Here in Hawaii we have unprecedented flood and fire. With everyone in suspense hanging on the hourly news of imminent eruption, it is interesting to remember that it is not only the furthest landmass from anywhere, but as the ancients and ancestors believed, the center of the world, and the site of the ancient Motherland of Goddess, the fabled civilization-of-love called Lemuria.
Here on Kauai – where we arrived right after hurricane Iniki in 1992 to help rebuild and lived for 13 years – there has been devastating flooding this month. Hawaii is both a physical land and a parallel sacred homeland on other dimensions, known to the whole of Polynesia as Hava'iki. Everybody understands that it is divinely directed by the powers of the Goddess, so now with Pele's big time upheaval, a force of both destruction and creation, the prophecies are coming to pass that it's time for big transformation of consciousness for humankind.
If ever there was a land that invites and visits upon you (whether you like it or not) transformation, it is Hawaii. Your life may be changed forever in unforeseen ways, as life here is lived close to your own soul's calling, Kuleana. Nature, Goddess, and spirits are strong enough to remind you that it is incumbent to live in Pono (in integrity with and sacredly honoring of the Aina land and energies) or you may soon not be living at all. You may never return from your 60th birthday hike up a sacred mountain – a star gate near us – (RIP to our dear lost friend) in Anahola. Or from the swim in the ocean, RIP to another…. Or you may arrive as a couple and leave single soon after. The nearby river may suddenly rise up and swallow your most precious belongings in a raging torrent – as it did mine. You may lose – as some have recently on Kauai, your houses and cars to the rivers and oceans.
In Hawaii the rainbow is a symbol of transformation. It is a reminder of the family of those who are related not by blood but by the fire in their spirits, a fire that burns for justice, equality and love of the earth. It has been prophesied that there will come a time when those who are related through the rainbow will teach those ancient wisdoms to those who have forgotten. Rainbow warriors are willing to fight fear, doubt, and the addiction to status and power in order to unite and collaborate with others of all cultures, races and walks of life to effect and perpetuate healing and harmony.
As a New Zealander, the Ancient Wisdom Connections of Hawaii and Aotearoa NZ serve as inspiration for my ever deeper exploratory learnings, journeys & Initiations. Indeed I have had amazing experiences of the mystery, the memories, the ghosts, the goosebumps, the stories yet to be told, the sudden channeling that comes upon me, flying lights, warnings, visions, the portals, the sense of the ancient, the oneness with nature and the goddess…the fearless …indeed, you feel it in your guts – and it shows by the goosebumps, called "chicken skin" here.
This is the energy of the sound current of Hawaii in Antion's CD "One in the Goddess". The sounds, vowels, words, chants and songs have inter-dimensional Mana, power. Many are drawn to Hawaii as if by a Pied Piper, feeling 'called', feeling a deep resonance and 'chicken skin' upon hearing the chants and songs. It is said that these are the original sounds of the language of the continent of Mu, the Motherland, ancient Lemuria, having the power to connect you into a deeper realm of magic and mystery beyond that which may be explained, through the power of kaona, (the many levels and layers of meaning of each sound and word).
And this is the energy of the sessions I am inviting you to receive from me. One of my Hawaiian mentors named my work "Ho'omana Ke Laka" which means to activate Goddess Laka, Goddess of Love, Manifestation, Nature and more.


LEICESTER boss Claudio Ranieri has told N'Golo Kante his future is in his own hands.
The France international was a revelation for the Premier League champions last season after joining for £5.6million from Caen last summer.
However, the midfielder has been heavily tipped to leave the King Power Stadium this summer.
Chelsea have reportedly made a £29million bid for the 25-year-old and are confident a deal can be agreed.
And Leicester boss Ranieri has now admitted Kante's future is in his own hands.
"We offered him a new deal before he went to the Euros," The Italian told the BBC.
Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain are also apparently interested in the Frenchman.
Antonio Conte was unveiled as Chelsea manager this afternoon but refused to be drawn on transfers.
But Conte did reveal he would be speaking to Ranieri in the coming days.
"In the future I will call Claudio Ranieri," he added. "He is a lovely man and I will ask him for a bit of advice."


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Mentha canadensis is a species of mint native to North America (from the Northwest Territories to central Mexico) and the eastern part of Asia (from Siberia to Java). In North America, it is commonly known as Canada mint, American wild mint, and in Asia as Chinese mint, Sakhalin mint, Japanese mint, and East Asian wild mint. The flowers are bluish or have a slight violet tint. The plant is upright, growing to about  tall. Leaves grow opposite from each other, and flower bunches appear in the upper leaf axils. The mint grows in wet areas but not directly in water, so it will be found near sloughs, and lake and river edges. Plants bloom from July to August in their native habitats.

The plants found in eastern Asia have been called Mentha sachalinensis, among other synonyms.

Description

Mentha canadensis is a perennial plant with an underground creeping rhizome and upright shoots. It can grow to a height of about . It has hairy stems bearing opposite pairs of leaves. Each leaf is borne on a short stalk and has a wedge-shaped base and is lanceolate or ovate, with a toothed margin and a hairy surface. The flowers are borne in spikes at the tips of the shoots. The flowers may be bluish, pink or white. They are arranged in a spiral around the inflorescence. Each flower has five sepals, four petals, four stamens and a superior ovary. The fruits are dry and split open when ripe releasing the two seeds.

Taxonomy
Mentha canadensis was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It has been described since under a large number of synonyms, including as varieties or subspecies of M. arvensis, some of which, such as M. arvensis var. sachalinensis Briq., were subsequently raised to the status of a full species. Thus the Flora of China, in a volume published in 1994, lists M. canadensis and M. sachalinensis as separate species, distinguishing them on the basis of features such as degree of branching, hairiness and leaf shape. More recent sources treat M. canadensis as a single variable species with many synonyms and a wide distribution in North America and eastern temperate and tropical Asia.

Mentha canadensis is an amphidiploid with 2n = 96 chromosomes. It is believed to be derived from ancient hybridization between M. arvensis (2n = 72) and M. longifolia (2n = 24).

Distribution
Mentha canadensis has been found as a native species of mint around the world. Below is a detailed list of countries and states in which Mentha canadensis is considered to be native.

Asia (both temperate and tropical)
 East Asia: China; Japan( Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku); Korea
 Russian Far East: Russian Federation (Kurile Islands, Khabarovsk, Primorye, Amur and Sakhalin)
 Siberia: Russian Federation (Buryatia, Tuva, Yakutia-Sakha, Krasnoyarsk, Chita and Irkutsk)
 Indian Subcontinent: India; Nepal; Sri Lanka
 Indo-China: Cambodia; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam
 Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia; Philippines
Northern America
 Eastern Canada: Canada (Quebec, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Newfoundland)
 North-Central U.S.: United States (Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin)
 Northeastern U.S.: United States (Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and West Virginia)
 Northwestern U.S.: United States (Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming)
 South-Central U.S.: United States (New Mexico and Texas)
 Southeastern U.S.: United States (Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia)
 Southwestern U.S.: United States (Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah)
 Subarctic America: Canada (Northwest Territory and Yukon); United States (Alaska)
 Western Canada: Canada (Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba and British Columbia)

Cultivation
Mentha canadensis is cultivated throughout the world:
  Africa
 Angola, South Africa, Seychelles
  Asia
 China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, India, Thailand, New Zealand
  Northern America
 Mexico, United States
  Southern America
 Brazil, Cuba, Argentina

Uses
It is grown in Hungary for essential oil and menthol production. It also contains a significant amount of pulegone.

The leaves have a distinct peppermint smell when pinched or crushed as the plant contains aromatic oils. The leaves can be picked at any time during plant growth, and may be dried. They are used in making mint jelly, mint tea, and mint leaf candy. First nations people use mint tea for bad breath or toothache, or to cure hiccups. The mint can also be used for fox or lynx bait.

Mint essential oil is known to be effective as insect repellent for insects such as Drosophila melanogaster.

Medicinal uses
One of the most important essential oils used in medicine is Japanese mint oil. Mentha canadensis is rich in natural menthol compared to other mint species, and menthol is used extensively in a number of pharmaceutical preparations. Approximately 4000 tons of Japanese mint oil and 2000 tons of menthol were produced in the world in 1998. The major producing countries are Brazil, Paraguay, Taiwan, Japan, China, India, and Thailand.

