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Desiré Wilson: Fast but forgotten
Luke Feltham
Pride and prejudice: South African racing driver Desiré Wilson is the only woman ever to have won a Formula 1 race. She, just like other women after her, battled to secure the vast sponsorships needed in the 'rich man's sport'. (Graham Morris/ Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
For 40 years Desiré Wilson has carried an unbroken record with her: she remains the only woman to ever win a Formula 1 race.
Of course, when she lined up on the Brands Hatch raceway in Kent, England, she gave no thought to the effect that day in 1980 would have on history. Her entire focus was on that first corner.
After months of battling for a sponsor she had been given a shot by real estate magnate Teddy Yip to race a three-year-old Wolf WR4 in the British Formula One Championship. Despite blowing its engine just before the finish line in qualifying, she still managed to set the second fastest time, meaning she'd be starting from the front row. Yet, with the more modern Williams FW07 in pole position, it was imperative she got out of the first bend ahead.
She would do it twice — a restart was forced after her teammate caused a collision.
"I never looked back in the race," Wilson recalls. "It's one of those things, it's hard to explain … It happens once in a lifetime. You say to yourself: 'If I get into this corner first and lead the race I'm going to win.'"
By the time she saw the checkered flag Wilson had built a 15-second lead and crossed the line comfortably in first.
Brands Hatch would name a stand after her in recognition of her seminal achievement — an honour she shares alongside greats such as Jack Brabham and Bruce McLaren.
"In my era, there were so few women that were racing at my level," she says of the uniqueness of her victory. "You never really thought about yourself as: 'I'm a woman in this race.' You don't think of yourself as something else. I was always the underdog because I never had funding and I was always given these cars to drive without any practice — I was always thrown in the deep end. For me it was always a concentration of what I was doing in this race car."
Only 26 at the time, Wilson would have placed few limits on where her success might take her. Yet, despite winning a further two prestigious world championship races in 1980, she would fail to grab a permanent place on the Formula 1 circuit — a task she views as impossible without the appropriate support.
Wilson speaks with great regret about the lack of backing she received at the time. Motorsport is, and always has been, a rich man's game. Without the teams, sponsors and funders willing to take a chance on you, there's no chance of getting behind the wheel of a serious racing car.
Undoubtedly, scepticism about her abilities as a woman would have cost her patronage at the highest level. But there was another classification, which perhaps held her back even further: she was a South African. For as much as Wilson is a precedent in history, she also felt the brunt of its circumstance.
In 1977, a few years before her F1 win, the Commonwealth would sign the Gleneagles Agreement — a document that formalised an anti-apartheid sentiment and discouraged any sporting participation with South Africa. The country's sportsmen and women were no longer welcome on the global stage. The state's darling Springboks scavenged a match where they could but, for all intents and purposes, international doors remained closed to anyone looking to compete.
"It was extremely difficult," the Brakpan native says. "When I went to race in New Zealand I had protests against me by a group called Halt All Racist Tours (H.A.R.T). In the newspapers — and I still have all the clippings — they'd say how can you allow a South African to race when all the teams are banned? Fortunately the prime minister turned around and said: 'She's racing on a British licence, she can drive.' And that was it."
The sad irony from Wilson's perspective was that no one from South Africa — including the government — was interested in backing her either.
And, even when she was offered opportunities she often found them blocked. Argentina and Brazil both flat-out refused her a visa to race. Japan would do the same and Wilson would, like in New Zealand, have to find a loophole. She obtained refugee status from the United States and a promise that it would welcome her back no matter what (she and her husband would also permanently emigrate to the US in 1983).
The complexity of Wilson's place in the past extends to the present: how exactly do we characterise her legacy? Here is a South African woman who did something extraordinary, but it was achieved when the Oranje, Blanje, Blou flew highest.
Such is the horror of apartheid that almost nothing or no one from that time, regardless of political disposition, can be discussed without acknowledging its spectre.
South African racing driver Desire Wilson with her new car, a Melchester Tyrell 008, and a lion cub, UK, 19th February 1979. (Photo by Graham Morris/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
I ask Wilson whether, in retrospect, she can appreciate the necessity of the boycott movement, even if it did stifle her own career: "Yes. You know the world has changed so much. When I lived in South Africa there was very little television, I think we had just started getting black and white TV. Everything was censored. So you never really saw what was going on. We were raised a certain way and it wasn't until I went to Europe and said: 'Wait, hold on, the world's different here!'"
Regardless of political context, it would have been hoped at the time that Wilson's standout win in the F1 would have paved the road for more women to enter the series. That hasn't happened. A total of five women have entered a grand prix, only two of whom have qualified and started.
"The biggest problem is there's never really enough funding for a woman to complete all the steps," Wilson says. "It's opportunity, what team you're in, the funding you have and so forth. I was expecting someone to come up when I saw one or two drivers come up that had a fair amount of talent, but they never quite got to where they needed to go."
Any racer who aspires to race in a premier F1 competition must first obtain a super licence. This is a long process that begins at Formula 4 and continues through the ranks. The catch is that every step of the way requires a significant investment. Only elite drivers are offered a spot without having to buy their way in — the reality is that modern racers often pay upwards of $15-million to secure their spot as a secondary driver on an F1 team.
The women-only W-Series was introduced last year in an attempt to freshen up that stale status quo. Competitors aren't expected to pay anything and are chosen each year based on merit.
There's been no shortage of debate about this six-race championship. Critics have slammed it for segregating a sport that has historically never been separated into gender classes. They say it naturally invalidates the success of anyone taking part because by default this is a small pool of challengers.
Wilson has a different view:"For the first time in history, women are actually given financial assistance," she says. "The top three in that series are very, very good. If they were in Formula 3 against the men, they'd probably be running in the top five or six at least. Fortunately no one has to pay for this series — it's paid for by a sponsor. Eighteen women get this opportunity every year and they choose women from all over the world. So I think this series will help a lot of women. The problem always goes back to finance. The cost of motor racing these days is astronomical."
The absurd amounts needed to race introduce a frustrating paradox into motor racing. A car is the great equaliser of genetic difference. It's why there's no logical argument to be made for separating men and women — it's an immaculately level playing field. Getting to that equal ground in the first place, however, is where the true bias lies.
Alongside her F1 win, Wilson holds two endurance race wins as her greatest accomplishments: the Monza 1000km and the 6 Hours of Silverstone.
Tagging into those races after three hours, the brake pads would soon erode to the point where the pedal would have to touch the floor to produce any effect.
There were no shift paddles back then so every exhausting gear change had to be perfectly timed; a feat that would have to be repeated hundreds of times with one hand on the steering wheel while approaching a corner at 320km/h.
At Monza it began to rain, giving Wilson the choice of changing her slicks or risking her life to finish first.
She chose to win.
No matter how deep money, politics or gender dig into the sport, there is no true substitute for grit.
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10. The Weatherman's Nightmare
Perhaps not quite a nightmare, we're too insignificant for that.
In September we had 88 mm of rain on one day between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. My vegetable garden and the orchard looked like swimming pools - shining sheets of water with circles of ripples as the last drops fell. An hour later there was no water anywhere. It had all been absorbed by the light sandy soil that had been crying out for a good soaking for months. I went out and walked around the vineyard which is mostly on sloping ground. Even better than in the garden. In a year's time I'll be drinking that downpour!
I decided to have a look at the meteorological site on internet. The general forecast for the island was that we should be in brilliant sunshine with one or two fluffy white clouds. I checked the numerical models on the same site. Anyone with a little knowlege of our village, El Pinar, could have seen we were in for rain. Our rain usually comes on westerlies or occasionally from the south. Besides, a day or two before the sea had been white like a lake, a sure sign of rain. The Trade Winds were coming in from the northeast but there was an area of low pressure to the west and moisture-laden winds were curling round the west and south of the island. You see, the weatherman in his office in Madrid has in front of him a flat map with contours drawn on it, not mountainous El Hierro.
Curiously, in El Pinar we get almost as much rain in a year as East Anglia. But we get it in a very few days in autumn and winter. From April or May not a drop until September at the earliest. That's why almond trees grow so well, and apricots, grapevines, figs, plums and nectarines. All these need dry, warm summers and have long taproots that go down deep, or are grafted on rootstocks that do. The almond trees flower in February - the countryside is invaded by white and pink blossom, the petals falling like snowflakes and the air pungent with the scent of honey-blossom.
Almond trees in El Pinar
Etiquetas: almond, apricot, blossom, El Pinar, fig, flower, forecast, grapevine, nectarine, plum, rain, soil, vineyard, weather, weatherman, west
9. Chorch
The two women were so involved in their conversation that they paid no attention to Chorch's endeavours at the base of his cage. He had worked it open and was now climbing up, pressed hard to the outside, gripping the horizontal bars in his beak while his claws slipped on the smooth chrome of the vertical wires. But one thing was getting it open and another was this business of flying away. He had never flown, just exercised his wings as nature dictated in a clumsy imitation of the birds he had seen in the sky overhead and in the tree his cage was hanging in.
When the man with the moustache emerged from the house, Chorch clung to the wires on the outside of his cage without moving. But the man saw him, cried out and disappeared back into the dark doorway. The women glanced towards where the man had been and smiled condescendingly when he came out again with a cloth held in both hands. The cloth made Chorch recall the taste of blood. The man approached the cage. Chorch no longer hesitated. More than flight, it was a jump and a frantic flutter to the nearest branch of the tree, but the man came on holding the cloth in front of him. This time he had to do it. Bursting through the twigs and leaves, Chorch flapped his wings furiously and found himself launched in the air. Without being aware how, he managed to rise above the stone wall that loomed up before him only to crash painfully into a bush on the other side. Somehow he was not injured and his gaudy feathers were in place. He worked his way to the outside of the bush just as Moustache was climbing over the wall and the women were approaching on his left, waving their arms and calling out.
Chorch took off again, flying straight towards and above the advancing menace. His flight was rapid and not entirely out of control. Shortly after passing the people he veered to the left towards the relative safety of a stand of vegetation and, overflying the first clumps, came to an abrupt stop in the highest branches of a large almond tree. He remained still, recovering from the effort and the shock. In the late summer foliage his bright rusty, yellow and green plumage kept him well camouflaged from Moustache who several times trampled past under the tree making ridiculous noises. Most importantly, his colouring kept him hidden from the large black crows and the tawny kestrels overhead.
As the sun went down, Chorch dared another short flight to the greater safety of a leafy fig tree that also, he discovered, afforded him food and protection from the cold evening breeze. During the night, he was startled by the sound of a cat in the dry grass below the tree. He had to climb up higher into the milky branches that burnt his tongue, as the cat, attracted by his scent, reached the thicker bough where he had been roosting.
Despite the continual fear of people, cats and large birds, Chorch felt exhilarated by his newly earned freedom and spent the next day feeding on figs and flying from tree to tree. Hatched and bred in captivity, he had nevertheless inherited enough instinct to master the technique of landing on branches and tree trunks as well as navigating through fairly dense undergrowth. By the afternoon he had adapted well enough to risk a call but the appearance of Moustache a few minutes later taught him the wisdom of discretion. The trees were in a hollow surrounded by hills and the sun sank into the skyline early. Perhaps it was the prospect of another terrifying night that spurred him to do it but, as the shadows of evening climbed to the branch where he was nibbling the bark, Chorch took off and flew towards the rim of the bowl.
Once over the top, Chorch landed on the white skeleton of a dead fig tree. The sun in all its glory lit up in gold and warmth the abrupt coastline far below and the vast expanse of the ocean stretching to the west. His rest was interrupted a few minutes later by the sound of movement somewhere below him. At once he was in the air again, high over the rocky breakers and then the apparently calm sea, flying true towards the red setting sun. To him it was towards light and warmth. Or was it, perhaps, the response to some far deeper urge? He could not have known that America, the origin of his kind, lay on the other side of the ocean. And he certainly did not know that he would never reach it. But he was free.
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8. The Pine Forest
The Canary Pine is rather special. Unlike most pines, it very often recovers after being cut down, especially if it is young. Secondly, it has three needles joined together and not two like most pines. Thirdly, it is very fire resistant – it's not that it won't burn but rather that it joins forces with the flames. These rush up the trunk burning off part of the thick bark and then catching the needles at the top. As the pines are usually close to one another the canopy fire spreads quickly. All this happens so quickly that the fire never really gets enough time to burn down the forest. After one of our forest fires, the scene is heartrending: black tree-trunks, red canopies and a red carpet of scorched needles on the ground, not a sound or sight of life. But then the next year, new needles are sprouting on the high branches and latent buds are breaking out from under the thick scaly bark. In three or four years, most people would never realize there had been a fire.
