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Cinema Dispatch: The Secret Life of Pets 2
The Secret Life of Pets 2 and all the images you see in this review are owned by Universal Pictures and Illumination
Directed by Chris Renaud
I remember the first movie having one of the most aggressive ad campaigns I'd seen since I started reviewing movies, and yet this one was much more subdued. I only saw the trailer a few times leading up to its release, but while that certainly kept me from being ANNOYED by the movie it didn't really do much to improve my expectations. The first one was a C grade knock off of Toy Story, and while it wasn't ALL bad it didn't leave much of an impression outside of Jenny Slate's performance and a few seconds of Andrew WK music to liven things up. Can the sequel manage to improve where the last one came up short, or will this be a lazy cash grab on the success of the first one with similarly mediocre results? Let's find out!!
Following the events of the first film, Max and Duke (Patton Oswalt and Eric Stonestreet) have been getting along with their owner Katie (Ellie Kemper) in their peaceful New York life. However, things change once Katie meets the man of her dreams Chuck (Peter Holmes), and cut to about five years later where Katie and Chuck have a kid named Liam (Henry Lynch) who Max is at first hesitant about but becomes quickly attached to. The added stress of watching over a child however is starting to give Max some unhealthy habits, but maybe an upcoming vacation in the country with Chuck's family and their dog Rooster (Harrison Ford) will be just what Max needs to relax! While he's off on his trip, Gidget (Jenny Slate) has been entrusted to watch his favorite toy which she loses almost immediately, and Snowball the bunny (Kevin Hart) has become some sort of animal saving super hero who's latest mission is to help a Shih Tzu named Daisy (Tiffany Haddish) save a tiger who's being abused by a VERY evil looking circus run by a bunch of dudes with Russian accents and permanent sneers; one of whom is played by Nick Kroll. Will Max get over his nervous tendencies now that he's around nature and the stern advice of Rooster? Can the other pets shore up their subplots before the running time exceeds ninety minutes? Is Illumination trying to sell us four episodes of an unaired TV series as a full length movie!?
"WHY, NETFLIX!? WHY WOULDN'T YOU HAVE US!?"
This entry was posted in Cinema Dispatch and tagged Bobby Moynihan, Chris Renaud, Dana Carvey, Ellie Kemper, Eric Stonestreet, Garth Jennings, Hannibal Buress, Harrison Ford, Henry Lynch, Illumination Entertainment, Jenny Slate, Kevin Hart, Kiely Renaud, Lake Bell, Meredith Salenger, Michael Beattie, Movie Review, Nick Kroll, Patton Oswalt, Pete Holmes, Sean Giambrone, Tara Strong, Tiffany Haddish, Universal Pictures on June 13, 2019 by Matt Vetrano.
Cinema Dispatch: Blade Runner 2049
Blade Runner 2049 and all the images you see in this review are owned by Warner Bros Pictures and Sony Pictures
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
Yup! Blade Runner sure was a movie, wasn't it? I mean I was always more into eighties Carpenter than eighties Scott, but it's clearly a movie that's impact can still be felt to this day from science fiction films like The Matrix and Dark City to anime like Ghost in the Shell and Akira. Heck, even the live action Ghost in the Shell looks as much like the original Blade Runner as it does the source material! Many of us have been living in this film's shadow for as long as we've been alive, and so the prospect of a sequel seems rather quixotic considering how hard it would be to not only live up to that movie's actual merits but to also live up to the sense of scope and impact that it ended up leaving in its wake. Does the director of that one movie where Jake Gyllenhaal meets a giant spider have what it takes to stand with one of the titans of the genre, or will this project collapse faster than Rutger Hauer's plan to not die at the age of four? Let's find out!!
One more thing! Some people may consider a pertinent detail that we learn five minutes into the movie to be a spoiler. I don't REALLY see it as a spoiler considering how early it is in the movie, but I figure I'll just put up a SPOILER WARNING here just in case you want to go in completely blind. TURN BACK NOW IF YOU MUST!!
We good? Okay, so the year is 2049 and the movie begins with Agent K (Ryan Gosling) who we learn within the first five minutes of the movie is a replicant which is an artificially created human but ALSO a cop for the LAPD. A Blade Runner in fact which is a cop that specifically hunts replicants! Hence the title… though I'm still not sure WHY they're called that considering he uses a gun and tends to leisurely stroll from place to place. Anyway, replicants haven't been a problem for a while now as the CURRENT big bad organization Wallace Corp has fixed all the kinks that were in the Nexus 6 models from the first film (they had a tendency to rebel and kill humans) but K still has to hunt down these old timers whenever one crosses their path and we see him at the start of one of these missions as the movie begins. Once the deed is done (in GRUESOME detail), he ALSO discovers something else that's on the replicant's property that shouldn't be there but holds secrets that could turn this world on its head. Oh, and in case you were wondering OF COURSE Deckard (Harrison Ford) is somehow involved, so K has to not only find answers as to what exactly they found but where it came from and who else knows about it. While on this super-secret assignment that I'm not gonna spoil, he also has to contend with Wallace Corp head honcho Niander (Jared Leto) as well as his replicant assistant Luv (Sylvia Hoeks) who seem to know exactly what's going on and are keeping tabs on him just in case he either discovers too much or finds something that they're looking for as well. Will K unlock the mysteries that are so mysterious that they can't be discussed here? Will they in some way deal with his mysterious past which is a mystery even to him? JUST HOW MANY SECRETS CAN ONE MOVIE HAVE!?
"This is GREAT! What's your secret?" "I'M NOT TELLING YOU!!"
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Cinema Dispatch: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Star Wars: The Force Awakens and all the images you see in this review are owned by Walt Disney Studios
Directed by JJ Abrams
Alright, look. This review is going to have spoilers and if you're worried about that, then here are my thoughts real quick.
The movie is fantastic. The bad guy stuff is the best, the good guy stuff is bogged down a bit by the references they're trying to fit in, but overall it's a fun ride and a worthy successor to the original trilogy.
You got that? Okay, here comes the rest of the review.
The movie starts off with Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) getting a sci-fi USB stick that contains the location of Luke Skywalker who has been missing for a very long time. Before he can take the flash drive to The Resistance however, the village he's in gets raided by the new bad guys named The First Order who are the Empire in all but name. Kind of like how Kentucky Fried Chicken changed their name to KFC. Nothing's changed, but now they have a less obviously evil/unhealthy name. Anyway, Poe gets captured by Darth Vader 2.0, also known as Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) but not before Poe gives the USB stick to R2-D2 2.0, also known as BB-8. The droid makes his way to a scavenger named Rey (Daisy Ridley) who takes it in while simultaneously A Storm Trooper named FN-2187 (John Boyega) breaks out Poe from the evil starship. Their escape is cut short when they get shot out of space and crash land on the planet below (the one BB-8 and Rey are on) and FN-2187 (also known as Finn) is the sole survivor. His deal is that he wants to get as far away from The First Order as quickly as possible, but now that he's on the dirt planet he doesn't really have a way to do that. Fortunately, he eventually finds the droid and Rey, poses as a Resistance fighter, and convinces them to help him escape the planet and drop off the droid (with him escaping to wherever the hell he wants to in the process). Can these two make it to The Resistance before The First Order can capture them? Will Finn step up to the plate when the time comes, or will his self-preservation instincts kick in before he has a chance to play the hero? Is Rey more than what she appears to be and is the she the key to stopping The First Order once and for all? WHERE'S HAN SOLO!?!? Oh wait, there he is.
"Chewie… We're gonna make a SHIT load of money doing this!" "Rheeaaahhr!!"
This entry was posted in Cinema Dispatch and tagged Adam Driver, BB-8, Carrie Fisher, Chewbacca, Daisy Ridley, Finn, Han Solo, Harrison Ford, JJ Abrams, John Boyega, Kylo Ren, Leia Organa, Luke Skywalker, Mark Hamill, Movie Review, Oscar Isaac, Peter Mayhew, Rey, Star Wars on December 22, 2015 by Matt Vetrano.


There are two unique variations of leg length discrepancies, congenital and acquired. Congenital implies you are born with it. One leg is anatomically shorter than the other. Through developmental periods of aging, the human brain senses the walking pattern and identifies some variation. Our bodies usually adapts by tilting one shoulder to the "short" side. A difference of less than a quarter inch is not very irregular, demand Shoe Lifts to compensate and usually won't have a profound effect over a lifetime.
Leg length inequality goes largely undiscovered on a daily basis, however this condition is simply fixed, and can eliminate numerous cases of chronic back pain.
Therapy for leg length inequality commonly involves Shoe Lifts. These are affordable, commonly costing less than twenty dollars, in comparison to a custom orthotic of $200 or even more. When the amount of leg length inequality begins to exceed half an inch, a whole sole lift is generally the better choice than a heel lift. This prevents the foot from being unnecessarily stressed in an abnormal position.
Mid back pain is the most common condition affecting people today. Over 80 million people have problems with back pain at some stage in their life. It's a problem that costs businesses huge amounts of money each year due to time lost and output. New and improved treatment solutions are always sought after in the hope of minimizing the economical impact this issue causes.
Men and women from all corners of the earth suffer the pain of foot ache due to leg length discrepancy. In these situations Shoe Lifts can be of very helpful. The lifts are capable of alleviating any discomfort in the feet. Shoe Lifts are recommended by countless professional orthopaedic orthopedists.
So as to support the body in a balanced manner, the feet have a vital job to play. Despite that, it is often the most neglected region of the body. Some people have flat-feet which means there is unequal force exerted on the feet. This will cause other body parts such as knees, ankles and backs to be impacted too. Shoe Lifts make sure that suitable posture and balance are restored.
Your doctor is very likely to be able to diagnose your hammertoe simply by examining your foot. Even before that, he or she Hammer toe will probably ask about your family and personal medical history and evaluate your gait as you walk and the types of shoes you wear. You'll be asked about your symptoms, when they started and when they occur. You may also be asked to flex your toe so that your doctor can get an idea of your range of motion. He or she may order x-rays in order to better define your deformity.