References

canadensis
Flora of North America
Flora of Asia
Plants described in 1753
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus

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The Next Best Picture Podcast - "The Matrix"
It cannot be overstated just how groundbreaking Lana and Lilly Wachowski's 1999 sci-fi action masterpiece "The Matrix" was at the time of its release and how influential it has been in the years since. Its popularity has spurred multiple sequels (including a new one next week), spin-offs, and imitators across the film industry who tried to replicate the lightning in a bottle the sisters caught. Starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano in iconic roles, the film either turned them into household names or cemented their reputations. Twenty-two years later, we decided to go back to the Matrix and discuss the first film's themes, action scenes, characters, visual effects (including the legendary use of "bullet-time"), its awards run, and more! Joining me for this throwback podcast review, I have Josh Parham, Lauren LaMagna & Dan Bayer. Take that red pill, plug yourself back in and enjoy!
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Markets. Cyprus is what they should have done all along – make sure insured depositors are covered and uninsured depositors are not. We as investors have to be concerned about this. When there is a weak banking sector in any country we have to worry about contagion. The markets are in for a rougher ride than we have seen for the last 9 months.
This is the one that holds US government backed securities. He is not convinced that bond yields are going up any time soon, but doesn't think they will go down either, so you are left with whatever yield this one is throwing off. Prefers ones that are tied to real estate and mortgages in the US or Internationally.
Generally likes mortgages. You get higher yields and there is harder collateral security. You are a step removed from the volatility of underlying real estate prices. 30% of it is in two securities, which concerns him somewhat.
Master Limited Partnership ETF. Only type of ETF where the manager can collect a performance fee. This one is focused on pipelines, storage, etc. It is not really keeping up with its index, which leads him to think there is a problem in the structure or the management. It's not working out.
If there is a widows and orphans ETF, this is it. There are defense contractors and tobacco to some extent, if you are a socially responsible investor. 15 times forward estimates. Pretty fairly valued. There are not too many buy and holds in ETF land, but this would be one.
He likes Mexico for a number of years. Earnings growth down there is about 22%, impressive. Valuation is a little on the high side, (17 times), but that isn't so high in Mexico. It has a ways to go.
With Japan there is currency risk – they are actively working on devaluing the Yen. Forward earnings estimate is over 50%, valuation is 14 times. Export oriented and strong consumer sector. You will not be disappointed. Providing earnings estimates are achieved, if it goes up 10-15% over the next 3-4 months then the run is done and if not, then it won't.
It's the formula that works – positive earnings revisions and growth, plus reasonable valuation at 15x. Very financial services and real estate oriented. Will probably be in for a couple of months.


