geffen)
Eric B. & Rakim are one of the preeminent groups of the golden age of rap, but the New York City duo are sometimes overlooked by mainstream listeners, even though Rakim has been called one of the greatest MCs of all time and they were nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011. Eric Barrier was a DJ in search of a rapper and sought suggestions from promoter Alvin Toney. As fate would have it, Toney's first recommendation wasn't home at the time, so Barrier turned to William Griffin (aka Rakim). With the help of Rakim's brother, who worked at a record plant and loaned them records, they embarked on a musical career, releasing their debut single, "Eric B. is President" in 1986. Rakim's relaxed and freeform rapping style was influenced by jazz (he had previously played saxophone). The duo released four albums: Paid in Full (1987), Follow the Leader (1988), Let the Rhythm Hit 'EM (1990), and Don't Sweat the Technique (1992). This box set collects all four albums on vinyl, as well as two CDs of remixes. Eric B. & Rakim broke up in 1993, partly due to financial disputes with their label. But they reformed in 2016 and have been touring. By Mark Redfern (Buy it here.)
Chicago: VI Decades Live (This Is What We Do) (Rhino)
Back in the late '60s, Chicago established themselves as one of the first rock bands to prominently feature horns. Situated somewhere in the intersection of jazz, R&B, and rock and roll, the band's early output remains some of its best work. VI Decades Live celebrates Chicago's legacy in four CDs and a DVD of live content.
Despite vocalist Peter Cetera becoming the face of the first incarnation of the band, the first two discs of VI Decades Live show how much Chicago was guitarist Terry Kath's band at its start, in presentation of the band's complete performance from the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970. It's not until "25 or 6 to 4," more than halfway through disc two, that Cetera presents front and center, harnessing the enrapturing vocals of the band's theretofore biggest hit, albeit one still outshined by Kath's epic guitar solo.
The rest of VI Decades Live presents the band onstage from 1969 to 2014, with the '80s getting particularly short shrift despite being the decade where Cetera asserted his dominance in so many of the band's charting ballads. Instead, what we get is a diverse collection of tracks spanning Chicago's history, favoring lesser known cuts over the big hits.
Rounding out the collection is a DVD of the band's 1977 performance at Rockplast, perfectly summing up why this set is worthwhile for any fan of big horn-led rock and roll. By Frank Valish (Buy it here.)
John Coltrane: 1963: New Directions (Impulse!)
This three-CD set collects all of the music John Coltrane recorded in 1963. It includes the recordings that formed Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album, which was released earlier this year. That was recorded on March 6, 1963 and the following day Coltrane and his band recorded some standards with singer Johnny Hartman, John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, and those are included on this collection too. By Mark Redfern (Buy it here.)
The Cure: Mixed Up and Torn Down: Mixed Up Extras (Rhino)
RRP: $34.98 for Mixed Up, $34.98 for Torn Down
Robert Smith recently expressed his intentions to release a new album by The Cure in 2019. It's been over 10 years since their last full-length, 2008's 4:13 Dream, which was originally intended to be a double album and thus a lot of bonus tracks ended up on the cutting room floor. While fans wait to see if a 2019 album will materialize, they can revisit some of the band's older material via these two new vinyl reissued remix collections. Mixed Up was released in 1990 and featured existing remixes, as well as new ones done by Smith at the time. It included remixes of "Close to Me," "Fascination Street," "A Forest," "Pictures of You," and others. While remastering Mixed Up, Smith put together some brand new remixes and they form Torn Up: Mixed Up Extras. They are available separately on vinyl or together as a three-disc CD set. By Mark Redfern (Buy Mixed Up here. Buy Torn Down here.)
Depeche Mode: Speak & Spell | The 12" Singles and A Broken Frame | The 12" Singles (Rhino)
RRP: $59.98 each
Rhino are reissuing all of Depeche Mode's 12-inch singles on vinyl, each in a box set. 2018 saw the release of the first two box sets: Speak & Spell and A Broken Frame. Speak & Spell was the band's debut album, released in 1981 on Mute. Its singles, as presented here, were "Dreaming of Me," "New Life," and "Just Can't Get Enough." The latter two are different mixes from the album versions and each 12-inch includes the original B-side. There's also a flexi-disc featuring "Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead" and Fad Gaget's "King of the Flies," plus a black & white poster. A Broken Frame was the band's second album, released in 1982. It was the first to be recorded without Vince Clarke, who left the band to form Yazoo and later Erasure. The box set for A Broken Frame includes 12-inch singles for "See You" (featuring an extended version of the song and an extended version of "Now This Is Fun" as the B-side), "The Meaning Of (Fairy Odd Mix)" (with "Oberkorn (It's a Small Town) (Development Mix)" on the B-side), and "Leave In Silence (Longer)" (with "Further Excerpts From: My Secret Garden" and "Leave In Silence (Quieter)" on the B-side). It includes a color poster for the "See You" single. By Mark Redfern (Buy Speak & Spell here. Buy A Broken Frame here.)
