Dave, I'd like to thank you for taking the time to do this interview for all the Josefus fans out there as well as the Psychedelic Baby fans who may not be familiar with Josefus.
When did you start playing guitar and who were your major influences?
I was 13 or 14 when I got my first guitar. Like everyone else at the time I was hearing The Beatles a lot on the radio, but it was The Yardbirds that made me want to play more than just chords. There's nothing like a little Clapton, Page and Beck to get that inspiration going.
What was the first guitar you owned and how did you acquire it?
My parents gave me a Kay acoustic as a Christmas gift. I was disappointed at first because I'd wanted a trumpet. My earliest exploration of music was listening to my dad's collection of 78 rpm records. He had a hundred or more from the late 30s and early 40s. I was really into Harry James' trumpet playing, but they wanted me to start with something more basic. I figure there were plenty of times later on when my bands were rehearsing and shaking the whole house that they wished they'd just bought me that trumpet.
Do you remember about your first band?
Oh, sure. In the beginning, none of us played very well and we were just having fun. It was pretty much a joke, but we recorded some horrible music on a reel-to-reel tape recorder. I think I only played two-note chords, but we did some Beatles songs with lyrics rewritten from a dog's point of view. I Want to Hold Your Hand became I Want to Lick Your Hand and All My Loving became All My Dog Food. We called ourselves The Beagles. After a while we thought we were virtuosos when we could play songs by The Ventures. We went for instrumental guitar music because no one wanted to sing in front of people. We played school talent shows and eventually added a singer, doing things by The Stones, The Yardbirds, and The Who. Our first paying gig was at a church bazaar in a small classroom. A lot of couples squeezed in to dance. We played four hours and made $10 that the five of us shared. But $2 bought a lot more in the mid-60s – maybe a tank of gas.
You and Ray Turner of Josefus were in an earlier band called Rip West. When did that band form and who were the other members? What can you tell us about the songs and recordings?
Rip West was mainly a studio band back in our high school days, maybe 1967. That was my first taste of creating original music. Ronnie Wiesner was a pretty prolific songwriter. He'd been the first drummer I ever played with in our old neighborhood, but his creative side destined him to play guitar. Doug Karydas was our drummer and the three of them had already begun recording several studio tracks when I was asked to join the band and add some lead guitar.
When did Doug Tull and Pete Bailey come into the picture?
Doug started a band called United Gas in the summer of 1969 with Ray and another guitarist, also named Ray. Ray Hilburn was the songwriter and singer. I was added to play lead and the four of us played gigs for a couple of months like that. We were playing one night at Love Street in Houston when Pete came up and sang three or four songs with us. That night he became our lead singer and our name soon changed to Josefus. We had a few different people play gigs with us replacing Ray Hilburn as a second guitarist. Some of those shows were pretty rough. We eventually added Phillip White, who had played often with Ray and me during our high school years. He was a perfect fit. Things went great for a few weeks until Phillip decided to quit. From that point on I was the only guitarist. It took some time for me to learn to play without another guitar there holding everything together. I'd never been the only guy before.
Josefus is known mainly for your guitar playing and Pete's distinctive vocals. What kind of guitar and gear did you use? What about the rest of the band, what kind of gear did they use and did things change as the band evolved?
I was playing a black Les Paul Custom, a '67 or '68. It was all gold-trimmed and had a Bigsby tremolo that I liked to lean on a lot. I was using a Vox Super Beatle amp but in the early months of Josefus I changed to a larger setup. It was a new line at the time called Ryder. It had a lot of punch and I used two large speaker boxes, each with two fifteens and a horn. That's an unusual configuration for a guitar amp but it gave me awesome sustain. All I added for effects was a fuzz pedal, a Cry Baby, and an Echoplex tape delay unit. Ray played a Fender Jazz Bass through a twin-stack Kustom amp, but I really can't remember much about Doug's drums. He played double bass for a while and used several toms in the beginning, but little by little he simplified his setup as Josefus kept traveling.
You and Pete Bailey are thought to have done most of the songwriting. What was that process like for Josefus?
Ray was just as much a part of that as Pete and I were. In those early days we all four shared the songwriting credits since we created everything as a group. Most of the time Ray and I would start to fool around with an idea on guitar and bass. Doug would be playing drums, too, and once we were in a groove, Pete would add lyrics. Sometimes he wrote them on the spot. Other times he'd flip through a notebook of his lyrics and he'd use something from that. He just adapted them to fit what it was we were jamming on. We'd create changes until we were satisfied that we had a song. It was so natural for us that we rarely threw anything out. Once we had a song, we'd try it in our shows, but some were eventually dropped once we had songs we liked better.
When and where was your first LP recorded?
It was maybe just a couple of weeks after Phillip left the band that we got the invitation to come to Phoenix and record an album for Jim Musil. His friend Bob Gately had seen us in Houston at one of our early shows. He booked us as an opening act in Texas on the Grand Funk Railroad tour. ZZ Top and Bubble Puppy were also on those shows. That was in October. We went to Phoenix in the middle of December and did our tracks at Audio Recorders. The engineer was excellent and it came together pretty fast. Everyone was happy with what we'd done after about three days. But Jim insisted we change the name of the band to Come for a marketing plan he had. We wanted a record so we really had no choice.
You played and recorded as both Josefus and Come. Could you explain the circumstances? What tracks were recorded?
Those sessions in 1969 belonged to Jim Musil. He paid the bills and we thought he had the connections in L.A. to get us on a label. When we left Phoenix, he told us nobody would be doing business until after the holidays, so we waited for something to happen in January. We had enough faith in him that we started playing all of our shows in Houston as Come. But weeks went by and we started to think nothing was going to happen with Jim. We cancelled our agreement with him and went back into the same studio in Phoenix to record what would be the Hookah album. We also went back to the name Josefus, and even though Dead Man was still the centerpiece track of the album, we changed three of the other songs. One reason was that I was now the only guitarist. During our first sessions I had overdubbed Phillip's guitar parts on some of the songs because they'd been written for two guitars. But after three months of playing as a power trio, we felt like some newer songs were better than the three we dropped.
The first album was eventually released in 1993 on the Epilogue label as "Get Off My Case." Who was responsible for its release?
Being from Houston, what venues did Josefus play? Who were some of the bands you shared the stage with?
Our first two or three gigs were at Love Street Light Circus, one of the coolest clubs ever in Houston. That's where I'd seen the 13th Floor Elevators and Bubble Puppy so many times, and it was a thrill to play there. A picture on our website shows what the club was like on the inside. But Love Street was affiliated with the International Artists record label, and after Doug got on stage one night and criticized the way they treated their bands, we weren't on their schedule any more. From then until we went to Phoenix to record, we played a lot of free gigs. Every Sunday at Milby Park in southeast Houston bands were lined up to play. Music went on all afternoon and there were hundreds, eventually thousands, of people in that park every Sunday.
What was your most memorable gig? Who else was on the bill?
We played a lot of coliseum shows, but our first big one was the most memorable. We opened an all-day show and were followed by It's a Beautiful Day, John Mayall, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and finally The Grateful Dead.
Josefus was known to party. Could you share with our readers one or two events that took place while Josefus was out on the road?
The biggest party I remember was on one of the top floors of the Hilton in San Antonio. We opened a concert there for Procol Harum and Ten Years After. All of the bands were staying on the same floor and for a while after the show you could smell the fragrant smoke all up and down the hallway. It hit your nose as soon as the elevator opened. We spent most of the night going between rooms and partying with all the British gentlemen. Ray was so hungover the next morning that we found him in one of their limousines about to leave for the airport. Someone had asked him if he was with the band. When he said yes, they directed him into one of their cars.
