The virtual currency bitcoin is getting a very real boost on Monday with the opening of the first licensed U.S. exchange.
Coinbase Inc., a startup backed by $106 million from the New York Stock Exchange, banks and venture-capital firms, said its exchange will offer greater security for individuals and institutions to trade bitcoin and monitor real-time pricing of the cryptocurrency.
The exchange could bring needed legitimacy to the currency, which isn't backed by a central government and is traded over virtual exchanges, primarily overseas. Coinbase said it has insurance, offering traders some assurance that their money won't disappear.
It's good news for Bitcoin in general with more trusted exchanges the risk of exchange collapse decreases and with more users feeling confident about placing their Bitcoins somewhere besides their own wallets we might see an uptick in adoption as well.
This is pretty big news, I like it!


When your best friend announces that he's tying the knot, most guys hope they'll be picked for the role of Best Man. It says a lot about the closeness of your relationship and how much he trusts you to get him through this life changing event. It may also be one of the last chances you have to go really wild and enjoy being mates. Married life is full of family responsibilities and sometimes friends get shifted down the list of priorities.
Being a Best Man is a pretty big job, though. There are lots of things to consider. One of the most important is the stag do or bachelor party. There are so many different options. Your mates may have lots of great ideas, and the groom-to-be may have one or two of his own. But it's ultimately down to you to pick what goes on during your best mate's last night of freedom. And you're the one that has to get him to his ceremony on time!
Planning a wedding and organising everything on time is pretty stressful. You might choose a stag party or activity that helps your best mate blow off some steam before the wedding. Stag Party Paintball and white water rafting are great activities for a few guys to do together for a bachelor event. It's also something a little different from the traditional strippers and beers. Of course, there's nothing stopping you arranging that for an after-event!
To arrange the perfect stag party, you need to get hold of the contact details of all the groom's mates and male relatives. You could liaise with the groom-to-be or try to arrange everything as a surprise event. A stag do doesn't have to be held the night before the wedding. You might choose to take the weekend before so there is plenty of time to recover! It also means you have more time for all the activities you want to include.
Book a party bus or limo to take you and the guys out. That way there are no designated drivers or cabs to worry about. You'll know you've got the transport you need when you want it to be available. As there will be a large number of you, you will need to book ahead for restaurants or VIP rooms at the nightclub. If you're booking a hotel suite, make sure there is enough accommodation for everyone to sleep comfortably.
Chances are you and the other guests will want to post video and photos to social media. To save face, be sure your groom-to-be isn't seen in any compromising positions! That doesn't mean you can't have a bit of fun with him, though. Embarrassment seems to be a rite of passage for stag dos. Old photos of his childhood and ridiculous costumes are quite common. Maybe you can include one from when the bride and groom first met.
At the ceremony, you will be responsible for a speech about the groom. It is usually prepared as a humorous narrative about his life to this point. Once you've toasted the bride and groom, you can relax after a job well done.


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Large Turkish military column enters Syria heading to the area of "Putin-Erdogan"
Syrian Observatory activists monitored this morning the entry of a large Turkish military column to the Syrian territory via Kafr Lusin border crossing. The column of 40 military vehicles including tanks, personnel carriers, armored vehicles and military and logistical supplies, headed to the south but no information has been reported yet about its destination.
SOHR sources reported yesterday that the Turkish forces brought logistical and military supplies including tanks, armored vehicles and nearly 20 soldiers into the entrance of Kafr Amim village, east of Saraqeb town. The Turkish forces are installing a new military post at Kafr Amim junction within the so-called Abu Al-Duhur – Saraqeb Highway.
Accordingly, the Turkish forces surrounded Saraqeb town from the northern, southern and eastern sides by installing a military post in each side. This action shows a clear challenge against the Russians.
SOHR sources reported yesterday that Turkish forces set up a new military post at the pharmaceutical factory north of Saraqeb town, after the first post had installed in the area of Al Sawami'e south of Saraqeb.
It is worth mentioning that these two points are located on the Damascus-Aleppo international highway aka M5. It seems that the Turks are defying the Russians and there are disagreements between the two sides over certain points regarding their agreement on the international highway.
Idlib-Aleppo military operation: With Russian air support, regime forces capture 47 areas in rural Idlib in eight days
Three separate assassinations leave three persons dead in rural Daraa

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Webb Canyon Chronicle
Culture and Lifestyle
Senior Issue
January 19The 2022 Grammy Awards! — Webb's version
January 18Webb community works to reconnect after facing new weekend restrictions
January 17The importance of information: why Webb should be transparent about COVID
Webb Rewind: Where we are, how we got here, and what the future holds
David Hastings|January 4, 2022
David Hastings
The light post banners around campus celebrate the school's centennial year. Webb's updated logo and colors can be seen on these displays that are posted around campus.
As classes winded down and students celebrated the new year over winter break, the community had its longest opportunity to decompress after an eventful first half of the school year.
For many reasons, the 2021-2022 year has been monumental for Webb: the community is celebrating 100 years of academic achievement, and this centennial celebration was aimed to be the theme of this school year. This celebration is symbolic of the traditions that have been upheld at Webb to this point, while also signaling the community's willingness to revise these traditions in respect of these changing times.
Yet, we have felt the impact of COVID most strongly. Whether we want to admit it or not, it has been the focus and has clouded the centennial celebration. Webb's culture feels more lost than ever.
There is a very specific feeling and "vibe" that I have associated with Webb, even before I attended here. I always admired the excitement of the Webb community, the ferocious Gauls spirit, and the set-in-stone traditions.
Admittedly, my point of view is unique because I have grown up around Webb longer than most, but nonetheless, I sensed that my peers had the same notions as me when I enrolled during my sophomore year. Experiences, such as attending packed volleyball games while wearing foam Gaul helmets with the rest of the student body, only cemented the "vibe" for me.
This, of course, was all put on pause when the 2019-2020 school year closed out with online classes from our homes. At that time, there was still hope that we could return to "normal" soon. It felt as though the "vibe" had been put on hold because everything was changing for everyone, but it was going to be brought back soon, right?
Well, another school year that was anything but typical passed, and the world began to acknowledge the pandemic as a new normal. Any return plans at this stage were going to include significant modifications to comply with COVID protocols. Still, ahead of our return to campus, the administration implemented longer-lasting changes aside from COVID that would more deeply alter the "vibe."
The first example of these changes came nearly exactly one year ago. As 2021 began, Webb finalized a rebranding that updated the school's branding with new color shades and logos that would ultimately lead to a more singularly unified institution between VWS and WSC. This redesign was in the works prior to the pandemic. However, the rebrand was finished and announced while students were still taking classes from their beds.
As a result, these changes were striking for the community, especially since its members did not have as much input as they would have if COVID ceased to exist. Arguably the most noticeable difference was the larger focus on the Alf Museum's peccary as a representation of the school, as opposed to the Gaul.
Dormitory changes for VWS and WSC were also implemented ahead of the return to in-person learning. As another way to promote equality between VWS and WSC, Jameson was made a dorm for VWS, and North Hutch was made into a WSC dorm.
Historically, VWS dorms were within enclosed buildings and students usually had a roommate. In contrast, WSC students were allotted dorms with access to the outside and typically had single rooms. This change created a more equal balance of single-to-double rooms and inside-to-outside dorms between the two schools.
These changes have set the scene for the centennial celebration this year. Webb is continuing to adjust to changing times, while also attempting to celebrate its traditions. The issue has been, however, that Webb is not completely back to normal. Programs such as Sunday chapel and community dinners have been sporadic, if not scrapped completely.
It has been difficult to memorialize Webb's traditions when they have been altered so severely due to the pandemic. Half of the student body is on campus for the first time and is initially going through a Webb experience that is in an altered state. When you include the more permanent changes that were instituted on top of this already confusing landscape, it is easy to see why everything feels off.
The school looks like it will continue to go through changes. After the 2022-2023 school year, Associate Head of Schools Dr. Theresa Smith is set to take over as the new Head of Schools after Mr. Stockdale. Her challenge for the next few years is going to be reinstating the school's culture. This will become more difficult if the pandemic continues to rage on, meaning more students on campus will not have a normal year.
In conclusion, the school is at a pivotal point, and it is completely understandable with everything that has happened why the "vibe" is not what it was. Hope is not completely lost, however.
Webb will continue to open little by little and we could be seeing Sunday chapels and continued community dinners after the break. Not everyone enjoys community events, but if we want to reinstall Webb's culture as best we can, the student body must embrace these opportunities of normality so that we do not lose tradition and the "vibe." This is especially true for upperclassmen, whom I encourage to set the standard when we return from break.
David Hastings, Editor of Sports
Captain of the Webb football team, David Hastings ('22) leads with distinction and serves as a suitable Editor of Sports. However, his interests stretch...
The importance of information: why Webb should be transparent about COVID
Local news: a small yet important player in the big world of journalism
The faces we stand behind
Is the Student Diversity Leadership Conference still a valuable experience over Zoom?
Reexamining our biases: debunking 8 COVID-19 myths
The 2022 Grammy Awards! — Webb's version
Webb community works to reconnect after facing new weekend restrictions
Webb athletics battles the COVID-19 Omicron variant
16 questions with the Health Center
Gangnam Style to Squid Game: Korea's shift from invisibility to the spotlight
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Editorial: Problematic school structures reinforce notions of femininity
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If you have been involved in a minor car accident, such as a fender-bender without any significant injuries, you may be thinking that you don't need to seek immediate medical attention for any injuries. However, our Toledo personal injury attorneys at Williams DeClark Tuschman Co., L.P.A. recommends you should still visit your doctor after a wreck—no matter how serious the collision is.
The sudden impact of a crash can leave your body in serious shock – Even when a collision occurs at low speeds cause little or no damage to each vehicle, injuries are still likely to occur. Since people rarely brace themselves before being struck by another vehicle, soft-tissue injuries such as whiplash often happen due to the violent jerking of the neck and body.
Your body is masking the pain – As soon as the accident occurs, your body is generating adrenaline and endorphins due to the initial shock of impact. This heightened sense of excitement not only results in an increased amount of energy but also a lack of pain. The chemicals in your body mask many painful and serious systems, which is why it is common for accident victims to experience pain days or even weeks later. If left untreated, your symptoms will only get worse.
Medical records are important pieces of evidence in a car accident claim – In order for the at-fault driver to pay for your medical expenses, you must obtain valid records which document the full extent of your injuries and the necessary treatments to make a full recovery. These records are required for filing an accident claim with the insurance company.
The insurance company will deny your claim – The truth is that insurance companies are looking out for their own best interests to protect their bottom line. The goal of adjusters is to do their best to discredit your claim my all means. If you fail to obtain medical treatment and documentation following a crash and you wish to get paid for your medical bills, insurers will deny your claim because you don't have the records which prove your injuries are legitimate. In addition, if you delay receiving medical treatment, the insurance company can claim that your injuries aren't' as serious as you claim since you failed to seek medical care right away.
No matter how serious your car accident is—you must still seek medical attention. Doing so can help you avoid losing out on financial compensation you deserve.
If you have been injured in a collision in Toledo, OH, schedule a free consultation with our experienced legal team at Williams DeClark Tuschman Co., L.P.A. today.