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Electronics Production | August 09, 2006
NOTE shows profit
Sweden based EMS-provider NOTE AB has presented its results for the first six months 2006. Sales increased 14.1% to SEK 831.6 (728.7) m. Operating profit amounted to SEK 43.0 (-109.0) m; operating margin was 5.2% (-15.0%). Profit after tax was SEK 27.9 (-81.8) m or SEK 2.88 (-8.50) per share after dilution. Cash flow was SEK 8.3 (-25.1) m.
During the second quarter sales increased 7.3% to SEK 433.1 (403.7) m. Operating profit amounted to SEK 24.1 (-47.6) m; operating margin was 5.6% (-11.8%). Profit after tax was SEK 15.8 (-35.8) m or SEK 1.62 (-3.72) per share after dilution. Cash flow was SEK -15.4 (10.9) m. Progress in the first half-year The Nordic market for EMS services continued its robust progress in the first half-year, with the demand for product modification and production pursuant to RoHS directives being contributors to the positive progress. Signs of the electronics components market overheating were already apparent early in the year, through increased delivery lead-times and limited access to some components. Accordingly, to safeguard its customers' needs, NOTE increased its component stocks in the period. As previously reported, development activities intended to ensure NOTE remains its customers' first choice, co-ordinate the group's units and to build an even stronger NOTE, are underway. Consequently, a centralised Lean Management function was established in the second quarter. Its activities are intended to create a competitive edge through continuous improvement in the cost, quality and delivery reliability segments. To enhance NOTE's sourcing know-how in low-cost regions, a number of specialist positions have been created in NOTE Gdansk. NOTE has also consolidated its production collaboration with subcontractors in Central Europe, with the aim of rationalising the transfer of volume production to units outside Sweden. The AGM in April resolved to issue warrants corresponding to 200.000 shares within the auspices of an incentive plan for the CEO and other senior executives. This plan may result in maximum dilution of 2.1%. Pricing is on market terms, and the plan was fully subscribed in May. NOTE has no other securities-based incentive plans at present. In March, NOTE Lund, which has produced PCBs for the CERN project ALICE. received the ALICE Industrial Award for its good collaboration, high innovation and high quality philosophy. After several years' collaboration, Kanmed, which develops sophisticated medical technology equipment. recognised NOTE Torsby as its supplier of the year, the citation reading: "NOTE delivers on time with high quality and offers good customer care." Financial position and liquidity The combination of sustained volume expansion and some stockpiling of electronics components resulted in working capital increasing by about 6% since year-end. Thus, cash flow for the first half-year was limited to SEK 8.3 (-25.1) m, or SEK 0.86 (-2.61) per share. The equity/asset ratio consolidated by 1.2 percentage points on year-end to 26.5%. Liquidity remained healthy. At the end of the period, available liquid funds including unused credit facilities were SEK 72.1 (59.6) m. Investments Investments in tangible fixed assets were SEK 9.7 (16.2) m, or 1.2% (2.2%) of sales. Investments related mainly to production and measurement equipment, as well as IT systems. Depreciation and amortisation in the period was SEK 14.1 (15.7) m. Firm demand and the start-up of a prototype manufacturing facility on the Norwegian market are expected to result in a slightly increased rate of investment in the latter half-year. Outlook After restructuring and write-downs in the previous year, NOTE has posted four quarters of volume growth and stable earnings performance. Sales in the previous 12-month period were over SEK 1.6 billion, with a profit margin before tax approaching 5%. In this period, the return on operating capital was approximately 20%. Given the first half-year profit margin strengthening and healthy order backlog at the end of the period, NOTE anticipates the second half-year 2006 providing continued stable volume and profit performance. Click here to download the full report (PDF).
NOTE's acquisition of Norwegian Nordic-PrintDesign brought to a conclusion
NOTE to acquire Norwegian PCB design firm
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Blue Band Update
Latest note from Iowa's Blue Band.
Remember my shopping experience at HyVee the day before Thanksgiving? It's pretty much Deja Vu all over again this week before Christmas! It involves trying to print out some scanned pictures on a piece of paper for my Christmas Card this year. If you haven't gotten yours in the mail yet, you're on the list (naughty or nice) along with about 80 other people who might or might not get one by NEXT Christmas. But I have a great excuse. Most of you are gonna say, "that couldn't possibly happen to him again", which is what I thought, but I SWEAR the story is true. But I'm getting ahead of myself. First the Blue News...
In about 11 hours we meet to load into The Reverb, on Main St., right here in Sparkle City, (Cedar Falls) for the Blue Christmas/Thank God It's Friday Party. You can earn DOUBLE your scout merit badge credits for being on the road crew for carrying the stuff up all 24 stairs! We play 5:30-ish-9:00pm and I'm thrilled to tell you that we'll be joined by another Iowa Blues Hall of Famer-Tommy "T-Bone" Giblin-on keyboards! We'll also have saxman Garret Theilking (he's done a few gigs with us recently, including the last time we played The Reverb) with us, so we'll be a six piece band for this one. The band is paid whatever walks thru the door. Cover charge is $6. (I'd like to personally thank you for my $1 right now) However, we will apply that $6 toward any merchandise you might purchase (ie: the regular price, 2 CDs for $20 would then cost just $14) Whatever the total of your merch purch ($10 or more) we'll subtract $6 from your total. That special will apply to everyone. The special that is only available to email subscribers, if you mention the Blue Note Special, is a FREE copy of the Two Trios CD AND the 2 Bobs & A Babe 2 CD, with any purchase. This means (in theeeory) you could get three CDs, A Blue Band shirt, and your cover charge all for $20...
After Friday's Xmas Party, we are not scheduled to play until New Years Eve, however, I got a note from Nathan saying that he's flying back to Des Moines on Dec. 26 (mostly to be the Music Director for what could, at times, be a 14 piece band on NYE!) and will stay until Jan. 2. The Blue Band would LOVE the opportunity to play, with Nathan as part of the band, Fri. Dec. 28 and or Sat. Dec. 29. Make us an offer to play in your living room! www.theblueband.com/contactBob.htm...
In case you have not visited the chat page this week, some rooms at The Hotel Fort Des Moines, originally reserved for Iowa Caucusers on New Year's Eve, have now been freed up. This would be your opportunity to take the elevator home after the party! (Heck, your room could become THE PARTY after the party) There are not many of these rooms available. They'll go quickly. Get yours NOW! www.hotelfortdesmoines.com More info on the lineup of talent: www.theblueband.com/newyear.htm...
You are probably aware of my Xmas music collecting addiction. It started 35 years ago when I hosted my first LIVE Christmas Eve Rock'n'Roll show on Iowa Public Radio-KUNI. There will be LOTS of Xmas tunes on my radio shows this week. Most of the second hour of the Friday Night (9-11pm) local music show (Down On The Corner) will be holiday songs (including the Blue Band's 1992 Xmas song Merry Christmas/Happy New Year) All of Sat. night's Backtracks show will be holiday songs that are at least 25 years old, and I hope you'll join me for that annual LIVE Xmas Eve show, Monday, 7-10pm (even tho' I'm probably gonna play Jingle Bells by the Barking Dogs again) Requests and salutations: 1-800-772-2440, ext. 5. Find the frequency in your area or listen on line at www.iowapublicradio.org...
OK, so my week's worth of excuses as to why you don't have your Christmas card from me goes like this. Last Friday, Dec. 14, I sprung out of bed early so I could attend the KUNI Xmas potluck at noon. As it turned out, my luck was not good. It could have been the flu or it could have been the sauce on the fish, either way, I wound up in bed for 14 hours. This delayed the set up for my card (scanning three different pictures of me as a kid with Santa Claus-yes, that would be about FIFTY years ago) until Sunday. After printing out 18 copies of the card, the printer ran out of black ink. Only one store in Sparkle City sells that ink cartridge. It's not open on Sunday. Monday, that store tells me that it has every Epson printer cartridge ever made, except the one I need, but "we can order it for you and have it here by Wednesday". So I go home and order it on line, direct from Epson, paying $22 for overnight shipping. The cartridges (the damn printer needs TWO black cartridges at the same time) were not waiting for me outside of my door at the crack of noon. Apparently, (as I found out from the Farsi speaking "customer service reperesentative" at the Epson Hotline) I did not see the fine print saying that if I ordered after 1pm PST, the order would not be processed that day. The cartridges were not outside my door at noon Wednesday either. (a second Farsi speaking "customer service reperesentative" pointed out that it was not Epson's fault that Fed Ex did not have the cartridges at my house and I should try calling Fed Ex) I called my local store instead. (cuz they said they'd have some by Wednesday) Their Fed Ex delivery didn't make it either! The cartridges finally showed up on my doorstep at 4:45pm Wednesday. ($22 for overnight shipping that took 40 hours) I printed out another 18 cards. I ran out of the special "Matted" paper. So I drove out to Staples. This is where it gets VERY similar to the HyVee experience last month. Staples actually had two boxes of the paper I needed, so I headed to the check out line. I was second in line. The woman ahead of me was buying Xmas gifts AND office supplies. She insisted that the gifts had to be purchased with a different credit card than the office supplies. The cashier was obviously a holiday temp worker who was "unfamiliar" with the credit card system. She had to call the store manager, over the intercom, for assistence. The gifts were rung up and signed for. The cashier was also the store phone answerer. She obviously had not been trained in call transfering, but she was able to start ringing up the office supplies next. When she pushed the "total" button. There was no receipt. She had to call the manager, who had to replace the cash register ribbon for her. After giving the customer her receipt, the customer could not find her "rebate verification" on the receipt. The manager was called A THIRD TIME! The manager then realized that he had given the customer the wrong brand in the first place and that brand did not qualify for a rebate! (do the words "bait and switch" come to mind for you too?) The customer made the manager go look for the proper rebate qualifying brand. Then that transaction had to be voided and subtracted from her credit card BEFORE the proper item could be rung up. And all of this happened while I was standing about two arms lengths away from a RACK of those EASY BUTTONS that Staples is pushing in their TV ads! By this time, (nearly 20 minutes later) the manager decided (duh) he should open another register (defintely management calibre there), whereby the three people that were behind me at register #1 ran ahead of me. Another 10 minutes and I finally had my 100 pieces of paper. The customer at register #1 WAS STILL THERE (and could possibly still be looking for her proper rebate reciept for all I know) And that's why you don't have your very own copy of 5 year old me with Santa! However, the sentiment of the caption is something I can pass along in this email: May the wide eyed joy of a kid at Christmas be with you throughout the New Year. Happy Holidays, myBlue Family!
See yas on the Blue Highway, I hope you get what you deserve from the Fat Man, (Santa, not Elvis) wear yer zydeco tie to the company Xmas party, always read the fine print, it's always a good idea to take along your own missletoe, and just say NO to Fruit CAKE! Ho Ho Ho...Bob Dorr & The Blue Band
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Nat King Cole: The Christmas Song
Nat King Cole! Enuf Said!
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BB King And Christina Aguilera: Merry Christmas Baby
Different version of Christina singing Merry Christmas Baby, this time with BB King.
Christina Aguilera & BB King - Merry Xmas Baby In Washington
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Labels: BB King, blues, Christina Aguilera, Christmas, video
Cold And Flu Season
I know to most of you this is the holiday season, but for those of us who work in the K-12 schools this is cold and flu season, and I have a whopper. A couple of weeks ago I had strep throat and I seemed to rebound somewhat from it. I had the good ol Z pac antibiotic. However, today I feel like a train has hit me. I was fine this morning. A little dizzy after breakfast, but no real problems, and once I got to school I seemed ok. However, by the end of my second hour I started to hurt, and by the time I got home I had a 102 temp. So I ended up at the doctor and they gave me some powerful antibiotics and now I am waiting to feel better. I still have fever and body aches, and it feels like the flu, but I got a flu shot so I am pretty sure it is not it. I must admit that we have had a ton of bugs flying around school, so I am sure I got what I call one of the local high industrial bugs. I would laugh, but it hurts too much:-) So anyway I am a bit delirious while I am writing this, but I wanted you to know whats going on if I don't post for a couple days. Anyway, I am sure that once the holidays start and all the kids start going to all the relatives then it will be your turn! So eat those zinc decongestant or whatever you do to keep the bugs away and have a safe holiday.
Labels: body aches, cold, congestion, fever, flu, lots of drugs. Gee I hope I feel better soon, sick, yuck
Corey Harris: Honeysuckle
Corey Harris performing a delta blues tune outside in the summer time. Ah Yes, indeed. Makes me feel warm considering this cold Iowa weather:-)
Labels: Corey Harris, delta blues, video
Keb Mo: Angelina
The great Keb Mo playing acoustic blues! NICE!
Labels: delta blues, Keb Mo, Piedmont blues, video
Jerry Ricks in Croatia
I just saw that 50 Cent was performing in Croatia. They made a big deal about him being the first performer there, well, Jerry Ricks was there before him. Here is a clip which could be one of the last filmed of him from last summer. Also note to reporters who wax poetically about the blues. He is an African American acoustic blues performer:-)
Labels: delta blues, Jerry Ricks, video
Honey Boy Edwards/Bobby Rush Article
I found this article from the Globe and Mail in Canada about delta blues. I really don't agree with some of the article. One of the ideas is that African Americans have abandoned acoustic blues. I suppose to a reporter in Canada who doesn't specialize in blues (ie to lazy to Google it) Honey boy maybe the end of the line, but if he were to look at this website he would see quite a few African American acoustic blues performers. Just off the top of my head, I can think of Corey Harris, Keb Mo, Jerry Ricks (who just passed on last week) and quite of few of RL Burnsides kids (and he had a lot of them:-) perform acoustic blues. Heck, Keb Mo who can play Robert Johnson note, for note, including the mistakes!:-) But, hey it ruins the script that journalists love to right. African American abandon the blues, and white folks save it from the historical rubbish heap. What a load of BS. I Know the reporter is just trying to write some poetic article about the blues, but please, do a little bit of research before you start waxing poetically.
Labels: delta blues, news article, Snarky
Honeydripper Blues Movie!!!! OUT SOON!!!
Ok, I feel pretty dumb about missing this earlier. I had seen some posts about Honeydripper, and instead of looking at it, I assumed it was about a rock band in the 80s with Paul Schaeffer, and Robert Plant. DUH! It is actually a movie about how the blues became rock and roll in the 1950s. I havent looked into it, and I am short of time today, but I will certainly try to find some more details about the movie tomorrow. So for today Check out this link, which is about both the movie and the outstanding soundtrack.
Labels: blues, Blues movies, Honeydripper, Southern Culture
Elvis Presley: Blues Christmas
More country, than blues, but this is still the cool Elvis from his comeback TV special in 1969. Unfortunately Elvis went Vegas, got fat, drugged up, and wore big white jump suits. UGH! Not cool!:-)
Labels: Christmas, Elvis, Snarky, video
Taylor Hicks: White Christmas
Taylor Hicks singing White Christmas from the AOL Sessions.
ATTENTION ALL BLUES AND SOUL FANS!! If you have been skipping the Taylor Hicks videos because he won American Idol, and you haven't listened to any of his stuff. LISTEN TO THIS VIDEO. It starts out as a soul song, but then half way through the band turns it into the blues. I wouldn't be posting this guys stuff if I didn't think it belonged here!! To be honest at this point and time I wouldn't place him in the top pantheon of bluesmen, at least not yet:-) but the guy has chops on the harp, and can sing. Do yourself a favor and Check it out!
Labels: Christmas, Taylor hicks, video
2008 BMA's Announced
The Blues Foundation has just released information about the 2008 Blues Music Awards. Here is the press release
Source: The Blues Foundation
2008 Blues Music Awards Nominations Announced
The Blues Foundation will present the Blues Music Awards for the first time in their 29-year history in the Mississippi Delta, the birthplace of the Blues. Performers, industry representatives and fans from around the globe will celebrate the best in Blues recording and performance from the previous year on May 8, 2008 at the Grand Casino Event Center in Tunica Resorts, Mississippi, just down the road from Memphis, the Awards' home since their 1980 inception.
Among those heading the list of the honorees is Mississippi favorite son Bobby Rush who garnered four nominations, including another historical first - nomination as Artist of the Year in both the Acoustic and Soul Blues categories. This singular achievement stems from the nominators' recognition of the two personas exhibited in his 2007 public performances - some shows featuring his long-running soul revue while others found him alone with a guitar and a harmonica in support of his Acoustic Album of the Year nominee Raw.
Watermelon Slim & the Workers returned in force, securing six nominations for the second consecutive year on the strength of their Album of Year candidate The Wheel Man. The "Queen of the Blues" Koko Taylor returns to form with four nominations, including one for her Album of the Year nominee Old School. The other artists with Album of the Year selections rode them to three nominations apiece, including On the Jimmy Reed Highway by Omar Kent Dykes & Jimmie Vaughan; Bettye LaVette's The Scene of the Crime; Nick Moss & the Flip Tops' Play It 'Til Tomorrow; My Life, My Friends, My Music by Sugar Ray & the Bluetones; and James Blood Ulmer's Bad Blood in the City. Lurrie Bell also was honored with three nominations, including one he shares with his late father Carey in the newly-created DVD category.
"At this time of year, releasing the list of nominees is like letting a Blues fan open a gift a little bit early," according to Jay Sieleman, The Blues Foundation's Executive Director, "and members are able to play with it right away by rushing out to purchase the nominated CDs, accessing the ballot to start marking their choices or purchasing tickets to get the best seats for the show. Looking into next year, we are really excited about the opportunities the 2008 event will offer Blues fans worldwide, the chance to soak up the deep Blues history of the Delta both before and after the Awards show itself. As the State of Mississippi continues to develop its Blues Marker Trail, you know Mississippi will be ready."
Online voting begins December 13 for members. Voting, ticket and host hotel information can be found at The Blues Foundation's website - www.blues.org.
