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Lynne Me Your Ears: Tribute To The Music Of Jeff Lynne
Earl	 January 28, 2002
The premise of this double-disc compilation is simple: various modern pop artists, most of them enjoying cult indie label status (and a few of them refugees from major labels too), revisit the songs of one of their musical heroes, ELO's Jeff Lynne. Colorado's own Not Lame Records has been teasing the heck out of this release for months, only to watch it be bogged down by politics (the father/son duo of Randy and Tal Bachman, each of whom were originally slated to contribute a song, pulled out) and delays (a printing error in the first run of liner notes booklets which caused the collection to slip well past its original pre-Christmas 2001 release date). And now that it's here, was it worth the lengthy wait?
The answer is, in most cases, absolutely. The covers (which don't limit themselves to ELO material but also cover Lynne's contributions to the Traveling Wilburys, a 1960s U.K. group known as the Idle Race, and his solitary solo album) vary wildly, ranging from faithful homages to reinterpretations in a completely new style.
Some of the better "near-beer" covers include former R.E.M. producer Mitch Easter's collaboration with Bobby Sutliff on the first ELO single, "10538 Overture"; Michael Carpenter's near-carbon-copy of Lynne's solo single "Every Little Thing"; Jason Falkner's raw cover of "Do Ya", a stripped-down, Buddy Holly-ized cover of "Rock 'N' Roll Is King" by Walter Clevenger and the Dairy Kings, and an accurate-down-to-the-overmodulation-distortion copy of the Idle Race's "Morning Sunshine" by Jeremy.
The real triumphs of Lynne Me Your Ears, however, are those artists who took extensive liberties and created something completely new – Ross Rice's hip-hop-ified cover of "Evil Woman" is both funky and up-to-date, and Tony Visconti (former Move and Moody Blues producer) turns in a tasty new take on "Mr. Blue Sky", starting out as a rap and then tumbling through every style in the book by the end of the song's lengthy instrumental coda. Prairie Sons and Daughters transform the eloquence of "One Summer Dream" into a spiky, guitar-drenched masterpiece that also takes a detour into "In Old England Town" from ELO's second album. That multiple-song-tributes-in-a-single-track trick is repeated masterfully by Rick Altizer, who leaps from the soulful opening guitar solo of "Laredo Tornado" into a thundering modernized version of "Boy Blue". Former Move vocalist Carl Wayne, ironically, takes the stage-musical feel of "Steppin' Out" to its logical, grandiose conclusion (it was Wayne who stepped out of the Move in 1970, a departure that made way for Jeff Lynne to join the group). The Shazam squeezes the synths out of "Twilight" and turns it into a wonderful wash of electric guitar work (but keeps the harmonies intact), and "Turn To Stone" gets a similar treatment from Roger Klug. Sparkle*Jets UK turn the dreamy "Above The Clouds" into a cheerful, rockin' power pop number.
Perhaps the most shocking transformation bestowed upon any of the songs here is "On The Run", a rapid-fire techno-before-there-was-techno tune from 1979's Discovery which is rendered here by Sixpence None The Richer as a relaxing acoustic piece with a slow, majestic gait and Leigh Nash's always pleasant voice. It has to be heard to be believed – this may be the best example on Lynne Me Your Ears of a band taking one of the old ELO chestnuts and making it their own.
There are a small number of misses for all of those hits, however; Peter Holsapple's cover of the Move's "No Time" has yet to click with me – the harmonies seem to be a misfire in some places. The Heavy Blinkers' cover of "You Took My Breath Away", itself a Roy Orbison tribute penned by Lynne for the second Traveling Wilburys album, lacks the melancholy of the original and comes out sounding a little too sunny. And the "Sweet Is The Night" cover heard here seems to have lost a lot of what made the original so appealing.
Overall, however, a nice treat for ELO/Lynne fans, and hey, your mileage may even vary on which songs worked and which ones didn't. Highly recommended – and, in the face of Sony's recent reticence to continue the promised remastering of the entire ELO catalogue, it may be the last ELO related treat we fans get for quite a while. Soak it up slowly and enjoy.
10538 Overture – Bobby Sutliff & Mitch Easter (4:35)
Ma Ma Ma Belle – Earl Slick (4:05)
Telephone Line – Jeffrey Foskett (4:49)
Do Ya – Jason Falkner (3:58)
Sweet Is The Night – Ben Lee (3:28)
Rockaria! – Pat Buchanan (3:49)
Every Little Thing – Michael Carpenter (3:52)
No Time – Peter Holsapple (3:59)
Showdown – Richard Barone (4:26)
Handle With Care – Jamie Hoover (3:25)
Strange Magic – Mark Helm (3:54)
Evil Woman – Ross Rice (4:51)
Steppin' Out – Carl Wayne (4:27)
Don't Bring Me Down – SWAG (3:13)
One Summer Dream – Prairie Sons & Daughters (7:16)
Can't Get It Out Of My Head – Doug Powell (4:57)
Twilight – The Shazam (3:11)
Mr. Blue Sky – Tony Visconti (5:02)
You Took My Breath Away – The Heavy Blinkers (3:07)
Message From The Country – The Balls of France (4:28)
The Minister – Ferenzik (4:43)
Xanadu – Neilson Hubbard and Venus Hum (3:31)
When Time Stood Still – Bill Lloyd (3:27)
Above The Clouds – Sparkle*Jets UK (4:00)
Rock And Roll Is King – Walter Clevenger and the Dairy Kings (3:14)
Morning Sunshine – Jeremy (2:19)
Boy Blue – Rick Altizer (3:45)
Livin' Thing – Pray For Rain (3:57)
On The Run – Sixpence None The Richer (2:37)
Bluebird Is Dead – Todd Rundgren (5:06)
Turn To Stone – Ruger Klug (5:11)
Eldorado – Fleming and John (6:41)
Released by: Not Lame Records
Disc one total running time: 69:04
Disc two total running time: 64:19
2002, A, B, C, ELO, F, H, J, Jason Falkner, K, L, Non-Soundtrack Music, P, R, S, V
Electric Light Orchestra – First Light
In the late 60s, one would've been hard-pressed to find a post-Beatles psychedelic power pop outfit more prominent in Britain than The Move. (How prominent? One of their singles was the first song played on BBC Radio 1.) So naturally, the members of the Move would've been crazy to knock a sure thing in the head and try something as drastically different as a live rock group with its own string section.
Fortunately for us, Roy Wood and newcomer Jeff Lynne were crazy enough to do just that. Frequently quoted as "picking up where 'I Am The Walrus' left off," Wood and Lynne dared to throw layer after layer of cello on top of Lynne's latest composition, "10538 Overture", which was originally slated to be a Move B-side. The result thrilled them enough to continue forging ahead with their neoclassical aspirations in mind, and the songs grew more adventurous from there; "The Battle Of Marston Moor" has no rock elements at all, adding Wood's historical spoken narrative to a largely baroque backing. "Whisper In The Night" adds layers of cellos and an angelic choir to a fairly simple ballad. Lynne's "Mr. Radio" strives for an old-time radio sound, featuring no bass whatsoever (but plenty of cellos).
First Light is a 2-CD celebration of the band's first album, dating back to 1971 (whose original no-frills single-CD release has been reviewed here previously). Remastered from the original session tapes, the original album tracks have never sounded better, and yet the cleaning-up of the material doesn't strip it of its heady early 70s charm. A new version of the album, brought up to modern specs, would be worth the price of admission alone, but bonus tracks fill out both the CD containing the original album and and entire second CD. Some of the stuff – the incredibly rare live tracks from one of the group's earliest performances, alternate takes of several songs from the album – is priceless. The live version of a song known only by the title "Jeff's Boogie No. 2" (later heard on the group's second album under the title "In Old England Town") is particularly fascinating, with wildly different lyrics than what eventually accompanied that music. And the live "Whisper In The Night", minus the cellos and choir but with a helping hand from the other band members' more traditional instruments, is also worth a listen. And just for the record, I want to know who on Earth recorded the BBC Radio intros to the second disc's two different versions of "10538 Overture" – who thought to keep that stuff!?
Both discs included copious liner notes booklets, with comments from Lynne and Wood and tons of photos. The first disc is also filled out with an extensive multimedia CD-ROM section featuring the session logs, the band's discography, and even the rare promotional video from "10538 Overture".
Overall, it's a grand package for those already acquainted with the first album, or those interested in ELO's beginnings. Sadly, only a few thousand copies of the two-disc Limited Edition have been made, and the title reverts to the first disc only after that. If ELO is up your alley, spring for the deluxe edition while it's there.
Disc one:
10538 Overture (5:37)
Look At Me Now (3:20)
Nellie Takes Her Bow (6:02)
The Battle Of Marston Moor (July 2nd, 1644) (6:05)
First Movement (Jumping Biz) (3:03)
Mr. Radio (5:06)
Manhattan Rumble (49th Street Massacre) (4:25)
Queen Of The Hours (3:25)
Whisper In The Night (4:49)
The Battle Of Marston Moor – alternate take (1:00)
10538 Overture – alternate take (5:48)
Disc two:
Brian Matthews Introduces ELO (0:37)
10538 Overture – acetate version (5:24)
Look At Me Now – quadrophonic mix (3:19)
Nellie Takes Her Bow – quadrophonic mix (5:59)
The Battle Of Marston Moor – quadrophonic mix (5:55)
Jeff's Boogie No. 2 – live (6:58)
Whisper In The Night – live (5:45)
Great Balls Of Fire – live (5:40)
Queen Of The Hours – quadrophonic mix (3:18)
Mr. Radio – Take 9 (5:18)
10538 Overture – BBC Sessions version (10:39)
(includes Whisper In The Night – BBC Sessions version as "hidden track")
Released by: EMI/Harvest
1971, 2001, E, ELO, Non-Soundtrack Music
Electric Light Orchestra – Live At The BBC
Earl	 January 8, 2001
Now discontinued by Eagle Records, a small label which has unleashed a small slew of ELO live albums in recent years, this two-disc set is a compilation of live cuts as originally broadcast on BBC Radio's In Concert series.
The first disc kicks off with an extended jam built around what would appear to be an early version of "Boogie #1: From The Sun To The World" from ELO's second album. The lyrics are wildly different, as are large portions of the lengthy solos, some of which sound like they were kept in mind during the making of On The Third Day. Moog synths and the glorious sound of the group's early (pre-Mik Kaminski) string section battle it out for prominence. Kuiama turns into a surprisingly relaxed jam, with the three-piece string section shining once more until just before the end of the song (at which point they go hideously out of key). "In The Hall Of The Mountain King" suffers a similar fate – starts out strong, becomes a great chugging Russian dance of sorts, and then falls apart right before the end. By the time "Roll Over Beethoven" rolls around, the group has gotten the hint – it doesn't last as long as the other numbers, and doesn't outstay its welcome.
Then we travel forward in time by about a year with a nice rendition of "Ocean Breakup / King Of The Universe", the indecipherable opening medley from ELO's third album, On The Third Day. Following the album's running order, this segues into a low-key (and on-key) "Bluebird Is Dead" and "Oh No, Not Susan" (the latter complete with non-radio-friendly F-word in its lyrics!). Jeff Lynne's vocals during this live set start out very much in the background, often overshadowed by the instruments, but his performance becomes much more assured by the time "New World Rising" arrives. By this point, Mik Kaminski has joined the band, and after the Third Day medley and a brief introduction of the band members, he takes center stage with his self-penned classical hoedown solo. Another performance of "Mountain King" proves to be a little more polished, and leaps abruptly into a rumbling cover "Great Balls Of Fire".
The second disc leapfrogs past Eldorado and starts with "Fire On High", the chugging instrumental which inaugurated 1975's Face The Music LP. The hard-rocking "Poker" is next up, though this rendition seems to be dominated more by synths than electric guitars. But it's not until "Nightrider" that the band really starts to shine. The excellence carries over to the band's second crack at a Third Day medley, with even the between-song interludes from the album spreading out into a luxurious jam highlighting the abilities of the string trio. That portion of the band continues to carry things along into "Bluebird Is Dead" and "Showdown" (and I'll still take live Showdown over the album version any day). A pre-recorded "Eldorado Overture" leads into a fair reading of "Can't Get It Out Of My Head" (though I still question the need to insult the listener's intelligence – or waste his time – by not editing pre-recorded bits out of live albums). "Poor Boy (The Greenwood)" fares much better on stage, though its string parts – arranged for a full orchestra – seem to be a little more than the group's live string trio can handle. One of my favorites from Eldorado, "Illusions In G Major", relies much less on the string section and turns out to be the best number in the Eldorado set. After Bev Bevan tries to rouse a seemingly lethargic audience, the band launches into "Strange Magic" – in which Bev's bass backing vocals can be heard much louder than Lynne's lead! The audience finally wakes up and claps along to "Evil Woman" before Bev even picked up his sticks, and audience participation night continues into the final number, a killer "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" jam.
This two-disc document of early live ELO is bound to be of interest to ardent fans as well as collectors, now that it has been discontinued from the Eagle Records catalogue. But it's not the rollicking, polished live set one hears on Live At Winterland – and, thankfully, nor is it the over-polished, largely pre-recorded, uninspiring set from the Live At Wembley CD and DVD. If nothing else, Live At The BBC helps one gain a greater appreciation for drummer Bev Bevan and the three-part string section that represented ELO's orchestral ambitions on stage, both before and after the orchestra became a literal one on the group's albums. But more casual listeners, and even some fans, may be appalled by the string section's misfires in the earlier material. Perhaps this one could have been pared down to the second disc by itself.
From The Sun To The World (11:39)
Kuiama (10:26)
In The Hall Of The Mountain King (8:10)
Roll Over Beethoven (5:09)
King Of The Universe (4:54)
Bluebird Is Dead (4:09)
Oh No Not Susan (2:43)
New World Rising (6:39)
Mik's Violin Solo / Orange Blossom Special (2:37)
Great Balls Of Fire (3:25)
Fire On High (5:35)
Poker (4:20)
Nightrider (4:59)
On The Third Day medley (13:14)
Showdown (4:45)
Eldorado (6:05)