Is it true that "Dead Man" was recorded on your 20th birthday, 30 March 1970? The LP had the Hookah label catalog H-330, representing that date. Was this purely coincidental? Why was the LP released on the band's own Hookah label?
After things didn't work out with Jim Musil, we created a family business of sorts. We knew we had the songs for an album and we knew we had a lot of fans anywhere we'd played. Doug's father and his new father-in-law, Curtis, put up the money for the album. Ray's dad came up with the Hookah name and created the cover and label design. Curtis was working as a traveling salesman and became our manager. He went to clubs and radio stations as he traveled around Texas getting us airplay and gigs. It was just a coincidence that we recorded on my birthday. Since we were on a tight budget, the album was all recorded in one afternoon. We used just six hours of studio time. We went back a couple of days later for two more hours of mixing time and left Phoenix with a master ready to press records.
How many copies of "Dead Man" were printed?
We made 3,000 copies and took them to every record store we could. Most of them knew who we were already, and fans from our shows had been asking about it. We were probably one of the first bands ever to release an indie album. But it was also carried by an established Texas record distributor.
Josefus' second eponymous album was recorded for Bob Shad's Mainstream label. Didn't the band want to use the songs from "Dead Man?" This failing, how long were you guys given to write the tunes that were included on "Josefus?" How long did recording take and where did it take place?
We didn't start out with a time limit, but it sure turned into that. We first thought we'd re-record Dead Man. The Hookah album had only been sold in Texas, so we were excited about recording a better version for national release. We'd had a lot more time playing live shows and the songs were getting better all the time. But Mainstream wanted new material. By then, some of those "internal band problems" were happening and we were having no luck writing songs the way we had in the beginning. On the last possible weekend, we had a marathon session without Doug and quickly wrote all the songs for that album, using every idea we could scrape together. We submitted a cassette tape, it was accepted, and we went to Miami to record at Criteria Studios. Eric Clapton was recording Derek and the Dominos with Duane Allman at the same time. We shared the engineers, and they were a lot more excited about the other sessions. Everything about that album seemed to come together in the worst possible way, and we were very disappointed with it.
Mainstream was a well known label. Who were some of the other artists who recorded for the label?
Their biggest success had probably been Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin. They also had The Amboy Dukes. I met a few people over the next several years who had also gone into the studio for Mainstream. I think Bob Shad tried a lot of different groups hoping to find another gem now and then.
What was Josefus' first single? How were the sides chosen and what label did it appear on?
Our first 45 used the name Come. That was on Jim Musil's Dandelion label and he probably pressed those just to appease us a little because it was taking so long for him to get us a label deal. Doug was making frequent calls to check on the progress and Jim knew we were getting restless. As soon as we got our first copies in the mail, we went straight to one of the FM radio stations. The DJ previewed a few seconds of each side, then played it on the air and briefly interviewed us.
How long was Josefus together in its first incarnation? Where was the band's first gig? What about its last gig?
It was about a year and a half. We had a memorable start at Love Street, when we were still called United Gas. It was really just a quick live audition, after my first four-hour rehearsal with them. Love Street hired us for two or three more shows during the next few weeks. That all ended when Doug made his speech blasting International Artists. Things might have been way different if we'd just sucked it up and signed with IA, but it was probably a lot more interesting the way things actually played out. Love Street and IA weren't around that much longer anyway. After spending most of 1970 playing all across Texas, our last gig was in December at a Houston auto show in a huge convention center. It was an awkward show to play since there were some hard feelings about the way things were ending.
Why did Josefus disband? Did the members stay in contact with each other?
A reporter once asked us what kind of role drugs played in Josefus. Pete's answer was "too big a role" and more than anything else, drugs kept us from making the right decisions. Drugs were common with many bands at that time. People partied and experimented. It was the 60s, after all, carrying over into the start of the 70s. But we also had the typical internal issues. Bands are a little like a marriage – you live together much of the time and try to reach a consensus on issues where you really don't agree. Without the ups and downs of the drugs, we might have worked together better. After we broke up, Pete and Ray formed a band called StoneAxe that was pretty much a continuation of Josefus. They played many of the same venues, returned to those Sundays in Milby Park, and even booked shows outside of Texas, something Josefus had never done. Doug and I didn't stay in contact with the two of them or each other at first, but after a while the hard feelings softened and we did all start talking again.
What was your next musical project?
My next project was with some good friends I'd known since high school. It was once again centered around writing and recording original music. We learned enough covers to play a few gigs around Texas, but we were mostly wanting to make an album. After we broke up, a recording we had made took third place in a national music competition. We won $5000 worth of gear, which was quite a lot in the early 70s. We got back together with the new equipment, but it didn't last too long. After that I tested the musical waters in California for a few months. Then Pete lured me back to Texas with a chance to record another album. That was our first attempt to reform Josefus, but that one never quite came together.
Josefus did reform in 1978 and released a couple of singles in 1979. By this time Doug Tull had been replaced in the drum seat. Who was his replacement?
Jerry Ontiberoz was playing drums for us. He'd played with Pete and Ray in StoneAxe immediately after Josefus first broke up. By this time I had a small home studio where we rehearsed. We recorded ourselves there just to work out the kinks, but we went into a full-size 16-track studio when we were ready to start recording a new album. We had five tracks finished before we got low on money and released two 45 singles instead.
Did the reformed Josefus play many gigs? How long did you remain together this time and why did you disband?
We played some clubs, mostly in Houston, but it wasn't a good time for our kind of music. Disco was the big thing, and Houston still had more country clubs than rock clubs. It had been that way as far back as I could remember. I used to drive four hours to Dallas to see rock bands. We actually played a few of those country clubs during that period, but not all of the audiences appreciated our songs or our loudness. The biggest venue we played was Texas Opry House where we shared a bill with B. W. Stevenson. That was again an audience of mixed tastes. We stayed together a little over a year that time. Ray and Jerry eventually left to play in a country rock band where they could work more steadily.
In 1990, the LP "Son of Dead Man" was released. Who was in the band at this point and who suggested the reformation? The album had 11 tracks, 10 originals and a cover. What was the cover song and why was it chosen for recording? Who wrote the 10 originals? How long did it take to write the songs? How long were you in the studio recording the album?
Pete had formed a new Josefus in 1989 with three young musicians. They were just a year or two out of high school. The drummer was Leesa Harrington-Squyres, who still plays with us any time we get back together. Pete was approached by someone who would press albums if Pete could deliver the recordings. I was working 50-60 hours a week, but Pete asked if I'd play on those sessions and I was there nights and weekends. I think we were all working at the time, so we didn't finish the tracks for several months. The interesting thing about that album is that we started recording it while Ray was playing in Alaska. Mark Weathers was on bass and finished all the tracks, but when Ray came back to Houston, he redid all of the bass tracks except one. We didn't want to cut Mark out completely after all the good work he'd done, but it was important for the album to have more of the original members. Mark was unhappy but very understanding about it, and he even stepped back in on bass with us following Ray's stroke so Josefus could play at Ray's benefit. The original songs on that album were all ones that Josefus or StoneAxe had already written, but we spent a lot of time working on the arrangements. The cover was She's Not There by The Zombies. It was a song that Pete just really wanted to include, but I didn't think we succeeded in making it sound like Josefus.