The Doors: Waiting For the Sun: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Elektra)
Waiting for the Sun is The Doors' third album, released in 1968. Surprisingly it's the band's only #1 album, even though it wasn't quite as well received by critics as their first two albums. Its most iconic song is its opening track, "Hello I Love You." "Waiting for the Sun," the song that would've been its title track, was recorded during the sessions but actually ended up on 1970's Morrison Hotel. This 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition features a new version of the album's original stereo mix on 180-gram vinyl and on CD. Then there's a second CD featuring 14 previously unreleased tracks, including rough mixes of nine of the album's songs and five tracks recorded live in Copenhagen in 1968. By Mark Redfern (Buy it here.)
ELO: The UK Singles Volume One 1972 - 1978 (Epic/Legacy)
ELO (aka Electric Light Orchestra)'s 1977 single "Mr. Blue Sky" was prominently featured in 2017's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, in which almost the whole song plays during the opening sequence. Baby Groot puts the song on and dances around to it as the rest of the superhero team fights a monster in the background and the opening credits appear on the screen. The single was found on their seventh studio album, 1977's Out of the Blue, and peaked at #6 on the British charts and #35 on the American charts, but is probably ELO's best known song. It's been featured in any number of other films, TV commercials, and during both the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics. It's also one of the songs collected on The UK Singles Volume One 1972 - 1978, a box set that features remastered reproductions of 16 of their 7-inch singles, complete with B-sides, from their 1972 debut single, "10538 Overture," to 1978's The ELO EP. Alas for fans of the cheesy Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly film Xanadu, this box set stops two years too short to include any of the three singles from that film's soundtrack, which was partially done by ELO. Maybe they are saving those for another 7-inch box set. By Mark Redfern (Buy it here.)
The Flaming Lips: Scratching the Door: The First Recordings of The Flaming Lips (1983-1985) and Seeing the Unseeable: The Complete Studio Recordings (1986-1990) (Rhino)
RRP: $10.60 for Scratching the Door, $21.49 for Seeing the Unseeable
The Flaming Lips did a lot of looking back in 2018. Not only did they release Greatest Hits Vol. 1, but this year also saw two other archival releases. Scratching the Door: The First Recordings of The Flaming Lips features 19 of the band's earliest recordings, back when frontman Wayne Coyne's brother Mark Coyne was on vocals. It includes the band's first and second cassette demos, as well as their first self-released EP, all remastered and collected together as a single release for the first time. The collection also features covers of The Who's "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere," Led Zeppelin's "Communication Breakdown," and the theme song from the 1960's Batman television series.
Seeing the Unseeable: The Complete Studio Recordings of The Flaming Lips 1986-1990 collects their first four studio albums, all originally released on Restless Records: Hear It Is (1986), Oh My Gawd!!!...The Flaming Lips (1987), Telepathic Surgery (1989), and In a Priest Driven Ambulance (With Silver Sunshine Stares) (1990). Then there's an additional disc, The Mushroom Tapes, which collects demos from In a Priest Driven Ambulance. Finally, Death Tripin' at Sunrise collects B-sides, rarities, and flexi-discs. By Mark Redfern (Buy Scratching the Door here. Buy Seeing the Unseeable here.)
Fleet Foxes: First Collection 2006-2009 (Sub Pop)
Under the Radar was the first nationally distributed print magazine to interview Fleet Foxes, back in 2008 when they had just signed to Sub Pop and hadn't released the Sun Giant EP yet, let alone their debut album (revisit that article here), so the band has always been special to us. The new box set, First Collection 2006 - 2009, includes the band's self-titled debut full-length on 12-inch vinyl and the Sun Giant EP on 10-inch vinyl, as well as the first vinyl releases of The Fleet Foxes EP on 10-inch and B-sides & Rarities EP on 10-inch, both of which were originally self-released and very limited edition. It includes a 32-page book. The box set is also available on CD and digitally. By Mark Redfern (Buy it here.)
Fleetwood Mac: Fleetwood Mac: Deluxe Edition (Reprise)
Fleetwood Mac, released in 1975, was actually the band's second self-titled album, their 1968 debut album was also eponymous. The album is the band's tenth, but it's actually their first to feature Lindsey Buckingham as guitarist and Stevie Nicks as vocalist. The album was a huge success in the U.S., spending 37 weeks in the Top 10, more than 15 months in the Top 40, and hitting #1 over a year after being released. Despite being released in July 1975, it was the second biggest album of 1976 (behind Peter Frampton's Frampton Comes Alive) and the 10th biggest album of 1977. Its follow-up, 1977's Rumours, was an even bigger album. This box set includes a 2018 remaster of the original album on vinyl, CD, and DVD (the CD and DVD versions also include the single versions of four of its songs). There's a second CD featuring 17 bonus tracks, including early versions of all of the album's tracks, as well as tracks recorded live from the Warner Bros. Sound Stage. Then a third CD features various live cuts. By Mark Redfern (Buy it here.)