Partly cloudy forecasted today. Temperature low -2 °C, high 12 °C. Freezing level at 3509 meters. Wind at 3km/h S.
The ski area of Sankt Antonien Graubunden consists of 3km of skiing slopes between 1450-1620m altitude. There are 2km of blue, 1km of red and 0km of black slopes. The skiarea is serviced by 2 lifts.
The ski region Sankt Antonien Graubunden was voted an average of 7.8 by our visitors.


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Australia's Sheppard
Brisbane, Australia's
Acoustic Performance for Steve Madden Music!
Sheppard performs "Let Me Down Easy", here: http://youtu.be/m6WGEq9sxNg
Sheppard performs "Flying Away", here: http://youtu.be/sOWopz9NCf8
Album available on iTunes now: bit.ly/MXKWhT
Brisbane, Australia - October 10, 2012 - Sheppard, comprised of siblings, George, Amy and Emma Sheppard, and friends Jay Bovino, Michael Butler and Jared Tredley, have recently released their energetic and colorful debut EP this August. The Australian based band performed their first two singles off the EP, "Let Me Down Easy" and "Flying Away" for Steve Madden Music. SMM has worked with some of music's hottest artists to bring you content you couldn't find anywhere else, as well as brings emerging artists to the forefront, showcasing the buzziest, most exciting talent before they hit it big, like Lady GaGa, Katy Perry, and Neon Trees, to name a few.
The band has done some really exciting things this summer including headlining Central Park Summer Stage in NYC on August 18th for Australia Day, as well as touring in South Africa, London, Australia, and the Philippines. They have also just announced an upcoming Aussie BBQ Tour in India (details below)
Sibling rivalry can go one of two ways; it can either be paralyzing or it can be a catalyst to greatness. For indie pop Brisbane band Sheppard, it was a rivalry that sparked the formation of a group like no other. Born from a strong family foundation; George, Amy and Emma Sheppard perform with a desire to artistically and creatively express their take on the world and to engage the youth that live within it. The family holds a strong bond to Papua New Guinea, where Amy and George grew up. It was after relocating to Australia that the three siblings began discovering their unique musical talent and ability to play a variety of musical instruments. It wasn't long until the family discovered the talents of Sydney musician/songwriter Jason Bovino. Jay was quickly recruited as a valuable member of the songwriting team and then the group soon grew to a gang of six when they saw great potential in musicians Michael Butler and Jared Tredley both from Brisbane.
Sheppard have amassed a concrete international following and are constantly devolping their local presence, infiltrating the music scene with their alternative indie pop sound and youthful vulnerability. To date they have written and produced over 30 tracks, and continue to impress audiences with an ongoing supply of new material. Sheppard. Six big kids in one creative family, bound by the love they have for music.
Sheppard will have a cameo performance and three songs on the soundtrack of the upcoming feature horror film OLD 37 starring Brandi Cyrus and Kane Hodder. The film will be shot in New York in August.
Official: www.WeAreSheppard.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sheppardband
Twitter: www.twitter.com/wearesheppard
I'm Not a Whore.
Hold My Tongue
Let Me Down Easy.
Flying Away.
Pebble Road.
Aussie BBQ Tour in India Info
November 4 Pune Bacardi NH7 Weekender, Amanora Park Town
Venue Address: Hadapsar-Kharadi Bypass, Hadapsar, Pune - 411028
November 7 Mumbai Hard Rock Cafe
Venue Address: Bombay Dieing Mill Compound, Worli, Mumbai - 400025
November 10 New Delhi Shroom
Venue Address: Third Floor, The Crescent Mall, Lado Sarai, Mehrauli, New Delhi - 110030
November 11 Bangalore CounterCulture
Venue Address: #2D2, 4th Cross, Dyavasandra Industrial Area, Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560048

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Writing off the cuff here, so it may not be as eloquent as I hoped. But, I didn't want to miss the opportunity to be able to write and reflect upon the announcement today that President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. As most readers can imagine, I am a huge fan of President Obama. Fan. Admirer. Follower. Supporter. You name it, I'm there. I've written before that I never really cared too much about politics prior to this election and the events leading up to it. President Obama (then, Candidate Obama) and the movement made me care. For the first time in my life. I saw a change. And, yes, it was and is a change I can believe in.
I'll never forget the image, just after Mr. Obama was named the Democratic candidate, of a young boy who was dressed up for Halloween, with a name tag that said, "President." His little name tag didn't say "President Obama", in homage of imitation. It didn't say "Future President" or "I wanna be President", it simply read "President." Years ago, that little boy would have gathered responses like "Oh, how cute" or "Dream big, little guy." I certainly would have thought those. But, now, I see that photo and say, "Yes, Mr. President." I have no doubt that doors have been opened for this little boy. I don't just mean in opportunity, I mean in his renewed self esteem; in his promise that one day he, too, can be President; and in the security that he will be able to stand on the shoulders of those who came before him.
When I first heard that President Obama was reaching out to the Muslim world to make peace, I thought, truly, there was no one else who could have done this in a genuine manner. For, because of his family, his heritage, and his history, outreach was coming from a place of love and respect. In the beginning of his campaign and through the election, President Obama seemed to be going on a World Tour, visiting many countries where people came out to offer support and encouragement. Have we seen that in many other leaders these days?
President Obama's speeches, his inspiration, his call to action for his fellow Americans, and in him, the promise of a brighter tomorrow, brings peace. Not in the traditional sense of solving or ending a political war, but rather a peace to people.
I agree with the critics who have said, "He hasn't done enough to earn the Nobel Peace Prize." And, as much as it pains me to say this, in a traditional sense, it is true. But, for me, President Obama represents all that is not traditional. Our country, its people, its policies, and its programs have existed in ways that have not worked. And, I have respect for someone who believes that doing the same thing, getting nowhere, and still doing the same thing expecting different results is getting old. it's refreshing to hear a President who speaks honestly. Who intelligently speaks and responds from a place of care.
In the past few months, there have been times where I reacted with "Dang, he shouldn't have said that!" From Cambridge police to Kanye West, President Obama has spoken candidly. People reacted with "that's not very Presidential!", yet, my reaction is "how refreshing!"
Nobel Peace Prize? I know. Given those who have received it in the past, I'm not sure I would have put President Obama in the same category. I also wonder if the global community sees his impact differently than we might see it. Does the larger world believe that "If Americans can vote for a Black president, they must be getting somewhere?" Do they place great emphasis on his outreach to the larger global world where previous presidents looked to dominate other countries? Or, did they choose him because he has the greatest global recognition right now?
Simply sitting and writing just hours after the announcement, I'm still attempting to digest it all. I feel conflicted -- so happy and proud for President Obama, and yet I find myself questioning whether it was awarded too early. I know there will be great things that come out of President Obama's impact. Peace and hope. That's what I know he has brought to my family.


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Q: Python : Dropping specific rows in a dataframe and keep a specif one Let's say that I have this dataframe
Name = ['ID', 'Country', 'IBAN','ID_info_1', 'Dan_Age', 'ID_info_1','Dan_city','ID_info_1','Dan_country','ID_info_1', 'ID_info_2', 'ID_info_2','ID_info_2', 'Dan_sex', 'Dan_Age', 'Dan_country','Dan_sex' , 'Dan_city','Dan_country' ]
Value = ['TAMARA_CO', 'GERMANY','FR56', '12', '18','25','Berlin','34', '55','345','432', '43', 'GER', 'M', '22', 'FRA', 'M', 'Madrid', 'ESP']
Ccy = ['','','','EUR','EUR','EUR','','EUR','','','','EUR','EUR','USD','USD','','CHF', '','DKN']
Group = ['0','0','0','1','1','2','2','3','3','4','1','2','3','4','2','2','2','3','3']
df = pd.DataFrame({'Name':Name, 'Value' : Value, 'Ccy' : Ccy,'Group':Group})

print(df)

           Name      Value  Ccy Group
0            ID  TAMARA_CO          0
1       Country    GERMANY          0
2          IBAN       FR56          0
3     ID_info_1         12  EUR     1
4       Dan_Age         18  EUR     1
5     ID_info_1         25  EUR     2
6      Dan_city     Berlin          2
7     ID_info_1         34  EUR     3
8   Dan_country         55          3
9     ID_info_1        345          4
10    ID_info_2        432          1
11    ID_info_2         43  EUR     2
12    ID_info_2        GER  EUR     3
13      Dan_sex          M  USD     4
14      Dan_Age         22  USD     2
15  Dan_country        FRA          2
16      Dan_sex          M  CHF     2
17     Dan_city     Madrid          3
18  Dan_country        ESP  DKN     3

I want to reduce this dataframe ! I want to reduce only the rows that contains the string "info" by keeping the ones that have the highest level in the column "Group". So in this dataframe, it would mean that I keep the row "ID_info_1" in the group 4, and "ID_info_1" in the group 3. In addition, I want to change the their value in the column "Group" to 1.
So at the end I would like to get this new dataframe where the indexing is reset too
           Name      Value  Ccy Group
0            ID  TAMARA_CO          0
1       Country    GERMANY          0
2          IBAN       FR56          0
3     ID_info_1         12  EUR     1
4       Dan_Age         18  EUR     1
5      Dan_city     Berlin          2
6   Dan_country         55          3
7     ID_info_1        345          1
8     ID_info_2        GER  EUR     1
9       Dan_sex          M  USD     4
10      Dan_Age         22  USD     2
11  Dan_country        FRA          2
12      Dan_sex          M  CHF     2
13     Dan_city     Madrid          3
14  Dan_country        ESP  DKN     3

Anyone has an efficient idea ?
Thank you

A: How about this:
# select rows with "info"
di = df[df.Name.str.contains('info')]

# Find the rows below max for removal
di = di[di.groupby('Name')['Group'].transform('max') != di['Group']]

# Remove those rows and set a new index as requested
df = df.drop(di.index).reset_index(drop=True)

# Change group to one on remaining "info" rows
df.loc[df.Name.str.contains('info'), 'Group'] = 1

A: You can create a mask using a lambda function that searches for the string 'info' in the Name column and the value in the Group Column.
arr = []
mask = df.apply(lambda x: True if 'info' in x['Name'] else False, axis=1)
for info in df[mask]['Name'].unique():
    min_val = df.loc[df['Name'] == info]['Group'].min()
    arr += list(df[(df['Name'] == info) & (df['Group'] > min_val)].index)

df.drop(arr, inplace=True)
df.reset_index(inplace=True)

       Name      Value  Ccy     Group
0            ID  TAMARA_CO          0
1       Country    GERMANY          0
2          IBAN       FR56          0
3     ID_info_1         12  EUR     1
4       Dan_Age         18  EUR     1
5      Dan_city     Berlin          2
6   Dan_country         55          3
7     ID_info_2        432          1
8       Dan_sex          M  USD     4
9       Dan_Age         22  USD     2
10  Dan_country        FRA          2
11      Dan_sex          M  CHF     2
12     Dan_city     Madrid          3
13  Dan_country        ESP  DKN     3

I Know that the df doesn't look 100p like the one you want, but this is how I understod your question. Let me know if i am wrong.
EDIT
Reread the question and edited some code.