When did Ray suffer that stroke and how is his recovery going? Is there any chance of you, Pete and Ray gigging together again as Josefus?
That was in July of 2011. It brought the rest of the band back together for the first time since our Halloween show seven years earlier. Mark got on board and several other bands agreed to play at Ray's benefit. The show went from mid-afternoon into the early morning and raised quite a bit to help with Ray's medical bills. In the year since that show, Ray has made remarkable progress, but playing bass again is still at the top of the mountain he's trying to climb. We're hopeful that he'll eventually make it and we'd all love to be on stage together again.
When and why did Josefus call it a day after releasing Son of Dead Man?
About the time the album was released, we were scheduled to play a music festival on Labor Day weekend. Leesa was pregnant with her daughter at the time and went into labor a couple of days before the show. We knew she was due, but kept thinking we might get through the performance first. Pete even hoped she'd go into labor during our set as an added bonus! Our name is on the event T-shirts with all the other bands, but we weren't able to play. We just didn't try again after that. "Son of Dead Man" sold better overseas than it did locally, and it just didn't open any new doors for us here.
Josefus has always been popular in Europe. When did you first become aware of bootleg pressings of your recordings being released there? I personally own bootleg copies on the German TRC label. What are some of the other non-legitimate releases?
The "Dead Man" album has been reissued exactly as we released it quite a few times. A 1983 release on Eva, a French label, is the first one we ever saw. Doug hired a lawyer and tried to sue somebody in the states for being involved, but it never went anywhere. I watch eBay for Josefus items and still sometimes see another label name I hadn't seen before. I bet there's at least half a dozen.
You compiled live recordings and other rarities into the CD "Dead Man aLive." What was the source of the recordings and how did it feel to resurrect the Hookah label after all these years?
That was quite an experience. I had reels of tape from those Josefus rehearsals in my home studio, but Ray had the gold mine. His dad used to record some of our shows and he brought me a box full of tapes. Between those two, I probably went through a hundred reels of tape to find what was on that CD, but most of what I found wasn't Josefus. Ray's dad recorded albums and radio shows, too. A lot of those tapes weren't labeled, and many others were in boxes that were labeled wrong. I had to fast forward and spot check all of them before I could know what we had. A couple of the early Rip West recordings made it onto the CD, along with a studio demo that United Gas did before I joined the band. The live version of Dead Man was one of our better performances, but it was over thirty minutes and I had to find some smooth edit points and cut out some of our non-essential noodling to make it fit on the CD. It was only natural to use the Hookah label since we were once again putting out our own release.
Josefus played a Halloween reunion gig in 2004 which was documented on a limited edition CD. Where did the reunion take place and what was the set list that night?
That was our first serious attempt at rehearsing a show in many years. We'd been onstage at a few jams to play three or four songs, but we put together a set list of twenty-something of our songs for that gig. We played two nights at Dan Electro's Guitar Bar in Houston, and eight of the songs made it onto the CD, including Dead Man. Phillip White, our other guitarist in 1969, even flew in from California and joined us on stage for a few songs.
Are there plans for any future Josefus gigs or recordings?
We're currently doing a new vinyl release with ShroomAngel, but the exact content hasn't been finalized yet. We uncovered an 8-track reel of four songs from 1978 that none of us have heard since we left the studio with it. As we talk, a studio is baking that tape so they can transfer what's on it. The album will also have live tracks from some of our more recent shows.
Doug Tull passed away on Jimi Hendrix's birthday in 1990 under tragic circumstances. What was the relationship between Doug and the other members of the band at that point?
Actually I think it was the funeral that coincided with the Hendrix date, but it was the day Jimi died, not his birthday. It was in September. Some writer hyped that Hendrix connection years ago and it keeps being repeated. The four of us were all friends and talking to each other, but it wasn't all the time. Doug was living near Austin at the time. The rest of us were still in Houston. After the service, we had a great visit with Doug's mom and his ex-wife from our Josefus days. His mom was still living on that land where we first had our rehearsals, but after twenty years there were a lot more houses on it.
In 1999, Bob Irwin's Sundazed label released a CD containing both versions of Josefus' debut album, "Dead Man"/"Get Off My Case." How did this release come about?
Sundazed searched us out for that one. It was our first legitimate reissue. They also contacted Jim Musil in Phoenix to get his recordings, which actually could be called the original "Dead Man" album. A CD holds more music than a vinyl album, so both versions fit on that release. It's interesting for us to hear how much we had grown during those three months.
Could you tell our readers a bit about the Dave Mitchell Guitar Orchestra project?
Well, by now that has turned into a really long story, at least in terms of actual time that's passed. It was a simple idea to start with. I'd been listening to classical music and started to write an album where guitars played around each other like that, but it would be rock music. That was why I had the home studio. I was working with some people on a musicians' co-op to produce our own records and shows. The guitar orchestra had two tracks on a 7 inch, 33 rpm EP that we called a Mini-Album. One of those co-op produced shows led to Josefus getting back together in 1978, and I stopped my project to work on the band's music. I thought that would only be for a short while, but after Josefus broke up that time, I went back to school and found a better paying career while I was raising my family. I always had that music in my head, but I only played it by myself around the house. Now, all these years later, I have another studio and I'm working on it again.
In 2003, Comet Records released "Dead Box," a 3 CD set of Josefus recordings, as well as "Dead Man Plus…." and "Josefus Plus…" Were these legitimate releases and did you receive any royalties from the label?
We got an advance when we signed the contract, but we never saw any royalties in the years that followed. Like I said, Sundazed had been the first label to actually deal with us directly in re-releasing our music. Most all of the reissues in the 80s and 90s were done entirely without our knowledge, but we weren't alone. The same thing has happened to many other old bands. But without those bootleg copies, many of our fans overseas would never have known who Josefus was. Our original album only had limited distribution in Texas.
I understand you wrote a book about the adventures and misadventures of Josefus? What's the title of the book and how can readers get a copy?
It was titled simply Josefus with a sub-title of The Inside Stories. I put out a small quantity in 2007 and sold them through the website. I did a second printing in 2011 with a few added stories and some photos, but shipping books can be a lot of trouble and expense, especially going overseas. I stopped selling it on the website but saved a few copies for special situations. For now it's only available as a pdf ebook. It's the second edition and includes the photos.
Dave, how can Psychedelic Baby readers contact you and/or obtain copies of Josefus music?
We're on Facebook at facebook.com/josefusmusic and josefusmusic.com is our website. Most everything is covered there, but if anyone wants to write us, we answer every email. I've also started a page at facebook.com/guitarorchestra for my own project.
Thanks for your time Dave. Its been a pleasure to talk with you and I know our readers at Psychedelic Baby join me in thanking you.
For those interested, ShroomAngel has been successful with transferring the newly discovered reels from 1978. We will combine those tracks with some superbly recorded live material. Special thanks to Pete and Dave for continuing to carry the torch, and thanks to all those who support them in their efforts. Thanks Klemen, for featuring this great band on your blog.
great interview!!! I just bought Deadman & the S/T.
Hi Klemen. Good interview. I bought that first rerelease on Eva in 84 and immediately started playing it on my show which was then called Adventures in Plasticland. Of course I'm still doing a show and it's called Psychedelic Pete's Underground Freakout as you know. I always love old style guitar freakouts and this was one of the best . I never knew much about them except they were from Texas. Glad you dug them up and paid homage to them.