Poor Boy (The Greenwood) (2:43)
Illusions In G Major (3:39)
Strange Magic (3:37)
Evil Woman (5:19)
Ma-Ma-Ma Belle (5:32)
Released by: Eagle / Edel
1999, E, ELO, Non-Soundtrack Music
Electric Light Orchestra – Flashback
Earl	 December 4, 2000
And to think, you thought ELO's story was over. A series of rare tracks, live cuts, concerts and rarities have kept the band alive for fans during the 90s – not to mention a little band called ELO Part Two, who have been paying Jeff Lynne's mortgage from publishing royalties alone for the past decade. But with the abrupt end of ELO Part Two, now operating under the somewhat generic name Orchestra, we should've known something was up. Jeff Lynne's been a busy boy, supervising the restoration and remastering of the original ELO session tapes and finishing incomplete recordings which originated anywhere from 1980 to '82. Alternate mixes of "Do Ya", "Mission (A World Record)" and "Mama" are included here, along with a murky 1973 home demo and a completely new version of "Xanadu", performed by Lynne in a style which seems to owe more to the Traveling Wilburys than to ELO.
There are many familiar and somewhat more obscure tracks in this box set, and the remastering that has been performed on that material is quite a revelation. For the first time, "Shangri-La" and "Livin' Thing" aren't pureèd by the noise reduction technology of the 70s – the latter in particular has had a very annoying overmodulation effect in the build-up to the last chorus since I first heard it, so it's nice to hear it the way it was originally performed for the first time.
New bits are heard here and there as well, such as an interesting synth instrumental right before "Hold On Tight", some Beatlesque echo-drenched count-ins, and so on.
The edits and alternate mixes of classic songs are interesting from a completist point of view; personally, unlike Jeff Lynne in his liner notes, I have never felt that 1972's "Mama" was an overly long number, and to say that I preferred the original mix of "Mission (A World Record)" as released in 1976 would be an understatement. This new mix is an interesting way to study the song's densely layered arrangements, as it lacks many of the backing vocals of the original, but that's all. And I can't tell if "Do Ya" is a grand rebirth for one of ELO's oldest songs (it was originally a Move number), a product of extensive computerized editing, or both.
The real gems, however, are the half-dozen or so outtakes and previously uncompleted songs from the early 1980s. "Grieg's Piano Concerto In A Minor" is just what it says it is, given a groovy Ventures-style surf-rock arrangement which has to be heard to be believed (!). "Tears In Your Life" is a somber reject from 1982's Secret Messages album, which Lynne completed with a new three-part harmony vocal (the original intent was for the entire song to be sung through a vocoder), and sports some elegant middle-eastern-influenced string work. Other leftovers from the Secret Messages sessions are the incredibly silly "Who's That?" (a Monty-Python-esque bit of messing around with fart sounds that was probably never intended to appear in any officially-released form) and "Helpless", which has some amazing vocal harmonies hearkening back to ELO's glory days.
But in my view, the real treat is "Love Changes All", a never-before-heard number from the 1980 sessions for ELO's half of the Xanadu soundtrack. Not only are the pre-requisite swirling string arrangements there, but so is a large choir and some of Lynne's best vocals (and lyrics). It's a shame the song was never finished until this year.
The box art is a fantastic revisitation of some of the concepts from 1977's Out Of The Blue cover art, which forever solidified the ELO/spaceship/science fiction connection that furthered the group's reputation as a cult-following-only band, right up there with most other well-loved science fiction icons. The booklet contained in the box is an almost fawning tribute to Lynne's genius. I love Jeff Lynne's songwriting and production style, but these things should not be stressed at the expense of such pivotal past members as Bev Bevan, Kelly Groucutt (who sued his ex-bandmates in the 1980s over whether he was a full member of the band entitled to royalties, or just a high-paid session musician who just happened to play on virtually every song the group recorded between 1975 and 1983), and co-founder Roy Wood.
With its steep price tag, I'm not sure that Flashback will spark the ELO renaissance that Epic is hoping for – and with the announcement of Zoom, a completely new ELO album created by Jeff Lynne for a 2001 release, I'm sure there was some hope that Flashback would generate some real interest. Die-hard ELO fans like myself are sure to pick it up for the new material, but will the general music-buying community catch on fire for this? Only time will tell.
Mama – new edit (6:05)
One Summer Dream (5:21)
Eldorado Overture (2:12)
Can't Get It Out Of My Head (4:24)
Eldorado Finale (1:29)
Do Ya – alternative mix (4:09)
Mister Kingdom (5:08)
Grieg's Piano Concerto In A Minor (2:59)
Tightrope (5:23)
Livin' Thing (3:34)
Mr. Blue Sky (5:07)
Mission (A World Record) – alternative mix (4:31)
Turn To Stone (3:48)
Telephone Line (4:45)
Rockaria! (3:15)
Starlight (4:45)
It's Over (3:55)
The Whale (5:06)
Sweet Talkin' Woman (3:49)
Big Wheels (5:32)
Shangri-La (5:36)
Tears In Your Life (3:06)
Disc three
Don't Bring Me Down (4:04)
The Diary Of Horace Wimp (4:17)
Twilight (3:42)
Secret Messages (4:38)
Take Me On And On (4:58)
Shine A Little Love (4:11)
Rock And Roll Is King (3:15)
Last Train To London (4:31)
Confusion (3:40)
Getting To The Point (4:51)
Hold On Tight (3:08)
So Serious (2:43)
Calling America (3:27)
Four Little Diamonds (4:06)
Great Balls Of Fire – live, 1974 (3:06)
Xanadu – new version (3:21)
Indian Queen – demo (0:57)
Love Changes All (3:28)
After All (2:24)
Helpless (3:19)
Who's That? (1:26)
Released by: Epic/Legacy
Disc three total running time: 73:42
Electric Light Orchestra – The BBC Sessions
Earl	 June 12, 2000
Well, I guess this is proof that I'm a sucker for nearly anything with the Electric Light Orchestra's name on the cover. This latest release from Eagle Records, the people who brought us rather nice CD pressings of concert recordings from ELO's 1975 and 1978 tours, is a collection of studio numbers from the band's appearances on BBC Radio's Bob Harris Sessions show between 1972 and 1974. If it sounds like I'm a little bit skeptical, it's because in places the songs on this CD sound exactly like the studio versions that eventually saw light on their respective albums. "Kuiama" especially raised my suspicions – are we sure that this isn't the same cut that wound up on ELO II? Either that, or ELO really was the best live band in the world, managing to duplicate the entirety of a song, right down to its production nuances, in a live performance!
But "Roll Over Beethoven" and "From The Sun To The World" are clearly not the same recordings I've heard at least two hundred times. Jeff Lynne's vocals are a big part of the difference – in some places he sings a little rougher, and in a few places on the latter track, he actually sings a little better than he did on the final cut which made it to vinyl in 1972. The instrumentation is also significantly different on "From The Sun", including a guitar solo in place of a violin solo during the instrumental break, and some much heavier synth work courtesy of Richard Tandy. Sadly, this song also fades out just as it's starting to kick into the series of lightning-fast solos.
The Bob Harris Sessions version of "Mama" (listed on this CD, and on quite a few other compilations, as "Momma") is outstanding – miles ahead of what actually made the cut for ELO II in 1972. Unusually, Lynne's vocals are very dry, free from the echoplexing and reverb with which he usually drenched his own singing in post-production. And Jeff Lynne is an excellent singer – this track proves that he didn't need to hide behind all the effects for so many years. The harmonies are also much wider, almost Queen-like, and better mixed. It almost sounds like an Armchair Theatre outtake of a recent cover version of the song.
"In The Hall Of The Mountain King" has never really been an ELO track I've listened to a lot, but this live version is another testament to Jeff Lynne's guitar skills, the strength of ELO's string section in the early 1970s, and the thundering intensity of Bev Bevan in his prime.
The final suite of five tracks is where I get sorely disappointed with this album. These songs, all from On The Third Day, sound exactly, in every detail and every tiny nuance, like the recordings I've heard on Third Day for more than half my life. It's a damn shame – I would have loved to hear alternate takes or even different mixes of these songs from one of the band's most mysterious and intricate albums. Simply lifting tracks from the album for this CD is the equivalent of the studio version of "Standin' In The Rain" which opens the video of the 1978 Wembley Arena concert…it's more than a little bit misleading.
So, the final question is…for those die-hard fans who have heard every last ELO song in existence a thousand times, is it worth the effort to track this CD down? I'm such a fan myself, so my answer is a "Yes!"…but that's a qualified yes. Even if it's just for this version of "Mama", I recommend the BBC Sessions album to those who have the time and money to blow on finding this one.
From The Sun To The World (7:19)
Momma (6:56)
Daybreaker (3:31)
Ma Ma Ma Belle (3:40)
Total running time: 56:56
Electric Light Orchestra – The Night The Light Went On…
Earl	 March 29, 1999
Somewhere between obscurity and fame – i.e. between their third and fourth albums – ELO recorded this California gig which is one of the most energetic and unusual performances the band ever put on. If the track list for this album looks unusual, that's because, aside from "Roll Over Beethoven", it's the only evidence on record that ELO was a decent cover band prior to their ascension to superstardom. Jeff Lynne's influences – the Beatles and Jerry Lee Lewis (what a combo!) – receive an homage from the respective (and, I might add, very good) covers of "Daytripper" and "Great Balls Of Fire". Not used to the thought of him singing other people's material, I was surprised at how well Lynne could carry off Jerry Lee Lewis' vocal style. And there are three outstanding instrumentals – one, "Daybreaker", is an ELO original from On The Third Day; another, "Mik's Solo / Orange Blossom Special", runs the gamut from classical to hoedown in a matter of a few hilarious minutes (courtesy of ELO's resident virtuoso Mik Kaminski); and the third, a heavy metal cover of Grieg's "In The Hall of the Mountain King" (also recorded on Third Day), segues abruptly into the aforementioned Jerry Lee Lewis rocker. This ranks up there with the Winterland CD and ELO Part II's One Night as yet another example that, at least some of the time, ELO was a damn fine live band.
Daytripper (6:40)
Mik's Solo / Orange Blossom Special (2:28)
In the Halls of the Mountain King / Great Balls of Fire (8:35)
Released by: Epic / Sony UK
Release date: 1974 (reissued on CD in 1997)
Electric Light Orchestra – Live At Winterland, 1976
Earl	 October 26, 1998
This classic concert recording, only recently given its own CD release, certainly humbles me a bit. Some time back, in my review of ELO Part II's One Night live album, I asserted my belief that the original ELO – limited by the number of musicians and the technology available to them at the time – could never hold a candle to ELO Part II on stage. Now, after hearing this concert recording from the early stages of ELO's superstardom – well over a year before Out Of The Blue was released, and not long after the album containing "Strange Magic" and "Evil Woman" debuted – I have to admit that this isn't necessarily true.
Jeff Lynne and company seemed to be in tune and in the spirit for a great performance at this 1976 gig, and since it falls so early in the band's career, it highlights some of their best early material, including a medley of several tunes from 1974's excellent Eldorado album. Material from the very first album also appears here, something that would fall by the wayside in only a couple of years as crowds began to request nothing but recent hits; "10538 Overture" is combined with the Move's "Do Ya" (remember, this concert took place before "Do Ya" resurfaced on A New World Record) for a hard rock medley. "Fire On High", "Poker" and "Nightrider" – all from what was, at the time, ELO's most recent album – are also handled wonderfully on stage. I did notice that bassist/backup singer Kelly Groucutt took the lead with the vocals a number of times, something that he didn't get to do again until the band broke up and reformed.
So I suppose I have to retract my earlier statement about the original ELO on stage. The band's enthusiasm for their material here easily outshines any technological limitations that could have hindered anyone's enjoyment of the music, and it's a must-have for any serious ELO fans.
Eldorado Suite (13:14)
Medley: 10538 Overture / Do Ya (5:27)
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She ain't afraid of no reboot.
For Splitsider, the daughter of Harold Ramis has detailed several fantastic scenes from her circa-1984 childhood in Santa Monica, Calif. She was seven at the time, and during that summer and fall, her life was doubly dominated by the U.S. pop culture event of the moment.
Of course, [for Halloween] my dad offered to get me a jumpsuit and proton pack, but I opted for Cyndi Lauper that year – sprayed orange hair, lacy petticoat and jelly sandals. My dad, always a good sport, escorted me around the neighborhood carrying a small boom-box blasting "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun." Of course, I could kick myself now for the missed opportunity of a father-daughter Ghostbusters dress-up moment but it's OK. I stand by my Cyndi Lauper and look at it as an early display of feminist non-conformity.
The irony of course is that this coming Halloween, because of the movie's gender switch, there will be a ton of little girls leading the Ghostbusters costume way. Ramis Stiel reveals that watching Paul Feig's Bridesmaids at the hospital, by her dad's bedside, and seeing him "shaking with laughter" remains one of the happier memories of dealing with her father's battle with illness.
There's much more to savor in this Splitsider guest piece, including what it was like to be picked up from school in 1984 once the Ghostbusters mania hit. Ramis Stiel, who lives in New York, has a nine-year-old daughter and is at work on a book about growing up with her dad. Bottom line: she ain't afraid of no reboot, and urges readers to try and do the same. Maybe on Oct. 31, mom can book end that missed trick-or-treat opportunity of yore by combining with her daughter to represent half the 2016 Ghostbusters team.
Below is a Father's Day song Ramis Stiel wrote this year for dad.


