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By Jarrod Dicker
New Brunswick, NJ, USA
"Jazz really just means hodgepodge," explains bassist Reed Mathis while attempting to delineate the meaning of the word "jazz". "When someone says they're a jazz musician, it basically means that they're a student of all music," he continues. "It means that they're a student of improvisation. Jazz just means American; it means accidental; it means melting pot."
Reed Mathis (credit: Jeremy Scott)
Reed Mathis is arguably the greatest bassist of this generation. The prime composer and principal architect of Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey until 2008, Mathis migrated west to anchor the rhythm section of the San Francisco jam-rock quartet, Tea Leaf Green. Never shying away from a chance to collaborate with stellar, stalwart musicians, Mathis also stands as an active member of the Marco Benevento Trio and formerly as a collaborator in 7 Walkers (which features Papa Mali and Grateful Dead alum, Bill Kreutzmann).
Mathis released his second album with Tea Leaf Green, Looking West, on June 8th of this year, producing the entire record solely on his laptop. A master composer and instrumentalist of all musical genres, Mathis is truly a melodious wildfire that cannot and will not be extinguished for a long time to come.
Jarrod Dicker spoke with the "Ginger-Christ-Superstar" about the making of Looking West, his legacy in Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, the Marco Benevento Trio, his upcoming solo record, the economics of musicianship, learning the Grateful Dead and more.
THIRSTY: I've read that you grew up around a very musical family with a strong melodic background. Was becoming a professional musician drilled into you from adolescence or was it a direction you decided to take on your own accord?
Reed Mathis: No, it was never drilled into me; actually, it wasn't ever really spoken about. It was always around my house growing up and was never looked at as something you did; it was just part of your day. And it wasn't an occupation any more than eating food is an occupation. Growing up around my parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles, you didn't think of a musician as a certain type of person. A musician was just like anyone else. I thought everyone was a musician [laughs], at least until I got to school. Until I was about five years old, all the adults I was around were very accomplished musicians. Well, what I consider very accomplished. As I said, it wasn't drilled into me, but I sort of never thought I'd do anything else, you know?
THIRSTY: You've played and studied with many conventional classical assemblages throughout your teens (Tulsa Philharmonic and Interlochen Center for the Arts program). What led you to make the transition into new-age exploratory jazz seen throughout your former efforts in Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey? Is there an actual moment you can pinpoint as the prime catalyst for the shift?
Looking West (2010)
Reed Mathis: Well, I got a bass guitar when I was eleven. That was the age when I was allowed to play something that wasn't for classical purposes. Not really that I was forbidden per se, but I just didn't have any money to buy my own instrument [laughs]. So I finally bought a bass and soon realized that a student was able to bring their bass to school as long as they signed up for the jazz band. I just really wanted to bring my bass to school [laughs], so I ended up joining jazz band in high school. I was already into improvised shit like Hendrix, Primus, Yes and Led Zeppelin. The truth is, I really liked the kids in jazz band more than I liked the music we were playing. I just liked hanging out with those guys. Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey wasn't something anybody put together on purpose. It just sort of happened. It was a band before I even knew it was a band. The first gigs were booked almost as joke and then clubs started to get packed and it became, 'Hey I guess we're a band now, let's go on tour.'
THIRSTY: The new Tea Leaf Green record, Looking West, is the group's first album since 2008. What was the inspirational force behind this record? Was there an overall message the band wanted to convey through the tracks?
Reed Mathis: We started going into the studio right after a hefty tour last summer; literally the day after we got home. We were just really oiled up and it was honest, easy playing at that point. We went into the studio and started calling out tunes that we were doing throughout the tour without thinking that much about an overall album. We were just sort of spit-balling it. Once we had a pile of songs recorded we looked at them all and there was a group of tracks within the group of songs that really jumped out at us. So we got together several times and took everything we recorded—every take of everything—and took notes. We observed ourselves several months after the fact, which is a very educational process. Then we decided to focus on the thirteen songs that 'asked' to be grouped together. There was no specific intention behind this record. That came after we looked at everything we recorded and saw there was an obvious group within it.
THIRSTY: In this month's Relix (July/August, 2010) you told Aaron Kayce that after leaving Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey you took a back seat in the Tea Leaf Green creative process. How much did you contribute to the latest record, Looking West, and were you more or less involved compared to the 2008 album, Raise Up the Tent?
Reed Mathis (credit: Michael Hollender)
Reed Mathis: When Raise Up the Tent was released, I was only in Tea Leaf Green for about six weeks. I was still getting everybody's last name at that point as a figure of speech. I was still in JFJO for a year after we made Raise Up the Tent. I was in three bands in 2008 and then I did two bands for a six month stretch and then got into a third band again. I did three bands for the last year and now I'm back to two bands. As you can see, it's a lot of fun [laughs].
THIRSTY: How about the way you now approach recording in the studio; has that changed at all since leaving Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey?
Reed Mathis: How I'm playing now is not that different objectively than how I would approach a JFJO album or show. I'm still 100% improvised; I don't have bass parts for any of the Tea Leaf Green songs. I know what key they're in and I know the form, but I don't have a specific part. So I still approach every part of every show the same way I always have; with a completely blank mind. When I put on my producing shoes, I do the same thing I did when I approached the JFJO records I made. I just enter my mind, expect nothing, and stay alert. The thing makes itself, for better or worse. That's what improvising is all about; letting a higher power—if you will—call the shots.
THIRSTY: You received a lot of fan criticism after leaving Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey for Tea Leaf Green. Two years later, are you completely satisfied with the decision to switch over to the Tea Leaf Green family?
Reed Mathis: Oh man, totally…totttalllllly. It's night and day, honestly… night and day.
