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NAOMI GOODSIR - Or du Sérail
I'm sure you'll forgive me for a moment for championing some home-grown talent, but watching Aussie milliner extraordinaire Naomi Goodsir's star rise in recent years has been an absolute joy to behold... particularly where her stunning fragrances are concerned. Goodsir has built her international reputation on the back of her quirky, newfangled and luxurious headwear which has had the spotlight trained to it since the early 2000's. More recently however, it has also been in part, for her parfums d'exception.
In October 2012, Sorcery of Scent reviewed the exquisite Bois d'Ascese and Cuir Velours - a pair of striking scents that marked Naomi's first foray into fine fragrance. In 2014, Parfums Naomi Goodsir have launched Or du Sérail - the latest in the trio which speaks of Asiatic opulence and richness.
Or du Sérail is a Bertrand Duchaufour creation with an enchanting Oriental slant... it captures the sensation of warm skin, hazy air and golden light. A citrusy, fruity opening tickles the nose with the scent of plump berries and tropical fruits... a cornucopia of dewy, nectar-like accords that stimulates one's saliva glands. Moments in, a huff of chocolatey / coconutty lavishness appears over a steadily-thickening seam of warm, ambery accords that swell from beneath. A sweet, heady wisp of ylang ylang imbues the heart with a staunchly sensual feel, whilst a swirling ribbon of golden brown tobacco and fragrant woods bring with it a bittersweet richness reminiscent of the air trapped in a hookah den. As Or du Sérail unfurls, one cannot help but be enchanted and consumed by its narcotising lavishness. It's trail lingers on skin for many hours - a caramel-like whisper left behind to beckon and cajole.
Hats off (no pun intended) to Naomi and creative director Renaud Coutaudier. Or du Sérail takes its place amongst its older siblings as not only a very worth successor, but also one of the most interesting niche releases of this year.
Or du Sérail is available in Australia at Peony Haute Parfumerie in Melbourne, or internationally at e-tailers such as Ausliebezumduft.
Labels: Australian, Naomi Goodsir, Niche, Renaud Coutaudier
PARFUMS ISABEY - Resurrection of an iconic House
On any given occasion, ask my wife what fragrance she is wearing, and 8 times out of 10, she will tell you "Isabey"... which (if we're to be honest) isn't 100% true. Her signature scent is in fact Isabey's "Gardenia", and has been since the early 00's. Why so vague then? you might ask. Well, her nebulous response is not for fear of divulging a closely guarded secret, but rather because both she and I hope that our non-definite response might compel the inquirer to take some time to investigate the *entire* Isabey line. Parfums Isabey was founded almost a century ago, but it is only in recent years that they have had the spotlight trained to them again. And deservedly so.
In 2009, I wrote this article on the renaissance of one of France's most luxurious perfume houses, Isabey, and the release of their then-new fragrance Fleur Nocturne. Isabey - a brand new company in the early 1920s - decided to exhibit their perfumes at the world famous Exposition des Arts Decoratifs in Paris in 1925 and - up against giants such as Houbigant and Coty - managed a coup... they were awarded a Gold Medal for their perfumes, packaged in enchanting flacons and exquisitely crafted perfume presentations. In the years following, Isabey continued to manufacture exceptional perfume bottles designed by some of Europe's biggest glassmakers: Rene Lalique, Julien Viard, Andre Jollivet and Ludwig Moser, and many still stand today as a yardstick against which many other luxurious perfume presentations are measured. (A single boxed Isabey flacon sold at auction in 2012 with the hammer price achieving a staggering €61,000; setting a world record in sales of antique perfume bottles).
Unfortunately, when war tore through Europe in 1944, Parfums Isabey vanished as so many others did. But this was not the end. In 2001, the Parisian House of Panouge resurrected this iconic brand, and bought it back from the foxed pages of history.
Parfums Panouge (PArfums NOUvelle GEneration) looked to the heritage and traditions of the House when approaching it's reinstitution. With careful consideration given not only to the reconstruction of the parfums, but also the flacons and packaging, Panouge have exhibited a keen understanding and sensitivity to Isabey's past. Perfumer Jean Jacques and artistic director Rania Naim observe these traditions and have created eye-catching and tactile presentations that tip their hat to the creations of yesteryear. To date there have been five Isabey perfumes reprised. They are:
Gardenia (2001 / commercially 2006)
Fleur Nocturne (2009) - originally launched as "Bleu de Chine" in the early 20th century.
L'Ambre de Carthage (2011)
La Route d'Emeraude (2012)
Lys Noir (2014)
In producing these scents, Jean Jacques echoes the sentiments of Robert Bienaimé - his predecessor and Isabey perfumer of almost a century ago. Here are some brief words about those that have not yet been featured on Sorcery of Scent.
The perfume that was first revisited and reintroduced in an exquisite "pearl" limited edition flacon in 2001, later became a more accessible EDP.
A magnificent overture to femininity, Gardenia acts as a sumptuously velvety mantle composed of blossoming florals... ylang ylang, jasmine rose and iris feature over a glowing heart of gardenia. This scent feels warm and cashmere-like, but also has qualities that are luminous and radiant. Foundation notes of sandalwood and musks allow it to rest on skin for many hours. Gardenia is an exemplary composition that will enchant and beguile... it is sensual, seductive and infinitely sophisticated.
L'AMBRE DE CARTHAGE
The first masculine launch which has enchanted both men and women alike.
A scent that surprises with it's unconventional approach, L'Ambre de Carthage feels resolutely more aromatic than most 'ambers' with the inspired introduction of bergamot, osmanthus and jasmine tea. This unfolds over a considered blend of oliban, labdanum, sandalwood, patchouli and musk. Mercifully, L'Ambre de Carthage is totally devoid of the tooth-achingly sweet accord of vanilla which one tends to expect in an amber scent. By veering away from an expected 'cookie-cutter' treatment, the outcome is a classy, sensuous and profound take on a time-honoured theme.
LA ROUTE D'EMERAUDE
Inspired by the "Emerald Triangle" of Laos, Thailand and Cambodia, the flacon and packaging has been designed with an oriental slant.
With a brisk opening of citrus and sunny white florals, La Route d'Emeraude instantly evokes the sensation of solar warmth and the chirrup of cicadas ringing in the ears. Orange blossom, jasmine and tuberose blanket the perfume laterally, whilst a delicate pink blush of rose blossoms within. As the scent unfolds, lightly spiced, ambery, musky accords unfold on the skin, bringing with them a carnal, almost organic component. Elegant, opulent and alluring.
LYS NOIR
The most recent feminine release, presented in a beautiful silver satin-lined box harkens back to timeless perfume pillars of the past.
A scent originally launched in 1924, Lys Noir embodies the art deco age in appearance. Ageless and captivating this is a perfume with a hushed, intimate feel, like a sensual whisper in the ear from behind cupped hands. The oft-heady blooms of narcissus, lily and tuberose have been treated with a measured hand, and their heaviness diminished to just a tantalizing breath. The clever use of heliotrope, woods and musks brings complexity and balance. An extraordinary composition leaves Lys Noir dancing between being a voluptuous floral and a lip-smacking oriental. Mysterious and captivating, it is certain to turn heads.
In January 2015, Isabey will add three new novelties to the line; Les Perles d'Isabey. These are parfum extrait editions of Gardenia, Lys Noir and La Route d'Emeraude, presented in a pearl-shaped stoppered flacon and jewel box; exceptional pieces that echo those from Isabey's resplendent past.
For more information on Parfums Isabey, visit the Panouge website: www.panouge.com
Finally, for a walk through Isabey's history, and to marvel at the stunning perfume presentations of almost a century ago, I recommend you search for the book "Isabey Paris, Parfumeur depuis 1924" by Editions Gourcuff Gradenigo (French and English language).
Labels: Ambre de Carthage, Fleur Nocturne, French, Gardenia, Isabey, Jean Jacques, Lys Noir, Panouge Parfums, Rania Naim, Route d'Emeraude, Vintage