Guns N' Roses: Appetite For Destruction: Locked N' Loaded (Geffen/UMe)
Welcome back to the jungle. It may have taken Guns N' Roses (or what was left of the line-up) 15 years to finally release 2008's poorly received Chinese Democracy. Progress on the follow-up to Chinese Democracy has been slow, although with founding members Slash and Duff McKagan now back in the band, perhaps there is hope we'll get a true Guns N' Roses album sooner than later. But regardless, fans will always have Appetite For Destruction, their 1987-released debut album. The album may not feature "November Rain," but it's got arguably their other three best-remembered songs: "Welcome to the Jungle," "Paradise City," and "Sweet Child o' Mine." This box set reissue actually includes the original piano version of "November Rain," which was recorded in 1986, even though the final song wasn't actually released until 1991, on Use Your Illusion 1. The Locked N' Loaded edition of the album includes 51 tracks, a whopping 27 of which are previously unreleased. You've got the original album remastered on CD and Blu-ray (the Blu-ray also includes five bonus tracks and five music videos). The second disc has B-sides and EP tracks, all remastered. The third and fourth discs feature previously unreleased tracks from the 1986 Sound City session, plus acoustic and piano versions. Then there's a 96-page book with a lot of photos and info on the album, two glossy foldout posters, a reproduction of a flyer asking fans to come be in the "Welcome to the Jungle" music video, 8x10 color photos of each band member, reproductions for three ticket stubs (including one January 1985 show at the Troubadour), and, for real die-hard fans, some temporary tattoos. By Mark Redfern (Buy it here.)
The Moody Blues: In Search of the Lost Chord: 50th Anniversary Edition (Polydor/UMe)
In Search of the Lost Chord was the third album by The Moody Blues, released in 1968. It was a concept album, one a press release says was "concerning itself with the spiritual and philosophical concerns of the psychedelic era." Their last album, 1967's Days of Future Passed, featured the London Festival Orchestra, but on In Search of the Lost Chord the band played all the instruments themselves. This 50th anniversary reissue features three CDs and two DVDs. Disc one has the original stereo mix of the album and five bonus tracks (the single versions). Disc two has new stereo mixes of the album and one bonus track. On the third CD you will find a John Peel session, alternate album mixes, and additional 1968 studio session recordings. The first DVD includes a 5.1 Surround mix of the album, as well as the new stereo mix and the original stereo mix. Finally, the second DVD features the band performing live on French TV and the BBC. The Moody Blues were finally inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame earlier this year, so it's a good time to revisit the band. By Mark Redfern (Buy it here.)
Steve Miller Band: Complete Albums Volume 1 (1968-1976) (Capitol/UMe)
Those who grew up in the 1990s might remember when Steve Miller Band's 1973 single "The Joker" made a comeback 17 years after its initial release when it was featured in a 1990 Levi's TV commercial. In the ad a good looking guy on a motorcycle comes riding out of an elevator and into a crowded office filled with stock market traders. He pulls up to the desk of an attractive woman and throws her a pair of jeans. She proceeds to take off her skirt, put on the jeans, and get on the motorcycle. Then they literally ride off into the sunset. It was my first exposure to the band anyway. Complete Albums Volume 1 collects the band's first nine albums on vinyl, from their 1968 debut, Children of the Future, to 1976's Fly Like an Eagle, and including 1973's The Joker. Miller, the sole permanent member of the band, was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016. By Mark Redfern (Buy it here.)
Public Image Limited: The Public Image Is Rotten: Songs From the Heart (Virgin/UMe)
John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) formed Public Image Limited (aka PiL) after leaving Sex Pistols in January 1978 and after Virgin Records head Richard Branson unsuccessfully tried to convince Lydon to become the new lead singer of Devo (something Devo was against too). Lydon was looking to go in a more experimental direction with Public Image Limited and the first lineup of the band also featured guitarist Keith Levene (of The Clash), bassist Jah Wobble, and drummer Jim Walker. Walker didn't even last a year in the band, Jah Wobble left in 1980, and Levene left in 1983, meaning that over the years Lydon has been the sole permanent member of the post-punk band, which originally split up in 1992, but reformed in 2009 with Bruce Smith, Lu Edmonds, and Scott Firth joining Lydon in the current lineup. The Public Image Is Rotten: Songs From the Heart is a five-CD/two-DVD box set. Disc one collects their singles from 1978 to 2015, including 1986's "Rise," which was about Nelson Mandela and apartheid in South Africa. Disc two has B-sides, rarities, and two BBC radio sessions (from 1978 and 1992). Disc three showcases 12-inch remixes and bonus tracks. Disc four's 14 tracks are almost all previously unreleased. And disc five is a live concert from New York City in 1989. Then the first DVD includes 21 of the band's music videos, plus a 1988 concert in Tallinn, Estonia. And finally, the second DVD includes various BBC TV performances on Top of the Pops, Old Grey Whistle Test, and The Late Show, as well as another concert in Sydney, Australia in 2013. The box set also includes a fold out poster, four photo cards of the band, and a book collecting various press clippings about Public Image Limited over the years. By Mark Redfern (Buy it here.)
