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Categories: Geopolitics and Realpolitik
Tags: achmadinejad, Caroline Glick, erdogan, iran, Iran's nuclear, mullahs, nuclear
From JWR, here is Mid East commentator and Jerusalem Post luminary Caroline Glick's very nice, albeit disturbing, digest of the boggling irrational "strategy" and policies pursued by the two Baracks: Israeli Defense Minister and former PM, Ehud and the American President. Mr. Obama is revealed as alarmingly out of his depth while playing nicey nice with the likes of Erdogan, the Iranian mullahs and their enforcer Achmadinejad.
Excerpt: "Then of course, there is the Gaza precedent. Ignoring the lesson of Lebanon, Barak's successor Ariel Sharon reenacted his unilateral surrender policy in Gaza. Like Barak, Sharon promised that once Gaza was cleared of all Jewish presence, it would magically transform itself into a Middle Eastern version of Singapore."
Categories: Geopolitics
Tags: BDS, Harvard, Hewlett Packard, HP, Iron Dome, ISM, Meg Whitman
The open letter examines a case of strange bedfellows, all knotted up, in the BDS (see below) campaign against Israel. HP is the client of Texnology Inc., whose president is active in ISM (International Solidarity Movement); This past week, she called for a demonstration at the Harvard graduation to protest US House vote to fund Iron Dome anti-missile system. HP itself is a long-standing target of BDS.
Dear Ms. Whitman,
It's a curious juxtaposition.
On one hand, Hewlett-Packard is a target of the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) campaign, that potent and diffused instrument of an economic and propaganda war that seeks to isolate and enfeeble Israel. And on the other, we see that HP has a prominent place, as a high profile client, on the web site of a company called Texnology Inc. (http://texnology.com/ ), a service provider of publishing software. So where is the contradiction?
The rub is that Texnology's owner, Amy Hendrickson, uses its resources – its e-mail servers – to disseminate anti-Israel propaganda to advance the objectives of BDS; these objectives include boycott and divestiture of HP because of its business interests in Israel.
This past week, Texnology's servers were the source of a mass distribution e-mail, composed by Ms. Hendrickson, that set its sites on the "Iron Dome," Israel's cutting edge missile defense system, whose sole function is defensive. Its primary purpose? To thwart incoming Grad Katyusha missiles fired at school buses and other civilian targets in southern Israel by Hamas terrorists from the Gaza strip. But Hendrickson's missive insists that the project will "kill Palestinians, destroy their land and homes and make war on neighboring countries." Her e-mail clamors for protest at Harvard's graduation ceremony this week against US funding of Iron Dome, recently approved by the House of Representatives by a vote of 411 – 2.
Such a lopsided vote affirms Israel's right to self-defense and its historic strategic and intelligence sharing relationship with the United States, which is undermined by Hendrickson's false protestations of Israeli aggression.
So, let's connect the dots. Ms. Hendrickson supports the terrorist group Hamas and BDS; she uses her company's servers to advance their ends; HP's name links to Texnology prominently on those same servers. So HP endures the shame of association with a terrorist sponsor and is itself a target of that sponsor. Isn't that just great?
I would add that HP might want to rethink its high visibility business relationship with a company whose president uses company resources as a tool of war against an ally of the United States. Thanks for your attention.
Harry Kanigel
Tags: after gaddafi, Lawrence Auster, Libya, peter hitchens, war rationale
For a bit of refreshing sanity, consider British author and essayist Peter Hitchens' trenchant take on the Libyan conflict and, broadly, the "Arab Spring." Hitchens affirms the obvious but oddly soft-pedaled truth that the thugs who will control Libya after Gaddafi are likely to be worse – much worse. This can be confidently stated without shying from the sure knowledge that the Gaddafi regime is indefensible.
So why are NATO troops there? Hitchens effectively swats aside the quaint hope that it's about principle. If it were, "…we would be bombing Bahrain too, and demanding the withdrawal of the Saudi troops who arrived there in such sinister fashion last Monday [March 7, 2011]. But Bahrain's the base of the U.S. 5th Fleet, so we won't be doing that. And as I've said here before, this supposed objection to rulers killing their own people is not consistent. Sometimes–as in China, Bahrain and Syria–we're happy to let them do it. "
Astute blogger and author Lawrence Auster effectively stitches together a couple of Hitchens' Libya columns – here.
Categories: Geopolitics, Media Coverage and US Politics
Victor Davis Hansen considers the recalibrated media take on U.S. interventionism that has accompanied Obama's Libya actions. National Review Online, Mar 31. A snippet:
(e) Stuff happens: Many supporters of the Iraq War condemned Abu Ghraib as the poorly supervised, out-of-control prison it was. Lax American oversight resulted in the sexual humiliation of detained Iraqi insurgents. It was a deplorable episode, in which, nonetheless, no one was killed, and yet it took an enormous toll on the credibility of Bush-administration officials. But while the media were covering the Libyan bombing and the Middle East uprisings, a number of Afghan civilians allegedly were executed by a few rogue American soldiers. That was a far worse transgression than anything that happened at Abu Ghraib during Bush's tenure — but it was apparently an incident that, in the new media climate, could legitimately be ignored. Obama made "stuff happens" an acceptable defense for those doing their best to run a war from Washington.
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Categories: Geopolitics and Metaphysical Musings
Tags: anti-Israel, defensible borders, hizbollah, propaganda, two state solution, Yigal Allon
From American Thinker 2 Jan '11: The Occupied Territories Revisited: The Doctrine of Defensible Borders by Harry Kanigel. The article examines the philosophical moorings of Israel's enemies and the Jewish state's requirements for defensible borders with a backdrop of international law and the realpolitik jockeying of Israel's early days. The essay revisits the proposed map of Israeli strategist Yigal Allon of 1967 vintage and extrapolates a neo-Allon plan applicable to present day geopolitics.
"It's a puzzle – isn't it? A tiny state of a few million industrious souls is viewed as a truculent, sneering imperialist bully. Surely there's a story behind such a cognitive burr. Why would we dispute the morality of a nation that retains territory of high military value gained in a defensive war?" [read more]
The Power of Information Warfare
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Tags: anti-Israel, Carolyn Glick, hizbollah, propaganda
From Jewish World Review 6 Jan '11: Hizbullah and the Information War. See Carolyn B. Glick's clear-eyed analysis of the effects of propaganda and news management.
On May 8, 2001 a group of Palestinians from a village adjacent to the Israeli community of Tekoa in Gush Etzion got their hands on two Jewish children Koby Mandell and Yosef Ishran from Tekoa. The two boys were bludgeoned to death with stones. The details of the butchery are unspeakable.
The question is what can make human beings butcher children? How can a person hurt a child the way that their killers hurt them?
The answer is Palestinian television.
In the weeks before the murder, PATV (funded by foreign donors) broadcast doctored footage around the clock of what they claimed were atrocities carried out by Israel. They showed doctored images of mutilated corpses and claimed that Israel had mutilated and abused them. Israel and Jews were so demonized by these false images that after awhile, the Palestinians watching these shows believed that Jews, including Jewish children, were all monsters who must be destroyed and made to pay for their imaginary crimes.
This was an act of information warfare that in the event, led Palestinians to butcher Koby Mandell and Yosef Ishran.
As for information warfare aimed at Westerners, here too, the Palestinian Authority, like Hizbullah has a long track record of success. Journalists know that the PA has no compunction about kidnapping, arresting and beating up reporters. They do it to Palestinian reporters routinely. With their sure knowledge, Western reporters who come in to the PA recognize that if they want to be safe, they have to report stories that will make the PA happy.
For instance, after a television crew from Italy's Mediaset network broadcast footage of the PA police-supported lynch mob murdering and dismembering IDF reservists Vadim Nozhitz and Yosef Avrahami in Ramallah in October 2000, Ricardo Cristiani, deputy chief of Italy's RAI television network's Jerusalem bureau published an apology in the PA's newspaper Al Hayat al Jadida.
Among other things, Cristiani wrote, "We [RAI] emphasize to all of you that the events did not happen this way, because we always respect (will continue to respect) the journalistic procedures with the Palestinian Authority for (journalistic) work in Palestine and we are credible in our precise work."
