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Fauci: No scientific evidence the coronavirus was made in a Chinese lab
In an exclusive interview, the face of America's COVID-19 response cautions against the rush for states to reopen, and offers his tips for handling the pandemic's information deluge.
Anthony Fauci has been the director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for almost 40 years, where he has tackled dozens of outbreaks, including HIV/AIDS. To him, the coronavirus is "extraordinary."
Photograph by Mark Thiessen, National Geographic
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Anthony "Tony" Fauci has become the scientific face of America's COVID-19 response, and he says the best evidence shows the virus behind the pandemic was not made in a lab in China.
Fauci, the director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, shot down the discussion that has been raging among politicians and pundits, calling it "a circular argument" in a conversation Monday with National Geographic.
"If you look at the evolution of the virus in bats and what's out there now, [the scientific evidence] is very, very strongly leaning toward this could not have been artificially or deliberately manipulated … Everything about the stepwise evolution over time strongly indicates that [this virus] evolved in nature and then jumped species," Fauci says. Based on the scientific evidence, he also doesn't entertain an alternate theory—that someone found the coronavirus in the wild, brought it to a lab, and then it accidentally escaped.
Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, listen as President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Thursday, April 9, 2020, in Washington, D.C.
Photograph by Andrew Harnik, AP Photo
Fauci is most concerned that the United States will be put to the test this fall and winter by a second wave of COVID-19 if the country does not blunt the infection rate by the summer.
"Shame on us if we don't have enough tests by the time this so-called return might occur in the fall and winter," he says, advising that the U.S. needs to make sure we not only have an adequate supply of tests available before a second wave hits, but also a system for getting those tests to the people who most need them.
"I don't think there's a chance that this virus is just going to disappear," he says. "It's going to be around, and if given the opportunity, it will resurge." As such, Fauci says the U.S. should also focus this summer on properly reinforcing the nation's health care system, ensuring the availability of hospital beds, ventilators, and personal protective equipment for health care workers.
He also stressed the importance of continuing to social distance everywhere until the case counts start to fall in cities and states. The U.S. witnessed about 20,000 to 30,000 new cases every day in the month of April, suggesting the country is stuck in its peak.
Still, he remains optimistic that a vaccine will be ready within an historically short time frame, citing one promising candidate that he thinks may move into advanced clinical trials by the early summer. Fauci has said that he thinks a final vaccine could be available for general use as early as January, which would break records for the speed at which previous vaccines were developed.
Video Exclusive: Fauci dispels COVID-19 rumors, advocates change
In an exclusive interview with National Geographic, Anthony Fauci of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases addresses the misinformation about the origins of COVID-19 and what he hopes will change to prevent a similar crisis from happening in the future.
One reason for his confidence is the "impressive" results being seen now in animals tested with a vaccine candidate made by Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Moderna Therapeutics, which brought it into human trials in a record 42 days. The candidate is what is known as an mRNA vaccine—a drug that uses snippets of a virus's genetic material—rather than the dead or weakened virus itself—to build the proteins that trigger the body's protective immune response.
To date, no type of mRNA vaccine has been licensed for use in humans, but Fauci believes there is great promise for this technology targeting the coronavirus, based in part on his experience developing treatments for HIV/AIDS in the 1980s and '90s.
"For some reason that we're still struggling with, the body does not make an adequate immune response to HIV," he says. To fight off that virus, a vaccine has to work better than the body's own natural response. By contrast, "it's obvious that many people make a very adequate immune response" to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and the animal trials so far show that modest doses of the mRNA vaccine for coronavirus have also generated a strong immune response.
He adds that NIAID is still developing and supporting multiple vaccine efforts, in case those that go into trials soonest don't ultimately prove safe and effective. "You want a lot of shots on goal. We want four or five candidates that we put out there all within a reasonable time," he says.
Fauci told National Geographic he's concerned about states rushing to reopen before their infection rates fall. He also shared how he manages the barrage of new scientific information being released about COVID-19, and how his family and faith keep him going despite his increasingly hectic schedule.
(The following interview has been edited for length and clarity.)
Fauci on the vaccine
You've been the NIAID director since 1984, witnessing dozens of disease outbreaks. One of the first was the HIV/AIDS epidemic. How does that experience compare with COVID-19?
One of the important advantages is what we call targeted drug development. Viruses cause disease by binding to receptors on cells in your body, be they in your upper airway or in your lung, in the case of COVID-19. They then replicate at a rapid rate that triggers a variety of pathogenic processes. Targeting drugs to interfere at one or more vulnerable sites within this replication cycle is something that we learned with HIV.
Left: U.S. President George W. Bush presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom on June 19, 2008 to Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases, in Bethesda, Maryland during ceremonies at the White House. The Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, recognizes exceptional meritorious service.
Photograph by Karen Bleier, AFP via Getty Images
Right: U.S. President Barack Obama listens to Dr. Nancy Sullivan, chief of the biodefense research section at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, explain the investigational Ebola vaccine candidate being tested on humans during a lab tour at the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland on December 2, 2014. Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Francis Collins, NIH director, watch in the background.
Photograph by White House Photo / Alamy Stock Photo
SARS-CoV-2 [the virus that causes COVID-19] has the same sort of vulnerable points. We need to identify them and develop drugs, either alone or in combination, to block the replication.
Are there also lessons from HIV/AIDS that relate to developing a COVID-19 vaccine?
Vaccines are a bit different. We have a better chance of quickly getting, relatively speaking, a vaccine for the novel coronavirus than we did for HIV, because for some reason that's still unknown the body does not make an adequate immune response to HIV.
We don't necessarily have that challenge with this coronavirus because it's obvious that many people make a very adequate immune response. They clear the virus, and they do well. As we know from the natural history of this disease, the majority of people actually either get well without any symptoms—they're called asymptomatic—or they have minimal symptoms, where they get a fever, some aches, and then they recover.
The fact that the majority of people can actually clear the virus is a very good sign for the feasibility of developing a vaccine.
The two most widely discussed vaccine candidates are an mRNA vaccine from Moderna, which reached human trials in a record 42 days, and Oxford University's candidate, based on what's known as a nonreplicating viral vector. Yet no vaccine based on these two technologies has ever been licensed for human use. What makes these two vaccines seem so promising, especially on this expedited timeline?
These vaccines are inducing, at least in animal models, really rather substantial immune responses, particularly the mRNA vaccine. When we look at the immune response that you can induce with a modest dose—one that's feasible to be translated into humans—and the amount of time it takes to get to that level of immunity, it is really quite impressive. It is also really easy to scale up with these two, in the sense of making a lot of doses pretty quickly. So you're right, they have not been approved, as many of the other vaccine platforms have, but the promise is great.
We at NIAID are either developing or supporting the development of multiple candidates. You want a lot of shots on goal. We want four or five candidates that we put out there all within a reasonable time—maybe June, July, or August—to get them into an advanced trial. The mRNA one is already well into phase one of clinical trials, and we're getting ready to go into phase two and three sometime in the early summer.
Fauci on reopening and masks
As states move to reopen businesses and warmer weather lures people outside, how concerned are you about a fresh spike in infections in the U.S.?
Take a look at the guidelines for Opening Up America Again. There are very well delineated checkpoints. There's a gateway where infections must go down for 14 days before you can enter into phase one for reopening. If you fulfill the requirements of phase one, you move to phase two. If you do it there, you go to phase three.