OrangeFree wrote: If TABOR is so successful, why have no other states implemented it?
That's right, because they see how much of a failure it is.
If the marijuana law was so successful, why are Colorado and Washington the only state to pass it?
Hmmm, TABOR has been around for twenty two years. California had a law similar to TABOR, but it was repealed.
The pot laws have been around for two years.
Comparing the two makes you sound like a partisan hack. Just saying.
An eye opening article. On the surface, you can easily agree that government should be restricted to grow by only population and inflation and people should get a "say" in how their taxes are raised. On those points many can agree. But it is the other ramifications of TABOR that people aren't quite aware of that make it "insidious."
Let's look to see how destructive TABOR has been on school funding: Colorado has plummeted in per pupil spending for our students since 1992.
Look and see how TABOR makes it impossible for Colorado to have a "rainy day reserve" so that during an economic downturn when tax revenue falls, we have a cushion to still provide money for K-12, higher education, jails, and transportation.
TABOR prevents CO's taxes to even keep up with inflation. We haven't raised the gas tax for more than 20 years, which means inflation has eroded the "real value" of the money collected. No wonder we can't have better roads and public transportation.
Colorado and Washington were the first, but there are many states lining up to legalize cannabis either by vote or legislation. Also, many states have recently made medical cannabis legal.
veritasdixit so you are going to blame everything you listed on Tabor and nothing on the spend happy state, city, county and etc government. Did I read your post right? Hmmm so it does not matter the school system is broken and that for years money has been thrown at it and nothing has really changed except our kids aren't learning? We already have taxes to cover roads and bridges and even a fee/tax thanks to ritter to cover them. Lets see what happen to the rainy day fund, if I remember right nobody could answer that so it wasn't replaced, I think it went to some pet prodject. Colorado has done better than most states and that is a fact. Have we had some hard times yes we have but that is because of the wishy washy state government. Just where do you think we would be if we gave these spend happy elect ones a free hand. Lets see more like CA isn't why their people are moving here? Or how about a couple of cities back east that can't even pay their workers. I don't see that here. Heck even our illegal people are doing good aren't they. Just my opinon.
California has Proposition 13, and the Gann Amendment, which is still in place. But they were severely weakened by Proposition 98, which kicks a large sum of money to the education sector (and when there's a shortfall, the state has to compensate to make up the shortfall), courtesy of education lobbyists and special interests, and by Proposition 111, which exempts gasoline taxes from constraint, favored by the transportation lobby. The weakening of the Gann Limit has had negative consequences for California's fiscal health. Since the state obtains much of its tax revenue through a progressive income tax, receipts tend to increase sharply during times of prosperity, then crash during recessions. That happened during the tech boom of the late 1990s as the Gann Limit was powerless to prevent the 48 percent increase in spending that occurred during Gray Davis' first three years in office. When the tech bubble burst in 2000 and 2001, the end result was a $38 billion shortfall and budget deficits that persist to this day. Further, the recent recession has hit the Golden State harder than most others in the country. California taxpayers are still paying the price for weakening the Gann Limit.
Here's hoping Colorado doesn't follow California to financial despair.
veritasdixit wrote: An eye opening article. On the surface, you can easily agree that government should be restricted to grow by only population and inflation and people should get a "say" in how their taxes are raised. On those points many can agree. But it is the other ramifications of TABOR that people aren't quite aware of that make it "insidious."
Spending on schools DOES NOT translate into quality of education. It's pathetic of education supporters to make that false claim. Just a few years ago, Colorado ranked 9th in quality of education while it was ranked 42nd in spending per pupil. Alaska was 3rd in spending per pupil, but 41st in quality of education. Wyoming was the highest per pupil and only ranked 29th in quality. New York, 4th in spending and 19th in quality.
Colorado ranks near the middle in gas taxes collected, of which 18.4 cents per gallon is a federal excise tax. Our roads.... our infrastructure money available, would be better if state government didn't raid the transportation fund to pay for other programs. As for public transportation, RTD is actually doing fine, and us voters did approve, after all, the FasTracks financing to build out light rail throughout the metro area.
Carol Hedges points out problems TABOR causes for CO residents, and there are more that give reasons for repealing, or at least changing it. Last year our governor held numerous public forums to address state-wide problems. Three of the areas studied were Finance, Education, and Transportation; for all three increased revenue was judged as a vital need. The report recommended that TABOR and the Gallagher Amendment be revisited at the state level; TABOR because of the suffocating effect on needed revenue, and Gallagher because it has raised property tax rates on businesses to over three times that on residences???very business-unfriendly. Repealing the Gallagher Amendment will be harder because home owners love it and they are in the vast majority of voters. How many CO voters voted for TABOR when it was passed? And how many registered voters are there in CO now? When we moved here from Fairfax County, VA we were pleased to find that our property taxes were only a little over half of what they were on a comparably priced home. We soon found out that you get what you pay for???cuts in education and transportation infrastructure shortfall.
Although there are more CO drivers, gasoline tax revenue has actually been declining in recent years, mainly because of improved vehicle fuel efficiency. Because of TABOR the legislature could not make up for the shortfall with a modest increase in gasoline taxes, so they raised license fees. But that has not been enough; the CDOT budget, based primarily on gasoline taxes, includes enough money only to pay for existing infrastructure maintenance and repairs; none for adding new capacity. That is why E-470, the NW Parkway, new lanes going on US-36 and on C-470 are tolled lanes. Proponents of completing the Denver Beltway from the west end of the NW Parkway to C-470 in Golden say that ???Every great city has a circular beltway.??? That is not true for coastal cities that cannot spread into the water, just as our foothills prevent the kind of growth west of SH-93 that is occurring to the North, South, and East of Denver. Those American cities that do have circular beltways have eight or more FREEWAY lanes, not four-lane toll highways. Even if TABOR prevents the legislature from raising gasoline taxes, they should give the public a chance to vote on higher gasoline taxes and other taxes that will allow recovery from our dangerously deteriorating transportation infrastructure and will allow adding needed capacity without new toll lanes. Plenty of drivers would rather pay some more gasoline taxes than have to pay tolls on new toll roads and the inconvenience that goes with them.
This is just the latest example of the many disastrous provisions in TABOR that the public is completely unaware of. TABOR's never passed in another state, and even Jan Brewer in Arizona vetoed a TABOR bill. This dumb amendment should be repealed in Colorado.
Only those who use toll roads or tolled lanes pay for them. The vast majority of us who do neither, don't! But we all subsidize public transportation.... RTD, through taxes that are not collected through gas taxes. Further, how does collecting gas taxes equitably address those vehicles that are hybrid, electric or propane, and not traditional fuel vehicles? They still use the roads the same as fuel driven vehicles.
TABOR was passed when, in 1992? Let's give weed legalization 20 years before we can make the judgement you just made there.
Not that I'm against TABOR at all.
dough wrote: Out of the mouth of babes comes the truth and wisdom on TABOR.
It finally passed after 2 previous tries by 51 % vote only after Bruce added in the ability to vote on taxes.
Voting on Taxes is the sweetener, but underneath TABOR has a labyrinth of rules and provisions that take government away from our elected legislature and put it into an auto pilot scheme that dictates what we must do.
The entire scheme was put together by a noted slum lord and now convicted tax evader.
While similar measures have been on the ballot in 11 other states, none have passed after people looked at what was going on in Colorado.
Cleary it is way past time to dump the Utopian Libertarian measure that is TABOR and go back to running out state as the Republic that is specified in our original state constitution.
TABOR passed 54% to 46%. Landslide numbers. MANY people favored fiscal restraint and still do.
TropicThunder wrote: This is just the latest example of the many disastrous provisions in TABOR that the public is completely unaware of. TABOR's never passed in another state, and even Jan Brewer in Arizona vetoed a TABOR bill. This dumb amendment should be repealed in Colorado.
Please cite each disastrous provision.
"However, declining revenues are making it difficult to sustain current condition. Long-term funding is unable to keep pace with the pavement needs of Colorado's highway system. "
More like the alien in the 1980's sci fi thriller "ALIEN", Carol and her Amendment 66 bunch are still out there harassing innocent taxpayers with the perennial whine that you just aren't taxed enough.
I wonder what is next on the progressive socialist menu to increase liberal special interest spending in Colorado?
Spending on schools DOES NOT translate into quality of education. It's pathetic of education supporters to make that false claim.
Thats right! Which is why those who can afford it send their kids to Christian Valor (tuition, $16,500) - Regis (tuition, $13,775), Grayland ($22,330) and the Obama's and other Washington elites send their kids to Sidwell Friends @ $36,264. Yes, the social and economic leaders of our country are silly to spend this much money - they couldn't possibly know the value of a good education, while the brilliant citizens of Colorado with their TABOR are cheering away as they watch funding for our public schools continue to drop. Because teachers unions liberuls something something incoherent.
Our small district just announced another major cut to meet the new, lower funding - now firing more teachers.
How much funding per-pupil do you think is adequate? $3.24 per year?
Since they want to totally dismantle our public education system the per-pupil funding they think is adequate would be $0.00.
Quite the opposite.... don't assume I hate education. I don't see a fiscal knot, I see it as more power and responsibility for the people to make fiscal decisions instead of leaving it to politicians, most of which will never turn away a dollar, or stop asking for more money... even when there's money coming in. It's not black and white, that pouring in more money somewhow makes our public education system better. There's complaints about the size of classrooms, but from my personal experience, classroom sizes aren't larger than when I was in school. Studies indicate the same, despite cliams by the education lobby. Here's the deal, when schools have shown an adequate need for money, through local bonds, it seems there's support more often than not. But when school districts have shown they're incompetent when it comes to being fiscally responsible, voters haven't been as supportive. Amendment 66 was an opportunity for us voters to approve a statewide measure, but we overwhelmingly voted against it. Considering it would've meant $1 billion a year, on top of money education already receives.... and no guarantee it goes to the classrooms and students, I wasn't at all surprised it didn't pass. California is a great example of how a statewide measure can harm the state economy as a whole. It's not something made up, the facts are transparent and evident.
If Colorado's B- grade is pretty good compared to some other states, it is because most states have dangerously deteriorating highways and bridges. There are exceptions. The greater Phoenix area has about the same population as our state, but has a beautiful network of FREEWAYS. Most of Florida is the same way. Like Colorado, most other states must contend with snow, ice, hills and mountains, not found in those southern states.
The out-going governor of VA signed a law charging owners of fuel efficient vehicles an annual fee to make up for the loss of gas taxes. As it is in the interest of all Americans for us to reduce the use of fossil fuels, I don't think punishing owners of fuel-efficient vehicles is a good idea. If gasoline tax revenue had kept up with inflation we would not have the shortage that does not allow for any addition of needed capacity to keep up with growth. Another way of collecting more gasoline taxes from fuel efficient vehicles has been proposed--charging on a per-mile driven vs. per-gallon purchased. Implementing that process would involve keeping tabs on everyone's driving habits and using the information at the gas pumps. It would be expensive to implement and many believe an invasion of privacy.
The CDOT page you referred to also states the fact that there is no money in the budget to add needed capacity, and that is the reason that CDOT is pushing for new lanes to be tolled. People who pay tolls are also subsidizing the costs to drivers who do not pay tolls, as the revenue goes to the same CDOT budget. You are apparently satisfied enough with the highway infrastructure not to want to pay more for gasoline, but I am willing to pay a little more. The few cents per gallon that would solve the problem are negligible when compared to the dollars per gallon we were paying a few years ago. I think your arguments would be more convincing to other readers if you had not called me a fear monger--you are the first and only one to do so.