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Category: Philadelphia Eagles
Browns claim Anthony Fabiano, Avery Gennesy
The Browns claimed offensive linemen Anthony Fabiano and Avery Gennesy off waivers Tuesday. Cleveland waived punter Michael Carrizosa and offensive lineman Christian Schneider in corresponding moves.
The Colts waived Fabiano on Monday. He originally entered the NFL with the Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2016 out of Harvard.
Fabiano appeared in four games with one start with the Browns in 2016 before they waived him during final roster cuts in 2017. He saw action in five games with one start with the Colts last year. Fabiano also has spent time on the practice squads of Washington, the Giants and the Patriots.
Clarkson rolls up his sleeves. Tristan Thompson accessorizes, putting his stamp on the outfit the way Will Smith's character once did to his Bel Air Academy uniform on "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air."
"Will turned his blazer inside out," Thompson said. "Just because the suit covers a lot — we got the cardigan part, the pants and the blazer — so the way you can make your own style is with your sunglasses or with our shoes now. Now that we're wearing our own shoes, that's how we kind of bring the 'Fresh Prince.'"
That rule, and every other NFL rule regarding gambling, will need to be revisited given that the U.S. Supreme Court has opened the door to legalized gambling. Once teams are benefitted directly and indirectly from wagers on games, the traditional do's and don'ts regarding gambling will need to be gutted.
Whatever it was, this young supporting cast for the Capitals were like featured players on "Saturday Night Live": unrecognizable at first, unappreciated in contrast with established cast members, but at the end of the season you couldn't imagine the show happening without them.
And then you begin wondering who they bring back for another season. Because as Capitals owner Ted Leonsis bellowed after the Game 6 win in Pittsburgh, the first time they eliminated the Penguins in the Ovechkin Era, the kids, er, young players, would be an indication Washington isn't done yet.
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Report: Eagles visit with Derrius Guice sparked "shouting match"
Running back Derrius Guice slid to pick No. 59 for a variety of reasons. One specific problem arose from Guice's team visits, which as Ian Rapoport of NFL Media said earlier in the hour on NFLN did not always go well.
Guice has the power to change that, and maybe his unexpected slide to No. 59 will be the catalyst. Multiple sources have told PFT that, as to his claim that he was asked during the Scouting Combine whether he likes men, Guice told conflicting stories to NFL investigators, preventing them from concluding that the question had been asked.
During a pre-draft visit to PFT Live, I pressed Guice on the question of whether it was a miscommunication, a misunderstanding, or something else. Guice chose to avoid the topic, other than to acknowledge that he had been interviewed three times by NFL Security.
Based on everything that has emerged regarding Guice, Washington's relationship with Guice may involve more than a few sit-downs and heart-to-hearts in the coming weeks and months. Maybe the switch will flip; maybe he'll mature.
If he does, Guice could have a long and fruitful career in the NFL. If he doesn't, he'll be one of the guys who inevitably is replaced by another draft pick in two or three years.
Obviously, he has proved that he is very accurate with the football. I really think he is a tremendous leader. He has a lot of qualities that we look for. It is somewhat coming out, I think a lot of people had him as their best quarterback. We are very excited to have him and very glad that he is going to be here in this organization."
General Manager John Dorsey said the Browns staff reached unanimity on Mayfield early this week. But Dorsey and Jackson were sold on the Heisman Trophy winner more than a month ago.
Still, Mayfield will begin his Browns' career third on the depth chart behind Tyrod Taylor and Drew Stanton.
"He has got to work his way up," Jackson said. "He has to earn it. We are not going to give anybody anything. Draft status is just that. You still got to earn the right to play for the Cleveland Browns, and that is what we are going to create here."
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Cobra Kai Forbath may soon be trying to sweep the league of Daniel-(Carl)son.
According to Chris Tomasson of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the incumbent Vikings kicker hung up when reached by phone after the Vikings made Carlson a fifth-round pick in the 2018 draft.
When a team takes a kicker in the middle rounds of the draft, that's a fairly clear message that the kicker will be the kicker right away. Teams typically don't have backup kickers or punters; when making that kind of move, the decision has been made to make the rookie the kicker.
McDaniels falls from a Bill Belichick coaching tree that has produced several bad apples, while Reich comes to town fresh off a two-year stretch with the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. While there, the quarterback whisperer helped turn raw North Dakota State product Carson Wentz into an MVP candidate in less than 18 months. And then when he lost Wentz, his offense didn't miss a beat with Nick Foles en route to Super Bowl LII.
He played 67 snaps on defense and 57 on special teams last season.
NFL: Matt Patricia denies 1996 allegation More "As someone who was falsely accused of this very serious charge over 22 years ago, and never given the opportunity to defend myself and clear my name, I find it incredibly unfair, disappointing, and frustrating that this story would resurface now with the only purpose being to damage my character and reputation," Patricia said in a statement issued by the Lions. "I firmly maintain my innocence, as I have always done."
Thankfully, the truth is on my side, he added. I find it upsetting that someone would bring up this claim two decades later with the intent of trying to damage my credibility.
Robert Snell of the Detroit News revealed details of the 1996 case, which saw the then-21-year-old Patricia charged with a violent sexual assault of an unnamed woman. The then-21-year-old college student said Patricia and another man barged into her hotel room and took turns assaulting her when they were on spring break at South Padre Island, Texas.
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Pirates-Tigers become 28th postponement in majors this year
Posted on May 15, 2018 May 3, 2018 by admin
The weather keeps wreaking havoc on the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Detroit Tigers.
Steady rain at PNC Park on Tuesday forced the clubs to postpone a game for the third time in the first month of the season.
Pittsburgh's offense has cooled off during its current slide and manager Clint Hurdle believes his team's struggles are part of a somewhat larger trend, one the weather is impacting. There could be more strikeouts than hits across the majors in a month for the first time, and Hurdle pointed to frigid temperatures as an issue.
"This has been the most challenging weather I've ever been a part of, and I'm not playing," said Hurdle, who spent a decade in the majors as a player from 1977-87 before going into coaching. "It's hard to hit when it's cold."
Pittsburgh had more strikeouts than hits in each game while dropping a four-game set with Philadelphia last week. Hurdle pointed to his own experiences as a player as proof that when conditions aren't ideal, hitting can become painful.
"Sometimes, you can only have one bad at-bat, the first at-bat of a game, in this kind of weather, (and) that can re-arrange your mental furniture," he said. "I know if I hit a ball right off the end of the bat, that first at-bat, I knew I didn't want to do it again. Some of my aggressiveness might have leaked out of me."
Kluber was charged with three runs. He walked three and threw 116 pitches.
Lindor, Michael Brantley and Edwin Encarnacion homered in the first, and Yonder Alonso and Yan Gomes hit consecutive drives in the sixth for a 6-0 lead against Erasmo Ramirez (0-2), who made his second start this season. Brantley added a sacrifice fly in the third and hit the Indians' first triple this season in the fifth. Brantley and Lindor each had three hits.
Kluber retired 11 in a row after two singles in the third. Haniger hit a two-run homer in the seventh.
Ramirez, who began the season on the disabled list with a strained lat, has allowed seven home runs in 9 2/3 innings.
On a night when the start was delayed by rain for 10 minutes, the Indians hit three homers in the first inning for the first time since Carlos Santana, Kipnis and Lonnie Chisenhall connected against the New York Yankees' Chad Green on July 8, 2016.
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Jonny Venters, after three Tommy John surgeries, returns to pitch for Rays
Jonny Venters has made a successful return to the majors after enduring three Tommy John surgeries and a six-year absence.
Pitching for the Tampa Bay Rays in his first big league appearance since the 2012 NL wild-card game, Venters entered in the sixth inning against the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night. He retired Chris Davis on a grounder, the only batter he faced.
Dickerson rounded third base, rolled his helmet toward the plate and was mobbed by teammates, with Adam Frazier dumping a jug of Gatorade over him. Nearly two minutes later, the home-run call was upheld, and the Pirates exchanged more hugs. It was just the second home run of the season for Dickerson, who was obtained from Tampa Bay during spring training.
"These guys in the clubhouse have been great," Dickerson said. "I feel really comfortable here. The guys have treated me wonderfully and we get along really good together."
Felipe Vazquez (1-0) escaped a bases-loaded, no-outs jam in the ninth created by two singles and a walk. Third baseman Colin Moran fielded a hot shot from James McCann and threw home for a force out, Victor Martinez popped out and Jose Iglesias hit a ground ball that was snagged on a diving play by shortshop Sean Rodriguez, who tossed it to second to end the inning.
"I thought our defense showed up extremely well today," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said.
The Rangers placed Beltre on the 10-day disabled list Wednesday with a strained left hamstring. Beltre got hurt in the eighth inning of a 3-2 home loss to Oakland on Tuesday night when he pulled up limping on his way to first base and then gingerly walked off the field after his 3,075th career hit.
Fister had been on the DL since April 10 because of a right hip strain.
The entire Rangers starting infield has changed from the lineup that took the field for the season opener less than a month ago.
Wade, a three-time NBA champion, had no interest in addressing his future after the Heat were eliminated in Game 5 of their first-round series against the Sixers.
"I love Philly, but ain't gonna be no breaking news here in Philly," Wade said lightheartedly. "I'm sorry. I appreciate [the concern], but let me worry about that later."
Wade's wife, actress Gabrielle Union, addressed the topic in a tweet after Miami's loss.
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Avila leads Diamondbacks in 8-4 win over Phillies
Posted on May 7, 2018 May 3, 2018 by admin
Alex Avila broke out of his slump in a big way.
Avila homered among his three hits and drove in two runs, Robbie Ray struck out 11 while pitching into the fifth inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-4 on Tuesday night.
Avila started his big night by leading off the third with a towering homer to deep right-center off Vince Velasquez (1-3) that caromed off the base of the second deck. Avila began the at-bat in a 4-for-35 slump with 18 strikeouts.
"He's the guy you saw today," Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. "Nothing fazes him. There's an ease to his game. In his mind, he feels like he's going to hit."
Dyson followed with a long drive to right to put Arizona ahead 2-0. He was batting .160 before going deep for the first time this season.
The Phillies went ahead in the bottom of the inning. After Aaron Altherr's one-out, bases-loaded double to right scored two to tie the score, Maikel Franco's sacrifice fly to left gave Philadelphia a 3-2 lead.
The advantage was short-lived though as David Peralta hit a two-run double down the right-field line in the fifth after Velasquez loaded the bases with no outs by sandwiching a pair of walks around a single by Avila.
Arizona then went ahead 5-3 in the sixth on Avila's one-out RBI single to right.
"TD Garden is going to be great. As a basketball player or fan, one of the places you want to enjoy and be, it's TD Garden for a Game 7," said Horford, whose first postseason trip, with the Atlanta Hawks, ended with a Game 7 loss to Boston's most recent Big Three during the team's 2008 title run.
Added Horford: "I've been on both sides. It's tough about [Thursday's loss], but I'm definitely looking forward to Saturday."
Celtics players lamented their offensive inconsistency during Thursday's 97-86 loss at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks turned bad Boston offense into easy transition baskets while building a double-digit first-half lead, then fended of some second-half surges.
Now the Celtics need a win Saturday to extend their season.
"The result is our guys get to experience a Game 7, which, again, we didn't want," Celtics coach Brad Stevens said. "Game 7 in TD Garden is what you play for. It should be what you're excited most about. What you worked for all summer, what you worked for all year. It's a blast."
The Bucks expect a frenzied atmosphere in Boston.
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The shining sun was a big tease on a cold 41-degree Sunday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.
Posted on April 23, 2018 April 14, 2018 by admin
Message Bird has for doubters that he'll get healthy and become star
They were up five runs in the first inning and blew the game, as the Baltimore Orioles rallied to win 8-7 in 12 innings and take three of four in the series.
Trust me on this: The league watches these sort of trends closely.
Maybe Davis is telling the truth. Maybe it was all an accident. Maybe it isn't his fault. Maybe the NFL was wrong, or the supplement manufacturer added something. Maybe the players who spoke with B/R are wrong. Maybe whatever.
But it's hard to give a player the benefit of the doubt in this ongoing PED war when we've heard these types of excuses so many times before.
The North team sacked Manziel with 58 seconds remaining in the game to force a turnover on downs, which allowed the North to run out the rest of the clock and seal the victory.
The South team got the ball back with two minutes left and needed to go 80 yards for the go-ahead score. Manziel kept the drive alive with an 11-yard scramble on 4th-and-10.
The South offense stalled after that first down, though, and the North defense suffocated Manziel on a designed run on fourth down to end the South's comeback attempt.
Manziel finished 8-of-16 for 79 yards and one touchdown through the air. His lone touchdown pass came on the first play of the second quarter. He rolled to his right and found former Baylor wide receiver Antwan Goodley in the back of the end zone:
Former Virginia Tech quarterback Jerod Evans delivered what proved to be the decisive score of the game when he connected with former North Carolina tight end Jack Tabb on a 30-yard touchdown pass with 10:36 left in the fourth quarter.
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Miguel Cabrera back in lineup after leaving previous game
Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera is back in the lineup after leaving the previous game because of left hip flexor tightness.
Sanchez should've automatically been called out for having essentially passed Stanton on the bases. Once the tag was applied to Stanton, he would've been declared out, too. That all means the play should have ended in a double play. It didn't happen that way.
After a lengthy discussion among the umpires that included a vociferous argument from Orioles manager Buck Showalter, the ruling of one lone out — Stanton — stood.
The MLB rulebook actually cites a similar example of a trail runner (Sanchez) reaching a base while the lead runner (Stanton) is in a rundown. The rule says, "the trailing runner is out and third base is unoccupied. The lead runner is entitled to third base if he returns to touch it before he is out … unless he is declared out for abandoning the bases."
Andrew Benintendi hit a tiebreaking RBI double in Boston's wild six-run eighth inning, and the Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-7 on Sunday for their eighth straight win.
Miller is hitting .222 with a home run and five RBIs this season.
The Rays are replacing Miller by adding right-handed pitcher Ryan Weber from Triple-A Durham.
He will become the third player born in St. Petersburg, Florida, in Rays history.
It was important for the Giants to see Beckham at the facility this spring. They want to see him work out in order to make sure he's running well and pain-free before they're willing to invest long term in his services. They also want to make sure he's willing to buy into the new program being installed by Shurmur and general manager Dave Gettleman.
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Lamar Jackson Rumors: Teams Struggling to Book 2018 NFL Draft Meetings with QB
Posted on April 10, 2018 April 4, 2018 by admin
NFL teams are reportedly struggling to set up individual meetings with Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson ahead of next month's draft, according to NFL Network's Mike Mayock.
I've had several teams tell me they're having trouble just getting to set up appointments to meet with him, Mayock said on NFL Network on Thursday. Not just work out, but appointments to meet with him, to put him up on the board, to work him out, to have dinner with him. And remember, and again I'm not taking a shot here at anybody, his mom is representing him, his mom has obviously his best interest at heart, but you're doing the kid a disservice if NFL coaches and general managers are calling and you can't even get an appointment set up.
Jackson was on hand for Louisville's pro day Thursday but once again declined to go through any athletic testing. He threw at the NFL combine but declined to do testing there as well, saying he wants to be judged as a quarterback.
The Wyoming product never completed better than 56.3 percent of his passes during his collegiate career. However, some scouts have been fawning over him due to his traditional makeup. Jackson vs. Allen has become something of a battleground on social media and talking head shows, with some wondering if Jackson is being discounted because he is black.
That said, given his tenuous draft status, it's not a great look that some teams have been unable to schedule meetings.
The 35-year-old Gonzalez also was on base four times with two hits and two walks in his New York debut. The five-time All-Star first baseman was signed for the major league minimum during the offseason after struggling with a bad back last year with the Dodgers.
New York catcher Kevin Plawecki also had two walks and two hits, including a late RBI single.
Chris Ash is not going to say there's a No. 1 guy at all yet in regards to Rutgers' unproven wide receivers group, but Bo Melton is certainly making his case.
The sophomore wideout continued to impress Thursday during the Scarlet Knights' seventh spring practice, making several impressive catches during the period the session was open to reporters while flashing the home run hitter potential the Scarlet Knights' offense desperately needs.
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Smoak lifted Robertson's 92-mph fastball well over the wall in center field, turning a 4-3 Yankees lead into an insurmountable deficit.
Posted on April 5, 2018 April 3, 2018 by admin
Robertson walked Donaldson to get to Smoak, who was already 2-for-3 with a homer, and got into an intense battle with him that saw several full-count fouls and the Rogers Centre crowd dying with each pitch.
Sueng Hwan Oh closed it out for the Blue Jays, who lose the first two games of the series and then won the next pair.
Sonny Gray had killer stuff but the Jays made him work and he lasted just four-plus innings and 89 pitches. He struck out eight, walked three and gave up seven hits, including Devon Travis' RBI single in the second inning that put Toronto ahead, 1-0.
Stanton, new to left field, made an excellent play in the sixth. The natural right field, playing out of position to make room for Aaron Judge in left field and because of several hurt outfielders, covered a lot of ground to his right to catch Kendrys Morales' long fly to the corner, near the wall.
Judge shined on defense, too.
Gift Ngoepe singled to right field with one out in the second inning. Russell Martin, with no outs and the top of the order due up, tried scoring from second base. Judge threw him out at home, the ball hitting catcher Austin Romine's glove right in front of the plate and beating Martin by a hand's length.
Taylor Hall, Keith Kinkaid, Kyle Palmieri, Nico Hischier and the New Jersey Devils will aim to inch closer to a playoff spot when they visit Carey Price and the Montreal Canadiens at 7 p.m. on Sunday at Bell Centre in Montreal.
Of course, Brady – unlike any quarterback before him – has always been able to defy the odds and achieve peak performance when others failed to do so (look no further than Peyton Manning's last two years in the league).
Still, the team is aware of his age and what it entails – just ask Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who spoke about New England selecting a quarterback earlier this week: I'm going to put my fan hat on, and obviously at some point we have to, Kraft said, when asked if picking a quarterback in the draft can be seen as a high priority for the franchise right now ( via ESPN Boston's Mike Reiss ). Not just that, the 76-year old continued, but think what happened in the '08 season when in the first quarter against Kansas City, Tom goes out. How many people would have said that Matt Cassel would have led us to an 11-5 season I put my faith and confidence in Bill [Belichick]. He knows his responsibilities. Anything can happen, even if Tom comes in tip-top shape.
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Collegium Heliodori Święcicki w Poznaniu (do 25 czerwca 2018 Collegium Chemicum) – gmach w stylu neorenesansowym znajdujący się przy ul. Grunwaldzkiej na Grunwaldzie (Osiedle Św. Łazarz) w Poznaniu, służący obecnie Uniwersytetowi im. Adama Mickiewicza i Uniwersytetowi Medycznemu im. Karola Marcinkowskiego. Collegium upamiętnia Heliodora Święcickiego, założyciela i pierwszego rektora Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego.