So when you see somebody in an environment in which the infections are not going down, and then you see 30 to 40 people on a beach with no mask … well that's very nice to have fun in the sun, but you're really putting yourself and everyone at risk for creating an even bigger spike in infections.
Do you fear a second wave?
What's impressed me the most—but clearly in a disturbing way—is the extraordinary efficiency of how the virus spreads. It spreads so much more efficiently than influenza does. You see situations where people at home try and physically separate; they have no contact except they've touched the plate or a doorknob, and they wind up getting infected.
The clusters in families, the outbreaks on the Teddy Roosevelt aircraft carrier, the enormous spread on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Yokohama harbor—it's a very, very transmissible virus.
Anthony Fauci hugs Nina Pham, the nurse who was infected with Ebola from treating patient Thomas Eric Duncan in Dallas, as Pham's mother Diana (sixth from left) and sister Cathy (fourth from left), and Director of the National Institutes of Health Francis Collins (left) look on at the end of a news briefing at NIH on October 24, 2014 in Bethesda, Maryland. Pham was declared free of the virus.
Photograph by Alex Wong, Getty Images
We're going to be put to the test as we move toward the fall and winter of this year. If we do it correctly, then we could be able to blunt and diminish the daily rate of infections in this country as we get into the summer. I can't guarantee it, but if we do things right, that likely will happen.
But I don't think there's a chance that this virus is just going to disappear. It's going to be around, and if given the opportunity, it will resurge. We now will have a few months—May June, July, August—to prepare, by making sure our health system is adequately supplied with ventilators, ICU beds, personal protective equipment, etcetera. We need to not only have tests, but to make sure the people who need tests can get tested.
So that by the time we get to September, we don't have the dialogue continually fixating on do you have enough tests? Shame on us if we don't have enough tests by the time this so-called return might occur in the fall and winter.
What's your position on the general public wearing face masks?
I'm glad you asked, because it has evolved over the weeks and months. When there was first discussion, it was at a time when face masks—either surgical masks or N95 respirators—were at high scarcity.
Let's assume that we now have enough masks or that you could easily make a cloth covering, as was suggested appropriately by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. I think those are reasonable assumptions. We know that the masks are better in the health-care setting to prevent someone who's infected from coughing and sneezing and infecting people in the environment. When you look at what the mask does for the general population, the data are not 100 percent: It doesn't 100 percent protect you from infecting somebody else, and it certainly doesn't 100 percent prevent somebody else from infecting you.
But if you wear a mask, you are getting some protection for yourself, and if you happen to be infected and don't know it, you're to some extent preventing transmission to someone else. Given that, it just makes sense that first of all, the best way to prevent spread is to maintain the physical distance of six feet.
So, if you're in a situation where you're in contact with no one, then you don't have to be walking around with a mask all day, that's for sure. But if you are in a situation where you are going to be within the realm of six feet—the grocery store or even walking out on the street—then wear it.
Fauci on the information deluge and the "virus made in Chinese lab" claim.
How do you keep up with the barrage of information and filter down to the most important science?
It's like drinking from a fire hydrant. It really is. Fortunately for me, I have a staff of three to four really good people who sift through the papers and when something looks unreasonable or "pie in the sky," they don't bother me with that. Then when all of these studies come across my desk, I read the title and the abstract. If it looks feasible, I'll put it aside and try and read it. When it's something that they think I should read, they make sure I read it.
Even with that screening process, it's still very difficult to consume everything that's out there, particularly with this relatively recent trend with these non-peer-reviewed, pre-publications [that have not gone through traditional vetting to appear in major journals].
So, what's your advice to the public at-large for sifting through the headlines and making sense of it all?
Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks with members of his laboratory during a meeting Aug. 31, 1990, where he describes a natural growth factor that is necessary for the AIDS virus to multiply.
Photograph by George Tames, The New York Times via Redux
Anybody can claim to be an expert even when they have no idea what they're talking about—and it's very difficult for the general public to distinguish. So, make sure the study is coming from a reputable organization that generally gives you the truth—though even with some reputable organizations, you occasionally get an outlier who's out there talking nonsense. If something is published in places like New England Journal of Medicine, Science, Nature, Cell, or JAMA—you know, generally that is quite well peer reviewed because the editors and the editorial staff of those journals really take things very seriously.
One topic in the news lately has been the origins of SAR-CoV-2. Do you believe or is there evidence that the virus was made in the lab in China or accidentally released from a lab in China?
If you look at the evolution of the virus in bats, and what's out there now is very, very strongly leaning toward this [virus] could not have been artificially or deliberately manipulated—the way the mutations have naturally evolved. A number of very qualified evolutionary biologists have said that everything about the stepwise evolution over time strongly indicates that it evolved in nature and then jumped species.
Sure, but what if scientists found the virus outside the lab, brought it back, and then it escaped?
But that means it was in the wild to begin with. That's why I don't get what they're talking about [and] why I don't spend a lot of time going in on this circular argument.
Fauci's life right now
What's your typical day like?
I get up around five o'clock in the morning, and I usually wind up running downstairs, getting a quick breakfast, and looking at a thousand emails—literally a thousand.
I then head to the NIH [National Institutes of Health] for my day job—trying to develop a vaccine and drugs and running a $6 billion institution. I stay there until around one o'clock, and then I go down to the White House for multiple meetings. First, I meet with the doctor group—myself, coronavirus response coordinator Debbie Birx, director Bob Redfield from the CDC, commissioner Steve Hahn from FDA, and others. We then go into the task force meeting run by Vice President [Mike Pence], which usually lasts about an hour and a half. We summarize this pre-brief with the vice president and then go brief President [Donald Trump] for the press conference.
Then, the work starts … I head home or back to the NIH and work until the wee hours of the morning. The whole day is punctuated by everybody needing to talk to you: every governor in the states, every congressional leader, every leader in the White House. It's constant conference calls. It's an almost impossible situation—and that's seven days a week.
Then you superimpose upon that all the press you do—the TV or the radio or the interviews. It's kind of a surrealistic state. I have to wake up in the morning and literally, without being facetious, ask my wife, what day is it?
Wow, how do you unwind?
I power walk with my wife, usually at night or on the weekends. It's dark, but we still do it anyway.
Has it ever been too taxing?
A couple of months ago, I was foolish and just thought I could get away with almost no sleep. I mean, like three hours a night. I did that for a few weeks, and it almost killed me. It really wore me down badly. Thank goodness I have a very intelligent and clinically skilled wife who turned things around and said, You got to remember to eat, and you've got to remember to sleep. The day is still impossible, but I don't think I'm going to drop dead from it. I hope not.
You went to a Jesuit high school, where you learned the importance of doing good for the public. How has that experience informed your professional life?
My whole life was almost served to me on the basis that my mother and father were very much oriented toward service. They were never really interested in money or material things. That's just the way they were, both of them. So I never knew there was anything like going out there and making a lot of money, and that was really cemented when I went both to a Jesuit high school and a Jesuit college, where the entire theme was service for others.
I almost never had any other inkling of doing anything except something that would have a public service component to it. I'm very much of a people person, but I'm also scientifically inclined. My entire training is steeped in the humanities, and when you combine that with an aptitude for science, you wind up being a physician.


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Is Cryptocurrency Haram? The Chairmain Of BNM's Shariah Advisory Council Says No.