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Auckland has long been NZ's economic engine, but these days the rest of the country's doing pretty well too – and maybe even better, says Kiwibank's chief economist Jarrod Kerr.
In Auckland, things are starting to get a little chilly, not just in terms of the weather, but economically too – migration is cooling and so is growth. But the regions have started to pick up speed, demonstrating that despite the chilly outlook in the City of Sails, the regions are actually developing rather well.
How do we know this? To get a comprehensive sense of how the regions were developing, we tapped into Kiwibank's regional networks to develop two scores: an 'economic score' based on hard data, and a 'feels like' score based on anecdotal evidence. The scores work on an upwards sliding scale of temperatures, with 1 meaning 'frozen' (poor economic prospects) and 10 meaning 'scorching hot' (excellent economic prospects). Auckland, for instance, received a lukewarm economic score of 5 and a somewhat chilly 'feels like' score of just 4 due to factors like fuel prices, house prices, traffic and cooling business confidence.
In many of the regions, however, our local networks indicate that things are a lot more optimistic. Waikato, for instance, scored an economic score of 5 but a 'feels like' score of 6, citing a general increase in confidence supported by strong tourism, housing growth, and a reduction in vacancies of retail, office, commercial and industrial space. In the Bay of Plenty, the region scored a 5 but a 'feels like' score of 7 as the completion of the Waikato University campus next year is expected to bring in an influx of students, leading to flow on effects such as proposals for large high-rise student accommodation and more people for retailers to take advantage of in the CBD.
Further down south, Hawke's Bay scored a hawkish economic score of 7 and a confident 'feels like' score of 8 as both its apple and tourism industries remain strong. Meanwhile, despite sub-par employment growth, Southland scored a 7 for both indicators citing positive performances in retail sales and guest nights, with the housing market bucking the slowing trend seen in much of the country.
However, our 'green map' also shows that growth is slower compared to 2016, meaning that the near-term outlook is mixed. But we believe the long-term outlook is much better – our strengthening ties to Asia will bring more demand for everything from food and education, to tourism and housing.
Housing: what's hot and what's not?
While housing market activity remain subdued, we believe it has gradually recovered from the lows seen in mid-2017. In the City of Sails, the housing market has officially cooled after a period of phenomenal activity; in the regions, house price gains are notably higher as other parts of the country play catch-up to Auckland. The 'hot' areas right now include parts of Gisborne, Rotorua, Hawke's Bay, and Manawatu-Whanganui, confirming the feverish feeling on the ground with houses spending a shorter time on the market.
There's been a flood of interest from northerners (mostly Aucklanders) on a pilgrimage in search of cheaper dwellings. Mangawhai in Northland, for example, has experienced a surge of Aucklanders willing to live just beyond the boundaries of the supercity and commute the vast distance there and back. Agents on the ground say that around 500 people a day commute from Mangawhai to Auckland, spending a good one-and-a-half to two hours in the car each way (at least they fall outside Auckland's petrol levy).
Housing market performance has translated to construction
High demand for housing is evident across the country. Unfortunately, capacity constraints, a cooling market, changes in government policy, and difficulty in accessing credit has limited construction activity. Regions that benefitted from the glow of Auckland a few years ago, such as the Waikato and Bay of Plenty, have seen a fall in building consents more recently. In May, for instance, the 338 residential consents issued in the Waikato were 10% lower than the same time last year.
In contrast, consents issued in Auckland have started to pick-up once again. In May, there was a spike in the number of consents to 1,530 – the highest recorded since late 2002. But questions remain about the capacity to keep this level of building up in a region that has a significant shortfall of housing.
Yet in other regions, consents mirror optimism in their local housing markets. In Manawatu and Whanganui the level of residential consents have surged to levels last seen in the buoyancy just prior to the GFC. The region's housing market is currently one of the most resilient in the country.
Tourism is strong in the south, and expected to grow all over
The Canterbury region has seen a solid acceleration in total guest nights (a proxy for tourism activity) since the start of 2017. Guest nights were up 14% in the four months to April compared to the same period last year.
Canterbury is a gateway to the South Island so an increase in accommodation demand is a positive sign for the tourism sector in all southern regions. In fact, almost all regions in the South Island (excluding Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough) experienced a lift a guest nights since January.
We expect the tourism sector to be a star performer across many regions in the years to come. Our currency has depreciated and we expect the Kiwi dollar to remain lower for longer, which means New Zealand is offering a discount to all foreign tourists. We're a cheaper place to travel compared to last year, and we're attracting more and more Asian visitors.
The rise of the Asian middle class is a story captured in our agricultural exports, our education industry, and our tourism sector. China is the obvious hotspot and India will be next. It's a numbers game, and they have more numbers than most.
The labour market was strongest in the south
The labour market performed well in the March quarter with the unemployment rate hitting a nine-year low of 4.4%. Employment looked to be particularly strong in the tourism-weighted south with Otago (including the Queenstown-Lakes District) experiencing an almost 10% jump in employment year-on-year. However, this is also a region that's seen a solid 2.3% lift in population in 2017 – similar to growth rates in the upper North Island.
The Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast regions also experienced a decent 4.8% year-on-year increase in employment, while the far north and east coast regions in the North Island have also had decent increases in job numbers. The Manawatu/Whanganui region, however, experienced a heavy 6.2% year-on-year fall in the quarter, although this was really the only dull spot for an otherwise well-performing region.
So, what are the risks?
The risks to New Zealand's economic prospects are mainly foreign, as the risk of a trade war continues to escalate. A full-blown trade war is still an unlikely outcome, but it's important to note that our largest trading partner, China, is deeply involved in the scuffle, while our second largest trading partner, Australia, is even more leveraged to China than we are. So in a downturn, we could get hit both directly and indirectly.
So, what does that mean for the regions? For now, not much. Every part of the country will react differently to foreign distress, but we're all impacted by a severe slowdown in foreign trade. We need to focus on what's actually happening, and for now, that's good enough.
Jeremy Couchman, Kiwibank senior economist, contributed to this story.
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U.S. President Donald Trump attends the 47th annual March for Life on the National Mall in Washington on Jan. 24. The annual march is to protest the Supreme Court's Roe v Wade abortion decision. Photo by Yuri Gripas/UPI
May 19 (UPI) — The Trump administration on Monday urged the United Nations to stop "promoting abortion," accusing it of using the coronavirus pandemic to advance access to the medical practice.
In a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the U.S. Agency for International Development chastised the organization for including sexual and reproductive health services within its Global Humanitarian Response Plan to COVID-19, urging all of its references and its derivatives be removed from the document.
While the Global Humanitarian Response Plan makes no direct reference to abortion, it calls for the continued supply of essential health services, including reproductive health services, amid the pandemic. It says virus containment measures affect pregnancy and safe delivery while a lack of such care is a gender inequality issue.
The United Nations announced the plan in March and is seeking $6.7 billion from the international community for its funding.
John Barsa, the acting administrator of the USAID, wrote to Guterres in the letter that the United States gave the United Nations more than $3.5 billion last year and has allocated $650 million supplemental funding to combat the pandemic, calling for the U.N.'s plan to "remain focused on addressing the most urgent, concrete needs that are arising out of the pandemic."
"Therefore, the U.N. should not use this crisis as an opportunity to advance access to abortion as an 'essential service,'" Barsa said. "Unfortunately, the Global HRP does just this by cynically placing the provision of 'sexual and reproductive health services' on the same level of importance as food-insecurity, essential healthcare, malnutrition, shelter and sanitation."
Quoting President Donald Trump's address to the U.N. General Assembly last year, Barsa wrote the United Nations has "no business attacking the sovereignty of nations that wish to protect innocence life," calling on the organization to not "intimidate or coerce" member states that have not legalized the medical practice.
"To use the COVID-19 pandemic as a justification to pressure governments to change their laws is an affront to the autonomy of each society to determine its own national policies on healthcare," Barsa said. "The United States stands with nations that have pledged to protect the unborn."
He said sexual and reproductive health services' inclusion as an essential service in the plan will provoke controversy at a time when the organization should be avoiding doing just that.
"The Global HRP, and the activities of U.N. agencies and bodies moving forward, should use clear language and take clear action to address the real needs of vulnerable people around the world without promoting abortion," Barsa said. "Now is not the time to add unnecessary discord to the COVID-19 response."
The letter was sent on the same day the United States criticized the World Health Organization, a U.N. agency, over its response to the pandemic, stating its "failure cost many lives."
The United States has frequently leveled criticism at the WHO in the past weeks with Trump having pulled U.S. funding to the organization last month, accusing it of "mishandling" the pandemic and aiding China in an alleged cover-up.
The WHO has also called for women's choices and rights to sexual and reproductive healthcare be protected during the coronavirus crisis.
In the United States, several lawsuits have been brought against states that have included abortion as an essential medical service that may continue amid lockdown measures to prevent the spread of the virus.
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South Florida's Ten Best Concerts of Summer 2016
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Angel Melendez | June 17, 2016 | 9:59am
Although the sweat dripping down the small of your back and settling somewhere in the spaces of your ass cheeks says otherwise, it somehow isn't summer quite yet. The first official day of the summer is next Monday, June 20.
Thankfully, along with the increase in our electric bills and likelihood of hurricanes, there also comes a bevy of brilliant shows for the next three months. Here are our top 10 picks.
10. Steely Dan and Steve Winwood
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Depending on your age, there are three reactions to seeing these two Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-rs on the same bill: a) Time to tick off a box on the bucket list! b) Here I come, musical time-travel machine! or c) Who? If you fall into the last category, you're either an infant or a terrible person. It's OK, we can fix that. Here's the thing — everyone knows at least one Steely Dan song and at least one Steve Winwood song, even if it's by accident, because they're never not on the radio or playing in the waiting room of a doctor's office. They're two of the most influential and prolific pop-rock artists of the modern age, in particular Winwood, who's had massive hits as part of the Spencer Davis Group and Traffic as well as on his own: "Higher Love," "Roll With It," "Gimme Some Lovin'" – the man's entire career is a greatest hits collection.
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9. Marilyn Manson