THIRSTY: I interviewed Marco Benevento for last month's issue and he had great things to say about your playing. How did you come to collaborate with Marco Benevento that eventually led to the creation of the Benevento Trio?
Reed Mathis: I was good friends with Joe Russo (Benevento/Russo Duo) in the late '90s. He had a band named Fat Mama that JFJO used to perform with. I love Russo. He was actually in JFJO for about 3 weeks in the year 2000 [laughs]…
THIRSTY: I feel like Joe Russo is in every band nowadays…
Reed Mathis: Yes, exactly. So I met Benevento through Russo. I think he and I knew each other for years before we sat down just the two of us. I was sitting in with the Duo and he was randomly sitting in with JFJO. Eventually, Benevento made a record that—when he sat down with Russo—wasn't coming through as something the Duo would play. Benevento was wondering what to do with them, so he called me and asked me to play with him. He sent me the demos and we just started booking shows. It was basically an outlet for Benevento's songwriting more than anything else. I love his piano playing and I love him as a bro; I think his songwriting is by far his best skill. As cool as a guy as he is and as cool as a pianist as he is, his composing is even better in my opinion. I'm just lucky to be the guy who helps those songs get air in their lungs.
THIRSTY: Both of you are top tier masters in writing and instrumentation. For someone who is a renowned composer and writer, would you ever consider creating your own group around all original 'Reed Mathis' compositions?
Reed Mathis: Well, it's funny you mention that. I actually started recording a solo record just weeks after leaving JFJO. I've been working on it for a year and a half now. We've finished final mixing on Side A last month and when I get home from this tour we're going to mix Side B. And then the record will be done and released.
Reed Mathis
(credit: Michael Hollender)
THIRSTY: Will the record be toured?
Reed Mathis: I'm just trying to finish the record, man [laughs]. That's not where my head is at the moment.
THIRSTY: As you've stated, you often engulf yourself in multiple projects at the same time, currently Tea Leaf Green and the Marco Benevento Trio. How do you weigh each project against one another? Does one take priority over the other?
Reed Mathis: Marco and I both come from a strong jazz background which means that you basically put together a band with whoever could fucking get there that day [laughs]. It's really how jazz has always worked. 'Oh Freddy can't make it? Where's Tommy?' So my approach is that I'm at every Tea Leaf Green show and then I hit every Benevento show that I can make. Benevento's a real good sport about it and is tolerant of me being involved with other stuff. He feels that the best representations of the Trio's songs are when he, Andrew Barr, and I are playing together. I don't know if it's the best, but it definitely has its own thing. I've heard him with other rhythm sections and it's definitely crushing and different; very cool. It's interesting to hear Marc Friedman, who plays bass when I can't make it, and Dave Dreiwitz from Ween, who substitutes as well. They all have awesome and equally valid takes on those songs.
THIRSTY: In an economical time when austerity measures make it extremely tough to make a living as a musician, does the decision to perform in multiple bands/projects ever shift from love of the music to fiscal logic?
Reed Mathis: For better or worse, money never really enters my mind in regard to that. I probably would be better off if I did think about money from time-to-time, but I really just work solely on inspiration. That's my only fuel and motivation. I will play in sidebands if they are good bands. People like my wife and folks will ask, 'Reed will you ever say no to a gig?' And it's just like, 'I'll start saying no when crappy musicians start calling me for gigs [laughs].' When it's Bill Kreutzmann or Page McConnell calling me for gigs, what am I supposed to say, no? I'm getting calls by brilliant innovative virtuoso composers. I can't say no [laughs]. I'll start saying no when I'm 50.
THIRSTY: You've played with the band 7 Walkers (Bill Kreutzmann) as well as guitarist Steve Kimock in the past. As both bands channel the Grateful Dead in form and spirit, is it safe to assume that you grew up a Deadhead?
Reed Mathis: Honestly, I wish I had been influenced by the Grateful Dead growing up because the music is just so gorgeous, I hadn't heard the Grateful Dead really before touring with Steve Kimock. The guy who was driving our tour vehicle was a serious archivist. He was the kind of guy you can ask what his favorite 80 shows were and he could list them off without blinking; a real scholar of the catalog. This was my chance…so I turned to him and said, 'Turn me on, play me a track, I wanna hear the tracks. [laughs] You are my Grateful Dead guru, show me what's up.' So he started playing stuff for me and I was just like, 'Jesus, this is sooo good.' I just didn't grow up around it. In Oklahoma, people at my high school weren't really listening to it; we were listening to the Beastie Boys and John Coltrane.
THIRSTY: You produced Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey's album, Winterwood before you left for Tea Leaf Green. Are you still an active producer? If so, what have you produced lately?
Reed Mathis: Well, I produced Looking West. 100% of that record was made on my laptop. And then my solo record that I'm finishing up in the next month—it's been 15 months in the making—I've also been producing. It was recorded in ten different studios with fifteen of the best musicians in the world. So that's been a huge production undertaking. Probably the biggest thing I've ever made. But I was really proud of Winterwood. It's my favorite Jacob Fred album and I spent about a year working on it. I think it turned out great even though I didn't get the chance to put the finishing touches on it.
THIRSTY: Any chance you are willing to discuss who the aforementioned "fifteen best players" on your upcoming album are?
Reed Mathis: Eh, not yet. [laughs]
THIRSTY: For a final question: What does the word "Jazz" mean to you?
Reed Mathis: Jazz really just means hodgepodge. That's really all it means. When someone says they're a jazz musician, it basically means that they're a student of all music. It means that they're a student of improvisation. That's what I think it means. Not someone who puts on a suit and copies the 1950s groups. Jazz just means American; it means accidental; it means melting pot.
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Reed Mathis on Wikipedia
Reed Mathis on MySpace Music
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Not to be confused with Nicolás Orsini.
For the Italian condottiero of the same family, see Niccolò Orsini.
Nicholas Orsini (Greek: Νικόλαος Ορσίνι, Nikolaos Orsini) was count palatine of Cephalonia from 1317 to 1323 and ruler of Epirus from 1318 to 1323.
Nicholas was the son of Count John I Orsini of Cephalonia by Maria, a daughter of Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas of Epirus by Anna Palaiologina Kantakouzene. His father governed Cephalonia as a vassal of King Charles II of Naples, and had acquired Leukas as his wife's dowry. Nicholas succeeded to the county on his father's death in 1317, but unlike his predecessors was more interested in intervening in Epirus than in the Latin possessions in southern Greece. In 1318 he surprised and murdered his uncle Thomas I Komnenos Doukas of Epirus and easily subdued the entire southern portion of the principality around Arta. To solidify his position Nicholas also married his uncle's widow, Anna Palaiologina, daughter of Michael IX Palaiologos, and was conferred the title of despotes.