In a Facebook Live video uploaded by the Chairman of the Shariah Advisory Council, he expresses his thoughts about Bitcoin and Blockchain in Malaysia, both legally and under Shariah law.
He argues that Blockchain could help fight against money-laundering.
Datuk Mohd Daud also disagrees that cryptocurrencies are haram under Shariah law due to its fluctuating value. Both fiat money and cryptocurrency are based on trust. The value of fiat money internationally also fluctuates-yet they are not considered haram even if there is risk.
While things have quieted down slightly since Bitcoin's value fell, the cryptocurrency craze is still very much ablaze. These days though, attentions are slowly shifting towards some other aspects, like Altcoins (such as Ethereum) and the blockchain that powers Bitcoin.
Hopefully, this means that the bandwagon-jumping will end, leading us to a more thoughtful cryptocurrency adoption.
Bank Negara Malaysia has issued some rules for players to follow in Malaysia, and some restrictions-Luno's bank accounts;were frozen by tax authorities;while it probes for information on all of Luno's Malaysian customers.
There is movement in the local regulation scene, but it's clear that there has been no final say on the actual outlook of cryptocurrency yet.
Notably, one of the;concerns raised by Malaysian authorities;is the possibility of dirty money being "cleaned up", or black market purchases facilitated with cryptocurrency.
Meanwhile, among Muslim circles, there has been concern about whether cryptocurrency would be;considered illegal under Shariah law. An Egyptian mufti has declared Bitcoin;haram;on grounds of gambling, and again, opening the doors to money laundering.
Turkey has also stated that Bitcoin goes against Islam, because;of its nature as an unregulated currency.
However, there is a ray of hope for crypto-fans. Among those deliberating on cryptocurrency is the chairman of the Shariah Advisory Council, Datuk Dr. Mohd Daud Bakar, who addresses the above concerns quite concisely.
He released a Facebook Live of his talks to break down his opinion of cryptocurrency adoption in Malaysia, particularly in relation to Shariah. His thoughts were expressed in Malay, so we've translated his quotes into English for the purposes for this article.
If you're interested in hearing his thoughts for yourself though, you can check out;this video, which has seen 8.2k shares at the time of writing.
Point 1: Blockchain is more than just a currency.
"I am a man of Shariah, and I see ways to preserve Shariah within digital currencies, especially because digital currencies are a phenomenon that will happen, whether we like it or not."
He starts out by describing blockchain, which is actually a ledger system that is recorded by more than one party. This helps prevent tampering. You can read up;more about it here.
"The problem is, blockchain has been touted as a currency, even though its purpose extends beyond that. Its purpose is a tool for firstly, exchanges, and secondly as a tool for remittances. The usual way for remittances between currency to currency would take up cost and approximately two days to go through.;
"Meanwhile, with these tokens, it could take only 10 seconds or even 5 seconds, and the money will already reflect in your e-wallet."
Point 2: Blockchain could help the fight;against;money-laundering.
Datuk Mohd Daud outlines some examples of how this could be applied in Malaysia.
"For example, if we pay;zakat;though Bitcoin-if this is allowed by;fatwa-then we can see exactly how the money is spent. Another example is BR1M allowances. We can observe exactly where the money is spent, whether in schoolbooks and etc."
Note: Zakat is;a form of alms-giving; fatwa is;a ruling on a point of Islamic law given by a recognised authority.
Seeing exactly how these monies are spent could help with accountability.;Zakat-payers, for example, could ensure that their contributions are actually going to help those actually in need, and the government could get valuable data on where BR1M is spent, to better strategise where and how they're distributed.
Blockchain can help ensure that any identities linked to their monies are kept on-record, rather than fiat money (regular currencies) where one can more easily hide their identities-especially using cash.
Datuk Mohd Daud points out Know Your Customer (KYC) verification procedures, which can be applied to ensure that identities linked to any cryptocurrency can be kept on-record. You can find out more about what that means;here.
In this way, blockchain could actually help combat money-laundering, if applied right and overseen by the right people.
Point 3: Cryptocurrency has many possible and practical applications in Malaysia.
Instead of just deliberating on Bitcoin, Datuk Mohd Daud has some thoughts about exactly how cryptocurrency can be applied in Malaysia in the first place.
He brings up Japan and Dubai as examples. Japan;has acknowledged;Bitcoin as legal, while Dubai has launched its own;blockchain-based cryptocurrency;in October last year.
Speaking about how Dubai has done things, Datuk Mohd Daud said, "It's no longer a global cryptocurrency or borderless, but rather a local currency. That can be good. If Malaysia wants to adapt cryptocurrency, they can turn it into local currency."
Point 4: Certain Islamic authorities might see cryptocurrency as haram-and why he respectfully disagrees.
"Ulama today consider it as haram because it is gharar (uncertain). But in my humble opinion, they misunderstand the difference between uncertainty and risk."
Datuk Mohd Daud thinks that, "In Shariah, risk is part of everyday life. Buying houses, buying shares, and even buying gold is risky. In fact, any fitrah from Allah S.A.W has its risks."
Note: Fitrah does not have an English equivalent, but can be termed as instinct, or original human nature.
The value of Bitcoin can fluctuate-going from being valued at 11 thousand per token, to 12 thousand and back down to 10 thousand, Datuk Mohd Daud think that this is what has caused some authorities to declare Bitcoin haram.
In regards to religious leaders from Qatar, Egypt and Turkey declaring it haram, Datuk Mohd Daud thinks that, "From a fatwa standpoint, a government can declare something haram because of the risk. But in terms of Shariah, it can't be said that something is haram because there is a risk."
"Digital currency was created based on a feeling of trust or peer-to-peer. Meanwhile, fiat money is also based in trust."
Datuk Mohd Daud brings up the USD, which has been used as a global currency. Its value has fluctuated over the years, gaining and losing trust as it goes along-including being used by the World Bank to balance the international exchange.
"If even America can lost faith in its own currency, does that mean the USD is not a currency? Not necessarily. In fact there have been cases such as wars and boycotts that led to currency values falling. This did not take its values as currency away."
Point 5: Malaysian regulators can already take active steps right now.
To help regulators better understand cryptocurrency, Datuk Mohd Daud even suggested that they create their own e-wallets.
"We try to put in RM100, or RM200 to buy anything so that we can see the ecosystem alive in our e-wallets. This is not necessarily for investments, that is a risk subject to each individual. Instead, we only use a small amount of money to learn how it works."
Throughout the Facebook Live, Datuk Mohd Daud was clearly deferring to others who are more knowledgeable about Blockchain and cryptocurrencies to figure out his opinion of it, even referencing that they've given a presentation about what they all are prior to expressing his own opinions.
Besides just this Facebook Live, he has also committed his thoughts into text;in this article;he penned for Utusan Malaysia, which may explain things more clearly and outlines how hed views cryptocurrency based on;Mazhab Syafie.
He has also uploaded another video last November outlining;similar points in more detail that has garnered 143k views.
A blog post that outlines some of the major points of the above video (written in Malay) can be;found here.
And if Malaysia, a majority Muslim nation is going to apply cryptocurrency in its day-to-day life, it is important for us to figure out exactly how we feel about cryptocurrency's existence and use today-and it is heartening that someone in high power and esteem is giving it the benefit of the doubt.
I personally have my worries about individuals using cryptocurrency as a form of investment or using it like stock-broking, but it doesn't mean that we should shy away from cryptocurrency altogether.