Fearing Palestinian revenge attacks, Mediaset was forced to shut down its offices. This week, Swedish and Danish police announced the arrest of four Muslim terrorists who were en route to carrying out a massacre at the Jyllands Posten newspaper. The attack was supposed to avenge the newspaper's publication of cartoons of Muhammed in 2005. [read more]
Tags: hamas, hizbollah, two state solution
See trenchant analysis of bleak prospects for a two state solution here:
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Mental health problems affecting the Premier League's top players is an issue that crops up every now and again, but it is also an issue which is usually quickly dealt with swept under the carpet. Wayne Rooney has been one such player who has had rumours about the state of his mental health floating around on fan forums and in the tabloid press. However, the conclusion is usually that his personal problems, which are exaggerated by the press, do not equate to the same thing as mental health problems. Despite the discussion, strained though it always is, the real issue is never properly addressed. In the UK, one in four people suffer with mental health problems, but in the glamorous world of Premier League footballers it appears to many that the problem does not extend to the players. The macho, tough-guy persona that footballers are encouraged to adopt at grass-roots levels make young men reluctant to talk about mental health, afraid that it will be used against them as a weakness. However, many in the game are seeing through the façade and are thankfully seeking a way to address the potential problems.
The strained relationship between mental health and professional football
A career in professional football is extremely stressful. The stakes are always high and the pressure on individuals to perform is unimaginable. Any mistake will have them jeered by thousands and spread across the back pages of the national press. The higher the level, the higher the stakes. All this pressure undoubtedly takes a toll on the mental functioning of some players. The constant highs and lows and public nature of everything they do can become a severe burden, and without the knowledge they can safely talk to a mental health professional about their issues – for fear of their problems becoming public knowledge – it only leads to the pressure becoming more of a mental burden. While the physical health of players is always a high priority, their mental health is often mistakenly overlooked.
Dealing with the problem at grass roots level
If U Care Share is a charity involved in encouraging young players to discuss their issues with a view to making mental health a less taboo subject among footballers. The charity holds sessions with youngsters explaining the dangers of bottling up their feelings and providing information on where they can turn if there's a problem. The sessions teach important lessons to a group of young people who are particularly vulnerable to the conditions that put great strain on a person's mental capabilities.
Changing the culture of football
As has been seen by the drive to remove racism and the campaign to make gay players feel welcome in the game, the initiatives to promote more awareness of mental health issues is part of a wider attempt to change the culture of football in England. Most people welcome the change, however, there is still a long way to go before efforts like those of If U Care Share can be deemed a success. With such a macho environment, from team mates and coaches alike, opening up is always going to be a difficult thing for individuals to do and the fragility of certain players' mental state will always be at risk. Giving them an option of someone to talk to in confidence is of crucial importance to the future of the game. Most top level clubs, Manchester United included, now have a mental health first aider on board who is the first point of contact for any player wishing to get anything off their chest. Clubs are beginning to realise that their duty of care goes beyond the physical fitness of the players and it is in their interest to look after the players mentally too. With over 3,400 young players in Premier League academies, it is extremely short sighted to believe that these youngsters won't suffer the same problems as the young population of the UK at large.
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Perhaps in the future, rumours of depression and mental health problems affecting star players like Rooney will become a thing of the past and the football clubs and fans will e able to deal with these issues in a more understanding and sensitive manner. The main aim of breaking the taboo is to create an environment in English football where players are never afraid to admit that they need help. As football clubs continue to take responsibility for their duty of care towards players, this is thankfully beginning to change.
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World Cup Draw 2018 Procedure
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World Cup draw 2018
Qualifications for Russia 2018 are finished and the world cup draw 2018 will take place on the 1st of December in the State Kremlin Palace inside the Moscow Kremlin at 15:00 GMT. Fans will be able to watch it live on television and it will also be streamed on the FIFA website. Ireland fans will be able to watch it on BBC and ITV. FIFA confirmed that England international soccer player Gary Linekar will conduct the group draw alongside Russian sports journalist Maria Komandnaya.
The draw itself can be a complicated process and involves pots, seeds, and other rules and regulations. Below is information on how the countries are placed in the pots and how the draw works.
The 32 qualifying teams will be placed into four pots of eight and then drawn into eight groups, lettered A-H. With the exception of the hosts Russia who will be placed in pot one and given slot A1, the qualifiers will be added to the pot based on their October FIFA ranking in descending order. The highest-ranking teams will all go in pot one.
The world cup 2018 draw is not as simple as just pulling a team from each pot to form groups either. The rules state that no team from the same confederation can be drawn in the same group. The only exception here is UEFA. Two European teams can be drawn in one group but not three. The draw will then divide the 32 teams into eight groups of four and each group will play three matches before the top two countries advance to the second round of the World Cup. Russia will automatically be placed in Group A.
There are 32 finalists that have been separated into four pots based on how they seed. For sports betting fans, this shows who the favorites are and teams in Pot one are the highest ranking.
Pot one: Russia, Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Argentina, Belgium, Poland, France.
Pot two: Spain, Peru, Switzerland, England, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, Croatia.
Pot three: Denmark, Iceland, Costa Rica, Sweden, Tunisia, Egypt, Senegal, Iran.
Pot four: Serbia, Nigeria, Australia, Japan, Morocco, Panama, South Korea, Saudi Arabia.
Online betting enthusiasts will be watching the group draw with baited breath to see what bets they will be making in this soccer tournament. Qualifying teams will be paired for their first matches and this will determine the next round. Iceland and Panama are making their debut and for Russia 2018 we are without Italy, Chile, Cameroon, and the Netherlands.
There are always predictions on possible groups including the group of death where teams are thought to draw the short straw. Our BettingTop10 predictions for this group would be Brazil, Spain, Denmark, and Nigeria. This would be the hardest group.
A second group could be Germany, Spain, Egypt, and Japan. Spain are the clear team to avoid from Pot 2. A possible third group could be Argentina, Spain, Senegal, and Serbia. Argentina come from Pot 1.
Qualifiers in Pots 2, 3, or 4, will be hoping to land Russia in the group stage. Pot 2's underdog is Switzerland, with Iran taking this spot in Pot 3.
Below we have some possible scenarios that soccer fans will be watching for when it comes to online betting.
Brazil and Spain are in the same group this will put two contenders up against each other very early in the competition.
An exciting group for soccer sports betting fans would be Brazil, Mexico, Egypt, and South Korea. Another would be Brazil, Croatia, Denmark, and Nigeria.
The worst-case scenario for most teams would be to be drawn against Spain or Germany in their first group match.
England will draw one team from Pot 1, 3, and 4. Their best possible draw would include Russia, Senegal, and Saudi Arabia.
England's worst possible draw would include Germany, Costa Rica, and Nigeria.
Germany haven't lost a since 2010 when they were beaten by Spain and this will be a group draw they will be hoping to avoid.
Germany best possible draw would be Saudi Arabia.
Brazil will be hoping to avoid Spain.
The World Cup draw 2018 has been held and we can now reveal who will play who in the group stages kicking off in Russia on the 14th of June 2018.
Group A: Russia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Uruguay
Group matches are:
June 14 Russia v Saudia Arabia
June 15 Egypt vs Uruguay
June 19 Russia v Egypt
June 20 Uruguay vs Saudi Arabia
June 25 Uruguay v Russia and Saudi Arabia v Egypt
Group B: Portugal, Spain, Morocco and Iran
June 15 Morocco v Iran and Portugal v Spain
June 20 Portugal v Morocco and Iran v Spain
June 25 Spain v Morocco and Iran v Portugal
Group C: France, Australia, Peru and Denmark
Matches are:
June 16 France v Australia and Peru v Denmark
June 21 France v Peru and Demark v Australia
June 26 Australia v Peru and Denmark v France
Group D: Argentina, Iceland, Croatia and Nigeria
June 16 Argentina v Iceland and Croatia v Nigeria
June 21 Argentina v Croatia
June 22 Nigeria v Iceland
June 26 Iceland v Croatia and Nigeria v Argentina
Group E: Brazil, Switzerland, Costa Rica and Serbia
June 17 Costa Rica v Serbia and Brazil v Switzerland
June 22 Brazil v Costa Rica and Serbia v Switzerland
June 27 Switzerland v Costa Rica and Serbia v Brazil
Group F: Germany, Mexico, Sweden and Korea Republic
June 17 Germany v Mexico
June 18 Sweden v South Korea
June 23 Germany v Sweden and South Korea v Mexico
June 27 Mexico v Sweden and South Korea v Germany
Group G: Belgium, Panama, Tunisia and England
June 18 Belgium v Panama and Tunisia v England
June 23 Belgium v Tunisia
June 24 England v Panama
June 28 Panama v Tunisia and England v Belgium
Group H: Poland, Senegal, Colombia and Japan
June 19 Poland v Senegal and Columbia v Japan
June 24 Japan v Senegal and Poland v Columbia
June 28 Senegal v Columbia and Japan v Poland
Below are our BettingTop10 predictions following the World Cup draw 2018 for all the sports betting fans out there.
Which teams will pass the first round?