The Blues Music Awards are universally recognized as the highest honor given to Blues artists. The presenting sponsor will once again be The Gibson Foundation. In 2008, the State of Mississippi, the Tunica Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Grand Casino and Resort are also sponsoring the Blues Music Awards. The Blues Music Awards are also sponsored by BMI, Casey Family Programs, Eagle Rock Entertainment, FedEx, and the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company.
The Blues Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Charter Members' Dinner will be held the night before on Wednesday, May 7 at the Tunica RiverPark museum situated on the banks of the Mississippi River. The 2008 inductees will be announced early next year.
The Blues Music Awards are produced by The Blues Foundation, a non-profit organization established to preserve Blues history, celebrate Blues excellence, support Blues education and ensure the future of this uniquely American art form. The Foundation consists of a worldwide network of 165 affiliated Blues societies and has individual memberships spanning the globe. In addition to the Blues Music Awards, the Foundation also produces the Blues Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, the International Blues Challenge and the Keeping the Blues Alive Awards. It fosters education through its Blues in the Schools programming and supports the medical needs of Blues musicians with its HART Fund. Throughout the year, the Foundation staff serves the worldwide Blues community with answers, contact information and news.
For more information, contact: Jay Sieleman, Executive Director, 901.527.2583 xt 12; jay@blues.org; www.blues.org.
2008 Blues Music Awards Nominees
Acoustic Album of the Year
Bobby Rush - Raw
Dave Riley and Bob Corritore - Travelin' the Dirt Road
Fruteland Jackson - Tell Me What You Say
Jimmy "Duck" Holmes - Done Got Tired Of Tryin'
Marie Knight - Let Us Get Together
Acoustic Artist of the Year
Fruteland Jackson
Bettye LaVette - The Scene of the Crime
James Blood Ulmer - Bad Blood in the City
Koko Taylor - Old School
Nick Moss & the Flip Tops - Play It 'Til Tomorrow
Omar Kent Dykes & Jimmie Vaughan - On the Jimmy Reed Highway
Sugar Ray & the Bluetones - My Life, My Friends, My Music
Watermelon Slim & the Workers - The Wheel Man
B.B. King Entertainer of the Year
Tommy Castro
Watermelon Slim
Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials
Magic Slim & the Teardrops
Mannish Boys
Nick Moss & the Flip Tops
Watermelon Slim & the Workers
Best New Artist Debut
Diunna Greenleaf & Blue Mercy - Cotton Field to Coffee House
Gina Sicilia - Allow Me to Confess
Insomniacs - Left Coast Blues
John Nemeth - Magic Touch
The Soul of John Black - The Good Girl Blues
Contemporary Blues Album of the Year
Bryan Lee - Katrina Was Her Name
Kilborn Alley Blues Band - Tear Chicago Down
Tommy Castro - Painkiller
Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year
Candye Kane
Fiona Boyes
Teresa James
Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year
Ronnie Baker Brooks
Carey & Lurrie Bell - Gettin' Up: Live at Buddy Guy's Legends, Rosa's and Lurrrie's Home
Kenny Wayne Shepherd - 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads
Pinetop Perkins - Born in the Honey
Son Seals - A Journey Through the Blues - The Son Seals Story
Willie King - Down in the Woods
Historical Album of the Year
Blind Pig - The Essential Magic Slim - Magic Slim
Blue Witch - House Rockin' and Blues Shoutin' - Various Artists
Delmark - Kidney Stew Is Fine - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Delmark - Steady Rollin' Man - Robert Lockwood, Jr.
Epic/Legacy - Breakin' It Up, Breakin' It Down - Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter, James Cotton
Instrumentalist - Bass
Bill Stuve
Bob Stroger
Calvin "Fuzz" Jones
Jeff Turmes
Larry Taylor
Michael "Mudcat" Ward
Instrumentalist - Drums
Jimi Bott
Richard Innes
Robb Stupka
Sam Carr
Sam Lay
Instrumentalist - Guitar
Kid Ramos
Nick Moss
Instrumentalist - Harmonica
Carey Bell
Sugar Blue
Sugar Ray Norcia
Instrumentalist - Horn
Big James Montgomery
Calvin Owens
Deanna Bogart
Doug James
Kaz Kazanoff
Instrumentalist - Other
Gerry Hundt - Mandolin
Johnny Sansone - Accordion
Otis Taylor - Banjo
Robert Randolph - Pedal Steel
Sonny Rhodes - Lap Steel
Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year
Ann Rabson
Bruce Katz
Henry Butler
Honey Piazza
'Gonna Buy Me a Mule' - Koko Taylor, Koko Taylor - Old School
'Jimmy Reed Highway' - Omar Kent Dykes & Steve Callif, Omar Dykes & Jimmie Vaughan - On the Jimmy Reed Highway
'Poor Man's Paradise' - Johnny Sansone, Johnny Sansone - Poor Man's Paradise
'The Last Words of A Fool' - Sugar Ray Norcia, Sugar Ray & the Bluetones - My Life, My Friends, My Music
'The Wheel Man' - William Homans, Watermelon Slim & the Workers - The Wheel Man
Soul Blues Album of the Year
Eugene Hideaway Bridges - Eugene Hideaway Bridges
Holmes Brothers - State of Grace
Mem Shannon - A Night at Tipitina's
Root Doctor - Change Our Ways
Tad Robinson - A New Point of View
Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year
Barbara Carr
Denise LaSalle
Sista Monica Parker
Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year
Eugene Hideaway Bridges
Jackie Payne
Tad Robinson
Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year
Diunna Greenleaf
Nora Jean Bruso
Sharrie Williams
Traditional Blues Album of the Year
Big George Brock - Live at Seventy Five
Darrell Nulisch - Goin' Back to Dallas
Nappy Brown - Long Time Coming
Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year
Nappy Brown
Phillip Walker
Labels: Blues Awards, press release, The Blues Foundation
Ruthie Foster Interview
From the Dallas Morning News comes a short interview with Ruthie Foster. Click HERE to read all about it.
Delmark Records Press Release
Just got this press release from Delmark Records in email today just thought you might like it. Delmark has some great jazz and blues releases.
Delmark Holiday Ramblings- New CD release Parties- Sabertooth, Keefe Jackson, Little Arthur Duncan, Nicole Mitchell, Ari Brown, Brad Goode Hey hey friends of Delmark- Wishing you a happy and healthy Holiday Season!
We'd love to see you out in the New Year to celebrate our new Delmark jazz and blues releases with the Sabertooth Jazz Quartet, Little Arthur Duncan (CD and DVD), Keefe Jackson's Project Project, and Brad Goode. These new releases follow hot on the heels of the highly acclaimed Ari Brown's Live at the Green Mill and Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble's Live at the Velvet releases on CD and DVD. Look for an entertaining feature on Nicole Mitchell in the March issue of DownBeat, along with a "Hot Box" 4 critic review comparison of Jimmy Blythe's enhanced pianola rolls from the late 20's/early 30's, Messin' Around Blues!
Delmark CD release parties and other important holiday shows!
** SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ** **DELMARK CD RELEASE PARTIES **
Delmark CD/DVD release parties in 2008! Come out and celebrate with both new and veteran Delmark artists on their brand new releases!
*SABERTOOTH's Dr. Midnight, Live at the Green Mill - Friday, January 4, 2008, 9pm - The Green Mill , Lawrence and Broadway, Chicago's Uptown. Delmark debut from this wildly popular quartet who hosts the Green Mill "After Hours Jazz Party" every Saturday night. Funky sax tandem B3 organ jams all night!
Sabertooth Jazz Quartet (myspace.com/sabertoothquartet) is Pat Mallinger (tenor and alto sax, flute), Cameron Pfiffner (tenor and soprano sax, flute, piccolo), Pete Benson (Hammond B3 organ), and Ted Sirota (drums)
*Little Arthur Duncan and the BackScratchers, Live at Rosa's Lounge - Friday, January 11, 2008, 9pm - Rosa's Lounge, Chicago's friendliest blues club, Kimball and Armitage. Come out and shake your money maker with Arthur and his "Young Fashioned Ways" at the Backscratcher down home "Blues With A Feeling" party. This will also be a double birthday celebration for Illinois Slim and myself!
Little Arthur Duncan (vocals, harp), Illinois Slim (guitar), Rick Kreher (guitar), Twist Turner (drums), and Michael Azzi (bass)
(myspace.com/littlearthurduncan)
*BRAD GOODE's Nature Boy- Friday, Saturday February 15, 16, 2008 - The Green Mill, Lawrence and Broadway, Chicago's Uptown Brad Goode Quartet : Brad Goode (trumpet), Jeff Jenkins (piano), Johannes Weidenmuller (bass), and Todd Reid (drums)
(www.bradgoode.com)
"Nature Boy emphasizes everything genuine going on in jazz today. The music takes into account past innovations with modern sensibilities. Goode and company are performing at an incomparable level, at once virtuosic and innovative." John Barron, All About Jazz
*KEEFE JACKSON's Project Project - JUST LIKE THIS- Sunday, February 24, 2008, 10 pm, Hungry Brain, 2319 W. Belmont, Chicago
Project Project : Keefe Jackson (tenor sax, bass clarinet, composer), Josh Berman (cornet), Jaimie Branch (trumpet and flugelhorn),
Jeb Bishop (trombone), Nick Broste (trombone), Marc Unternahrer (tuba), James Falzone (clarinet), Guillermo Gregorio (alto sax, clarinet), Dave Rempis (alto and baritone sax), Jason Stein (bass clarinet), Anton Hatwich (bass), and Frank Rosaly (drums)(www.keefejackson.com)
Free-wheeling 12 piece exploratory Chicago jazz ensemble with new adventurous Jackson compositions.
*Mike Walbridge's Chicago Footwarmers featuring Kim Cusack – Crazy Rhythm! - Sunday January 27, 2008 - Madison Jazz Society presents the Footwarmers in a Delmark CD release party and an early Mardi Gras party from 2-5 p.m. at the Coliseum Bar, 232 E Olin Ave, Madison, WI.
Traditional Jazz Fans unite! The Chicago Salty Dogs are celebrating their 60th anniversary this year (since 1947!!) and are performing a special holiday show at Fitzgerald's Club in Berwyn, IL on Thursday, December 27, 7pm. Salty Dogs include legendary trad jazz players Mike Walbridge (tuba, cornet) and Kim Cusack (clarinet, sax) who just released new 2007 Delmark studio recordings with Mike Walbridge's Chicago Footwarners, also featuring Don Stiernberg on banjo and guitar. This is a fascinating new release in that it combines the new 2007 recordings along with 1966/1967 studio recordings from 40 years earlier with the same working nucleus of Walbridge and Cusack!
*Jimmy Blythe –Messin' Around Blues- solo barrelhouse boogie piano stomps and romps- Lincoln Gardens, January 27, 2008, Lincoln Gardens [Royal Gardens]. 459 East 31st Street, at South Cottage Grove Avenue. Chicago. "Black Gal Make It Thunder!!"
NEW YEAR'S EVE SHOWS for Delmark artists: DECEMBER 31, 2007
*Ari Brown (sax, flute) with P.M. Organ Dynasty with Isiah Spencer (drums), VELVET LOUNGE, 9pm
*New Year's Eve BATTLE OF THE SAXES w/ VON FREEMAN & EDWARD PETERSEN and featuring the GREEN MILL ALL-STARS, featuring: Von Freeman on sax, Edward Petersen on sax, Willie Pickens on piano, Brian Sandstrom on bass, Robert Shy on drums, Friday, December 28; 9pm-1am, Saturday, December 29; 8pm-1am, Monday, December 31, 8:30-12:30, Green Mill, Lawrence and Broadway, Chicago's Uptown
*Jimmy Burns Band, Nick's , 9pm, 1516 N. Milwaukee, Chicago - FREE!!
*Dave Specter, Shaw's Crab House w/ The Fabulous FishHeads, 7:30-12:30, Shaw's Crab House, 21 E. Hubbard, Chicago
*Big Time Sarah & the BTS Express , BLUE CHICAGO w/ JW Williams & Patricia Scott, 9 PM, 536 and 736 N. Clark, 312-661-0100
*Jimmy Johnson, B.L.U.E.S., 9:30 PM, 2519 N. Halsted, 773-528-1012
*Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater. (w Melvin Taylor), Bill's Blues Bar, Evanston
*Magic Slim, Billy Branch , BUDDY GUY'S LEGENDS, 9 PM, 754 S. Wabash, 312-427-0333
"THE UNSTOPPABLE Nicole Mitchell!"- Ollie Bivins, AAJ
Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble's new Delmark release on CD and DVD, Black Unstoppable is already listed in the top 10 of the year in 3 Jazz Journalist Association critics – Thank you Rob Hoff, Rahsaan Clark Morris, and Neil Tesser!
Nicole was also featured on the cover of the new December All About Jazz with a feature and interview from Ollie Bivins"Black Rhythm Happening" Look for the Michael Jackson feature on Nicole in the March DownBeat, as well as a Jazz Times piece from Michael Shanley.
ARI BROWN is back on Delmark as a leader!!
Local unsung jazz hero Ari Brown and his new Delmark release on DVD and CD, Live at the Green Mill was just rated by esteemed jazz critic Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune as the top 10 jazz recordings of the year!
"There's never a shortage of recordings by saxophonists major and minor, but Chicagoan Brown turned in one of the most searing, by far. Like Chicago jazz itself, the music on this CD sounds sinewy, unpretentious and technically brilliant. You can practically touch the blues impulse of Brown's playing in "Richard's Tune" and "One For Skip," as well as the bracing language of the South Side avant-garde in "Shorter's Vibes." Though recorded live, the CD carries an economy of expression and vividness of tone one sooner associates with studio releases. By any measure, "Live at the Green Mill" documents a mighty Chicago saxophone playing at the peak of his considerable abilities on tenor and soprano." - Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune, December 16, 2007
The new releases are slowly but surely coming out to press, and to radio next. I apologize for the delay, but I know they will be worth the wait! Please contact me about any details about the recent two batches of Delmark jazz and blues releases.
National Blues Music Awards 2007 nominees are in!! Delmark's recent reissues Robert Jr Lockwood's Steady Rollin' Man and Eddie
"Cleanhead" Vinson's Kidney Stew Is Fine are up for historical release of the year, and our dear friend Lurrie Bell is up for Best guitarist and best traditional blues artist. Our friend Bob Stroger is up for bassist of the year, and Tad Robinson is up for soul blues singer of the year.
And we are proud and excited to announce that Carey and Lurrie Bell's Getting' Up- Live at Rosa's, Buddy Guy's and Lurrie's home on Delmark is up for DVD of the year (a brand new category). Lurrie is also featured on this month's cover of LIVING BLUES with an interview from our friend, Chicago blues singer, Dietra Farr. Way to go Lurrie; you deserve all the acclaim and more!
We look forward to welcoming home Lurrie along with Tail Dragger and friends, Eddie Taylor, Jr. and Martin Lang from their month and a half European tour- what an incredibly talented and entertaining Chicago blues band!
We also recently welcomed home Rob Mazurek (congrats on your Amnesty Int'l award speech!) and the Chicago Underground Trio and filmmaker/artist/Delmarkian Raymond Salvatore Harmon from their European tour and a special screening and entering of Delmark's DVD/CD Chronicle in the prestigious 2007 International Documentary Film Festival in Copenhagen along with live performances! Delmark and CUT's competition in the 2007 Sound and Vision Award was Joy Division, The Who, Joe Strummer, Lou Reed, Dixie Chicks, Sigur Ros, and more. Not bad for this lil' ol' indie label from the Midwest!
Looking ahead in 2008 with live releases from guitarist Dave Specter with Jimmy Johnson, Tad Robinson, and Sharon Lewis, along with a new live one from vocalist/guitarist Byther Smith, and a studio release from Mississippi Heat with Carl Weathersby! We'll also be releasing the Delmark debut of trumpet phenom Corey Wilkes!
YES, Bob Koester recently turned 75 years young, and that means Delmark records is celebrating 55 years in 2008! Stay tuned for details about a 55 year tribute concert with very special guests performing!!
Director of Promotion
4121 North Rockwell
www.delmark.com
Www.myspace.com/delmarkrecords
Labels: Delmark records, press release
Artist Of The Week: Philadelphia Jerry Ricks
Jerry Ricks passed on earlier this week, as well as Ike Turner. This week we will dedicate the video bar to Jerry Ricks. Some of the videos are pretty rare. I seen at least two that are possibly some of the last video shot of Ricks in Croatia. As always to find the videos look for the video bar on the left side of the blog. Next week we will feature Ike Turner.
Labels: blues tribute, google videos, ike Turner, Jerry Ricks
Photo Of The Week: The Frozen Tundra Of Iowa
It seems all over the Midwest and East coast of the US there is snow everywhere. I would think perfect timing for a white Christmas. I don't think things are going to get any warmer anytime soon around here at least so I think the snow will still be on the ground through Christmas. I am not a fan of the white stuff myself, but I find that I can tolerate it a lot better than when I was younger. I would get cabin fever in the winter, but now I just wait it out. Spring will come eventually!
Labels: Photo of the Week, Winter
Little Walter Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
Press release from the National Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. I highlighted in blue Little Walter who is the only bluesman inducted this year.
December 13, 2007—New York—The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation today announced its inductees for 2008. The inductees will be honored at a ceremony on March 10, 2008, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.
"The 2008 inductees are trailblazers – all unique and influential in their genres," said Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation President and CEO Joel Peresman. "From poetry to pop, these five acts demonstrate the rich diversity of rock and roll itself. We are proud to honor these artists and celebrate their contribution to rock and roll's place in our culture."
The performer inductees are:
The Dave Clark Five (Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson, Rick Huxley, Denny Payton and Mike Smith)
The Ventures (Bob Bogle, Nokie Edwards, Gerry McGee, Mel Taylor, Don Wilson)
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame also announced the induction of Little Walter in its sideman category, and the newly named "Ahmet Ertegun Award" (formerly the non-performer category) will be presented to legendary producers, Gamble & Huff.
The 2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performer inductees were chosen by the 600 voters of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. Artists are eligible for inclusion in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twenty-five years after their first recording is released.
In addition to being honored at the March ceremony, each inducted artist is commemorated at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland Ohio, which serves as a monument to rock and roll's impact on our culture. There, this year's inductees will be honored – along with previous year's inductees and hundreds of other artists – with exhibits, video and interactive presentations and programs that serve to tell the story of modern music. The Hall of Fame itself will include artifacts from this year's inductees, a multi-media presentation with highlights from each artist's career and their signatures permanently engraved in the glass walls of the Hall of Fame.
Presenters and performers at the induction will be announced at a later date. The induction ceremony will again air live on VH1 Classic on March 10, 2008.
Labels: blues news, Little Walter, National rock and roll hall of fame
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Death toll from church shooting in Dagestan's Kizlyar climbs to five
People were leaving a church after an evening service when shooter opened gunfire at them
TASS, February 18. The death toll from the church shooting in Dagestan's Kizlyar has risen to five, a spokeswoman for the republican health ministry told TASS on Sunday.
"As of now, the death toll has risen to five after a woman died of wounds in hospital," said Zalina Murtazaliyeva.
A spokesman for the Russian Investigative Committee's directorate for Dagestan told TASS the shooter who opened gunfire at people leaving a church in Dagestan's Kizlyar had been identified as a 22-year-old local resident.
"The shooter (who was killed) has been identified. He is a local resident of 22 years of age," the spokesman said, adding that a criminal case had been opened over the incident.
Meanwhile, a source in the local law enforcement agencies told TASS that the young man had not been wanted by the police as a member of illegal armed groups or a militant accomplice.
According to the source, the shooter had a sporting gun, bullets and a knife on him.
The incident took place in Dagestan's Kizlyar on Sunday. Some sources say the shooter opened gunfire in a church, others say he was shooting at people, mostly women, leaving the church. The man was shot dead by police when trying to flee the scene. As a result of shooting five people were killed and five more were wounded.