Nicholas paid nominal homage to his Angevin overlord, John of Gravina, a son of King Charles II of Naples and Maria of Hungary. He otherwise oriented himself towards the East. He publicly adopted the Orthodox faith and the local clergy raised no serious objection to his usurpation. Northern Epirus, however, with Ioannina, refused to recognize Nicholas' rule and accepted Byzantine rule. Nicholas waited until the death of his wife in 1320 or 1321 and the outbreak of the Byzantine civil war to attack. Failing in his attempt to secure an alliance with the Republic of Venice, Nicholas was unable to take Ioannina. In 1323 he was murdered by his brother John II Orsini.
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Does your right to keep (digital) secrets weigh up against any crime?
by Abhimanyu Ghoshal — in Insider
Credit: The Next Web
One of the biggest tech stories of 2016 surrounded the case of the San Bernardino shooter, in which the FBI sought Apple's help to unlock the attacker's iPhone by creating a backdoor into the company's mobile OS last spring. And while the furore over that incident has died down since, we still haven't reached a resolution as to whether we have the right to keep our digital secrets under any circumstances.
The story that brings this debate back into focus concerns former Philadelphia police sergeant Francis Rawls, who was suspected of hoarding images of child sexual abuse on his computer in August 2015. When Rawls said he couldn't remember the passwords to disable the FileVault feature that encrypts hard drives when you log out on your Mac, he was taken into custody for failure to comply with a federal court's order.
As of today, Rawls has spent more than 16 months in a federal detention center without actually being charged with a crime.
Rawls was compelled by the court to decrypt the drives when local authorities cited the All Writs Act, a law enacted more than 227 years ago. It was previously used to coerce Apple to help bypass the security measures on the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone. However, that case was dropped when the FBI found another way that cost them a million bucks – and revealed nothing of interest on the handset.
In examining whether Rawls should be released as he hasn't yet been charged for possession of illegal pornography, the larger issue we should consider is whether people have a right to maintain their digital privacy.
We don't yet have legislation to dictate how our data can be accessed by law enforcement agencies in criminal investigations, and what sort of assistance suspects must provide in these instances.
It might help to unpack Rawls' case into two distinct issues: His alleged possession of images of child sexual abuse, and the act of keeping a secret.
With the former, if there is concrete evidence to prove that Rawls broke the law, I believe that he should be prosecuted to the fullest extent with a fair trial. But in keeping a secret by using encryptable hard drives, Rawls hasn't done anything illegal.
I think that the choice and the right to keep something secret are sacrosanct – whether you do so by only storing it in your mind or by purchasing an encryptable device. As human beings, secrets, big and small, are fundamental to our complex lives. Choosing to keep digital secrets shouldn't be grounds to raise suspicion about our actions and intentions.
In the US, the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution provides that no person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, without due process of law. There are similar protections in the Indian Constitution and Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms. That means that a person can't be coerced to reveal something stored in their minds, like a decryption password.
If we consider a case like the one involving Rawls, we need to look at the evidence pointing to his wrongdoing and decide whether there's even a need for Rawls to decrypt his data by recalling a password. Can the police prove unequivocally that he downloaded illegal content – which they can specifically identify – to those two hard drives that he owns, and that those files exist on those drives?
There's most likely no way to prove exactly that, particularly the bit about those specific hard drives being used to store data. However, even in a case involving something as disturbing as child sexual abuse, we shouldn't have to assist law enforcement in discovering evidence against ourselves.
The choice for a society to uphold the sanctity of our right to keep digital secrets doesn't necessarily need to lessen the degree to which it investigates and prosecutes criminals. However, law enforcement will need to keep that right in mind when determining their approach towards investigating cases.
As if that isn't tricky enough to come to terms with, things get especially complex when you think about how people might be compelled to divulge their digital secrets. If a hard drive is encrypted and the defendant says they don't remember the password for it, as Rawls did, how do you get them to reveal what's in their mind without throwing ethics out the window?
In October 2014, a Virginia court ruled that suspects can be asked to unlock their phones using their fingerprints; passwords and PINs stored in your memory were still safe. But last December, the Florida Court of Appeal's Second District said that passcodes are not related to the contents of a locked or encrypted device, and as such, the law can demand that passwords be surrendered by suspects to help unlock data.
So where does that leave Rawls? Acting as a friend of the court, The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) noted in a brief that (PDF) that "compelled decryption is inherently testimonial because it compels a suspect to use the contents of their mind to translate unintelligible evidence into a form that can be used against them. The Fifth Amendment provides an absolute privilege against such self-incriminating compelled decryption."
As Ars Technica explains, the appeals court's decision on whether to release Rawls or continue to detain him won't end this debate, because circuit courts of appeal in the US aren't obligated to follow the decisions of their sister circuits; it'll take a call from the Supreme Court to determine how such instances are handled in the future.
But before that happens, we need to think about how important secrets are to us as a species and as a society. Should we unlock our private data just because a key exists?
Let me know what you think by writing in at [email protected], or share your thoughts in the comments.
Update (23 March 2017): As of today, The Guardian reports that Francis Rawls has been in prison for roughly 18 months without being charged with a crime, for refusing to unlock his encrypted hard drives. He may remain there indefinitely until he complies with the court's request.
Read next: This video app promises to keep your homemade sex tapes private