Troy, NY---- The Sage Colleges softball team has postponed the 2009 Home Run Derby scheduled for Thursday, October 29 at the Robison Softball Field. The event is a fund raiser for the team's 2010 spring training trip to Florida in March.
The cost is $5 for 10 outs. Student, faculty, staff, and friends are all invited to attend the event and are welcome to compete for the $50 gift card.
The event has been rescheduled for Wednesday, November 4 at Robison Field behind the Neff Athletic Center in Troy. The event will kick off at 4:00 p.m. and run until 5:00 p.m.


I was going to post this last week in the middle of upfront frenzy, but I decided to give it a week to digest all the news and have time to actually look at the trailers for new shows [Plus I had scripts/papers to write].
Anyway, as for any self-respecting TV fanatic, Upfronts are a time to cheer and cry for me. I love and I hate upfronts at the same time. I hate them because inevitably some of my favourite shows get axed and I love them because I love watching trailers for new shows and getting excited about them.
Of course I must be awful at judging trailers because the shows I get excited about rarely end up being my favorites. You know… you don't always love the abs you thought you were going to love [this would make much more sense if you read my other blogbost The battle of the abs here].
NBC: "Let's kill more than half of our schedule and get rid of all the shows that make up our brand"
NBC must be the serial killer network of shows, but at least they didn't kill the serial killer this year. Still, they broke the spirit of many "Human Beings". Sitcoms are out and Romcoms are in, but surprisingly Katherine Heigl is not in one of those. I also decide to get excited by the show with the most RIDICULOUS premise, based on the fact that if someone can make Lawyers + musicals work, anything is possible.
Once upon a time Fox was the edgy network for young people. It was the home for sci-fi classics like The X-Files. Now Fox is the place where all good sci-fi shows go to die before the season is over. I've also learned that people like serial killers much more than robots... there must be a fascinating psychological theory about that... Trailers for next season look good and miniseries are now called EVENTS!
ABC was not as ruthless as other networks this year *cough* Fox *cough* NBC. They didn't kill any of my favorite shows and they didn't cancel everything that moves. So, good for the Alphabet network. Next year, ABC shocks everyone by ordering more Shonda Rhimes shows. I know... hard to believe. They are also not ready to give up the fairy tale [which is actually a bad thing] nor the comic book thing [which could be good]. Finally, they realized "Hot English actors" are totally in this year.
As I predicted, CBS cancelled all the shows that didn't involve forensics. I think I will miss Hostages even if I never watched it and I'll damn sure will miss Sawyer [or whatever his name was on Intellignce]. Also, CBS execs think they are super edgy because the new CSI is set in cyberspace and the new NCIS has vampires! OK maybe not... but wouldn't it be cool if they did?
The little show that could was renewed and I actually think it makes financial sense. However, they could have used super-human teens and aliens in love more than a bunch of Southern Belles... but that is just a guess. I am still not sure about how Scottish history fits in all of this, but I guess I get why teenagers surviving in the wild is an appealing concept. Next year we have more super-heroes, something about UFOs, zombies that I will actually watch and pregnant virgins... yeah... that's a show.