Ramones: Road to Run 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Rhino)
Road to Ruin contains the fantastic single "I Wanna Be Sedated," but Ramones' fourth album wasn't a huge success upon its 1978 release, peaking at #103 on the Billboard 200 chart, 54 places lower than their last album, 1977's Rocket to Russia. On Road to Ruin the punk band tried their hand at ballads and guitar solos, which alienated some critics and fans, who labeled Ramones as sell-outs. Road to Ruin is also the first Ramones album to feature Marky Ramone (Marc Steven Bell) on drums, who replaced Tommy Ramone (Thomas Erdelyi). This 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition includes the original mix of the album, remastered, on disc one, alongside a new revisited mix of the album. Then there's a vinyl LP featuring the new mix. A second CD features rough mixes, singles mixes, and acoustic versions, much of it previously unreleased. And a third CD is a previously unissued 32-song live concert from New York City in 1979. By Mark Redfern (Buy it here.)
Alexander Spence: AndOrAgain (Columbia/Sony/Modern Harmonic)
Before he spent time in New York's Bellevue Hospital to address increasing mental health issues, Alexander Spence, better known as Skip, was one of the leaders of the '60s San Francisco band Moby Grape. After his stint in Bellevue, Spence recorded his one solo album, 1969's Oar, a mishmash of folk, blues, and otherwise odd songs that Spence wrote while in psychiatric commitment. Despite some seemingly bizarre musical and lyrical ideas, Spence was given carte blanche to record whatever he wanted in the studio. He played every instrument himself.
Oar has been reissued before over the years but never as comprehensively or with as much extra content as Modern Harmonic has this year. AndOrAgain is three discs packed with product from Spence's addled brain. To say that Oar is an acquired listen is something of an understatement. Its sound evidences only glimpses of Moby Grape-style greatness, but instead Spence engages in flights of fancy and lets his tattered muse lead him wherever it may.
With elucidating essay by David Fricke, the three-disc AndOarAgain features 58 tracks and no less than two hours of previously unreleased content. There are songs that never made it to Oar, in addition to multiple different versions of Oar tracks, each documented in the liner notes with studio dates and take numbers. Taken as a whole, AndOarAgain shows how the original Oar ultimately took shape. One can hear how tracks morphed into their final form. One can hear Spence playing around in the studio. One gets a deeper sense of what Oar was and where Spence was musically at the time of its development. By Frank Valish (Buy it here.)
Stereolab: Switched On, Refried Ectoplasm (Switched On Volume 2), Aluminum Tunes (Switched On Volume 3) (Duophonic)
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Stereolab were ahead of their time, despite some of their 1960s lounge and 1970s Krautrock influences, and were out of step with the Britpop bands of the era, even though many diehard Britpop fans were into the band. For example, I first saw them open for one of Britpop's biggest bands, Pulp, at the Brixton Academy in London and right away went out and bought the 1995 compilation Refried Ectoplasm (Switched On Volume 2). I at first didn't exactly know what to make of the avant-pop and experimental sounds on the release, although it did feature one of their more accessible songs of the period, "French Disko." I eventually warmed to the band even more once I dived deeper into their catalogue. In my music journalism career, they were one of the early bands I interviewed, talking to co-founder Tim Gane backstage in Los Angeles for only the second issue of Under the Radar. This year, several of their albums and compilations have been reissued on clear vinyl across two different labels. Duophonic, the band's own label, have reissued the three Switched On compilations via Warp. Switched On, released in 1992, collects the band's earliest releases, including two 10-inch EPs and one 7-inch EP. The aforementioned Refried Ectoplasm (Switched On Volume 2) features various singles, B-sides, and rarities from 1992 and 1993, including the 13-minute long ""Animal or Vegetable (A Wonderful Wooden Reason…)"" (the actual song title features quotes, hence the extra quotes). Aluminum Tunes was released in 1998 and is two CDs worth of singles, B-sides, and rarities, including songs that were originally released as split singles with Tortoise and Yo La Tengo. Read our recent review of Switched On here. Read our recent review of Refried Ectoplasm here. Read our recent review of Aluminum Tunes here. By Mark Redfern (Buy Switched On here. Buy Refried Ectoplasm here. Buy Aluminum Tunes here.)