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the benevolent dictator in terms of maximizing the size of the pie.
was perfect information and we don't always have perfect information.
we want to talk about a situation called the market for lemons.
it was first written about by an economist from Berkeley named George Akerlof.
about something called asymmetric information.
sometimes that's not a big deal.
kind of a centerpiece of my overall my patio.
and it's going to cost you $3,000 for the treatment."
I'm just an academic economist. So, what are we going to do here.
I can get a second opinion.
the yellow pages to come and have them give me an estimate.
fact he tried to exploit the fact that he had informational advantage on me.
there are laws in this country against insider trading in the stock market.
this money because they know something about the company that you don't.
That I'm sure, some people think of it that way.
"Hey, I got somebody who wants to buy your shares in IBM."
And you say, " I wonder why they want to do that?
What do they know that I don't know."
"Why do they want to get rid of their Google stock?
and that's kind of what happens here in the market for lemons but not the same problem.
we're talking about products that basically aren't right from the get go.
and you will think of it mostly on automobiles.
I think I probably not want this car."
because that car had a half a mile on it.
where they clean it all up and back to the lot.
a 150 miles over the weekend and now suddenly you want to get rid of it.
you know a lot about this car now.
why is it this person wants to get rid of this new car?
That's the problem that accrual office looking at.
let's talk about, suppose you have a desire to buy in 1968 Dodge Dart.
your hands on one of the '68 Dodge Darts classic car.
50-50 probability whether it's good or bad.
Blue Books that if it's a good condition '68 Dodge Dart, it's worth a 100.
If it's a bad condition '68 Dodge Dart, it's worth 50.
You got all that information, it's kind of cruising around.
and sure enough one day you're driving through town.
sign on the windshield says "For sale".
"Sure, let's talk about which goes down."
that's a 50 percent chance of that.
So, the expected value is 75.
that's the expected value of that car.
But you figure, well, you know what, I'm going to put this bid in and see what happens.
off that fair and see what she says."
she'll say, "Well, let's see I can get 70 in cash from him.
and as soon as she takes the offer you begin to realize, wait a minute.
she actually knows whether it's good or bad.
There's no expected value for her.
it's a 100 car or a 50 car.
I'm always going to end up with the wrong hand unless I actually bid less than the value.
the market for lemons is an example where we just can't come to a reasonable bid.