Historia
Kamień węgielny pod gmach zaprojektowany przez Edwarda Madurowicza i Rogera Sławskiego położono w 1920. Miał on służyć jako siedziba Politechniki Poznańskiej, jednak sprzeciw ministerstwa sprawił, że prace wstrzymano. Budynek ukończono w 1929 jako Pałac Rządowy, jeden z pawilonów ekspozycyjnych Powszechnej Wystawy Krajowej. Po zakończeniu imprezy gmach przekazano Uniwersytetowi Poznańskiemu.

Forma gmachu (m.in. attyki i alkierze) stanowiły, według Szymona Piotra Kubiaka, realizację krakowskiej odmiany stylu odrodzenia, który to wariant był jedną z propozycji do dyskutowanego podówczas polskiego stylu narodowego. W Poznaniu rozwiązania takie raczej się nie przyjęły.

25 czerwca 2018 senat uniwersytetu zmienił tradycyjną nazwę budynku Collegium Chemicum na Collegium Heliodori Święcicki (nazwa Collegium Chemicum przypisana została budynkowi w kampusie Morasko).

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 Praca zbiorowa, Poznań - spis zabytków architektury, Wydawnictwo Miejskie, Poznań, 2004, s.30,
 Poznań - atlas aglomeracji 1:15.000, wyd. CartoMedia/Pietruska & Mierkiewicz, Poznań, 2010,

Budynki szkół i instytucji badawczych w Poznaniu
Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu
Collegia Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Zabytkowe budynki szkół i instytucji badawczych w Poznaniu
Poznań
Osiedle Św. Łazarz
Pawilony Międzynarodowych Targów Poznańskich
Dzieła Rogera Sławskiego

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Stocks are a few ticks below the breakeven mark before Wednesday's open in the United States. Bond yields are just slightly below their peak from yesterday. Oil has also pulled back a bit after a report from the International Energy Agency lowered its expectations for global demand this year based on higher prices. The S&P 500 is down -0.27%, the Dow Jones is down -0.34%, the Nasdaq is down -0.41%.
I used to think that if there was reincarnation, I wanted to come back as the president or the pope or as a .400 baseball hitter. But now I would like to come back as the bond market. You can intimidate everybody.
Macy's Inc (M), TechnipFMC plc Ordinary Share (FTI) and Kohl's Corporation (KSS) are moving higher this morning, while IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (IDXX), DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc (XRAY) and Centurylink Inc (CTL) are headed lower. General Mills, Inc. (GIS), Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (CMG) and Tripadvisor Inc (TRIP) were upgraded by analysts this morning, while Tripadvisor Inc (TRIP), Symantec Corporation (SYMC) and PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG) were downgraded.
Stocks in Asia are mixed. The Australia ASX All Ordinaries is up 0.15%, the Hang Seng is down -0.13%, the Mumbai Sensex is down -0.44% the Nikkei 225 is down -0.45% and the Shanghai SE Composite Index is down -0.71%. In Europe stocks are mixed. The DAX is up 0.17%, the FTSE 100 is up 0.08%, the CAC 40 is down -0.01% and the Euro Stoxx 50 is down -0.27%.
Energy futures are mixed today. The price for West Texas Intermediate crude oil is down -0.32 at 70.99 per barrel. Brent crude is down -0.69 at 77.74 per barrel. Natural Gas is up 0.01 at 2.84. Precious metals are down this morning. Gold is down -2.89 at 1287.64 per ounce. Platinum is down -4.84 at 892.2 while silver is down -0.06 at 16.2. The dollar is mixed compared to the major currencies today. The greenback is up against the euro, down against the Yen and up against the Pound.
Yesterday, 776,102 call contracts traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) compared to 480,965 put contracts. The single-session put/call was 0.62 while the 20-day moving average is now at 0.62.


