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01.A.1. Mustapha - Morocco
After visiting the glorious Saharan dunes of Erg Chebbi, we hitched a ride back to civilization and were dropped of in the small town of Erfoud. From there we would catch a bus north. A friendly guy hanging around helped us buy our tickets and then asked us how we'd like to spend the wait time before the bus departed. When we expressed an interest in the local music he excitedly lead us up the road to the town market. Turning a corner, we slipped into a small dingy room with shelves piled high with cassette tapes. A man sat on a stool behind a makeshift counter, half-heartedly watching over a couple dusty old dubbing decks.
He played us a bunch of tapes - all recorded and produced locally; by him. We walked out with a couple. One of them, this one by Mustapha.
no additional information found
01.A.2. L'Haj L'Houcine Toulali (Haj Houcine Toulali) - Morocco
We were in Fes for about ten days, staying in the old city and taking in an incredible amount of live music - one or two shows each day. It was the fifth annual Fes Festival of World Sacred Music. One afternoon inbetween shows, I sat in a tiny tape stall in the narrow alleys of the medina as the proprietor auditioned tapes for me. Haj Houcine Toulali was from Meknes - a city we had visited briefly the day before trying to find transport out to a sunset concert amongst the ruins of Volubulis.
www.maroc.net
www.gemm.com
01.A.3. Orchestra Abde el Jabbar - Morocco
Here's one from another of the tapes we picked up in Erfoud (see 01.A.1). As the proprietor explained it, this style of music is called baldi
01.A.4. Ganda Fasig - Mauritania
We were in Mauritania in the month of June. It was quite warm. 50ºC one day in Nouakchott. That's 122ºF. We did a fair bit of walking that day around the center of this capital city. One of our stops found us in a happening tape shop where the proprietor hipped us to the fact that Baaba Maal was going to be performing the following week across the border in St. Louis, Senegal. None of the tapes in this shop were for sale - after all, the guy had only one copy of each. Instead, you'd tell him what you wanted and he'd dub you a copy. All three tapes of Mauritanian music included in this series were purchased in this shop.
01.A.5. Saidou Ba - Mauritania
see 01.A.4.
Not much more found on the web. You might try finding this release on Sonafric:
SAF 50 023 Saidou Ba
Musique de la Republique Islamique de Mauretanie [Mauretanie]
sunsite.kth.se
01.A.7. Dimi Mint Abba - Mauritania
Dimi Mint Abba is by far the best known Mauritanian artist outside of Mauritania. Her "Music and Songs of Mauritania" (1992) is generally available.
ubl.artistdirect.com
01.B.1. Fode Kouyate - Mali
In Bamako, tapes are sold street-side from small stalls. The stalls tend to be clustered together and if you're looking for something at one stall and they don't have it, they'll ask around for you at the others. We picked up this tape during a listening session at one of these stalls.
You might be able to locate one of these two releases by Fode Kouyate:
Anka Wili (1993) - Syllart/Mélodie 38123-2
Djelia (1996)
01.B.2. Habib Koité & Bamada - Mali
Since the time when we encountered Habib Koité's tapes in Bamako, he has broken into the international market with a bang. A recent US tour with Oumou Sangare (we saw them at Stanford) only served to increase his popularity. So much so that his CD has been consistantly sold out. With a little effort you should be able to locate Ma Ya, his US release on Putamayo, and possibly an earlier release called Muso Ko.
www.alula.com
www.mediaport.net
www.contrejour.com
see 01.B.1.
01.B.4. Oumou Sinayogo - Mali
We picked this one up in Bamako. For those who know of him, Boubacar Traore plays on this tape.
Not much found on the web. Try www.natari.com for tapes.
01.B.5. Mamadou Tounkara - Mali
01.B.6. Amy Koita (Ami Koita) - Mali
Our first day wandering the streets of Bamako we noticed leaflets plastered to walls announcing a concert performance that night by Amy Koita. Unfortunately we hadn't yet acclimated to the city enough to be enthusiastic about finding the venue. So we missed that one. Later we learned that her album Sarama had just been released and she was the hot ticket.
"Ami Koita brings a woman's perspective to the music of Mali. Known for her powerful vocals and dynamic stage presence, Koita has become a role model for the women of West Africa. Although she was born in Kirina — the same village as Salif Keita — Koita comes from a much different ancestral background. While Keita was born to a family of nobility and went against his parent's wishes to become a musician, Koita was born to a Jali family in which music was an accepted form of expression. Initially focusing on traditional Jali music, she has increasingly adopted modern influences." -- allmusic.com
Releases include:
Songs of Praise (1994) Stern's
Djiguy (1998) Declic
www.gemm.com (Amy Koita)
www.gemm.com (Ami Koita)
01.B.7. Mohamed Traore - Mali
01.B.8. Nahawa Doumbia - Mali
We came across this Best of Nahawa Doumbia tape in the market in Bamako. Most info on the web about her is in French. Her album Yaala on Cobalt should be readily available. Also of interest is her involvement with the Frikyiwa project out of Paris.
www.mondomix.org (in French)
www.theworld.org (Frikyiwa)
01.B.9. Baaba Maal - Senegal
Baaba Maal is well known outside of West Africa and numerous releases are readily available. Regardless, I've included him here because of his importance in the Senegalese music scene and because he was part of our Senegal experience. We saw him perform with his band Daande Lenol in his home region near the border of Mauritania. The selected track is unavailable on any of the US releases.
members.home.net/baaba
www.palmpictures.com/maal
01.B.10. Youssou N'Dour - Senegal
Another superstar who is widely known outside of his native Senegal - Youssou N'Dour is also included because of his importance in Senegalese music. The release that this track comes from - St. Louis - is available in the US only as an import.
01.B.11. Jaliba Kuyateh - The Gambia
I made an error on this one on the CD track listing - got the artist's name switched with part of the album title. The artist is Jaliba Kuyateh and Kumareh Band. The album - released in 1998 - is called Njai-Kunda in Paris.
Not to make excuses but part of the reason I was confused was I keep hearing in my head our Gambian friend Ebrima raving about "Njai Kunda mon he da best". 'Least that's what ended up in my head. While not as well known outside of the Gambia as Foday Musa Suso or Alhaji Bai Konte, Jaliba Kuyateh appeared to be quite popular at home.
www.gambianews.com
www.gambia.gm
www.rust.net (cassettes)
02.A.1. Abdel Said - Egypt
I'm a little fuzzy on this one. Bought it either in Cairo or Luxor. We bought tapes in both places.
02.A.2. Al Sambati - Egypt
This one we picked up in Cairo for sure. We spent some time listening to stuff in full-fledged, actual shop - they even had CDs. Apparently Al Sambati is heavyweight on the oud but I can't find onything on him on the web. Maybe the spelling is off.
02.A.3. Amany (Amani?) - Egypt
This is a tough one. I was told the name of this album is Baedenak and that the singer - Amany - is Egyptian. I haven't been able to turn up any additional information on her. There is, however, a prominent belly dancer from Lebanon with the same name and she has a number of CDs out. Might this be the same person?
02.A.4. Shaimaa el Shaib - Egypt
We picked this one up in Amman, Jordan. Shaimaa el Shaib is a young girl - 15 years old or so. She was quite popular throughout the Middle East but I haven't been able to find much on her on the web. There is this one fan site with some audio clips. I've exchanged email with this guy he tells me she has two albums. "The first one made a big hit and the second one is not bad and it's called 'Ana Tayiba'."
www.kalimat.net
02.A.5. Asalah Nasri (Assala Nasry) - Syria
I think we first heard Asalah Nasri's music in Morocco and had someone jot down the name for us in Arabic. Some months later, perhaps in Jordan, we picked up this tape.
arabia.com
www.arabicnetwork.com
02.A.6. Wail Jessar (Wail Jessa)- Lebanon
02.A.7. Said Abu M'Itik - Jordan
Heading out for a night under the stars in Wadi Rum, this tape was our soundtrack. Said Abu M'Itik was a friend of Absalom, our guide. One morning in Amman, a helpful tape stall owner promised to track down a copy of the tape for us. By that afternoon, it was ours.
02.A.8. Raed Koobbha - Palestine
We picked this one up in the Arab quarter of the old city in Jerusalem.
02.B.1. Erkan Ogur & Ismail H. Demircioglu - Turkey
"The innovative guitar playing of Erkan Ogur has played an influential role in the evolution of contemporary Turkish music. Initially trained in the classical oud, a six-stringed fretless lute, and the tambur, an eight-stringed fretted lute), Ogur has adopted the instrumental techniques of Turkey's music to the fretless guitar. His custom-designed guitars and use of the e-bow have given his music a distinctive microtonal sound. According to ttp:www.nbci.com, Ogur is "probably the only fretless guitarist to utilize full chords." In a mid-1990s, Ogur described the goal of his compositions and improvisations as a way to "move through the colors and layers of my music." A graduate of the State Conservatory of Turkish Art Music, which he attended from 1980 to 1984, Ogur has continued to explore a diverse approach to his music. His album, Telvin, was recorded in collaboration with Dutch experimental jazz trumpet player Eric Vloeimans." -- allmusic.com
members.dencity.com/metestudio
www.istanbulshotels.com/kalan.htm
And I quote, "The contributions of Kalan Music to our musical life maybe best explained with the word "distinction". For years, it stands as asource we cannot give up, against the worthless, forgeting and low-level results of populist advance byproducing which its colleagues didn't or couldn't manage. So what results in this difference is the non-abondanable "line" that must be underlined."
02.B.2. Erkan Ogur & Okan Murat Ozturk - Turkey
While in the Cappadocia region of Turkey we stayed in the town of Göreme. One afternoon after returning our rented motorbike we still had some energy and decided to hop a dolmus to the city of Nevsehir. We were in search of tapes. We found a good shop and started listening to stuff. We scored a nice pile of tapes but they came at a high price. We'd stayed too long and had missed the last bus back to Göreme. The taxi was quite pricey.
02.B.3. Brader - Turkey
02.B.4. Hekimo - Turkey
We bought this tape in Diyarbakir which is considered the capital of Kurdish Turkey. Many of the most popular musicians in Turkey are Kurdish but the oppresive political climate has prevented them from singing in the Kurdish language. Hekimo, we were told, were based outside of Turkey (somehwere in Europe) and their tapes were smuggled into the country.
02.B.5. Selda Bagcan - Turkey
We first heard this tape in Diyarbakir but it was pretty popular throughout Turkey. We picked up a copy in Istanbul.
www.hut.fi
www.turadyoshop.com
www.gwpost.com
02.B.7. Xale Zulfekar - Turkey
Here's another one that we got in Diyarbakir. We were really challenging this particular shop owner to come up with stuff we liked. The language barrier didn't help things. He was most sympathetic however and even ordered in tea for us.
02.B.9. Eyal Golan - Israel
Finding interesting Israeli music was tough. It tends to be pretty watered down. Eyal Golan is one of the better pop music stars.
israeliculture.about.com
sephardiconnect.com
www.jewishmusic.com
www.israeldirect.co.il
www.jerusalemgifts.com
02.B.10. Eyal Golan - Israel
02.B.11. Zahava Ben - Israel
Along with the Eyal Golan tape, we got this one in the old city in Jerusalem. Most of the tape shops in the old city - whether they carry Arab or Jewish music - are in the Arab quarter.
songsearch.com
02.B.12. Latifah (Latifa) - Tunisia
For the most part we bought tapes from the countries we visited. In the Arab world however the music tends to transcend national boundaries. Egyptian artists, for instance, were especially popular in Jordan and in the Arab parts of Israel. The Tunisian singer Latifah was popular throughout these countries as well.
www.geocities.com/ewissam
latifafan.homestead.com
www.aramusic.com
www.songsearch.net
02.B.13. Ehab Tawfik (Ehab Tawfic) - Egypt
This song and the next I just had to include because we heard them so often. These were mega-hits of the moment in Egypt, Jordan and in the Arab areas of Israel.
02.B.14. Ehab Tawfik - Egypt
see 02.B.13.
03.A.1. Kohinoor Langha & Party - India (Rajasthan)
We bought a few tapes of Rajasthani music in Jaipur. At most shops there they wouldn't break open the plastic and let us audition them but we found this one guy who was accomodating and gave him all our business.
03.A.2. Mansoor Khan Langa & Pathan Khan - India (Rajasthan)
This track and the next one come from two different tapes. Well, at least the covers are different. As it turns out, the only difference in the material is that the two sides of the tape are swapped! We bought one in Jaisalmer and one in Jaipur.
www.indiaclub.com
03.A.4. Samandar Khan - India (Rajasthan)
Here's another that we picked up in Jaipur. It's a local Jaipur production from 1998.
03.A.5. Begum Akhtar - India
Begum Akhtar is widely known and you should be able to find her CDs. This track comes from a Best Of (Golden Moments) tape of ghazals (Urdu love poems set to music). We bought it along bustling Free School Street in Calcutta (now Kolkata!).
www.saregamaindia.com
www.fabmart.com
www.outlookindia.com
www.induslive.com
03.A.6. Hariharan and Zakir Hussain - India
Another tape of ghazals - this one a bit more modern. Hariharan is well known within India while Zakir Hussain is probably the most well known tabla player in the world. Zakir Hussain's father was Alla Rakha - the great tabla player who died while we were in Sikkim (although we didn't hear about his pasing until months later when we reached Taiwan).
www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Temple/3458
jukebox.indiatimes.com
www.eyeneer.com