In 1922, Bud Ballew's name once again made the newspapers nationwide. Articles titled "Noted Killer Of Ardmore Slain By Ex-Ranger" and also "Ballew's Guns Silent", among others, reported biographical information about him, and the details of his death.
Ballew and his 18 year old son had gone to Wichita Falls, Texas to attend a rodeo "at which Bud and probably his son intended to enter in the riding contest." While there, Ballew was visiting with two friends from Lone Grove at their place of business, the Denver Domino Parlor. At about 1:35 p.m. on Friday, May 5, 1922, the police chief of that city, J.W. McCormick, a former Texas Ranger, and possibly two of his men, went to that location, after receiving a call reporting a disturbance. As the lawmen entered the domino parlor, (the ex-Carter county deputy) Bud Ballew was sitting at the bar "joshing with the boys." McCormick approached him from one side, and a detective from behind and to his other side. "According to Chief McCormick", when Bud was told he was under arrest, he replied, "You are out of luck" as he reached under his coat. It was at that point, five rounds were shot into Ballew's body before it hit the floor. Immediately afterwards, his body was taken to an undertaking establishment and embalmed.
"On word of the killing reaching Hardy Sanitarium", "Pilot Askew and undertaker Herbert Harvey flew to Wichita Falls" in a plane used to transport patients. They left Ardmore " at 3:15 Friday afternoon." Bud Ballew's remains were back in Ardmore by 8 p.m. that night. Once there, mourners greeted the plane. Among them were ex-sheriff Garrett, Bud's wife Fannie, and his son, Dorris.
The details given regarding Ballew's death became questionable, once his body arrived home. Chief McCormick's claims were met with opposition. His statement that "all four shots" fired into Ballew "entered from the front" from his .38 caliber pistol, and that "the hole in the back of Ballew's head was caused by a bullet emerging from the skull, after it had entered the left eye", appeared incorrect. Upon examining the x-rays taken of Ballew's body, Dr. Hardy felt that one of the slugs that ended the ex-deputy's life was of a different caliber that the gun used by McCormick.
One of the bullets penetrated Ballew's left hand, tearing through his heart and coming out just below his left shoulder. A second shot went through his right breast, coming out through the right shoulder. A third shot went through his abdomen, while two of the five bullets penetrated his back, one going into the body just below the left shoulder and coming out through the abdomen. The fifth entered Ballew's head, just behind the left ear, and came out near his mouth on the right side.
While the argument over who shot, and from which angle, may never be laid to rest, it cannot be argued that the circumstances of Bud's death contains at least a few ironies. The first, Ballew had killed an ex-lawman during his tenure as a deputy sheriff, and was killed by an officer, after his own career as a lawman had ended. The second, J.W.McCormick, while serving as a Texas Ranger, and later as Chief of Police in Wichita Falls, had never killed a man, until that day. Bud Ballew, who had "eight notches on his gun", was his first. And the last, perhaps the most significant irony, the revolver of this noted killer, the revolver of a man who often shot first never left its holster, while five bullets entered his body.
Bud Ballew is buried near the gates of the Lone Grove Cemetery, in Lone Grove, Oklahoma. He is not as widely known as Heck Thomas, Bill Tilghman or many other Oklahoma lawmen of old, but Bud was their equal in every respect. Ballew helped bring law and order into an otherwise lawless Oklahoma county. Let's not forget him. Lest we forget one of that states most colorful and fearless lawmen.


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One of the Crosby MBA Association's (CMBAA) primary focuses each year is on philanthropy. Last month, CMBAA hosted a trivia night fundraiser to benefit the Central Missouri Humane Society. Coupled with the wine tasting fundraiser held in the fall, the organization has raised over $2,000 for the Humane Society this academic year. To expand upon our philanthropic initiatives, CMBAA will also be sponsoring a table for Girls on the Run on April 26th in Columbia.
For upcoming social events, CMBAA will be hosting a few socials and happy hours for members to build community and expand networks. Our formal event, "MBA Prom," will be held on April 27th. This event is a celebration of a year's hard work and offers another opportunity for community-building within the organization and Crosby MBA program as a whole.
Lastly, CMBAA members recently elected the 2018 – 2019 Executive board.
The current and future executive boards will hold a transition event in two weeks to ensure a seamless and successful transfer of leadership. This event will either be held in Columbia or St. Louis. We are very excited for what the future holds for CMBAA!
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At some time in our lives, most of us will make or assist in making funeral arrangements. This will not be an easy time, but the Kostanski Funeral Home offers these suggestions for planning.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Saturday marked the second day of an annual clothing distribution event held inside Brighton Heights Reformed Church, St. George.
The event, which kicked off Friday, served over 1,000 people, said Rev. Lynnette Delbridge, who co-pastors Castleton Hill Moravian Church with her husband, Rev. Andrew Meckstroth.
The program is sponsored by the Island's four Moravian churches --- Castleton Hill, New Dorp, Great Kills and Vanderbilt Avenue. The churches collect clean and gently-used clothing and make it available for men, women and children.
"Families can find clothes for school or work," Delbridge said. "We have school supplies for school-age and college-age children in need. We want to help families stretch their resources so they can get a good start in the school year. We want them to come to the distribution and feel really respected by having clothes that are well-organized and having a personal shopper that's here to work with them and provide some warmth, friendliness and hospitality when they come to get the clothes."
Pastor Meckstroth noted visitors are often excited about their finds.
"Kids are overjoyed with the backpacks and people will say, 'I've gotten my winter coat here the last couple of years and I just need to get here.'"
The co-pastors both thanked Brighton Heights Reformed Church for their generosity in allowing them to use the space.
Meckstroth said the core group of dedicated volunteers who participate, including those from the Moravian churches and Brighton Heights Reformed Church, are a key component of the event. In addition, 21 youth and adult volunteers came from Home Moravian Church, Winston Salem, N.C., and two volunteers came from St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Port Royal, Va.
Shirley Espinoza-Bol, of St. George, said the drive is important to her because it allows her to provide clothing for her son.