Stereolab: Peng! and The Groop Played "Space Age Batchelor Pad Music" (Too Pure/Beggars Arkive)
Then Too Pure, via Beggars Arkive, have put out two other Stereolab clear vinyl reissues. Peng! is the band's debut full-length album, released in 1992 a few months before Switched On was released. Less than a year later, in 1993, Stereolab put out The Groop Played "Space Age Batchelor Pad Music", an eight-song mini LP. The band went on hiatus in 2009 to focus on solo and side-projects, but they just announced they are returning to live performances in 2019, which will be their first in over a decade. Hopefully that means we'll be getting new music from the Lætitia Sadier-fronted band soon. By Mark Redfern (Buy Peng! here. Buy The Groop Played here.)
Barry White: The 20th Century Records Albums (1973-1979) (Mercury)
Let's be honest here, there are few musicians whose music is better suited to soundtrack foreplay and eventual lovemaking than the sensual sounds of Barry White. He made his career on sexy and romantic love songs, all sung with that deep bass-baritone voice. His songs were long too, keeping the mood going without interruptions. His1973 debut album, I've Got So Much to Give, and his 1973 sophomore album, Stone Gon', for example, both only featured five songs each, with most around seven or eight minutes long or longer. I mean, how many forty-somethings walking around our planet right now were conceived to his songs back in the 1970s? I bet it's a fair amount, not that there will ever be a scientific study on it. This vinyl box set collects remastered versions of his first nine albums, all of the ones released on 20th Century Records, stretching up to 1979's I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing. White left 20th Century after that album, releasing his first for CBS Records, The Message Is Love, only seven months later. By Mark Redfern (Buy it here.)
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Flipbin have a stylish and practical solution for vinyl storage. Vinyl has been making a comeback for the last decade, so much so that it's a tired statement to make. There are plenty of expensive vinyl shelves out there, but Flipbin offers a more affordable option. Also, when vinyl is wedged into a shelf it's often hard to find the exact record you want, as you attempt to scan the thin spines, and then have to squeeze the record out of the shelf if it is packed tightly. Flipbin allows you to store and display your vinyl with the cover facing outwards, like how they are stored in a record store. You can place the Flipbins on the top of another shelf, on a side table, or even on the floor and you can alternate which record you want to display as the front one, depending on your mood. Model 33 is obviously suited for 33 LPs, whereas Model 45 is intended for 7-inch singles and actually also works well for comic books. Model 33 appropriately enough holds approximately 33 LPs and is made of aluminum. Model 45 appropriately enough, you guessed it, holds approximately 45 7-inches and is also made of aluminum. Both come in a variety of colors to match any home décor. (Buy Model 33 here. Buy Model 45 here.)


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deriving z score for 95% confidence interval [duplicate]
Why the CDF for the Normal Distribution can not be expressed as a closed form function? 1 answer
95% of the area under the standard normal distribution lies within 1.96 standard deviations away from the mean (0). This 1.96 number is used to construct 95% confidence intervals. I was just wondering... how is this 1.96 value derived? Looking at the standard normal distribution, I know the following statement is true:
$$\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}}\int_{-\infty}^{-z}e^{-x^2/2}dx=\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}}\int_{z}^{\infty}e^{-x^2/2}dx=0.025$$
Where z = 1.96. These areas are equal to 0.025 because they represent the leftover areas under the standard normal distribution below -1.96 and above 1.96, which adds up to 5% or 0.05. I want to know how I can mathematically show that z = 1.96.
I tried differentiating both sides with respect to z so I could make use of the fundamental theorem of calculus and solve for z to show that it had to equal 1.96, but that didn't work out for me... kept getting an undefined answer for z. Am I going about this the right way? Or is there a better way to explicitly show that z = 1.96? This is just something I've been curious about regarding z scores.