Nevertheless, forest fires on the island can be very dangerous for their speed of propagation can be so fast that hikers and even people in cars can easily be cut off from escape. If they spread from the forest they can devastate cultivated land. During the hot dry summer months, teams of fire-fighters and invigilators keep watch on traffic going into the forest, barbecues are forbidden, and people are asked to be very careful with cigarettes. Sometimes all access is cut off.
The pine forest is generally a very quiet place. There is no undergrowth except for small patches of grass because the ground is covered with a thick mantel of pine-needles. And very little life, except for an occasional kestrel – I often wonder what they eat! But it is a life-giver. The crowns capture from the clouds moisture which drips down to and through the mantel to be absorbed by our porous soil.
The forest is hardly used at all today, but in the past it was economically very important. Pine needles were used for bedding, animal and human, and in times of need the nuts were eaten as well as the tender inner bark. The white wood satisfied a great variety of uses but the dark, solid and heavy resinous heartwood was most important. This "tea" (pronounced "tay-ah") is virtually indestructible except by fire. It was used extensively in building, especially in the more wealthy homes, and for making such things as watering and feeding troughs. Large splinters were used on top of the beams as a base for flat roofs and, curiously, the esteem in which a young married couple was held could be judged from the length of the central load-bearing beam of their roof. The resin in this heartwood readily burns and so splinters provided convenient torches for lighting the way as well as village festivals.
The Pine Forest high up near the centre of the island. Notice the ancient pines in the background.
Etiquetas: Canary Pine, forest fire, heartwood, pine forest, pine needle, summer, tea, torch
7. Don Zósimo
For four hundred years the island's forests were harvested irresponsibly. Where once there had been pines and laurels there were finally barren slopes, scrub and gullies. A few majestic pines proudly stood, and still stand, here and there to remind people of what the island had once been. Then soon after the Spanish Civil War, a young forestry engineer from the island of La Palma was sent to El Hierro by the government. The post was only temporary but he fell in love with a girl from here and spent the next fifty years or so replanting the forest.
Not long ago, I was driving a Canadian and a friend to El Pinar (which means "The Pine Forest") when the Canadian suddenly said, "Aren't these pines tall? They're much bigger that those at home!" I was naturally surprised but my friend exclaimed, "Of course, Don Zósimo lived HERE, not in Canada!" There was more truth in that than my friend realized. In Canada the forests are big business but not where Zósimo was. Zósimo loved his trees almost as much as he loved his family. No-one dared cut one down, or even uproot a little Christmas tree, without his permission. And gradually he and his team clothed a huge swathe of the southern slopes of the island in forest, just a few thousand pines a year.
He had a sense of humour, too. The story goes that that some-one in the Ministry sent him an order to plant trees in a certain hollow on the edge of the forest. When the civil servant came to inspect whether his order had been carried out, he found the hollow planted with row upon row of fig and almond trees. "What´s this?" he exclaimed, "I meant pine trees."
"As you just said 'trees' and this is common land, I planted trees that would be most beneficial to the local people, almonds and figs. There are plenty of pines all around!"
Hoya del Gallego (The Galician's Hollow) planted with fig and almond trees
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Etiquetas: almond, fig, forestry, hollow, pine forest, reforestation, Zósimo
6. John Hill
It just had to be an Englishman who way back in the early sixteenth century planted the first vineyard on El Hierro. His name was John Hill and he came from Taunton in Devon. What he had come out here to do in what then must have been a godforsaken place is a mystery. Perhaps like me he just wanted to plant a vineyard. Or, more likely, he was running away from someone or something. Some historians suggest he was arrested by the Inquisition fifty years later for bad behavior but I think they are mixing him up with another adventurous Englishman, Thomas Nichols.
There must have been grapevines on the island before John Hill's time: the earliest colonists came from winegrowing areas like Portugal and Spain – why do we say winegrowing and not vinegrowing? They surely brought vines with them at least to plant outside their front doors. John Hill, however, saw what we would now call a "business opportunity", but we don't know if he made a fortune or simply drank himself to death.
We don't really know where he planted his vineyard, either. The most likely place is somewhere near where the airport and port are now. At that time it would have had the best climate because the damp air and more frequent rain would have benefitted the vines. Diseases such as mildew and powdery mildew that thrive in such conditions had not yet been introduced. Wherever it was, he must have been held in certain esteem by the locals since they named a promontory after him: La Punta Juanil. And I've named my own wine after him.
Etiquetas: 16 century, colonist, John Hill, mildew, vines, vineyard
5. Laurisilva
Laurisilva of course means "Laurel Forest". It is a damp evergreen forest that thrives in the humidity of the cloudy northern slopes of the island and in some places goes over the ridge and down until it mingles with the pine forest. In fact, there is little left of the true laurisilva, the forest that extended all around the Mediterranean 40-15 million years ago. Over the centuries the representative trees have been cut down for fuel, and cabinet- and tool-making, and have largely been replaced by species such as "Haya" (literally "Beech" but really quite different) and Tree Heath, a sort of giant heather. On a smaller scale you may find an illusive strawberry tree; a clearing of forget-me-nots; a needleless holly, red berries and all; curious ferns, some with long furry tentacles, others with heart-shaped leaves, and with luck a creeping Canary Bell-flower.
I love the monteverde. It reminds me of the Rackham illustrations in my childhood storybooks. The rays of sunlight pierce the darkness and mist, illuminating the twisted trunks and branches, and the shaddows suggest strange inhabitants. On the side of the gullies, the roots stretch out to trip you up. Blackbirds click, tits purr and a myriad of other little birds chirp and chatter. You may even see a woodcock, or a great buzzard may come near to warn you away from her nest. The air is pungent with leaf-mould and decaying wood, or wild garlic if you tread on it. Fungi, mostly inedible or even poisonous, come up singly or in armies or make fairy rings around tree stumps. There are few animals in the evergreen forest, except for the odd feral cat and an occasional rabbit.
If you do venture into it, though, be very sure of your sense of orientation. The forest undergrowth hides the lie of the slopes, gullies and deep ravines. I once found a young German couple hopelessly lost, soaking wet and shivering like frightened kittens in their light clothing. It was the middle of winter and they were more than three thousand feet up. They might not have made it to safety.
Heath Trees and Forget-me-nots in the evergreen forest
Etiquetas: bell-flower, birds, buzzard, evergreen, forest, garlic, haya, holly, laurisilva, northern slopes, pine, strawberry, tree heath, woodcock
El Hierro, the youngest, the westernmost of the archipelago, is, like all the Canary Islands, of volcanic origin. It is the tip of a gigantic pyramid that rises above the floor of the ocean more than fifteen thousand feet, of which only one third is above sea level. Over the last million years, time after time our island has tried to recreate itself, time after time enormous volcanoes have grown out of the remains of those before them and time after time they have collapsed under their own weight. Now, old and tired, splattered with hundreds of cones and minor craters, the island is no more than a pile of volcanic rubble. But what rubble! Black sands, lapilli, pumice gravels and clays, basalt, clinkstone dikes … and lava.
The Trade Winds blow thousands of miles from the northeast most of the year at this latitude. When this damp sea wind hits the island, part of it rises up the northern slopes and over the mountain ridge, cooling and forming clouds as it does so. The rest goes round the horns of the island, filling in the void to the lee without rising so much. But luckily the island isn't nice and smooth. There are nooks and crannies all over the place, bits sticking out and hollows and holes, cliffs and ravines. A hiker's heaven and a meteorologist's nightmare. Nevertheless, it's safe to say the north is wetter and cooler, the south is sunnier, warmer and drier. If it's a cloudy day in the north it's likely to be sunny in the south, and vice-versa.
That is the big picture. The rest of the blog is about the little picture. Without the big picture, anything I can write about (including the people) might not make sense.
In this NASA photo, the northeast Trade Winds leave tails of turbulence to the lee of the islands that affect the wave patterns.
A dense blanket of clouds -"el Mar de Nubes" ("the Sea of Clouds") - is formed as the Trade Winds hit the heights of the island. Sometimes the clouds creep a short way over the ridge, as they are doing in the northeast in this photo by NASA.
Etiquetas: clouds, cones, craters, lava, Sea of Clouds, volcanic, volcano
Today there is no longer the sensation of adventure in travelling to the island, no feeling that you are going somewhere different, far away. Communications by plane and ferry are rapid and "twenty-first-century" comfortable. Once on the island there are real roads, not the dusty old tracks of fifty years ago, and even tunnels through the mountains. And, of course, we have all the services a modern society expects: electricity, municipal water, a modern hospital, maritime cable and satellite telecommunications connections with the rest of the world ... When you come out of the airport you'll see one of those monolithic advertisements informing us this is the first "wifi free" island in the world. Ignore it! What it means is that there is a free wifi service at different points on the island. Of course, it doesn't usually work! So perhaps after all "wifi free" is more correct than "free wifi".
Fortunately, not much else has changed, really. The villages are much the same, a bit tidier and cleaner. One or two on the coast near the port and airport have grown considerably and become dormitories for people working in Valverde. The forests, recently hit by several fires, are better attended. What always strikes me, and I suppose many other people, when I return from somewhere else is the air. It is simply clean. You feel it in your lungs, especially as you go higher into the mountains. It also affects your vision: you can see things more clearly and further away. Another curiosity is that things don't smell. You have to stick your nose right into a flower to smell it; on the plateau in the centre of the island you cannot smell the fields of grass and hay and you can only rarely smell the pines in the forest. Perhaps our air, constantly on the move, does not have time to absorb odours.
People talk of the climate change. Our weather hasn't changed much though, I don't think. You may still freeze in August at Jinama or have Christmas dinner in the garden in Frontera or even in El Pinar. Don't think that because it's a sunny day in Valverde, it will be sunny in Frontera, too. Or that you know all about it because you've been to the Canaries before. El Hierro will not let you do that. El Hierro must be approached without assumptions. El Hierro dictates the rules.
El Golfo, looking northeast. Jinama is above the cloud at top right.
Etiquetas: adventure, air, climate, communications, El Pinar, pollution
As a family, we first visited El Hierro back in the late 70's. At that time there was not even a ferry to the island: a crane picked up the car in a huge net and deposited it on the deck of the rusty old ship that made the crossing from Tenerife every week. After an interminable 12 hour voyage, we climbed the old winding road, at times cut into the very face of the cliff, towards Valverde the capital of the island. It was cloudy, windy and cold, the kids were screaming in the back of the station wagon and my wife asked "Where on earth have you brought us?" Good question. In Valverde, this Sunday in August was like a cold October day in England, misty and wet. Our spirits were dropping. We continued up the mountain road through deserted villages to Jinama, a vantage point with a magnificent view of the northwestern coast.
At least it was supposed to have a view. When we got there the wind was howling and you could see no further than your imaginary shadow. We were right in the clouds. There was a little chapel there, locked up, into which people threw coins - and others fished out with bits of wire – and next to it a stable from which we could hear the bleating of sheep. A door creaked open and a man in dark shapeless woolen clothes appeared and called the children inside. We had to follow. The place stank although it was welcomingly warm. Pancho introduced himself and milked a couple of sheep into some filthy yogurt pots for the delighted children. He then took us to a little lean-to where he made coffee, the best I've ever had, and offered us some cake. He explained that the weather was sometimes like this in August. The trade winds came in from the north, hurtling themselves against the mountains. That's why he had to hand some home-made "aguardiente" - transparent spirit distilled from winemaking leftovers. We began to feel better and went outside to see what the children were doing.
The sun had come out! The wind had dropped! It was still very cool, but what can you expect if you're out in the middle of the Atlantic at more than a thousand metres above sea level. We leant against the wall and looked out over the bay, El Golfo. There were still a few clouds, but they were chasing each other way below us, giving us moving glimpses of the white houses of Frontera and green vineyards. Above them, the forested slopes of the mountains formed a great arc that seemed to cradle the village and the little hamlets at the edge of the immense ocean. My wife felt considerably better about the place I had brought her to.
View of El Golfo from Jinama on 1 September 2015
Etiquetas: 70's, El Golfo, El Hierro, Frontera, island, trade winds, Valverde
"Oh! We know El Hierro. We went there last year for a couple of days. Didn't like it much. Too quiet for us. No beaches, nothing to do. You can see everything in one day."
How many times have I heard that! This blog is not really for fools like this but for those to whom "knowing" is more than just getting a tan and sending a postcard home. Over the years I've met curious people who've asked me the most extraordinary questions about the island, about its people, their customs and idiosyncrasies, … even about its politics! If you have anything you want to ask about, please contact me.
So I hope to tell you things about El Hierro that you won't find in official brochures or guide books. Things that might help you understand this island. I may exaggerate a little sometimes, or be too critical, or simply wrong. The entries will not be in any special order, just more or less in the order I write them.
I take responsibility for my ideas and views and what I say, but I ask you to respect the principle of copyright. Unless stated otherwise, the pictures are mine.
I could have offered a wild flower but somehow apricot blossom seemed more appropriate.
(If you want to see superb National Geographic-type photos of the island, check out José Luis Rodríguez in Facebook, or Google JoseMRW13.)
Etiquetas: credits, customs, El Hierro, idiosyncrasies