03.A.7. Shubha Mudgal - India
A shop owner in Chowringhee in Calcutta hipped me to this one. In addition to the singer Shubha Mudgal, other noted artists included in this production are the sarangi master Ustad Sultan Khan and the singer Sukhwindara Singh.
www.rajshri.com
www.dhadkan.com
03.A.8. A.R. Rahman - India
The predominance of film music in India is well known. A.R. Rahman is the reigning heavyweight is this insanely popular genre. When a film is hot in India, so is the soundtrack. Taal was the most popular film when we arrived in India and the selected cut is taken from its soundtrack.
www.rahmanonline.com
www.arrahman.com
imusic.artistdirect.com
www.gemm.com (AR Rahman)
www.gemm.com (A.R. Rahman)
03.A.9. Manna Dey - India
Manna Dey (born: Prabodhchandria Dey) is one of India's most influential vocalists. The nephew of singer and star of India's New Theater, K. C. Dey, Dey has successfully balanced fast tunes, romantic ballads and solemn hymns. Although his deep voice prevented him from securing lead roles in theatrical performances, Bey has proven himself an extremely eclectic vocalist. Dey grew up singing Baul songs, Rabindra-sangeet and Khayyal. A graduate of Vidyasagar College in Calcutta, Dey elected to devote his attentions to singing rather accepting a career as an attorney. -- allmusic.com
sprocket.colorado.edu
www.ganguly.de/mannadey
http://www.khazana.com
03.A.10. Kishore Kumar ∓ Asha Bhosle - India
Two of the greats of Indian singing, singing together. Work by both should be readily available.
www.yoodleeyoo.com/
www.indianmelody.com
03.A.11. Khagen Mahonta - India (Assam)
This track and the next one come from a compilation tape called "Folk Songs of Assam". We bought it in Shillong - the capital of the northeast state of Meghalaya - after having just returned to India from Bangladesh.
03.A.12. Sneho Lata Das - India (Assam)
see 03.A.11.
03.A.13. Banajit - India (Assam)
We bought this one in the dreary capital city of the northeast Indian state of Assam - Guwahati, where it was locally produced. It's a compilation of various artists.
03.A.14. Rameshar ∓ Dhanada Pathak - India (Assam)
This one was also purchased in Guwahati and it was also locally produced.
03.B.1. Dota Roy - Bangladesh
All the tapes from Bangladesh were purchased in Dhaka. We really scored there as these are excellent tapes and - with the exception of Dolly Sayantani - are extremely difficult to find outside of Bangladesh. We had the luxury of staying with friends who live in Dhaka and were able to listen to tapes on their stereo - then go back and buy more. I love the covers - check out the scans. [to come]
03.B.2. Baul Halim - Bangladesh
03.B.3. Kala Mia - Bangladesh
03.B.4. Mansoor Ali - Bangladesh
03.B.5. Sahidul Islam - Bangladesh
03.B.6. Dolly Sayantani (Doly Shayontoni) - Bangladesh
www.banglaradio.com
03.B.7. Dhungkar Tsering & Dhungkar Kyi - China (Tibet)
I'm very sorry that China is under-represented in this series. All the tapes that we bought in Yunnan - mostly Naxi music - are out there some place in a box trying desperately to reach us. The tapes we've chosen to include here were purchased in Xiahe, in the province of Gansu. This is a largely Tibetan area and the music represents that.
03.B.9. Daowa Dolma - China (Tibet)
03.B.10. Daowa Dolma - China (Tibet)
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What did you like as a kid?
What did you like as a kid? Mar 15, 2009 23:34:01 GMT Budding Stately Hero likes this
Post by rebecca on Mar 15, 2009 23:34:01 GMT
Okay, new topic, inspired by SMs little lass --
What did you listen to as a kid? What were your favorite songs? Both specifically kid's music, and out of what your parents played for themselves. This means, before you were buying your own pop or whatever.
We had all sorts of records for kids, with music and stories, but probably the one my parents most wanted to break was the one with "The Ballad of Davy Crockett," which I must have played about 4 million times. It also had "Inchworm," which I liked almost as much. As for adult stuff, my dad brought home from Vietnam Peter Paul and Mary's first album, which I played the grooves off of, and while he was gone my mom got Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and the soundtrack to 'Hair" - so I was corrupted at an early age, even if I didn't understand what most of it meant. My mother was very liberal in that way. Then, around ten or eleven, my dad bought "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Godspell" both of which I deeply loved.
Dilige, et quod vis fac
What did you like as a kid? Mar 16, 2009 5:29:41 GMT Budding Stately Hero likes this
Post by broadsword on Mar 16, 2009 5:29:41 GMT
This may not mean much to non UK board members, but pretty well all my early listening pleasure came from a Saturday morning radio show called Children's Favourites. It was hosted by "Uncle Mac", accompanied by "Auntie Vi" at the piano - Violet Carson went on to play Ena Sharples in Coronation Street. Uncle Mac played all sorts of music, not only the popular stuff with children, but light classical music items and the odd blues track. Indeed, I saw Eric Clapton once refer to this show as one of the things that kick-started his love of blues music. Check out
www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/radio/childrensfav.htm
If I had to pick a favourite song from my youth, it would probably be this offering by Charlie Drake - "My Boomerang won't come back"
"My boomerang won't come back
My boomerang won't come back
I've waved the thing all over the place
Practised till I was black in the face
I'm a big disgrace to the aborigine race
My boomerang won't come back"
tullistray
Post by on Mar 16, 2009 6:17:14 GMT
February 7 1964 found me and seventy million other Americans (still the largest tv audience in history?) under the profound sway of the Beatles, went some distance at lessening the blow of losing JFK 6 weeks earlier. I was seven and was in part brought to this lifelong alliance trough an older sister, who stopped tickling me long enough to clue me in.
Always a warm memory as well, connected with my late Mother is Puff the Magic Dragon.
What did you like as a kid? Mar 16, 2009 8:53:22 GMT
Post by maddogfagin on Mar 16, 2009 8:53:22 GMT
Mar 16, 2009 5:29:41 GMT broadsword said:
This may not mean much to non UK board members, but pretty well all my early listening pleasure came from a Saturday morning radio show called Children's Favourites. It was hosted by "Uncle Mac", accompanied by "Auntie Vi" at the piano - Violet Carson went on to play Ena Sharples in Coronation Street. Uncle Mac played all sorts of music, not only the popular stuff with children, but light classical music items and the odd blues track. Indeed, I saw Eric Clapton once refer to this show as one of the things that kick-started his love of blues music.
Remember listening to this as well. I always thought as a young kid that it came from our local post office and apparently i always called the post master Uncle Mac.
Mum & Dad allowed me to stay up late one evening a week to hear the Goon Show - luxury.
Radio Luxembourg with the fading in and out on 208 metres medium wave where I first heard Dream Lover by Bobby Darin and Charlie Brown by the Coasters.
Of the American TV shows imported to the UK I loved the Lone Ranger with his sidekick Tonto.
. . . . and Bassets Liquorice Allsorts ;D
quizzkid
Spin me back down the years...
What did you like as a kid? Mar 16, 2009 11:54:21 GMT
Post by quizzkid on Mar 16, 2009 11:54:21 GMT
"The Goon show", "The Clitheroe kid" on the radio as a youngster, then because TV shut down for a time, or the "God spot was on on Sunday nights hearing the awful "Sing Something Simple" with the George Mitchell Singers, a "blackface" troupe of singers doing their unwitting bit to rock any notion of racial harmony during some troubled times.
Junior Choice!...."Sparky's magic piano", "Puff the magic dragon", Any Charlie Drake or Bernard Cribbins song...."Right said fred"and the legendary "Hole in the ground"......[great lyrics there too]
Radio Luxembourg and the pirates as a teenager, The early days of radio 1 with the likes of John Peel.
On TV, "The tellygoons", Michael Bentine, anything by Gerry Anderson, "David Nixon's Magic hour", "Sunday night at the London Palladium", "Dr Who" and from the US, "Hogan's Heroes", "Gilligans Island", "Green Acres", "Champion the Wonder Horse", "Space patrol" and in later years, "The Outer Limits" and "The Twilight Zone".
1st records I remember having "The happy wanderer" on pink vinyl by Pinky and Perky . Tobacco Road - The Nashville Teens, and Beatles stuff, normally EP's
Last Edit: Mar 16, 2009 11:58:12 GMT by quizzkid
"Do you ever get the feeling that the story's too damn real and in the present tense?"
Post by steelmonkey on Mar 16, 2009 21:37:53 GMT
Hey Hey We're the Monkees....Davy Jones saved my life!
We used to watch the Monkees sometimes - I remember being four and trying to jump on one foot all the way through the closing credits. It surprises me, though, because that wasn't my parents' kind of thing at all, and they were very much believers in the grownups dominating the TV ("when you grow up and have your own TV, THEN you get to decide!"). Maybe this is still why I watch almost all the shows I like in late afternoon reruns rather than watching TV in the evenings.
No Monkees or Beatles records, though...the first non-kid record that came in the house bought for one of us was when my brother got a Jackson 5 album for Christmas - the one that had "I want you back," which is a fabulous song, I don't care what anybody says! *
But back to TV - we did watch cartoons on Saturday morning and I remember Underdog and Rocky and Bullwinkle and Warner Bros. and all...and the Archies! And afternoons after school, for awhile it was Flipper and the old Spiderman cartoon.
Didn't see Twilight Zone till much later, but I have to mention that that is my favorite TV show of all time, period.
*maybe not quite as fabulous as "I'll be there," though.
Last Edit: Mar 17, 2009 1:24:38 GMT by rebecca
Post by on Mar 16, 2009 23:43:41 GMT
I know I joined many, possibly primarily male, in open warfare against a section of girls in about 1966, 5th grade, for their turn of affection to the Monkees from the Fabs. Still don't like them, though I am aware both Nesmith and Tork are credible musicians, even at 10 they embarrassed me as an American to try and imitate the Hard Day's Night aspects of the Beatles, that level of spontaneous interchange cannot be duplicated, (I am sure in the Beatles case Liverpool and pretty much growing up together had everything to do with it.) Where the somewhat rare sights of the Beatles on the various TV programs in the US in the sixties brought deep pride, you know, those are our guys and we know they are the best, and you just knew Lennon was going to say something good, the Monkees and particularly Davy Jones with his warm and tender ballads, trying to walk the schmaltz knife edge that Paulie regularly tread with perfect balance, well, at the time truly I hated the Monkees but it was a massive success, I am aware they had several quite catchy singles, and I even liked Pleasant Valley Sunday. But I still hate those cretins. And Martha Kuntz and Mary Branand for changing teams.
Got to mention Batman and I Dream of Jeanie from the sixties and childhood as well. With the exception of the dumb ass fight scenes I still enjoy Batman very much and believe Adam West, who played Batman is one of the best deadpans I have ever seen. They must have had to reshoot several of those scenes for the sheer difficulty of delivering those lines completely straightfaced. And wow the collection of villains amazing, and often truly some funny stuff. Frank Gorshin as the riddler, Vincent Price as the highly egg splicit Egg head, whoever that Russian temptress was who would call Batman Batbooshka but wanted to off Robin if I remember right. I can think of no other actor who has had his career as affected by being connected to one role than Adam West, I honestly think the guy was a talent who was likely classically trained, a very funny outlet for it. And I also understand that he (who last I saw him, had to be in his mid sixties at least and looked nearly the same)and Robin who appears to have got quite overweight have some very funny tales to tell, I think Batman presided over Robin's first lay or maybe even first hooker, I am vague on the details but apparently they are both really nice guys who never got Hollyweird, sort of like Ron Howard, good guys who managed to stay out of the sick lane.
Also to close out childhood interests, baseball 9 to 5, absolute certainty I would be a big league ballplayer til I was about 15 and met a certain associate of Mr Owsley at which point the glove kinda slipped off my hand and I done went out wanderin, I can say no more,also a total need to be sent away from the dinner table obsession with the New York Yankees and Mickey Mantle and the Green Bay Packers. The Packer illness extends to this day and all the years between.
Jerry Kramer wrote the most important book of my pre-teen years till Jim Bouton knocked him out of the top spot.
What did you like as a kid? May 28, 2009 9:17:58 GMT
Post by nonrabbit on May 28, 2009 9:17:58 GMT
;D ;D I've just found this thread - how many other threads are hiding!!
I was fascinated by my mothers 78rpm and 45's.
She had a thing about Herb Alpert and his tijuiana (?) Brass and I remember the album cover well - I'm suprised it was allowed in the strict religious household
I had a big crush on the record "Young Girl" by Gary Puckett BUT the main crush was The Sound of Music knew every note and every song was played out by the children at the time!
Oh and Glasgow street songs sung by kids but I could never print the totally nonpc words to them
What did you like as a kid? May 28, 2009 21:56:56 GMT
Post by steelmonkey on May 28, 2009 21:56:56 GMT
I remember the album cover well
You must mean the one of the girl wearing nothing but whipped cream...pre-figuring, by only a few years, illicit readings of 'The Happy hooker' and 'The Sensuous Woman'...both available at the nearby drug store where I got baseball cards. Years later these interests magically collided when Jim Bouton described meeting the anonymous author of 'The sensuous Woman', 'J', on a talk show!