The Anti-Christ Superstar and Pale Emperor returns to his old South Florida stomping grounds early next month with a pair of metal bands, Of Mice and Men and Slipknot. There's a lot to say about Marilyn Manson, but depending on your stance, it's either all criticism or all praise. With Manson's divisive and often controversial lyrics, there is no center. Nonetheless, Manson is one of rock's most successful crossover artists. Operating primarily in the alternative, industrial, and metal genres, the multitalented Manson, who's also an accomplished actor and painter, broke free from the chains of those labels in the '90s. Love him or hate him, he's brilliant at what he does and, oh yeah, he puts on a hell of a show.
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8. Mutemath and Twenty One Pilots
Over the last few years, there's been a trend by artists and bands with somewhat similar fan bases to join forces for what we'll call BOGO tours — buy-one-get-one-free-type concerts where a pair of headliners take the same stage at discount. Just this month, South Florida hosted Weezer/Panic at the Disco! in Miami and Frank Turner/Gogol Bordello in Fort Lauderdale. The next three months feature a few more rad BOGO shows, including the mighty pairing of Mutemath and Twenty One Pilots. There is no other way of putting this: If you've never seen either of these bands, this is your best opportunity to witness two of the hardest working groups losing their shit onstage in the best possible way, making you want to do the same. It's almost a shame this concert is at the BB&T Center since both Mutemath and Twenty One Pilots are best experienced in a space small enough that they can crowd surf. But alas, they're at the point that the power of their live shows necessitates a building big enough to contain all the magic.
7. Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa
Don't bother applying for a new job for at least a month after this show. You will test positive for marijuana by merely attending. The High Road Tour (see?!) brings together the Doggfather and the "Black and Yellow" rapper for what should be one fun, superchill show at the fairgrounds. Sure, you can get pit or seats up front, but the real action, or lack thereof depending on tolerance, will be out in the lawn seats. Between songs like "See You Again," "Gin & Juice," and the song that brought these two hip-hop stars together, "Young, Wild, & Free," it'll be a lovely summer evening of classic hits — and hits of another kind.
6. Counting Crows and Rob Thomas
Another one of our BOGO summer tours unites a couple of '90s acts in the Counting Crows, who have made a few trips to South Florida the last few years, and Rob Thomas, who's still enjoying his time as a solo artist apart from his old band, Matchbox Twenty. West Palm Beach will kick off the duo's North American tour for what's a natural pairing. Thomas and Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz have been friends for 20 years and played together early on in their careers. In a statement, Duritz said, "I still love nothing more than touring with my friends." Thomas echoed that sentiment by adding, "Music is about good friends getting together and celebrating life. Our fans are going to be doing that in the audience and we will be doing that on stage as well."
5. 311 and Matisyahu
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For a little more BOGO goodness, 311 and Matisyahu, a couple of the sunniest of the modern reggae-rock and hip-hop purveyors, team up in Boca Raton. Creators of the Pow Wow Festival in Suwannee Park and several Caribbean cruises departing from Miami, 311 not only knows how to throw a party, but the Nebraska natives are damn near Floridians at this point. For his part, Matisyahu has always been a bit more reserved; however, in recent years, with the shedding of his traditional garb and a haircut, Matthew Paul Miller has also learned to let loose. This show could very well be one of the most spiritually uplifting shows of the summer — or a good excuse to get really baked and bask in the sun.
4. Motion City Soundtrack
Culture Room
Get the hankies out. This is the end of an era. The name of the current Motion City Soundtrack tour is a bittersweet one: the So Long, Farewell Tour. Polite, poignant, but ultimately kind of a bummer for Motion City Soundtrack fans. After nearly 20 years, the Minneapolis outfit is calling it quits, or at least going on an "indefinite hiatus." In a recent interview with the Boston Globe, lead singer Justin Pierre said the reason the venerable pop-punk band is stepping away is simple: "We were having this great tour, and things were good, but we just all felt kind of beat up," he said. "I think we all kind of looked at each other like, 'I don't know if we can do this anymore.'" Ironically, the band has a song titled "Can't Finish What You Started," but then again, like comic book superheroes, the best ones never stay dead for long, so maybe this is the penultimate chapter of a story that isn't truly ending yet.
3. Dixie Chicks
The Dixie Chicks haven't released a new record since 2006's Long Way Home, and for the record's tenth anniversary, they're coming back in a big way. The DCX MMXVI World Tour is a 70-stop sojourn around the globe that looks to revitalize the extensive catalog of country hits and number-one albums by the best-selling female band of all time. Despite their lack of new material, sisters Martie Erwin Maguire and Emily Erwin Robison, and lead singer Natalie Maines, have hit the road several times over the years, both as a trio, with the Eagles for example in 2010, and on their own, including Maines' solo excursions. Known for their energetic and vibrant shows, the Dixie Chicks — fans and students of pop music's history — will also slip in a few notable covers by Beyoncé, Bob Dylan, Lana Del Rey, and Patty Griffin. We might even get their beautiful version of Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide."
2. AC/DC
When it was announced back in April that due to severe hearing loss, Brian Johnson, frontman and lead singer of AC/DC, would drop out of the group's current Rock or Bust world tour, it seemed to many that the Australian band had done the latter – gone bust. Then hope blossomed anew when none other than Axl Rose became the band's vocalist. From all accounts, he's a man reenergized, literally back on his feet after healing from a broken foot he suffered during a warm-up show with the partially reunited Guns N' Roses. Now the story takes another twist, as Johnson recently revealed he may have a way of getting back onstage thanks to new hearing aid technology. In a press statement, he gushed, "IT WORKS! It just totally works and you can't argue with that. I was really moved and amazed to be able to hear music again like I haven't heard for several years now." Whether it's Johnson or Rose we hear sing "Back in Black," this should be a historic and stupendous rock show.
1. Brian Wilson
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The fact that Brian Wilson is still performing live is nothing short of a miracle. The genius and mastermind behind one of the greatest pop-rock records of all time, Pet Sounds, has battled and overcome all sorts of personal demons including nervous breakdowns and hearing voices in his head. The Beach Boys bandleader, now in his 70s, will spend the summer reflecting and reliving happy days with the Pet Sounds 50th Anniversary World Tour. His stop in Hollywood is a can't-miss for Brian Wilson fans, Beach Boys fans, or fans of brilliant music in general. He is a true living legend and an icon that created a sound for an entire generation and for generations to come.
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A Day in the Life of a BC Bike Race Team
Jason Hill and Peter Butt rolled out of their tent at 6 a.m. to see the sun slowly rising over the snow speckled peaks on the western coast of British Columbia. Hill and Butt — two of the 400 or so riders competing in this year's BC Bike Race — had endured a restless night in the tent village, situated alongside the beach in the small town of Parksville. The wind howled for most of the night, and Hill, who had forgotten his sleeping bag at his home in Anchorage, Alaska, was using a store-bought fleece liner as a blanket.
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Butt (right) and Jason Hill celebrate another day under their belts at the BC Bike Race.
Jason Hill and Peter Butt rolled out of their tent at 6 a.m. to see the sun slowly rising over the snow speckled peaks on the western coast of British Columbia.
Hill and Butt — two of the 400 or so riders competing in this year's BC Bike Race — had endured a restless night in the tent village, situated alongside the beach in the small town of Parksville. The wind howled for most of the night, and Hill, who had forgotten his sleeping bag at his home in Anchorage, Alaska, was using a store-bought fleece liner as a blanket.
"I was surprised how many people were already up and getting ready," Hill said. "People didn't even need a wakeup call."
Living in the tent village is how most riders who participate in endurance stage races spend their off-the-bike time. The Cape Epic, TransRockies, Trans Alp Challenge and Trans Germany events all feature traveling tent cities. So does the BC Bike Race, which is running this June 28 through July 4.
Like their fellow riders, Hill and Butt had a lot on their plate before the race even began: breakfast, packing up, delivering bags to the transport trucks and simple bike maintenance, among other chores.
"We tried to get as much stuff done the night before. Fix and wash the bikes, do a bit of packing," Butt explained. "Some stuff you just have to leave until that morning."
The third stage headed into a tight section of singletrack early.
The morning of the third stage of the BC Bike Race called for riders to pile into school busses for an hour transport to nearby Cumberland, site of the day's stage. Butt and Hill found their way into the "B" starting paddock, but the stage start was delayed after local pranksters tore down a number of course markings, forcing race officials to re mark the route.
But when Guns N' Roses' "Paradise City" began rolling (the official BCBR starting tune), Hill and Butt shot out of the starting line and began the day's 70km loop.
Hill and Butt, who know each other from the local racing scene in Anchorage, are similar to many of the riders at this year's BC Bike Race. Both work full time, race and ride on the weekends and have been looking forward to the event for months. Both men have purchased new mountain bikes within the last two years (from the brand Niner), and both men admit that the decision to sign up for BCBR took a major financial commitment.
The seven-day race across British Columbia is not cheap, after all. Registration costs nearly $2000 per person (depending on the package). Transportation, snacks and bike maintenance add another couple of hundred. Both men estimated they will spend between $2500-$3000 total on the trip.
"I don't even want to think about what I'm spending," said Butt, who bought a new bike for the race.
The third day's 70km of trail included plenty of speedy sections.
Both men were adamant that the race, so far, was worth the cost.
"It's been killer. Just a ton of fun," said Hill, who is a professional bike mechanic. "The riding, the swag, the food … it's all good."
But while the BC Bike Race tries to market itself as a fun singletrack adventure through coastal Canada — not a suffer fest at the level of Costa Rica's La Ruta de los Conquistadores or the Cape Epic — Hill and Butt are adamant that the race is not easy. Riding technical singletrack all day, the men said, can be as physically demanding as La Ruta's endless climbs.
And on the day 2 journey from Nanaimo to Parksville, the riders faced 65 kilometers of technical singletrack.
"I was completely blown just past the second aid station," Hill said. "I was so tired. My upper body was worked."
Mutual pain is part of the benefit of riding in a two-man team. Hill said Butt helped him through the rough moment, and the two were able to pace off of each other on a dirt road descent to make it to the finish line.
The teamwork paid off on Day 3, as Butt and Hill sped out of the start, onto a section of doubletrack and into a fast, swooping singletrack descent. The two men paced off each other up the day's primary obstacle, a 100-foot climb on fireroad, then chased their peers down the ensuing descent. The trail undulated between buff hardpack and tight, rooty singletrack as it plunged further into the semi arid desert, which felt more like Colorado than British Columbia.
Hill and Butt finished the journey in just more than four hours.
At the finish line, the two men had time to swap war stories with their peers, grab some food and a shower. Then they had to seek out an open tent in the village, and get in some bike maintenance. With four days of the BC Bike Race remaining, the two had plenty to do.
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La SYWoC ou Student Yachting World Cup est une compétition nautique à voile disputée par des équipes étudiantes du monde entier.