SCY-078 is an orally bioavailable ß-1,3-glucan synthesis inhibitor (GSI) and the first-in-class of structurally novel triterpine antifungals in clinical development for treating candidemia and invasive candidiasis. In vitro susceptibility by broth micro-dilution, antifungal carry-over, and time-kill dynamics were determined for 3 reference (ATCC) strains (C. albicans 90028, C. parapsilosis 90018, and C. tropicalis 750), a Quality Control (QC) strain (C krusei 6258), and 4 other strains (C. albicans MYA-2732, 64124, 76485 and C.glabrata 90030). Caspofungin (CASP), fluconazole (FLC), and voriconazole (VRC) were comparators. For time-kill experiments, SCY-078 and CASP were evaluated at 0.25, 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16x MIC80, and FLU and VORI were evaluated at 4x MIC80 The time to reach 50%, 90%, and 99.9% growth from starting innoculum was determined. Net change in CFU/mL was used to determine EC50, EC90, and Emax SCY-078 MIC range was between 0.0625 - 1 μg/mL and generally similar to CASP. Antifungal carryover was not observed for SCY-078. SCY-078 was fungicidal against 7 isolates at ≥4x MIC (kill ≥3log10) and achieved a 1.7 log10 reduction in CFUs/mL against C. albicans 90028. CASP behaved similarly against each isolate and achieved a 1.5 log10 reduction in CFUs/mL against C. albicans 90028. Reductions of 50% in CFUs/mL were achieved rapidly (1-2.8 h); fungicidal endpoints were reached at 12.1 - 21.8 h at ≥4x MIC. EC90 was reached at ∼5x MIC at each time point to 24 h. EC50 and EC90 were generally similar (8-24 h). Time-kill behavior of CASP was similar to SCY-078. FLC and VRC were fungistatic. Overall, SCY-078 has primarily fungicidal activity against Candida spp. and behaved comparably to CASP.
Candidiasis and other oral mucosal lesions during and after interferon therapy for HCV-related chronic liver diseases.
BACKGROUND: Oral lichen planus (OLP) is seen frequently in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of oral candidiasis, other mucosal lesions, and xerostomia during interferon (IFN) therapy for HCV infection. METHODS: Of 124 patients with HCV-infected liver diseases treated with IFN therapy in our hospital, 14 (mean age 56.00 +/- 12.94 years) who attended to receive administration of IFN once a week were identified and examined for Candida infection and other oral lesions and for the measurement of salivary flow. Serological assays also were carried out. RESULTS: Cultures of Candida from the tongue surfaces were positive in 7 (50.0%) of the 14 patients with HCV infection at least once during IFN therapy. C. albicans was the most common species isolated. The incidence of Candida during treatment with IFN did not increase above that before treatment. Additional oral mucosal lesions were observed in 50.0% (7/14) of patients: OLP in three (21.4%), angular cheilitis in three (21.4%) and recurrent aphthous stomatitis in one (7.1%). OLP occurred in one patient before treatment with IFN, in one during treatment and in one at the end of treatment. 85.7% of the oral lesions were treated with topical steroids. We compared the characteristics of the 7 patients in whom Candida was detected at least once during IFN therapy (group 1) and the 7 patients in whom Candida was not detected during IFN therapy (group 2). The prevalence of oral mucosal lesions (P=0.0075) and incidence of external use of steroids (P=0.0308) in group 1 were significantly higher than in group 2. The average body weight of group 1 decreased significantly compared to group 2 (P=0.0088). Salivary flow decreased in all subjects throughout the course of IFN treatment and returned at 6th months after the end of treatment. In group 1, the level of albumin at the beginning of the 6th month of IFN administration was lower than in group 2 (P=0.0550). According to multivariate analysis, one factor, the presence of oral mucosal lesions, was associated with the detection of Candida. The adjusted odds ratio for the factor was 36.00 (95% confidence interval 2.68-1485.94). CONCLUSION: We should pay more attention to oral candidiasis as well as other oral mucosal lesions, in patients with weight loss during IFN treatment.
Development of resistant variants to existing antifungal drugs continues to be the serious problem in Candida albicans-induced fungal pathogenesis, which has a considerable impact on animal and human health. Identification and characterization of newer drugs against C. albicans is, therefore, essential. MMGP1 is a direct cell-penetrating peptide recently identified from marine metagenome, which was found to possess potent antifungal activity against C. albicans.
The increasing applicability of antifungal treatments, the limited range of available drug classes and the emergence of drug resistance in Candida spp. suggest the need for new treatment options. To explore the applicability of C. albicans photoinactivation, we examined nine structurally different imidazoacridinone derivatives as photosensitizing agents. The most effective derivatives showed a >104-fold reduction of viable cell numbers. The fungicidal action of the three most active compounds was compared at different radiant powers(3.5 to 63 mW/cm2), and this analysis indicated that 7 mW/cm2 was the most efficient. The intracellular accumulation of these compounds in fungal cells correlated with the fungicidal activity of all 9 derivatives. The lack of effect of verapamil, an inhibitor targeting Candida ABC efflux pumps, suggests that these imidazoacridinones are not substrates for ABC transporters. Thus, unlike azoles, a major class of antifungals used against Candida, ABC transporter-mediated resistance is unlikely. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)-spin trapping data suggested that the fungicidal light-induced action of these derivatives might depend on the production of superoxide anion. The highest generation rate of superoxide anion was observed for 1330H, 1610H, and 1611. Singlet oxygen production was also detected upon the irradiation of imidazoacridinone derivatives with UV laser light, with a low to moderate yield, depending on the type of compound. Thus, imidazoacridinone derivatives examined in the present study might act via mixed type I/type II photodynamic mechanism. The presented data indicate lack of direct correlation between the structures of studied imidazoacridinones, cell killing ability, and ROS production. However, we showed for the first time that for imidazoacridinones not only intracellular accumulation is necessary prerequisite of lethal photosensitization of C. albicans, but also localization within particular cellular structures. Our findings present IA derivatives as efficient antifungal photosensitizers with a potential to be used in local treatment of Candida infection.
Candida albicans is frequently detected with heavy infection by Streptococcus mutans in plaque-biofilms from children with early-childhood caries (ECC). This cross-kingdom biofilm contains an extensive matrix of extracellular α-glucans that is produced by an exoenzyme (GtfB) secreted by S. mutans. Here, we report that mannans located on the outer surface of C. albicans cell-wall mediates GtfB binding, enhancing glucan-matrix production and modulating bacterial-fungal association within biofilms formed in vivo. Using single-molecule atomic force microscopy, we determined that GtfB binds with remarkable affinity to mannans and to the C. albicans surface, forming a highly stable and strong bond (1-2 nN). However, GtfB binding properties to C. albicans was compromised in strains defective in O-mannan (pmt4ΔΔ) or N-mannan outer chain (och1ΔΔ). In particular, the binding strength of GtfB on och1ΔΔ strain was severely disrupted (>3-fold reduction vs. parental strain). In turn, the GtfB amount on the fungal surface was significantly reduced, and the ability of C. albicans mutant strains to develop mixed-species biofilms with S. mutans was impaired. This phenotype was independent of hyphae or established fungal-biofilm regulators (EFG1, BCR1). Notably, the mechanical stability of the defective biofilms was weakened, resulting in near complete biomass removal by shear forces. In addition, these in vitro findings were confirmed in vivo using a rodent biofilm model. Specifically, we observed that C. albicans och1ΔΔ was unable to form cross-kingdom biofilms on the tooth surface of rats co-infected with S. mutans. Likewise, co-infection with S. mutans defective in GtfB was also incapable of forming mixed-species biofilms. Taken together, the data support a mechanism whereby S. mutans-secreted GtfB binds to the mannan layer of C. albicans to promote extracellular matrix formation and their co-existence within biofilms. Enhanced understanding of GtfB-Candida interactions may provide new perspectives for devising effective therapies to disrupt this cross-kingdom relationship associated with an important childhood oral disease.
Fungal infections are on the rise, with mortality above 30% in patients with septic Candida infections. Mutants lacking V-ATPase activity are avirulent and fail to acidify endomembrane compartments, exhibiting pleiotropic defects in secretory, endosomal and vacuolar pathways. However, the individual contribution of organellar acidification to virulence and its associated traits is not known. To dissect their separate roles in C. albicans pathogenicity we generated knockout strains for the V0 subunit a genes VPH1 and STV1, which target the vacuole and secretory pathway respectively. While the two subunits were redundant in many vma phenotypes, such as alkaline pH sensitivity, calcium homeostasis, respiratory defects and cell wall integrity, we observed a unique contribution of VPH1. Specifically, vph1Δ was defective in acidification of the vacuole and its dependent functions, such as metal ion sequestration as evidenced by hypersensitivity to Zn2+ toxicity, whereas stv1Δ resembled wild type. In growth conditions that elicit morphogenic switching, vph1Δ was defective in forming hyphae whereas stv1Δ was normal or only modestly impaired. Host cell interactions were evaluated in vitro using the Caco-2 model of intestinal epithelial cells, and murine macrophages. Like wild type, stv1Δ was able to inflict cellular damage in Caco-2 and macrophage cells, as assayed by LDH release, and escape by filamentation. In contrast, vph1Δ resembled a vma7Δ mutant, with significant attenuation in host cell damage. Finally, we show that VPH1 is required for fungal virulence in a murine model of systemic infection. Our results suggest that vacuolar acidification has an essential function in the ability of C. albicans to form hyphae and establish infection.
The molecules and pathways of the gut-brain axis represent new targets for developing methods to diagnose and treat psychiatric disorders. Manipulation of the gut microbiome with probiotics may be a therapeutic strategy with the potential to relieve gastrointestinal (GI) comorbidities and improve psychiatric symptoms. Candida albicans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, commensal yeast species, can be imbalanced in the unhealthy human microbiome, and these fungal exposures were previously found elevated in schizophrenia. In a longitudinal, double-blind, placebo-controlled, pilot investigation of 56 outpatients with schizophrenia, we examined the impact of probiotic treatment on yeast antibody levels, and the relationship between treatment and antibody levels on bowel discomfort and psychiatric symptoms. We found that probiotic treatment significantly reduced C. albicans antibodies over the 14-week study period in males, but not in females. Antibody levels of S. cerevisiae were not altered in either treatment group. The highest levels of bowel discomfort over time occurred in C. albicans-seropositive males receiving the placebo. We observed trends toward improvement in positive psychiatric symptoms in males treated with probiotics who were seronegative for C. albicans. Results from this pilot study hint at an association of C. albicans seropositivity with worse positive psychiatric symptoms, which was confirmed in a larger cohort of 384 males with schizophrenia. In conclusion, the administration of probiotics may help normalize C. albicans antibody levels and C. albicans-associated gut discomfort in many male individuals. Studies with larger sample sizes are warranted to address the role of probiotics in correcting C. albicans-associated psychiatric symptoms. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01242371.