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Review: Roger Waters in San Francisco
Posted on May 12, 2012 by Jim Harrington
By Jim Harrington
jharrington@bayareanewsgroup.com
Roger Waters has hit a towering homerun.
The former front man for Pink Floyd has taken The Wall Live Tour – already a massive commercial and critical success on the arena circuit – and supersized it to fit baseball stadiums. Yet, it's not just bigger – it's also better.
The show that fans witnessed on Friday night at AT&T Park was even more powerful, dramatic and thrilling than what was seen back in December 2010, when Waters brought the highly theatrical tour – based on Pink Floyd's multiplatinum 1979 double-album "The Wall" – to Oracle Arena in Oakland and HP Pavilion in San Jose. Continue Reading →
Music	Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, The Wall, The Wall Live
Roger Waters returns with "The Wall"
Posted on November 1, 2011 by Jim Harrington
Roger Waters will build "The Wall" once more.
The visionary vocalist-bassist, best known for his multiplatinum work as the leader of Pink Floyd, is bringing his epic The Wall Live Tour back to the Bay Area. The production is set for May 11 at AT&T Park in San Francisco. Continue Reading →
Concerts	Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, The Wall, The Wall Live Tour
Review: Roger Waters in Oakland
Posted on December 4, 2010 by Jim Harrington
If he builds it, they will come.
That's been one of the safest assumptions in the music business for decades. Everyone seemed in agreement that if Roger Waters ever decided to revisit the 1979 Pink Floyd epic "The Wall" with a large-scale theatrical tour – one that would include the actual construction of said "Wall" at every stop – then the fans would come out in droves.
After a 30-year wait, the vocalist-bassist has finally gotten around to proving everyone right. The former Pink Floyd leader's $60 million "The Wall Live" tour – which was performed Friday at Oakland's Oracle Arena and will be repeated on Tuesday and Wednesday at San Jose's HP Pavilion – is certainly this season's top ticket. Continue Reading →
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Weezer does Pink Floyd: Check out videos
Posted on October 15, 2008 by Jim Harrington
Some videos from the band's performance at the San Jose State University Events Center:
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Pink Floyd's Richard Wright: R.I.P.
Posted on September 15, 2008 by Jim Harrington
(Sad news for the rock world. Pink Floyd was one of the greatest bands EVER and Wright will be greatly missed. Report from AP below:)
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LONDON (AP) — Richard Wright, a founding member of the rock group Pink Floyd, died Monday. He was 65. Pink Floyd's spokesman, Doug Wright, who is not related to the artist, said Wright died after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain. He says the band member's family did not want to give more details about his death.
Wright met Pink Floyd members Roger Waters and Nick Mason in college and joined their early band, Sigma 6. Along with the late Syd Barrett, the four formed Pink Floyd in 1965.
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Mary J. Blige, Cheetah Girls, Neil Young lead new on sales
Posted on August 20, 2008 by Jim Harrington
On Sale Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 10:00 AM
Ricky Nelson Remembered
Jackson Rancheria Casino and Hotel
Jackson , CA
Carnival Cabaret
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 to Sunday, January 4, 2009
Horizon Casino Resort
Stateline , NV
Marshall Tucker Band
Sacramento River Cats Playoff Games
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 to Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Raley Field
Sacramento , CA
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Nine Inch Nails, Jessica Simpson, Al Green tickets go on sale
Posted on June 11, 2008 by Jim Harrington
New on sales from www.ticketmaster.com.
Thursday June 12, 2008 10:00 AM
Thursday November 6, 2008 8:00 PM
The Fillmore, San Francisco
Friday June 13, 2008 10:00 AM
One Dream, One World
Saturday July 19, 2008 7:30 PM
Cow Palace, San Francisco
Inquietos Del Norte
Sunday July 13, 2008 2:00 PM
Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose
Saturday August 16, 2008 6:30 PM
Monterey Fairgrounds, Monterey
Al Green / Gladys Knight
Friday September 19, 2008 7:00 PM
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A look back at the top concerts of 2007
Posted on January 3, 2008 by Jim Harrington
Through the clutter of crumpled notes and ticket stubs, some clear trends began to emerge as I put together my list of the top 10 concerts of 2007.
For one thing, it was a sensational time for old-school R&B, soul and Motown. In fact, 30 percent of my list is made up of Motown legends _ Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight and Diana Ross. File that as further proof that some styles of music grow old only in years.
Also, on a purely geographic level, it's interesting to note just how strongly Detroit is represented on my list. Besides the Motown acts, I also picked the Motor City's top rocker, the one-and-only Bob Seger. Detroit in the house!
Another trend that I'm absolutely tickled to report has to do with Bay Area geography. Fans in our readership areas didn't have to stray far from their homes to find some of the best music in 2007. Of my top 10 list, eight were East Bay shows and two were South Bay/Peninsula gigs. Amazingly, no San Francisco date made the cut.
Now that the build-up is over, here are my top 10 concerts of 2007, followed by a shorter report on the year's most disappointing shows. Whether you agree with my picks or not, the most important thing is that we both continue to support live music in the new year.
Top concerts 2007
1, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Feb. 24, Oracle Arena, Oakland
Call me a relic, call me what you will. Say I'm old-fashioned, say I'm over the hill. Today, music ain't got the same soul. I like that old time rock 'n' roll. And the best that I heard in 2007 came courtesy of Bob Seger. In his first tour in more than a decade, the Motor City rock legend sounded as powerful as ever as he hit the crowd with such incomparable feel-good sing-a-longs as "Night Moves'' and "Betty Lou's Gettin' Out Tonight.''
2, Diana Ross, Nov. 4, Paramount Theatre, Oakland
All the young so-called professional performers out there should be forced to sit down and watch a tape of this show. That, dear rookies, was how you do it. The Motown queen was in regal form as she drew up an absolute blueprint on how to put on an expertly paced concert that thrills from start to finish. The set list encompassed all of the vocalist's many musical periods, from the Supremes to jazz to the disco days, yet the show still didn't last much past an hour. It just proved once again that it's not how much time a star spends onstage _ it's what he or she does with that time that really counts.
3, Bjork, May 19, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View
The line that normally divides pop music from theater was washed away on this night. We expect that to be the case with each tour by this Icelandic pop princess, who is really more of a performance artist than rock star. Yet, Bjork somehow always manages to surprise her audience and find dramatic new ways to elevate the concert experience, both sonically and visually. This time around, Bjork fronted what had to be the year's most exotic rock band _ which consisted in part of a 10-piece female horn section _ and wowed the crowd with imaginative takes on both old and new songs.
4, Stevie Wonder, Aug. 26, Sleep Train Pavilion, Concord
The superb songwriter's previous Bay Area outing was at the Paramount Theatre back in early 1995. In retrospect, I'm really ticked at him for making us wait 12 years for his return. This wondrous Concord date served as a crystal clear illustration of exactly what we've been missing. In particular, we were reminded of just how much warmth and love Wonder is able to deliver in his songs. Hopefully, he won't make us wait another dozen years for the next tutorial.
5, Billy Joel, Nov. 10, Oracle
The Piano Man has more than 30 Top 40 singles under his belt and it seemed like we heard all of them, minus that annoying "Uptown Girl'' tune, on this magical night in Oakland. He certainly lived up to his reputation as "The Entertainer'' as he poured his heart, and plenty of personality, into such fan favorites as "Only the Good Die Young,'' "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)'' and "You May Be Right.''
6, Roger Waters, June 19, Oracle
For the second straight year, the visionary songwriter/conceptualist makes my list with his tour in support of a record that is nearly 35 years old. The album in question _ Pink Floyd's 1973 masterpiece, "Dark Side of the Moon'' _ doesn't really need the support. The disc has long ranked as one of the most successful releases in history, having reportedly sold more than 40 million copies worldwide. Still, hearing this lunar odyssey performed in its entirety _ straight through, from start to finish _ proved to be a spacey trip that fans won't soon forget.
7, Martyn Joseph, Feb. 8, Freight and Salvage, Berkeley
This evening couldn't have been better, or much more intimate, even if the Welsh vocalist-guitarist had come over to my house and performed a private solo show. A cold, rainy evening kept fans away and there were maybe 20 people in attendance. Still, Joseph performed with the energy and enthusiasm of a man headlining Madison Square Garden. If you are unfamiliar with this great songwriter, most often compared to Bruce Springsteen, I suggest you correct that situation immediately.
8, Gladys Knight, Feb. 3, Paramount
The songbird flew to phenomenal heights as she treated the crowd to mesmerizing versions of "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye),'' "Midnight Train to Georgia'' and other signature selections. Further strengthening the Motown vibe, the opener was the Temptations Review Featuring Dennis Edwards, which delighted fans with such nuggets as "Papa Was a Rolling Stone.'' Yet, that band's performance was utterly eclipsed by Knight's thoroughly enjoyable set.
9, Brian Wilson, Jan. 28, Paramount
Hang the jersey up on the rafters, dear fans, since Wilson has promised to retire the 1966 Beach Boys classic "Pet Sounds'' following this past winter's tour, the final stop of which was in Oakland. Thus, what the local crowd witnessed was the last complete performance of what is arguably the greatest pop-rock record of all time. Keep the ticket stub.
10, Modest Mouse, May 16, San Jose State Event Center
Of the three MM gigs I saw in 2007, the Mouse roared the loudest and most convincingly at the home of the San Jose State Spartans. It was one of those evenings _ of which I've been fortunate enough to witness maybe a half-dozen times _ where Modest Mouse was able to put everything together and transform into the best alt-rock band on the planet.
Most disappointing:
1, Lauryn Hill, June 27, Paramount
Fans were in the lobby demanding their money back just a few songs into this absolute train wreck of a show. Based on what I saw and heard, I commend those fans for their tolerance.
2, The Police, June 13, McAfee Coliseum
The band performed selections from their own catalog during this uninspired reunion show. Yet, Sting and the boys might have well been covering Frank Zappa's "We're Only In It For the Money.''
3, Rock Star Supernova, Feb. 22, Oracle
In case we needed more evidence supporting why reality TV should be outlawed, Rock Star Supernova provided a thesis statement as it crashed and burned in Oakland.
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Alfonso Ribeiro Slams Will Smith & Jada Pinkett Smith Divorce Rumors: 'They Have an Amazing Relationship'
By Alex Ungerman 2:45 PM PDT, August 5, 2015
Divorce rumors surrounding Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith already caused the 46-year-old actor himself to set the record straight on Monday, and now Alfonso Ribeiro is standing up for his pals!
Will's 43-year-old Fresh Prince of Bel-Air co-star talked to ETonline at the ABC TCA press tour, where he took a moment to offer a passionate defense of Will and Jada's marriage.
WATCH: Will Smith Shuts Down Jada Pinkett Smith Divorce Rumors: 'I'll Tell You Myself!'
"Well, I haven't talked to him since all of that simply because there's no reason to," said Alfonso, when asked if he'd reached out to Will since his Facebook post. "I find it really interesting. The media typically will put out there that they always want to tear people a part. I don't understand the fascination with trying to make couples break up. And I think really what I think it is is when a couple doesn't mirror their own way about thinking about a relationship, then something must clearly be wrong."
"Every relationship is different. And they have an amazing relationship," he continued. "So it was nice for him to finally come out and say something and just put it to rest because every year, they're [supposedly] getting a divorce."
"Clearly, they're not getting a divorce," the actor concluded. "And I've spent a lot of time with Will and Jada and so there's no story there."
WATCH: Alfonso Ribeiro Replaces Tom Bergeron as Host of 'America's Funniest Home Videos'
Alfonso is at the TCAs promoting the upcoming season of America's Funniest Home Videos, where he'll be taking over for Tom Bergeron as host.
"We look forward to Alfonso leading AFV into the next generation of family friendly viewership," executive producer Vin Di Bona said in May.
New episodes of the ABC show will begin airing on Sunday, October 11 at 7/6c.
WATCH: Celebrity Couples Who Can't Ever Get Divorced or We Will Lose All Faith in Love
Original reporting by Leanne Aguilera. Follow @LeanneAguilera on Twitter.
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith Slam Divorce Rumors