Coupe du monde de voile des étudiants
La Student Yachting World Cup (SYWoC) est une régate organisée chaque année par des élèves bénévoles de l'École polytechnique, durant laquelle s'affrontent pendant une semaine les meilleurs équipages de voile étudiante venus du monde entier. Chaque année, c'est une vingtaine de pays qui sont représentés comme le Japon, la Chine, l'Australie, le Portugal, l'Italie, l'Irlande, les États-Unis, l'Angleterre, l'Écosse, l'Allemagne...

Chaque année, la SYWoC prend comme base un grand port français (des éditions précédentes se sont déroulées à Lorient, Royan, Marseille, La Trinité-sur-mer, La Rochelle et Toulon), pendant une semaine autour de la Toussaint.

Chaque pays est représenté par un équipage défendant les couleurs d'une université. Les sélections nationales se font à partir des grands championnats universitaires, ou par défaut selon une sélection par leur fédération. En France, la sélection est faite à partir des résultats de la Course Croisière EDHEC et le classement général de la Coupe de France Étudiants organisée par la Course Croisière EDHEC.

Le pays vainqueur de l'édition précédente est invité à remettre son titre en jeu, accompagné d'un autre représentant de son pays. La France a également la possibilité d'aligner deux représentants, puisque l'École Polytechnique est invitée en plus du sélectionné.