During my undergraduate research into the wide and wondrous theological landscape of Karl Barth's rejection of natural theology, I came across some criticisms of Barth made by Martin Luther King Jnr.
'we find God in the beauty of the world, in the unpremeditated goodness of humanity, and in the moral order of reality. Second, Barth emphasises the unknowableness of God, but if God is unknowable one wonders how Barth came to know so much of the ''Unknown God'' .
Here King shows his lean towards the theology of '19th century liberal protestants, who viewed human culture as being endowed with revelatory potential' .
King's rejection of Barth's "no" to natural theology seems short-sighted.
'Christianity is the protest against all the high places which human beings build for themselves' (Barth C.D IV/II p.524).
When viewed through the lens of World War One and German preoccupation with Social Darwinism, World War Two and the Barmen Declaration, his rejection of natural theology is more understandable. Barth's stance pushed against the claims of national socialist ideology by aiming at its roots .
'autonomous rational structure' (Torrance), , and its 'self-determining knowledge of God which is absent of Jesus the Christ. The importance of the revelation of Jesus Christ is that He teaches us that we are' human beings and not pets' (Olasky) .
Natural theology, it could be argued, bolstered the clinical one-sidedness of Scientism; Nazi dehumanization programs, rationalised ignorance, the humanist deification of humanity (seen in the führerprinzip), the Nazi gas chambers, "re-education" camps, total war, eugenics, racism and slave labour.
Barth's "no" to natural theology is seen better under the light of his sociopolitical context. It's a much larger critique than that of 19th Century theology. Barth's words fall as a warning to those who sought to detach Christian theology from Christ. It's a criticism of those who attempted to synchronise Christian theology with the tentative conclusions of the disciples of Frederic Nietzsche, Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud and Charles Darwin. All of whom can be found to have had a direct and indirect influence on German thought, specifically, National Socialism.
This opposition was worked out in the Barmen declaration; authored by Barth as part of the Confessing Churches stand against National Socialism in the 1930's.
'We reject the false doctrine, as though there were areas of our life in which we would not belong to Jesus Christ, but to other lords–areas in which we would not need justification and sanctification through him' (Barth, 8.15 second thesis, Barmen Declaration 1934).
In 1962, ten years after his initial criticisms, King met Barth. Despite their differing position on natural theology they shared some visible common ground in their eventual opposition to the Vietnam War. Barth 'called for opposition to the conflict in Vietnam, stating, "It is not enough only to say, 'Jesus is risen,' but then remain silent about the Vietnam War' . It's possible to hear echoes of Barth in King's words to Riverside Church in New York on the 4th April, 1967.
This "point of contact" with Barthian theology is displayed in the overall content of King's speeches. It's one that can be measured alongside the Barmen declaration and matched with Barth's own opposition, not only to the conflict in Vietnam, but also to Nazism.
'Nazism was a calculated crusade to deny the transcendence of God and usurp Christianity'. Theology must challenge 'the ideas that led to Auschwitz with special scrutiny. This is especially true when those ideas, often adopted uncritically, are still in vogue today' .
Today, its relevance calls Christians – theologians – regardless of skin colour or country, to stand side by side in a push back against the stream. To push back against the mudslide of agendas carried along by propaganda machines which often feed off of division, drama and a one-sided, segregated, party-line.
No where is this more evident in theology today, than in the virulent misuse of liberation theology. What arose with great promise as it looked towards reconciliation, now only appears to be a selective slingshot in the verbal arsenal of "progressive" stone-throwers. Causing a breakdown of dialogue which has all but confirmed the suspicions of their conservative brothers and sisters.
It's here that we might find Barth and King's voices of resistance. A genuine theology of Christian liberation, with Jesus Christ at the centre, as opposed to a Liberation Theology with Karl Marx, at its core. In this what might be heard is a collective "no"; the call for the reformation, and therefore liberation of liberation theology.
 Veith Jnr, G.E. 1993 modern fascism: the threat to the Judeo-Christian worldview Kindle for P.C. Ed.
1. The Princeton University Chapel, Dr. King on the Chapel steps, with Karl Barth (pictured on the left), April 29, 1962.