Mesara previously worked in communications for pharma companies AbbVie, Abbott, and Pfizer.
DEERFIELD, IL: AbbVie's Gulden Mesara has joined Walgreens as VP of U.S. communications.
Mesara is overseeing Walgreens' communications division, including U.S. external comms and the Walgreens Boots Alliance internal communications and corporate events groups. After joining the company in January, she is reporting to Chuck Greener, SVP of global communications and corporate affairs.
Prior to joining Walgreens, Mesara spent more than five years at AbbVie, most recently as VP of global health and commercial communications. She was also head of U.S. public affairs and head of global brand communications at the pharma company. Mesara also worked in communications for Abbott and spent 13 years at Pfizer. Mesara began her career at agencies Ketchum and Noonan/Russo Communications.
Last year, Walgreens head of global comms Yves Romestan retired and was replaced by Laura Vergani, who took on the role of VP of international and divisional communications. Walgreens also awarded a $600 million global marketing, communications, and advertising contract to WPP last year.
Gulden Mesara was not immediately available for comment.


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The Starter Pack comes with an OzoCode reference sheet and over 20 activities. When your child has completed the hours of activities in the box, they can download an Ozobot app or discover all-new games, lessons and coding challenges on the Ozobot website. Kids can also use the OzoBlocky web editor to learn block-based programming principles.


Farmer Bill Jacobs still tears up about the time his family gave a tree to a woman who came to them under tough financial times one Christmas.
Paula calls their U-pick farm venture near Owasso a "happy business." "It's a good way to meet people with very good hearts in our community," she says.
The Jacobs family takes customer experience and tradition as seriously as the productivity and quality of their evergreens, blackberries and blueberries.
Their adoption of an innovative rotating trellis system improves yield and picking conditions for blackberries. The family uniquely grows blueberry plants in containers for easier picking and better control of the plant's pH demands. They operate drip irrigation on every acre, whether trees or berries. And they shear evergreens twice yearly to create a shape worth trimming for the holiday season.
The Jacobs family sells nearly 6,000 precut and cut-your-own Christmas trees in November and December. They sell an average of 17,000 pounds of U-pick and previously picked blackberries and blueberries in the summer. The couple's son, daughter, son-in- law, daughter-in-law and grandkids work on the farm seasonally, as do about 45 employees.
Bill and Paula bought the farm and planted trees on it in 1981 as a way to provide for themselves and their retirement one day.
Today, a separate building houses a proper gift shop and working fireplace that adds to the holiday mood. They round out their Christmastime experiences with free hot cider, candy canes and hayrides.
The family sells three varieties of trees grown on the farm. They also sell seven varieties of precut trees from Oregon and North Carolina, including the popular short-needle firs unsuitable for growth in Oklahoma's climate. They display these precut trees in a barn with misters to keep them moist and fresh.
On their own land, Bill and Paula manage 11 acres of trees in six-year rotations, with about 13,000 trees of various ages growing at any one time. It takes about five years to produce a tree of marketable height.
Get a taste of fresh, locally grown Oklahoma foods at 34 U-pick venues across the state.
These farms offer a wide variety of produce and more year round. Pick buckets of delicious peaches, blackberries, blueberries and strawberries, as well as flowers and lavender, in the summertime. During the fall season, select the perfect, plump pumpkin from a pumpkin patch or gather and roast delicious nuts and deck the halls with a pick-your-own Christmas tree in the winter.
Learn more about the state's U-pick farms and view a map of locations at oklahomaagritourism.com.


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Study: Facebook Ad Click-Throughs Declining
Pamela Parker on February 2, 2011 at 12:11 pm
Click-through rates on Facebook ads only averaged 0.05% in 2010, down from 0.06% in 2009 and well short of what's considered to be the industry average of 0.10%. That's according to a Webtrends report that examined 11,000 Facebook ads, first reported upon by ClickZ.
Meanwhile, the price of those clicks is increasing, rising from $0.27 in 2009 to $0.49 last year. The lower click-throughs and cost increase occurred at a time when Facebook's top advertisers have increased their spend tenfold, according to the Webtrends study.
A friend being a "fan" of the ad was one factor that increased ad performance. "Friend-of-fan" targeting increased click-throughs across the board, but the impact was especially significant among those who attended college. Those who attended college are twice as likely to click if a friend was a fan, suggesting that social influence is stronger among college attenders than among those who didn't attend.
Friend-of-fan targeting could also combat rapidly-staling ad creative, Webtrends found. In most cases, ad burnout came quickly — after three to five days — because, unlike search ads, they are being targeted to individual people. Friend-of-fan targeting helped with this, possibly because the ad gains fans over time, therefore widening the pool of people — friends-of-fans — exposed to it.
Click-Through Rates Over Time with Friend-of-Fan Targeting
Another factor that impacted performance was the category of the advertiser. Since many Facebook users are visiting the site to entertain themselves, brands in categories likely to provoke discussion — media & entertainment, along with tabloids & blogs — had the highest click-through rates.
Webtrends also found age and gender affecting performance. People that were older — up until age 65 — were more likely to click on ads. When they're between 18 and 24 years old, women and men are equally likely to click, but women's propensity to click was greater if they were 25 and older.
Geography (within the U.S., at least) had little impact on click-through rates, although North Dakota and Wyoming showed higher-than-average click-through rates and Hawaii showed lower.
Pamela Parker
Pamela Parker is Senior Editor and Projects Manager for Third Door Media's Content Studio, where she produces Martech Intelligence Reports and other in-depth content for digital marketers in conjunction with Search Engine Land, Marketing Land, MarTech Today and Digital Marketing Depot. Prior to taking on this role at TDM, she served as Content Manager and Executive Features Editor. Parker is a well-respected authority on digital marketing, having reported and written on the subject since its beginning. She's a former managing editor of ClickZ and has also worked on the business side helping independent publishers monetize their sites at Federated Media Publishing.
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Metal Sucks LOOKING DOWN ON AUDIOVENT A "BETTER" CHINESE DEMOCRACY SINGLE
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LOOKING DOWN ON AUDIOVENT
November 17th, 2008 at 11:30am
Vince Neilstein
In the post-nu-metal boom of the early '00s that followed a dumbed down blueprint of that laid out by Incubus came Audiovent, a band who had been around for a while but got swept up in the tide of signings by major labels attempting to cash in on the sound of the moment. Unfortunately for Audiovent, the band became known more for the fact that three of their members were related to members of Incubus; cries of nepotism pretty much doomed this band from the start, which was a shame because they wrote at least a couple of decent rock tunes on their sometimes-wobbly Atlantic debut Dirty Sexy Knights in Paris.
My favorite was always this track, "Looking Down," but you might be more familiar with "The Energy", a pretty big radio hit nationwide.
Pretty sure these dudes broke up / were dropped before they had a chance to record a 2nd record, but I'd be curious to know what they're up to these days.
-VN
Tags: audiovent, incubus
DANGEROUS TOYS REUNION PLEASES SHADOWS FALL, ANTON OYVEY
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Don't Call Incubus Nu Metal—It Hurts Their Feelings
October 9th, 2022 at 11:06am Mandy Scythe
It's cool if you're nu metal, that's just not Brandon Boyd's style.
Incubus Frontman Brandon Boyd Shares New Solo Track, "Pocket Knife"
November 19th, 2021 at 9:52am Vince Neilstein
Don't expect anything heavy here. It's more Morrissey than Metallica.
Incubus Postpone Shows Due to Covid-19 Case
September 6th, 2021 at 9:25am MetalSucks
The final two shows of their tour are off after an unidentified member of their touring party tested positive.
Chris Brown Thinks Municipal Waste are a Fashion Statement
12 Embarrassing Albums That Everyone Owned Back In The Day
How Metal Nerds Choose What Bands To Like: A Scientific Model
Footnotes: A Handy Catalog of Every Song from Which Avenged Sevenfold's Hail to the King "Borrows"