In group A we predict Egypt to secure their place in the next round. In Group B the match between Spain and Portugal will be one to watch but we predict that Spain will top their group. In Group C France should beat Australia and Peru easily enough and it could be a play-off between them and Denmark. In Group D Argentina should come out on top. Group E should be Brazil who have been drawn a fairly easy group. Their toughest opponents will be Serbia. Group F Germany should be the winner and in Group G England may have the slight advantage and Belgium will be the side they need to beat. In Group H the action will be between Poland and Senegal.
Which teams will surprise us?
Iceland in Group D could be a team to watch.
We can expect to see some great soccer games during the month of June 2018 when all eyes will turn to Russia. The Spain v Portugal match will be one to watch. Argentina v Nigeria is another one to watch and it's the fifth time the two sides have met in the last seven World Cups. Argentina have yet to lose. In Group A the Uruguay v Egypt game should be exciting with lots of the Premier League players in action. England v Belgium is another exciting match. There are some intriguing matches and the excitement should become even better after the group stages.
The 2018 World Cup Draw went off without a hitch and featured some folk dancing and two musical interludes. England got a great draw and it was Diego Maradona that delivered their group. The irony of this wasn't lost on host, Gary Lineker who said, "Diego has always been good with his hands." Of course, he was referring to the time when the Argentine cheated and knocked England out of the 1986 World Cup quarter finals.
There's lots to looking forward when it comes to online betting on this soccer tournament and the bookies have already been adjusting their odds following the World Cup Draw. England have moved up to 16/1 odds from 25/1. Germany and Brazil both remain the favourites at 5/1 with France following at 6/1. Spain have odds of 15/2, Argentina 8/1, Belgium 12/1, Portugal and Columbia both at 25/1, Croatia at 28/1, and Russia and Uruguay at 33/1.


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SEATTLE, June 9, 2015 (Press Release) -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) and the Clearwater Paper Corporation (Clearwater Paper) have reached a settlement regarding Clean Air Act violations at Clearwater Paper's Lewiston, Idaho, pulp mill. Clearwater Paper is the country's largest provider of private label tissue to retail grocery chains and a major bleached paperboard manufacturer.
Today, the USDOJ, acting on behalf of EPA, filed both a Complaint alleging claims under the Clean Air Act and a proposed Consent Decree resolving those claims in the federal district court in Idaho. The Complaint alleged that Clearwater violated the Clean Air Act by failing to control emissions of total reduced sulfur (TRS) and hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) as required by applicable regulations.
"Communities like Lewiston depend on Clearwater Paper to comply with their permits and minimize air pollution wherever possible," said Ed Kowalski, director of EPA's Office of Compliance and Enforcement in Seattle. "Inspecting facilities like Clearwater Paper is also key to our National Air Toxics Enforcement Initiative, where EPA is focused on reducing illegal emissions of hazardous air pollutants that can harm air quality and community health."
As part of the settlement, Clearwater Paper will invest approximately $800,000 in re-routing sawdust digester gases containing TRS and HAPs to pollution control equipment at the plant. Prior to reaching final settlement, Clearwater spent an additional $43,000 on repairs to its pulp washers which reduced emissions. The settlement terms also require that Clearwater Paper pay a $300,000 civil penalty.
EPA's National Air Toxics Enforcement Initiative prioritizes cutting HAPs, or air toxics, that are known or suspected to cause cancer, birth defects and seriously harm the environment. Actions required by this settlement will reduce both TRS and HAPs emissions.
The Consent Decree is now subject to a 30-day public comment period prior to entry. Comments on the document may be sent to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and should refer to United States v. Clearwater Paper Corporation, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-10620. Comments may be submitted either by email or by mail:
By email: pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov.
By mail: Assistant Attorney General, U.S.DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044-7611.
For a copy of the consent decree: http://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees
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I feel like we're flying through these seasons right now!
This is the last week of the season of serenity and it's also the end of summer.. Wahhhhhhhh !
The pages I created this week use supplies from the get messy craft swap that was organised this season. It was the brain child of me and Karen and along with Caylee's help we managed to set up an international craft swap with 39 participants. To say I am proud and amazed by the dedication of this group is a massive understatement.
For the swap, I actually had two partners, Kate (Russian queen of pattern) and Melody (bold and beautiful crafter) I used most of their ephemera sent to me individually with one token mixed page.
I also got a bit carried away so there's quite a few images to follow..
I ripped up and layered a painted piece of card that Melody sent to me. It was painted on each side and stamped on as well so I tried to get a good balance between each of them. I then spray painted through a laser cut tag Melody also sent, to create the dots. i love the random and quick feel of this spread.
I wanted to do something with a forest theme for this entire season and once I had ripped up and collaged the dictionary pages sent by Melody (torn out on the swap page, no less) I tea stained parts and then began my trees. I wanted them to be really layered so started with watercolour, then felt tip and then two more layers of the same. Seeing them now, you can't tell how much layering went into them but they definetly needed it! The quote is from the where the wild things are book and I now have that song from the film stuck in a loop in my head - no bad thing! The yellow bits in the middle are a bit random but I really like them, They make a traditional page a little quirky.
I had this page already painted in blue watercolour just waiting for something to find it's place there. These golden bits of card from Melody I ripped pretty evenly and then stuck down. I chose stripes and leaves as a little practice for my wild things page above !
I love a good page with layers! This one has an absolute abundant. Kate sent me so many cool bits of paper that all looked really interesting together so rather than segment them all, I made this first page a collection collage. I then stuck it all down with washi tape. The flowers over top are marker pen on tracing paper and help to pull everything in together.
Over the top of these Russian book pages (SO COOL) I painted and printed with my palms. I was inspired by this image from the get messy Pinterest page. I don't actually own any paint other than white acrylic so have to mix it with ink to create other colours. I was annoyed I couldn't get a darker tone but I think the mystic and magic still comes through.
The main image of flowers was from Melody and the stamps were on the envelope from Kate!
I love this page, it's so happy and was inspired by this cross stitch I again, found on pinterest.
That's it for the get messy season of serenity!
Make sure to check out everyone's pages through the link up on the get messy blog.
So thankful that you started that swap. It helped me level up.
How cool is that ! The whole swap and the pages you created!!


Alexandria, Va. (March 27, 2014) — GIC Group (GIC) has nam Dr. Eric Wu (吴晓东) has been selected as Director of GFSF and Financial Services/China.
Dr. Wu is from Tianjin City, China. He graduated from China Agricultural University, and later on got his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and M.B.A. from New York University Stern School of Business with a concentration in Finance.
Wu also has more than 10 years of working experience in the fields of agriculture, healthcare and financial services. He has served as Managing Partner of Jade Advisors LLC, a U.S.–China cross border business consulting firm based in New York City. Prior to that, he was the Managing Director of KB Global Fund, a China based private equity fund with investments in growth stage and pre-IPO Chinese companies.
Wu also worked at Tianjin Bureau of Animal Husbandry before coming to the U.S. He officially joined GIC Group full time on March 24, 2014.


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At the start of the 2005 spring semester, a fresh face appeared on the Hurricanes' women's tennis team when Austria native Patricia Starzyk transferred to the University of Miami.
While she still adjusts to moving to an entirely unfamiliar country, her transition into the world of American tennis is seamless. In Austria, Starzyk was the national champion from 1994 to 2000. Her abilities and authority on the court make her a dominant part of Miami's tennis squad. Since the start of her first season as a 'Cane, Starzyk has maintained an undefeated singles record at the fourth and fifth singles positions.
Starzyk first became interested in the game of tennis when she watched her father and brother play recreationally. She asked her father to teach her and from the age of 10, Starzyk began consistently working at becoming a serious tennis player. As her skills improved, so did the list of accolades that included a number of women's open tournaments and International Tennis Federation victories in countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia.
Starzyk first initiated correspondence with the University of Miami's tennis team in an attempt to come to America and play on a competitive team.
"I knew several girls in Austria that went to universities in the United States. For me, it became a dream to play tennis on a team and get an American degree," Starzyk said. "I had heard of the reputation Miami's tennis team had so I contacted them."
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Miller's Landing Park
55 NW Riverside Blvd, Bend, OR, United States
Situated across the Deschutes River from McKay Park, Miller's Landing Park is Bend's newest riverfront park. Miller's Landing is a great park for picnicking, viewing the river and Old Mill District activities or perhaps a game of Frisbee. Accessible via streets and trails, the park features a section of the Deschutes River Trail, connecting the Riverside neighborhood to the Old Mill.
River access is available for water play, floating, paddleboarding, surfing and kayaking. The park offers access to water recreation opportunities in the Bend Whitewater Park.
Address 55 NW Riverside Blvd, Bend, OR, United States (Directions)
Deschutes River Trail
Fitness Loop
Paths Paved
This location is ideal for small- to medium-size groups planning to utilize the Deschutes River and trails.