How much does a daily candy bar cost? Would you believe $465.84? Or more?
With compound interest, you earn interest on the money you save and on the interest that money earns. Over time, even a small amount saved can add up to big money.
If you buy on impulse, make a rule that you'll always wait 24 hours before buying anything. You may lose your desire to buy it after a day. Also, try emptying your pockets at the end of each day and putting spare change aside. You'll be surprised how quickly those nickels and dimes add up.
No investment strategy pays off as well as, or with less risk than, eliminating high interest debt. Most credit cards charge high interest rates — as much as 18% or more – if you don't pay off your balance in full each month. If you owe money on your credit cards, the wisest thing you can do is pay off the balance in full as quickly as possible. Virtually no investment will give you returns to match an 18% interest rate on your credit card. That's why you're better off eliminating all credit card debt before investing. Once you've paid off your credit cards, you can budget your money and begin to save and invest.


This research is designed to build on the work completed in Phase I. In Phase I of High Friction Surface Treatment (HFST) for High Crash Locations, a methodology was developed to systematically identify a potential HFST candidate using mainline horizontal curves on primary and secondary roads based on crash experience. Through an iterative review process with the Iowa DOT Office of Traffic and Safety, and input from appropriate highway agencies (county and Iowa DOT), fourteen total curves were identified for HFST treatment in 2017. After working with all agencies involved, nine sites received the high friction surface treatment in summer 2017.
The objective of Phase II is to establish a baseline condition for all treatment sites and monitor HFST performance and basic driver behavior for a three-year period following treatment. Crash data from before and after will also be collected.


The library has completely renovated and updated its website. There are resources for students, teachers, librarians, and parents. This week we even started a new blog page, to expand communication between the library and students/parents. Please take a close look at the new site and maybe even post on our blog.
This site continues to grow. Please let students know about this resource and keep checking back to see what's new. We'd love to hear your feedback and suggestions.
Yearbooks are now on sale in the Student Store. The price is $90.00 with ASB card $95.00 without ASB card until Friday, February 24th. After the 24th the price will go up to $100.00 with ASB and $110.00 without ASB. Don't wait too long: once they are sold out, they are sold out forever.
Senior Ads are also on sale now. Prices: 1/8 page is $65.00, 1/4 page is $120.00, 1/2 page is $200.00 and a full page is $325.00.
Performing arts Booster scholarship application forms are due back to Mrs. Wigdor on Tuesday, April 4th. Underclassmen who may apply next year or future years for senior scholarships, please take note: a 2 year Booster membership will be a requirement in order to qualify. This means families of juniors, you MUST be a Booster member for two years. Join as of March 1, 2017 to qualify for a 2018 scholarship! There will be no exceptions next year. Membership forms are available in the front office.
When ordering make sure to say you are with Santa Susana High School and provide your school's code. Code is SSHSPJCA.
SSHS will receive 20% of your order and you will receive 20% off!
You can still join PTSA today and help support the programs, events and activities that SSHS PTSA provides. Membership is only $6 per person. Please visit our website, PTSA Website for more information and to sign up using a credit card. Remember, in order to qualify for Senior Graduate Scholarships, students must be a member for 2 years.


Social Security helps more than 62 million people each month to get the financial support they need. Most people who earn social security benefits are retirees who have worked for decades in the expectation that they will get some of the program when they stop working. For many of the 43 million retirees who receive monthly social security checks, the first time they ever got cash from the program after working a full career.
Recently, lawmakers in Washington have proposed a few ways people could claim social security benefits earlier in life. One proposal would appeal to those who seek payments for family leave after the birth of a child while another is looking for ways to pay off student loan debt. In both cases, however, the trade-off accepts less money in retirement. This is not financially acceptable to most Americans, so the better alternative is to follow a roadmap that social security has previously used to extend benefits beyond the retirement income.
A few other proposals have suggested allowing Americans to provide financial support in return to give up part of their future social security benefits. Under a proposal, those who agreed to take out social insurance would be able to pay off part of their debt for student loans. In a bill enacted by late-year MP Tom Garrett (R-Va.), People would pay $ 550 in debt when they reach retirement age, and their one-month claim-date increases later. With a maximum of 73 credits, this would provide more than $ 40,000 in immediate funding – but at the cost of treatment, as if their full retirement age was 73 instead of 67 and they could not even claim early benefits before the age of 68.
The other proposal has received more attention from commentators and the general public. According to a suggestion by Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), New parents could get a family holiday for a while after the birth or adoption of a child. Again, the compromise would be that they would have to accept a delay in their social security benefits. The calculations under the Rubio proposal are complex and subject to actuarial adjustments, but the general idea behind the legislation is similar to the loan proposal for student loans – but with less flexibility from parents.
Those who support the proposals like the fact that people can choose to use them. In particular, those who deduct the idea of the family from the obligation to provide holiday offers argue that voluntary social benefit funding leaves the field open to other competing ideas, including private employers offering paid leave to their employees. If a worker has already received private benefits through work, they could retain their retirement benefits by not using them for family leave.
Paying people for the services they want is a taxable way to meet foreseeable needs. In both student loan and family leave loans, the introduction of a mechanism whereby participants repay their advances through payroll or other taxes would be without prejudice to essential retirement benefits.
The introduction of new payroll taxes to cover additional benefits has precedents. The disability insurance program was added to social security in the late 1950s and a separate percentage of payroll tax was levied. The trust funds for disability and retirement benefits are technically different so that everyone can work on their own.
However, there is no reason why social security would have to pay a wage tax for everyone. Limiting additional taxes to those who actually take advantage of it would result in a larger tax, which, however, accurately reflects the value of what the beneficiary received from the program. With the aim of revenue neutrality, such a tax would be closer to a loan in terms of its repayment terms. But provisions that would allow would-be parents to invest in the system before they had children could lower their costs.
Social security is primarily for retirement and the bridging of retirement benefits in favor of an immediate financial need endangers the entire original purpose of the program. By examining more closely whether they could provide access to these benefits without pensions to the would-be users of Washington's recent proposals, social security could avoid a major problem on the road.


ABC's Once Upon a Time has cast Jonathan Whitesell and Kacey Rohl in two key roles based on an existing Disney animated classic.
ABC's Once Upon a Time Season 4 kicks off September 28th, featuring Georgina Haig as Queen Elsa and Elizabeth Lail as Anna from Disney's Frozen.
Newcomer Elizabeth Lail plays Anna in Season 4 of ABC's Once Upon a Time, which brings the popular Frozen characters to Stoybrooke.
Creators Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz debuted a parody video at their Once Upon a Time Comic-Con panel that reveals why they are taking on Frozen.
Characters from the hit Disney movie Frozen will be coming to Storybrooke in Season 4 of ABC's Once Upon a Time.
Elizabeth Lail has been cast as Anna, voiced by Kristen Bell in Disney's Frozen, while Scott Michael Foster will take on Jonathan Groff's Kristoff in ABC's Once Upon a Time.
Series creators Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis reveal why they wanted to bring the beloved Elsa character to Storybrooke next season.
The actress plays the mild-mannered Mary Margaret Blanchard in the hit ABC fairy tale series, with Season 1 available now on Blu-ray and DVD.
The actress plays Emma Swan, the one person who can break the Storybrooke curse in Season 1, available now on Blu-ray and DVD.
The nefarious Captain Hook is coming to Storybrooke in the latest season of this hit ABC fairy tale series.
Dancing With the Stars and Castle will kick off ABC's fall season on Monday, September 19, with Charlie's Angels premiering on Thursday, September 22.
Lost producers Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis are behind this new drama about a young woman who is lead into a fairy tale world by her son.
Tron: Legacy writers Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis created this ABC pilot about a woman who discovers a town where fairy tales may be real.