Post by on May 30, 2009 13:46:07 GMT
On the oldies station yesterday heard a song that took me right back to the summer of 66 in a way that the Beatles or Stones never could because I have never stopped listening to their music in all the years since was Windy by the Association. Visions of Oak Street Beach in Chicago and the ultra fine things you would see strolling around in bikinis,(probably including Hugh Hefners bunny's then located in Chicago at the Playboy Mansion about 2 blocks away on the ultra posh Astor Street) very good memories indeed. Do like that line about who's trippin down the streets of the city, smilin at everybody she sees. There would be a handful of other ones like this, probably more, 96 Tears by ? and the Mysterians, Dedicated to the One I Love, Mama's and Papa's, Catch us if you Can,Dave Clark Five, Rag Doll, 4 Seasons, probably lots of others. Yeah I was young once buddy.
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Post by quizzkid on May 30, 2009 17:30:47 GMT
As a young kid I grew up listening in the main to Tamla, Ska and Mod stuff, I lived and grew up on a housing estate where the mods turned into skinheads [pre-the NF vile type skinheads] and the music was essentially by black artists.
I have to admit, I still love Tamla from that period, and that fuelled my love of unadulterated pop music..... and the Mod/Skinhead clothes were pretty stylish too.
Some of my favourite songs of that time included a diverse mix of:
Tommy Roe - Dizzy;
Smokey Robinson - Tracks of my tears & Tears of a clown;
Small Faces - Itchycoo Park & Sha-la-la-la lee;
The Who - My Generation;
The Beatles - Day tripper & I feel fine;
The Nashville Teens - Tobacco Road.....
and The Dave Clarke Five .
I also dabbled a little with stuff from the Tighten Up vol 2 era such as Bob and Marcia , Desmond Dekker, Sam and Dave and some of the early Stax stuff.
Looking through the singles collection some very odd stuff cropped up as well - In the year 2525 by Zager and Evans, The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde by Georgie Fame,.... good grief what was I thinking....
I then graduated into my long haired, flared trouser wearing, platform shoe balancing, patch covered denim jacketed teenage years when I adopted the bands of that time;
The Who,
Cat Stevens,
Zeppelin,
The Faces,
Cream/Clapton,
Bowie,
Tyrannosauraus/T Rex,
Genesis,
ELP,
Alice Cooper,
Wishbone Ash,
Roxy Music,
and the rest the bands I would like for the rest of my life.....
Oh yeah, and that really deep, grown up band ....Jethro Tull.
My parents were into an odd mix of music and I'm not sure if they influenced my lisitening but their tatses were more diverse than mine....Opera at one end of the scale down to Russ Conway.......I still have their record collection and it does make for very odd analysis....
Maybe I was more influenced than I think having listed out my past interests...
Oh, and I can't neglect The Happy Wanderer by Pinky and Perky.
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When I first started listening to the local radio station, with a weekly top 40 ( KIMN in Denver) the top hits were: The Association ( windy, cherish, never my love, along comes mary) Green Tambourine, Ode to Bobby ( Billy?) Joe, Love is Blue, Ha Ha laughed the Clown ( Yardbirds, not manfred Mann) and the ubiquitous Monkees ( she, last train to clarksville)
What were we thinking: "love is Blue'....a pop hit on rock and roll radio?
Post by rebecca on May 31, 2009 5:37:36 GMT
May 30, 2009 21:22:35 GMT steelmonkey said:
Yeah, it's Billy Joe. Seeing the movie was manditory in order to be considered a blue-blooded American teenage girl, even though by the time I got to be a teenager you could only see it on TV.
I confess that sometimes "Cherish" can almost make me cry. If you listen to it and take it for what it is, with that "I'm not like those other guys who just want to use you, I really love you" (with the implied "and you don't know I'm alive," message, it's really quite moving!
I've been making my little neice sampler CDs now that she's starting to look beyond Hannah Montana - I should put that on one.
Still to this day, I love the 60's Motown music. The Four Tops, Mary Wells, The Temptations, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, etc. In 1965 I joined this youth club in Addiscombe, Croydon and was persuaded to run a disco with a couple of others. We made a twin turntable unit out of what we could scrounge from friends and relatives and proceeded to "entertain" our public every Friday(?) night. I used to go to a shop by West Croydon railway station called Head Quarters & General and buy ex juke box 7" singles for the disco nights and still have a few to this day lurking in the garage. Sadly the disco nights were knocked on the head by an over zealous vicar who thought our music was connected with the devil and I drifted away from the place which, in hindsite, may have influenced a fair percentage of my music tastes for years to come.
In later life I now tend to think of years and the connection with music and/or artists.
!964: Radio Caroline
1965: My Generation - The Who
1966: California Dreaming - Mamas & Papas/Reach Out I'll Be There - Four Tops
1967: Sgt. Pepper and the enforced closing of all but one of the offshore stations
1968: Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel and This Was by Tull.
There has been a lot written about this era and when I see film footage on the tv it doesn't seem possible from 40+ years on how the sixties did change the way people looked, thought and acted out their lives. Had it not been for this decade we would still be dressing like our parents, listening to drab ballads on the BBC Light Programme and behaving ourselves at ballroom dances held at the nearest Mecca dance hall.
Glad I was there.
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I know!! I remember sitting waiting impatiently circa 68/69 ( I was 11/12 years old) just to get out there!
I couldn't wait to get out of Glasgow and down to London however I am totally jealous of anyone my age who was brought up in California and experienced all of the 60's/70's there.
What finally made it for me was watching the news in a drab Glasgow tenement with my Granny and probably a priest in attendance and on comes the sensation of Woodstock.
They froze (didn't switch it off ;D) It was reported as a kind of end of all decency as we know it Music/freedom/friendship and hanging out (thats the abbreviated version).......... I couldn't wait.
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Post by rebecca on Jun 2, 2009 4:26:03 GMT
May 28, 2009 9:17:58 GMT nonrabbit said:
Was it the one where the girl is wearing the dress made of whipped cream?
May 30, 2009 17:30:47 GMT quizzkid said:
"In the year 2525" scared the hell out of me when I was a kid, it was so apocalyptic, but I was also really fascinated by it. (I am quite often fascinated by what scares me, and vice versa.)
My mom loves opera too - that was always her house cleaning music. My dad majored in voice in college, which is why she fell in love with him. Their records are all in their basement, but they probably are in pitiful shape. My parents are about the least materialistic people in the world and we ran roughshod over all their things when we were growing up and they never minded. They had a lot of records they never played, which I guess were gifts. There are several I'm so sentimental about, though, especially the Christmas albums.
And that reminds me of my crazy great-aunt Tommie. She was called Tommie because she was supposed to be a boy, and even though she wasn't, they still named her that, which was probably the beginning of her problems. She loved music so much, but somebody in her family (she never moved out) complained that she played it too loud. So she just stopped. She never played another record in her life, but she kept buying them. She just had a compulsion, I guess. She bought them and never opened them. When I was about 13, she brought them all out of the garage and let my parents pick whatever they wanted, and they took a sizeable stack. When we got them home, I started playing them all, because I just wanted to hear everything. This is how I found Johnny Cash and Flatt and Scruggs. My mother didn't realize what I was doing and it turns out she'd picked those out as Christmas presents! She didn't realize till Christmas came and she was ready to wrap them that I'd gone through and opened up every one of them. Oops!
My father's family was just something else, the very definition of Southern Gothic. Flannery O'Connor material all the way. I'm going to write a book someday, but out of respect, not while he's living! Some day I'll tell you all about another of my crazy great-aunts.
Post by nonrabbit on Jun 2, 2009 7:13:41 GMT
This is a fascinating thread !We often want to know musicians influences but fans influences by choice and parent's music is even more interesting!!
And some of the differences in area and culture are fascinating too. I didn't have the mods/skinheads but was right in there with Free and Wishbone Ash. I had Pinky and Perky on 45rpm too ;D
Due to my mother living most of her life in America and visiting Scotland on occasions I would get the American influence as well.
Mind you that opens the talk about the whole West Coast America sound which influenced the Brit hippies in the late 60's early 70's
This is all great stuff
Jun 2, 2009 4:43:36 GMT rebecca said:
And that reminds me of my crazy great-aunt Tommie. She was called Tommie because she was supposed to be a boy, and even though she wasn't, they still named her that, which was probably the beginning of her problems. She loved music so much, but somebody in her family (she never moved out) complained that she played it too loud. So she just stopped. She never played another record in her life, but she kept buying them.
sorry I've highlighted your thread cause my son spilled coke on my keyboard and the keys are sticky and I can't delete the other part of your thread properly ;D
Rebecca that is so sad and typical of the 50's /60's upbringing where guilt etc was always a big part of family life.
I tell you what it certainly gives us plenty of 'fodder' for telling stories.
I had an aunt Agnes, very attractive,looked like Ava Gardner, wore a short fur jacket with her full name sewn in gold coloured thread on the lining. I used to love taking her jacket from her when she came to visit and try it on while pretending to hang it up for her She was tres elegant !! Agnes grew up in a little part of Glasgow again in a deeply religious God fearing household like my mother - only socialised in the church's local dances.
To cut a story short, sorry i wish I could tell you - later when we all meet Agnes had a great life ahead of her and because of "what the neighbours might think" mentality she ended up having a nervous breakdown and was never the same again.
No wonder we rebelled and shed the shackles - sometimes think now though that maybe our society went a bit too far ??
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Indeedy ;D
Post by maddogfagin on Jun 2, 2009 7:59:01 GMT
My dear old Dad loved jazz and had hundreds of 78s which I re-recorded onto cassette for him but Mum was left cold by music prefering the joys of the Croydon Flower Arranging Society (honest). I still have Dad's cassettes and will get round to listening to them one day.
Apart from Bobby Darin, who I rate highly to this day, my early musical tastes, apart from Motown, was mostly Bobby Vee, Buddy Holly & the Crickets, some Elvis, and the absolute joys of early British "beat combos" on obscure UK labels such as Triumph (Joe Meek) and Top Rank. Wish I still had those Oh yes, The Beatles who initially made a great impression on me. I bumped off school so I could see the Hard Days Night film and received detention for doing so. Write out 200 times "I must concentrate on my school work or I will end up making nothing of my life in the future". Now I realise in later life I did the right thing ;D
The American influence was the Stax label artists and from then onto the Mamas & Papas, Kingston Trio and later to Arthur Lee and Love etc etc. It was then a short hop onto Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix + Experience, Cream, early Fairport with Julie Dyble (?) and a host of others. Did I mention Tull - well I'll never regret the day I fell under their influence
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Brings back a lot of happy memories
Last Edit: Jun 2, 2009 17:37:32 GMT by maddogfagin
What did you like as a kid? Jun 2, 2009 12:53:27 GMT
Post by rebecca on Jun 2, 2009 12:53:27 GMT
Jun 2, 2009 8:43:23 GMT maddogfagin said:
Can't see the picture! Is it just me?
Jun 2, 2009 7:48:34 GMT nonrabbit said:
What's funny is my father is a minister, but my parents were totally loose about all that kind of thing. It was partly ideology and partly that they just didn't pay attention to it. When my brother was blasting Zeppelin and Iron Maiden, my dad would yell because it was too loud and because "it's not music," but neither of them EVER had an objection to the lyrics of anything.
Yes, I definitely want to hear more later, if you don't want to go ahead and write it.
The above isn't even the saddest thing about my aunt Tommie - my dad said "somebody" (who, I wonder?) told her she ate like a pig, so she quit eating with anybody else. In fact, she wouldn't even get her own plate, she'd just eat scraps off other people's before washing the dishes. I hate it when people get all cynical about psychology and therapy and all, because I've known too many people who never availed themselves of it and who really needed to.
Post by maddogfagin on Jun 2, 2009 17:46:44 GMT
Jun 2, 2009 12:53:27 GMT rebecca said:
Your eyes haven't played tricks with you Rebecca. The pic went to that great internet black hole in the cosmos, just left of the constellation Zog. A similar one has been re-posted but for your eyes only so don't go telling anyone, here's your own, your very own, post of it
Thanks, it's between us. I do remember it from childhood, actually.