Seating capacity – 25 people, total capacity 100 people
4 moveable rectangle picnic tables
Open lawn areas and trails
Restrooms and drinking fountain
Adjacent to community gardens
Lighted shelter and electrical outlet
Learn more about this rental.
The park and is richly rooted in our town's history. In 1877, Stephen Staats (as in Staats St.) filed claim for the land which is now home to the park. The parkland was at one time ranched, home to a hotel and the site of one of Bend's early post offices. In 1924, Harry Miller, owner of Miller Lumber Company, bought the land. Its location just downriver from the Shevlin-Hixon and Brooks Scanlon mills was an ideal site for a lumber holding area, staging area for delivery wagons and stable for horses. Many years later when horses were replaced with gas engine vehicles, the company no longer actively used the property. In time, the land's primary use was by locals to access the river.
In 2010, The Trust for Public Land (TPL) led an effort to raise community funds to contribute to the purchase of the land from current property owners, the Miller family and Brooks Resources Corporation, with the goal of preserving the land as a community park for all to enjoy forever. Greg Cushman, TPL board member and local community advocate, led a campaign to raise $700,000 to help the Bend Park & Recreation District purchase the land for what is now Miller's Landing Park. Over 500 people contributed to see this park come to be.
River Survey


#TGIT...Loading! See the Promo Pic & Video for ABC's "Scandal", "Grey's Anatomy" & "HTGAWM"
It's Shonda Rhimes' world, and we are just living in her Shondaland!
September is here, and for fans of ABC's hit TV shows – Scandal, Grey's Anatomy and How To Get Away With Murder, it is a golden month, and juicy Thursday nights.
The promo photo and video for the shows has been released.
Check out your favourite stars including Kerry Washington, Viola Davis, Ellen Pompeo, Tony Goldwyn and Scott Foley.
Awwh my lovers.. Grey, Scandal #TeamShonda always making us connect and getting attached to tv characters ….and then shredding our hearts in every finale…… :(… i cant even hate her, cos she does her work well..!!
This photo is such an achievement! Three great shows, all from one mind. well done Shonda, more grease to your elbow.
what comes to mind after seeing the promo picture above…… is a round of a plus .Shonda you have done well for yourself….its been more than 10years and you're still winning!.


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TO ELIZABETH WARREN (Late Night Dedication)
Posted on October 16, 2018 by Nondisposable Johnny
Today Warren announced she had taken a DNA test that failed to prove she had any Native American DNA but did "strongly" suggest she had somewhere between 1/64 and 1/1204 Latino DNA (which is now used in DNA samples seeking Native American bloodlines because North American tribes, for any number of good reasons, provide few samples of the genuine article).
Naturally her side proclaimed triumph and the other side mocked her.
I'll never understand why these people don't consult with me first. They won't even have to pay me. I'm like Dustin Hoffman in Wag the Dog. I'd just do it for the fun of it. For a story to tell.
If wannabe President Warren had put herself in my hands, I would have dressed her in the costume Cher is wearing here, rolled out the smoke machines and had her lip-synch the hell out of it.
Crazy you say?
Front runner by Friday I say.
Laugh all you want. Family lore has it I'm either 1/32 or 1/64 Cherokee myself. Never considered myself anything but an American…and I know my people. They're the ones providing the thunderous applause at the end…
[UPDATE: Some folks are confused by my first sentence. My apologies, as I some times forget I have WAY too much time to follow this stuff. Hence, I make assumptions about what everybody knows that I shouldn't.
Here's the nutshell: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has been dogged for years by her insistence that she had Native American heritage (and the idea that she used this claim to further her career by registering as a "minority" when, and only when, it would give her a leg up in applying for various positions). In what is probably preparation for a presidential run in 2020, she commissioned a DNA test which ended up in the hands of a famous expert at Stanford University. He assured her she has a Native American ancestor somewhere between six (1/64) and ten (1/1024) generations back (Initial media reports had it between 1/32 and 1/512). If true, this means she has less Native American heritage than the average European American. However, headlines from many Warren-friendly media outlets insisted she had proven her claim. Even most of the stories under those headlines, including this one, acknowledged testing for Native American heritage that far back does NOT produce definitive results. The key graph is here (buried deep here, and in most other, stories):
To make up for the dearth of Native American DNA, Bustamante used samples from Mexico, Peru, and Colombia to stand in for Native American. That's because scientists believe that the groups Americans refer to as Native American came to this land via the Bering Strait about 12,000 years ago and settled in what's now America but also migrated further south. His report explained that the use of reference populations whose genetic material has been fully sequenced was designed "for maximal accuracy."
In other words the "Native American" ancestry Warren claims is just as–if not more–likely to have been Latin American. Had she known, maybe she could have checked Hispanic on all those application forms. Perhaps not surprisingly, the leadership of the Cherokee Nation has rejected Warren's kinship claims in the strongest possible terms (as they have for decades, this is just the first time most people are hearing about it).
For the record I do not care about Warren's politics one way or the other. I seek the comedy. Always the comedy!
Cher for President!
Posted in LATE NIGHT DEDICATIONS	| Tagged Cher, Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Warren, Wag the Dog	| 19 Replies
TRACK-BY-TRACK: KICKS! 1963-1972
Posted on March 24, 2018 by Nondisposable Johnny
Kicks! 1963-72
Paul Revere & the Raiders (2005)
Paul Revere & the Raiders have been lucky with comps in the CD era. For those who just want the garage band essence, The Essential Ride is unbeatable. The Collector's Choice set of their complete singles easily sustains three long discs.
But for the best overview of everything they meant in their decade of prominence–a decade that made them the one true garage band (in the narrow sense of the term–there's a case to be made that all rock and roll bands are garage bands of some sort) to transcend the genre (which, like most rock and roll genres, was retroactively named).
I loved them at every phase. And at every phase, they may have wandered in this direction or that for a record or two–a little folk rock, a little psychedelia, a little pop–but they always came back to the same place.
Stomp.
Track….by….track:
"Louie Louie"–Not as chaotic as the rival Kingsmen's monster hit and, oddly, not as focused either. But it does have its own unique thrill. Right at the top. "Grab your woman, it's Louie Louie time!" Now that's a band announcing itself.
"Steppin' Out"–They made plenty of other gut-bucket sides, chasing a way to put the jet-fuel energy of their live shows on wax. This segue takes you past all that and straight into their greatest period. Meaning they managed the trick. The narrator's been in the military. Just got home. Found out his girl's been running around. He's not happy. He wants answers. Released in 1965 and only a modest hit at the time, it was enough to get their career started. Within a few years, it was as much an autobiography of a generation as "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" or "Run Through the Jungle" and the true birth of what came to be called Heartland Rock. I don't think much has changed.
"Just Like Me"–And then they go bigger. Mark Lindsay was already one of the period's great vocalists, able to purr on one beat and roar on the next without sounding like he had played a trick….or contradicted a thing.
"Kicks"–A specific anti-drug song, courtesy of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. As un-hip as anything could be in 1966 and one of the few records that saw around the corner as clearly as it embodied the times.
"Action'–This one I could do without. As TV show themes go, it wasn't "Come On Get Happy" let alone "Theme from the Monkees." Placed here, it just breaks the momentum of one the great singles' runs in the history of singles.
"Hungry"–Back on track. Mann and Weil again. It's worth remembering they wrote "We Gotta Get Out of this Place," too. They had a knack for expressing blue collar anger. As did Mark Lindsay.
"I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone"–Suddenly they're in competition with the Monkees, which probably didn't do anything for their cred, especially since "Steppin' Stone" was one of Mickey Dolenz's best vocals. I'm not even sure this is as good. But it still scorches. No let up.
"Louie, Go Home"–An obvious throwback, just before they moved to the next phase. One of the great Louie updates, though, and a harbinger of where they would always go in a pinch. For a taste of what they had done with this sort of material three years earlier, you can watch this…
"Ballad of a Useless Man"–Not a ballad. A talking blues. "I was gonna be a king…Now the end is drawing near." That kind of talking blues.
"The Great Airplane Strike"–One of the great protest records because it's one of the few that insists on acknowledging that, in the Land of Milk and Honey, it's the small ways the Man has us by the balls–his endless capacity for packaging every last detail of our existence–that matter.
"Good Thing"–If White Boy Stomp was all there was, and this was the only example, would we know what we were missing? (And I'm not sure whether the video I linked is the apotheosis of the White Boy Stomp Ethos or the reason it had to die. Both maybe?)
"Why, Why, Why? (Is It So Hard)"–Fang sings…Why, why, why?
"Louise"–And what would an anthology of the greatest garage band be without a weird blend of wistful thinking and hostility towards a mysterious femme?
"Him or Me-What's It Gonna Be?"–Back to business (i.e. Return to Stomp). "I can still recall when you told me I was all….everything you looked for in a man." Bet you can guess how the title question gets answered! Love the "what's" instead of "who." Love the stinging guitar lick in the intro. Love the whole thing actually.