For years I was content to finish an evening meal with a perfect piece of fruit, a sweet juicy apple perhaps, a few freshly picked strawberries, or one of the peaches my sister had preserved from her orchard.
A turning point came when Suzanne returned from London with her Cordon Bleu Diploma and 12 months' experience as the dessert and cake chef at the Cordon Bleu Restaurant in Marylebone Lane. The restaurant was famous for its food, fine cakes and exquisite desserts. I learnt from Suzanne that a good dessert is worth waiting for and can be the crowning glory to a meal.
The world of soufflés, crêpes, fruit tarts and pies, custards and creams, mousses and beautiful fresh fruit desserts is accessible to the home cook and make a lovely way of treating the special people in our lives.
The charm of a soufflé, apart from its delectable flavour and airy texture, is its spectacular appearance. Rising magnificently above the rim of the dish, its height is determined by the size of the dish. Sizes vary from individual serving dishes through to 5-and 6-cup dishes and larger.
To prepare a dish for a hot soufflé, brush with melted butter and dust inside with a little caster sugar. Remove excess sugar by turning the dish upside down and tapping lightly on the work surface.
For a high soufflé, tie a double band of baking paper around the dish to give it extra height. Cut a strip of baking paper 15 cm wide and wrap it around so that it stands like a collar above the edge of the dish.
These are closely related to the soufflé proper, but they offer fewer problems to the cook, other than a few minutes absence from the table.
For a spectacle, the soufflé omelette often comes to the table enveloped in the blue flames of rum, brandy or a liqueur of some kind. Best made for two or three people – don't attempt this dish for a larger crowd.
The charm of a cold soufflé is that it looks spectacular and can be made ahead, unlike a baked soufflé. A cold soufflé uses gelatine to hold the air in the egg whites and cream. Three-egg soufflés are made in the 15 cm or 5-cup capacity dishes, while the larger sweet sherry soufflé is made in a large 18 cm or 8-cup capacity dish.
Velvet smooth crème caramel, with its glistening golden top, is the custard classic of world cuisine. It stars with other delectable rich creams and simple custard desserts.
Apple pies, in one form or another, figure prominently among the favourite dessert recipes of the world. The French favour the classic tarte aux pommes, with its traditional top of overlapping slices and sweet pastry enclosing a vanilla-flavoured apple purée. Everyone loves a strawberry tart.
Fruit is perfect on its own, with cheese, or as the base for many simple desserts. A large bowl of ice with an assortment of grapes, apples, peaches or just one perfect piece of fruit is very often all that is needed to complete a meal. If you fancy something else, there's a wonderful selection of fruit desserts to choose from.
There are a number of good ice-cream makers available that are quite inexpensive and simple to use. However, if you haven't one, it is possible to make a good ice-cream at home using a freezer and an ice tray. For the latter, quick freezing and using a custard base makes smoother ice-cream. Turn the refrigerator control to maximum for 2 hours. When the ice-cream is firm, turn the control to a normal setting.