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Aug 12, 2011 at 12:01 AM Aug 12, 2011 at 11:25 AM
7 a.m., WCMH-TV (Channel 4): Today - TV host Stacy London ( What Not To Wear); actress Allison Janney ( The Help); couples undergoing plastic surgery; musical guest: Zac Brown Band (N, HD)
7 a.m., WCMH-TV (Channel 4): Today � TV host Stacy London (What Not To Wear); actress Allison Janney (The Help); couples undergoing plastic surgery; musical guest: Zac Brown Band (N, HD)
7 a.m., WSYX-TV (Channel 6): Good Morning America � musical guests: the top 11 from the most recent American Idol season; beautiful places (N,?HD)
9 a.m., Channel 6: The Dr. Oz Show � sex boosters; a 28-day soft-drink challenge (HD)
9 a.m., WBNS-TV (Channel 10): Live With Regis and Kelly � memories of episodes in Las Vegas (N, HD)
10 a.m., ABC Family: The 700 Club � former baseball player Bobby Richardson (N,?H D)
11 a.m., Channel 6: The View � actress Fran Drescher; singer Jackie Evancho and producer David Foster (HD)
Noon, WWHO-TV (Channel 53): Better � singer John Legend; a garage sale with talk-show host Kelly Ripa; love handles; fitness for mothers (N)
2 p.m., Channel 10: The Talk � actress Jennifer Garner; chef Marcela Valladolid (HD)
3 p.m., Channel 10: Dr. Phil � mothers who want their children to win beauty pageants (HD)
4 p.m., Channel 4: The Ellen DeGeneres Show � reality-TV personality Nicole � Snooki� Polizzi; singers Macy Gray and Savannah Keyes (HD)
6 p.m., Channel 53: The Nate Berkus Show � actresses Allison Janney and Octavia Spencer; chef Aaron McCargo Jr. (HD)
12:37 a.m., Channel 4: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon � actress Julia Stiles; reality-TV personality Jenni �JWoww� Farley; musical guest: Tame Impala (N, HD)
1 a.m., Channel 6: Jimmy Kimmel Live � actor James Franco; musical guest: Coldplay (HD)
1:07 a.m., Channel 10: The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson � actor Simon Helberg (HD)
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� 11 a.m. and 8 p.m., WOSU (89.7 FM): All Sides Weekend � the arts in central Ohio, with Roland Valliere, president of the Columbus Symphony; and Steven Anderson, artistic director of CATCO-Phoenix


List of self styled Institution /Universities which have been declared Bogus by the University Grant and other Govt. bodies.
1. All India Board Secondary Education, Delhi, Bhawan, 700, Gali No-17, Goapl Pur Village, (Timrpur) , PO Azadpur, Delhi-110009.
5. Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Prayag (Allahabad) U.P.
Any other Institution /Universities which shall be declared Bogus by the University Grant commission / MHRD./ State Govt. or Govt. of India.


Mount Etna is covered with snow and ice while still remaining active giving unique combination of fire and ice. Italy.
Item title reads - Nature - in one of her rarest moods. Our cameraman makes daring ascent of Mount Etna, to secure unique pictures of mighty volcano fierily active whilst under mantle of ice and snow. Italy.
M/S of snow covering Mount Etna, smoke billows up from it. M/S of lava flowing along and smoke streaming out from the mountain, while snow lies on the slopes. M/S of a building covered in ice, a man approaches it and starts hacking the ice away from the door with a pickaxe.
A landslide on Loen Lake caused a 300 foot high wave bringing death and destruction to the area. Norway.
An earthquake in Italy causes great damage and people salvage what they can from the rubble of their houses.
Weird and wonderful phosphorescent underwater sea creatures.
Small fish follow sharks around to feed off the scraps of their kill.
A look at damage caused by tidal wave in city of Bari, Italy.
Various shots of smoking volcanoes and moving lava.


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Juliet A. Peddle (1899–1979) was an American modernist architect who was the first woman architect licensed by the state of Indiana and a cofounder of the Women's Architectural Club of Chicago.

Early life and education
Peddle was born on June 7, 1899, in Terre Haute, Indiana, to John B. and Alice O. Peddle. She was educated at the King Classical School, and she learned drawing from her father, who taught machine design at Rose Polytechnic Institute. She went on to earn a degree in architecture from the University of Michigan in 1920, the second woman to do so, following her friend Bertha Yerex Whitman. She then moved to Chicago, where she worked briefly for the architectural firm of Perkins, Fellows, and Hamilton. One of her coworkers there was Whitman, with whom she would go on to cofound (with seven other women) the Women's Architectural Club of Chicago. The club was active into the 1940s, when it merged with the American Institute of Architecture. Peddle was the editor of the club's occasional publication, The Architrave. The group exhibited work around Chicago, including at the first Woman's World's Fair in Chicago in 1925.

After leaving Perkins, Fellows, and Hamilton, Peddle went on to study architecture in Europe.

Architectural career
In 1935, Peddle moved back to Terre Haute, where in 1939 she became the first female architect licensed by the state of Indiana. (There had been a couple of other women who were practicing architects in Indiana before Peddle, such as Grace Crosby, but Indiana only started licensing architects in 1929.) She opened her own architectural practice in Terre Haute, where she designed buildings for more than three decades. In addition to residences, she designed a Social Security building, the Medicenter building, and the Crawford School in and around Terre Haute.

As she worked in Chicago after her graduation, Peddle was an architectural draftsman at E. H. Clark Inc.

Peddle became known for a strongly modernist style. Her Topping House (1960), for example, had many glass features, including bubble skylights, glass walls, and textured glass room dividers. At the same time, Peddle greatly appreciated older American styles of building and was dismayed at how many such buildings were being demolished. She spent several decades photographing the buildings and streets of Terre Haute, creating a valuable historical archive that is now housed at the Vigo County Historical Society in Indiana. Her interest in local history found another outlet in a collection of 60 detailed drawings of Terre Haute buildings from before the Civil War that she made for the historical society and that were based on careful study of old photographs, drawings, descriptions, technical specifications, and interviews with local residents. She decided to publish this series in a local paper, the Terre Haute Sunday Tribune Star, in 1941–42 as a way of broadening local knowledge about Terre Haute's architectural heritage.

Peddle provided the illustrations for a 1939 book about Indiana settlers, The Story of a Hoosier Immigration, that was based on the recollections of the lives of Peddle's great great grandparents.

Notable projects and designs

 First Congregational Church
 A updated branch of Vigo County Public Library
 Topping House on Ohio Boulevard
 Crawford School in Farrington's Grove Historic District

Legacy
Peddle died in 1979. Ball State University and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Logan Library) hold collections of her architectural drawings, sketches, and prints from the years 1928–1967. Her prints, many of which were created as annual Christmas cards, feature the bold black lines and high contrast typical of woodcuts and linocuts. Another collection of drawings is held by the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (formerly the Rose Polytechnic Institute) in Terre Haute.

Since 1999, the Indiana Architecture Foundation has given an annual architectural scholarship in her honor, the Juliet Peddle Award, that recognizes a student for "strong willingness to pioneer, being successful in breaking new ground, strong devotion and commitment to architecture, display of professionalism and perseverance, and having a kind spirit".

Notes and references

1899 births
1979 deaths
20th-century American architects
People from Terre Haute, Indiana
American women architects
Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning alumni
20th-century American women


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Q: moving from synchronous API to async API I need to move from using a synchronous API to async API:
    void Client()
    {
        Stopwatch stopWatch = new Stopwatch();
        stopWatch.Start();
        int numAttempts = SendWithRetries();
        stopWatch.Stop();
        Logging.Log(LoggingLevel.Info, string.Format("time taken {0} ", numEvents, partitionId, stopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds.ToString()));

    }

    private int SendWithRetries(int numRetries = 3)
    {
        for (int i = 0; i <= numRetries; i++)
        {
            try
            {
                API();
                return i;
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                if (i == numRetries)
                {
                    throw;
                }
            }
        }
        return -1;
    }

Now to move to async API, I gather from internet that I need to replace API with
await APIAsync()

I am a little confused on this. When I add await, it would force the main thread to wait for completion of APIAsync How is that different from the synchronous call?
What if I do the following change and continue calling API() within SendWithRetries method:
void Client()
    {
        Task newTask =
            System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Run(() => {
                Stopwatch stopWatch = new Stopwatch();
                stopWatch.Start();
                int numAttempts = SendWithRetries();
                stopWatch.Stop();
                Logging.Log(LoggingLevel.Info, string.Format("### time taken {0} ", numEvents, partitionId, stopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds.ToString()));
            });

        newTask.Wait();
    }

Why is using the async method with await better than the above approach?
Also, whats wrong with the following:
private int SendWithRetries(int numRetries = 3)
    {
        for (int i = 0; i <= numRetries; i++)
        {
            try
            {
                APIAsync();
                return i;
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                if (i == numRetries)
                {
                    throw;
                }
            }
        }
        return -1;
    }

A:
How is that different from the synchronous call?

Asynchronous code doesn't block the calling thread.

Why is using the async method with await better than the above approach?

That approach moves the blocking to a thread pool thread (Task.Run). Asynchronous code doesn't block a thread pool thread.

Also, whats wrong with the following

Since the code ignores the returned Task, the code can never know when the API call completes, or whether it had an error.
More information:

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*Async and await

*Async best practices

A: The await keyword allows the application to wait without becoming non-responsive. The user will be able to continue interacting with the application, while the awaited operation is running in the background. When the operation completes, the code after the await will execute, by default in the UI thread.
You may need to restrict the user from certain interactions for the duration of the awaited operation. Some buttons or menu options may better become disabled, so that the user cannot initiate multiple asynchronous operations, and cause resources starvation or other problems.