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Q: Values are not automatically assigning in checkbox I have a checkbox to show deactivate account ,  when check box is selected in request I need to send activationstatus as false for showing deactivate account and when unchecked it should pass value as true. My checkbox is just passing same value after initialising $scope.checkedStatus = true.Values are not passing as false.
HTML :

<input type="checkbox" ng-model="checkedStatus" ng-click = "viewAccount">
  Show Deactivated Account

JS:
 $scope.checkedStatus = true;
 $scope.viewAccount = function(){

              var json = {
  "json": {
    "request": {
      "servicetype": "6",
      "functiontype": "6014",
      "session_id": $rootScope.currentSession,
           "data": {
        "shortname": $scope.model.selectShortName,
        "groupzname": $scope.model.selectGname,
        "city": $scope.model.selectCity,
        "state": $scope.model.selectState,
        "country": $scope.model.selectCountry,
        "groupzcode": $scope.model.selectGcode,
         "activationstatus": !($scope.checkedStatus),
        "details": false,
        "sortbasedon": $scope.groupzname,
        "orderby": "desc",
        "offset":$scope.pagination
           }

    }
  }
};

    UserService.viewListAccount(json).then(function(response) {
    if (response.json.response.statuscode == 0)
                        {
                   $scope.tableData = response.json.response.data;
                        }
                });
        };

Automatically checkbox is not changing the value.

A: you can use

ng-change

in input .
here you can do it in html.
<input type="checkbox" ng-model="checkedStatus" ng-click = "viewAccount" ng-change="change()">
  Show Deactivated Account

this how you will access it in your controller.
$scope.change = function() {
  $scope.viewAccount();
}

A: In your json you are just negating the $scope.checkedStatus, but not changing its value. So always you are getting the same  result.
Instead of using !($scope.checkedStatus) in your json, you can just change the scope value.
 $scope.checkedStatus = true;
 $scope.viewAccount = function(){
   $scope.checkedStatus = !$scope.checkedStatus; //check this line
    var json = {
    "json": {
      "request": {
        "servicetype": "6",
        "functiontype": "6014",
          .
          .
          "activationstatus": $scope.checkedStatus,
          .
          .
          "orderby": "desc",
          "offset":$scope.pagination
             }

      }
    }
};

A: create a wrapper object model in your $scope and create checkedStatus property in it.
$scope.model = {
    checkedStatus: true
};

and make relevant changes where ever its referenced.
Like in html make these changes
ng-click="viewAccount()" ng-model="model.checkedStatus"

Also as a side note, you should never directly attach properties on scope and always try to create a wrapper object or use a controller as syntax to get rid of such issues.
Check out this article: AngularJS: If you don't have a dot, you're doing it wrong - See more at: http://zcourts.com/2013/05/31/angularjs-if-you-dont-have-a-dot-youre-doing-it-wrong/#sthash.NDNvWL5E.dpuf

A: For checkboxes angular has special directive called ng-change use that instead.

   <input type="checkbox" ng-model="checkedStatus" ng-change="viewAccount()">
   Show Deactivated Account