Here's the Nonsense: Ted Cruz will sweep the general election and be the biggest success since Reagan.
Here's the Horse Sense: Ted Cruz has way too many things going against him to win against the Democrats, let alone the knowledge and skills to turn America around when it's at the most critical time in our history.
Now if, after learning what I shared in part 1, you insist on being a Cruz ostrich and keep your head in the sand and ignore history, you need to at least consider the other obstacles he faces that would cause him to lose against the Democrats if he could somehow get the nomination.
First, Cruz is not able to draw support from people outside of conservatives. Sure, he says he's going to get all the evangelicals who aren't registered to vote to support him, but that's a task that, to date, no one has been able to do. And if evangelicals get wind of what I pointed out in a recent post, he may lose much of their support, too.
I'm not sure why Ted thinks he has more ability to get those uninvolved evangelicals to be involved than anyone else ever has. Remember, back in Reagan's day we had Jerry Falwell and the Moral Majority drawing voters in at a far more effective rate than you see today. The nation was far more receptive to moral issues and faith issues. We are a much more secular society now, 35 years later, than we were then.
And yet even back then they couldn't get a lot of evangelicals to register and vote. If anyone had been able to get unregistered evangelicals involved, those people would be registered and active in our political process already.
Cruz is not able to draw anyone other than some people from the conservative base and his inability to draw anyone else in makes it a very limited pool of voters from which he is drawing to try to win against the Democrats.
Only 47% of voters think Cruz is eligible to hold the office of president.
27% think he is not eligible.
26% are not sure if he's eligible.
That means that 53% either think he is not eligible or aren't sure if he's eligible. That plays against him in trying to get people to vote for him when the majority question whether he can legally be president.
Third, Cruz has positioned himself as a man of the people who is being supported by the grassroots donors, but the facts don't mesh with that image. According to an article in American Thinker, Ted Cruz is getting funding from the likes of Robert Mercer of the hedge fund Renaissance Technologies, executives at Wall Street firms Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citigroup and, among others, the hedge fund Paulson & Co., founded by billionaire John Paulson.
So, the idea that he won't be beholden to big money is highly questionable at best and at worst a farce. No candidate who takes money from these types of people can get away without serving them when they are in office. Cruz could turn out to handle it better than most, but he'd be the first candidate supported by big donors who didn't have to give them political payback for their donations.
Fourth, Cruz has yet to face the challenge to his lack of a experience leading any type of organization. Just like Obama, he's a one term senator and has never run any type of organization in his life. That lack of experience will haunt him in the election. And it should.
Americans should recognize that knowledge of the Constitution and our founding documents, handling some court cases, and even fighting alone on the Senate floor may be good, but they don't give a person the skills needed to fix the administrative nightmare that has become our government. Even the Democrats will use his inexperience against him.
And all of this doesn't even include other concerns I've raised in the past or have yet to raise at all. This is just a shortlist.
You may like Cruz, I know I did. Just read back about a year and you'll see how positively I wrote about him. But unlike Cruz, or even most talk show hosts and political pundits, I've run businesses and organizations in my life and made them successful. I've gone into losing organizations and turned them around. I can tell you that his lack of experience will be a huge problem in effectively turning this country around.
In fact, he's probably the most hated man in Washington and it may be admirable that he's willing to take a stand, his lack of ability to get others in the houses of Congress to build a team to take on the issues and win tells us he won't have much success if he were to win the White House. Both sides, Democrat and Republican, will band together to make him a lame duck president from day one. Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan will lead them all in stopping him at every turn.
Ted Cruz, like most of the candidates, has no life experience to draw from to run the biggest "organization" in the world, let alone get others to join him in his battles.
But people who haven't run businesses successfully long term not only don't, but usually can't understand just how hard it is to do. We've allowed politicians, most of which have been attorneys, to lead our nation and we're now in the worst position in our history. We've gone from being the biggest creditor nation to the biggest debtor nation in the world. We are in such bad shape that it is, at best, questionable whether we still have enough time left to turn it around. We don't need a novice doing on-the-job-training when our nation's in worse shape than it's ever been and our freedom and survival are at stake.
I used to be a Ted Cruz supporter. I used to believe he was an exception in politics. But things I've learned and seen have caused me to not just doubt his integrity, but believe he is not much different than any other Washington politician.
And when I add that to his lack of ANY experience running anything, his terrible judgment on issues like supporting Obamatrade because he trusted Mitch McConnell who, Ted later learned, lied to him (and Ted should have known better than to trust a known liar), his twisting of facts about a competitor, his "mistake" in reporting two huge loans he got for his Senate campaign, and his unwillingness to be open with the public raises too many questions about who he really is.
If we want to save this nation for our children and grandchildren, then we must look to people who know how to fix things. We've allowed the political class that's mostly made up of attorneys to handle things and the mess they've gotten us into may not be able to be overcome. The only logical solution is to bring in the kind of people who know how to fix things and make them efficient. That's not something politicians are known for.
If Ted Cruz is a good man and is just making a typical youthful mistake in judgment by not being open, then once we're convinced that's all it is we can push the new president to appoint him to a job where he'd be useful like Attorney General. But let's not make the mistake of thinking he has the skills and knowledge to take on the world's most difficult and biggest job.