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Which Dublin Donut Shop Are You?
Krispy Kreme have officially changed the game.
Poll: Do you think people queuing for Krispy Kreme are out of their minds?
Would you be tempted to drive down there yourself?
Blanchardstown residents have reported late-night beeping and shouting by those queuing for doughnuts.
Hundreds of people have queued up outside Dublin's newest Doughnut offering.
KRISPY KREME. Get over here.
A Facebook post stating it was opening in Dublin went viral earlier this evening.
Would you try this bacon-topped hot dog in a doughnut bun?
We think it looks quite nice, all things considered.
The Spanish goalkeeper was tackled by security staff after the alleged theft.


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Home interview Monique Edwards Interview with Monique Edwards
Interview with Monique Edwards
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Monique Edwards is a multi-talented actor, singer and humanitarian who is steadily building a solid reputation in television, feature films, the stage, and commercials. We made a short interview with her:
When and who was the first to inspire you to be an actress?
When I was younger, I was mesmerized by movies. It was such a great escape. I loved the stories, the relationships and the power of the performances. I also loved the range of human emotions that could be displayed as well as the ability of films to change lives. You might be surprised at this but Frank Capra is my favorite director. Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of great directors that I admire but his films have had a really deep impact on my life. I just love the old classics. I think Jimmy Stewart is my favorite actor. To me, he was the quintessential every man. He was just so "average". Most of his roles seemed to be about a regular guy in extraordinary circumstances. I love stories about underdogs as well as stories of hope.
With all the different roles that you play in your life, which is your favorite and why?
I really enjoy playing dramatic roles. I don't like a lot of drama in my life so it's really fun to play these roles. I've been really fortunate to work with a lot of great people. But I have to say that my favorite working experience was when I worked on "Philly". I had initially auditioned for "Woman D.A." but by the time it was over, I was playing "A.D.A. Teena Davis" and had done 8 episodes with more and more story lines. That was only a small part of it. What really made it special was the entire production crew. Everyone was absolutely brilliant to work with. The atmosphere on the set was very professional and virtually as stress-free as I've ever seen. Everyone was just really happy to be there and it showed. If the show had not have been cancelled, I'm sure there might have a lot of great friendships that could have come out of that experience.
During your education, which incident is the most impressionable and how is it relevant to your acting career?
I'm not sure if you're talking about formal education or acting classes. I'll answer about acting classes… When I first got to Los Angeles, I began studying with a well-known acting coach. He had written books on acting and also had begun teaching. I was completely intimidated. It was a scene study class that ran for three months during the summer. I can't remember exactly how it worked but somehow I managed to get out of doing a scene for most of the summer. I was just too terrified and intimidated. I also, made sure that I sat directly behind him during class. I think I was thinking that if I stayed out of his eye line he wouldn't notice I was there. At any rate, it was about two months into the class and once again I was sitting directly behind him while he was critiquing a scene; and without even turning his head, he said "Miss Edwards do you ever plan on doing a scene in my class?" I was mortified. I sheepishly said "Yes", as that was all I could manage to get out of my mouth. So he assigned me a scene for the following week. The scene went swimmingly, his critiques were very positive and I was on cloud nine. Since that time, I try to "dive in" whenever possible. Things still get scary from time to time but ultimately the payoff is worth it.
What kind of acting roles given to you has ever make you feel the most challenged?
I know it's semantics but I had to laugh at the word "given". It's rare when an actor, even stars, are simply given a role (on a big production) . When it does happen it's absolutely wonderful. I've had it happen on more than a couple of occasions and it's just bliss. But I digress. I think the most challenging role I ever had was in a play. It was a period piece where I was playing a woman about 30 years older than I was at the time, she had nine children and was living in abject poverty and I also had to do a dialect. On the face of it, we had very little in common. (Once again, I was really scared of this role.) But as I began to do the work, our common humanity began to shine through and I realized that I was this woman. The only thing that really separated us was our circumstances and our priorities. It was a really fulfilling role because when we take risks we can't help but grow.
How do you handle the scripts when there is a special (local) accent required?
As a rule, I don't really do accents. There's a difference in being able to do a couple of lines in a generalized regional or international accent. Like I did in an episode of "Friends". But to carry a film or television show that requires an accent takes a lot of work. Generally, they will provide you with a dialect coach and you will work with them hours on end to get it right. That being said, there are some people that are just naturals at it. They have great ears and can pick up accents really quickly. For now, I'll leave that to them. Eventually, that is something I want to work on. I can do a lot of accents/dialects in short bursts but sustaining them while saying someone else's words is the key.
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READ - 27 JULY 2020 - BY SAM MALLARI
LIVE FROM LOCKDOWN: WHAT IT'S LIKE TO DIRECT FROM HOME
Directors get real about how they adjusted the production process to create work from home. Read on for the tools, mantras, and favorite moments that helped them get through it all.
Cover and header photo: Tiësto and Becky Hill's"Nothing Really Matters" dir. Aya Tanimura
You'd be very hard-pressed to find anyone who'd say working during the pandemic is cake, let alone directing a whole shoot from lockdown. But living through such troubled times raises the question: What can artists give back to the world when the world feels like it's in shambles? When a project presents itself during a pandemic, how can a director adjust and adapt in order to continue doing what they love?
We were lucky to sit with eight wonderful directors who broke down their remote directing experiences and encapsulated their highs and lows during the process.
Adi Halfin
Director of Asaf Avidan's music video, "Earth Odyssey"
Adi Halfin is an award winning director and screenwriter. She graduated the Sam Spiegel Film School with honors, and her short films have traveled the world in prestigious festivals such as Cannes and Berlinale and won numerous prizes worldwide. "Home Alone" which she directed for Batsheva Dance Company was a viral hit and has won ten international prizes, including Best Commercial and Best Inspirational at the LA Film Awards, and Best Short at the San Francisco Dance Film Festival. Coming from a background of art and music, Adi loves to challenge the borders of filmmaking and get involved in as many disciplines as possible – be it dance, fashion or fine arts. Music and dance are her biggest passions and she strives to showcase this passion in every part of the aesthetic details in her expressive works. Her interpretation to Radiohead's "True Love Waits" featuring world-renowned dancer-choreographer Bobbi Jene Smith, has won seven awards, including Best Unofficial Music Video at the Los Angeles Music Video Festival, 2017. Adi's enthralling work for Toyota's Impossible Stories offers an arresting portrayal of athlete Dergin Tokmak and was subsequently shortlisted at Cannes. In addition to directing, Adi teaches production and directing in film schools, and dance film workshops in Europe, the US, China, and Israel. Adi currently divides her time between Tel-Aviv and Berlin, where she's working on her first feature film and directing music videos and commercials.
Adi is signed with Chelsea Pictures (US) and Lief (UK).
Adi also most recently directed another music video shot in isolation, Asaf Avidan's "Lost Horse."
"Earth Odyssey" - Asaf Avidan
How did this project come to be?
Adi Halfin: It was very unconventional. Around February, I was in touch with Asaf Avidan about directing another music video for his upcoming album. Once we realized the video was not going to happen, Asaf wanted to release a different song with a video that would be dancers filming themselves at home. He's in Italy which is one of the countries that got hit really hard by COVID. So he just wanted to make a feel-good video to show a beautiful kind of connection, even in the middle of a pandemic.
All the footage was shot remotely, which sounds especially challenging for a dance video. Were dancers in charge of choreographing their own segments? What notes did you give as a director that helped the dancers mesh together in the final video?
Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber cast these phenomenal dancers who are improv geniuses. I love improvised dance, since you get to see the interpretation of the song each one gives with their body. But it's a very unusual experience receiving footage without being on set. You don't know what to expect. I would see certain angles that had potential but were unused, or the tone of the movement wasn't exactly right. Luckily reshoots were easy, since it was all filmed with their phones at home, and I guess no one had anything better to do that day…so I gave notes and received the footage pretty fast.
Some dancers actually had proper cameras and we were concerned about if the different camera qualities would "stick together" in the final edit. But I think the unifying emotions between the dancers helped weave the clips together. I am normally very specific on the aesthetics of my films and this was a good exercise in letting go and just create something that makes people happy and brings them together.
How long did the process take?
It was the shortest process of directing I ever experienced. It was definitely no longer than two weeks, but it might have been even less. We actually didn't have a crew, since the dancers were filming themselves, so our "crew" were the dancers and their partners who were filming them. Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber did the casting and I was both director and editor. I was pulling all-nighters since I have an eight -month-old baby, so I have no choice but to work when she's sleeping.
Did you have any favorite "on set" moments?
My favorite moment was when I showed my partner the first cut. She's a DOP and my biggest critic. For the first time ever, she said, "It's really good," after watching a first cut. I was really surprised. First cuts are never good, and I was shocked to get such a reaction from her. And now that the video is released, the true celebration is seeing people's messages to me, telling me that this video cheered them up or made them dance during such a tough period.