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Knut Schmidt Nielsen Professor of Comparative Literature
External address:
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Knut Schmidt-Nielsen Professor of Comparative Literature, Professor of Romance Studies (French), and Director of the Center for Critical Theory. Professor Jameson received his Ph.D. from Yale in 1959 and taught at Harvard, Yale, and the University of California before coming to Duke in 1985. He is the author many books, including Marxism and Form (1971), The Political Unconscious (1981), and Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (1990, recipient of the MLA Lowell Award). His more recent works include Valences of the Dialectic (2009), The Antinomies of Realism (2013, recipient of the Truman Capote Award), and The Ancients and the Postmoderns (2015). His most frequently taught courses cover modernist literature and cinema, Marx and Freud, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, and Zizek, as well as the modern French novel and cinema, and the Frankfurt School. Among Professor Jameson's ongoing concerns is the need to analyze literature as an encoding of political and social imperatives, and the interpretation of modernist and postmodernist assumptions through a rethinking of Marxist methodology. He received the 2008 Holberg Prize and the 2011 MLA Lifetime Achievement Award for his scholarship.
Ph.D., Yale University 1959
M.A., Yale University 1956
B.A., Haverford College 1954
Film and New Media, Globalization and Postcoloniality, Literary and Cultural Studies, Marxism and Critical Theory, Modernism and Modernity, Philosophy Literature and Aesthetics, Psychoanalysis
Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism. University of Iowa Writer's Workshop. 2014
Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism. University of Iowa on behalf of Truman Capote Literary Trust. 2014
The Wilbur Cross Medal. Graduate School Alumni Association, Yale University. 2013
Lifetime Achievement Award. Modern Language Association. 2012
Holberg International Memorial Prize. Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research. 2008
Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters. University of Chicago. 2001
James Russell Lowell Prize. Modern Language Association. 1990
Fellow. American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 1984
Guggenheim Fellowship. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. 1980
William Riley Parker Prize. Modern Language Association. 1971
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Jameson, F. The Ancients and the Postmoderns: On the Historicity of Forms. Verso, 2015.
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Jameson, F. The Hegel Variations. 2011.
Jameson, F. Representing Capital: A Commentary on Volume One. 2011.
Jameson, F. The Hegel Variations: On the Phenomenology of Spirit. Verso, 2010.
Jameson, F., et al. Reflexiones sobre la postmodernidad. Abada Editores, 2010.
Jameson, F. The Modernist Papers. Verso, 2007.
Jameson, F. Jameson on Jameson. Edited by I. Buchanan, Duke University Press, 2007.
Jameson, F. Archeologies of the Future: The Desire Called Utopia and Other Science Fictions. Verso Press, 2005.
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Utopian Writers: Bellamy and Fourier. November 21, 2013
Marx's Poltical Theory. November 21, 2013
Lu Xun. November 21, 2013
Modernism. November 21, 2013
Proust. November 21, 2013
University of Mainz. May 2012
Chinese Academyof Social Sciences Peking University. January 8, 2012
Philosophical Faculty University of Eastern Finland. January 8, 2012
University of California, Bekeley. January 8, 2012
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Slavoj Zizek conference. November 11, 2009 - November 13, 2009
Hegel's Logic Today conference. November 6, 2015
Antonio Gramsci in the World conference. November 21, 2013
Ramon Castillo (guest lecture). November 21, 2013
The Ancients and the Postmoderns: On the Historicity of Forms
Representing Capital: A Reading Of Volume One
A Singular Modernity: Essay on the Ontology of the Present
The Antinomies Of Realism
Brecht and Method
The Hegel Variations: On the Phenomenology of Spirit
Ideologies of Theory
Valences of the Dialectic
The Cultural Turn: Selected Writings on the Postmodern, 1983-1998 (Radical Thinkers)

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Topic 3: What are the roles of policies and which institutions enhance decision making and governance for the sustainability of land systems?
Topic 1: What are the key socio-economic drivers of land degradation in Eurasia? What are the direct and indirect economic and social impacts of land degradation? How do people respond at various scales and in different contexts to land degradation?


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Two Cruise Ships Collide In Cozumel And It's On Video
Two Carnival Cruise ships collided near the port of Cozumel, Mexico, on Friday morning, causing damage to at least one of the ships and at least six reported injuries, according to the company.
"Carnival Glory was maneuvering to dock when it made contact with Carnival Legend which was already alongside," a spokesperson for the company wrote in an emailed statement. "We are assessing the damage but there are no issues that impact the seaworthiness of either ship."
(The full story and the video of the impact here!)


Rotherham United Manager Paul Warne says that the six-one loss to Derby County yesterday was 'hugely disappointing' saying that he didn't think the scoreline flattered the Rams.
Warney also went on to bemoan the fact that his side were missing some 'main men' for instance Will Vaulks and Joe Mattock (both suspended) and Michael Smith who was 'ill' although still had a place on the bench plus the fact that Zak Vyner played when he wasn't really fit to play.
Derby were better than us – they've got some very good players who all proved it on the day and there is no getting away from that.
What I'm a bit puzzled about is hasn't our management team always said something similar to 'when we've a player out or not playing very well there is always someone to replace him'? Well, if that's the case why was an unfit Vyner playing, why did we have a player on the bench who was never going to get on?
I've said this before but, for me, it all comes down to the fact that we've not got enough players in our squad.
We've had two players injured for the majority of the season in Darren Potter and Jamie Proctor as well as Kyle Vassell whose been in and out of the treatment room. We've known that Potter wouldn't play from almost the start of the season and it was unfortunate that Sean Raggett, who was brought in on loan from Norwich, also got injured. So, I think, it was important that we brought in someone in January who could fill that spot. Matt Crooks came in but of his eleven appearances eight have been from the bench. For me Crooks is an 'old fashioned' player and isn't afraid to get a tackle in and chase a player down. Yes, he gives free-kicks away, yes he gets yellow cards but he, in my eyes, is a fighter.
And that's what we need in the team now – eleven fighters.
Warne also said that he didn't remember his goalkeeper (Marek Rodak) having many saves to make in the game. True, he didn't, but I thought his defence let him down badly yesterday though, saying that, I thought he could have done better with at least one of the goals.
No real shock here!!!! It's just the culmination of bad decision making by management earlier in the season. Failure to bring reinforcements in when. We were desperate is now showing at the critical stage of the season . The shame is that we're not far from safety this time but I fear we don't have the resources to pull off a great escape. Unless Birmingham City are wound up by the inland revenue !!!!!! Never thought I would support the tax man !!!!! UTM.
Even I'm starting to feel the pull of League One Bry – but, as you say, there could be a lot of twists and turns before the end of the season.
No, catman, I don't think he will – and wouldn't want him to actually.


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WV School Bans Pregame Prayers Over Loudspeaker, But Christians Think They Won September 9, 2018 Hemant Mehta
WV School Bans Pregame Prayers Over Loudspeaker, But Christians Think They Won
A couple of days ago, I posted about how Christians were threatening to walk out of the public address booth at Man High School in West Virginia if the district didn't allow them to lead a prayer over the loudspeaker before the game. Even though doing so was absolutely illegal.
So how did that work out?
Short answer: The atheists won… and the Christians are claiming victory.
Longer answer: The district took to heart the warning from the Freedom from Religion Foundation and said no pregame prayers over the loudspeakers would be permitted. Announcer Chris Trent, who made the original threat, explained to the crowd why be wouldn't be leading them in prayer… and so instead of using the school's equipment to promote Christianity, fans from the stands prayed on their own.
You could argue he teed them up, but the point is that the fans did it on their own. (Kind of.) In any case, it's fine. It's weird — it's not like God's going to let both teams win — but it's fine. Fans can do what they want. Their silly chants aren't breaking the law.
And then a bunch of people who don't understand the law claimed they had somehow beaten the system by sticking it those First Amendment people who don't understand "the culture of what we are."
One other note: Trent, the guy who originally made the protest threat, told reporters he got an interesting phone call:
Trent said he also got a call from Attorney General Patrick Morrissey saying he will support them if they are faced with a lawsuit.
That's West Virginia for you: The attorney general is too ignorant to understand the law and is willing to spend taxpayer money to make sure Christianity can be shoved in the face of everyone who goes to a public high school football game.
But I'll give Trent credit for one thing: No one's talking about the athletes. He found a way to make this issue all about him and Jesus. And isn't that what high school football is really all about?
(Thanks to Scott and Brian for the link)
Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court Would Solidify Christian Privilege
September 9, 2018 Commission Calls for Major Overhaul on Religious Education in British Schools


On behalf of Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council the Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum will mark Ireland's contribution to the Great War by collaborating in a special project with In Flanders Fields Museum, Ypres, Belgium. The museum was specially invited to donate a chair from its collection to sit alongside chairs from 120 other nations who lost men and women in Belgium during the Great War (1914-18) in a major art installation in Ypres. As part of the centenary of the Armistice, or the end of the war, in November 2018 the chairs will be installed in Astrid Park, in the shadow of Ypres famous cloth hall, as part of lantern-lit vigil in memory of the war dead.