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You've likely already sorted out accommodation, but that first week in a new country is a great opportunity to familiarise yourself with your surroundings. Say hello to neighbours, explore your local town or village, and – if you're a foodie – find out where's good to eat! Ireland has a burgeoning culinary scene; in coastal regions, you'll find the freshest seafood, while artisan food producers all over the country are known for their mouth-watering meats, cheeses, honey and jams. Check out local farmers' markets to sample their wares, as well as a whole range of organic fruits and vegetables.
Another good idea before you start your new job is to have a trial run commuting to work. Ireland is served by some great public transport systems – Dublin Bus, the Luas (tram) and DART (train) in the capital, and Bus Éireann and a wide network of Irish Rail trains in the rest of the country. If you live within cycling distance of work, Dublin, Cork, Galway and Limerick also offer a handy public bike scheme. As well as being more environmentally friendly and a great way to stay fit, cycling will really familiarise you with your new neighbourhood's various nooks and crannies.
Speaking of fitness, there are lots of options across the country when it comes to gyms; research your local area to find the best deals. Classes are another great way to make friends, why not take up yoga or pilates – both great for the body and mind. Or, if you really want to embrace Irish culture, seek out your local Gaelic Athletics Association club. The GAA is the governing body of our national sports; Gaelic football and hurling. They're thrilling, fast-paced games, that culminate in two national inter-county leagues every summer.
Ireland is known for its hospitality and friendliness, so be sure to visit the bars and pubs in your local town or village. Many of them host lively traditional music sessions, meaning that as well as immersing yourself in our cultural heritage, you'll get chatting to lots of interesting characters. It's also a great opportunity to sample a pint or two of craft beer from one of our many homegrown breweries.
Finally, if you've time during that first week in Ireland, venture further afield and experience the country's famous landscapes. On the west coast is the famous Wild Atlantic Way; 1,500km of rugged beauty made up of soaring clifftops, golden beaches and charming villages. Wicklow meanwhile is deservedly known as the 'Garden of Ireland', while in the south-west you'll find Kerry, Ireland's 'Kingdom'. It's got hidden beaches, Ireland's highest peak and the Skellig islands, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Another great way to make new friends is to join one of the many tech meetup groups happening each week in Ireland. These friendly groups are a great way to quickly find like-minded friends and network. Take a look at our events page to find out what's coming up.