"Mo'reen"–Bit of a placeholder. Except for the part where I can't figure out whether Mo'reen looks green or clean. In any case, she's neither. Just jailbait. Else the little sister of the girl from "Poison Ivy" carrying on a family tradition. Or…both?
"Gone-Movin' On"–A thumper with one of those stereo-typical break fades that meant the times were a changin'. Before that, weird, discordant echoes of the Nashville Sound and the Everly Brothers….There's a reason they lasted folks.
"Tighter"–Okay now we're dipping into the pop psychedelia bag (the one where the records were made by people who didn't take drugs…or else didn't pay any attention to the effects). If you ask me how I know, I'll just say I know my fellow abstainers when I hear them. That said, not the worst of it's type.**
"I Had a Dream"–They still hadn't taken any drugs…but this one did have an addictive melody. There was a reason they lasted folks…when so many others fell away.***
"Ups and Downs"–Back to stomp (with a lovely teaser intro just to keep everybody a little off-balance….). And yes, the girl's still got him on a string (their great theme). And he's still not sure how he feels about it.
"Peace of Mind"–Be sure to attend the strangled scream of "Well I'm talkin' about peace" just before the long fade.
"Too Much Talk"–One of those period records that sounds like it starts in the middle and features a touch or two of fuzz-tone guitar. Unlike a lot of others, this one works–mostly thanks to an epic bass line that works like a lead guitar.
"Cinderella Sunshine"–"Windy's" younger, tougher sister?
"Don't Take It So Hard"–Okay, this time he's definitely leaving her….by trying to appeal directly to the teeny-boppers who were ready to abandon the Monkees?
"Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon"–This is my fave of their late 60's "pop" direction…shoulda been bigger!
"Let Me!"–Angry lust…as Stomp. Whatever assurances had been offered by the previous few singles was withdrawn. "I know that, my love is going somewhere….But, I'm sure, that it ain't being got by you." Indeed. Let me do what now?
"Just Seventeen"–Just in case you missed the point of about half the entries so far. Never mind that this time she's hunting him!
"Indian Reservation "–(The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)"–The apotheosis of Pop Protest–statement records that sounded like (and were) natural Pure Pop #1's. (See Cher's great "Half Breed," Three Dog Night's "Black and White" among others). Plus one of the greatest arrangements ever on a hit record. And don't think Pop Protest Mark Lindsay had forgotten his garage band roots when it came to digging in on the chorus.
"Birds of a Feather"–One of Joe South's lilting melodies and a fine pop-rock vocal. Imminently pleasurable, especially the bridge. A bit lightweight next to their greatest, but you could live a step down from that height and still be pretty fine.
"Country Wine"–One last diversion…into some blend of Aesthetic Pop and Countrified pop. Could have been a modest hit as a folk rock record in 1966. All of which meant….
"Power Blue Mercedes Queen"–It was time to Stomp. And time for an age to end. Though if this had been the big hit it deserved to be, who knows how much longer the fun might have lasted? A mid-chart disco record perhaps? A singer-songwriter knockoff? Who knows. One thing you can bet. Wherever they ended it….it would been set to Stomp.
**NOTE–Ace commenter Neal Umphred–who, believe me, has forgotten more about the sixties than I'll ever know–ran this by a friend whose an expert on the Raiders and has been assured that various members of the band were experimenting with drugs at the time. I covered myself a bit on this (that's what the "or else didn't pay any attention to the effects" was for)–but I should have been clearer. If they weren't taking drugs, then they pulled off a masterpiece, because they made a record that sounds exactly like squares pretending. I also shouldn't have further muddled it by suggesting they were abstainers, which is a whole other thing and something I really couldn't know. What I should have said is "Poor lads. They were trying to do things that were hardly worth doing when they were already better at what they did best than practically anybody else." In any case mea culpa!
***On the followup, "I Had a Dream," Neal's friend says it was mostly session men backing Mark Lindsay. Who knows what those weirdos were into!
Posted in TRACK-BY-TRACK	| Tagged Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, Cher, Fang, Joe South, Mark Lindsay, Mickey Dolenz, Paul Revere and the Raiders, the Everly Brothers, The Kingsmen, The Monkees, Three Dog Night	| 8 Replies
MOST LIKELY YOU'LL GO YOUR WAY AND I'LL GO MINE (Snuff Garrett, R.I.P.)
Posted on February 5, 2016 by Nondisposable Johnny
(Leon Russell (l) with Snuff Garrett in the late sixties)
I may have to start a separate site to keep up with the Death Train. Somehow, in the hurly-burly that was mid-December, I missed the passing of Snuff Garrett, a man who made sneaky great records throughout the sixties and seventies.
Beyond what you can find on Wikipedia and the usual obit sites I don't know a thing about him, except that he drove punks and Puritans crazy. I doubt anybody made a larger number of the specific records that supposedly made the cleansing noises of the late seventies' underground "necessary." And if that picture above doesn't say how much he was likely to worry about it, nothing I could add ever would. A true American Hustler from the get-go and a Pop Genius like they don't even come close to making anymore.
And, as for me, I'll trade the intro to "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves," and the way Cher lands on "preach a little gospel," for every record the Ramones ever made.
May God bless and keep you brother.
And just in case you thought he couldn't make a straight-up great record without starting a run on the smelling salts:
Posted in R.I.P.	| Tagged Cher, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Leon Russell, Snuff Garrett, Tanya Tucker, Vicki Lawrence	| Leave a reply
THE SCOTTISH LASS GOES SOUTH (Vocalist of the Month for 3/14: Lulu at Atlantic)
"My only sadness is that it didn't continue until the day I die."
Lulu (on her time at Atlantic)
By the time Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie was signed to the Atco subsidiary of the American soul giant Atlantic Records in the fall of 1969 she was twenty years old and entering the third distinctive phase of her recording career.
In the first phase, which started when she acquired her stage name, Lulu, and fronted a band called the Luvvers, she had made the journey from Glasgow to London and become a British sensation with a knockout cover of the Isley Brothers' "Shout" (her version charted perennially on the British charts for the next three decades).
She was all of fifteen and, despite an occasionally ragged relationship with the beat that was common among the era's youngest rockers (among true youngsters, only Brenda Lee consistently sang with anything like old-fashioned assurance–rock n' roll was never as easy as the masters made it sound or the haters wanted you to think), pretty close to being the hardest soul singer the Isles produced. Her enthusiasm occasionally got ahead of her talent in those days but there were some scorching highlights. Her ballad singing was assured from the beginning (she did a particularly lovely job of re-imagining Van Morrison's "Here Comes the Night," as a torch song). And her knockout, hard-rock covers of "Dream Lover" and "He's Sure the Boy I Love" are a long way ahead of pretty much anything the young Mick Jagger did in his pre-"Satisfaction" days. Say what you want about Lulu covering the classics but at least she never sounded like she had learned American English phonetically.
That said, the early period was uneven to say the least. Between production values that were oft-times barely professional (a bit of a general problem in England at the time), dicey material ("Choc Ice"…really?) and lack of a clear direction, the voice seldom got its due even on her best records.
That changed somewhat when she signed with Mickie Most (probably England's top producer of the period), landed an acting gig in the Sidney Poitier vehicle To Sir With Love and entered her second phase with a bang.
The title song of To Sir With Love, written by a friend at the by-then seventeen-year-old singer's request when she refused to sing what the studio had in mind, became Billboard's official #1 record of 1967 after it was released as a B-side and American dee-jays flipped it. It was also one of the best sung records of the greatest era for vocal music we're likely to know. One might have thought that Most would know what to do from there–namely run off a series of hit singles, as he had done for Herman's Hermits, Donovan and the Animals previously (talk about covering some ground), and would do for Hot Chocolate later on.
Instead–and despite a handful of genuinely wonderful records which didn't do much commercially–he steered her toward ever more banal material, finally climaxing with the already world-famous Lulu actually winning the Eurovision Song contest (usually reserved for those still chasing their fortune) for 1969 with a track called "Boom Bang-a-Bang," which the singer herself has occasionally–and with some justification–referred to as possibly the worst song ever written.
Unlike most of the really good records she and Most had made together, it was a substantial hit, at least in England and Europe.
The disconnect between quality and success guaranteed a lot of sleepless nights, crying jags, and the absolute certainty that she would not renew her contract with Most when it ended a few months after the Eurovision win.
While all that was going on, Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien, the only female British singer who was a talent-match for Lulu (and who was, perhaps understandably, going by "Dusty Springfield") had signed with Atlantic Records, a label known mostly for deep soul acts, and gone South to make an album which came to be called Dusty In Memphis. In addition to being one of the greatest albums ever made–"vocal" or otherwise–Dusty In Memphis produced a big hit single, "Son of a Preacher Man," and set Atlantic mogul Jerry Wexler searching for more of the same.