Investors do play their part, but actually using it for its intended purpose-to exchange goods and services-is crucial if we want to seriously look at cryptocurrency as a viable in the long run.
article source :https://vulcanpost.com/632153/haram-cryptocurrency-syariah-advisory-council/

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Full Specifications Sony Xperia L4 - Reviews & Ratings
A brief description of the specifications of the Sony Xperia L4 as follows.
Pros & Cons, Sony Xperia L4
Operating System (OS) uses Android 9.0 (Pie)
This Sony Xperia L4 uses a processor Mediatek MT6762 Helio P22 (12 nm)
Central Processing Unit (CPU) using Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53
Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Using PowerVR GE8320
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Phone release date Sony Xperia L4 On 2020, February 20
SIM card availability on mobile Sony Xperia L4 : Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
By using Cellular Network Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE
By having a power storage capacity: Non-removable Li-Ion 3580 mAh battery
This phone has dimensions 159 x 71 x 8.7 mm (6.26 x 2.80 x 0.34 in)
With the overall weight of this phone 178 g (6.28 oz)
From screen technology Sony Xperia L4 use IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
The screen width on this phone has a size 6.2 inches, 89.8 cm, (~79.5% screen-to-body ratio)
Has a screen resolution 720 x 1680 pixels, 21:9 ratio (~295 ppi density)
With ROM / RAM Storage Capacity 64GB 3GB RAM
With Additional Storage (SD CARD) Capacity microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)
Glass front, plastic back, plastic frame
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 40(2300)
Status Coming soon
Dimensions 159 x 71 x 8.7 mm (6.26 x 2.80 x 0.34 in)
Build Glass front, plastic back, plastic frame
SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
OS Android 9.0 (Pie)
Chipset Mediatek MT6762 Helio P22 (12 nm)
CPU Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53
Card slot microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)
- eMMC 5.1
Triple 13 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide), 1/3.0", PDAF
5 MP, f/2.2, 17mm (ultrawide), 1/5.0", 1.12µm
Single 8 MP, f/2.0, 27mm (wide), 1/4", 1.12µm
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Ya, with A-GPS, GLONASS
- Non-removable Li-Ion 3580 mAh battery
Charging Fast charging
Colors Black, Blue
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Road Trip Binders are the perfect way for kids to be entertained in the back seat during a long trip, plus they are simple and fun to make. You can adjust the content in the binder to ages and interests.
Tip: Put your papers in plastic sleeve protectors. Kids can draw on them with dry erase markers, and you can simply erase them with a paper towel. Your kids can use the printables in the binder over and over and over again!
Edith's Take: This summer the library was doing a summer reading program. The summer reading program is where you get a punch card, every time you checked out material, you got a punch. Once you got ten punches, you could pick out a free book and you also got entered in a monthly raffle. The program was for adults, teens and kids. I had so much fun with the program I filled out 4 punch cards. I also won one of the raffles in which the prize was a bundle of Sherlock Holmes themed stuff and some candy. Even though winning was a lot of fun, the program itself was a lot of fun. It was kind of like a fun challenge to try to check out and read as many books as possible. I think it was especially good, because it got kids who would have otherwise not read the whole summer to read! I am hoping they do again next year!
Edith's Take: A couple of days ago, I took a class at the library on repurposing books, the class was a lot of fun, they took old books from their donation pile and brought in crafting materials such as "washie tape", ribbon and glitter. They also brought in old magazines and photos for us to cut out and use on our books. What I really liked about this program was that there was no right or wrong to this program and it inspired others to be creative!
For the front cover of my book, I put a variety of different colored washie tape! It took a long time, but it turned out really cool!
For this page I cut out pictures of milkshakes from a recipe book! It was really fun!
Edith's Dad's take:. When Edith brought her repurposed book home, I thought it was really neat! We talked about the many useful, interesting, and artistic ways to recycle old books. Fun!
Little House on The Prarie is one of the best books I've ever read and I think almost everyone would be in agreement with me. If you have not read the series: READ IT NOW!!! It's about a family going west to find a home [ it is a true story of Laura's life] and the struggles they had along the way. The main characters include Ma, Pa, Larura, Mary, Carrie and all the main people in the town (and later on ALmonzo and Grace and Adam). The book series contains quite a lot of books, at least five long ones. This a book series you should add to your collection now!
Edith's Dad's take:. We made sure Edith grew up being read, then reading, Laura Ingalls Wilder's set of books covering the early years of her life. Lesser known could be Farmer Boy and West From Home: Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder, both worth including in a young person's reading list. West From Home will be appreciated more by young adults.
Though I enjoyed reading all of the books in the series, West From Home stood out for me because the content of Laura's letters reflected the enormous change she experienced during her lifetime. Imagine growing up in a sod house with no plumbing or electricity, but traveling later in life to the 1915 "World's Fair" and observing automobiles that carried passengers about and airplanes in flight (Actually, it really wasn't the "World's Fair", but the "1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition", which has it's own fascinating history.).
Edith's Take: Ocean Wide, Ocean Deep (as I call it – If by sea – but that is not it's real name!) is a slightly "dark" story about a girl who's father goes off to the China Trade and is gone or a year. She waits for him and the book is all about her fears and worries for her father. At the end, she is over-joyed to see her father at last who brings home all kinds of things from the China Trade (jade, furniture etc.). I hope you enjoy this book as much as I.
Edith's Dad's take: Ocean Wide, Ocean Deep is an intriguing book set in 19th century Cape Cod. Raul Allen sets the mood and tone of the book through his artistic illustrations. A good choice for discussing the maritime history of New England, specifically the transition between whaling and the opening of the China trade.
Edith's Dad's take: Edith has enjoyed the Who Was/Is series published by Grosset & Dunlap. Marketed to young adults, these books are biographical in nature, and provide context to the lives of the well-known and events in history. For the most part, they are well-written, interesting, and provide younger readers with some factual information. We have often used these as a basis for book reports in our home school curriculum.
Edith's Take: The Who Was/ Who Is? series is one of the best children's books ever published, they talk about real people and events. Just some of the series includes " Who Is Jane Goodall?, "Who Was Milton Hershey" and " Who is Hilary Clinton. Colorful covers and exciting text makes this book great for children! The reading level is anywhere from 4-6 grade. They are great for first time biographies! They also have "Who Is" journal for kids to write their own autobiographies!
" You are never too old to read a good children's book".
Edith's Dad's take: McCloskey was a talented writer and illustrator. Wonderful stories, one of my favorites growing up was One Morning In Maine – I could spend hours just looking at the pictures. I still can. I agree fully with Edith's motto.
Dada's take: This beautiful volume is one you want to add to your collection. All the Places to Love (1994, Harper Collins). Author Patricia MacLachlan weaves a short story that eventuates the connection between family and the family farm. The work of illustrator Mike Wimmer is stunning – few books reflect such a harmonious connection between author and illustrator (Good Night Moon comes to mind).
Edith's take: A story about a husband and wife and their two children. The illustrations are magnificent and I loved the story! It told just how much the family loved every new edition to the family. Patricia Maclachlan did a wonderful job on this story and I would recommend getting it!