Since reading Practical Cache Poisoning by James Kettle, testing the misconfiguration of web caching layers for cache poisoning and other related vulnerabilities has become a standard go-to of mine when spending time on bug bounties or other pentesting activities. Recently, while doing some bounty work, I came across a potential impact of cache poisoning I hadn't seen before - one that left the Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) mechanism in browsers vulnerable to being abused by an attacker that could lead to a Denial of Service of the website being attacked. Unfortunately the asset in question was out of scope for the owner's bounty program because the site was hosted by a Wordpress-as-a-service provider, however it turns out this issue was more widespread than just the site I found it on, and possibly extended to many more websites hosted by the provider.
This condensed request is not very special - we're just requesting a WP-JSON API resource with a Origin value of https://foo.bar, which is just a dummy value to serve as an example of a different origin compared to the Wordpress site being requested. What does the response look like?
This is where things get a bit more interesting. As shown, our Origin value is now being reflected back in the Access-Control-Allow-Origin response header, which is the header that instructs browser on whether the requesting origin is allowed to read the response. Given it is unlikely that https://foo.bar is specifically being white listed, it is safe to assume this means the response is just echoing back whatever Origin value is in the request. This echoing back is a rather common practice by web devs when trying to open up a resource to all origins, however it is not a good idea to do so without careful consideration, and in this case it will prove key to being able to abuse the CORS system.
Other than the fact this echoing-back can be dangerous when the Access-Control-Allow-Credentials header is also being returned as true as outlined in my other CORS related post (although it appears WP-JSON may not be vulnerable due to requiring a valid nonce on all authenticated requests), this response hints at another problem - namely, the Cache-Control: max-age=600, must-revalidate in the response hints at the fact that this is a cacheable response. If there was some sort of intermediate web cache involved in this request, it may just cache it and serve future requests for this resource from cache. What happens if we request the same resource again, but this time change the Origin value in the request?
We can see the response was indeed likely served from cache, as indicated by the X-Cache: HIT: 1 response header. This is where we can see the cache poisoning take effect. Despite the fact the Origin value was changed in the request, the response continues to only allow https://foo.bar read access to this resource in a CORS context. This is a classic case of cache poisoning as a result of something in the request being used in the response, but not being used in the cache key.
This request should have worked, because we've already demonstrated that the backend if just echoing back the Origin in the Access-Control-Allow-Origin header, but what actually happened is this response was served from cache and the Access-Control-Allow-Origin value was poisoned by an earlier request. This of course would be the same if the Wordpress site wasn't being used in a headless config, but rather had other services on other origins that required access to the WP-JSON API, such as for content sharing purposes. Basically, this cache poisoning would affect any situation where WP-JSON and CORS are needed.
After reporting the issue, the Wordpress SaaS provider recently applied a fix that prevents requests with an Origin header from being served from cache.