Cooking, Baking, Exploring new Foods.
I am an Air Force Brat! And proud of it! From the time I was 3 'til I was 18 we never lived in one place longer than 6 – 10 months at a time. We did stay in one house for two years and it felt very odd. Wonderful, but odd!
Put the ginger, garlic, and 4 tablespoons water into the container of an electric blender. Blend well until you have a smooth paste.
Add in the onions then stir and fry for about 5 minutes or until the onions turn a medium-brown color. Add the ginger-garlic paste and stir for 30 seconds. Then add the coriander, cumin, paprika-cayenne mix, and salt. Stir and fry for another 30 seconds. Add the fried meat cubes and juices. Stir for 30 seconds.
Add 1 tablespoon of the yogurt. Stir and fry for about 30 seconds or until the yogurt is well blended. Add the remaining yogurt a tablespoon at a time as before. Stir and fry for 3-4 minutes.
same length of time or until tender.) Every 10 minutes or so, give the meat a good stir. When the meat is tender, take off the lid, turn the heat up to medium, and boil away some of the liquid. You should end up with tender meat in a thick, reddish brown sauce.
Sprinkle garam masala and black pepper over the meat before you serve and mix them in.
I served this over Basmati rice.
I am sure it isn't as good as Veraswamy's but as far as memories go, it brought back quite a few. I had a chance to go back in 2000 but you know what they say about best laid plans. One day. Until then I will dream of the little bowls of delicate licorice tidbits, the fragile crystal glasses (one of which I broke), the colorful regalia worn by the doorman and the wait staff.
I am pretty sure this recipe is from Madjur Jaffrey, but I'm not sure.


Germitox for Inner Hygiene – Protect Yourself from Parasites in a Natural Way!
Have you ever suddenly started to feel tired and exhausted without any reason? As if someone has drained all your energy in some inexplicable way and whatever you do, you cannot restore it. The truth is that such a scenario is not only possible but also very probable, unfortunately. Many people go to a doctor with similar complaints and most of them have no idea what's going on with them and why they have suddenly started to feel sick.
Nowadays, every person's body is exposed to various harmful influences and unhealthy environment. Very often, polluted air, bad food, and all kinds of environmental pollution lead to our bodies developing microorganisms. They are called parasites, and we do not even suspect their presence until the symptoms appear. In order for this to happen, time has to pass, as the parasites are deposited in the body and begin to multiply. This process can lead to different health problems, so timely and adequate measures must be taken.
Another unpleasant side effect associated with the presence of parasites in the body is fluid retention in the organism. In this way, a person is exposed to a real risk of getting overweight. As we all know very well, obesity is extremely dangerous and harmful because it causes organ damage and impairment of the normal function of the whole organism. Accumulated fat unlock various incurable diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure, so it should not be allowed to be retained in the body.
Detoxification is the best and most accessible mean that people have access to and which can help them clean up their body from parasites. Most do not, as they see this process as difficult and hard to implement. The truth, however, is quite different from these erroneous and obsolete conceptions. Today, the market offers a wide variety of products that help quickly and effectively cleanse the body from parasites.
Currently, there is a leading detoxification product. Its name is Germitox and it is 100% natural, composed of herbal extracts. It is available in the form of capsules. Read this article to learn all the details about the product, its method of operation, and the results it provides when used regularly.
What is Actually Germitox for Parasites?
The first thing to mention here is the fact that anti-parasite capsules are created in a completely natural formula. Their composition is entirely made up of useful substances and valuable herbal extracts. The final formula of the product makes it so effective and popular among consumers. Each package of the natural supplement contains 30 capsules for body detoxification.
The natural composition of the anti-parasite product is a guarantee that its regular use does not give rise to any side effects of the variety of dizziness and nausea. Besides, it does not burden the liver. According to clinical trials and studies, Germitox is 100% safe and recommended for everyday use.
The natural detoxification complex Germitox is a high-quality selection of natural ingredients and extracts that have a combined efficiency and proven effect. The main thing that unites them is that they are all grown naturally and do not contain impurities.
Cloves – known for its ability to normalize the microflora of the intestines and the secretory system. It facilitates the release of toxins and parasites from the body.
Yarrow – rich in A molecules. It facilitates the purification of the body from harmful substances and microorganisms.
Red Cantarion – a strong antiseptic property. This extract can also be applied to open wounds as it causes clotting of the blood. Its antiseptic action makes it a perfect means of relieving various types of infections and inflammations. It can also be used as a preventative measure against their occurrence. Restores and recovers damaged tissues.
Complex of 20 Herbs – they are specially selected to strengthen the immune system and ensure the normal functioning of the body.
It is time for all people to learn to take care for themselves and for their own health. For this reason, products such as Germitox are of great benefit in our daily lives. They can help us have a full life and high tone throughout the day.
Ordering and purchasing the natural complex supplement Germitox against parasites is very easy. All you have to do is visit the official product website and send a completed order for a purchase. After processing, a representative of the company will contact with you to specify all the details of the delivery. Payment is made in cash upon delivery.
Keep in mind that for some time now, the natural product Germitox is being offered at a new price. It is reduced from the standard by 50%. Hurry up because the promotion will not be valid for a long time.


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HTC foldable smartphone with outward folding display
The first 5G phone from HTC is already a fact. In addition, the Taiwanese manufacturer has now started the development of a foldable smartphone.
Foldable devices Smartphones
For a long time it remained very quiet around HTC. The Taiwanese manufacturer decided to focus entirely on the VR market. However, after HTC appointed a new CEO, in September 2019, there seems to be some more movement in the matter. 5G will offer new opportunities, especially in the high mid-range segment. This has led to the unveiling of the HTC U20, the brand's first 5G phone, in June this year. At the same time, a cheap HTC phone was also introduced, the Desire 20 Pro.
In an interview, HTC's new CEO, Mr. Yves Maitre, expressed the expectation to run a profitable smartphone division by 2025. Probably even faster, but this will also depend on the carrier deployment speed, he added.
However, 5G is not the only major development in the smartphone field. The flexible display also provides completely new types of smartphones and control options. Think of foldable smartphones, expandable smartphones and even roll-up smartphones. Several manufacturers have already introduced a foldable phone, including Samsung,Motorola and Huawei.
But what about HTC… if the company wants to innovate again, it will not be easy to skip the trend of foldable displays. A new patent indicates that HTC is indeed developing a folding smartphone.
On New Year's Eve 2019 – three months after the appointment of the new CEO – HTC Corporation filed a patent in the USA for a "Foldable display device". The documentation was released on August 20, 2020 and published in the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Office) database directly after.
The description refers to a foldable display device, in the form of a smartphone or tablet. It's an outward folding device. The documentation goes especially in-depth about the hinge. The hinge will also make it possible to use the device both in a completely open and a half-open state.
On both sides of the foldable HTC phone the hinge comes with a support module in which various gears will be incorporated. This system must ensure that the flexible display panel can't be over-stretched during folding. It will also reduce the chance of wrinkles in the screen, as stated in the documentation.
Due to this mechanism, the hinge protrudes from the housing. The question remains how this will function in practice; will you be still be able to easily store the device in your pocket? And what about dust and dirt? Unfortunately, these aspects remain unanswered.
The flexible screen of this HTC foldable smartphone is located on the outside when you fold the device. The Huawei Mate X and Mate Xs have a somewhat similar design – although these devices fold out in width (tablet), instead of length (clamshell). Another clear difference, HTC seems to opt for a complete full screen design. As a result, it remains unclear what HTC's plans are regarding the camera system.
Placing the display on the outside eliminates the need for a separate cover display, thus savings can be made on the production costs. However, there is also a clear disadvantage; the flexible screen can be damaged much easier when you carry it with you. Yet HTC seems to see the most potential here for the time being.
The patent documentation shows that the development of this HTC foldable smartphone is still in the early stages. The focus is still on the hinge and not so much on the mobile device itself. As a result, associated functions remain undiscussed – think of the design, but also the cameras, buttons and connections, etc. Nevertheless, it is interesting to see that HTC is also working on the implementation of a flexible display in a smartphone.
The design team of LetsGoDigital has made a series of 3D renders based on this patent to better visualize the patented technology. We have reserved ourselves the freedom to fill in certain missing design elements. For example, we opted for a clamshell model, all the more because the documentation mentions the possibility of using the foldable smartphone both half-open and fully open. A half-open position seems to offer added more value when you fold the phone horizontally – think of the Flex mode on the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip.
Yet HTC could also apply this technology for a folding phone that unfolds into a tablet format – where a kind of laptop screen can be created when you use the device in half-open position – like the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2. HTC, however, seems to focus on creating a cost-efficient device; a clamshell model is significantly cheaper and easier to manufacture than a vertically folding device. Regardless of whether HTC will choose for a horizontal or vertical folding line, the patented hinge is only suitable for HTC phones with an outward foldable display.
Optionally, a hole-punch camera can be integrated, like with the recently introduced HTC U20 5G phone. In addition, a camera system can be placed on the rear, for the renders we designed a triple camera. However, HTC could also choose to only implement a selfie camera. You will then still have sufficient photography options – if you fold the device a dual display phone is created. Users can then use the screen on the back as a viewfinder. Moreover, a separate camera system on the back will only function when you use the phone completely open. And by omitting this camera system entirely, costs can be saved again.
HTC and the smartphone industry
HTC was already active in the mobile industry at the time of the feature phones. The company was founded in 1997 by Mrs. Cher Wang and Mr. Peter Chou. The former remained as CEO of the company until September 2019 and is still active as chairman of the HTC board.
The Taiwanese manufacturer has released many different types of devices over the years, such as the HTC Touch folding phone. But also the HTC P4350 slider phone, for example. In addition, the company released compact pocket computers with a keyboard, such as the HTC Touch Pro2 and the HTC TyTN II. Due to the large differences in form factor, these phones also required a completely different way of operation and control. Therefore HTC has already gained the necessary experience in that area.
It is almost impossible to imagine now, but HTC was also the very first smartphone manufacturer to introduce an Android phone. At the time, HTC was one of the largest phone manufacturers. The first Android smartphone was the HTC Dream, also known as the T-Mobile G1 – this phone model was announced in mid-2008. It's an slider smartphone with Azerty keyboard that was praised for its solid and robust design with excellent hardware. At the time though, there were still doubts about the Android OS due to a lack of functionality and third-party software.
Afterwards, HTC also stood at the cradle of the Google Nexus and Google Pixel smartphones. For example, the Google Nexus One was released in collaboration with HTC at the beginning of 2010. In 2016, the very first Google Pixel smartphone was also manufactured by HTC. The same goes for the Pixel XL and Pixel 2. Since the Pixel 3 however, Google has taken full responsibility for development. In the meantime, Google has also released several phones in collaboration with LG and Samsung.
Where manufacturers such as Google, Samsung and Apple have never stopped innovating, this has been the case for HTC. Not innovating means standing still, which automatically results in regression. In addition, HTC entered the VR market too early. This premature market is still hardly profitable. Still, HTC expects to be on the winning side. The new CEO sees a promising future for both the VR department and HTC's smartphone division.
Time will tell whether HTC is actually able to set up a profitable business in this overcrowded smartphone industry. After all, this requires more than just the release of some new phone models. The marketing division will also have to be set up again, as the company is hardly active in Europe anymore.
View the documentation of the HTC foldable phone here.
HTC news
HTC U12+ sample photos surface
HTC Vive Focus VR headset announced
Vivo tri-fold smartphone with virtual keyboard
OnePlus Tri-Fold smartphone
Lepton foldable smartphones are invented in the US
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold Note Edition
Samsung Unpacked 2022: Galaxy Z Slide rollable smartphone