Le support change en fonction des ports d'attache. Depuis 2007, le Grand Surprise ou le J 80 ont su s'imposer.

Durant une semaine, les équipages s'affrontent au cours de nombreuses régates, habituellement entre 10 et 15. Deux types de courses sont organisés, les « parcours banane » et les régates côtières, et une course de nuit côtière est parfois également au programme en milieu de semaine. L'arbitrage des régates est confié à un jury international.

À l'issue de la compétition, deux titres sont décernés :
 Le trophée AGPM récompensant le leader du classement des courses côtières
 Le titre de Student Yachting World Champion.

Histoire
La Coupe du monde de voile des étudiants (Student Yachting World Cup en anglais, ancienne Course de l'Europe) est organisée chaque année depuis 1979 par des étudiants de l'École polytechnique.

Lorsque la course est créée en 1979 sous le nom de Course de l'Europe, seulement quelques pays européens y participent.

En 1996, après de nombreux échanges avec l'ISAF, l'équipe organisatrice décide de renommer la compétition Student Yachting World Cup, afin de mettre le nom en cohérence avec le nombre grandissant de participants venant de quatre continents - plus de 25 équipages participèrent à cette édition organisée dans la baie de Marseille. Europe de l'Est, Japon, États-Unis, Australie ont fait de cette course un véritable événement mondial.

La SYWoC est actuellement la seule compétition habilitée par l'ISAF à remettre le titre de "Student Yachting World Champion".

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Sport universitaire
École polytechnique
Compétition de voile
Nautisme en France
Compétition nautique en France
Régate


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A sunny, calm Sunday morning in Minsterworth, Gloucestershire played host to Red Bull Outrow 2015. 8 crews lined up to take on each other and attempt to outrow the River Severn Bore.
Seeclub Zurich and University West of England clashed off the start which put them on the back foot and saw UWE caught by the wave first. Seeclub Zurich then displayed great composure under pressure to row through the field and whilst UCL, Newcastle Uni, Hong Kong Royal Yacht Club, VSR Belgium and Thames RC were all gradually swallowed up one at a time.
Seeclub made it just over 4km before being picked up on the face of the bore and Oxford Brookes were victorious being the last to get wet at the 4.5km mark, just 500m short of the finish line.
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Al-Qadmûs, Qadmus ou Kadmous est une ville de la circonscription (muhafazah ) de Tartous en Syrie.

Histoire

Moyen Âge
Le château (Qal`a al-Qadmûs) occupait un petit plateau triangulaire encadré par deux vallées.

En 1128/29, Bohémond II s'en empare, il est alors connu sous le nom de la Cademois.

En 1132/33, Sayf ad-Dîn ibn `Amrûn, seigneur de la forteresse d'Al-Kahf vend Al-Qadmus aux Nizârites (Assassins) après l'avoir reprise aux croisés l'année précédente.
Il change de main à plusieurs reprises. En 1186, il passe aux Hospitaliers en même temps que le Margat (Qal`a Marqab).

En 1271, le sultan mamelouk baharite Baybars qui vient de prendre le Krak des Chevaliers (Hisn al-Akrād) prend Al-Qadmûs et Al-Kahf, neutralisant ainsi l'influence des Ismaéliens dans la région. Ultérieurement les sultans mamelouks vont se servir des Nîzarites à leur profit : au début du , le voyageur Ibn Battuta rapporte :

Époque contemportaine
Ibrahim Pacha détruit le château en 1838 lors de sa campagne contre les Alaouites.

À la fin de l'époque ottomane et jusqu'au début des années 1920, les conflits tribaux opposant les Ismaéliens de Kadmous aux Alaouites des environs, et les émirs ismaéliens de Kadmous entre eux, conduisent beaucoup d'Ismaéliens à quitter la montagne pour se fixer à Salamyeh, dans la plaine de Syrie centrale ; ils y fondent le quartier de Qadamisa, nommé d'après la ville de Kadmous, lieu d'origine de beaucoup d'entre eux. Lors de la révolte alaouite de 1919-1921 conduite par le cheïkh Saleh al-Ali, les Ismaéliens de Kadmous, devenus beaucoup moins nombreux que les Alaouites, doivent demander l'aide des colonisateurs français contre les rebelles. Malgré la victoire des Français et la reddition de Saleh al-Ali en 1922, les Ismaéliens n'obtiennent qu'un seul siège dans le conseil de l'État des Alaouites.

Entre 1960 et le début des années 2000, Kadmous est un des petits bourgs de l'arrière-pays alaouite. Son aire d'attraction commerciale ne dépasse pas une centaine de km² et tend encore à se réduire du fait de l'attraction supérieure des grandes villes côtières, notamment Banias. C'est aussi un des rares bourgs de cette région, avec Kessab, à ne pas avoir le statut de ville, ce qui réduit beaucoup les possibilités d'emploi administratif.

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Articles connexes
 Ismaélisme
 Nizârites/Assassins
 Nusayrites/Alaouites

Bibliographie

Ville en Syrie
Gouvernorat de Tartous