Edith's take:. Richard Scarry is what you would call a literary genius. Richard Scarry was worn in 1919 in Boston Massachusetts. His brilliant (and humorous) books often including cute and zany illustrations of animals, and the humane-like life they lead. For hours any child could flip through and stare at the amazing illustrations and giggle at the fun, wacky, zany and crazy stories. My personal favorite in the series is Busy, Busy World, containing several stories about animals around the world. When my dad was growing up, he wanted to be just like Nicholas from I Am A Bunny (his favorite Scarry book), I mean who would not want to be Nicholas? He has no one (and no parents) to bother him, not to mention the fact that he could stay in his "house" all day and sleep in and he did not have to go to school or anything, if you ask me, that bunny's got the right idea.
Edith's Dad's take:. When I was in first grade, my classmates and I were given an assignment to speak to the class concerning what we wanted to be when we were older. My classmates chose the typical professions – doctor, lawyer, police officer, firefighter….while I announced that I wanted to be Nicholas from I Am a Bunny.
Edith's Take: Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry gives an interesting perspective on racism. You don't think of it often, but children often have to deal with racism too, it is unfortunate to think about but also true. When you are a young child you don't understand what racism is and why it happens. It is not until you are an adult that you begin to fully understand it. The book won the 1977 Newberry, and I would say that the book deserved it. The author, Mildred D. Taylor, does a good job of explaining a child's perspective on racism, and adding in a touch of humor and also some drama into her writing.
Edith's Dad's take:. Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry was required reading when I was in school, I sure hope it still is. This is an important book, a deserved winner of the Newberry Award for 1977.
Edith's Dad's Take: It will come as no surprise to those of you who know us that we find nearly every work, literary and artistic, of Eric Sloane's inspirational. Eric Sloane, N.A. (1905-1985) was an incredibly talented artist and author who chronicled much of early American life and culture. His personal journey to becoming one of the world's most successful artists is fascinating.
One of the books Eric wrote that we find particularly interesting is Eric Sloane's Diary of An Early American Boy, which chronicles part of the year in the life of one young Noah Blake. Noah had written a diary in the year 1805, a diary Eric found more than 150 years later and turned it in to this classic book for young adults.
Edith's take: Other than an artist and author, Eric Sloan was an inspirer, perhaps not to all, especially those who are not educated in the wonderful works of Eric Sloan. Part of the reason he is an inspirer [to me anyway] is his dedication to learning all about life in the early American days. He could tell you just about anything about the clouds, sky or [of course] early America. You don't have many people who have/ are researching about early America. And once you stop and think about it, it is really very cool and must have took some serious dedication.
This book is an interesting nexus between our interest in, and admiration of, Charles Lindbergh, Mike Wimmer, and Eric Sloane. Wimmer, you may recall, was the illustrator of All the Places to Love, a lovely book we detailed earlier in one of our inspirational posts. Flight is likewise illustrated by Wimmer.
Edith, holding a copy of Flight, with Eric Sloane's Alone in the background.
Those of you who know us know that Edith and I are great admirers of Connecticut artist and author Eric Sloane (1905-1985). So much so that many years ago I wrote a biography of Eric and the forces of fate brought me to buying, selling, restoring, and authenticating Eric's works. It has been a fascinating and rewarding journey.
Pictured, from left: Jimmy Doolittle, Eric Sloane, and Neil Armstrong at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Note the Spirit of St. Louis in the background. The painting is the original of Alone, perhaps one of Eric's most visually stunning works. In it, the Spirit of St. Louis is so small as to be nearly unrecognizable, while the clouds appear very large and ominous towards their bottoms. It truly conveys the reality that, in every meaning of the word, Lindbergh was really on his own.
Flight by Robert Burleigh, is now probably my favorite children's book. It was illustrated by Mike Wimmer, who was also did the drawings in " All the Places to Love" (we wrote a blog post on " All the Places of Love" – you can read it here.). It is a story of Charles Lindbergh. Charles flew the "Spirit of St. Louis" in 1927, he was going to fly from New York to Paris, France!! This was over 3,600 miles and HE WAS ALONE!!! With little experience of how to fly and instead of having a parachute and other safety gear, he had fuel. He packed 5 chicken sandwiches. He did not know how long it would take him, no one had EVER done it before, much less alone. Not many had ever really flew a plane anywhere near that far before, there were no gas stations for planes or food marts for him to fly into. And mind you, you have to be alert and driving the plane the whole way, no breaks!!! You are going across ocean most of the time! 33 hours in all! Wow!
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, illustrated by John Schoenherr.
Edith's take: This enchanting book is about a boy and his father going owling near their farm one night. This book is meant for kids, however my dad and I have found many books that are for children that are more interesting then young adult books published today. They are often full of violence, fantasy and the like. Jane Yolen and John Schoenherr use exceptional writing and illustrating talents to shape this interesting and well written fiction book.
Edith's Dad's take: The illustrations by John Schnoerr are really the stand out feature for me. The story is well written, charming throughout, and ends on a poignant note. Anyone who has ever enjoyed a walk in the woods on a winter's night will immediately recognize the illustrator's talent. It comes as no surprise that Owl Moon was a Caldecott medal recipient for 1988.
Edith's take: We decided to feature two of our favorite books by Elizabeth. " The train to Lulu's" and " Lulu's Birthday". Each as you probably can tell is about a woman named Lulu who has two young grandchildren who are different in each one. In "The train to Lulu's" two kids, both girls, one younger and the other older, both probably under the age of ten, riding a train to their grandmother. In "Lulu's Birthday" two kids, one a boy and the other a girl, plan a surprise birthday for Lulu and invite the whole neiborhood! Each have their equal amont of fun! I definitely recommend this to children of all ages.
Edith's Dad's take: I remember fondly Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard, or "Betty" as she was known to our family. Growing up in Pittsburgh, I recall thinking that she and her husband were perhaps the most elegant couple I knew. Their daughter Laura was a vivacious girl who was fast friends with my sister. Later in life Betty and her husband loved next door to my parents, not a coincidence given their friendship.
Shortly after Edith was born, Dr. Howard began giving Edith some of the books she wrote, inscribing each.
Dr. Howard's personal journey and her writings are inspirational and her wonderful books are most deserving of adding to your library.
Edith's take: This is a creative book about the wonders of numbers. This is the most complex children's book I've ever read! They talk about different ways numbers are resembled and how they are used. The ilistrstrations are beautiful and the most interesting part of the book to me. We found it, of all places, at the Union County Library System book sale. Its amazing what you can find there for both adults and children!!
Edith's Dad's take: For many reasons, probably the most significant being plain old commercialism and the "need" to buy the latest, we gravitate towards new books to find our information and a novel and "modern" presentation of that information. This isn't to discount modern takes on an ancient subject like numbers – some more recently published works are excellent (shout out to you, Greg Tang).
I found I've Got Your Number, John (1965) by Olive S. Berg to be a "classic standout". It would be worthwhile to track this volume down, as the author explores numbers and the uses of numbers in a fascinating manner, one that must have caused a bit of a stir in 1965 and would, I'd venture, cause a stir in mathematics classrooms across the country today. Once you get past the initial issue with the title's grammar, I've Got Your Number, John is an important book to add to your library.
Edith's take: A poem about a man reflecting back to his plain and simple childhood, running, jumping and exploring in bare feet. The poem was originally written by John Greenleaf Whittier, but was latter edited and illustrated by one of John's descendants, Lisa Greenleaf. The illustrations are amazing and the book is very well written. It has almost the look and feel of a book about an Amish boy growing up, but it is a book about a boy growing up in the 1800s (John Greenleaf Whittier) . If you did not know that you might be fooled. This is certainly a book I recommend to children and adults.