Mitsubishi Electric is a world-leading supplier of energy efficient heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment that will cool, heat and ventilate buildings. Decades of dedicated research have enabled Mitsubishi Electric to provide customers with an advanced range of products that offer complete design flexibility to provide the perfect internal environment.
One very important element of these products is controls. Mitsubishi Electric believes that the ability to control our equipment is vital to long-term energy efficiency, and our controls are designed to help users achieve better lifetime performance of our products as well as internal comfort for building occupants.


Continental has introduced the "Summer Treadwear Indicator" in various summer tire lines. The Summer TWI informs the driver when the remaining tire tread depth is 3 mm. Once the tread is worn down to 3mm, the Summer Indicator becomes level with the surface of the tread pattern, indicating that there is a significant reduction in the wet grip performance. Continental recommends changing summer tires at 3 mm remaining tread depth, as this is the optimum compromise between safety in the wet and economics.
What are the differences between summer, winter, and all season tires?


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Tracy Talks To...
Louise Beech, Mark Edwards & John Marrs
Welcome to the first episode of an exciting new series featuring some of my favourite authors.
I am thrilled and delighted that for my first livestream the wonderful Mark Edwards, John Marrs & Louise Beech have joined me to discuss everything from books to bad reviews, New Year Resolutions and a quick game of Trivial Pursuit.
Happy New Year Everyone and Stay Safe x
Louise's debut novel, How to be Brave, was a Guardian Readers' pick in 2015 and a top ten bestseller on Amazon. The Mountain in my Shoe longlisted for the Guardian's Not The Booker Prize 2016. The Sunday Mirror called Maria in the Moon 'quirky, darkly comic, original and heartfelt'. It was also a Must Read in the Sunday Express and a Book of the Year at LoveReadingUK. The Lion Tamer Who Lost was described as 'engrossing and captivating' by the Daily Express. It also shortlisted for the RNA's Romantic Novel of the Year and longlisted for the Polari Prize 2019. Call Me Star Girl hit number one on Kobo. It also longlisted for the Not The Booker Prize and won the Best magazine Big Book Award 2019. I Am Dust came out in 2020.
Mark Edwards writes psychological thrillers in which scary things happen to ordinary people.
He loves hearing from readers and always responds. Mark can be contacted in the following ways:
Email: mark@markedwardsauthor.com
Twitter @mredwards
Facebook: @markedwardsbooks
Instagram: @markedwardsauthor
You can download a free box set of 'Short Sharp Shockers' by visiting www.markedwardsauthor.com/free
Mark has sold over 3 million books since his first solo novel, The Magpies, was published in 2013 and has topped the bestseller lists numerous times. His other novels are Because She Loves Me, Follow You Home, What You Wish For, The Devil's Work, The Lucky Ones, The Retreat, In Her Shadow, Here To Stay and The House Guest. He has also published two short sequels to The Magpies and six books co-authored with Louise Voss.
Mark lives in the West Midlands, England, with his wife, their three children, three cats and a golden retriever.
John Marrs is an author and former journalist based in London and Northamptonshire. After spending his career interviewing celebrities from the worlds of television, film and music for numerous national newspapers and magazines, he is now a full-time author. What Lies Between Us is his seventh book. Follow him at www.johnmarrsauthor.co.uk, on Twitter @johnmarrs1, on Instagram @johnmarrs.author and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/johnmarrsauthor


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Stangs Tripped Up In Home Opener
DETROIT, Mich.-On Tuesday, the Mustangs hosted their first home game of the 2010 season. The crowd of nearly 100 witnessed a competitive battle between the Mustangs and their opponent.
After two sets, the 'Stangs were knotted up with Calvin's JV 1-1. However, the strong program from the west powered through two straight from there to take a 3-1 victory.
The Mustangs were led by Jalissa Favors (Southfield, Mich./Southfield) who is in the middle of a breakout season. The 5'10" sophomore is averaging 2.5 kills per set through 20 matches this season. Her efforts were followed by fellow sophomores Megan Gohl (Belleville, Mich./Belleville) and Shannon Pietruszka (Garden City, Mich./Garden City) who kept the Mustangs close with their hustle on the court.
On Saturday, the Mustangs will play host to the 2nd Annual Marygrove College Invitational. The six-team invite will begin at 9am and run through approximately 6pm. Come out and support your Mustangs as they look to take home their invite crown this Saturday! NOTE: Mustangs finished in a promising second place last season at the MC Invite.
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Juniors Taylor, Major Earn USCAA All-American Basketball Honors
Basketball Student-Athletes Receive Post-Season Honors
Elisha Major Receives WHAC Honors, Named All-Conference Honorable Mention
Mustangs Drop Season Finale to Concordia, 89-65
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Shannon Brian Moore (født d. 27. juli 1979), bedre kendt som Shannon Moore, er en amerikansk fribryder, som bl.a. har kæmpet for World Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Entertainment og Total Nonstop Action.

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Day 78 & true to form, we rearranged Buzz for the 78th time…We are blessing some Victorians with our excess, whether they want it or not 😁. I had a REAL #shower last night; got to shave my woolly legs & all, so I'm feeling semi human (part feral, part hippy remaining). We commenced a 15k walk to a swing bridge tourist sight from the 1800s but couldn't tell you what it's like cos we quit 3.5k in, as it was the middle of the day in stinking (we did) heat. To complete the image – we did have to walk back, so that's almost officially half way eh (a total of 7ks for those trying to figure it out. Maths wasn't my strong point either). For those of you who know us well YES, we did get #lost. Several times. In several towns & twice on motorways where turning around took us kilometres out of our way & we MAY have broken a few road rules. Just sayin'.And, truer to form, we missed lunch (unless you count a peanut butter & honey rice cake after our melting walk in the heat of the day) so, tired & #HANGRY Step ordered pizzas at 8.30 in a town we didn't know existed. (My body is lousy at digesting food beyond 7pm so ask me how I slept last night- NOT).
How's your life journey going? Are you drifting, or fulfilling dreams? Even lost & hungry, when it's where you're meant to be, doing what you're called to do – you're #winning.
Disappointments are easier faced when the bigger picture is in your mind. It all becomes #adventure!!