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Gogo doesn't plan big marketing splash after 2Ku upgrades
by Monica Alleven |
While Gogo says it's firing on all cylinders and 2Ku is now in commercial service, CEO Michael Small said the in-flight service provider will not be spending money on a big marketing push to let consumers know when Gogo's service is improved.
Noting during the company's quarterly conference call that while 2Ku is the next best thing, over the last few years, Gogo's legacy product has become sluggish and there's a negative connotation around Gogo as a product, analyst Carter Mansbach with Jupiter Wealth Strategies asked if Gogo planned a marketing campaign or if it would let the airlines take over branding of Wi-Fi on planes and move the focus away from the Gogo name.
Small said airlines are branding more and more the connectivity on their planes and "we are supporting it, and I think the world understands that it is powered by Gogo. But in today's world your product is your brands. And at the end of the day, until we make it faster and meet the needs of the customer, both the airline and their passengers, we're going to have the reputation we currently have in the marketplace, which I think you reasonably described."
"I don't think you need to spend -- there's only one way you do it is to make it real in the marketplace and deliver the bandwidth people want," he added. "And then our customers will Tweet, Facebook and let the world know. That's literally how the world works these days and to tell them it's good when they don't think so doesn't help."
With 2Ku, the gap between Gogo and the ground essentially will be zero, Small said. "We will replicate a ground-like experience in the sky and that's what we need to do to make people love Gogo again," he said. 2Ku uses dual Ku-band satellite antennas – one receiver for the upward link to the aircraft, and the other for the downward, return link to the ground.
So far, Gogo has been awarded but not yet installed 2Ku aircraft on more than 1,000 aircraft. It has won business from Delta Air Lines and International Airlines Group, including British Airways, Iberia, and Aer Lingus. It also recently celebrated the commercial launch of 2Ku on AeroMexico. "Based on airline demand, we are accelerating 2Ku deployment and expect to exceed our 2016 target of 75 installs," Small said.
Small also said during the earnings call that it's now in a world with 2Ku where streaming is available, and he's comfortable the company will be able to meet the needs of an entire aircraft no matter how big the aircraft is. With its legacy equipment, Gogo had to put limits on what passengers can do with its service on planes – no streaming video, for example – because it simply did not have the capacity.
Delta recently announced it is increasing its commitment to 2Ku by at least 350 aircraft, bringing its total 2Ku commitment to more than 600 aircraft in its mainline fleet. Installation of 2Ku will offer customers more than 20 times that of Gogo's ATG technology. This summer, customers will be able to use Wi-Fi and in-flight entertainment from taxi and takeoff through landing on 2Ku-enabled aircraft. In late 2016, Delta will launch IPTV, giving customers the ability to watch live TV from their own devices on 2Ku-enabled aircraft. By the end of 2016, Delta will operate more than 35 aircraft with 2Ku.
Gogo is working to retrofit planes with the new technology, but it's likely going to be fall before it will see much of a break in terms of being able to schedule work due to the busy summer travel season. Its 2Ku backlog now stands at more than 1,000 aircraft.
- listen to the webcast
- see this Seeking Alpha transcript
Gogo to tap capacity from shared Intelsat/OneWeb network
Gogo says open architecture gives airlines more flexibility in technology upgrades
Gogo Wireless CEO: 2016 will be ramp year for 2Ku in-flight Wi-Fi technology
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The Weiner is starting to make sense.
He — that is, Anthony Weiner, Democratic congressmen from New York — has found the problem. It's him. He's a bad guy.
I, for one, wish him well. Both are noble pursuits and, certainly, just what any good doctor would order.
Weiners can learn from their mistakes. I believe in redemption. And let's admit: he's not an axe murderer. He shouldn't be treated like one.
But the question is: Should he be treated like a member of the U.S. House of Representatives?
Let's hope Mr. Weiner can solve his problems, but let's face it: There's no hope he'll solve our country's (he is too busy).
And that's where Anthony Weiner still doesn't get it. He still refuses to resign.
Yesterday, he announced he was asking for a leave of absence — like he's a tenured college professor and the United States of America, or at least his district in New York, can just be paused, while he goes on sabbatical to find a much better version of himself.
Where's Oprah when you need her?
Without her, let's review this scandal. After stonewalling failed, and lying didn't pan out, Weiner cracked and blurted out the truth — only to have more truths erupt all over the place. The man seems to have too much time for lewd activities like sending out naked pictures of himself, flirting with women much, much younger than his wife — in at least one case a minor, only 17 — and in general behaving in ways that used to go by the terms "Lothario" and "cad" and worse.
Some people go into politics to change things, or uphold virtues or values or justice or something like that. Others go into it because they are utterly besot by power. Weiner has revealed himself as a member of this latter class.
The third worst thing one can say of him is that he's given to tasteless sexual displays. The second worst thing that can be said of him is that he plays the game of seduction with young women, some legally underage. Arguendo, call that a technicality. But it does send up a flare, signaling the worst thing we may say against him: He's in politics for all the wrong reasons.
How does an older man with a taste for younger women get those women to swarm around him? Weiner's found one of the oldest methods in the book. He's gotten himself famous, attained a level of power.
The whole affair is just so seedy, so stupid.
Pun, well, sort of intended.
As I stated above, Congress isn't a professional outfit with tenure rights, in terms of which one may ask for leave. Its mission is very different. It's not there to give those who like the work a permanent job. It's to serve the people.
Weiner proved he's not really much interested in that.
But I'm all for servicing his latest need, to obtain "help." Professional help.
Send him packing, out of office. No political power. That might cure him.