Edith's Dad's take: This is a wonderful book for the young and young at heart (or at least, those that should be), that presents anew John Greenleaf Whittier's The Barefoot Boy. This is a charming volume, complete with a short biography of Whittier. Whittier's poetry is really a moving account of how childhood is such a wonderful, yet fleeting, time in a person's life. He is, through his written word, writing admonitions, encouragements, and advice to his younger self. The illustrations by Whittier's descendent Lisa Greenleaf are striking and compliment very well the text. Worth adding to your collection, publisher's website here.
In October he backed his ox into the cart and he and his family filled it up with everything they made and grew all year long that was left over.
Then he walked home with the needle and the knife and the wintergreen peppermint candies tucked in the kettle and in April they sheared the sheep, spun yarn, wove and knitted, and the geese squawked in the barnyard, dropping feathers as soft clouds.
The book was winner of a Caldecott medal in 1988. It certainly deserved it! It was also on " Reading Rainbow", a TV show for kids when i was little. Im not sure if they still have it, as I saw it around 2008. " Reading Rainbow" was a wonderful program that explored children's books and talked about them. I think both Donald Hall and Barbra Cooney [ illustrator of the book] deserve a huge round of applause for this amazing book.
It is difficult to imagine a more beautiful or satisfying picture book than Ox Cart Man.
Edith's take: This is a book series about various people during famous events in history or different things that happened in past times. Although the books are fiction you can learn a lot from them- my favorite title in the series is: Standing in the Light The Captive Diary of Catherine Carey Logan. They can be used for Social Studies in school and a good idea for homeschoolers (like myself!). Each book is a pretty long read, about 180 pages in each book. It is amazing how many books are about events that happened in Pennsylvania. The reading level age group I would say is anywhere around 5th grade- 7th grade, an advanced 4th grader could probably read it too. The first one I ever read was in 5th grade at a local book club. The format of the book is several paragraphs that are diary entries, each one is about the equivalent of a normal book chapter (the book is not set in chapters, instead by diary entries). The pages of the book are purposely torn at the ends of the pages to make it look "old". This is definitely a book series to add to your collection or to your child's collection!
Edith's Dad's take: I am not sure how comfortable I am with the concept of historical fiction, but I'll play along with Edith's choice here. And, more importantly -full disclosure – I haven't actually read one from cover to cover. Perusing Edith's copy of Standing in the Light makes a compelling case for including these books in our daily blog.
I think that a forward that explains historic fiction and the purpose(s) it serve(s) would have been an important addition to this (and presumably the other) volume(s). I can't imagine it would deter potential readers; quite the contrary, I believe younger readers would respect the honesty that should be due to them. The Life in America segment should, in my opinion, be removed to the front of the book instead of hidden away towards the back. This section provides a fairly accurate account of the historical backdrop to the story, including some very good contemporary etchings, a copy of the flyleaf of the captive narrative of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson (1682), and some informative pieces on the Lenape People (all of which figure prominently in Standing in the Light).
Concerns aside, I trust Edith's judgment concerning the quality of the book. This is pretty heavy stuff at times, but very, very compelling. Readers should have a good understanding of the historical context of the story before reading to get the most out of them.


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City have failed to find the net in their last four home league meetings with Huddersfield. They've never gone five consecutive home league games without a goal vs a single opponent in their history.
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Factor of Brilliance has graciously sent us this interview with Eric Campuzano of Lassie Foundation and Prayer Chain fame. This interview is several years old, but contains lots of great information about the various projects that Campuzano has been involved with over the years. Enjoy!
I received a flyer while at Cornerstone, stating the 'manifesto' of the group Cush. From the sound of it, Cush was not only a musical group but a political party! I was intrigued by the philosophy behind this band, and I recently had the opportunity to interview one of its members, Eric Campuzano (bass guitar). Perhaps you remember the Prayer Chain, or perhaps you have heard of the Lassie Foundation, Cush, or countless other underground Christian bands that he has been a part in. I was very excited about this opportunity, being a big fan of about everything he has done work in. The following is an edited interview with Campuzano conducted via email.
Factor of Brilliance: The project CUSH has actually been around for a long time in your head. I have seen the name in the linear notes of Bloomsday, Honey, etc. back years ago. What finally led to the realization of CUSH as an actual music-making band?
Eric Campuzano: The concept of CUSH was originally suggested around the time of mercury, as even a record title. The idea is best expressed in the CUSH manifesto that I will forward onto you. In regards for making music, well after the prayer chain Andy was doing the rock n roll with the Violets [Burning] and Wayne and me were doing the lassie f and I guess the time was not right. Andy and myself had been working on music for a couple of years before the record came out. We had about 15/20 cassette tapes of musical ideas, some good, some bad, some even worse. We had a bunch of different people writing stuff with us at the end, even Tim tabor was playing drums on some of the songs originally recorded on the cassettes. So I don't know it was long process.
FOB: CUSH doesn't have lyrics or hardly any credits in the liner notes of the new album. You have said before that this is not to be like any common band. What are the ideals of CUSH? Why did you choose this path rather than ones you have taken in the past?
EC: I think this question could be answered in the manifesto. Being in a band is really hard. We just wanted to try something different something that carried little or no political, ego, pride type baggage.
FOB: What is your level of involvement with CUSH? Many of the lyrics on the album remind me of Campuzano lyrics; were they from you? What was the reasoning behind asking Mike Knott to be the lead singer?
EC: I am part of CUSH just as much as the next guy or gal. I did contribute some lyrics to this record as well as Wayne, Mike, Andy, and Snowman. In regards to Mike singing, he is a great singer.
FOB: Who was the main generator of musical ideas for CUSH? The trio of Wayne, Andy, and Eric have produced and created so much music in the past few years that it would seem you would run dry… Were there any songs that didn't make it on the new album? Possible EP?
EC: I think everyone is the main contributor. Myself and Andy I guess are the facilitator's of the jive, but everyone played huge roles in all songs. Well, it does seem like you are always dry and yet you get to make a record and you just buckle down and let you heart and ears do the writing. We are writing now. We are slow writers so who knows.
FOB: What is your favorite CUSH song?
EC: Andy's is the touch.
FOB: I know it is hard to predict the future, but do you think a follow up to the first CUSH album is likely?
EC: We would like to release an album a year and some ep's in between. Yes.
FOB: Your performance at Cornerstone 2000 was one of the first. It was an amazing show. Are you guys planning to tour, perform live on regular basis? I would think it would be hard gathering that many musicians all together to tour with all that they are involved in…
EC: We would love to tour and perform live. No one has called.
FOB: Compare CUSH to The Lassie Foundation. It seems as if CUSH has the potential to grow into something big, with more accessible music than anything you have done previously. Is that the goal? Is Lassie Foundation on temporary hold?
EC: In CUSH I primarily play bass and the Foundation I play guitar. I think they are different bands. I can't really compare them to one another other than they both play rock n roll. Andy is a big part of the foundation on the technical side and not on the songwriting side. I think that is the biggest difference. Since the guitars of both bands drive the sound and tone of the music. Andy's sound is so distinct and has things he does that the foundation cannot replicate and vice versa. The lassie f is still playing and often. Currently we have re-released Pacifico on vinyl and CD through grand theft autumn. Also, in January we will have a new ep coming out again on grand theft. It will be a split with the Duraluxe. And after that we will be having a full length coming out on Anisette in the spring. So the foundation stays very busy.