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Interview with Agnieszka Perche, Gallery Mananger at Darren Baker Gallery, London
Darren Baker Gallery opened summer 2014 and works to promote both established and emerging artists. Named after the artist in residence, the gallery aims to break down the barriers between artist and audience. Baker has spent the last two decades perfecting a hyperrealist technique. Gallery manager, Agnieszka Perche, speaks to Aesthetica about her appreciation of Baker's work and the company's upcoming exhibition programme.
A: Darren Baker Gallery opened in London in 2014, what makes your gallery unique?
AP: The Darren Baker Gallery is unique due to our strong collaborative spirit. We work with organisations and other galleries, both from the UK and around the globe, in order to bring fresh talent to London's contemporary art scene. We do not want the gallery to act as a blank white space. We work hard to create a warm, lively atmosphere and welcome everyone in with our frequent talks and events. We want to make the art and the artist as accessible and approachable as possible, helping our visitors understand and forge connections with the work we display.
A: Can you tell me a bit about the upcoming shows planned for 2015?
AP: We have an extremely busy year planned with two shows in March. The first is an exhibition of contemporary Ukrainian art and the second, Réminiscences, is a group show of French figurative painters in association with Galerie Guido Romero Pierini and Association Rémanence from Paris. Later in the year, we continue in our exciting collaboration with Isis Phoenix Arts, presenting solo exhibitions of rising stars Tarik Berber in May, Shaun Stamp in July and Julian Tschollar in October. We are also thrilled to announce that in November we will be displaying the work of one of the biggest names in British photography, John Swannell, whose work has previously been shown at the V&A, the National Portrait Gallery and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
A: The gallery is named after resident artist, Darren Baker, can you explain a little about his practice and the ideas behind his oeuvre?
AP: Darren Baker is a hyperrealist artist who produces incredibly detailed works comparable to photographs. Each piece takes several hundred hours to complete. Darren's style is that of a very modern Old Master, born out of his own obsession with detail and inspired by the methods of both Vermeer and Ansel Adams. Darren's work draws on the contrasts and continuities between the human and mechanical lens, using his extraordinary draftsmanship to create images of unparalleled intricacy and intensity. Darren's oeuvre spans a remarkable range of subjects from equine pieces to cityscapes, however he has most recently attracted attention due a number of prestigious portrait commissions, including HM Queen Elizabeth II, Pope John Paul II and the Countess of Wessex. Darren Baker will return to the gallery with new exhibitions in April and in September.
A: You aim to break down the barriers between artist and collector, how do you aim to do this?
AP: The ethos behind the Darren Baker Gallery is to create a comfortable, welcoming creative space for artists and collectors alike, in which individuals can come together and connect. Rather than acting as the middleman, we focus on building strong relationships with and between our artists, buyers and associates, fostering an atmosphere of teamwork and communication. The artists can come to the gallery to produce their pieces, or else can come to meet other artists and interested parties to discuss their ideas and work. We encourage this through events such as Q&As and plan to take this even further in the future through offering visits to artists' studios and workshops in the gallery.
A: You work with both established and emerging artists, what attracts you to an individual's work?
AP: We showcase a broad spectrum of artistic practices from both national and international artists. We do not look for any particular style or movement but focus on finding artists with work that reflects their personality and triggers an emotional response. We enjoy works that have a story to tell, displayed through the artists' individual style and technique, as well as their subject matter. An example of this is Tarik Berber, the star of our May exhibition, who uses techniques from renaissance Fresco painting to portray contemporary urban subjects to great effect.
Réminiscences runs until 5 April, Darren Baker Gallery , 81 Charlotte Street, London, W1T 4PP.
1. Image courtesy of the gallery and Darren Baker.
My Neighbourhood, Short Film, ASFF
Directed by Julia Bacha & Rebekah Wingert-Jabi, My Neighbourhood explores the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis in the midst of a transition championing human compassion.
Duro Olowu, Making and Unmaking, Camden Arts Centre
Filling all three galleries at the Camden Arts Centre is Nigerian fashion designer's Duro Olowu's debut curatorial venture. Making and Unmaking is a collection of beautiful and/or interesting items.
Pipilotti Rist: Midnight Screenings
Throughout January 2017 Pipilotti Rist's Open My Glade (Flatten) 2000-2017 is mounted across 60 synchronised electronic billboards in Times Square.