To become a Muslim is very simple: To bear witness that there's none deserving to be worshiped except the Almighty God (Allah), and to bear witness that Muhammad is his the messenger of God.
If I asked you to bear witness that your father is your father-- you would say, 'Yes, my father is my father; My son is my son; My wife is my wife; I am who I am.' Then why should you hesitate to bear witness that the Almighty God is the One and only God who deserves to be worshiped alone, and that the Almighty God is your Lord and your creator? Why do you find it difficult to do this? Are you being glorious? Do you possess something that God doesn't possess? Or, are you confused? These are the questions you have to ask yourself.
If you had the chance to put things straight with your conscience, and to put things straight with God, would you do so? If you had the chance to ask God to accept the best of your deeds, would you do so? If you had the chance to do this before you die, and you thought that you would die tonight, would you not hesitate to bear witness that there's only one God and that Muhammad is the final messenger of God and representative of all the prophets? You would not hesitate to bear witness that you are one of those who would like to be written down in the book of God as those who submit!
But, you think you're going to live a little while. And of course, you're not ready to pray every day! That's because you think you're going to live a while. But how much is 'a little while?' You got aches and pains in your knees and elbows and in other places of your body! How long ago was it when you were just a child, running and playing without a care? How long ago was it? It was yesterday! Yes. And you're going to die someday, that day maybe today, tomorrow or in the near future. So how long you want to wait?
Islam is to bear witness that the Almighty God is the only God, the only One who has no partners.
Islam is to acknowledge the existence of the Angels who were sent with the duty of revealing the revelations to the prophets. Carrying the message to the prophets. Controlling the winds, the mountains, the oceans, and taking the life of those whom God has ordered to die.
Islam is to acknowledge that all the prophets and messengers of the Almighty God were righteous men. And that they were all sent by the Almighty God acknowledging the fact that there will be a final day of judgment for all creatures.
Islam is to acknowledge that all good and evil has been proportioned by the Almighty God.
Finally, Islam is to acknowledge that there will definitely be a resurrection after death.
Islam is like a big house. And every house has to be built with a foundation and pillars to support the house. Pillars and a foundation. And you have to build a house with rules. The pillars are the rules! And when you build your house, you must follow the rules.
The fundamental duties incumbent upon every Muslim are simple, and are summed up in just 5 simple rules, the so-called Five Pillars of Islam: Belief, Prayer, Fasting, Almsgiving, and Pilgrimage.
[بُنِيَ الإِسْلاَمُ عَلَى خَمْسٍ شَهَادَةِ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، وَإِقَامِ الصَّلاَةِ، وَإِيتَاءِ الزَّكَاةِ، وَالْحَجِّ، وَصَوْمِ رَمَضَانَ].
[1. To testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and Muhammad is Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him).
5. To observe fast during the month of Ramadan.] (Sahih al-Bukhari hadith no. 8).
The most important rule of Islam is to uphold the strict code of monotheism. That is, not to accept any partners with God. Not to worship anything along with God. The believer worships God directly without the intercession of priests or clergy or saints. Not to say anything about God that you have no right to say. Not to say, 'he has a father, a son, a daughter, a mother, an uncle, an aunt, a board of trustees.' Not to say anything about God that you have no right to say. When you bear witness, you sentence yourself. You take the sentence that you want. You either sentence yourself to peace and paradise, or you sentence yourself to confusion, frustration, hellfire and punishment.
So ask yourself, "Do I bear witness that there is only one God?" When you ask yourself that question, you should answer, "Yes, I bear witness." Then ask yourself the next question. Do I bear witness that Muhammad is a messenger of the Almighty God? "Yes, I do bear witness." If you bear witness to that, then you are a Muslim. And you don't have to change what you were. You just have to make alterations in what you were--in your thinking and practice.
Finally, I ask you a honest and direct question: Have you understood what I have said to you? If you agree with what I said and are ready to enter Islam, then you are ready to become a Muslim.
To become a Muslim, you must first declare "the testimony" known as the Shahada; which is to declare the belief in the Oneness of God and the acceptance of Muhammad as God's prophet.
wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan rasulu Allah.
"Which means that you believe that there isn't any God who has the right to be worshiped except "Allah" the one and only true God who created everything and Muhammad is the messenger of God.
May Allah bless and guide us. I would like to say to all of the non-Muslim readers of this publication---Be very honest with yourself. Think about what you have read. Take this information with you and absorb it. Sit down with a Muslim person and let them explain more to you the beauty of Islam. Take the next step!
When you are ready to accept Islam and become a Muslim, wash yourself before formally becoming a Muslim. Accept Islam. Know about Islam. Practice Islam. And enjoy the bounties that Allah has bestowed upon you. Remember that the most important rule of Islam is to uphold the strict code of monotheism.
If you don't put it into practice, you lose it like a fragrance. May Allah guide us. May Allah help us steadfast in righteousness till we meet him.