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Q: How to make shiny app deployed on the shiny server update automatically if local dataset is updated I have a simple shiny app for local dataset "orders" that works fine locally and has been deployed on the server. My question is: when I updated data, the app updated too locally, but didn't update on the server, could anyone tell me the way to make the app on the shiny server update automatically if local dataset is updated?
ui <- fluidPage(
        plotOutput("hist")
        )

server <- function(input, output,session) {
        fileReaderData <- reactiveFileReader(500,session,
                                             "orders.xlsx", readxl::read_excel)
        output$hist <- renderPlot({
                data<-fileReaderData()
                data%>%group_by(date=as.Date(date))%>%summarise(count=sum(ordersum,na.rm=T))%>%
                        ggplot(aes(x=date,y=count))+geom_line(color=brewer.pal(7,"Set1")[2])+
                        scale_x_date(date_breaks = "month")

        })

}

deployApp(appDir = "/Users/jefflian/aaaa")

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As Little Pip celebrated her birthday yesterday, it is now time for the Year in Pictures, so you can see how much she's changed.
At 1-day-old in the middle of her litter.
At 4 weeks, getting a cuddle from me!
At 6 weeks at her new home.
At 8 weeks, in the pram.
At 3 months, enjoying a treat in the snow.
At 4 months, enjoying Christmas!
At 5 months, discovering a love of play.
At 6 months, her ears started to grow a bit.
At 7 months going to the beach for the first time.
At 8 months having her first bath.
At 9 months, Pip became Super Little Pip!
At 10 months, Pip met Suckie up close and personal like.
At 11 months, Pip finally started her working life, with a little bit of sheepdog training.
And finally, at 12 months watching the Red Arrows.
We love you, Little Pip!
She was such a little marshmallow as a puppy! What a great experience, to know her right from day 1! Happy birthday Pip!!
Looks like PIP never went through that lanky teenager period!
I love the picture with Suckie! It's so funny. Here's to many more happy years, Pip!
Beautiful pictures of Pip's first year!
And thanks for sharing her with us all this year!
We own three border collies here. Pip is just a magnificent girl.
What lovely pictures of Pip's first year! She's grown into such a beautiful young lady!
What a cutie! Love the pictures as she's grown. Happy Birthday, Pip! She's a beautiful girl!
Happy Belated Birthday! She's such a cute girl!
The baby pictures are sooooo cute!


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Kortedala museum är ett lägenhetsmuseum i stadsdelen Kortedala i Göteborg.

Museet visar hur ett hem kunde se ut i arbetarstadsdelen Kortedala i nordöstra Göteborg på 1950-talet. Museet är inrymt i en vanlig lägenhet om två rum och kök på cirka 50 kvadratmeter i ett hyreshus. Vid renoveringen av huset har man gått varsamt fram och bevarat lägenheten i så ursprungligt skick som möjligt, samt kompletterat med originalutrustning från andra lägenheter.

Kortedala Museiförening har samlat föremål som passar in i miljön.

Referenser

Externa länkar
Kortedala museums webbplats

Museer i Göteborg
Arbetslivsmuseer i Sverige
Kortedala

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Please also go to my blogging buddy Renovation Therapy's blog...that is, if you'd like to win an Itouch Ipod! Again, it's fast, easy, and it could be yours! While you're at it, read a few posts...she's wickedly smart, insightful, funny, cool...not in that order, although the smart part is probably at the front of the line. I better quit while I'm ahead.
Take a look at Natalie Blake's wall art...in the form of handmade tiles. These are not just any tiles. They are sculptural in their form, sensuous, with curves everywhere. Unulun tile gets its name from the undulating form of the tile. Rich, strong, colors. Grouped together as wall art, its three dimensional perspective delights and attracts the eye. In other words, they are, to me, amazing. I first saw this tile at the Architectural Digest show in New York and immediately asked to take photographs, and I couldn't stop. Enjoy!
More randomness...I'm beginning to play with my own kitchen design. This will be the fourth time I've designed a kitchen for myself/my family (I almost forgot about them.) I have no immediate plans to do the kitchen although it will need to be done at some point in the next couple of years, hopefully. But, I became inspired and am catching the bug to design my kitchen. I think it begins with an "o".....obsession!
What about you? Are you obsessed with your kitchen?


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How to Choose Between Kathmandu and Pokhara
by Joe Jamieson
Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal Pokhara, Destination Features
In some of our destinations, we run programmes in more than one city. In the same way that every destination has its own distinct look and feel, each city differs. You might have ideas about which country you'd like to travel to, but to choose which city to stay in is a different challenge.
This post is the first in a series exploring the differences between the cities in countries where we have more than one programme. First up, Nepal.
The lay of the land
Pokhara, and Kathmandu are the two cities in which we run our Nepal programmes. Both offer the opportunity for adventure, diverse local culture, and rich history. It's no wonder people find it hard to decide which to visit.
Kathmandu is Nepal's capital city. It's a bustling centre with unfamiliar sights, rhythmic sounds, and intoxicating aromas. Tuk-tuks and rickshaws speed down cobbled alleyways, monks in saffron robes walk mindfully from temple to temple, and food vendors turn up the heat in teeming marketplaces. The best jazz bars, Hindi cinemas, and Nepali restaurants are concentrated at the heart of the city. You can escape into the 'Garden of Dreams' — a walled oasis complete with flora, fauna and fountains — for a bit of peace and quiet.
Pokhara is nestled between lush green hills, overlooked by snowy Himalayan peaks. The city's pace is slower than that of Kathmandu, giving the place a more laid-back feel. Phewa Lake — an enormous body of water from which the city extends — is Pokhara's central feature. Coffee shops, lively bars, used bookshops, and international eateries line the lake's banks, attracting backpackers, travellers and locals alike. Hire one of the blue wooden boats bobbing near the water's edge, and row across the lake's breadth. Once you've reached the far side, climb the hill to the Peace Pagoda for a breathtaking panorama of Pokhara Valley.
Beyond the City
There's more to the region than the city itself. It's not obvious when you're on the ground, but Kathmandu is in a valley, surrounded by the Himalayas. Venture further afield and you'll discover all manner of adventures — hiking, bungee jumping, white water rafting, and mountain trekking included. Chitwan, a World Heritage nature reserve, comprises forests, marshland and expansive grasslands. The reserve is home to rhino, deer, leopards, monkeys, wild elephants, sloth bears and Royal Bengal tigers.
Surrounded by mountains and rolling rice paddies, Pokhara is another great jumping-off point for adventure. You can trek through the Himalayas, paraglide, and go whitewater rafting. Hiking to natural waterfalls and Buddhist temples hidden in forests that cover the himalayan foothills also comes highly recommended. You mustn't leave Pokhara without a night trek to the top of Poon Hill to greet the sunrise. Watching the morning light striking the tips of distant Machapuchare, or the 'fish tail' mountain, is something you won't forget.
If you love food you'll love Nepal. Whichever city you pick, it'll be clear that eating is a national pastime. The fact that the country borders both India and China, two countries famed for delicious food, should give you some indication of how good Nepalese grub can be. You'll try momo dumplings, thukpa noodle soup, and sel roti — Nepal's very own take on the donut. But what are the differences between Kathmandu and Pokhara?
Whether you're craving food from India, China, Italy, Mexico, Tibet or Nepal itself, you'll find it in Kathmandu. Look out for Yangling, a homely restaurant serving traditional Tibetan dishes using yak milk and meat, which go well with a local craft beer. Grab a slice of pizza in Black Water Restro, or fried chicken for that matter — you'd be mad not to try their locally made chilli sauces and satay dips. If you go anywhere, go to Northfield Cafe, a Mexican and Asian fusion, in central Thamel.
Despite Pokhara's slower pace of life, there's equal variety when it comes to food. Along the banks of Phewa Lake you'll find everything from Japanese restaurants to Mediterranean cafes — there's even an Indian takeaway. The city also has a thriving coffee culture, Himalayan Java being a favourite local hangout. For an evening of food and fun, there's a great reggae bar that serves some of the finest jerk chicken you'll eat outside of Jamaica. The cocktails aren't bad either.
Whether you're in Pokhara or Kathmandu, you have to eat dal bhat. This national dish is served on a round metal platter, upon which there are smaller dishes containing steamed rice, curried vegetables, spiced lentils, herb-infused salads, and sharp chutneys. Expect satisfied taste buds and a full stomach.
So, to see the beating heart of Nepal, a fast-paced feast for the senses, visit Kathmandu. To experience a laid-back, lakeside paradise, Pokhara is the city for you.
Whichever city you choose, visiting the other is easy. There's only a 30-minute flight between them, which is worth taking even if it's just for the breathtaking views of the Himalayas and the novelty of flying in a tiny propeller plane If you're still unsure, you can speak to a member of our team about splitting your placement across both cities.
Regardless of which destination you choose there are clinical opportunities in abundance. We have close, long-standing relationships with local hospitals and clinics, which means we can offer you a highly tailored placement that suits your individual needs and objectives.
Whether you need more help making the right choice or you're ready to get the ball rolling, fill out the short enquiry form.
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Nvidia CEO says GeForce RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 shortages will continue into next year
By John Loeffler 05 October 2020
Take a good look – it might be as close as you get until 2021
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced on Monday that the demand for Nvidia's latest GeForce RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 graphics cards has been so intense that manufacturers cannot keep up with it, creating shortages that are going to last into 2021.
According to Tom's Hardware, Huang revealed the projected shortage during a press Q&A during Nvidia's GTC announcement.
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"I believe that demand will outstrip all of our supply through the year," he said. "Remember, we're also going into the double-whammy. The double-whammy is the holiday season. Even before the holiday season, we were doing incredibly well, and then you add on top of it the 'Ampere factor,' and then you add on top of that the 'Ampere holiday factor,' and we're going to have a really really big Q4 season."
Huang said that the problem wasn't on the supplier side of the equation but on the consumer side – as in, everybody with a PC chomping at the bit to get their hands on one of the new Ampere cards.
"The 3080 and 3090 have a demand issue, not a supply issue," he said. "The demand issue is that it is much much greater than we expected – and we expected really a lot."
An RTX 3070 shortage is almost certain as well. Can AMD capitalize?
While the GeForce RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 is sold out nearly as fast as retailers are able to restock, the upcoming RTX 3070 release is looking even more likely to suffer a similar fate as its bigger Ampere siblings.
With shortages of RTX 3080s and 3090s stretching on for months, all those empty-handed consumers are that much more tempted to try and buy the RTX 3070 when it goes on sale in the coming weeks, creating the same selling-out-within-seconds dynamic that are currently plaguing both the RTX 3080 and the RTX 3090.
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Carper releases statement on Special Counsel Mueller's report
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Sen. Tom Carper released a statement April 18 after the release of a redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report that concludes his nearly two-year counterintelligence investigation of the Russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.
"Nearly two years ago, Special Counsel Robert Mueller was charged with conducting a counterintelligence investigation of Russia's efforts to interfere in an American election. After 23 months, 500 search warrants, 2,300 subpoenas and 37 indictments, convictions or guilty pleas, the American people can finally see Special Counsel Mueller's unequivocal conclusion: 'The Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election in a sweeping and systematic fashion.' The fact that a foreign adversary successfully interfered in a U.S. election is a serious threat to our democracy that goes far beyond politics. Ensuring that our elections and democratic institutions are protected going forward cannot be a partisan matter. What's more, efforts to ensure that an attack like this never happens again must include the President of the United States, who has repeatedly dismissed and derided our nation's intelligence community and refused to fully acknowledge Russian interference in the 2016 election," said Coons.
"Despite Attorney General Barr's best attempts to mischaracterize the report's findings and shield the president, Special Counsel Mueller's own words are clear. In direct contradiction of what Attorney General Barr claimed, Special Counsel Mueller presents ample evidence that the President attempted to obstruct justice. The fact that the attorney general — who is supposed to work on behalf of the American people, rather than any one individual — so blatantly misled the public and lawmakers is unacceptable and raises more questions. It's why it is important that the American people hear from Attorney General Barr and Special Counsel Mueller and why Congress should see the unredacted report since it is clear we can no longer take the attorney general at his word," said Carper.
"In the coming days, my colleagues and I will be evaluating this more than 400-page report in a deliberate way that will require more than 48 hours. Our country owes Special Counsel Mueller and his team a debt of gratitude for conducting a thorough and professional investigation. I've been fortunate enough to work with then-FBI Director Robert Mueller. I have no doubt that the special counsel put this report together with the utmost thoughtfulness and chose his words carefully. Our review of this report deserves the same. It deserves more than quick statements or sound bites. It deserves more than a misleading summary or spin at a press conference. Bob Mueller's work may be done, but he has left it to Congress to ensure 'that no person is above the law.' We must meet that responsibility as a co-equal branch of government," said Carper.