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Fea Jur is the second album by St. Louis band Lye By Mistake, and was released on October 13, 2009.  The album was produced by both the band, as well as Brian Sheffer. It was released on the Boston-based record label, Black Market Activities.  The artwork was created by Lamb Grenade

Track listing
"Big Red Button" - 4:04
"The Condition" - 6:08
"Invincible Bad Ass" - 5:45
"Vanguard to Nowhere" - 8:52
"Stag" - 5:25
"Fea Jur" - 7:12
"Missouri Tomater" - 1:26
"Money Eating Mary (Karaoke Remix)" - 11:04

Personnel
Johnnie Truesdale - bass
Josh Bauman - guitar
Drew Button - drums/percussion
Lye By Mistake - Producer
Lamb Grenade - Artwork
Brian Scheffer - Producer, Engineer

References

2009 albums
Lye By Mistake albums

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Some States coordinate SHSP action plans with existing agency safety plans and programs (i.e., HSP, CVSP, HSIP). Emphasis area action plans can and should be incorporated into the work plans of existing task forces or committees. This approach avoids duplication, promotes buy-in from the implementing agencies, and provides an opportunity to leverage existing programs and resources.
Action plans are living documents that should be revisited and amended as necessary. Teams can add, remove, or revise strategies and action steps over time to ensure the plan remains relevant. For instance, dramatic changes in data may warrant a fresh look at all SHSP elements, including action plans. Waiting for next SHSP update cycle to make these changes can result in losing the momentum needed for successful implementation.
Some action plan steps are easier to implement than others. Advocating legislative strategies to advance road safety may be politically sensitive. Some States omit them completely, while others make attempts to address these strategies through appropriate channels. States successfully addressing legislative strategies involve key partners, such as legislative officials and private organizations in the effort. In some instances, a legislatively mandated task force is formed to examine laws pertaining to specific emphasis areas, such as impaired driving. In this case the task force can develop the strategies and action plans for the SHSP. Involving these parties up front ensures everyone is working from the same information and avoids conflicting programs and messages.
Action plans involving changes to policy and design standards can be complicated as well. Incorporating standards for cable median barriers, rumble strips, etc., into a State's design standards or policies, may be difficult to address in action planning. In these cases, the action plan may point to a series of steps leading to the development of new standards, without defining the specific standards or policies. Once again, involving the appropriate partners in the process provides greater opportunity for adoption of the strategies. The following guide can be used to develop action plans. The list can be tailored to individual State and local needs and conditions.
Define the goals for the SHSPÂ – the reasons for the plan.
Define the measurable objectives – what the plan will accomplish.
Determine the performance measures that will be used to evaluate the plan.
Determine the measurement method for each performance measure.
Determine the strategies for achieving each of the objectives.
Determine the action steps for accomplishing each strategy.
Determine the process measure or performance indicator for measuring progress.
Agencies whose cooperation and coordination is required.
Steps that require legislative approval.
Provide detailed budget information by task.
Separate information by funding source and agency/office.
Tracking and evaluation are discussed in Chapter 7; however, evaluation design is a critical element of an action plan and should be developed before the project starts to ensure activities are directly linked to expected outcomes and baseline data are collected.
Develop detailed action plans for each strategy in your SHSP.
Identify a facilitator to assist emphasis area teams in achieving consensus on action plan elements.
Identify performance measures as a basis for monitoring and evaluation and assign responsibilities to support accountability.
Assign responsibilities to support accountability.
Review and amend action plans as you proceed with implementation.
Provide emphasis area team members with a copy of the IPM.
Answering these questions will help stakeholders review their SHSP action planning process and identify opportunities for improvement.
Does your State have action plans for all SHSP emphasis areas and strategies?
Does your State have multidisciplinary action planning teams?
Is someone assigned to coordinate and document all the actions plans and track progress?
Are the action plans available to all the stakeholders?
Are projects and activities identified in the action plans?
If your State's SHSP includes strategies that require changes in legislation, policies, or design standards, are the proper legislative officials involved in the action planning process?


Summer is upon us, meaning more time for walking to work, working-out and getting in some serious sweat time. Introducing the new glacéau smartwater sports cap bottle (850ml) that offers the perfect partner for on-the-go hydration.
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glacéau smartwater is the only bottled water in the UK that vapour distils British spring water. It is this unique process - plus a combination of electrolytes - that creates a refreshing taste.
From brainstorm to boot camp and back again, glacéau smartwater is the hydration hero for those who live a 'hectic-24/7-digital-crazy-login-logout-everything-always-connected' lifestyle.
From 30 May, glacéau smartwater is available nation-wide in an 850ml sports bottle – so there's no excuse for not picking one up.
glacéau smartwater is also available as 600ml screwcap.
glacéau smartwater is the first ever bottled water brand in the UK to use a unique method of vapour distillation, using British spring water in its evaporation, condensation, and precipitation process. A combination of electrolytes is then added resulting in a taste that's distinctly crisp, clean and fresh. glacéau smartwater is available in 600ml and 850ml bottles across the UK.