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marked as duplicate by Glen_b♦ normal-distribution Users with the normal-distribution badge can single-handedly close normal-distribution questions as duplicates and reopen them as needed. Sep 7 '17 at 7:27
$\begingroup$ Also see -- stats.stackexchange.com/questions/129760/… - and - stats.stackexchange.com/questions/185467/… $\endgroup$ – Glen_b♦ Sep 7 '17 at 7:27
$\begingroup$ Ah... thank you for the references! I didn't see those $\endgroup$ – clueless_undergrad37 Sep 7 '17 at 17:49
'simply integrate $$\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}}\int_{-1.96}^{1.96}e^{-{1\over2}x^2}dx$$ and you should find that when you evaluate the definite integral, the result is $\approx 0.95$
(added after OP's comment...) alternatively, you can look at the problem this way, $$0.95 = \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}}\int_{-z}^{z}e^{-{1\over2}x^2}dx$$ that can be simplified a bit by observing that the Normal PDF is symmetric about $x=0$ Thus, an equivalent statement is... $$0.95 = \dfrac{2}{\sqrt{2\pi}}\int_{0}^{z}e^{-{1\over2}x^2}dx$$
next steps...evaluate the definite integral on the right hand side and then it's just algebra to find $z$
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$\begingroup$ That makes sense, but I want to know how you would do it the other way around, like, how would you figure out, with integrals, what your upper and lower limits need to be in order to capture 95% of the area under the standard normal curve. I'm interested in how you find that 1.96 number. $\endgroup$ – clueless_undergrad37 Sep 7 '17 at 5:21
$\begingroup$ @clueless_undergrad37 ok, I've added some more to the answer... $\endgroup$ – Brad S. Sep 7 '17 at 5:34
$\begingroup$ Man... this is getting really messy! To evaluate that definite integral above, I'm trying to do that trick Tilefish Poele referred me to in that video link where basically you name the definite integral $I$, then you look at $I^2$ and convert everything to polar coordinates to solve, but this is super messy since we're looking at x between 0 and k and y between 0 and k, which is a rectangular region. I'm at the point where I've converted my double integral into polar coordinates, but it's too complex to evaluate... $\endgroup$ – clueless_undergrad37 Sep 7 '17 at 6:32
$\begingroup$ I let $I = \int_{0}^{k} e^{-x^2/2}\,dx$ so then $I^2 = \int_{0}^{k} e^{-x^2/2}\,dx \cdot \int_{0}^{k} e^{-y^2/2}\,dy = \int_{0}^{k}\,\int_{0}^{k} e^{-(x^2 + y^2)/2}\,dx\,dy$. Converting $I^2$ into polar coordinates gets really messy... and I reached a point where I didn't know how to proceed because converting the regions $x \in [0, k]$ and $y \in [0,k]$ into polar coordinates is messy! $\endgroup$ – clueless_undergrad37 Sep 7 '17 at 6:51
$\begingroup$ @clueless_undergrad37 "...it gets messy". Yes. It does. I think it is intractable. It is difficult to express a finite rectangular region in the plane in polar coordinates. I guess this is why we look these things up in a table. The entries in the table are generated by iterative numerical methods.If you mess around with the integrate function over on the wolfram website, you can see the result you seek (and so much more). $\endgroup$ – Brad S. Sep 7 '17 at 17:29
You can show it by simply solving the integral. I think the easiest way would probably be using radial coordinates. There is a tutorial here How to integrate e^-x^2
Then either solve for $Z$ at $0.025$ or sub in $Z = 1.96$.
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$\begingroup$ Cool... so following the video, I would first want to solve that double integral version of my original problem... but what would my upper and lower limits look like in polar coordinates? The region in rectangular coordinates would be x in (-infinity, k) and y in (-infinity, k). I'm a bit rusty with this... would the new region be r from 0 to k*sec(theta) and theta between 0 and 2pi? $\endgroup$ – clueless_undergrad37 Sep 7 '17 at 5:16
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Aquaman is the latest installment in the DC universe of movies. It is completely stand-alone and you can definitely see it without having any knowledge of other movies or the DC comics.
It's not exactly original, and the reluctant hero plot is a bit tired. But the action and the acting mostly make up for it. Jason Momoa is excellent as Aquaman and the other characters are well-cast and serve up decent performances.
While this movie could have benefited from better writing and dialogue, its non-stop action keeps you smiling. You'll notice a lot of similarities to other well-known action films.
It wasn't as bad as Justice League, but it wasn't as good as Wonder Woman.
First, here's my no-spoiler Aquaman movie review.
SPOILER WARNING! If you read on beyond this point, there may be some slight spoilers.
How Does Aquaman Tie in to the DC Universe?
Let's talk about how this movie ties into the other DC universe movies. Basically, it doesn't. We saw Aquaman referenced briefly in Dawn of Justice, Wonder Woman, and Justice League. I expected at least some reference to the Justice League in this movie. However, I only noticed one very brief mention of anything DC-related. It's possible I missed something, but even the end credits scene did not tie into any other DC story line.
My thinking is that DC did this on purpose. I've heard they are trying to "reboot" their reputation, so perhaps it was a calculated decision to separate this movie from the others. Might be a good call.
However, I love how all the Marvel movies fit together so well and are clearly a part of "the big picture." DC seems to be lacking in a big picture right now.