History: Formed from Bradford township, which was originally setup in 1705 with Richard Buffington as its first constable. He was followed by Robert Jefferis in 1706 and by Abiah Taylor in 1707. The original township was divided into East and West Bradford in 1731. The 1715 taxables list for the original township has been included below.
Abel Baoke; Jos. Buffington; Geo. Carter; Hannah Carter; Thos. Carter; Isaac Chapman; Joseph, Samuel and Nathan Cope; John Darlington; Amos Davis; Daniel Davis; Susannah Davis; Joseph Downing; Geo. Dunavan; Geo. Entriken; Samuel Entriken; Abigail Fling; Enoch Gray; Mary Grubb; Thos. Hall; John Hannum; Benj. Hawley; Joseph Hawley; Joshua Hoops; Nathan Hoops; Emmor Jefferis; Jas. Jefferis; Nathaniel Jeffferis; Richard Jefferis; John Jones; Richard Jones; William Messer; Samuel Osborn; James Painter; Samuel Painter; Jos. Parke; Joseph Rhoades; Jas. Robinson; Charles Ryan; Thomas Speakman; Jas. Starr; Joseph Strode; Richard Strode; Jacob Talbot; Abiah, Deborah, John and Abram Taylor; Jos. Temple; John Townsend; John Underwood; Joseph Underwood; James Wolerton; Joseph Wolerton; Henry Woodward; Thos. Worth.
Also known as Harmony Hill Bridge.
Rt. 842 E. Bradford Twp.


Happy New Year to you all! This post has been a long time coming, but December was a totally chaotic month with so much going on that I scarcely had time to breathe! However… January is here now, and I have started creating art again! In fact I spent most of New Year's Day painting up in my studio – what a great way to welcome in the new year!
I created 2 images on recycled cardboard and 5 journal pages in my recycled journal. I had a bit of trouble getting my scanner to work after it's long rest, but the perseverance paid off! I created this piece using recycled cardboard, acrylic paint, stencils and spray paint.
I'll post the rest of the images over the next few days as soon as I've finished processing them. (I'm busy struggling to write an essay for my course at the moment!) So keep watching this space.
By eunice on Saturday January 4th, 2014 at 03:08 in altered book, Artistic Ramblings, messy craft, Stencils - Comments Off on Happy New Year!
I haven't created my postcards yet, but I have been producing some extremely dark art as a result of the emotions released by my studies and the therapy I have started as a course requirement.
It started with this piece, created after my first therapy session last Thursday. Although I could have chosen an Art Therapist, I deliberately chose to go to a talking therapist as I felt it would be too easy to evade my deep buried issues using Art Therapy. I might have known that I couldn't get away from the art that easily. After therapy I had this compulsion to paint, and this was the result – created on recycled cardboard from our move using acrylic paint.
On Friday we went to Nottingham to see 'Art in the Asylum' – an exhibition of 'Outsider Art' at the Djanogly Art Gallery in the Lakeside Arts Centre. The exhibition was incredible! (Unfortunately today is the last day) I have seen reproductions of much of the art that was exhibited, but to be able to see the original artwork was totally awesome. It was a very emotional journey for me and I created this piece in response to my feelings.
I thought I was done with emotional painting for this week, but then last night my daughter messaged me with a link to the 'Bedlam' series that was shown on Channel 4 (UK) last Thursday. The first episode was entitled 'Anxiety', and I never dreamt that I would have any problems watching it, but by the end of the screening I was an emotional wreck! This image is my interpretation of how I felt.
In case you're worried, I do have very secure support systems in place to help me cope with the process …and I have been producing some lighter pieces as well – I'll post them just as soon as I think they're finished.
By eunice on Sunday November 3rd, 2013 at 14:50 in Artistic Ramblings, CED, messy craft - Comments Off on Out of the Darkness!


Peabody Group are seeking to appoint Contractors to provide responsive repairs and specialist works amongst our 55 000 strong properties, in London, Essex and the South East. To deliver this service Peabody Group will appoint multiple Contractors to a framework to provide a comprehensive responsive repairs service across 3 geographic lots, with one, prime Contractor per lot. Beyond this, it will be expected that each of the Contractor's appointed to the three Core Regions will serve as a back-up Contractor to additional regions (as defined in the ITT/SQ documents). This back-up mechanism and the mechanics of triggering of it is described in full in the ITT/SQ documents.
The scope of works deemed to be included within responsive repairs and specialist works i detailed in the SQ and ITT documents in full.
The intention is to appoint a single Contractor in each Core Region. Full information around the rules concerning the awarding of Lots is contained within the SQ documents.
Providing the services stated in the main description for Core Region 1 — North West London – specific Boroughs – Hillingdon, Harrow, Ealing, Brent, Barnet, Camden, Haringay, Waltham Forest, Enfield, Richmond upon Thames, and Hounslow. See additional information provided in the ITT/SQ documents.
The duration of the contract will be for an initial period of 36 months, with the potential to extend each individual contract for each of the 3 lots of the framework up to a further 12 months.
This will be a 2 stage process, including a SQ (Selection Questionnaire) stage. Bidders failing to meet certain required minimum standards at SQ stage will be rejected. Bidders meeting the required standards at SQ stage will be ranked according to the highest score achieved and may be rejected in reverse order to achieve our maximum number of operators for the Invitation To Tender (ITT) stage. Selection Criteria for the SQ stage will be stated in the SQ documentation.
Providing the services stated in the main description for Core Region 2 — East London and Essex – specific Boroughs – Redbridge, Havering, Barking and Dagenham, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Uttelsford, Braintree, Tendering, Colchester, Maldon, Rochford, Thurrock, Basildon, Chelsmford, Epping Forest, Castle Point, Brentwood, and Southend on Sea. See additional information provided in the SQ/ITT documents.
The duration of the contract will be for an initial period of 36 months, with the potential to extend each individual contract for each of the three Lots of the Framework up to a further 12 months.
Providing the services stated in the main description for Core Region 3 — South London – Southwark, Lambeth, Lewisham, Wandsworth, Merton, Sutton, Croydon, Bromley, and Kingston upon Thames. See additional information provided in the SQ/ITT documents.
Full eligibility requirements will be contained within the SQ documents. As a minimum, the Authority is requesting that all eligible bidder's must be able to demonstrate CHAS accreditation or another health and safety recognised accreditation. Additionally, that that all specialist works are going to be carried out by either the Bidder or their sub-contractors who are registered with the appropriate Professional regulator(s) in the EU member state where they are established (UKAS or equivalent trade body certification).
— corporate social responsibility (8 %).
Full scoring and evaluation criteria on those above elements will be detailed within the invitation to tender documents.
The minimum requirements for this contract, that Peabody Group deem a good performance in achieving as essential for a Contractor to be seen to be performing to an acceptable level are detailed within Clause 3 of the Selection Questionnaire Instructions to bidders document.
Between 3 or 5 years from the date of this notice.
The Contracting Authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are Small or Medium Enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. Bidders should note that for reasons of confidentiality, full tender information will be made available only to those bidders that are selected to proceed to the ITT Stage. Sufficient detail is provided within the SQ and via the Authority's e-procurement Portal to enable the bidder to decide whether to participate in this process.
A copy of the Draft ITT document will only be available on request.
The Contracting Authority will enter into this contract following a 10 calendar day standstill period starting on the day after the notification of the result. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or who are at risk of harm by a breach of the Regulations to bring proceedings in the High Court. Any such proceedings must be brought within the limitation period specified by the Regulations according to the remedy sought.