Laser tattoo removal breaks up ink into particles. The immune system metabolizes the particles while healing. Wait 4-6 weeks between treatments for most effective tattoo removal.
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After the six major studios wrapped up their turns in front of the CinemaCon convention goers with 20th Century Fox earlier today, it was Lionsgate's
turn to carry the flag for the indie sector, even though NATO's John Fithian said last year that in Lionsgate we are seeing the birth of the "seventh major studio". And although some of the speakers during the company's relatively brief presentation this afternoon took up that mantle, Lionsgate in its sizzle reel actually touted the fact that they are the only non-major to actually go over $1 billion in a single year — certainly thanks to the dynamic duo of Summit's Twilight finales and The Hunger Games, which became the third-highest-grossing film of 2012 with more than $400 million domestically. So are they are a major? A mini-major? A true independent? Or just a money-minting film company with a couple of franchises the real majors would kill for (and in the case of Twilight actually passed on — ouch).
But as befits any wannabe major, a spiffier, more corporate logo was in order, and as Deadline reported earlier they debuted it for the theatre owners here in Las Vegas. As distribution head Richie Fay put it during his turn onstage, "Lionsgate is an overnight success that was 12 years in the making".
As far as the presentation went, Lionsgate certainly took an independent route from the way the majors have behaved all week, offering a musical-chairs lineup of executives taking their turn in front of delegates who crowded into the Colosseum to check out the product. In addition to Fay, we also heard from CEO and co-founder Jon Feltheimer, co-chairman of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Rob Friedman and AMC theatres exec Elizabeth Frank, who pointed out the company released 20 major films in 2012 and led the field 11 separate weeks. She said her company was looking forward to the 17 movies on tap this year and many of them were showcased for the first time over the course of the 80-minute show emceed by comedian Kevin Hart.
Having a stand-up comic at the helm was a good idea for a Vegas presentation as it gave it much more of a showbiz flair exhibitors were probably grateful for after six corporate presentations from the majors. Unfortunately, Hart, an enormously talented comic, used the occasion to endlessly plug his new concert movie Let Me Explain opening via Lionsgate on July 3rd. I lost count of all the separate plugs ("if you aren't into my movie you are a racist," he joked more than once) and after driving this particular gag into the ground finally showed up one more time to introduce his own clip. I guess it is also news that Feltheimer announced they had just completed a deal only an hour earlier for his next film, Quick And Easy. It was hard to tell where the real announcements began and the jokes ended.
In between those plugs, other talent took the stage to intro their trailers. That included Morgan
Freeman and Isla Fisher, co-stars of the clever and entertaining (I've seen it) Vegas caper film Now You See Me, due May 31st, which also stars Mark Ruffalo and Woody Harrelson. Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld and Harrison Ford debuted footage of the November 1st release Ender's Game, a sci-fi drama Ford called a "big movie. Strong, emotional and exciting". The trailer will make its regular screen debut in front of Star Trek Into Darkness on May 17. Friedman also touted another book adaptation the company is shooting, Divergent, based on the Veronica Roth books starring Shailene Woodley and Kate Winslet, yet another sci-fi'er.
Whether these could ever become another Twilight or Hunger Games is anyone's guess, but fortunately for Lionsgate The Hunger Games is just hitting its stride. Catching Fire stars Liam Hemsworth and Elizabeth Banks along with new director Frances Lawrence were on hand to mark the big-screen debut of the film's trailer. Lawrence reports the film has completed shooting and is now in editing for the obviously huge Thanksgiving release November 22nd. This trailer will appear on screens with Iron Man 3 starting May 3. The exhibitors are panting for this one to open.
Also on hand was The Avengers director Joss Whedon, who is nothing if not versatile. After directing last year's billion-dollar superhero movie, he switched gears and shot a black-and-white version of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing in his backyard over the course of a week. Roadside Attractions (which has a partnership with Lionsgate) sparked to it and will release June 7. "I'm here to introduce the big summer tentpole movie of 2013," he joked. Whedon is a Shakespeare freak and the movie has played the festival circuit for several months. When you just directed The Avengers you can choose to do just about anything you want. Incidentally, Roadside handed out a brochure at the event that spelled out a large slate of 2013 releases itself including the 2012 Cannes competition entry Mud on April 26th.
Other films featured this afternoon were a horror film, You're Next, for August 23rd; and a sequel to the geriatric action flick Red, opening July 19 with Anthony Hopkins and Catherine Zeta-Jones joining the first film's Helen Mirren Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker and others. It played extremely well with the crowd. Then there was the next attempt at cinematic redemption for Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is teaming with Sylvester Stallone for the prison movie Escape Plan (9/13).
And of course what Lionsgate presentation would be complete without Tyler Perry. Although the prolific writer/director/crossdresser wasn't there in person, he sent a funny promo video extolling people to keep quite during the movies, Of course it was as his alter-ego Madea, whose next outing is Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas opening in December.
With a new Hunger Games and a Madea Christmas movie set to make its holiday season, Lionsgate does have MAJOR cause for celebration.
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Show-stopping theatrical performance that uses everyday objects for a unique combination of percussion, dance and visual show.
(Macao, June 29, 2016) – World-renowned theatrical sensation, STOMP – an eight-person performance group that uses everyday items such as lighters, bin lids, plastic bags and even kitchen sinks, to hammer out an explosive rhythm, will be coming to The Venetian Theatre from Sept. 23 – Oct. 9, 2016. Tickets go on sale Thursday 30 June, 2016 at all Cotai Ticketing box offices.
Originally from the UK and created by Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas back in 1991, STOMP is a show that combines percussion, dance, theatre and comedy with an exhilarating soundtrack inspired by the commotion of daily life. Performers use every-day objects to create beats of different sounds, composing a feel-good percussive symphony. Their passion and enthusiasm are so contagious that the show has won over audiences worldwide of all ages.
STOMP has been touring the globe for 25 years, bringing over 20,000 performances to more than 12 million people in 53 countries across 6 continents. There are up to five STOMP companies performing worldwide at any time.
The infectious STOMP has also performed in several big events, including the 1996 Academy Awards (the Oscars), which received an estimated 1 billion audience globally; and a specially choreographed appearance at the closing ceremony at the London 2012 Olympic Games, it was the largest assembly of STOMP performers ever, as 40 performers from 12 different countries were brought together for one spectacular performance.
Photo caption: UK theatrical sensation STOMP is coming to The Venetian Theatre at The Venetian Macao from Sept. 23 – Oct. 9, 2016. Tickets go on sale Thursday 30 June, 2016 at all Cotai Ticketing box offices.