"[Asaf] is in Italy which is one of the countries that got hit really hard by COVID. So he just wanted to make a feel-good video to show a beautiful kind of connection, even in the middle of a pandemic."
Aya Tanimura
Director of Tiësto and Becky Hill's music video, "Nothing Really Matters"
Aya Tanimura is a Japaralian (half Japanese, half Australian) director who spent her formative years between Switzerland, Japan and Australia. Today she is based in Los Angeles where in a very short period of time has made a huge splash in the music video world with her highly original, out of the box, beautiful concepts for artists such as Katy Perry, Charlie Puth, Alessia Cara, Julia Michaels and Miguel. With over a billion cumulative views on YouTube, her work really resonates with a large demographic which has now translated to her commercial work too in which she has created content for Staples, Spotify, Sprint, Pepsi, Disney, Final Fantasy, QVC, Vogue, Katy Perry Shoes and Tourism New Zealand. Her show Witness World Wide which she conceptualized and show ran was named one of TIME magazines top 10 TV shows of 2017 and she was the first ever female director to run the Golden Globes Glambot for E! Most recently, she directed the pilot and three additional episodes of Disney Channels new live action show Kim Hushable.
In her spare time, Aya is an avid painter, Adidas tracksuit collector, Taco Bell consumer and animal lover who knits tiny sweaters for oil slicked penguins.
Tiësto, Becky Hill - Nothing Really Matters (Official Video)
What does the commission process look like now?
Aya Tanimura: As a director, you put a pitch package together and hope that you get picked. That hasn't changed. With music video directing, you're doing so much from home anyways. What's changed is that every unemployed director is writing briefs, so the competition's a lot harder.
How long did the production process take?
From start to finish, we had two weeks. The edits look really simple, but we had over 500 video submissions. So it was a lot of footage to go through.
"Working during quarantine really shifts the job of the director...We'll figure it out, but for now it's just a little bit awkward. I feel like an awkward teenager and it's bringing back too many memories."
How did you manage to direct hundreds of people at the same time for this video?
My producer would send the participants videos of the dance that Sherrie Silver choreographed. I also self-taped instructions. Then we hired someone to build a website for people to be able to upload their clips and all the clips would be put into a Dropbox for my editor and I to access. Working during quarantine really shifts the job of the director. Adapting comes with growing pains. We'll figure it out, but for now it's just a little bit awkward. I feel like an awkward teenager and it's bringing back too many memories.
With a two week turnaround, did you have to make any big sacrifices to get through post-production ?
For this, there was actually so much footage we brought in a third editor, James. It was about five days of not sleeping. It was a huge team effort and all of us worked in shifts. To share our progress on the edit, we used Skype to share our screens. Sometimes we would just export clips and text them to each other. Afterwards, we all slept for a day.
What are your favorite moments from this experience?
My production team and I never received feedback from the outside world with videos but we got a lot of messages of people just saying things like, "Your video is so fun and so colorful that when I'm having a bad day, I just like to pop it on." I'm going to start crying just thinking about it. Sometimes just the simplest things make the biggest impact.
Aya would like to thank her Producers and Post Team:
EXEC PRODUCER - Missy Galanida & Isaac Rice
PRODUCER - Jenn Mickelson
EDITOR - Jen Kennedy
COLORIST - Arianna Shining Star Pane
ANIMATOR - Carlos Aldana
Caroline Koning
Director of commercials for Zalando, E-commerce Company
From the moment Caroline Koning first appeared on our radar, we knew she was one to watch. It's no surprise that the multi-disciplinary talent has been highly sought after, as her graduation film from the esteemed Amsterdam Fashion Institute, AMFI, added up to her first award. This was the beginning of what would mark a shift in Caroline's focus, bringing with her a multitude of experience from the world of fashion into the craft of directing. Her first fashion film for Love Stories, 'Bo', was featured on Nowness and as Vimeo Staff Pick. The alluring film gained a cult-like following in the northern hemisphere. With a great deal of curiosity, a whole lot of discipline, and a good dose of stubbornness, she quickly grew a portfolio of work, including high-profile jobs for the likes of Loewe and Scotch & Soda. In 2017, Caroline was listed in Adformatie's top ten NL emerging talent - a yearly overview from the leading industry publication in the Netherlands.
Always being fascinated by the world of images, directing came quite natural to Caroline – who is completely self-taught. Caroline's work is, unsurprisingly, heavily influenced from her background in fashion. Stylized yet toned down, natural but poetic, honest and revealing. Persuaded by her intellect and dictated by her instincts, Caroline has a very personal approach to her craft and enjoys getting involved in every step of the process. Caroline is Free the Bid's Netherlands Ambassador.
How have you been able to stay positive while working during the pandemic?
Caroline Koning: The quantity of commissions is a lot less now, but I try not to be stressed about it because I've realized that so many people and companies are in such deep trouble. I would feel very selfish to say, "Oh I'm not getting any projects." When COVID first started spreading, I just said to myself that I probably wouldn't be working for half a year and anything that did come along was a gift.
How did you set up shots?
It was all trial and error. We didn't have a DP. When I had a suggestion for the angle, they'd send a photo of the angle that they were going to shoot to our WhatsApp production chat and then I was the only one who responded to them. I even drew arrows on their photos to say things like, "Go a bit more towards the window." Then I would tell them to shoot three takes, and usually within one of those takes there was something good.
Was directing remotely challenging when working with an animation team?
Not really. It was like a train: shoot, edit, animate. I worked with the illustrator through Zoom, where I would draw pictures to explain my thoughts. The communication was actually very fast and I would like to continue this way of communicating in the new world.
What were your favorite moments of this production?
I think you just have to embrace the simple, unexpected moments. Usually I'm a bit anxious when I have a shoot and have sleepless nights. But here I didn't know what to expect so I didn't have the same kind of stress that I usually have. It felt simple and joyful to do. Of course everything is very impersonal and not ideal. When we had a wrap drink, it was nice because we could virtually toast with a glass of wine or water...but we all wish it could be in person.
"When COVID first started spreading, I just said to myself that I probably wouldn't be working for half a year and anything that did come along was a gift."
Fiona Jane Burgess - Photo Courtesy of Agnes Lloyd-Platt
Fiona Jane Burgess
Director of Shards & Isolation Choir's music video, "Inside I'll Sing"
Fiona Jane Burgess is an emerging young film director specialising in music videos, commercials, documentaries and fashion films. She began directing films for her band Woman's Hour and has since directed music videos, commercial and narrative films for acclaimed artists, brands and editorial platforms. Recent work includes "A Community of Movement" for Nike, "The Dreamers" for Nowness and Burberry and "Synchronised Swimming" for Adidas and Fiorruci. Burgess has quickly established herself as one-to-watch, receiving a Silver Young Director Award at Cannes Lions 2019 and receiving Campaign's 'Pick of the Week' for her first ever commercial for fem-tech brand Elvie. Burgess currently lives in London.
Fiona is signed with Chelsea Pictures (US).
Shards & Isolation Choir - Inside I'll Sing (Official Music Video)
With this project, footage from an older shoot was repurposed for a song that was written during quarantine. Can you tell me more about how you became involved and how the idea of recycling footage came about?
Fiona Jane Burgess: My friend Kieran Brunt is a composer and he impulsively wrote this amazing piece of music to bring the music community together. I was originally just supposed to sing the song with a bunch of other musicians. He'd asked everyone involved to film themselves singing along to the song. I sent a clip to him and he said, "To be honest, most people haven't sent me a video and I'm not sure if it's going to work. Do you have any thoughts about what we can use for visuals?" Suddenly I just thought, and I was like, "Oh my God, I've got this hard drive sitting in my house with this footage I filmed last year."
"I do think that creatives can play a role in responding to the world in a thoughtful, hopeful, and human way."
It also seems like the footage was made for this time in that it's in an empty house and the dance itself was between two people who are separated for the majority of the video. What was the footage originally intended for?
The footage was originally made for a music video of a very new artist. After filming, she decided not to release the song. It's funny how now it's almost like the footage finally found its real purpose. And all proceeds from the video goes towards helping musicians, through the charity Help Musicians UK.
How was the editing process and what software helped you?
Jo Lewandowska at Cut and Run was our editor and we used Evercast, which made it feel like we were really editing together. I think it probably helps that we've worked together before, but at the same time it was quite a smooth process really. And the same goes for working with Richard Fearon at Black Kite Studios, who graded it on Baselight and used ClearView Flex Pro from Sohonet.
How has working from home impacted your outlook on the creative work that you do?
Being with kids 24/7 is incredibly demanding. But it has actually also positively impacted my creative work because childcare reignited the passion, drive, and curiosity for my work. This is a deeply unsettling, and worrying, and devastating time for everyone. But I do think that creatives can play a role in responding to the world in a thoughtful, hopeful, and human way.
Gigi Romero
Director of the horror short film series, "Nadie" (Available to view on Gigi's FTW profile)
Gigi Romero is a Venezuelan writer and director, settled in Spain for over 20 years. She has directed various horror short films and music videos for Grammy-winning bands in her homeland, as well as for local Spanish indie artists. Her short film "Together" traveled around more than 20 countries and was broadcasted on Spanish national TV, and her work was represented and distributed by Shannon Lark's, Chain "Viscera", a platform and film festival dedicated to women in horror from Los Angeles, California. Her latest short film "Norman" premiered in Sitges, at the 52th International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalunya. The cultural American web Flavorwire, selected her as one of the 50 women horror "must see" directors.