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Skolstrejken i Rinkeby 1984 var en aktion som vidtogs av finska invandrare i Stockholmsförorten Rinkeby, varigenom de höll sina barn hemma från skolan under fem veckors tid. Denna aktion genomfördes som en protest mot planer att lägga ned all undervisning på finska i bland annat Rinkeby, där en majoritet av invånarna var etniskt finska.

Bakgrund
Mellan 1950 och 1980 migrerade en halv miljon finska medborgare till Sverige i sökan efter arbete och bostad, något som efterkrigstidens fattiga Finland saknade. I takt med den ökade finska invandringen blev attityden gentemot finnar alltmer fientlig. Finskan sågs som ett hot mot den homogena svenska staten. Det var mot denna bakgrund som en integrationsmodell lades fram, igenom vilken de finska eleverna från och med årskurs fyra skulle placeras i svenska klasser när de hade övningsämnen och på matematiklektionerna. I årskurs sex skulle enbart undervisningen i finska och engelska ske på finska. I de svenska lektionerna skulle finnarna separeras och straffas vid användning av finska språket. Som svar på vad de finska föräldrarna ansåg vara storsvensk assimilationspolitik började skolstrejken den 16 januari 1984.

Händelseförloppet
Över hälften av områdets finska familjer deltog i strejken, och de mest akriva var kvinnor som bott i Sverige i över 10 år. Många var ensamstående. De flesta hade jobb inom sjukvård och barnomsorg. Strejken styrdes genom föräldramöten, där två föräldrar från varje klass, sammanlagt 12, satt med. De fyra som var med i informationssektionen informerade massmedia med uppdateringar om strejken.

Medan strejken pågick undervisades barnen av frivilliga i Finska klubbens lokaler och privatbostäder. Lärarna var sympatiserande lärare från skolan, elever vid finskspråkiga folkhögskolan, praktikanter från lärarhögskolan och frivilliga föräldrar.

Till slut, efter 5 veckors strejk, den 7 mars 1984, slutade strejken i en kompromiss, genom vilken integrationsmodellen övergavs, och en ny modell togs fram, där elever i teoretiska ämnen först skulle undervisas på finska, därefter på svenska om samma ämne. Strejken fick stor uppmärksamhet och skapade spänning mellan Socialdemokraterna och SDP, då de inte var eniga i frågan. Strejktiden karaktäriserades av nationalistiska utbrott från svenskar, som även spred myter om att finnarna krävde att Sverige skulle bli officiellt tvåspråkigt.

Stödåtgärder
Strejken stöttades av ett stort antal sverigefinska föreningar, bland annat Sveriges Finska Lärarförbund och Utöver dessa fick man också stöd från lokalföreningar inom Vänsterpartiet Kommunisterna, Grekiska riksförbundet och Sveriges Minoritetspensionärers Centralorganisation. Silja Line och Viking Line skänkte papper, pennor och linjaler till undervisningen.

I Järingeskolan och Gullingeskolan i närliggande Tensta arrangerades stödstrejker, liksom på Skanstullgymnasiet och på den finskspråkiga förskolan i Rinkeby.

Referenser

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Haidhäuser ist ein Ortsteil der Gemeinde (Deutschland) Dötlingen im niedersächsischen Landkreis Oldenburg im Naturpark Wildeshauser Geest.

Der etwa acht Kilometer nordöstlich vom Ortskern Dötlingens gelegene Ortsteil hat 32 Einwohner (Stand: 1. August 2022) und gehört zur Bauerschaft Brettorf.

2016 wurde in Haidhäuser der Bürgerwindpark Dötlingen, bestehend aus 12 Windenergieanlagen mit einer Gesamtleistung von 39,6 Megawatt, errichtet.

Geographie (Dötlingen)
Ort im Landkreis Oldenburg


With deep house's rise on a nonstop journey to the top, Mr. Belt & Wezol have been riding at the forefront since their hit single "Shiver" and Oliver Heldens has been a serial endorser of the duo. Looking to give back as well, Mr. Belt & Wezol bring aboard Freejak, a young producer out of England, for a retro-meets-current smash.
With rock influences laying the initial foundation, the producer trio get the beat just right before hitting the throttle and ensuing into a deep, future house breakdown. The synth pluck is energetic, springy, and just as infectious as Grace Slick's gripping croons. A robust entry by Freejak into the limelight, Mr. Belt & Wezol once again impress us with their exquisite taste in dance floor beats.
"Somebody To Love" is now out on Beatport.


To whom not seen yet, GLPI, since its 9.1 version, has the function to create and use Solutions Templates and Tasks Templates for repetitive activities which, in general, present few description variations into a task/solution, making it fast to feed the tickets.
The problem with that function is that once the templates are created, they're visible to all the technicians which have permission to feed tickets.
Thinking of that, I made an improvement suggestion for us to have the possibility to define targets, as on knowledge base items, to limit the templates access by groups, entities or users.
If you think it's a good suggestion, upvote it on the userecho website for us to see this function in next versions.


In a recent case, the plaintiff was a man who was allegedly injured in an 18-wheeler accident in 2012. The plaintiff filed suit against the driver of the truck and the driver's employer, asserting that the cause of the wreck was the trucker's failure to yield the right-of-way at an intersection. In his case, the plaintiff sought compensation for injuries and related damages that he claimed he suffered due to the trucker's alleged negligence.
As the parties prepared the case for a jury trial, the defendants filed a motion in limine in the trial court, signaling their intent to impeach the plaintiff's credibility at trial by introducing evidence to the effect that the plaintiff had been convicted of three felony offenses in the past. The plaintiff opposed the motion, arguing that his prior convictions should be excluded because their probative value was substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice.
The trial court decided to allow the defendants to question the plaintiff about whether he had been convicted of the three felonies, but it barred any questions about specific details of the convictions. The case proceeded to a trial, and the jury ruled in the plaintiff's favor, assigning 100% of the fault to the defendant and awarding the plaintiff $30,533 in damages. The defendants appealed, arguing that the trial court judge had incorrectly interpreted Tennessee Rule of Evidence 609.
The appellate court affirmed the lower court's ruling, determining that the trial court had correctly applied Tennessee Rule of Evidence 403 to the issue at hand. The court further agreed with the trial judge's conclusion that the details of the plaintiff's criminal convictions had very little probative value in an action seeking damages for injuries arising from an automobile accident and that, had the jury been informed of the details of the plaintiff's convictions, they might have been offended or motivated to punish the plaintiff, irrespective of the facts of the case.
In so holding, the court rejected the defendants' argument that a party to a civil action has an absolute right under Tennessee Rule of Evidence 609 to impeach a witness with evidence of prior felony convictions, including the details regarding the nature of his convictions, the types of convictions, and the facts and circumstances surrounding the convictions. Instead, the court ruled that, in such a situation, the trial court has the discretion to conduct a balancing test under Tennessee Rule of Evidence 403 to determine whether the probative value of the evidence is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice.
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Ace's early work Wassechgan (1999) has been included in Ryan Rice's essay for Eiteljorg Museum's catalogue Native Art Now!: Developments in Contemporary Native American Art Since 1992. The installation was part of Emergence from the Shadows: First Peoples' Photographic Perspectives (curator Jeff Thomas), an exhibition at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in 1999. Wassechgan is significant due to its use of an interactive digital kiosk integrated as part of the installation. It is an early example of Ace's emphasis on digital technology as a way to bring forward Anishinaabe teachings into a present day museum exhibition setting.
Contained inside the monitor where narratives of 7 individuals important in Ace's life and whom he believed exemplified the 7 teachings of the Anishinaabe – Wisdom, Love, Respect, Bravery, Honesty, Humility, and Truth. The original interactive work has recently been digitally archived and is now live again (view here).
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View more on Wassechgan in Early Exhibitions.