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Q: send a file via bluetooth from the command prompt I'm working with the command prompt and I would like to send a file to my phone. Is it possible to send a file via bluetooth from the command prompt?

A: Is it possible to send a file via bluetooth from the command prompt?
Yes, it is possible. See below for Windows, Ubuntu and Linux solutions.

Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10 (x86, x64)
Use btobex.

Bluetooth command line tools are a suite of command line utilities for
  Microsoft Windows that can be used to configure your bluetooth
  adapter, discover remote bluetooth devices and services, transfer
  files to OBEX capable devices.
All utilities can be invoked as a part of a batch script or other
  automated background process or launched manually from the Windows
  command prompt.

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System requirements

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*Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10 (x86, x64)

*Microsoft bluetooth stack compatible Bluetooth adapter

Source Bluetooth Command Line Tools

Btobex sends files to remote OBEX capable devices (computers, mobile phones, etc).
usage:
btobex {-bBluetoothAddress | -nFriendlyName} [-cChannel] [-pPIN [-e]]
         [-rRetries] [-fFileName] [file1 [file2 [...]]]

    -b  Bluetooth address of target device in (XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX) format.
    -n  Friendly name of target device.
    -c  RFCOMM channel (1-30). If specified, service lookup is not performed.
    -p  PIN code for authenticating with remote device.
    -e  Use encrypted connection (only if PIN authentication is used)
    -r  Make specified number of attempts is case of error
    -f  Use this file name for the data from STDIN (standard input)
    -h  Prints help screen.

samples:

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*Send file "picture.jpg" from the current folder to the device named "Nokia 6300" :
btobex -n"Nokia 6300" picture.jpg

*Send all text files from the current folder to the device with known address :
btobex -b(11:11:22:22:33:33) *.txt

*Send output of other program as a file named "message.txt" :
echo This is a test | btobex -b(11:11:22:22:33:33) -f"message.txt"

btobex maintains the ERRORLEVEL environment variable. Zero means successful execution, any other value - error. Detailed error description is printed to the standard error output.

Source btobex

Ubuntu
Use bluetooth-sendto.

bluetooth-sendto --device=12:34:56:78:9A:BC filename works for me.
"12:34:56:78:9A:BC" is the Bluetooth device address (bdaddr) of the device. You can get the bdaddr with hcitool scan.

Source Bluetooth file transfer in shell script, answer by elmicha

Linux
Use obexftp.

obexftp –nopath –noconn –uuid none –bluetooth <BTAddr> –channel
  <OPUSHChann elNo> –put <FileToPut>

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*Allows one to send file without specifying the pin on the remote device side

*The OPush channel number for device is got from sdptool above

  obexftp -b <BTAddr> -v -p <FileToPut>

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*Allows one to put a file onto the specified BT device

*obexftp could also be used to get or list the files on the BT device

*also allows one to identify a nearby BT device by just giving -b option

Source Low-level bluetooth utility, answer by slm
See also Linux script for Bluetooth operation

Disclaimer
I am not affiliated with Bluetooth Command Line Tools in any way.

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The 2013 Guado al Tasso is a wine of great elegance and finesse, silkier and more vibrant than ever. In a cool vintage, one with a very long growing season, the Cabernet Sauvignon (50%) brought notes of aromatic herbs and mint along with crisp tannins which added length. The Merlot (27%) gave concentration and texture and ample sensations of plums and blackberries. The characterful Cabernet Franc (20%) contributed aromatic and flavor elegance, intensifying the finish and aftertaste with notes of liquorice and cassis. And, finally, the Petit Verdot (3%) combined very well with other varieties, underlining the wine's spiciness.