She is currently creating online content focused on art and fashion, as well as developing exciting narrative horror projects.
What inspired you to film horror shorts while in quarantine?
Gigi Romero: The story for the films were based on real life experiences. I did wake up to see silhouettes surrounding me in the dark that were gone once I turned on the light. I also heard a kid call my name at a house another time...yikes! But in order to shoot these stories, I tried to adapt them to my home. I would just get the camera and think to myself, Okay what corner works for this phrase? Each one-minute short would take a whole week.
How did you conduct remote rehearsals with the actors?
I Facetimed the actors and they would send me all their voice recordings through iMessage. They would send me takes with different tones and emotions. And then I'd give them notes, like "I need more tension." And the process would repeat.
Did anyone help you shoot?
I'm quarantining by myself, so I shot everything myself. The first short for the "Nadie" series had to be shot within a period of 10-15 minutes during twilight, when I had the right natural lighting. All the silhouettes in the film were also myself, I just change my hair to seem like different shadows. Overall, all I had was a single lamp, my shadow, and the full moon. I waited with my camera and when the time came, I thought, OKAY NOW! [laughs]
How did these series of short films help you through this tough time?
The films are about how even when we can't see our fears, they impact our intimate life. Being by myself at home during this quarantine made me realize that the virus worked the same way: we know it's there but we can't see it. I felt it came to mess up not only with our health but with our private lives, forcing us to face that internal chaos every single day in our most intimate spaces. It was very emotional when I finished, but it ended up being a very positive form of creative therapy.
"The first short for the 'Nadie' series had to be shot within a period of 10-15 minutes during twilight, when I had the right natural lighting...all I had was a single lamp, my shadow, and the full moon."
Luján Islas
Director of video, "SOLEADO," and commercials for PAMI and TELECOM
Luján Islas was born in Neuquén, Argentina, and when she was 17 years old she moved to Buenos Aires to study Image and Sound Design at the Universidad de Palermo (UP). In 2008, Luján got her degree and the following year she was already editing work of her own and also other people's projects. From the age of 22 she worked as a freelance editor in several production companies and as an assistant art director in '100 Bares' (Juan José Campanella). In 2013, she started editing and assembling moods at 'Cronos', which were later shot by an outside director. Until it appear the offer to direct and she said "Yes!". Her first work in this new role was a commercial for YPF Elaion Moto, in Epecuén. Since then Luján become a director(a) and works for the company 'Rebolution' in Buenos Aires (Armando Bó), and 'Filmeikers' in Ecuador. She also enjoys filming musical videos for local artists in Argentina, and doing her own music as well. Whenever she starts thinking about a project, she needs a sound to match with the image in her head. This is how Luján learned to visualize what she sees, to put music in what she hears and to be able to show it to others.
Luján is signed with production company Rebolucion.
Click here if you want to watch Luján's short video, "SOLEADO," which was partly filmed using a telescope from her balcony.
For this interview, Luján discusses her commercial work for PAMI and TELECOM during lockdown (she directed seven spots!).
Did you have a crew to help you frame the shots and choose "costumes"?
Luján Islas: We couldn't work with a DOP because of COVID. We had a mix of non-actors from Argentina and Uruguay who lived with other people that could help us film them. We did have an art director who called the actors the day before shooting and sent me different possibilities of backgrounds.
How did you make sure that all the videos had the same video quality?
We sent an iPhone to the actors in a Ziplock bag. I directed them over a WhatsApp video call first. I sent low quality versions of the best takes to the editor through WhatsApp so he could edit right away. After all filming was done, he received the iPhone the actors used and replaced the low-quality takes with the videos directly from the phone.
"I guess it wasn't clear that our break was actually 10 minutes. So we had to wait for [the actor] to finish showering."
What unexpected challenges did you run into during the process?
Well, you can't have everything under control when you're directing through the screen. One day, we were recording a grandfather and we had a short break during filming. Afterwards, I called them again and the grandmother told me, "Oh, he went to take a shower." And I said that we needed to continue and she said, "You told us it was a break." I guess it wasn't clear that our break was actually 10 minutes. So we had to wait for him to finish showering.
Did you have any favorite moments from the time that you were shooting the commercials?
The doctor in one of the commercials wasn't an actress. She was actually working at a hospital. We needed to get her emotional for the take so I thanked her for what she and her co-workers were doing for the country. That took her by surprise and she started getting emotional. It was a beautiful moment.
How do you separate your home life from your work life now that you have to work indoors?
Look at this. [Points to makeup on face] I put makeup on myself today to talk with you. That's so much.
Sara Dunlop
Director of Facebook and W+K's commercial for the Bundesliga, Germany's Professional Football League
After graduating in Film from the University of Westminster, Sara was soon named one of the Top 25 Directors to Watch by Creativity Magazine. Through her work, she demonstrates a particular affinity with cinematic realism, full of authenticity and beauty. She has a gift for narrative storytelling, with inspired casting and performances across her work.
Sara has chalked up an impressive array of brands and productions on her reel. From Levis, Virgin Trains, Vodafone, Sky and TFL, Sara brings an effortless quality to her films and shows a real flair for big ideas. Sara's work continues to gather industry recognition, evident through the awards that she has accumulated since starting her career. Her commercial work has been awarded and shortlisted at LIA, British Arrows, D&AD, Creative Film Festival, Cannes Lions and A-List Hollywood Craft. Sara's content driven work has been equally well received with the three films she co-wrote and directed for Burberry and GQ's 'Mr Burberry - The Night Before' series, being featured by the Hollywood Report, HypeBeast and the Huffington Post. She has also created award-winning films for The Big Issue, Plan, The Havens Crisis Centre and shoe designer Jonathan Kelsey. Her most recent short, 'Dreamlands', was the only UK short film to be 'In Competition' at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, selected out of 5008 films globally entered. The film also won 'Best Narrative Short' at the 2016 Brooklyn Film Festival.
What inspired you to take on this project while in lockdown?
Sara Dunlop: The challenge of shooting a diverse cast of German football fans singing a famous football chant from their homes and all filmed and performed by themselves. I couldn't say no, I was too intrigued to see if I could pull it off.
What logistics were involved in making sure that every cast member was able to film themselves and perform?
We cast the project and chose the best locations in their houses to shoot all through Zoom/Face Time. That's how I got to know all these wonderful people. We then sent all of the cast an iPhone. On the shoot days we used an application called Team Viewer to mirror their phone camera so I could check the framing. I was communicating with them live the whole time. Only problem is you are relying on people's Internet connection so occasionally we ended up only seeing (how do I say this) a more 'impressionistic' picture of what was happening! Also on the zoom calls were the DOP, Art Director and the all important Musical Director who helped the cast get the right pitch and make sure they were all in time. The agency creative team were on the zoom too. Nuts.
"One day I washed the kitchen floor during a break, which is a really weird thing to have done on a shoot day."
What were onset moments that you'll always remember from this experience?
One day I washed the kitchen floor during a break, which is a really weird thing to have done on a shoot day. I think I just felt it might be some stress release or something. In general, people did funny things to try to keep the process enjoyable. One time, the DOP suddenly started playing along to the actors' singing with his guitar. We also had a running joke that our partners' cooking was our catering.
How was your collaboration with the editor?
We used Evercast, which is similar to Zoom, but more real-time. In Evercast, you're basically watching the edit suite without lags.
Did you celebrate the completion of the project with your team in any way, like a virtual wrap party?
Yeah. We had a 'bring-your-own' drinks wrap party on Zoom (obvs)...and ended up having a laugh about the whole thing, going over what we thought was funny, interesting, frustrating and the quirks of it all. That was a nice way to end the shoot. I got a bit drunk!
I'm glad you did! We all deserve to have some fun, especially nowadays.
Sam Mallari
Sam Mallari is an award-winning Filipina-American screenwriter and advocate for authentic disability representation in Film/TV. While studying disability policy and international human rights issues at UCLA, she worked in interactive virtual reality storytelling and trained in all flavors of comedy writing. She strives to tell offbeat, genre-bending stories that put underrepresented voices into the hero's seat.
Website: https://www.sammallari.com/
Twitter: @spam_mallari
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The Popjustice Retrocharts - April 1985 - w/e 27/04/85 - wk 17
Discussion in 'Charts, rates etc' started by phoenix123, May 6, 2022.
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01 01 01 06 We Are The World USA For Africa SIXTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02 02 02 06 Nightshift Commodores
03 03 03 13 One Night In Bangkok Murray Head
04 04 04 05 One More Night Phil Collins
05 --- 05 01 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds
06 05 03 08 Material Girl Madonna
07 08 07 02 Rhythm Of The Night DeBarge
08 07 07 03 Crazy For You Madonna
09 10 09 02 Everybody Wants To Rule The World Tears For Fears
10 --- 10 01 Some Like It Hot Power Station
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01 01 01 03 We Are The World USA For Africa 79,000 SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02 02 02 05 Everybody Wants To Rule The World Tears For Fears 58,000
03 04 03 10 Move Closer Phyllis Nelson 58,000
04 08 04 03 One More Night Phil Collins 48,000
05 07 05 06 Could It Be I'm Falling In Love David Grant & Jaki Graham 40,000