We are introduced to villain Black Manta, who was always Aquaman's nemesis in the comics. He will clearly be a factor in future movies for the franchise. It would have been great to see him conspiring with another villain in the DC universe, or even plotting something to tie in with the other heroes. But we don't get that at all.
Easter Eggs in Aquaman
While I only caught one brief mention of anything DC in this movie (leave me a comment if you noticed any others!), there were some pretty clear Finding Nemo and Little Mermaid references, as well as tons of stuff that felt like Star Wars and Indiana Jones.
Mera mentions that Aquaman defeated Steppenwolf (from Justice League)
Mera eats roses and acts generally clueless about the "surface world." I half expected her to brush her hair with a fork. And she looked just like Ariel.
The octopus playing music is a call-back to the Aquaman comics, though it reminded me more of the musicians in the Mos Eisley cantina from Star Wars.
The battle scenes were SO Star Wars. One scene made me feel like I was watching Episode II and the Atlanteans were racing through space above Coruscant.
Willem Dafoe plays Aquaman's mentor, Vulko in this movie. He also voiced "Gil" in Finding Nemo. So I got a kick out of him telling Aquaman he had to fight in the "ring of fire!"
The whole search for the lost trident was often reminiscent of Indiana Jones.
What I Loved About Aquaman
Obviously, I loved Jason Momoa. He's terrific with both serious and humorous scenes. I also loved the visuals of this movie. The scenes in Atlantis and the way they conveyed the underwater elements were beautifully done. There were only a couple times I felt the Atlanteans, creatures, or under water action looked less than realistic.
And finally, I will say the humor in this movie was well-done. It wasn't over the top or too silly. It added a good amount of fun in just the right places. Seeing some trailers for upcoming DC movies, I've been worried that they are going overboard with the dumb-funny angle. I'm looking at you, Shazam!
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If you care for an elderly person who is at risk of wandering – you need a reliable  tracking device. Here's an affordable GPS solution for finding lost seniors that can  keep your special senior safe and secure.  Today, ElderKind takes a look a simple to use device that can save lives.
SecuraTrac's has a mobile personal emergency response solution that weighs in at 2.5 ounce device. It's easier to use than a cell phone which is important for people with cognitive disabilities. You can program the device to act as a panic button that an elderly person can hit when they need help.
My wife's grandfather loved to garden but as he got older and frailer we were afraid to let him wander around the yard and walk to the hardware store. He didn't want to be bothered getting our permission to go about his business so sometimes he'd sneak off. One time he fell and cut his head badly. If he had a LifeTrac Alert MobileProtector with him he could have called one of us for help … instead we had to deal with ambulances and the police. It really shook him up, and us too.
The neat thing about this system is it is easy to use. Just program it for your senior it can call you or other family and friends or it can call 911. It works anywhere in the US and you can even program it with SecuraFence alerts.
SecuraFence works by alerting you anytime the device wanders off a pre-determined safe area. If you elderly loved one likes to go to church and the store down the block, just set the device so that area is considered safe. When they wander outside the safe area, you will receive an alert by text or email. With Realtime Tracking you can quickly pinpoint where they are on a map that you can monitor with your cell phone or computer.
The other device of note from SecuraTrac is their PAL (Personal Automated Locator® Guardian). This device is less expensive because it doesn't have the phone feature … and that can be a good thing. When you are dealing with someone with severe dementia, it's very unlikely they'll give you a call no matter how simple the device is to use. If you are caring for someone who is at risk of wandering off, order the PAL. You can set up areas in your neighborhood that are normal and safe for your parent to be in but if they get on the bus (and for some reason they do) and start heading out of town you'll get a text or email alert. You can start tracking them immediately and get them home safe and sound.
Another nice thing is you don't have to worry about the number of alerts you set off it is unlimited. So, if you take grandma across town and forget to turn off the alert, don't worry, you won't be charged. There are no activation fees and no roaming fees. Just put the locator device on a belt clip, wrist band or a pendant around the neck and take a deep breath of relaxation.
Let's say your grandpa has mild Alzheimer's and he wants to go to his favorite park to be alone … he doesn't want you hanging over him. Rather than fight, you can drop him off and get an alert if he strays away.
I think it's really important for elderly people to feel independent and I know how hard it is to let them be. A device from SecuraTrac can help them maintain an active, independent social life while giving you the peace of mind of know you can locate them quickly. Find out more at SecuraTrac.


Alaska has long been regarded as the last frontier offering some of the most remote and rugged mountains in the world. The quest for solitude and adventure lures thousands of climbers from around the world into the backcountry each year to test their skills and wilderness experience. Unfortunately, every year, numerous accidents and some fatalities result from poor judgment. A hundred years ago wilderness survival skills were a way of life in the Alaska. The rules were simple and harsh: Survival was your responsibility, no one else's. We have grown socially and culturally unwilling to accept that primitive education which dictated that people simply learned or died.