Tanvishataa is such a great herbal preventive tonic for your entire family.
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Along with the BlackBerry Z10 the Q10 was announced today.
RIM (or we just say BlackBerry) today and officially announced its new BlackBerry 10 OS.
Today BlackBerry also announced its new full QWERTY smartphone called the Q10.
Check the hands-on video after the break.
Do you prefer social networking on your phone or your computer?
BlackBerry "re-invented" its operating system and today announced the BlackBerry 10 OS. There are some unique features like BlackBerry Flow and Peek, Hub, "smart" Keyboard, BBM Video Chat and Screen Share and more. Check the videos after the break.
Today is a big day for Windows Phone, as Nokia has announced that it's begun rolling out the Windows Phone 7.8 update to its Windows Phone 7.5 devices. The update will bring several features found in Windows Phone 8 to Windows Phone 7.5 handsets, such as the ability to resize live tiles, new theme colors, and new lock screen options, like the option of setting the wallpaper to Bing's image of the day as well as better security when it comes to putting a Lumia in a pocket or giving it to a child.
Do you have to have the latest software on your phone?
BlackBerry has revealed the pricing and availability details of its BlackBerry Z10 smartphone, which was released a while ago. The smartphone will head to all the key world markets including UK, Canada and UAE.
Well, the BlackBerry Z10 has barely been announced, but the first crop of hands-on reviews is already online.
Today BlackBerry has announced its new flagship smartphone, the BlackBerry Z10.
By only five votes the Samsung Galaxy S III stayed in third position on the Official Smartphone Rankings for another week. It is currently trending in second on this Wednesday January 30, 2013 so who knows, we may see it slide up a notch by the end of this week's voting.


Premiering at this year's SXSW are two films we have been working on since 2013, Legend of Shorty and The Great Invisible. The former is a UK based film, produced by Simon Chinn (The Imposter) and directed by Angus Macqueen. We came on board during the edit to design a title sequence and several motion sequences in the film. Read more about the film below.
The film takes us into a world few outsiders have ever been, knocking on the door of the most wanted man in the world.
Also premiering at SXSW is The Great Invisible, directed by Margaret Brown (The Order of Myths), which we have designed titles and narrative captions for. As the edit is based in the US, we've been working remotely with Margaret across the pond. Read more about the film below.
On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. It killed 11 workers and caused the worst oil spill in American history.
The explosion still haunts the lives of those most intimately affected, though the story has long ago faded from the front page. At once a fascinating corporate thriller, a heartbreaking human drama and a peek inside the walls of the secretive oil industry, "The Great Invisible" is the first documentary feature to go beyond the media coverage to examine the crisis in depth through the eyes of oil executives, survivors and Gulf Coast residents who experienced it first-hand and then were left to pick up the pieces while the world moved on.


This poll will be open for 7 days from the date it is posted.
The first place winner of the poll will receive their choice of any Ayumi Hamasaki CD in stock at YesAsia.
The voting should be based on the merits of the work only, and not on the person who made it. If you entered this contest DO NOT do anything to identify your work during the voting. This means that if someone has a question about your entry you will have to wait until after the contest is over to answer it.
The creator of each entry will be revealed after the poll is closed.
Respect the participants by viewing the full image for each entry before voting!
For the unhealthy Ayu fanatic!
- This is a pic-nic set with Ayu's Single "&" as a theme for it.
- The main dish is the disc of "&" made of fried rice(including the blue border) with cheddar cheese; the large "&", the Ayu A, the meatballs, and H are made of pure ground beef.
And there's also a ketchup with mayo dots on it as a sauce for the meatball on toothpick.
- For the dessert, a cake with frosting and colored chocolate candies and marshmallows.
- For the drinks, I serve Ice tea.
"A" also means abstract, cause it was so hard to decorate the choco springkle on top of the sugar-powder-covered cake to made it look exactly like ayu's 10th anniversary logo.
And i don't have enough time cause i just made exactly a day before deadline, i totally fogot this contest, gosh!!
So, that's it, even though it may look unfinished but i still consider it special.
Entry 4 is amazing *.* Although all the other entry's were nice to (: Good job to everyone.
Entry 4 is amazing!!! I want a piece of it!!
i was too busy as well, wish i participated! it looks like theres only 1 good entry which i voted for and which is surely going to win..
I really enjoyed number 3. It was really creative!
But number 4 was most Ayu so.
Cant believe I didn't enter either. I wanted to make a giant 3D A out of those little bite size candy bars that you give out for halloween.
Anyway, the picnic style is cool.
i voted for entery no4, it looks awesome!!!
the other entries are awesome too~ especially #3, wow!!
#2 is the BEST BEST BEST!!!!! It is soooo cute. the plushie was such a cute touch. This is definately a winner!
that's strange, you hate chocolate that much???