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Avon Tries to Exploit Internet Without Alienating Its 'Ladies'
By Erin WhiteStaff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal
NEW YORK -- Avon Products Inc.'s recently appointed chief executive, Andrea Jung, is surfing onto the Web to tackle the company's oldest problem: how to move the traditional cosmetics marketer into the future without abandoning the past that made it successful in the first place.
In an era when a direct-sales force of "Avon ladies" ringing doorbells may seem a quaint throwback, Avon still relies on its direct-sellers for 98% of sales. It has long walked a tightrope between opening up new sales channels and reassuring its representatives of their own value. Ms. Jung's predecessors did that while moving the company into retail outlets, but now Ms. Jung faces the challenge of moving Avon into electronic commerce, selling its wares directly to consumers over the Web while bringing the venerable ladies along.
Avon estimates it saves $1 to $3 for every U.S. order processed over the Web instead of by its traditional method. That could mean annual savings of between $650 million and $1.95 billion if Avon processed all of its 650 million orders world-wide over the Internet. And industry analysts say a high-profile e-commerce site would likely help the company ditch its dowdy image and draw a more technically savvy -- and perhaps more upscale -- customer.
When Avon begins implementing its Internet plans next year, it will encourage representatives to set up their own Web pages linked to the Avon site, allowing customers to fill orders through their representatives' pages.
The Web presents "an opportunity to get new customers who are currently not our shoppers," says the 41-year-old Ms. Jung, who is known as a strong marketer. But she says the online logistics "would be monumental if we had just one Web site [where] we were trying to take customers away from the reps."


The tragic story of the girl who almost changed the course of British history.
In fact, had circumstances turned out differently, Rosemary Leveson-Gower could have changed the course of world history. But it was not to be. The story has its true beginnings in the First World War. It is a love story that involves tragedy and includes the people who were the main players in what was called 'The Love Affair of the Century'.
During WW1 Rosemary, a beautiful young woman who was from a titled British family, was working as a Red Cross nurse in France. She was very concerned about one young wounded soldier who was badly affected with shell-shock, so much so that he could not speak.
Rosemary, like the doctors, were sure that if they could get the young soldier to utter just one word, then he would be on the road to recovery. Rosemary sat for hours with him, talking and telling him stories – even flirting with him – hoping to get him to speak that one first word.
Eventually he did, he pointed at Rosemary and said 'darling'. He appreciated just how much she had done for him. Another young man had been watching her efforts and was present when the young soldier finally spoke. He was one of the most important members of the British royal family, in fact, he was the heir to the throne.
Edward was only twenty three at the time and Rosemary was a year older. Yet he was completely smitten by this beautiful, charming and sympathetic girl. Seeing the soldier start to recover under her care moved him deeply. Before long, it became evident that he was crazily in love with her.
Until this point in history, it had become an established tradition that members of the British royal family selected their marriage partners from the rather abundant supply of European royal houses. This had worked well. But George V had determined that his children would be encouraged choose British spouses.
So, it seems, there was no obstacle in front of the marriage plans of Edward and Rosemary. At first, she was hesitant though, as most royal brides are or have been. She was the daughter of a wealthy duke and had money of her own.
But she was truly fond of the Prince of Wales and the more they saw each other, and the more they discussed marriage, the more she wanted to go ahead and all their friends were expecting an official engagement announcement to come at any time.
It was due to King George V that the marriage did not go ahead. Even though it was he who had determined that members of the royal family could marry their compatriots, and even though he liked Rosemary very much, he would not allow the marriage to happen.
Despite the fact that the king liked Rosemary immensely, he simply couldn't sanction the idea of her eventually being queen — because of her family members. The first of these was her mother. Millicent, the duchess, had been widowed and had shocked society shortly afterwards by remarrying. It seemed like indecent haste.
Worse, that marriage did not last and she was divorced. But even more scandal was to follow when she married again — to a known homosexual. Another divorce followed soon after the marriage took place. The king, as the head of the Church of England, was doubtful that the future queen should be the daughter of an oft-married, oft-divorced woman.
But Millicent's brother was yet another factor. He was the Fifth Earl of Rosslyn who, when he had inherited the earldom, embarked on a gambling spree — one that lasted for thirty six years. Indeed, he was so well known for his gambling that it was often said that the popular song The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo was written about him.
However, he did not break the bank at the Monte Carlo Casino. Indeed, he had been made bankrupt twice (and it would happen a third time) and he had also been divorced twice, his second wife being Anna Robinson, an American actress who had drinking and drug problems and who, in the very same year Edward met Rosemary, died in the Manhattan State Hospital for the Insane.
The Earl of Rosslyn himself was not involved in drink or drugs but was a well-known – and rather disreputable character. The king could imagine that his exploits and those of his sister were enough to prevent Rosemary from marrying the Prince of Wales and ultimately becoming the Queen of England. Doubtless he was later to regret this decision.
When it became apparent that the king wasn't going to allow her to marry Edward, Rosemary promptly married one of Edward's friends, Eric, Viscount Ednam. They went on to have three sons and tragedy struck when the eldest, at seven years old, died when he was hit by a truck.
Rosemary devoted her time to creating a garden of remembrance in the grounds of the family home. But only seven months later, the final tragedy was to befall her.
Rosemary and Eric were visiting Le Touquet in France but she had to return to England to consult the architect who was helping her with the garden of remembrance. She duly booked her flight to England but an earlier flight became available, which she gladly took.
On July 21st, 1930 the plane, carrying four passengers and two pilots disintegrated in mid-air near a small Kent village. Rosemary's remains were found in an orchard and the body of the young woman who could have been the Queen of England was identified only by her string of pearls.
She was buried in the garden of remembrance that she had created. Edward, Prince of Wales, had never forgotten her and was stunned when he heard the news. The following year he opened the Rosemary Ednam Memorial Extension at the Royal Northern Hospital at Stoke-on-Trent.
What happened to the Prince of Wales?
To return to 1918, it was only a few days after his proposed married to Rosemary had been vetoed by the king when Edward attended a function given by Maud Kerr-Smiley née Simpson. Ten years later, Maud would introduce her sister-in-law to London society. Her name was Mrs Wallis Simpson.
Famously, the married Mrs Simpson embarked on what was later to be called 'the love affair of the century' with the Prince of Wales. When his father died and Edward became king, he was determined to marry Mrs Simpson. This sparked off a constitutional crisis because of Wallis being a) American and b) twice divorced.
Furthermore, Edward became king at the beginning of 1936 by which time the situation in Europe was becoming increasingly unsettled because of the presence of a certain Herr Hitler. Edward and Wallace visited Hitler and Germany in 1937.
Picture dated 23 October 1937 of the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson meeting the German Chancellor Adolf Hitler.
Many peopled believed, and still do, that Edward and Mrs Simpson were Nazi sympathisers. It's certainly true that Hitler thought that Edward would be of value to him. and, to put it colloquially, was 'on his side'. King George V must have been turning in his grave.
Had he not vetoed the marriage between Edward and Rosemary, wouldn't the situation have been completely different?
Wallis and Edward were exiled from the British Isles. They were living in France when war was declared in 1939. Edward felt as though he had been badly treated by his family and spent the rest of his life trying to find a position for himself on the world's stage.
Hitler was offering this, should Germany win the war. But in England Edward's shy and stuttering younger brother. now King George V, was becoming a popular wartime hero along with his charming wife and two little girls – one of which became Queen Elizabeth II.
Of course, it's impossible to know what would have happened in the world if young Edward had been permitted to marry Rosemary but we can be certain that history would have been changed.