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Jackett Happy To Have Fratton Friendly
Boss believes FC Utrecht will provide a tough test
by Neil Weld
@Neil_Weld
The preparations are almost over and the 2018/19 campaign is about to begin.
But first there is the small matter of one final friendly against a top-flight European outfit at Fratton Park.
Dutch side FC Utrecht are the opponents on Saturday (1pm kick-off) and are sure to provide the toughest test yet.
It is a challenge Kenny Jackett is eagerly anticipating as he finalises his plans for the opening League One clash with Luton.
The Blues boss said: "Looking at where they finished last season and the overall profile of the club, it's a great game for us.
"We had a decent workout against a very good Brighton team earlier in the week and I would expect it to be the same on Saturday.
"You always want the win, but we're also looking for patterns, confidence and to get match ready ahead of Luton."
Kenny Jackett
"It's an advantage to be playing at Fratton Park because – including the cup match – we have three of our first four fixtures at home.
"We wanted one game on our turf before we start the season and it gives our new signings the chance to bed in.
"You always want the win, but we're also looking for patterns, confidence and to get match ready ahead of Luton.
"I always enjoy pre-season and it's a vital period if you can get your squad together. It can underpin a successful campaign.
"We've worked hard and have had a lot of games to make sure we're not only physically fit, but also match fit.
"There have had to be slight modifications because of the heat, although I'm sure it will be hot on August 4, so at least we'll be used to it."
Ben Close (hamstring) and Dion Donohue (illness) both trained on Thursday, as they step-up their recovery programmes.
Jackett said: "Ben will be looking for some game time now by the end of the week, which is good. He's worked hard.
"Dion's a little bit behind and is still feeling quite weak. He'll only do parts of sessions and we'll see how he recovers over the next 10 days."
Portsmouth vs FC Utrecht on 28 Jul 18