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BLOG: Women important in Mary Yu's life
May 22, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly
Ruth Woo, Hon. Phyllis G. McKinney, Justice Mary Yu, and Hon. Anne Levinson (Photo by George Liu/NWAW)
On May 20, three women were invited by Washington State Supreme Court Justice Mary Yu's swearing-in ceremony. One of them was political guru Ruth Woo.
Many community members are aware that "Auntie Ruth," now in her 80s, would do anything to help Yu win the Supreme Court position. For decades, Auntie Ruth has been helping Asian community leaders to get to where they are today. She has mentored and supported people, including Ambassador Gary Locke, Martha Choe, Dolores Sibonga, Sharon Tomiko Santos, and many others.
The battle to get Yu to the Supreme Court was not an easy one. When Yu first applied for the job, former Gov. Christine Gregoire picked another person instead. I remember Auntie Ruth was upset, as if she was being denied the appointment. On May 20, Auntie Ruth was smiling so happily as her wish had finally come true. But she feels her job is not done yet. She dreams of having an Asian American in the U.S. Supreme Court. It's about time, isn't it?
Richard Yu and his sister, Justice Mary Yu. (Photo by George Liu/NWAW)
Mary Yu's Asian/Hispanic roots
I met Yu's brother, Richard, at the ceremony. He told me about their roots. Their dad was from an island close to Shanghai, China. A seaman, he jumped ship when he was 12 years old, in 1919, with a group of 11 men in New York.
Their dad met his Mexican bride in America. She had worked on a farm, but they met later, in a metal factory.
They settled in Chicago outside Chinatown. Richard said his dad spoke very little Spanish and English. Mary and Richard's first language was Spanish because they lived with their mom's mother. Neither sibling speaks Chinese. Yu has no Chinese name. (end)
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These days I seem to spend quite a lot of time at the Beaverwood in Chislehurst; indeed I shall be going back there again to see Stan Webb's Chicken Shack (October 20), the Hawklords (Oct 27) and Blackfoot (November 8).
Last night at the Beaverwood, Virgil & The Accelerators played a great gig to launch their debut album, 'The Radium'. Virgil McMahon is a frighteningly young but quite wonderful blues-rock guitarist and a name to watch out for. Beaverwood promoter Pete Feenstra has taken to referring to 'The Radium' as "The best blues-rock debut I've heard from a young band in many, many years", and it's tough to find fault in that statement. Virgil's music offers echoes of Bonamassa, Clapton and SRV, with some hard rocking ZZ Top-esque licks thrown in for good measure. When joined by the evening's support act, Mitch Laddie, for a couple of tunes that included an incendiary taken on Freddie King's 'Going Down', the sparks flew so high that they were probably visible in John O'Groats. However, there was one teensy-weensy problem: Virgil's manager promised to buy me as much beer as I could drink for a rave review of 'The Radium' that appeared in the last issue of Classic Rock. Sadly, I ended up returning home in a sober(-ish) state. This was thoroughly unacceptable, and I shall be charging interest at the next Accelerators gig I attend. Until then, here's the set-list: 'Working Man', 'Bad Girl', 'Backstabber', '88', 'Racing With Life', 'Scuttle Buttin'', 'What Am I To Do', 'Somehow, Somewhere, Someday', 'Don't Shake My Hand', 'So Excited' (with Mitch Laddie) and 'Going Down' (ditto), with an encore of the record's final offering, 'Silver Giver', a slow and beautiful piece which McMahon introduced as "a song I wrote to say thanks to all the guitar players that inspired me to pick up the instrument; people like Jimi Hendrix, Steve Ray and Philip Sayce, but most of all my father."
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The past few days were spent thumbing through many towering piles of Metal Hammer magazine. This year marks the title's 25th anniversary, and as the last remaining member of the original launch team, also one of the few people in the country to own just about every copy that's been published, responsibility for penning a huge retrospective story fell to yours truly. Looking back at some of the earliest issues and scanning the covers made me feel very nostalgic: the magazine has come so far, I'm happy to say.
The result of Crystal Palace's most important game in five years: Seaweed 1, Eagles 3. Bragging rights have been well and truly claimed... get in there! I spent the afternoon with Mark Cousins and Kev Denman in an almost deserted public house down in The Lanes, consuming copious amounts of Hoegarden and enjoying a nice Thai curry. We then negotiated a very heavy police presence and laughable public transport links to The Scum's rather pathetic new home. Give me a **real** football ground any day of the week. Having taken the lead early on Shiteon looked set for a first victory over their fierce rivals on home soil since 1988, but Palace fought back into the game and deserved an equaliser ten minutes from time. Two more quick goals sent the plastic fans scurrying for the exit, inciting complete and utter decibel-enhanced delirium for the travelling fans. God, my throat is sore this morning… but I'm Glad All Over.
I was among a regrettably threadbare though enthusiastic crowd of just 50 or 60 people that witnessed last night's gig by Keel. The US band hadn't performed in Britain since a trek with Dio on the latter's 'Sacred Heart' tour back in May 1986 (I caught the pair's gig at the NIC in Birmingham). Kudos to vocalist Ron Keel, guitarist Marc Ferrari and the band (featuring the brilliantly named new bassist Geno Arce as replacement for Kenny Chaisson) who pulled out all the stops to please those that had bothered to turn up. The four tracks aired from their comeback disc 'Streets Of Rock 'N' Roll' sounded superb, as did a fan-pleasing array of catalogue gems, including a promised revision of 'Cold Day In Hell', a song by Steeler, Ron Keel's previous group with Yngwie Malmsteen. Ron still has a great voice and is charismatic enough to win over just about any rock crowd, but is it likely they'll return after such a feeble turnout? Despite his promise to the contrary, I kinda doubt it. So this might just be a historic set-list: 'Hell Or High Water', 'Somebody's Waiting', 'Electric Love', 'Speed Demon', 'Push And Pull', 'Does Anybody Believe', 'Streets Of Rock 'N' Roll', 'Wrong Thing To The Right Girl', 'Let's Spend The Night Together', 'Because The Night', 'Here Today Gone Tomorrow', 'Rock 'N' Roll Outlaw', 'Cold Day In Hell', 'Looking For A Good Time', 'Tears Of Fire' and 'The Right To Rock', with an encore of 'United Nations' and 'You're The Victim (I'm The Crime)'.
[**Sighs deeply**]: Yet more sporting disappointment. My friend Neil Pudney had won a pair of tickets for England's second T20 game against the Windies, and I accepted a kind offer to accompany him to the Oval. Having bowled out the tourists for a paltry score of 113, England then proceeded to collapse for a feeble 88 runs. After becoming the world's best one-day side and the massacres of Australia, India and Sri Lanka, one can only agree with skipper Graeme Swann's description of the game as "a horror show". In fact, that doesn't do it justice…
My only consolation: The postman has delivered a finished copy of the expanded edition of Leslie West's newie, 'Unusual Subjects', a release for which I was honoured to have written the sleeve notes. It's a really great hard rockin' blues record, with cameos from Slash, Billy Gibbons, Steve Lukather and Joe Bonamassa. I've also received Gary Moore's 'Live At Montreux 2010', a CD, DVD, BluRay package that features a liner essay penned by yours truly. Nice!
Sunday 25th September
Aaaah, the highs and lows of being a sports fan. You set the alarm clock early for England's landslide win in the Rugger World Cup, then watch the highlights of the same country's cricketers stuffing the Windies at T20. This is great… the footie's up next… what can possibly go wrong? Trust Crystal Palace to go and ruin it all. And it would have to be an Eagles reject to seal the points for bottom of the table and winless Doncaster – with a 30-yard screamer; the bastard's first goal in 18 months. To top it all we had a blatant pen turned down! FFS!!!!!!
My Saturday morning was spent at a huge record fair over at Olympia. On the way there I digested the new issue of Dave Lewis' fine Led Zeppelin publication Tight But Loose, which among other matters turns the spotlight on 'Stairway To Heaven'. It's always a great read.
Returned home with, among other things, a CD bootleg of a Black Sabbath gig I attended at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston back in 1992 – nice! – also an interesting-looking collaboration between Stanley Clarke and George Duke, an anthology of an English psychedelic rock band from the 1960s called Kaleidoscope, four mint condition vinyls of the Average White Band and an official bootleg CD of Mountain from the Ritz Theatre in NY in 1985 that features former Uriah Heep man Mark Clarke on bass. They'll keep me busy for a while.
Saturday 24th September
I'm rather partial to a bit of thrash metal, so there was only one place I'd have spent last nite – at the Garage for a four-band bill headlined by my old mates Onslaught, an event compered by none other than former Acid Reign frontman H, who now earns a living as a stand-up comedian.
I was pleasantly surprised by Fallen Fate, a quartet from the North East with a fulsome, crisp sound and some very advanced levels of professionalism, notably guitarist Piers Donno-Fuller. The destiny of the genre is in good hands with young dudes like these.
If Fallen Fate were a swish, shiny Ikea flatpack then Nightlord were an oak sideboard – perhaps requiring a coat of varnish and a few handy reinforcement pins, yet an altogether more stately piece of furniture. Less reliant on out 'n' out pace than the whippersnappers that preceded them, notably during 'Cult Of The Moon' which began slowly and grew ever more gnarled, the long-absent Londoners were obviously enjoying being back after an absence of 17 years. With another gig in London on November 19, it looks like they'll be hanging around awhile… which is pretty good news, I guess.
To be honest, Ireland's Gama Bomb bored me shitless, racing out of the traps as a living, breathing, lager-spilling clusterbomb of appalling jokes, metallic clichés and hand-me-down Anthrax riffs. Dull, dull, dull…
So thank fuck for Onslaught, whose dazzling romp through a shamefully underrated catalogue rescued the night. The 'All Dwarf Rhythm Section' (Steve Grice and Jim Hinder having been somewhat vertically challenged) is now a thing of the past – Lilliputians are conspicuous by their absence in Onslaught, whose front row looks like a rugby pack! – but by f**k did the Bristolians deliver. I was never much of a fan of Sy Keeler during the band's first incarnation, but he's grown into the role of a great frontman. The 85-minute set touched upon all stages of the group's career, even a song ('Shellshock') from 'In Search Of Sanity', the album they made with Steve Grimmett on vocals. Material from the reunion discs 'Killing Peace' and 'Sounds Of Violence' was the match of anything from the band's heyday, standing its ground alongside an array of Godzilla-sized golden oldies that delved all the way back to 1985's debut album 'Power From Hell' for 'Thermonuclear Devastation'. The set-list ran as follows: 'Killing Peace', 'Born For War', 'Let There Be Death', 'Sound Of Violence', 'Angels Of Death', 'Planting Seeds Of Hate', 'Metal Forces', 'Code Black', 'Shellshock', 'Flame Of The Antichrist', 'Demoniac', 'Burn' and 'Power From Hell', followed by Motorhead's 'Bomber' and 'Thermonuclear Devastation'.
Friday 23rd September
You've no idea how happy I am that R.E.M. have split up… finally! Whiny, annoying indie-pop bitches – begone! And good riddance to you!
I celebrated R.E.M.'s demise with a few extra beers at last night's Warrior Soul gig at the Underworld. The show was opened by Cheerleader, a Stockholm-based combo whose 'Vegas Or Bust' album shows plenty of potential. With guitarist Rille Lundell, also member of the headliners, firing out some superb riffs, their greasy yet eclectic rock 'n' roll hit the spot.
Looking like a cross between Big Jim Dandy and David St Hubbins, Kory Clarke is a fascinating and unpredictable frontman. For all his ability as an erudite, political thinker, he has a darker side. I was sure that he was 'on something', indeed a friend who had interviewed the singer earlier in the evening had brought back tales of a particularly garbled conversation. Asked about memories of being signed to Geffen Records, Clarke offered an unintelligible sequel to E**c Can***a's infamous monologue of "When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think that sardines will be thrown into the sea" by stating: "I can always equate to this. Watching a man masturbate in a little chef on a tiled floor and releasing giant wads into the sky". Er… eh? (Check out Noel Buckley's story here).
Anyway, the gig was pretty lively. Warrior Soul napalmed the audience's faces with 'The Fourth Reich' and 'Fuck The Pigs', but Clarke was becoming ever more angry over the soundman's treatment of his vocals – "I want some delay… the same thing Axl Rose gets; he's so much better than me, I need more of that shit" – and eventually stormed back into the dressing room after 65 minutes onstage in a remarkable, full-blown rock-star tantrum. When he returned, he was like a man possessed, and the remainder of the 95-minute show was superb, though the incident only served to reveal both sides of the singer's twisted dual personality. Here's the set-list: 'The Fourth Reich', 'Fuck The Pigs', 'No No No', 'Rotten Soul', 'Song In Your Mind', 'Shock Um Down', 'Love Destruction', 'Blown Play', 'Shine Like It', 'The Party', 'Intro', 'Interzone', 'The Drug', 'Downtown', 'Hero' and 'Wasteland'.
Thursday 22nd September
You know what they say about the best of intentions…? After last night's trip to Selhurst I'd resigned myself to a sober viewing of Saint Jude at the Hard Rock Café for the first of Classic Rock's exclusive Subscriber Sessions gigs. It didn't turn out that way. I met my friend Bruce Osborne for a pre-show sherbert or two, and it all went downhill from there. The band were playing semi-acoustically – their manager Danny Bowes told me afterwards that all of his considerable persuasive skills were in employed in getting them to agree to do so – but the more stripped-down format provided a better than usual platform than usual for the exquisite soulful vocals of Lynne Jackaman, who positively excelled on 'Garden Of Eden', 'Little Queen', 'Angel', 'Southern Belles', the video track 'Soul On Fire' and an encore rendition of The Small Faces/Temptations-popularised '(I Know) I'm Losing You'. The inclusion of two songs, 'Layhee' and 'Black Rum And White Lies', written since the release of their debut album made the night more special still. I'd seen Saint Jude on maybe a half-dozen previous occasions, but the Hard Rock Café spot was probably the best of the lot.
Wednesday 21st September
Crystal Palace's progression into the third round of the League Cup brought an annoying headache – a clash with Mr Big's gig at Shepherd's Bush Empire. Having seen Eric Martin and company at the same venue two years ago, and again at this summer's Download Festival, I decided that I simply had to be at Selhurst Park. The result was Palace 2, Boro 1. I'd rather the Eagles had won Saturday's league game against the Teesiders but my boy Eddie was excited as hell to witness the mighty Eagles soaring into the last 16 of the competition for the first time in his life, thanks to Wilfried Zaha (man of the match, in my opinion) and an all too rare strike from the hapless Calvin Andrew (which looked more like an own goal to me). A few voddie and Diet Cokes beforehand, a great end-to-end game and we even got to see Steve 'No Relation' Way wearing a shabby ol' cardigan that he must have borrowed from Val Doonican. Priceless stuff.
I couldn't claim to be in full possession of all the facts, but the news that Mike Portnoy is suing Dream Theater is a little disappointing. Things will always get messy whenever someone leaves their job (voluntarily in Portnoy's case) yet retains a stake in the company – I'm assuming that's the case here? – but the lawyers are the only winners in these situations. The legalities must put an end to any lingering hopes that MP will someday return to DT. And how regrettable that the court documents, which contain the addresses of all concerned, have spilled onto the net.
Unlike many who have celebrated the fact that W.E.T. and the Steve Augeri Band have taken their place on the bill, I was disappointed by the cancellation of Warrant's spot at the Firefest. Don't get me wrong, it'll be fabulous to see W.E.T. (comprising Messrs Jeff Scott Soto, Erik Martensson and Robert Säll of the bands Work Of Art, Eclipse and Talisman – hence the acronym) but as a fan of Warrant's new album 'Rockaholic' I expected them to be one of the show's highlights. It's an even bigger shame that Warrant's 'people' appear to have handled the situation in a rather shabby manner, having signed (and apparently reneged upon) an agreement to appear. How very classy. Not. Oh well, at least we'll also get a little bit more Strangeways as a consequence.
Still on the subject of W.E.T., an email from Mario de Riso of Frontiers Records reprimands me for stating – erroneously, of course – in a review of Work Of Art's new album that Lars Säfsund is a member of W.E.T., when of course I meant to have said Robert Säll. The only remotely feasible excuse I can offer is that there's such a big overlap with bands such as W.E.T., W.O.A. and the involvement of their members in various outside projects such as Lionville, Toby Hitchcock's album (which was written and produced by Erik Martensson) and the newie from Bobby Kimball and Jimi Jamison (which also includes three terrific Martensson-penned tunes, and a couple from Säll). I can only offer an apology and agree to accept the sternest of all punishments: This afternoon I shall spin Nirvana's 'In Utero'. In its entirety. Twice.
Incredibly, given that I had spent just about all of the previous 24 hours with a glass poised at my lips, this morning I managed haul myself from the pit at 6am – to watch the highlights of Friday's one-dayer between England and India, which the home side won by six wickets, followed by England's less than convincing 41-10 victory over Georgia in the Rugby World Cup.