Today, because most people, including most Alaskans, live in urban environments and grow up in an urban culture, wilderness skills are never learned. The result is that the wilderness-bound end up depending more and more on equipment and less and less on their own competence to deal with dangerous situations in wilderness settings. Each year in this state, the National Park Service and other agencies conduct backcountry rescues that should never have been needed. Many of these incidents are a result of people forgetting that the most important trip objective and priority is a safe journey out and back.
Some incidents stem from a lack of judgment, some from a lack of training. Outdoor proficiency should come from a long, mentored apprenticeship that presents the opportunities to deal safely with increasingly precarious situations. But there are few opportunities for such wilderness exposure today. Many factors have conspired to change that. Technology has made it possible to call for rescue from almost anywhere at the same time that it has made backcountry travel easier and faster. Technology has served to blunt respect for the tests Mother Nature can still throw at humans. Taking communication on a trip is being responsible but basing how much risk you take because of that communication is negligent at best.
Many times I have tried to warn climbers and backpackers of nature's cold and harsh realities. The Alaska environment can be extremely unfriendly to humans. It is indifferent and unforgiving. On top of that, the scale of Alaska is easily underestimated. Most people set unrealistic expectations. Ten miles cross-country in Alaska is not like 10 miles on trail systems in the lower 48 but more like 30 or 40 trail miles.
Arrogance about the outdoors blinds people to these things. Unfamiliarity with Alaska's arctic and sub-arctic conditions and a some¬times total disregard for elementary principles of safety simply compound the problems.
I have seen this firsthand too many times. It is a sad and painful task to tell family and friends when someone is lost or dead in the mountains. Yes, accidents do happen. There are medical emergencies and acts of nature for which no one can plan. But these are rare. Most accidents are caused by bad judgment compounded by Alaska's severe weather and remoteness. Many accidents are a result of people making bad decisions because of a lack of knowledge or complacency.
An examination of climbing accidents in Alaska shows a great number of rescues involve people who have misjudged the consequences of their decisions and were underprepared for Alaska weather. The remoteness of the Alaskan backcountry makes everyone susceptible to a catastrophic accident or medical emergency. Hazard evaluation in the backcountry is in part linked to the time you spend there, but there appears to be a refusal on the part of some to let experience teach them.
Some consider their success in the backcountry a reflection of superior outdoor skills although most have never been tested in crisis. They forget that some crisis is necessary to hone skill. "Near misses," those brief encounters with the reality of mortality, are great learning tools if properly approached.
Errors in judgment are educational if they send the right message —that turning around at the right time or opting not to go on are decisions that will save your life time and time again. Unfortunately, our virtual-reality society presents some problems in defining risk. To some degree, we have come to see it as a quest instead of a warning.
The "no fear" philosophy pushes people to navigate in the backcountry regardless of the elements, but it operates on the faulty premise that liabilities and possible injuries are a low priority and that rescue is just a call away. This is dangerous for the people seeking recreation and for the people called upon to rescue them. People fail to make the right choices based on their capabilities. They forget that prevention is the rule because treatment is often impractical or impossible.
My first climb on Denali in 1981 was one of the most traumatic and best learning experiences in my life because of the severe storms we encountered at 17,000 feet. As a mountaineering ranger for the past 13 years I have witnessed many worst case scenarios regarding accidents along with some of the most determined wills to survive. Conducting many varied and difficult backcountry patrols in Denali National Park I have retained these thoughts on surviving in the wilderness of Alaska.
Never give up;the will to live is a valuable asset. Sometimes people perish simply because they fall short on perseverance.
As a rule, if you die in the wilderness you made a mistake;careless judgment has a sharp learning curve.
Denali National Park staff is committed to helping make your expedition a successful and unforgettable experience. I hope that you will partner with us in maintaining Denali National Park and Preserve as the pristine natural environment that it is. Allow others to take away with them the same unmatched experience that you will no doubt take with you.
Daryl Miller's life of high adventure started at age 17 as a young U.S. Marine at Guantanamo Bay during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and following two combat tours in Vietnam, he eased into civilian life. Miller worked as a rodeo clown, chimp boxer, bartender, a wilderness skills instructor, and mountain guide before starting his 18-year tenure at Denali National Park and Preserve. From 2000 to 2008, Miller served as South District Ranger, overseeing all mountaineering and rescue operations in the Park. In 1996, the President of Italy awarded Miller with the Targa D'Argento Solidarity Award in recognition of his team's many life-saving mountaineering rescues. One of his greatest adventures in Denali National Park began in February 1995, when Miller and his friend Mark Stasik set out on what was to become a 45-day, 350-mile winter circumnavigation of Mt. McKinley and Mt. Foraker, a trip that tested every survival skill he had.