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Q: Is this consistent behavior between "select" and "autocomplete" options of Tabulator? to replace raw values I use "lookup" feature of Tabulator.
But "select" and "autocomplete" behaves differently
var country_list = {
  1: "Germany",
  2: "Ukraine",
  3: "Canada",
};

//Build Tabulator
var table = new Tabulator("#example-table", {
    height:"311px",
    data: tabledata,
    columns:[
        {title:"ID", field:"id", width:40 },
        {title:"Country", field:"country_id", width:130,
          editor:"select",
          editorParams:{values: country_list, },
          formatter       : "lookup",
          formatterParams : country_list,
        },
        {title:"Country2", field:"country_id", width:130,
          editor:"autocomplete",
          editorParams:{values: country_list, },
          formatter       : "lookup",
          formatterParams : country_list,
        },
    ],
});

Try to edit Country and Country2 fields:
JSFiddle
"select" displays label, but "autocomplete" displays raw value.
Is this behavior consistent?
If yes, how to force Tabulator to hide raw value?

A: This is a bug, a fi has been pushed to the 4.2 branch which should be released shortly

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A three-man panel of the Delta State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal , chaired by Justice Nasiru Gunmi Monday, in Asaba, threw out another set of five motions brought by All Progressive Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate , Olorungun O'tega Emerhor.
Emerhor and the APC had sought the leave of the tribunal for enlargement of time to include additional information to their petition.
The motion also sought the tribunal's permission to compel PDP and INEC by way of response, to furnish the tribunal with more facts about the petition.
Dr. Aliex Iziyon (SAN), counsel to Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, the Delta State governor, vehemently opposed the application after adopting his written address ,and submitted that section 45(1) of the electoral act is not a magic umbrella , adding that the electoral act forbids the tribunal the powers to grant the application . He further argued that rules advanced by the petitioner were not tenable.
Counsels to PDP and INEC , A.T Kehinde and Damian D. Dodo (SAN) respectively , also opposed the application, relying on section 285(1) of the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria and section 134 of the Electorial Act. They informed the tribunal that the combined effect of the two sections curtail the powers of the tribunal to grant the extension of time.
Chairmen of the Tribunal Justice Nasiru Gunmi , in his ruling on the motion said the application lacked merits because it violated section 17(1)(2) of the Electoral Act , as Emerhor and APC failed to keep within the time limit of ten days within which to file their motion.
Justice Gunmi averred that " If a party in an election petition , wishes to have further particulars or other directions about the tribunal , such party may do so at any time but not more than ten days after the filing of the reply from the respondents", adding "that if the party does not apply as provided for in the electoral act , it is taken that they do not require any further particulars or direction" , and the prayers shall be be granted.
He further postulated that "The applicants application is in breach of section 17(1) of the first schedule of the electoral act , which requires the applicant to file their application within ten days , as time allowed has expired , and the question now is whether this tribunal can extend time. In a situation like this, the tribunal is bound to exercise it powers as contained in section 17 (1) of the electoral act. Equally section 17(2) prohibits this tribunal from extending time, it restricts the tribunal from exercising such power for time extension" .
He ruled that "If the tribunal lacks powers to grant a particular relief, it is duty abound to refuse such application , in the end we agree with the submission of the respondents counsel (PDP ,INEC) , in the end we refuse this application and it accordingly dismissed".
Counsel to Emerjor, Thompson Okpoko earlier argued that , section 17(1) (2), of the electoral act permits what his client was asking. He argued that if a party to an election petition wishing to have better and further particulars. He can apply to the tribunal, adding that by reason of that provision that has prompted them to file the motion for time enlargement the application was brought because they were unable to meet the stipulated time as contained in the electoral act.
In a similar motion brought by APC and Otega, through its counsel, Mr. Okpoko, the petitioners sought the leave of the tribunal to call for seven additional witness on oath in their petition .
The respondents' counsels lead by Dr. Alex Iziyon equally opposed the application, saying the petitioners failed to carry out the mandatory front loading in their previous petitions and motions and urged the court to also dismiss the application.
Justice Gunmi has reserved August 5, 2015 for ruling on the matter , whether to allow the APC and O'tega to call for seven additional witness in the petition.


Here's an article written by Martina Zimmerman for Studiversum, a student magazine in Bern, Switzerland, in January 2010. It's about CouchSurfing and features me and other surfers. The article is in German, but hopefully I'll get an English translation soon!


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Yachts Miami Beach has changed its name to the Miami Yacht Show @ Collins Avenue. According to the International Yacht Brokers Association (IYBA), the change reflects the event's position as one of the world's premier luxury in-water yacht shows.
Next year's event, which runs from February 15-19, will be the 30th edition of the show, which is organised by IYBA and produced by Show Management. It will feature displays of the newest yachts and superyachts offered by some of the world's leading shipyards, yacht brokers and charter agents, as well as a host of marine engines, electronics, accessories and services.
The in-water-only display of new and pre-owned vessels will cover more than 1.2 million square feet of space on Collins Avenue in Miami Beach. The 2018 Miami Yacht Show @ Collins Avenue will also feature a new look and layout.
The new layout will highlight the show's picturesque waterfront location along Indian Creek Waterway as attendees enter through five artfully designed show entrances, each with attractive navigational graphics and information booth.
The yachts on display will be rearranged into dedicated new and brokerage sections. The show also once again will include the Superyacht Miami location at the Island Gardens Deep Harbour Watson Island marina, which has been enhanced to accommodate deep-draft vessels up to 500ft in length.


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Q: How do I change my resolution to 1600*900 for a wide screen monitor? How do I change my  resolution to 1600*900 for a wide screen monitor in Oneiric?
My Hardware configuration is as below:
madhu@madhu-Home:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 671MX
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AGP Port (virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge)
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS968 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 01)
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev 01)
00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 191 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev 02)
00:05.0 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SATA Controller / IDE mode (rev 03)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] PCI-to-PCI bridge
00:07.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] PCI-to-PCI bridge
00:0f.0 Audio device: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Azalia Audio Controller
00:1f.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] PCI-to-PCI bridge
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 771/671 PCIE VGA Display Adapter (rev 10)
madhu@madhu-Home:~$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf

A: Try following:
Click the top right icon, choose Displays...

Change Resolution.

Done?

A: If you are using Unity, open the dash and search for "displays". It is a settings window that lets you choose the resolution of your monitor(s) and some other options.

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*You did not specify if you are using a Laptop with integrated screen or a desktop computer with external screen (and which manufactor, model number)? This would be helpful.

If the last is the case: Do you use a DVI cable? It might be possible that Ubuntu is not able to determine the right resolution using a VGA cable.

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*You are using a
VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 771/671 PCIE VGA Display Adapter (rev 10)
This cheap chip is not well supported under linux, your system uses now the standard VESA driver which is slow and only lasts a maximum of 1024x768 resolution. If you are using a desktop computer and really solve the problem without fiddling around, I would suggest to get the cheapest possible nvidia graphics card - either a new one or used one at exxx - and your problems should be completely solved (after installing the proprietary nvidia driver with jockey-gtk). Sorry to tell you about this. See e.g. here
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Revitalised Woods insists Ebbw Vale are ready to rock (by) WRU
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Posted on September 13, 2021 by Gareth Howells
Greg Woods has spent 18 months away from coaching and that is why he is convinced both he and his Ebbw Vale side will be ready to rock when the Indigo Group Premiership Cup begins. by WRU
Welsh rugby's semi-professional level has been decimated by the pandemic, but it will finally return to action on September 18 with a knock-out competition split into east and west pools. "On the whole we've had a really good pre-season with four tough games.
"It's been of a very good standard. The Welsh Premiership is the last thing to come back if you like with the league starting on September 18. We kept the squad active through lockdown and kept the players fit.
"They came in on a voluntary basis through the summer and then we have had eight weeks getting the players ready for contact. We've played Brecon, London Scottish, Aberavon and Cardiff Met so we've definitely done the hard yards.
"I'm pleased with how we've gone against quality opposition. The Cardiff Met game was going fantastically until the floodlights went out! I think it was due to them not being used for 18 months!"
Woods – who has coached in the Welsh Premiership since 2004 and remains one of the league's best bosses – has made a marquee signing in two-cap former Wales wing Dafydd Howells. Woods added: "The Premiership Cup is split into east and west and we will play under the modified rules because of Covid-19 for the first few games.
"I feel we've adapted to that well and we've played under those rules for pre-season. Things like only having a scrum for a knock on take a little bit of getting used to.
"We hope to start the Premiership proper on December 18, but this cup competition is going to be a tough 10-week block. "It will be a really tough run of games. We've got to be ready for that as a squad because there could be injuries with the players having not played for so long.
"We've got a great relationship with the Dragons Academy and an exciting squad. I think we have to look at this as a stand-alone tournament we want to win.
"The last 18 months is the longest period of time rugby has not been played at Eugene Cross Park since the World Wars so I think we've to be excited about getting back into action. We want to win, but we also have to balance that with giving young players an opportunity.
"Hooker Conor Chapman was in the Wales Under-20 squad for the Six Nations and is a local lad from the Dragons Academy. Wings Ewen Rosser and Carrick McDonagh both have gas to burn.
"Alex Grey who we signed from Wales Sevens has had a brilliant pre-season and has been superb for us. We had a squad ready for the season which was cancelled due to Covid-19 and we've kept 90 per cent of that squad together.
"I've been coaching in the Welsh Premiership since 2004 and I've never seen as many players out there hungry to play. They have had 18 months of no rugby and they are desperate for action.
"I've gone back to the Ebbw Vale of old with a big pack and some big, big boys in the front five. But our team also has to be mobile because we are going to be playing quite a few games on 3G pitches."
Howells stepped away from professional rugby with the Dragons this summer having also played for the Ospreys. His two Wales caps came in Japan in 2013 and Woods is delighted to have him on board at Eugene Cross Park.
"We had Daf on loan for about 12 games in the past. He decided to step away from professional rugby because his body was struggling and he couldn't get injury free," he added.
"He's focused on his career in his friend's family business but I think it's a really good indictment for Ebbw Vale that he's decided to join us. He's an outstanding person and leader.
"When he speaks in training the rest of the boys listen. He wants to play every Saturday and every minute and he can play 13, wing or full-back for us which is priceless.
"He already has several tries for us in pre-season."
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