FOB: What has Lassie Foundation been up too? Is there a full-length anywhere on the horizon?
EC: See above
FOB: Charity Empressa drones project? Dead? Alive?
EC: A little of both. No time=DEATH
FOB: The music of the Prayer Chain and the music of CUSH and Lassie differ greatly. What moved you away from the atmospheric emotional rock of Mercury, to the fuzz pop of Lassie, and the dreamy pop of CUSH? What musical influences took you this way?
EC: I just have a lot of modes. In the Prayer Chain, it was Andy, Wayne, driving the Mercury cruise liner to hell. And it worked. Andy was sort of tapped out during and after mercury, killing himself and his soul in TPC [The Prayer Chain], My brother's Mother, and The VB [Violet Burning]. Which sort of left me with no one to write with. And he encouraged me to pick up the guitar and write my wn songs. So I went to guitar center and bought the $100 Squire and the Peavey 20 watt. Lassie was born with the exception of a singer. At the time Wayne was going to play the drums because I suck at drums. Our plan was going to have different people sing and then play to vocal tracks with no lead singer. Kind of neat idea, but most likely a stupid one and disaster waiting to happen. So I asked Wayne to sing and he said ok. So I guess initially the Lassie Foundation was primarily my musical vision. One of my favorite bands of all time was the Jesus and Mary Chain. So, the influence is obvious. In regards to CUSH we just decided to attempt to take drones and turn them into a semblance of a song. And then try to make that as accessible as possible. CUSH has no rules or pride you do what you like. I guess right now it is Andy's and my beast. I think we like to try to get rid of the length and get to pop side of the songs. But for us the jams are the heart of the songs, the moving part. We seem to find our peace in the longer modes. I know most don't really dig that which I understand there is not a lot of time for you to sit through a 6 minute song especially if the intro is 2 minutes. You just want the rock. I guess that is the selfish side of music. For the artist sometimes what feels right for you is not necessarily right for the listener. So I don't know, you try to right what is on your heart sometimes it is a success mostly a gigantic flaming crash.
FOB: What Albums are in your CD player right now?
EC: Amnesia, Love and Rockets, Joy Division, The Beach Boys, Built to Spill.
FOB: Are we ever going to hear any more material that further explores the path taken in Mercury and Antarctica? Or does this vein of music no longer hold your interest?
EC: I think you have. The Lassie Foundation and CUSH. Will we write ever with Tim Taber on vocals as The Prayer Chain. No. But God does work in mysterious ways.
FOB: What is your philosophy of music?
EC: I don't think I have any. But here are my likes and hates that sort of define how I write a song. I like descending progressions. I hate bar chords. I like lyrics that have geographical and historical leanings. My favorite chord is called the outback C# and I use that chord in almost every song I write. I like my bass lines to be simple and to change the chords rather than the guitar to do it. I would rather play one chord or note than 2,3,4 etc. and if I have to write two chords then I would rather play two chords than 3,4,5, etc. I like the linear rather than quiet verse big chorus. I like the Anaheim Angels, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, UCLA football and basketball. I hate the Rams and Dodgers.
FOB: When you say, 'being in a band is really hard', in reference to the reasons behind forming CUSH, does this refer to the dissolving of the Prayer Chain? How?
EC: It is in reference to every band I have ever been in. Obviously the prayer chain was difficult and a gigantic pain in the ass that I would not trade for anything in the world. In regards to Cush, I think Andy and myself wanted to attempt something completely benevolent and benign. Was it successful? Probably not, but at least we are trying. We are not selling out to something devoid of meaning and value. Although, the cool police may argue with that. But I can sleep at night.
FOB: What were your best experiences in The Prayer Chain?
EC: The obvious ones are seeing people come to the lord. But personally just the banter between one another. Sometimes, although in the end we hated one another, we had some real funny conversations. Tim was my best friend when the band started and he wasn't when the band ended. So now I look back and the times me and Tim talked, prayed and joked; I cherish those moments. I wish we could go back to those times.
FOB: Are there any?
EC: Of course there are. But I guess one show in Lexington, Kentucky the power blew out and we were left with no vocals just the music and I guess out of that situation was born was Cush. And then Wayne getting arrested for streaking at the cotton bowl in Dallas for the promise keepers youth rally. I guess that was the end for The Prayer chain, but a great story nonetheless.
FOB: Any shows that stick out in your mind as the best, or which ones did you enjoy the most?
EC: At Cornerstone when Shawl came out. I remember just hearing people singing the chant of Crawl for a long time before we came out. I felt finally we made it. We did something good, whatever that means. I also remember the time we played in Michigan on our last tour. We were the last of about three thousand bands and it seemed everyone hung out till we played and we played for about 30 minutes because we did not want to make anyone hang out longer than they wanted to and we ended the set for the first time with Sunstoned, live. It seemed a perfect night. The night The Prayer Chain hit its mark and then died once and for all. That night we ended with Sunstoned and segued into (via Jermey Woods suggestion) Already There by the verve-the lyric that I think defines The Prayer Chain
"Seen it, I'm already there/save your books and pills/I don't need them I'm already there/you can do anything you want/all you got to do is try/I thought all my best days have left me/my best years have left me behind/then I felt them come back…If my skin looks old from living/I'll turn it back and live it again/you better pray when the music stops and you are all/Left alone in your mind…cause I'll be hearing music till the day I die..
FOB: What were your worst experiences in the prayer chain?
EC: next
FOB: The music of The Prayer Chain (Mercury era) seems like it was written out of band jams, as opposed to verse/chorus ideas. The choruses and verses blend together in one's mind after hearing the songs. How were songs for Mercury written?
EC: They were jams. But after we jammed we made a very meticulous map. I think this story has been told many times. Mercury was written over many years. Mostly, TPC got together and hung out at Tim's house and wrote the music and melody on djembe, guitar, bass. TPC premise was to make a record that came from the earth (I know how contrived, but again, at least we tried) all of our beats and rhythms were derived from aboriginal music, with the exception of Waterdogs and Grylliade. The rest was pure. The only song we copied was Waterdogs-a Curve rip-off that most thought was a crappy U2 ripoff. The rest of the record was saved via Steve Hindalong and Chris Colbert who encouraged us at any cost to make this record. None of us participated much in the recording of anyone else's parts. We were left to sink or swim on our own. There was no support of anyone with the exception of Steve Hindalong and Chris Colbert. It was not the most spiritual record ever made. It was sort of do or die. I do not think I talked to Andy until his girlfriend and my wife flew in to go to Cornerstone and we had to go pick them up and head out to Cornerstone, of course our van blew up and we had to rent two rental vans and we both got speeding tickets.. Never the less he stayed away from everyone and really talked to no one. He made sure everything was soldiered. But never talked too much. Tim did not come out until the record was pretty much done musically. The miracle of mercury was that musically it was recorded in about 5 to 6 days. It was done before Tim ever showed up.
1-Humb-we had some hours to kill before we had to drive to Cornerstone. We wanted a song, a heartbeat, a truth of what mercury was about, and it was Humb. Chris Colbert taught us the drone. The key of c. Wayne and Campuzano doing their vocal jive and Taber coming and setting the stage for our opus. Out spreads the earth, his love is everlasting."