I'm still rather disappointed that Crystal Palace failed to take a point from yesterday's home game against Middlesbrough, which was settled by a great strike from Marvin Emnes in the 65th minute. With the Scum (Shiteon) losing to Leicester, Boro are now top of the table and have spent heavily. Results might have slipped a little in the league, but I remain convinced that my beloved Eagles will still finish mid-table this season.
At full time I grabbed a bottle of wine for the tube journey to Camden to check out a gig by Alexa De Strange & The Sisters Of Seduction at the Labyrinth Club in the Fiddler's Arms. I had a great time, though it had been a very long day and I'd like to see the female-fronted group (which features the excellent Robin Guy of GMT on drums) again when I'm – how can we put this? – a little more steady on my feet. Ahem.
My Friday was spent transcribing interviews with Andy Parker, Michael Schenker and Ron Nevison, piecing together a retrospective story on UFO's immortal double-live set 'Strangers In The Night'. There are far, far worse ways of earning a living!
Okay I'll come clean: Veteran soft-rock duo Air Supply have always been a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine, so I jumped at the chance of not only seeing the band live but also conducting a pre-show interview with them. Given some of the pix of the Australia-based duo at their be-mulletted, platinum-selling peak, I expected them to be a little precious. Not a bit of it. We had a right old laugh and they provided some great quotes. In attempting to pinpoint their sound, singer Russell Hitchcock spread his hands apart and announced: "The way I look at it… you've got Metallica over here [at one extreme], and The Osmonds over here [at the other]. Air Supply are somewhere in the middle." They also told a great anecdote about working with Jim Steinman which I'll save for my story. As I prepared to leave the room, Graham Russell remarked: "Actually, Dave, you remind me a little of Jim." Well, I wish I had his bank balance.
Killing time before the show at the Jazz Café in Camden I picked up some interesting, mint condition vinyl bargains in the Record & Tape Exchange – 'You Had To be There', a 1978 double-gatefold live album from Jimmy Buffett, a self-titled solo album from the Clapton/Oldfield/Bowie/Waters/Byron guitarist Tim Renwick which features a cameo from Procol Harum's Gary Brooker. Also invested 50 whole pence on an album from Sally Oldfield (no, not the one featuring 'Mirrors') which may turn out to be complete and utter crud but it won't break the bank.
I wasn't sure what to expect of Air Supply live. Hitchcock is now 62 years old, and their catalogue relies upon quite a few high notes. Graham Russell, the writer of most of the band's songs is only a year younger, but both have retained fine voices. Watching Hitchcock reminded me a little of Bob Catley; besides all the silly hand gestures he's a bit of a ham, but you can tell that he adores the role of being a frontman and feels passionately about the band's music. And why not? Air Supply are responsible for some of the most quintessential wimp-rock ever recorded. My friend Jerry Ewing, who was over on the other side of the room, later told me that when the band burst into the timeless strains of 'All Out Of Love' it was all too much for the fella standing next to him, who wept like a baby from the song's start to its arm-waving, tissue-soaking climax. Truly fantastic stuff.
Here's the set-list: 'Even The Nights Are Better', 'Just As I Am', 'Every Woman In The World', 'Here I Am', 'Chances', 'Sanctuary', 'The Power Of Love', 'Everywhere' ("A brand new song that's only a few days old", according to Russell), 'The One That You Love', 'Lost In Love', 'Dance With Me' and the Steinman-penned/produced 'Making Love Out of Nothing At All', plus an encore of 'We Love You' and 'All Out Of Love', which was introduced by Russell with the immortal words: "This is a very simple little song that we hope finds a place in your heart and burns as a flame until we shall meet again. If we leave you with one song, it must be this one. There can be no other…". Hahaha, genius!
I'm fast developing a love for my BlackBerry. It was great to go to the Oval last Friday, sip on an ice-cold Pimms with the sound of leather on willow in the background whilst setting up a photosession with Brummie rockers Shy. However… is it just me, or do the batteries on these things have a ridiculously short life?
I was en route to the first of yesterday's interviews – with Roy Davis, Lee Small and Joe Basketts of the aforementioned Shy – when, 'Fzzzzzzzzzzz', the bloody thing died on me. How fuggin' infuriating. Following a good conversation with Shy about their rather good new album (entitled 'Shy', it's released via Escape Music on October 7) I trekked to Status Quo's management office in Middlesex to natter with Francis Rossi and Roy Wood about the QuoFest tour in December. Rossi is a long-time personal hero that can be relied upon to give great interviews but he **always** gives me shit about my hair! He and Roy were in fine form, with lots of good natured banter. Towards the end of the interview, responding to a question about whether Quo would consider playing at next year's High Voltage festival, perhaps even making it extra special by revisiting a 'classic' album such as 'Hello!', 'On The Level' or 'Blue For You', he threw a complete curveball. This would not be the time or place in which to share it, but suffice to say that my flabber was truly gasted (in a very nice way).
I was among a gaggle of British and European journos to attend a pre-release playback of the new Nightwish album at a North London facility where some of 'Imaginaerum' (due on December 2) was recorded. The Finnish band are big favourites here at Ling Towers, and although 'Imaginaerum' is not as instant as their last two albums 'Once' (2004) or 'Dark Passion Play' ('07), the artistic vision of mainman Tuomas Holopainen never disappoints. This time Holopainen has outdone himself with 13 hugely overblown individual songs that are conceptually linked – there will also be a movie with a connecting storyline. Pip Williams, the man responsible for producing the symphonic parts that represent Nightwish's own Spector-esque wall of sound – as much a trademark of their oeuvre as the vocal trade-off between Anette Olzon and bassist Marco Hietala – introduced things with the words: "This is Tuomas' masterpiece". Although I had to shoot out the door during the last song (the record's title cut), to zoom across London to Selhurst Park, it was hard to disagree. I did manage to collect a nice album-sized bag bearing the motto: 'Nightwish, Sept 13th, 2011' that will come in handy for those vinyl-buying excursions.
The delicious food and wine at the playback had whetted my appetite, so when I saw a nice bottle of strawberry wine in an Islington supermarket I thought: 'Hmmm, that'll do nicely for the train journey'. The night was complete was Crystal Palace cruised past the Premier League opposition of Wigan Pathetic (AKA CPFC Reserves, thanks to the amount of our former players that now wear their kit) to reach the Third Round of the Carling Cup. First half goals from Darren Ambrose and Academy wonderkid Jonathan Williams had deservedly put the Eagles ahead, though old boy Ben Watson kept things interesting by pulling one back at the death. A great game of football to end a fine day…
So it's official: Jeff Beck is to be honoured as a Living Legend at this year's Classic Rock Roll Of Honour, in a ceremony hosted by Kiss bassist Gene Simmons. Now that's an interesting combination! Roll on November 9th!
Thunder have also announced their Christmas show, which takes place at Nottingham Rock City on December 21, also a string of gigs from Danny Bowes and Ben Matthews in January – great news on both counts!
If only there were more rock stars like Peter Frampton. In the wake of a phone interview I did at the tail end of last week, Frampton's office re-contacted me to say that Peter wanted to speak again. This time we would call me; what time was I available? All of my requests for some clarification regarding the problem were brushed aside: "Peter would rather talk than write an email". It sounded a tad worrying. Had I pissed him off with my line of questioning, I wondered? Anyway, last night at 6.30pm prompt the office line rang and Frampton's inimitable mid-Atlantic tones were audible once again. Aw… how lovely… he'd remembered an additional anecdote that he thought I'd like to include in my story. What a guy!
Yet another visit to Smelland Road, yet another frustrating defeat. For the second successive season the Eagles were in what appeared to be a winning position with mere minutes to go, only to capitulate to home pressure. Last year was maddening enough but this time Palace had actually come from behind to take the lead, only to throw it away again… grrrrrrr. Until the 71st and 84th minutes things had been going so well. I'd had a great, smooth journey from south London to Yorkshire with my friend Neil Jeffries, an advance CD of The Union's newie, 'Siren's Song', on near-constant repeat in his car. Served in the hospitality of box of Showsec, a lunch of roast liver with gravy was mouth-wateringly succulent, and the drinks kept coming during the build-up to kick-off and beyond (thanks to Uriah Heep's manager Martin Darvill for the generous invitation). But then Messrs Becchio and McCormack had to go and f**k up a perfect day. It was all too much; I simply couldn't face the idea of putting on a plastic smile during in the evening so I bailed on the Martin Turner's WA gig in Hull in favour of three bottles of wine and a barrel full of self pity on the way back to London. Football… sometimes it can be a complete load of shit.
Though the game was interrupted by rain, which meant the Duckworth-Lewis Method of scoring took its affect upon an exciting floodlit run chase, I had a fantastic, cider-soaked time at the Oval with my pal Neil Pudney and his Rush-mad mates Neil Perriam and Paul Berry. It was fitting that Ravi Bopara, the subject of torrents of abuse from the Indian fans sat around me, would help England over the line as the home side took an unassailable 2-0 series lead. Wish I was going to Lord's on Sunday, but I don't think my liver or indeed my wallet could stand to do so.
This is rather cool – a fella named Andy has a new website that will post vintage clippings from the much-missed RAW magazine, a title that I help to co-found back in the summer of 1988. His first batch of revisions covers Issue #33 (Nov 29-Dec 12, 1989) and features my live review of the near-legendary Skid Row and Vain gig at the Hammy Odeon. Check it out here. Nice work, Andy!
Okay… I'm off to the Leeds-Palace game. Come on you Eagles!
There's nothing like an early morning run to get the blood pumping. Bob the faithful border collie has begun to gaze at me in the most quizzical manner each time I go to pick up his lead. It's almost like he's trying to say: "Are you actually gonna throw the Frisbee for me this time, or are we doing five laps of the park? 'Cos if it's the latter, you can bleedin' well count me out".
In a short while I shall head across South London to the Oval for the third one-dayer between England and India. Nice! Tomorrow I'm off to Yorkshire to see Crystal Palace's game against Leeds at Elland Road (followed, quite possibly, by a gig from Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash in the somewhat unlikely locale of Hessle Town Hall, near Hull). Think that I've earned some time away from my desk after all of the stress I've endured, and also thanks to the hours of work that I've put in during this week. No less than eight interviews were conducted over the last four days – the most recent of which, with fabled record producer Ron Nevison (UFO, MSG, Led Zeppelin, Bad Co, Heart, etc), wound up at 10.30pm last night. Phew! It's time to kick back a little… Should you need me, then I'm on the BlackBerry, yah, dahling? (Yes, I've actually worked out how to collect my emails!)
It's pretty unbelievable to think that FM's debut album 'Indiscreet' was released 25 years ago today, on September 8th 1986. The band are planning some pretty cool celebrations of this anniversary including, I think, some special album-themed shows. Next month also marks the quarter-century birthday of the UK's own Metal Hammer, the first edition having been published in October of the same year, with ZZ Top on the cover. I'm proud to say that I was involved with the title's launch. To say that it was a somewhat steep learning curve would be a significant understatement!! But my… what a momentous time in my life.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, there's an FM feature penned by yours truly in #1 of Hammer. It includes the memorable exchange:
Dave Ling: Why does 'Indiscreet' include so many songs about girls?
Pete Jupp: "Because we like girls. We think they're nice. And besides, you tend to get called an old bender if you sing about boys."
Merv Goldsworthy: "It's funny because all of the next album will probably be about girls too."
"Unless Didge [Digital, keys] happens to write a couple of songs," interjects Chris Overland. "Then they will be about boys."
I thoroughly enjoyed The Treatment's album launch party at the Borderline, though with hindsight it was perhaps unwise to have sunk a bottle of wine before the pre-gig drinking began in earnest. Falling asleep on the final train home is never fun; neither is the lengthy and very solitary walk back to Ling Towers during the wee small hours of the morning.
The Borderline was sold out for the Cambridge band's first ever headline show in London, with many of its excited attendees having accepted the challenge of dressing up as doctors or nurses. After seeing them onstage six times previously, I make no bones about my admiration of The Treatment. Beginning with Nikki Sixx's favourite song of the moment, 'Drink! Fuck! Fight!', they always put on a great show and Matt Jones is definitely among the scene's best up 'n' coming frontmen, with an amiable presence and a fantastic voice. 'This Might Hurt' is the band's sole album so far, so they had issues in filling out the set-list. Though I count myself a huge fan of NWOBHM combo More, I felt it might have been a mistake to cover two of that band's songs – 'Road Rocket' and 'Way Of The World' – even though they fit The Treatment's remit like a rubber globe (for those that don't know, the band's manager/producer Laurie Mansworth, also of Airrace fame, was a guitarist with More). To my way of thinking the decision to revive the old Hurricane Party tune 'Killer' also sent out the wrong signals, something I may have bent Mansworth's ears about in the bar afterwards (sorry again, Laurie!), though their encore revision of the old Dr Feelgood classic 'She Does It Right' was terrific. With a tour supporting Alice Cooper approaching this was a night of triumph for a band with a great future ahead. Here's the set-list: 'Drink! Fuck! Fight!', 'Shake The Mountain', 'Coldest Place On Earth', 'The Doctor', 'I Fear Nothing', 'Road Rocket', 'Winter Sun', 'Just Tell Me Why', 'Departed', 'Killer', 'Nothing To Lose But Our Minds' and 'Way Of The World', plus a repeated version of 'The Doctor' and 'She Does It Right'.
I'm really looking forward to this evening. One of my fave new bands, the Nikki Sixx-approved The Treatment, are set to play one of my favourite venues, The Borderline, in a booze-soaked album launch party. In keeping with the group's name, attendees have been encouraged to dress as nurses or doctors. Dunno about that, but with several of my best mates set to turn up I've already taken the liberty of pre-booking an ambulance home. Will also be doing my best to take a first peek at Lauren Harris' new band, Six Hour Sundown.
Discovering music from 'new' sources is such a great feeling. Until a few days ago I'd only heard the name of the B.E. Taylor Group; their records had passed me by. Then I received a package from German re-issue label Yesterrock Records. I bunged 'Our World' into the CD player and… Holy Moly! What a truly superb AOR release! My ears were seduced by immaculate vocals, quality musicianship and one fantastic pomp-tinged song after another (we'll draw a veil over the album's sole ill-advised moment, a track entitled 'Reggae Rock 'N' Roll' – 'nuff said). B.E. Taylor Group, where have you been all my life?!? I shall be buying the rest of your catalogue.
Sunday 4th September
I'm both delighted and flabbergasted. My two young sons are back in Catford again. To cut a long story short their mother arrived at the new house in Stockport, realised that she had made a huge mistake and returned them (and herself) to the family home. The boys seem relieved to be back where they belong in the bosom of their native Saaarf Lundaahnn, and I don't blame them. A happy ending? Well… how the four of us will live here beneath the same roof remains to be seen, especially considering some of the extreme vitriolic bile that spewed between their mother and myself prior to her abandonment for pastures new - which were not quite so green as she envisaged (and also considering that during the intervening months it's quite possible from my perspective that another person may have entered the equation), but I shall do everything in my power to make the kids as comfortable as possible. Fingers are crossed firmly that their school places can be reclaimed.
Saturday 3rd September
With my connection to Sky Sports having been terminated due to household budgetary cuts, I jumped on a bus to the Jolly Sailor pub in Norwood Junction to join my friend Mark Kentfield for a few cold bevvies and last night's international between Bulgaria and England. The emphatic 3-0 victory leaves England within touching distance of qualification for the Euro Championships. Watch now as they win the group with ease, only to turn in the usual Keystone Cops-style display at the finals.
Look out for monthly updates at the Playlist and YouTube pages.
Thursday 1st September
Well, it took a while but I've just finished Michael J K Walsh's book Runaway Dreams: The Story Of Mama's Boys And Celtus. I was slightly irritated by a few minor errors – for instance, Walsh spells the name of Chris Tsangarides several different ways – but as somebody that used to walk from Omagh to Enniskillen (a distance of 27 miles!) following their earliest gigs, he tells the story of the three brothers with all the knowledge of an insider, without coming over as an anorak. The book begins with a selection of testimonies to the talents of the McManus trio, with contributions from celeb 'fans' Ricky Medlocke, Andy Powell, Warren DeMartini, Chris Tsangerides (sic), Biff Byford, 'Fast' Eddie Clarke, Barry Devlin of Horslips and more… including yours truly (!). One thing's for sure: It's the first and last time that I will ever see my name adjoined to those of Barry McGuigan and Angela Rippon!! Up next in the reading department is Bad Reputation: The Unauthorized Biography Of Joan Jett by Dave Thompson.