It should be obvious from this website that I mainly shoot landscapes, so clearly that will be the main subject focus here as usual. In particular, the 45MP resolution on offer from the D850 lends itself perfectly to this remit, delivering highly detailed files. My experience with Nikon goes back many, many years now and I've owned a whole series of their DSLRs and a huge number of lenses. More recently these bodies have included the D800, D800E, D810, Df, D500 and now of course the D850 so I'm fairly well placed to make comparisons of feature sets and image quality. Until recently I retained three of these – the D850, a D500 and a 720nm converted infrared D800 for my day to day shooting but since originally writing this piece, and thanks to the D850, my D500 became surplus to requirements and has now been sold. I should also say in passing that I've plenty of experience with the Fuji X Mirrorless system too, though I no longer retain any of it.
Before picking up the D850 soon after its release in 2017, my 'main' landscape camera was the Nikon D810. It was in many ways the camera that everyone really wanted the D800 to be when it was originally released back in 2012. The D810 is a highly refined shooting experience compared to the D800, has a nicely dampened shutter release, delivers that wonderful ISO64 setting for ultra clean files, has an improved rear LCD display and is generally a lovely DSLR to use. I suppose until someone puts a pile of improvements in front of you in a new package it is the sort of camera that many people would continue to be highly satisfied with.
But then things inevitably evolve. Nikon definitely disrupted the marketplace with the rather unexpected release of the D500 right at the start of 2016 in which it grabbed some of the top of the line pro level features from the Nikon D5 and created a DX (crop) sensor high-performance 20.9MP 10 FPS beast at an altogether accessible price point, intended for the mass market. As a landscape photographer I always want a secondary body because frankly the risk of damage to gear is elevated given the occasional dangerous environments and outdoor shooting scenarios that you can encounter. Until the D500 was released I had been using the Df in that role but while the Df produced gorgeous files it was also a deeply flawed and frustrating user experience on many levels all at the same time. The D500 looked to have resolved many of those flaws to me (autofocus and handling being particularly significant improvements) and so I traded my Df and I really haven't looked back.
In fact, the D500 was so good, something unexpected started to happen – the D500 was becoming my DSLR of choice over the D810 because it just did things so much better, despite having a significant resolution disadvantage. The sheer speed capability and zip about the camera with XQD was a huge revelation, the touchscreen provided a much improved shooting experience while big autofocus, white balance and punchy colour output improvements made me genuinely start to wish I could just somehow have those features combined with the greater 36MP resolution of the D810 along with its ISO advantage. If only….
Does the D850 prove dreams come true and you can really have it all? I would have loved to have been in that Nikon design meeting when someone said "Why don't we try and make a camera that brings the D500 and D810 together in a single package?". And then someone agreed. When the spec list was initially leaked to the world I don't think many camera lovers could believe that Nikon were about to do just that – take the power and sheer performance of features drawn from the D5/D500 and combine those with a higher resolution body built on the pedigree of the D810. Could it be we finally had it all, the goldilocks camera; speed, precision, high resolution and handling?
So let's get down to brass tacks with the D850 and start with the outside and work our way in…. Out of the box, it probably won't surprise you to hear that first impressions are that the D850 honestly doesn't look too different to anything Nikon has made before in this series. When sitting alongside my D500 in particular I could barely tell the two apart by sight and it's definitely more D500 than D810 in its shape and physical presence. There is only a small height and shape difference when you get to the top of the camera where changes are just about apparent, the D850 is more angular with a pinch of extra height in order to facilitate the new pentaprism viewfinder.
As I reported at the start of this piece I've used a plethora of Nikon bodies but I also mentioned the Fuji X System. One of the reasons why I didn't get on with Fuji at all was that I couldn't get my hand comfortably around them (I used an X-E2 and X-T1); they were just too small and if I added a more substantial lens up front the X System was a very poorly balanced experience in my view. To a degree, the Nikon Df suffers from a similar narrow grip problem too which is where the D500 totally delivers, and yes, the 'D500 grip experience' is carried into the D850, and marginally improved upon. It's a fantastic substantial feel which you can comfortably hold with larger lenses whilst giving the confidence of being very well balanced, a joy in truth.
Now, to anyone other than the most sensitive of people, the D850 won't feel any different to the D810 weight wise but holding a D500 in one hand and the D850 in the other with my eyes closed, I can just about tell which one is which. I put the 155g difference down to the body make up – the D850 comes with a magnesium alloy shell with advanced weather sealing (similar in construction to the D810) while the D500 definitely has more lighter weight plastics used in its bones. Speaking of bones, I thought I would throw in the weight difference with the Sony A7RIII here too, with an accompanying Metabones adapter (which would be necessary in order to use Nikon glass on it). Much is made of the 'vast' weight difference between Mirrorless and DSLR bodies but in truth as Mirrorless has matured, each iteration has gained more and more weight. The Sony is a case in point – once a Metabones adapter is applied the difference is a measly 165g. That is utterly insignificant in a backpack and equalised or obliterated once you start adding Sony's rather bloated but nonetheless highly rated G Master lenses. The day of reckoning for DSLRs has not arrived yet – indeed there is little to pick between the Sony A7RIII and Nikon D850 from a feature set point of view, though handling and usability are another discussion altogether which Nikon wins hands down in my view. For now if you're already invested in Nikon's glass there is still very little that is truly enticing about switching to Sony. If you shoot Canon, that is an altogether different discussion given the relatively mediocre sensor performance and feature set which is well behind the curve of other manufacturers now.
One particular component which is all new in the D850 is its optical viewfinder. It's technical specification here is that the pentaprism delivers a 0.75x magnification which won't mean much to most people without a frame of reference. Nikon say that this is the biggest and brightest viewfinder in a Nikon camera yet and from my point of view it is indeed rather gorgeous. I don't really have anything else to say about this other than from my point of view it remains a key advantage over mirrorless cameras. If you want the 'mirrorless experience' you can switch to Live View and Bob's your Auntie, the best of both worlds.
I'm going to cover the LCD Touchscreen in its own section further below but I should mention the basic accessibility of controls right here. Once again Nikon doesn't try to do anything too ambitious with its control layout on the D850 and sticks to a very tried and tested button formula which works fantastically well for me. In designing the D850 they pretty much took an identical button layout from the D500 and applied it, including the splendid autofocus point selection joystick which the D810 lacked on the back and the dedicated ISO button on the top near the shutter button which I love. (By the way, you can program the D800 and D810 to change the function of the Movie Record button to do exactly the same). The only thing I continue to take issue with here is the rather confusing application of an 'i' button which resides directly next to the 'info' button. Even as I write this now I can't tell you which button does what until you press one. That single nuance aside, all of the main functionality is easily accessible as always and Nikon have a very nicely tuned layout for me.
Another physical feature the D850 inherited from the D500 are buttons which light up on the top and down the back left of the camera (though notably not the buttons to the right of the LCD on the back). Pre-dawn shoots are positively improved here for me – less guesswork and more certainty in very low light improves the shooting experience. Once again, it's a very useful feature that the D810 didn't enjoy and another tick for the D850.
One of the key physical differences I should mention between the D810 and the D850 is the loss of the pop-up flash. It's true that one or two people will lament this change by Nikon maybe but from most landscape photographer's point of view I expect it represented a weak point in the D810. It's sheer presence on the camera compromised weather sealing in my view (I used to regularly mop moisture from under the flash unit after rain or seascape shoots) and so I am very pleased to see it gone. Other opinions will apply here of course(!) but the D500's design had already done away with it so in my view it also made perfect sense that this particular trend would continue. One or two may find it hard to agree but I genuinely see the removal of the pop-up flash as progress, not a retro-step which downgrades the spec of the D850 in any way.
My verdict on Presence, Handling, & Basic Usability: The D850 definitely has a fantastic grip and all over solid quality feel to it. The design is robust and I see the non-inclusion of the pop-up flash of the D800/D810 as an advantage adding to that strength, but others might see that differently. One or two might find the overall weight unappealing but if so looking at a DSLR in the first place probably isn't the right choice for you. For those that want the best quality this segment of the camera market has to offer, I challenge you not to be happy with the D850 – it delivers a superb viewfinder experience and all of the right controls are in all of the right places, indeed it improves on everything that has gone before it for me. A big win in this section of the review overall, especially when compared to the D810.
The D810 has a fixed LCD screen with no touch controls at all. In itself it was very much a big improvement over the original D800/E in Live View and enjoyed a 3.2" 1,229,000 dot resolution.
The D500 by comparison to the D810 has a nicely robust tilting 3.2" LCD but enjoyed a resolution boost to 2,359,000 dots, almost doubling the look of image sharpness on the back of the camera. Another big introduction here was touch controls but significantly these do not work in menus, something which I think Nikon could potentially address with Firmware (I won't hold my breath though!). It is only really useful in landscape orientation though, it doesn't tilt and flip for use in portrait orientation.
Finally, the D850 also enjoys the same predictably strong tilting 3.2" LCD and 2,359,000 super-sharp resolution but now has additional touch controls not only for Live View use but for the camera menus too. Just like the D500 you can touch to focus, touch to release the shutter, pinch and swipe controls (just like your smartphone) in image review etc. It's still only really best used in landscape orientation but it all adds up to a very predictable and tidy experience – I love it and it was one of my key reasons to buy the camera.
The D850 solution is inevitably the most rounded and usable of all three, so much so I became somewhat irritated that my D500 didn't have quite the same functionality because it's definitely the right experience on the D850 and I'd been spoiled by the improvement. It has been said down the years that tilt screens are a point of weakness and could easily break. In my experience Nikon's implementation couldn't make this further from the truth – it's definitely NOT a flimsy execution and I have no concerns whatsoever. There are plenty of videos on YouTube of photographers swinging their Nikon by the flip-out screen (not something I would generally recommend!) but these just go to support what I'm talking about. I should say that I also frequent one or two photography forums and I haven't seen a single complaint of LCD screen failure or damage at all in the D500 or D850.
Just as a side point, I put a GGS Larmor LCD protector on my touchscreen to add to its general defence (I did this with my D500 too) – I've had a situation on a previous camera where I was pleased it had been there. There is no change in touchscreen responsiveness with this additional protection though obviously you add anything like this at your own 'risk'.
Some might cry foul here based on my scathing assessment of the pop-up flash on the D810 being a weakness but the truth is that the flip out screen closes very securely to the camera back – you wouldn't necessarily know it was a tilt screen unless someone showed you how to pull it out. The D850 and D500 share the same robustness here and for landscape photographers like me means I can get really low without having to lie in the undergrowth or puddles. It's a very welcome addition indeed and a massive improvement over the D810 which lacks all of these features.
My verdict on the Touchscreen Experience: Nikon have implemented an excellent solution with its D850 touchscreen. There is little to complain about – resolution is sharp, responsiveness is predictable and accurate and the tilting capability makes for much easier usage (in landscape orientation at least). You can now access menus as well as Live View controls and its touchscreen is as good an implementation as I have in my iPhone which can only be the best possible reference for Nikon here.