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package org.vinesrobotics.bot.utils.opencv;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.hardware.Camera;
import android.media.CamcorderProfile;
import android.media.MediaRecorder;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.Looper;
import android.os.Message;
import android.provider.MediaStore;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.SurfaceView;

import org.firstinspires.ftc.robotcontroller.internal.FtcRobotControllerActivity;
import org.opencv.android.BaseLoaderCallback;
import org.opencv.android.CameraBridgeViewBase;
import org.opencv.android.JavaCameraView;
import org.opencv.android.LoaderCallbackInterface;
import org.opencv.android.OpenCVLoader;
import org.opencv.core.CvType;
import org.opencv.core.Mat;
import org.opencv.core.MatOfPoint;
import org.opencv.core.Scalar;
import org.opencv.core.Size;
import org.opencv.imgproc.Imgproc;
import org.vinesrobotics.bot.utils.Utils;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Created by ViBots on 12/21/2017.
 */

public class OpenCvManager implements CameraBridgeViewBase.CvCameraViewListener2 {
    static {
        System.loadLibrary("opencv_java3");
    }

    private static Handler createView = new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper()) {
        @Override
        public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
            OpenCvManager cvm = (OpenCvManager)msg.obj;

            Activity rcact = FtcRobotControllerActivity.ActivityInstance;

            cvm.mOpenCvCameraView =
                    (JavaCameraView)rcact.findViewById(com.qualcomm.ftcrobotcontroller.R.id.color_blob_detection_activity_surface_view);

            cvm.mOpenCvCameraView.setVisibility(SurfaceView.VISIBLE);
            cvm.mOpenCvCameraView.setCvCameraViewListener(cvm);
            cvm.mOpenCvCameraView.setCameraIndex(JavaCameraView.CAMERA_ID_FRONT);

            Log.i(TAG, "CVCameraView created");
        }
    };

    private static String TAG = "ViBots::OpenCvManager";
    private BaseLoaderCallback  mLoaderCallback = new BaseLoaderCallback(Utils.getContext()) {
        @Override
        public void onManagerConnected(int status) {
            switch (status) {
                case LoaderCallbackInterface.SUCCESS:
                {
                    Log.i(TAG, "OpenCV loaded successfully");
                    mOpenCvCameraView.enableView();

                    recorder.setVideoSize(mOpenCvCameraView.getWidth(), mOpenCvCameraView.getHeight());
                    try {
                        recorder.prepare();
                    } catch (IOException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                    recorder.start();

                    mOpenCvCameraView.setRecorder(recorder);
                } break;
                default:
                {
                    super.onManagerConnected(status);
                    Log.i(TAG, "Callback Failed");
                } break;
            }
        }
    };
    private Mat mRgba;
    private List<ColorBlobDetector> mDetectors = new ArrayList<>();
    private boolean mIsColorSelected = true;
    private JavaCameraView mOpenCvCameraView;
    private MediaRecorder recorder;

    public static int getFrontFacingCameraId() {
        int cameraCount = 0;
        int camId = -1;
        Camera.CameraInfo cameraInfo = new Camera.CameraInfo();
        cameraCount = Camera.getNumberOfCameras();
        for (int camIdx = 0; camIdx < cameraCount; camIdx++) {
            Camera.getCameraInfo(camIdx, cameraInfo);
            if (cameraInfo.facing == Camera.CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_FRONT) {
                try {
                    camId = camIdx;
                } catch (RuntimeException e) {
                    Log.e(TAG, "Camera failed to open: " + e.getLocalizedMessage());
                }
            }
        }

        return camId;
    }

    public void initCV() {

        if (recorder == null)
            recorder = new VideoRecorder();
        recorder.setAudioSource(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.DEFAULT);
        recorder.setVideoSource(MediaRecorder.VideoSource.SURFACE);
        recorder.setProfile(CamcorderProfile.get(CamcorderProfile.QUALITY_HIGH));
        recorder.setOutputFile(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath() + "/" + new Date().getTime() + "_auton.mp4");