It turned out to be an artistically satisfying venture which bore relatively little commercial fruit. Eventually, Jackie DeShannon, Betty LaVette and Cher would each get her turn. And Jackie and Cher at least got their records released (with Jackie's being a classic in its own right…I haven't heard Cher's Atlantic sessions, though they eventually got a CD release on Rhino Handmade). Betty had to wait another thirty years and achieve an unlikely late-career discovery by the Public-At-Large for her fine sides to even see the light of day.
Lots of amazing music then.
But Lulu was the next in line and the music she recorded between the fall of 1969 and the summer of 1972 constitutes a body of work that bears comparison to anything that was going on anywhere in the period.
It probably helped that Wexler and others (Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin, like that) still had the wind of Springfield's success at their backs when they all went back South (Muscle Shoals this time…with Duane Allman sitting in) to record New Routes.
The album concedes nothing to Dusty in Memphis except that Dusty's is perfect and New Routes has a misguided version of "Mr. Bojangles" that features an awkward gender rewrite which pretty much undermines an otherwise great sounding record. (i.e., Lulu couldn't very well pretend to be sharing a jail cell with Bojangles, so they are in….a park! Ouch.)
But that album or the next (Melody Fair, recorded in Miami with another crack southern session unit, the Dixie Flyers), both long afterwards available only on reasonably scarce vinyl (my used copy of New Routes came with a sticker that read "Duane Allman!!!"…cool people, having received their values from the crit-illuminati need to know why a price has been boosted from the usual $0.99 to $2.99!!!), are, amazingly, not the entire point of the great 2007 package Lulu: The Atco Sessions, 1969-72.
There you get two discs–the first covering the two released albums, the second collecting various singles, alternates and unreleased material.
As a listening experience, it's of a piece. Heartbreaking for itself (there is no more plaintive voice and it was never more consistently plaintive than here…you can ask Lulu fans like Aretha Franklin and Al Green if you need further testimony) and for the different kind of break it so definitively represents–a kind of last look back before the rise of the machines.
This package is the sound of a singer who had already successfully traversed hard-edged rock and R&B and classy pop and was now remarried to her first love: straight soul music.
From this distance, it's easy to hear just how fragile the moment was. Between bombastic rock and sleek dance music, glorious though much of it would be, amplifiers and synthesizers were setting the stage for the re-caging of the liberating human voices which rock and soul had brought to the center of Pop Culture–which, as I occasionally note here, was already the only culture America had left.
I don't think you necessarily need that context to hear the fundamental sadness-tinged-with-liberating-joy that characterized these sessions. But knowing the context makes that quality inescapable.
Maybe because she had such an oddly shaped career (she went from these sessions to a fling with David Bowie–studio only–that produced a few truly great sides but, again, no real overarching vision) Lulu is a bit of an odd duck historically: a respected singer who isn't quite revered; a commercial singer whose hits are strung out here and there over a couple of decades; a fine live performer who was always in the moment but rarely on top of it.
But she was also the kind of singer who used to arrive on the charts on a regular basis–distinctive, soulful, possessed of a genuine ache that never descended into phony angst or belting for the sake of belting–and do not arrive at all anymore.
And her time at Atlantic, at least, was priceless. She's not the only one who regrets that it didn't continue until the day she died.
So, beginning with a track that was straight and hard enough to fit right in on the (equally priceless) What It Is! funk box set a few years back and proceeding through the soul and pop part of our evening before finishing with a lovely and moving homage to shag haircuts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnoyWNNXtVQ
Posted in Vocalist of the Month	| Tagged Al Green, Aretha Franklin, Arif Mardin, Atco, Atlantic Records, Betty LaVette, Billboard, Brenda Lee, Cher, David Bowie, Donovan, Duane Allman, Dusty Springfield, Eurovision, Herman's Hermits, Hot Chocolate, Jackie DeShannon, Jerry Wexler, Lulu, Lulu and the Luvvers, Melody Fair, Mick Jagger, Mickie Most, Muscle Shoals, New Routes, Sidney Poitier, The Animals, The Dixie Flyers, The Isley Brothers, Tom Dowd, Van Morrison	| Leave a reply
SEGUE OF THE DAY (12/13/13)–(So, Just What Are the Limitations of Popular Art Anyway?)
Posted on December 13, 2013 by Nondisposable Johnny
Explanations below, but, for starters, a salute to the late Ms. Robinson, who died of cancer in 2000 at the age of forty-five (complete with a Paul Williams intro that demonstrates just how far Show Biz hadn't come while the culture was moving at light speed):
Now to the main point:
A few days ago, Terry Teachout posted a link to his current Wall street Journal column in which he opines on the "limits" of popular art. You can read the whole thing here but the gist is about what you would expect from a cultural conservative and he's certainly not entirely wrong.
But it's funny that no one ever seems to say much about the limits of High Art. I mean, one reason so-called popular art has taken up so much space in the Post-War era is that High Art has been failing so miserably.
And, of course, I spend a lot of time around here arguing that the point of "culture" at any level called "art" is to engage. That means history, politics, sex, religion, love, hate, war, poverty and so on and so on and skooby-dooby-doo.
Oooh-sha-sha.
See, there's Popular Art giving me a voice. Engaging.
Believe me, I'd be very happy if what passes for High Art in the modern age managed to do the same.
Now, I didn't want to stack the deck, so rather than respond to the ideas in Teachout's essay by specifically seeking the safest available high ground (something like the Rolling Stones in 1969, or Robert Johnson in 1937, or Raymond Chandler in 1952, the first and last of those being things Teachout has evinced a limited understanding of in the past which suggests he probably hasn't quite thought this thing all the way through) I decided I would just weigh in on the next thing that happened to pop up in the course of my day…see how far that would take me.
So, from a few nights ago, when the "next thing" happened to be a mix disc I had just assembled as a copy of an old mix tape (Volume Fourteen of a twenty volume set, and, please, believe me when I say, social relevance was the furthest thing from my mind at the point of original assembly, unless "social relevance" means imagining just how far my Theory of Shindig and Hullabaloo Dance could stretch), here goes (original recording dates in parens):
Soul Survivors "Expressway to Your Heart" (1967)–Epochal black producers (Gamble and Huff) have their first hit guiding a white group imitating a white group imitating a black group while Philly International was still a gleam in somebody's eye.
Young Rascals "I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore" (1965)–The specific group the Soul Survivors were imitating. They happened to be white boys signed to a record label owned by white men who specialized in selling black music to, first, Black America and, later, White America as well, but weren't above selling white acts to black people or white acts to white people if they could smell a profit. Would have made Beethoven's head spin, I tell you, but they made it look easy.
Candi Staton "Young Hearts Run Free" (1976)–An exemplar of one of mid-period disco's deeply mixed messages. These days, slick magazines are full of articles with titles like "Can Women Really Have It All." Then as now, the answer was Yes and No. Sorry but I'd rather listen to Ms. Staton work out the ambiguities than read what our modern Platos have to say on the subject.
Wilson Pickett "Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You" (1970)–A black man, who sounds like he knows he's caught in a trap, begs–and begs, and begs–for a black woman not to leave him at the first historical moment when it was possible for her to even think about doing so.
Abba "SOS" (1974)–Swedish woman sings "I tried to reach for you but you had closed your mind" back to the man who wrote the lines for her to sing. He happened to also be her husband at the time. No, really.
John Waite "Missing You" (1984)–Okay, this is just a nice, pop-obsessive record about pretending not to miss someone who kicked your heart to pieces and who you would take back in a second if they would have you. Nothing High Art couldn't handle in other words.
Cher "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves" (1971)–A major star, singing in the voice of one who never got the chance, spits back at everyone who ever spit on her.
Cher "Half Breed" (1973)–Ditto. Only more so.
Styx "Too Much Time on My Hands" (1981)–I'm actually not sure what this is about. Possibly unemployment but I'm not gonna stake my reputation on it.
Roxette "The Look" (1988)–Pure confection. No discernible higher meaning except it was the-best-Prince-record-made-by-somebody-other-than-Prince, yaddah, yaddah, yaddah.
The Who "Who Are You" (1977)–English rockers lament/celebrate their escape from the lives the system had planned for them. Self-destruction caught up with the drummer shortly thereafter. Whether this record would still sound like it's chasing him if he'd somehow never been caught is one of those nice existential questions that should be mulled in Philosophy 101 classes everywhere….but probably isn't.
AC/DC "Get It Hot" (1979)–A salute to rock and roll. Good topic. Well played.