06 09 06 05 Clouds Across The Moon RAH Band 37,000
07 24 07 02 I Feel Love (Medley) Bronski Beat & Marc Almond 34,000
08 22 08 02 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds 32,000
09 06 05 10 We Close Our Eyes Go West 32,000
10 20 10 02 Look Mama Howard Jones 28,000
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USA For Africa make it a second week at No 1 though its sales are already starting to dwindle with just 79,000 copies being sold last week making a total of 500,000 look a distant prospect, it currently stands on just 206,000.
A version does exist on their debut album "Age Of Consent" but Bronski Beat have substantively rerecorded their medley of "I Feel Love/ Johnny Remember Me" and added the Donna Summer track "Love To Love You Baby" to make a "I Feel Love (Medley)" and for good measure they've recruited former Soft Cell front man Marc Almond. His solo career has not really taken off with none of his singles breaking the top 40, but Bronski Beat prove he just needed the right material and the medley powers 24-7 (34,000) to become a third top 10 single from 4 releases for Bronski Beat.
Despite scoring 6 top 40 singles on the trot it looked for a while that Simple Minds were not going to make it into the top 10 but they finally appear 22-8 (32,000) with "Don't You Forget (About Me)" which has already become their first US top 10 single as well sitting at No 5 over the there this week. Forming in 1977 the group have built up a loyal fanbase through the years becoming a solid performer on the album front at least culminating in last year's "Sparkle In The Rain" hitting the top spot, with a seventh album due later in the year the group strike it big on the singles chart with a song featured in "The Breakfast Club" which helps to explain its US success. The song was written by the film's producer Keith Forsey and was allegedly offered to The Fixx, Billy Idol and Bryan Ferry before ending up in the hands of Simple Minds who must be thankful now.
Howard Jones is currently wowing them on tour but he's taken time out to release a second track from "Dream Into Action" which made No 2 last month. "Look Mama" advances 20-10 (28,000) in its second week to become his sixth top 10 single from 7 releases in just 18 months, if you're wondering where the dialogue at the start of the single comes from then it's lifted from the 1974 film "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore". The album responds by lifting 9-6 and may yet top the charts.
Tears For Fears hold at No 2 but fade badly to 58,000 copies and was almost caught at the death by Phyllis Nelson who climbs 4-3 (58,000), also climbing are Phil Collins 8-4 (48,000), David Grant & Jaki Graham 7-5 (40,000) and the Rah Band lift 9-6 (37,000) as the tracks line up behind "We Are The World" to take over. Go West complete the round up moving down 6-9 (32,000).
https://forum.popjustice.com/thread...-by-week-1984-1985.38232/page-43#post-3779609
Chart Entries
#20 Feel So Real Steve Arrington
#36 No Rest New Model Army
#39 I Want Your Lovin' Curtis Hairston
#41 Walk Like A Man Divine
#47 Don't Fall In Love (I Said) Toyah
#54 Rage To Love Kim Wilde
#59 Imagination Belouis Some
#63 Froggy Mix James Brown
#66 Settle Down Lillo Thomas
#69 Fan The Flame Barbara Pennington
#72 Heartline Robin George
#74 Thinking About Your Love Skipworth & Turner
#75 Love Don't Live Here Anymore Jimmy Nail
Further UK charts and stats can be found here.
01 01 01 06 We Are The World USA For Africa THIRD WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
05 08 05 10 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds
07 07 07 14 Obsession Animotion
08 12 08 07 Some Like It Hot Power Station
09 06 06 11 I'm On Fire Bruce Springsteen
10 11 10 10 All She Wants To Do Is Dance Don Henley
#48 Angel Madonna
#62 Would I Lie To You? Eurythmics
#65 Lucky In Love Mick Jagger
#81 Oo-Ee-Diddley-Bop Peter Wolf
#83 Jammin' Teena Marie
#84 Through The Fire Chaka Khan
#85 I Was Born To Love You Freddie Mercury
#86 Mathematics Melissa Manchester
#90 Days Are Numbers (The Traveller) Alan Parsons Project
Further US charts and stats can be found here.
01 04 01 03 We Are The World USA For Africa NEW NUMBER ONE
02 01 01 13 Easy Lover Phillip Bailey & Phil Collins
03 02 02 13 Do What You Do Jermaine Jackson
04 05 04 04 Welcome To The Pleasure Dome Frankie Goes To Hollywood
07 09 05 11 You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) Dead Or Alive
09 23 09 07 Every Time You Go Away Paul Young
#33 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds
#54 I Feel Love Bronski Beat & Marc Almond
#66 Look Mama Howard Jones
#72 Lover Come Back To Me Dead Or Alive
#77 Rhythm Of The Night DeBarge
#79 Cry Godley & Creme
#82 Adieu Et Bonne Chance Sweet People
#96 So Far Away Dire Straits
#98 Stainsbury Girl Chris Rea
100 Eye To Eye Chaka Khan
Further european charts and stats can be found here.
01 01 01 09 Johnny Johnny Jeanne Mas FOURTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02 02 02 06 Ils S'aiment Daniel Lavoie
03 05 03 13 Melissa Julien Clerc
04 03 03 07 Macumba Jean-Pierre Mader
05 08 05 02 Tout doucement Bibie
06 04 01 17 Square Rooms Al Corley
07 12 07 09 Never Ending Story Limahl
08 09 08 10 The Lost Opera Kimera & The Operaiders
09 10 06 09 Le Bal Masque La Compagnie Creole
#19 You're My Heart, You're My Soul Modern Talking
#23 Les sunlights des tropiques Gilbert Montagne
#33 Marcia baila Rita Mitsouko
#42 Queen Of The Night / Satisfaction Dollie De Luxe
#48 Teteou Lio et Jacky
01 01 01 05 We Are The World USA For Africa FOURTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
04 05 03 06 Popie Jopie Pisa
05 03 03 05 Life Is Life Opus
06 06 06 05 All At Once Whitney Houston
10 09 09 06 Gimme Gimme Gimme Narada Michael Walden & Patti Austin
#17 Mijn emissie Danny de Munk
#33 Hangin' On A String Loose Ends
#44 History Mai Tai
#48 The Bird Morris Day & The Time
#49 The Lost Opera Kimera
#50 Wildflower The Blow Monkeys
02 02 01 11 I Should Have Known Better Jim Diamond
04 03 01 08 Shout Tears For Fears
05 04 04 08 Neutron Dance Pointer Sisters
06 10 06 05 Barbados Models
07 07 07 09 Loverboy Billy Ocean
08 13 08 04 The Heat Is On Glenn Frey
09 09 02 13 Born In The USA Bruce Springsteen
#44 One More Night PHIL COLLINS
#45 Walking on the Chinese Wall PHILIP BAILEY
#46 All She Wants to Do is Dance DON HENLEY
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# Artist - Song - Last Week - (Weeks Charted)
1. Foreigner - That Was Yesterday 2(7)
2. Chicago - Along Comes A Woman 1(10)
3. Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok 9(10)
4 Animotion - Obsession 6(14)
5. John Waite - Change 4(9)
6. Diana Ross - Missing You 3(22)
7. Eric Clapton - Forever Man 8(8)
8. DeBarge - Rhythm Of The Night 12(11)
9. Madonna - Crazy For You 13(9)
10. Don Henley - All She Wants To Do Is Dance 11(10)
11. Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me 14(10)
12. Sade - Smooth Operator 15(9)
13. Rah Band - Clouds Across The Moon 16(5)
14. Commodores - Nightshift 10(14)
15. Firm - Radioactive 5(12)
16. Robey - One Night In Bangkok 17(9)
17. Daryl Hall & John Oates - Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid 19(7)
18. Madonna - Material Girl 7(12)
19. Bruce Springsteen - I'm On Fire 18(11)
20. Power Station - Some Like It Hot 24(7)
21. Patti Labelle - New Attitude 23(11)
22. Billy Ocean - Suddenly 33(6)
23. Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F 31(5)
24. Kool & the Gang - Fresh 26(6)
25. John Fogerty - Rock & Roll Girls 27(7)
26. Giuffria - Lonely In Love 28(6)
27. Tom Petty - Don't Come Around Here No More 29(7)
28. Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World 37(7)
29. Wham! - Everything She Wants 35(6)
30. Stranglers - Skin Deep 25(4)
31. USA for Africa - We Are The World 32(6)
32. Limahl - Never Ending Story 36(6)
33. Teena Marie - Lovergirl 20(19)
34. Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better 42(6)
35. REO Speedwagon - One Lonely Night 38(5)
36. Mary Jane Girls - In My House 43(8)
37. Shannon - Do You Wanna Get Away? 44(4)
38. Pointer Sisters - Baby Come And Get It 39(6)
39. Rick James - Can't Stop 59(5)
40. Phil Collins - Inside Out 53(3)
41. Toyah - Don't Fall In Love (I Said) <(1)
42. Phillip Bailey - Walking On The Chinese Wall 47(4)
43. Glen Frey - Smugglers Blues 51(4)
44. Tina Turner - Private Dancer 22(15)
45. Fun Fun - Color My Love 46(6)
46. Alphaville - Forever Young 40(6)
47. Duran Duran - Save A Prayer 21(18)
48. Madonna - Angel <(1)
49. Fiona - Talk To Me 61(3)
50. Julain Lennon - Say You're Wrong 70(2)
51. Scandal f/Patty Smyth - Beat Of A Heart 45(14)
52. Phil Collins - One More Night 30(12)
53. Survivor - Search Is Over 86(2)
54. Kenny Loggins - Vox Humana 57(6)
55. David Lee Roth - Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody 60(6)
56. Rick Springfield - Celebrate Youth 62(4)
57. Ultravox - Love's Great Adventure 41(13)
58. Eurythmics - Would I Lie To You <(1)
59. Expose - Point Of No Return 72(3)
60. Katrina & the Waves - Walking On Sunshine 63(5)
61. Lorraine McKane - Let The Night Take The Blame 58(5)
62. Luther Vandross - 'Til My Baby Comes Home 71(6)
63. Til Tuesday - Voices Carry 87(3)
64. Boy Meets Girl - Oh Girl 73(4)
65. Julian Lennon - Too Late For Goodbyes 48(14)
66. Go West - We Close Our Eyes 65(9)
67. Wham f/George Michael- Careless Whisper 55(19)
68. Sheila E. Noon Rendezvous 64(4)
69. Bryan Adams - Heaven 92(2)
70. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasure Dome 75(3)
71. Colourfield - Castles In The Air 91(3)
72. Sheena Easton - Swear 67(6)
73. Alison Moyet - Invisible 80(6)
74. Survivor - High On You 49(14)
75. Mick Jagger - Just Another Night 50(12)
76. Tina Turner - Show Some Respect 90(2)
77. Nik Kershaw - Riddle <(1)
78. Chaka Khan - Through The Fire <(1)
79. Bryan Adams - Somebody 34(13)
80. Journey - Only The Young 54(14)
81. Jesse Johnson's Revue - Be Your Man 84(5)
82. Kool & the Gang - Mislead 68(23)
83. Joy Rose - In And Out Of Love Affairs 52(5)
84. Melba Moore - Read My Lips 56(7)
85. New Edition - Lost In Love 89(4)
86. Mick Jagger - Lucky In Love <(1)
87. Rose Royce - Love Me Right Now 66(4)
88. Robin George - Heartline 83(3)
89. Kurtis Blow - Basketball 94(3)
90. Bon Jovi - Only Lonely 96(2)
91. Melissa Manchester - Mathematics <(1)
92. Jenny Burton - Bad Habits 85(3)
93. Madleen Kane - I'm No Angel 69(4)
94. Alan Parsons Project - Days Are Numbers <(1)
95. Pointer Sisters - Neutron Dance 81(23)
96. David Bowie & Pat Metheny - This Is Not America 76(13)
97. Flirts - Helpless 88(17)
98. Toto - Holyanna 93(12)
99. Teena Marie - Jammin' <(1)
100. Peter Wolf - Oo-ee Diddly Bop <(1)
Cars - Why Can't I Be You
REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight For This Feeling
Prince & the Revolution f/Apollonia - Take Me With U
Glenn Frey - Heat Is On
Debbie Deb - Look Out Weekend
Agnetha Faltskog - I Won't Let You Go
Greg Kihn - Lucky
Peter Brown - Zie Zie Won't Dance
Time - Bird
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Don Heley breaks into the top 10 with All She Wants to Do Is Dance
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Madoona has her third top 10 hit with Crazy For You up 4 to #9
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DeBarge has their first top 10 with Rhythm Of The Night up 4 to #8
the new #1 is That Was Yesterday, by Foreigner, they have been around a long time and have never been #1 before, like Chicago, who they knocked out of the #1 spot.


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