        Message msg = createView.obtainMessage(0, this);
        msg.sendToTarget();

        if (!OpenCVLoader.initDebug()) {
            Log.d(TAG, "Internal OpenCV library not found. Using OpenCV Manager for initialization");
            OpenCVLoader.initAsync(OpenCVLoader.OPENCV_VERSION_3_0_0, Utils.getContext(), mLoaderCallback);
        } else {
            Log.d(TAG, "OpenCV library found inside package. Using it!");
            mLoaderCallback.onManagerConnected(LoaderCallbackInterface.SUCCESS);
        }
        //mOpenCvCameraView.setCameraIndex(cam);
    }

    public void stopCV() {
        mOpenCvCameraView.disableView();
        recorder.stop();
        recorder.reset();
    }

    @Override
    public void onCameraViewStarted(int width, int height) {
        mRgba = new Mat(height, width, CvType.CV_8UC4);
        Log.i(TAG, "View started");
    }

    public void registerBlobDetector(ColorBlobDetector blob) {
        mDetectors.add(blob);
    }

    @Override
    public void onCameraViewStopped() {
        mRgba.release();
    }

    @Override
    public Mat onCameraFrame(CameraBridgeViewBase.CvCameraViewFrame inputFrame) {
        mRgba = inputFrame.rgba();
        //Log.i(TAG, "Frame accepted");

        if (mIsColorSelected) {
            for (ColorBlobDetector det : mDetectors) {
                det.process(mRgba);
            }
            /*List<MatOfPoint> contours = mDetector.getContours();
            Log.e(TAG, "Contours count: " + contours.size());
            Imgproc.drawContours(mRgba, contours, -1, CONTOUR_COLOR);

            Mat colorLabel = mRgba.submat(4, 68, 4, 68);
            colorLabel.setTo(mBlobColorRgba);

            Mat spectrumLabel = mRgba.submat(4, 4 + mSpectrum.rows(), 70, 70 + mSpectrum.cols());
            mSpectrum.copyTo(spectrumLabel);*/
        }

        return mRgba;
    }

    public Scalar converScalarHsv2Rgba(Scalar hsvColor) {
        Mat pointMatRgba = new Mat();
        Mat pointMatHsv = new Mat(1, 1, CvType.CV_8UC3, hsvColor);
        Imgproc.cvtColor(pointMatHsv, pointMatRgba, Imgproc.COLOR_HSV2RGB_FULL, 4);

        return new Scalar(pointMatRgba.get(0, 0));
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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title: Deployment
aliases:
- /installation/
---

# Deployment

## BOSH

Currently, the easiest way to operate ssoca is with [BOSH](https://bosh.io/) using the [ssoca](https://github.com/dpb587/ssoca-bosh-release) release. Review the documentation in that repository. If you're looking to get started, see [dpb587/ssoca-starter-bosh-deployment](https://github.com/dpb587/ssoca-starter-bosh-deployment) for some default conventions.

## Standalone

Alternatively, run `ssoca-server` and provide a path to the YAML server configuration file.


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Along with the records returned from your store, you'll likely need to handle some kind of metadata. *Metadata* is data that goes along with a specific *model* or *type* instead of a record.

Pagination is a common example of using metadata. Imagine a blog with far more posts than you can display at once. You might query it like so:

```js
let result = this.get('store').query('post', {
  limit: 10,
  offset: 0
});
```

To get different *pages* of data, you'd simply change your offset in increments of 10. So far, so good. But how do you know how many pages of data you have? Your server would need to return the total number of records as a piece of metadata.

Each serializer will expect the metadata to be returned differently. For example, Ember Data's JSON deserializer looks for a `meta` key:

```js
{
  "post": {
    "id": 1,
    "title": "Progressive Enhancement is Dead",
    "comments": ["1", "2"],
    "links": {
      "user": "/people/tomdale"
    },
    // ...
  },

  "meta": {
    "total": 100
  }
}
```

Regardless of the serializer used, this metadata is extracted from the response. You can then read it with `.get('meta')`.

This can be done on the result of a `store.query()` call:

```js
store.query('post').then((result) => {
  let meta = result.get('meta');
})
```

On a belongsTo relationship:

```js
let post = store.peekRecord('post', 1);

post.get('author').then((author) => {
  let meta = author.get('meta');
});
```

Or on a hasMany relationship:

```js
let post = store.peekRecord('post', 1);

post.get('comments').then((comments) => {
  let meta = comments.get('meta');
});
```

After reading it, `meta.total` can be used to calculate how many pages of posts you'll have.