This might seem like a bit of an odd thing to focus in on but all will become clear in a moment. When Nikon decided the spec for the D850, they once again took the D500 model and replicated the memory card choices – two slots for resiliency or overflow (my preference is for resiliency), one being dedicated to the XQD format and one to the latest UHS-II SD card format. The problem here is that at present both slots operate at different maximum speeds and there's a bit of debate across the internet about Nikon's continued preference in respect of the use of XQD.
So far, Nikon have very successfully used the XQD card format in the D4s, D5, D500 and now the D850. I see XQD as a super-fast data card format delivering (at the time of writing) a maximum of around 440MBs per second. That's a whopping 4Gbits/s of data transfer potential and make no mistake that's HUGE speed and power. All of this muscle is of course needed to facilitate the native 7 frames per second (FPS) bursts of 45MP images, up to 9 FPS with the additional MB-D18 grip and EN-EL18 battery combo.
So what's the issue? The issue is one of potential supply issues right now. The story goes that Nikon got together with Sony and Sandisk to develop the XQD format, yet Sandisk still don't make an XQD card for reasons I can't explain. Lexar did however enter the market and manufacture these cards right up until they closed their retail division recently, leaving Sony, as the sole supplier. Curiously Lexar have re-emerged claiming they will now continue to produce XQD after all, but for how long who knows. Some see the whole situation as problematic and I can understand why, a narrow market is rarely good news for consumers where specialist items are concerned. The rather quizzical situation is confused further by the fact that Sony (despite being one of the key partners in designing this fantastic card) have not implemented XQD in even the recent release of the A7R MkIII, reserving the cards for only a handful of their high-end video cameras. Bottom line – do I really care about all of this? In a word, no, but it's context worth pointing out I think. Cards look like they are available at reasonably fair prices and are not in short supply. I personally use Lexar cards in my D500 and D850 for both the XQD and UHS-II SD slot and I can highly recommend them while they are still available. A 64GB card has capacity for around 640 lossless compressed RAW files on the D850.
Here's the rub though: whether you use XQD or UHS-II SD (or both together), the best cards with highest write speeds unlock the full performance of the D850 and turn it into a lightning fast proposition. It's spectacular. Don't put slow cards into this camera because you will positively kill its potential – I shoot with a Lexar 2933x (440MB/s) XQD card in slot 1 and the Lexar 2000x (300MB/s) UHS-II SD card in slot 2. Fast cards ensure that the buffer empties quickly so for those who are trigger happy they will get the most out of it by buying the fastest cards possible. Frankly the 7fps (9 with grip) performance of the D850 absolutely trounces the D810, the D810 is not in the same league at all and these card choices enhance the speed of operation in the camera significantly including image review, download, in-camera re-touching and so on.
Let's get into image quality and the shooting experience now, which is absolutely critical.
Nikon created a brand new 45MP Back-Side Illuminated (BSI) sensor for the D850 and suggested there would be visible improvement that came with that package. Pinning sensor resolution and ISO performance together for this part of the review is therefore important because these aspects of the camera usually trade off fairly heavily against each other.
Anyone investigating this end of the DSLR market should already understand the reason why lower resolution cameras perform better at higher ISO (and if you don't you had better look it up elsewhere first!) which is why the 16MP Nikon Df, with its hand-me-down D4 sensor performs so beautifully at higher ISO and why the D810 struggles to deliver usable quality images over ISO6400 (my opinion of course). Resolution and High ISO continue to be in contention no matter how good the implementation is, though clearly as time moves on and technology improves every camera company is seeking the holy grail of good quality High ISO with the benefits of higher resolution. The question is, did Nikon really manage to pull this feat off and improve the performance over the D810?
Well, my answer is yes, and no. I'm really not sitting on the fence here, it just depends what your definition of 'improvement' is. Some people are looking for the unicorn 'one stop improvement' with every camera release which frankly was never likely here and has definitely not been delivered. However, the way I see things is that Nikon took the D810's excellent class leading 36MP sensor (which Canon shooters would still probably trade a kidney for!) and re-engineered it to deliver a 9MP resolution bump to 45MP. That's a 25% pixel level boost which I think is pretty significant in its own right. Nikon not only delivered this boost while protecting the lower ISO performance (which would have been a REAL concern to me if they hadn't) but in addition, from what I can see, also managed a marginal higher ISO improvement (which is subtle, but present). Probably the more significant improvement is Nikon managed to deal with the removal of the magenta cast that is usually present in blacks and is experienced at high ISO settings in the vast majority of digital cameras. I'm not clear whether they managed to deal with this at a circuitry level (benefits of the BSI sensor perhaps) or whether it's dealt with via software as the RAW file is recorded but whichever way you look at it, that is also an improvement.
For landscape purposes the camera operates at its optimum level at ISO 64 where it continues to produce super clean files with huge available dynamic range (a whopping 14.8 EV). I can certainly see the resolution advantage over the D810 on my 5k iMac screen but whether that translates to even the largest of prints is debateable. What I do know is that this performance is definitely real competition for certain Medium Format cameras making the D850 look like a bargain in real terms.
My verdict on Sensor Resolution & ISO Performance: Nikon may not have delivered immediately noticeable vast improvements in image quality but that does not mean significant improvements have not been delivered over a camera like the Nikon D810, a DSLR which already provided outstanding image quality, particularly at low ISO. For me, a resolution boost to 45MP whilst retaining its world class low ISO performance was already an achievement but there are high ISO enhancements too which makes the D850 sensor the benchmark against which all other camera manufacturers will want to compete.
As part of the hybrid D810/D500 collision approach to building the D850, it inherited the same Autofocus (AF) module used in the D500 (and D5). It has 153 AF points (99 of those being highly responsive cross-type) and the camera also has its own dedicated AF processor which in theory speeds everything up (which it definitely does).
My experience with all of the D800 series is that autofocus never felt that 'secure'. Low light performance could be hit and miss, and tracking was always good without being amazing. The performance of outer AF points could sometimes be unreliable too, depending on which lens was used. All of this experience changed when I got my hands on the D500 and so I was pretty excited to hear that the D850 would get the same module.
I'm not going to lie, it's not something I've extensively tested in anger so far and a lot of the time my subject matter doesn't really push the camera in this respect, however I do see a reliability improvement for sure over the D810 so far. If you're really interested in the finer detail of AF performance it may be best to seek out a D850 review from say a wildlife photographer who can go to town on this particular element but suffice to say I'm very satisfied regardless.
Basically, instead of just using the rangefinder style 'green dot' focussing method for manual focus through the viewfinder, you can now switch to Live View, activate Focus Peaking and select a red, blue, yellow or white highlight to demonstrate exactly where in the scene you are focussing and how much depth of field you have. These different colour highlight options make it a breeze to use, particularly fantastic for Tilt Shift and narrow depth of field lenses like my all manual Zeiss 100mm f/2. This is genuinely a significant game changing feature on its own for anyone who loves to shoot manual primes, and critical to get spot on with so much resolution at your disposal.
Focus Shift: I finally have a real complaint here because I take umbrage with the name of this feature. This option broadly allows you to set a focus point in a scene and will then automatically 'shift' an autofocus lens (it must be a G or latest E AF-S series lens, not an older AF-D series with a screw drive by the way) by a number of steps which you determine or until it reaches infinity. The end objective is a focus stack which delivers extended depth of field. It doesn't combine the frames in camera, you have to do all of this yourself afterwards in a program like Photoshop.
Nikon should have just called it 'focus stacking' to avoid confusion (I suspect there was probably a copyright issue here somewhere however, hence the mediocre alternative name), it's a poor use of confused terminology but otherwise this is an absolute boon for landscape (and macro). Critically this is a fully intuitive feature – as soon as you need instructions, improvements like this are lost and thankfully Nikon implemented this well in my view. You may also wish to take a look at a software product called Helicon Focus, it's probably the focus stacking tool of choice for those who spend a lot of time doing these.
New Multiple Exposure Enhancements: Nikon fully developed this and didn't really say anything about it. It's finally on par with the Canon experience with a whole pile of new options and that's great news for trying more creative approaches. This is a genuinely unique implementation in the whole Nikon lineup, the D500 and D5 didn't get this improvement. If you're interested in a more artistic use of your camera then this is a great feature to investigate, I'll be making much more use of this going forward.
Automatic AF Fine tuning: This is another useful option that was implemented in the D500 but in truth it's not all that automatic. Judgement is still required but what matters is that with resolution pushing upwards from the D810, fine tuning your lenses remains very important. Of nine lenses I own, seven of them required a +/- adjustment in AF fine tune so it's a critical part of the arsenal in ensuring the best possible outcomes for your images.
My verdict on Focus Modes & Tuning: Autofocus has become a lot more predictable with the D850, performance is on par with my D500 experience and well ahead of my former D810. What makes as much impact here for my landscape discipline though is the simple yet highly effective implementation of focus peaking which is a really big deal and something I've waited to see for years from Nikon. In effect this gives you the 'mirrorless advantage' in a DSLR. The new 'Focus Shift' mode makes focus stacking a less cumbersome process while brand new enhancements to Multiple Exposure is more of a catch-up with Canon than anything unique. Automatic AF Fine Tuning rounds off a fabulous package of measures in the D850 which all add to its usability and contribute to assisting in getting at the best quality outcomes for photographs.
Almost as a post-script here I'm just going to write a couple of words on Lens Performance because there is a lot of questionable information on the internet about this. Some people are worried that their lenses are 'not good enough' or are 'out-resolved' by a higher resolution sensor such as that belonging to the D850. This is simply untrue. I've used 35 year old Nikon AI-s primes on the D810 with no Image Quality issues whatsoever. The real world way of looking at this is actually very simple; with increased resolution, ALL lenses will actually look better but there are undoubtedly some lenses that absolutely shine.
Congratulations for getting to the end of this piece, I hope the information here is helpful. I haven't reviewed every single aspect of the camera because some of this stuff has been done to death elsewhere already, I've only included things which I think are of genuine consequence and anything else not mentioned is either untested, of no interest to me or I simply don't see my opinion as adding any value to what is already known.
Honestly, I can only provide a very high recommendation for the D850. It's an overall package that offers a very significant list of improvements over my D810, which I've now sold. It certainly is a D500 on resolution steroids to me, though ultimately the D850 proved to be that holy grail 'goldilocks' camera and I've sold my D500 too, retaining only my specialist infrared converted D800 alongside the D850. The D810 was a great ride while it lasted – the sensor set the bar high for what was to follow but I'm pleased to say that Nikon delivered plenty of all-round improvements which are justified by the pomp that has greeted the D850.


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Discreet Music är ett musikalbum av Brian Eno som släpptes 1975. Albumet var det första som lanserades under hans hela namn "Brian Eno", tidigare hade hans skivor släpptes med artistnamnet "Eno". Skivan anses vara en av de viktigaste i utvecklingen av musikstilen ambient, men blev ingen kommersiell framgång på sin tid. Eno fick inspiration till skivan då han efter en olycka var sängliggande. Han hade fått en musikskiva med harpmusik som han med stor möda satte igång på grammofonen. Men han glömde ställa in volymen som var mycket lågt inställd vilket ledde till att han fick koncentrera sig noga då han lyssnade eftersom han inte orkade ta sig upp ur sängen igen. Skivans titelstycke var ursprungligen tänkt att användas av gitarristen Robert Fripp som bakgrundsspår att improvisera till under konserter.

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"Discreet Music" - 31:35
"Fullness of Wind" - 9:57
"French Catalogues" - 5:18
"Brutal Ardour" - 8:17

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