In August 1993, Senators Dale Bumpers and David Pryor of Arkansas proposed to the Senate Commission on Art that a portrait of Hattie Caraway be considered for the Senate wing of the Capitol. The request met the acquisition policy guidelines established by the commission in 1976: Caraway had been out of office for more than 21 years, and historians who studied the senator's political career agreed that she would be an appropriate subject for the Senate's collection of commemorative portraits.
The Hattie Caraway Portrait Committee was subsequently formed in Arkansas, with the wives of Senators Bumpers and Pryor serving as honorary cochairs. This committee selected four Arkansas artists for consideration. The Senate Commission on Art–-on the recommendation of a three-member advisory panel comprising museum curators from the Smithsonian Institution and the White House, and a professional artist–-chose Arkansas painter John O. Buckley for the commission. The Caraway portrait was initially unveiled at ceremonies in April 1996 at the Arkansas Statehouse in Little Rock and also in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The portrait was then unveiled at the U.S. Capitol on June 24, 1996.
Buckley, who is from Little Rock, holds a master's degree in fine arts from the University of Texas at Austin and has taught studio courses in painting and drawing at the University of Arkansas.
Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway, born in Bakerville, Tennessee, was the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate. Following her marriage to Thaddeus Caraway in 1902, Hattie settled in Jonesboro, Arkansas, where her husband became a U.S. representative and later a U.S. senator. Upon her husband's death in 1931, Hattie Caraway was appointed as a Democrat from Arkansas to take his place in the Senate. She subsequently won a January 1932 special election to finish her late husband's term, then won the 1932 general election to a full term. Reelected in 1938, Caraway served nearly 14 years in the Senate.
During her precedent-setting Senate career, Hattie Caraway weakened many institutional barriers to women in elected office. In 1932 she became the first woman to unofficially preside over the Senate, a task she repeated in an official capacity in 1943, and then became the first woman to chair a Senate committee (Committee on Enrolled Bills, 1933-44).
Reporters often belittled Caraway's Senate service and labeled her as "Silent Hattie," since she preferred committee work to giving grand speeches in the Senate Chamber, but Senator Caraway quickly became comfortable in her role as the junior senator from Arkansas. She became a strong supporter of New Deal legislation, seconded the nomination of President Franklin Roosevelt for reelection at the 1936 Democratic convention, and ably represented her constituents through the difficult years of economic depression and war.
After leaving the Senate in 1945, Caraway served on the United States Employees' Compensation Commission and the Employees' Compensation Appeals Board. She died in Falls Church, Virginia, in 1950.