Heart "Straight On" (1978)–An epic blues played, sung, conceived and executed by seventies-era white people from the Pacific Northwest (who many sardonics of ill repute believe are the whitest people who have ever lived so go ahead and have your snicker) and also a late-feminist sequel to the Shangri-Las' proto-feminist "Give Him a Great Big Kiss" that demonstrates just how far the earth had turned in a decade. If there's been a novel or play that did as much, I missed it. If I happen to run into one somewhere, I bet I'll have the bring up the fact that it doesn't get the job completely done in four minutes.
Randy Newman "I Love LA" (1982)–Love and mockery, joined at the hip and permanently reinforcing each other.
Randy Newman "It's Money That Matters" (1988)–The History of America in the New Gilded Age. (The ethics of which were so thoroughly and seductively appalling/appealing that, unlike the first Gilded Age, they have survived the inevitable economic bust. More than one in fact. Goodbye us, in other words. Thanks Randy!)
Jackie Wilson "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" (1967)–A call-and-response Top Ten hit and permanent radio staple that perfectly captures the last historical moment when it seemed possible for the Civil Rights movement to become a lasting social triumph as opposed to a purely legalistic one.
Steve Miller Band (1976) "RockN' Me"–A rocker's ode…whether to groupies or to the One Left at Home, I've never been quite certain.
Huey Lewis and the News (1983) "Heart of Rock and Roll"–A promise that rock and roll would keep on a goin'. Naturally it was already a bit ill, though a few years from being terminal. The song works because it is completely devoid of irony, self-awareness or any other complicating factor. Well that plus it has a good beat and you can dance to it.
Standells "Dirty Water" (1965)–The eternal, existential struggle between Puritanism and its discontents, distilled to one hundred and sixty-eight perfect seconds.
Blues Magoos "We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet" (1966)–"Nothing can hold us, nothing can keep us down." I bet High Art never manages to go anywhere that line doesn't when it finally does work up its nerve and get around to explaining either the successes or the failures of "the Sixties."
Tommy Tutone "867-5309/Jenny" (1981)–Stalker pleads with the Object of his Affection not to change her phone number. In other words, 7,000 guest shots on the Law and Order franchise, explained well ahead of time.
The Jacksons "Enjoy Yourself" (1976)–Or, as the full line goes, "Enjoy yourself, with me…You better enjoy yourself." Question for the class: Whose enjoyment is more important? His or hers? Hey, that's Michael on the lead. Does that make it any clearer? Or the "better" any more disturbing?
Vicki Sue Robinson "Turn the Beat Around" 12-inch Version (1976)–Broadway chanteuse speaks in tongues over a History of Poly-rhythms so complete it proves conclusively the inherent funkiness of the flute. In direct response to Terry's essay, I consider this aiming very high indeed. (And just as an aside, I've never quite been able to forgive Gloria Estefan for later deciphering the lyrics. And I've really, really tried. And just as another aside: I once heard a music critic explain the superiority of seventies music over sixties music–and express complete contempt for anyone who might have even thought of disagreeing with him–by using the name of this record, plus the words "Come on!" as his entire argument. As an unabashed lover of the music of both decades, I'm an agnostic in that particular debate, but I'll just say I did know what he meant.)
Ohio Players "FOPP" (1975)– "The rich can Fopp and, uh, so can the po', you can Fopp until your ninety-fo'" Hey, it took a while (decades or centuries depending on when you prefer to start counting), but when Democracy finally started producing Manifestos like this, the Soviets were basically toast, regardless of who we elected President.
Rick James "Superfreak Pt 1″ (1981)–The groupie as Goddess. No ambiguity about this one.
The Doobie Brothers "China Grove" (1973)–Flannery O'Connor weirdness with a slightly better sense of rhythm and no room for the abiding contempt of the human species that intellectuals of all stripes seem to find so comforting.
Of course, each of these responses amounts to only one of several possible responses. No point in making High Art's head spin trying to keep up.
BTW: High Art, I feel like I should give you a hug. You lost this round, but a week earlier and you might have come up against Volume Twelve. Bad, that. Would have meant dealing with "Kung Fu Fighting" and "Brother Louie."
Count yourself lucky.
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Classic Rock Interviews
Journey- Infinity- Gregg Rolie, Neal Schon, Steve Perry
With their 1978 fourth album, Infinity, some rock writers even today attempt to reduce the remarkable transformation by the San Francisco band Journey as " veteran but commercially-struggling group hires world-class singer, which anybody would recognize; shortens song arrangements; and instantly becomes the biggest band in America".
"Wrong," says Journey lead guitarist/songwriter/co-founder Neal Schon ."Wrong!"
Even though I had been playing Journey on the radio starting with "Of a Lifetime" off their 1975 debut, 90% of Journey fans first heard and saw the band because of the songs on Infinity , including "Lights","Feeling That Way","Anytime", "Wheel in the Sky", and "Patiently". Yet two vital facts seem to elude the rock history revisionists: Journey had already tried, unsuccessfully, to be more commercial by shortening their songs on their third album, Next. And in band co-founder Gregg Rolie, "Journey already had a lead singer," Steve Perry emphasizes in this classic rock interview, "I wasn't brought in to replace anyone." Truth be told, band manager Herbie Herbert had already tried to bring in an outside singer, Robert Fleischman (who even co-wrote "Anytime" and "Wheel in the Sky") before Perry, so the odds of grafting any new singer onto this well-established quartet were slim and none.
From left: Gregg Rolie, Ross Valory, Neal Schon, Steve Smith, Steve Perry
The points that seem to be most under-appreciated in the turnaround of Journey is the strong, instantaneous collaborative songwriting that Steve Perry provided, particularly with Neal Schon on "Lights","Patiently", and "Somethin' to Hide". Subsequent studio albums Evolution and Departure contained hits "Just the Same Way","Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' ", and "The Party's Over (Hopelessly in Love)". And as America would soon learn after Infinity's 1978 release, Perry could be an excellent front man in concert, not anchored behind a bulky Hammond organ like Rolie, energetic and seemingly effortless in singing over 170 shows on the barnstorming Infinity tour. – Redbeard
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I was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and am now residing in Edinburgh after a long period away working as a freelancer in London and elsewhere.
My photography life started at a pretty young age. At around 16 years old, I started taking photographs around my home near Glasgow, then when given a Pentax 35mm SLR I started taking it seriously. I was always interested in art; my last couple of years of school were dominated by my painting and sculpture classes, and this continued at home where I enjoyed creating still life paintings in oil and water colour. Then photography took over once I started getting more familiar with the medium, and with the realisation that I was never going to be an artist.
I eventually studied the subject at art college, and became fascinated by a book about the History of Photography. Eventually I stumbled upon urban street photographs by an American photographer called William Klein, and I was hooked – this was the genre that interested me. I discovered other American and European photographers, such as Robert Frank, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Lee Friedlander, Brassai, Andre Kertesz and many more. I'll always be grateful for this early education from these masters of the smaller format which became a source of inspiration.
In particular with my earlier photos in Glasgow, I made a lot of mistakes. I was young and learning on the move, which lead to many shots being spoiled by poor technical application, incorrect exposures and wrong choice of film stock. But, I gradually improved, I processed all my negative rolls myself, experimenting with different chemicals until finding the most suitable brands and methods, and eventually built up a decent collection of shots in my home city.
This persistence has paid dividends because in 2010 a Scottish publisher viewed my Glasgow photographs which lead to a book titled 'Glasgow at the Crossroads', a series of documentary images of the city from the mid 1970's to mid 80's. The book is available on Amazon.co.uk. By that point I had started scanning and digitising all my negatives onto my computer, and started using software to work on the tonal balance and exposure. I became a big fan of Lightroom; for me this rekindled interest in my own images and allowed me to recreate these photos without having to enter a darkroom, which was a procedure I never really enjoyed.
From the 1980's onwards I did a fair amount of travelling abroad to places like Egypt, USA, Morocco, France, Turkey and Cyprus, and that was a great opportunity to gather a wider collections of images using the 35mm format. For the great majority of those images I used the Pentax Spotmatic and Pentax K2 cameras, and very little else (I also used an old Voigtlander rangefinder). I found those earlier Pentax models to be solid and reliable, with high quality lenses, and they never let me down. The world of course started to change, photography changed, and Pentax themselves altered their production and marketing strategy, but I stuck with those older cameras for quite a few years before taking a back seat and didn't regret it.
Also during that period from 80's into early 90's, I managed to set up quite a few exhibitions of my photographs in galleries/art centres in London and Glasgow, even managing to sell a few images from time to time. My professional work during that time consisted mostly of editorial and magazine photography, which didn't appeal to me, my heart was not in this kind of work. The film world was calling.
Looking back, I have one regret – not working more with the Rollieflex and Yashica 120 square medium format twin lens reflex models. After I recently discovered the brilliant work (and strange story) of Vivian Maier, I wished I'd paid more attention to those superb cameras and emulsions.