2-Waterdogs-a great lyric sunk by a dumb melody. One of the first songs written for Mercury about a year or two earlier. Wayne, Jason 71, and Jeremy Wood introduced me to Curve.
3-Grylliade-One of the first songs written for mercury. Written while Wayne was still going to Pepperdine and right when shawl came out. A song that was derived from nowhere. A pure music idea stolen from nowhere. Although, lyrically, a stolen line "Give me a while and I will show you how it how it feels." Love and Rockets. The lyric was derived or based on the fact that reunion records wanted us to become the next Petra, we refused it and as such we suffered, as the main lyricist at the time they made me feel like a loser and on top of that they informed me that I was not a Christian and essentially I was going to hell, which our manager agreed because all of a sudden we were going to lose a ton of money, and even a member of our band agreed that I was a lost soul. The result was that I lost all countenance and they have gone too far. The Result: The prayer chain is dropped. I think this is the greatest song ever written by The Prayer Chain.
4-creole-Rrom Hindalong counting from beat one in the song is pretty much math. Figure it out. The song is about identity and death….All the old ghost… a pure pop math song. We thought slow gay was going to be a real controversial lyric. No one cared. We also thought the bass changing every chorus would be real fresh, no one cared. In addition, we also thought it would be real cool that the bass would play the guitar solo. Again no one cared and why would they. Who would want to hear the bass play a guitar solo? We end the song with something Steve put together with his kids that sort of gave a vibe of the old ghosts
5-Sky High-we were asked to record some new jive to make mercury more Christian. We recorded sky high an 8 minute opus, friend or foe, the other side of heaven, and lose yourself. What got dropped off the original record was Antarctica, Loverboy and Chalk.The premise of the record was the front side burden of humanity. The backside was the love songs ending with the ultimate sacrifice, yourself for The Christ., Sunstoned. Again the love songs were not Christian enough. So our ship is taking on water and taking it rather quickly.
6-Mercury- Knew this song was fresh pretty much the moment we wrote it. One of the ones we wrote at Tim's parent's house. Although Grylliade I think is my favorite, this is really the best song we wrote, probably ever will write. Apathy.
7-Shiver- I can't really comment on this one. It hurts too much.
8-Manta Rae-This was supposed to be where the love songs start. Recorded live in one take. One guitar, bass, drums.
9-Bendy Line-Steve Hindalong wrote the lyrics and melody on this one because Tim at the time had difficulty following the time signatures. The melody is a great melody for Tim to sing. He goes from his voice to the falsetto. A very good moment for him. The song itself is disturbing and beautiful.
10-Sunstoned-Andy singing like the angel he is. The end.
FOB: Do you ever get sick of fans bringing up the prayer chain?
EC: No, I only get sick when they ask us to do another record or why we won't get back together. We broke up because that was it. We did not want to write anymore. We said and did what we wanted to do. We did the reunion shows so that we could bring some closure. The last thing I remember from the last show was me getting in a van to fly out of town on vacation and hearing Tim and Wayne arguing. "Do you always have to be such an asshole?" and "You just don't get it." I thought we just needed some closure and after two years we were talking again and I asked everyone if they would be into getting back together to sort end on a good note. I really needed it to happen. It just ended so dark. We did the Chicago show next because so many people were bummed they could not get out to California and so the next year we did the show in Chicago for those who could not get to Cali. That may have been one of our best shows. And lastly, we were asked to do a benefit for Gene Eugene. Otherwise The Prayer Chain would be a dead issue. We don't want to do The Prayer Chain anymore. Ask us whatever questions you want about songs, about one another, just don't ask us to get back together.
FOB: In what ways is the Lassie Foundation and Cush more mature musically than The Prayer Chain?
EC: They aren't. Just different rock.
FOB: Has Cush written any new material since the album release? Or is it hard to get all the members in the same room with how busy they are in their own musical projects and jobs?
EC: we have been writing. We just finished a song, "Jesus is on the Mainline". But yes, it is difficult. We try to get together at least one day a week to work on music or just to grab a beer and catch up. Andy, Wayne, Snowman are like my brothers. I don't go too long without talking to them.
FOB: how have the sales done with the cush album? What has been your highest selling album that you have been involved with?
EC: All The Prayer Chain albums have done real good. And Cush is doing good. As good as The Prayer Chain, no, not yet, but hopefully.
FOB: Your stage presence is often very rigid. What is going through your mind while you are playing live?
EC: What is the next chord?
FOB: How did northern records start?
EC: A friend of mine had been talking for a very long time about music and movies. He would always ask about this and that in regards to production, writing songs, how to get a deal, and how to do this and that. And one day he called me up and said I want to do it. And we started a label together. Currently, I have Mike Bridges and The Doc helping me out.
FOB: Where do you seek to go with Northern Records?
EC: I have no idea hopefully to the top.
FOB: Is the distribution strictly to Christian stores?
EC: We have distribution all over the globe. But at most record stores you have to order the record. It is in most record stores catalogs but it is not stocked. It is easiest to find the product at Christian bookstores or online at cdnow or amazon
FOB: Has the Christian music industry as a whole been good or bad to Eric Campuzano and company? Why?
EC: That is sort of a loaded question. So yes and no.
FOB: Are there any mainstream Christian music acts that you greatly respect?
EC: I came to the lord at an Undercover concert. So obviously, Undercover and all the bands from Orange County, 441, DA, Lifesavers, Altar Boys, Common Bond, The Choir, The Violet Burning. Without them we would be nowhere. There would be no Tooth and Nail, Etc… We owe them everything.
FOB: Obviously, reading the Cush manifesto, the project is centralized on god and love. The lyrics lend to this. I have been blessed by the music and words of Cush. How does your faith interact with your music?
EC: It does not interact; it is my music.
FOB: Any final remarks to listeners?
EC: No
(special thanks to Joel Bennett for sharing this interview with us)
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ATHENS — Freshman Sharife Cooper had 28 points, five rebounds, 12 assists and two steals and Auburn never trailed in its 95-77 win over Georgia on Wednesday night.
Cooper, a five-star recruit who was cleared to play by the NCAA about 90 minute's before Saturday's 94-90 loss to Alabama, is averaging 27 points, 4.5 rebounds, 10.5 assists and 2.5 steals in two games.
Devan Cambridge scored 14 points for Auburn (7-6, 1-4 Southeastern Conference), which snapped a four-game skid. JT Thor, Allen Flanigan and Jaylin Williams had 11 points apiece and Jamal Johnson added 10. Williams and Cambridge each had five of the Tigers' 14 blocks — the most in a game by a Division I team this season.
Williams and Cambridge hit back-to-back baskets to cap a 13-3 run that gave Auburn a 10-point lead about 7 minutes into the game. Georgia (7-4, 0-4) scored the last five points of the the first half and opened the second with a 7-0 spurt to pull within 45-41, but the Bulldogs missed their next seven shots. The Tigers scored 22 of the next 25 points to make it 67-44 with about 11 minutes to go and Georgia trailed by double figures the rest of the way.
Freshman K.D. Johnson had 21 points, seven rebounds, two blocks and four steals for the Bulldogs. The 6-foot-1 guard, who was Georgia's top-rated recruit in the class of 2020, did not play in the first 10 games of the season due to academic issues.
Sahvir Wheeler added 19 points, five assists and four steals for Georgia and Toumani Camara scored 12 points. Both players fouled out in the closing minutes.
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