John Roberts, executive director of the International Grooving & Grinding Association, with Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)–Houston District employees Bill Brudnick (director of transportation planning and development), Mark Woolridge (director of maintenance), and Lucio Ortiz (director of construction).
The Cement Council of Texas (CCT) in conjunction with nonprofit organization International Grooving and Grinding Association (IGGA) named the employees of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)–Houston District the recipients of this year's Government Official of the Year Award, honoring individuals and organizations for contributions made to the grooving, grinding, and concrete pavement restoration industry.
The winners of the national award were praised for their efforts in advancing the understanding and use of quiet concrete pavement surface textures utilizing the Next Generation Concrete Surface (NGCS) in Texas. The city of Houston has incorporated approximately 2.5 million m2 (26.9 million sf) of the noise-reducing material into several major highway systems, says IGGA.


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Researchers Develop Tow Truck for Space
By Eric Beidel
When a satellite is retired it goes into "graveyard" orbit, even though some of its components may still be useful.
Scientists want to launch a robot into space that would remove functioning parts from retired satellites and transport them to a different orbit for continued use. Naval Research Laboratory roboticist Glen Henshaw, who is part of the team working on the project, called it an "orbital tow truck."
It would be similar to the way surgeons perform telesurgery on a patient thousands of miles away or how remote imaging systems used for offshore drilling view the ocean floor thousands of feet underwater. The same concept could work in space if capabilities are re-engineered for zero gravity, high-vacuum and harsh radiation, according to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which is funding the work under the Phoenix program.
Antennas and solar arrays often last much longer than satellites, though currently there is no way to reuse them. Experts estimate that there are more than $300 billion worth of satellites, many retired, in geo-synchronous orbit about 22,000 miles above Earth. There may be more than 100 retired satellites that contain components that could be repurposed, DARPA officials said.
The process of replacing a failed communication satellite in space takes years and is expensive. The Phoenix program aims to reuse components from retired satellites and create new space systems at lower costs. Researchers envision a "communications farm" of old satellite antennas in space.
"It could change the way that satellites are engineered," Henshaw said, noting that the research could lead to more modular designs.
The Phoenix team hopes to use on-orbit grappling tools remotely controlled from Earth by 2015 to demonstrate the concepts of orbital tow and space reuse.
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Meet Halima, teen mother and shop owner
Meet Halima, teen mother and businesswoman. At 18 years old, and with a seven-month-old son, Halima is already managing to make a better living than many of her neighbours in the Nairobi slum of Kawangware.
Together with her friend Irene, she owns and runs a film rental and print shop.
A tough start
Life in Kawangware is hard. Here, in just three square kilometres, some 800,000 people, work, live and play. Water on tap is not available every day and safe drinking water is expensive. Disease is rife, especially HIV and malaria.
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Kawangware, Nairobi, Kenya
Orphaned at 14, Irene had to fend for herself from an early age. When she turned 19, Irene managed to secure a job in a local film rental shop. The owner gradually left her entirely in charge and Irene offered to buy the equipment from him, spreading the payments over several monthly instalments.
Finding herself in charge of her own business without really knowing much about bookkeeping or cash flow, Irene eagerly took up the offer of business training when Hand in Hand set up a group for young women in Kawangware. She also persuaded her younger friend Halima to join.
"In the group we learn that we have to help each other, so that is why I involved Halima in the business: she was just sitting at home, not making any money"
Following the training, Halima and Irene realised they could increase the shop's profits by expanding the range of services. They borrowed money from their group's savings fund and bought a popcorn machine to complement the film rental and a printer/photocopier to offer business services.
Increased profits
As a result profits increased and Halima and Irene were able to pay themselves KES 10,000 (US$ 120) per month. However, they soon realised that the high monthly rental costs of KES 9,000 per month almost wiped out their profits. Despite the steady flow of customers they often had to borrow from their Hand in Hand group's savings fund in order to pay the rent.
Building a new shop
Undeterred, the two friends and Halima's sister (Farida) pooled their savings of KES 20,000 to build a new shop – which would also contain a beauty salon run by Farida.
Halima and Irene | DVD rental shop owners | Nairaobi, Kenya
Built on family land, the new shop's monthly rent would be just KES 2,000. Irene, who has clearly absorbed the lessons of the Hand in Hand business training, explained their plan. On the day we met them, Irene and Halima were just about to open up the new shop – a gleaming corrugated iron hut of around 8 square metres (pictured right). The young women's joint monthly profit will now increase to around KES 17,000 (US$ 200) and Halima can provide a safer future for herself and her son.
Halima's results
Joining a Hand in Hand Self-Help Group changed Halima's fortunes, both in business and in life.
Monthly rent decrease from KES 9,000 (US $101) to KES 2,000 (US $22)
Joint monthly profit of KES 17,000 (US $190)
Able to provide a safer future for her and her son
Next case study: Meet Martha, the 68-year-old eco-entrepreneur