To use the `meta` data outside of the `model` hook, you need to return it:

```app/routes/users.js import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Route.extend({ model() { return this.store.findAll('user').then((results) => { return { users: results, meta: results.meta }; }); },

setupController(controller, { users, meta }) { this._super(controller, users); controller.set('meta', meta); } }); ```

To customize metadata extraction, check out the documentation for your serializer.


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Home > > Airfare prediction firm Hopper raises $70 million
Airfare prediction firm Hopper raises $70 million
05/15/2020| 2:37:42 PM| Skift 中文
The company had to lay off an undisclosed number of people a month ago due to the crisis.
Hopper, the online travel agency that has emphasized pricing predictions, closed a USD 70 million round of funding, according to The Logic.
Westcap led the latest round in the Montreal-based company, The Logic reported. Other investors included Montreal-based Inovia, Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), Omers (the investing arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System) and others.
Most recently Hopper raised a Series D round of funding of USD 100 million in 2018. Since then, the company quadrupled its engineering team and grew its finance and operations teams from 2 employees to 34. But the company had to lay off an undisclosed number of people a month ago due to the crisis.
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TAGS: Hopper | airfare prediction | funding
Travel spending to recover rapidly for upcoming national holidays as train tickets sale and airfares jump
Beijing's outbound airfares rise as healing COVID-19 residents plan holiday trips
Bold travel industry predictions for 2023


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RIVERSIDE: Cuban Missile Crisis U-2 Spy Gear Donated to March Field Air Museum
Cuban Missile Crisis U-2 Spy Gear Donated to March Field Air Museum
March Field Air Museum
22550 Van Buren Blvd Riverside California
Tuesday –Sunday 9am-4pm
Admission $10 adults $5 youth 5-11 years Child under age 5 free
March Field Air Museum in Riverside California announced the donation of Central Intelligence Agency spy plane pilot Al Rand's high-altitude pressure suit and helmet worn on Cold War U-2 flights over the Soviet Union and during the secret missions that touched-off the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Recently declassified documents confirm, in the fall of 1962, the CIA, acting on information provided by spies inside Fidel Castro's Cuba, flew covert surveillance missions over the island nation in an attempt to locate Soviet nuclear-tipped medium range ballistic missiles. In nearly a dozen flights, Al Rand, close friend of legendary U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers, and fellow CIA pilots located 19 surface-to-air missile batteries positioned to protect newly built, high-security military installations spread throughout Cuba. Analysis by the CIA uncovered specialized construction at the sites clearly revealing Castro's intent to place nuclear-armed missiles within range of the U.S. heartland.
In a clever ploy, the agency delayed a scheduled U-2 flight to confirm the presence of the nuclear missiles until progress on the Cuban launch facilities could advance to the point the photographic evidence would be irrefutable. At the last moment, acting on the advice of General Curtis LeMay, Air Force Chief of Staff, President Kennedy ordered the replacement of the CIA U-2 pilot with an active duty U.S. Air Force flier. The spy agencies aircraft, with an Air Force pilot in control, brought back conclusive proof of the offensive missiles, beginning the thirteen-day Cuban Missile Crisis widely believed to be the closest the world has ever come to nuclear extinction.
March Field Air Museum plans to have the Rand artifacts join the museum's SR-71 Blackbird spy-plane as a featured exhibit of their strategic reconnaissance collection. The generous donation by the Rand family includes; a custom fit high-altitude pressure suit, helmet and gloves as well as a specially modified Abercrombie & Finch cold weather parka and overpants designed for escape and evasion use in the bitter winters of the Soviet Union.
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Jazzy not happy with state of hip-hop
By Hero1,
July 22, 2006 in DJ Jazzy Jeff
DJ "Jazzy" Jeff Townes isn't happy with the state of American hip-hop.
Jazzy Jeff, a well-travelled hip-hop enthusiast.
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Philadelphia DJ and producer "Jazzy" Jeff Townes isn't happy with the state of American hip-hop. He has more insight than most. In 1986, when hip-hop was still knocking on the mainstream's door, Townes hooked up with a young MC called Will Smith. DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, as Smith then called himself, sold 10 million albums worldwide on the back of such pop-rap hit singles as Parents Just Don't Understand and Summertime.
"Unfortunately, music - and especially hip-hop, something that started out very pure - has been taken over by corporations that have prostituted it," Townes says.
"[Outside the US] it's going back to its early days. That's one of the reasons I think I travel as much as I do, because a lot of the places outside of the US have a much greater love and appreciation than the United States for music."
Spending 200 days a year on tour, mostly outside the US, Townes gets many opportunities to hear the world's take on hip-hop. Unfortunately, the vast majority of Americans don't.
"It's a shame," he says. "[Travelling] I try to grab as much music as I possibly can. I can walk into a record store and there's 5 million records, but when I turn on the radio I only hear 10. They're trying to tell me there's only 10 good records out of 5 million.
"It's turned into a political thing. I always thought radio should play everything and let you decide what you like. Now radio only plays what people pay them to play or what sells the most soft drink. This is an art we're talking about and we're missing out."
The well-travelled hip-hop enthusiast must know something about the Australian hip-hop scene.
"Well, no, I don't. That's one of the exciting things - I have no idea about what I'm going to be hearing or seeing. That kind of catches you off-guard, because I'm not tainted. I like that.
"Just travelling around, you find some incredible talent out there. It kind of reminds me how the United States was when hip-hop was just starting to break ground. I get that a lot from a lot of the places I travel [to]."
Townes will be able to expose overseas audiences to Australian and New Zealand hip-hop if he gets a chance to go record shopping.
"One of the things I pride myself on doing is not playing what's popular," he says. "I play what I like. I think that was the whole essence of a DJ back in the day: you trusted his musical tastes. I don't care where I get the music or how I get it, if it's something that moves me I'll play it. I'll play something from the UK in Africa, something from Africa in Australia and something from Australia in the United States."
The American hip-hop audience is notoriously insular. Does he think they'll appreciate it?
"Well, that's one of the reasons I don't play so much in the States."
http://www.smh.com.au/news/gig-reviews/jaz...3166510518.html
TooFresh
Location:South Italy- LECCE
Interests:Italian Air Force, hip hop n Soccer
Nice... JJ is pure hip hop head
thanx good interview.
viber_91
Interests:Listening to music (Most types of Hip Hop, Soul, Funk, Jazz, R&B and much more), friends, watching TV/Movies, and surfing the web!
Thanx for the interview Tim!
bigted
Location:Seaside Heights, New Jersey
Interests:Playing and Watching Basketball(favorite team: Chicago Bulls fan 4 life favorite players: Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen forever),listening to hip-hop(preferably JJFP, KRS-ONE, Public Enemy, 2Pac, Run-Dmc, Nas, Rakim,Talib Kweli, The Roots, LL Cool J, Slick Rick, and any other mc that reps the art and not the charts)), regaee, and r&b, computers, video games, freestyling and writing rhymes, representing hip-hop to the fullest!
Yeah Jazzy Jeff is right on point here, it's definately wack that the radio plays the same garbage all the time when there's a lot of artists out there with fresh songs that deserve some spins...
3cookies
Location:takin a long walk...
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great interview..thx timboat... but i cant say that i feel differently than JJ does...
''Jazzy not happy with state of hip-hop'' i am just not suprised :sipread:
thanks , good interview !
MIX PROFESSOR
:2thumbs: MAN I FEEL HIM ON THAT-BEINGA D.J. I HAVE TO PLAY WHATIS ON THE RADIO FOR THE AUDIENCE THAT I DEAL WITH BUT DAM I WISH THEY COULD BE MORE OPEN-MINDED ABOUT MUSIC. THERE IS SO MANY TALENTED ARTSISTS WITH SOME SERIOUS MATERIAL OUT THERE BUT THE BIG COMPANIES ARE ON THE "BANDWAGON" IDEAL. WHATEVER IS HOT-MAKE DUPLICATES AND MASS PRODUCE IT WHICH ENDS UP SATURATING THE MUSIC SCENE!!!!
I THANK JEFF FOR PLAYING HOW HE PLAYS WHENEVER I GET TO SEE HIM HIT THE TURNTABLES. IT IS HIM AND OTHER DJ'S LIKE HIM THAT KEEP ME GOING. I HOPE ONE DAY THINGS WILL GET BETTER AS FARAS BEING MORE ORIGINAL AND DIVERSE WITH THE MUSIC SCENE!!!!