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Eight Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Numbers To Know As 2016 Ends, One For 2017
1). 257 is the number of new acres the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy added to their stewardship in 2016. A new alliance with the Mount Washington Community Development Corporation (MWCDC) brings Emerald View Park into the Parks Conservancy's fold, transitions MWCDC staff to the Parks Conservancy's team, and gives the Parks Conservancy the primary role for park planning, fundraising and project implementation. Born out of a grassroots effort to combine wooded hillsides and three historic park spaces - Grandview, Olympia, and Mount Washington – Emerald View Park features 12 miles of gorgeous trails, new trail names, and awe-inspiring views of Pittsburgh's rivers and city skyline.
2). 23,000 environmentally-friendly automated LED holiday lights were installed by the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy at Schenley Plaza, making it a favorite light-viewing destination for visiting family and friends. Keep looking at the Emerald Lawn at Schenley Plaza as warmer weather approaches, too: the sparkling light installations pivot to spring flowers in March, making a dinner at The Porch a twinkling, festive affair for the holidays and beyond. Griswold family, take note: this is how you do holiday lights.
3). On December 17th, 2016, the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy kicks off their 20th year. The auspicious year to come will involve spreading the word about the $94 million (and counting) the Parks Conservancy has raised for 17 major park improvement projects over the past two decades, and the countless lives enriched by an unwavering dedication to greenspace equity. The occasion of the Parks Conservancy's 20th Anniversary brings an increased emphasis on community parks, environmental education program expansion, and a growing leadership role in the burgeoning field of green infrastructure.
4). The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy's environmental educators made 15, 212 hours of contact with kids age 3 – 18 in our region in 2016. With parks as the ultimate classroom, STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) education from the Parks Conservancy's education team gives kids from 58 classes in 23 schools opportunity to be more engaged with nature while fostering the park stewards of the future.
5). In early September, children from Colfax Elementary passed through one kid-sized door, becoming the first members of the public to enter the newly-opened Frick Environmental Center. A project of the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy and the City of Pittsburgh, the Frick Environmental Center is designed to be LEED Platinum and Living Building Challenge certified, and is on track to be the greenest municipal building in the world that is free and fully open to the public. A high point in the city's upward green trajectory, the Environmental Center isn't the only thing that is new, either: in August, Camila Rivera-Tinsley moved to Pittsburgh to helm the Center's stellar all-ages environmental education program. "Environmental education and greenspace equity is a primary tenet for the Parks Conservancy's work", said Rivera-Tinsley. "The parks and all their wonders are truly a uniting force for the city, and are meant to be shared and enjoyed by all."
6). The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy planted 9,618 annual flowers, bulbs, perennials, shrubs and trees in our city and community parks in 2016. While most were paid for by the Parks Conservancy and City of Pittsburgh, 235 shrubs and bulbs were donated by generous Pittsburghers, many in honor of their loved ones. The Frick Environmental Center in Frick Park, Riverview Park, Mellon Square, Highland Park, and Schenley Plaza all saw new green thanks to Parks Conservancy planting efforts. And Parks Conservancy staff will be at it all winter, too, pruning and protecting to ensure that when spring rolls around, you'll see brilliant colors in every corner of a park near you.
7). 318 24-hour days is the amount of total time (that's 7,651 hours) that volunteers gave to Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy volunteer programs in 2016. At a value of $175,973, the Parks Conservancy's volunteers are among the most generous in the city, weeding, planting, and building deer exclosures like the rock stars they are. And they do it in any season, too, from digital photo-organization in the warmth of the Parks Conservancy's offices during winter months, to spring planting, summer invasive plant removal and fall bulb dead-heading. At the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, every season is the right season to be a good egg.
8). Two famous Pittsburghers were honored with major parks unveilings in 2016, giving them the world-class greenspaces they deserve. The former Cliffside Park was renamed August Wilson Park to honor the Tony and Pulitzer-prize winning author who was born in Pittsburgh's Hill District; the new park design includes an American with Disabilities Act-compliant switchback trail that makes the space's steep incline and spectacular views of the Allegheny River accessible to all. Fifteen direct descendants of industrial icon George Westinghouse are traveled from across the country and Canada to christen the major restoration and renewal of their namesake's memorial in Schenley Park. Both August Wilson Park and Westinghouse Memorial's redesign and renewal included green infrastructure components, furthering the Parks Conservancy's dedication to stormwater management systems that maintain community assets.
9) Three Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy emphasis projects to watch for in 2017 are continued leadership and advocacy for regional green infrastructure solutions to our city's stormwater and sewage issues, new stormwater management installations and community connectivity in the Beltzhoover neighborhood's McKinley Park, andgroundbreaking on the Northside's Allegheny Commons' north fountain across from Allegheny General Hospital. The Parks Conservancy will direct energy to supporting green infrastructure that aims to maintain wildlife habitat and improve community assets – like meadows that both manage stormwater and provide aesthetically pleasing community spaces - while reducing flooding and erosion. The Allegheny Commons and McKinley Park projects continue the Parks Conservancy's recent emphasis on community and neighborhood parks, furthering their advocacy of greenspace equity.
About the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy was founded in December 1996 by a group of citizens concerned with the deteriorating conditions of Pittsburgh's historic city parks. A nonprofit organization, the Parks Conservancy works closely with the City of Pittsburgh under an official public-private partnership agreement to restore and improve the city's park system to its full potential. Originally including Highland, Schenley, Frick, and Riverview Parks, the scope of the Park Conservancy's work now includes a focus on community parks including Allegheny Commons, Arsenal Park, August Wilson Park, McKinley Park, and Mellon Park, as well as the To date, the Parks Conservancy has raised $94 million toward major park improvements for the people of the Pittsburgh region.
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Companion Planting Reference Guide
Jan 14, 2013 by Kristi Armes
How to Select Companion Plants for Your Garden Tower® 2 Planting System
Companion planting allows you to select plants that benefit each other in different ways. Moreover, many common garden plants have allelopathic effects. This means they can slow the growth of certain types of neighboring plants!
The composting vertical Garden Tower® 2 planting system is the definition of a companion planting system. 50 plants in 4 square feet at six elevations guarantees plant-to-plant interactions at both the stem and root levels.
Infographic for Reference
Here's a fantastic infographic for determining which vegetables will thrive near each other and which veggies you need to put a little space between:
Infographic courtesy of Afristar Foundation
Afristar Foundation develops educational resources for schools, community programs and adult education in the form of posters, educational documentaries and informational booklets. We make use of accessible media to illustrate techniques and principles of sustainability and to spread information in a manner that is fun, colorful and easy to understand. To learn more visit http://afristarfoundation.org/.
Tables to Reference for Plant Selections
The following tables offer valuable insights for plant selection and design in a Garden Tower® 2 planting system or conventional garden.
Determine what plant(s) you would like to grow, check the table to learn which companion plants will help your desired plant thrive and which plants you should avoid planting adjacent to it! Don't be intimidated, it's simpler than it looks!
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Attracts
Repels
Alliums Allium fruit trees, nightshades (tomatoes, capsicum peppers, potatoes), brassicas (cabbage, broccoli, kohlrabi, etc.) carrots carrots slugs, aphids, carrot fly, cabbage worms[1] beans, peas, parsley Alliums include onions, garlic, leeks, shallots, chives, and others
Asparagus Asparagus officinalis Tomatoes[2] Aster Family flowers, Dill, Coriander, Tomatoes, Parsley, Basil, Comfrey, Marigolds coupled with Basil seems to encourage lady bugs Onion, Garlic, Potatoes
Brassicas Brassica potatoes, cereals (e.g. corn, wheat) geraniums, dill, alliums (onions, shallots, garlic, etc.), rosemary, nasturtium, borage wireworms mustards, nightshades (tomatoes, peppers, etc.) Brassicas are a family of species which include broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, and cauliflower.
Beans Phaseolus Corn (see Three Sisters), Spinach, lettuce, rosemary, summer savory, dill, carrots, brassicas, beets, radish, strawberry and cucumbers Eggplant, Summer savoury California beetles Tomatoes, chili peppers, alliums (onions, garlic, etc.), brassicas (cabbage, broccoli, etc.) Hosts nitrogen-fixing bacteria, a good fertiliser for some plants, too much for others
Beets Beta Vulgaris lettuce, kohlrabi, onions and brassicas Catnip, Garlic, Mint Runner or pole beans[2] Good for adding minerals to the soil through composting leaves which have up to 25% magnesium. Runner or pole beans and beets stunt each other's growth.
Broccoli Brassica oleracea geraniums, dill, alliums, rosemary, nasturtium, borage mustards, Tomatoes, peppers Rosemary repels cabbage fly, geraniums trap cabbage worms, same general companion profile as all brassica (cabbage, kohlrabi, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, etc.)
Cabbage Brassica oleracea geraniums, dill, alliums, rosemary mustards, Tomatoes, peppers strawberries, and pole/runner beans Rosemary repels cabbage flies, geraniums trap cabbage worms, same general companion profile as all brassica (cabbage, kohlrabi, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, etc.)
Carrots Daucus carota Tomatoes, Alliums (onions, chives, etc.), lettuce alliums (leeks, shallots, etc.), rosemary, wormwood, sage, beans, flax assassin bug, lacewing, parasitic wasp, yellow jacket and other predatory wasps Dill, parsnip, radish Tomatoes grow better with carrots, but may stunt the carrots' growth. Beans (which are bad for tomatoes) provide the nitrogen carrots need more than some other vegetables. Aromatic companion plants repel carrot fly. Alliums inter-planted with carrots confuse onion and carrot flies.
Celery Apium graveolens Cosmos, Daisies, Snapdragons corn, Aster flowers, these can transmit the aster yellows disease
Corn / Maize Zea mays beans Sunflowers, legumes (beans, peas, etc.), peanuts, cucurbits (squash, cucumbers, melons, etc.), amaranth, white geranium, lamb's quarters, morning glory, parsley, and potato [2] Tomato, Celery Provides beans with a trellis, is protected from predators and dryness by cucurbits, in the three sisters technique
Cucumber Cucumis Sativus Nasturtiums, radishes, marigolds, sunflowers, peas, beets, carrots, and Dill Beneficial for ground beetles Tomato, Sage
Eggplant or Aubergine Solanum melongena Beans, Peppers Marigolds, tarragon, mints Marigolds will deter nematodes.
Leek Allium ampeloprasum v. porrum Celery, apple trees carrots cabbage worms, aphids, carrot fly, others Legumes (beans, peas, etc.), Swiss chard Same companion traits as all alliums (onions, garlic, shallots, chives, etc.)
Lettuce Lactuca sativa Radish, Kohlrabi, beans, carrots celery, cabbage, cress, parsley Mints (including hyssop, sage, and various "balms") repel slugs, a bane of lettuce and cabbages
Mustard Brassicaceae, Sinapis alba Cabbage, cauliflower, radish, Brussels sprouts, turnips various pests Same general companion profile as all brassica (cabbage, kohlrabi, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, etc.)
Nightshades Solanaceae carrots, alliums, mints (basil, oregano, etc.) beans, black walnuts, corn, fennel, dill, brassica (broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, etc.) Nightshade plants include tomatoes, tobacco, chili peppers (including bell peppers), potatoes, eggplant, and others
Onion Allium cepa Tomatoes, brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, etc.) Carrots aphids, carrot fly, other pests Beans, lentils, peas, parsley Same companion traits as all other alliums (chives, garlic, shallots, leeks, etc.)
Peppers Solanaceae, Capsicum themselves, marjoram tomatoes, geraniums, petunias Tomato Hornworm beans, kale (cabbage, Brussels sprouts, etc.) Pepper plants like high humidity, which can be helped along by planting with some kind of dense-leaf companion, like marjoram and basil; they also need direct sunlight, but their fruit can be harmed by it…pepper plants grown together, or with tomatoes, can shelter the fruit from sunlight, and raises the humidity level.
Potato Solanum tuberosum Horseradish Atriplex, carrot, cucumber, onion, raspberries, squash, sunflower, tomato Horseradish increases the disease resistance of potatoes
Parsnip Pastinaca Sativa fruit trees a variety of predatory insects The flowers of the parsnip plant left to seed will attract a variety of predatory insects to the garden, they are particularly helpful when left under fruit trees, the predators attacking codling moth and light brown apple moth. The root also contains Myristricin, which is toxic to fruit flies, house flies, red spider mite, pea aphids.
Pumpkin and other Squash Curcurbita spp corn, beans Buckwheat, catnip, tansy, radishes Spiders, Ground Beetles Radishes can be used as a trap crop against flea beetles, Curcurbita can be used in the three sisters technique
Radish Rafanus Sativus squash, eggplant, cucumber,[2] lettuce flea beetles, cucumber beetles Radishes can be used as a trap crop against flea beetles
Spinach Spinacia oleracea Peas, Beans The peas and beans provide natural shade for the spinach
Tomatoes Solanum lycopersicum roses, peppers, asparagus basil,[3] oregano, parsley, carrots, marigold, Alliums, celery, Geraniums, Petunias, Nasturtium, Borage, any type of onion or chives Tomato Hornworm asparagus beetle Black walnut, corn, fennel, peas, dill, potatoes, beetroot, brassicas (kohlrabi, cabbage, etc.), rosemary Dill attracts tomato hornworm.
Growing basil 10 inches apart from tomatoes can increase the yield of tomatoes by about 20%.[3]
Source: Modified From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companion_plants References & Footnotes:
Sally Jean Cunnigham (1998). "Great Garden Companions", ISBN 0-87596-847-3
The Rodale Herb Book, Eighth Printing, c1974, ISBN 0-87857-076-4
Companion Planting Guide, Ute Bohnsack [2]
Companion plants by Professor Stuart B. Hill Department of Entomology Macdonald College
DGS Gardening companion plant list
Cass County Extension Companion Planting List
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