My photography took a back seat as I became more involved in the film industry as an editor, being busy for years working on TV dramas, feature films, documentaries, pop promos and commercials, working mostly in London but also Glasgow and Edinburgh from time to time. My working life had become dominated by an active period of employment in film and TV production so my output of photographic images was restricted somewhat, and I started to lose touch with many of the new technical developments.
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Child genius joins Mensa aged three after teaching himself to read and count in seven languages
Jack Peat
He has a higher IQ than most adults.
A toddler has become Britain's youngest Mensa member aged just three - reading fluently and counting in seven languages.
Teddy Hobbs managed to gain entry to the exclusive organisation for the intellectual 'elite' aged just three years and nine months.
Finished school and unsure of your next step? This could help you find your calling
The child prodigy from Portishead, Somerset, can already count to 100 in six non-native languages, including Mandarin, Welsh, French, Spanish and German.
Teddy, now four, taught himself to read aged just two years and four months - and is now capable of even reading Harry Potter books, when his parents allow him.
He even likes to relax with a word search.
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Little Teddy was admitted to Mensa late last year after smashing an IQ test with the group - scoring 139 out of 160 on the Stanford Binet test and shocking his parents, who had no idea quite how smart he was.
Beth Hobbs, 31 and her husband Will, 41, say they had never expected Theodore - who prefers to be known as 'Teddy' - to get into the group, and never planned to even apply for membership.
Beth said: "We were told that three was the youngest age of anyone they had accepted into MENSA in the UK, though there was someone in the US aged two.
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"To be honest it's a total fluke really that he got in. We never aimed to get him in, and even when we had him assessed, that was so that we could help him when he starts school in September - we never planned on getting him into MENSA.
"We did an IQ test, where we basically told him that he was going to sit and do some puzzles with a lady for an hour, and he thought it was the most wonderful thing.
"After he completed it, we were told he was eligible by MENSA's child advisor - so we thought he may as well join.
"We were a bit like 'pardon?'. We knew he could do things that his peers couldn't, but I don't think we realised quite how good he was.
"We're not sure how he ended up this way, my husband and I are not linguists - so we always joke that the embryologist must have slipped a needle or something to make him this way.
"Everyone we have spoken to have been fabulous because it's been really hard to find any support, but we have no idea why he is so clever.
"He doesn't currently qualify for autism or ADHD diagnoses - and because he's just so far ahead it's hard to get help for him with his learning at that age."
Teddy and his younger sister were IVF, or in vitro fertilisation, babies.
Beth says that Teddy's genius comes as a blessing and a curse though, with him showing little interest in some of the more 'normal' things a young boy may enjoy like games and TV.
She said: "It comes with it's challenges, my friends can say 'oh should we have some c-a-k-e' and their kids will not know what they're saying, but Teddy will immediately spell it out and want some.
"You can't get anything past him, he listens to everything. He will remember conversations you had with him at Christmas last year."
The pair say that they are trying to keep him 'humble' given his genius to prevent him from developing any kind of 'superiority complex'.
However, for now, he is apparently unaware of his abilities compared to other children his age.
Beth added: "We're slowly getting to the point in nursery now where they're starting to do a more formal curriculum.
"His friends can sort of read a couple of letters of the alphabet - meanwhile he can read Harry Potter.
"I remember bringing him into nursery one day and saying that I thought he had taught himself to read - and they didn't really believe me at first.
"Then they had a preschool teacher go and speak to him that day, and they just called me back saying 'no you're right Beth'."
"Obviously we don't let him read Harry Potter - we pick more emotionally appropriate books, but he's essentially at the stage where he can read anything we put in front of him."
Mensa is an international group for high-IQ individuals founded in 1947 that only accepts members who are above the 98th percentile of IQs worldwide.
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By Brian Soergel
Updated: Former Edmonds man charged with murder from 1972
Jody Loomis, in a picture from 1972, the same year she was murdered.
Story updated April 18
Detectives from the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office arrested a 77-year-old former Edmonds man Wednesday, April 10, for the 1972 murder of 20-year-old Jody Gwen Loomis. She had also been raped, according to Snohomish County court documents.
Her body was found in what was a heavily wooded area near what is now Mill Creek Road, east of the intersection of Bothell-Everett Highway and 164th Street SW.
Terrence Miller, identified as a suspect through genetic genealogy, was arrested without incident at his home around 10:30 a.m. on 52nd Avenue West in unincorporated Snohomish County, which has an Edmonds mailing address.
Miller pleaded not guilty Monday, April 15, in Snohomish County Superior Court to charges of first-degree premeditated murder. Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Cindy Larsen set bail at $1 million.
A trial is scheduled to begin June 7.
According to documents, it's at Miller's house that Loomis and his wife run a ceramics shop called "Miller's Cove."
Detectives say they believe Miller was living in the Edmonds area at the time of the murder, about five miles from where Loomis' body was found.
It was on Aug. 23, 1972, that Loomis – who was engaged to be married – climbed on her 10-speed bike and left her home at 20 Winesap Road in Bothell to ride her horse Saudi, located in a stable on Strumme Road.
It was her first time riding her bike to the stable, her parents said later. They typically dropped her off themselves.
She rode north on North Road to 164th Street SE and east toward Bothell-Everett Highway. She was last seen crossing the highway and riding up the hill on what was then called Penny Creek Road (now Mill Creek Road) at 5 p.m.
At about 5:30 p.m., two people found Loomis in nearby woods, naked except for underwear, socks and boots, and shot in the right temple with a .22-caliber handgun. She was on her back, gasping for air. The passers-by took her to Stevens Memorial Hospital in Edmonds (now Swedish Edmonds), where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
Welcome arrest
The arrest was welcomed by Mill Creek resident Chuck Wright, who writes the "Darn Wright" column for Beacon Publishing's Mill Creek Beacon.
"As a team member on the Snohomish County Sheriff's Cold Case team, I have been working on this case for over 15 years," Wright said Thursday, April 11. Wright has written about the case for the Mill Creek Beacon.
Wright is a licensed health professional and certified traumatic stress specialist.
More than 10 years ago, he started a weekly volunteer job with the Snohomish County Sheriff's cold-case team. One of his assignments was to review more than 60 cases in the unincorporated Snohomish County area and give his input regarding which cases had a high probability of being solved.
"Jody's is one of those cases from the start that touched my heart," he said. "In fact, for over 10 years I have been carrying her picture in my wallet, knowing that someday we would catch her killer.
"I'm very pleased on what our team has done to catch Jody's killer, but at the same time I have lapses into sadness since Jodi's parents died before we could track down and arrest their daughter's murderer."
Miller's background
According to documents, Miller was married and divorced twice before Loomis' murder. He married his first wife when he was 18; she was 14. His current wife is his fourth.
In 1972, when the murder occurred, Miller spent at least some of his time at his parents' home on 76th Avenue West in Edmonds. He attended Edmonds High School, but does not appear to have graduated.
His previous contact with law enforcement included contributing to the delinquency of a minor, destruction of property, indecent exposure and statutory rape with his daughter from his second wife.
Court documents say the last contact between Miller and police occurred in 1999, with allegations that Miller had molested his developmentally delayed half-brother in the Edmonds house on 76th Avenue West. Based on the disclosure of a single incident that likely occurred beyond the statute of limitations, police ultimately concluded their investigation without an arrest.
Second recent arrest with DNA technology
"After more than 46 years of searching for her killer, we finally have some answers for Jody's family," Snohomish County Sheriff Ty Trenary said in a news release. "Thanks to the relentless persistence of our cold case team and new DNA technology, we are one step closer to justice for Jody."
Genetic genealogy is the use of DNA testing in combination with traditional genealogical methods to establish the relationship between an individual and their ancestors. This is the second arrest in a Snohomish County cold homicide case using results from genetic genealogy, with the first being the William Talbott murder case, scheduled to go to trial in June.
Talbott is a suspect in the 1987 murder of 18-year-old Tanya Van Cuylenborg and 20-year-old Jay Cook.
Nationally, DNA evidence led to the arrest of former police officer Joseph DeAngelo, suspected of being the Golden State Killer. He is due back in court in California in August.
Successful identification of Miller was established with assistance from Parabon NanoLabs and genetic genealogist Deb Stone. A digital file containing DNA genotype data gathered from evidence collected from the victim was uploaded to GEDmatch, a public genetic genealogy website.
Photo of Edmonds suspect Terrence Miller believed to be taken near the time of Jody Loomis' murder.
Several promising matches were found for a few of the suspect's relatives. After the genealogist identified parents of possible suspects based on the family tree, police – who had been tracking Miller since August of last year – picked up an abandoned DNA sample from a cup Miller threw away at the Tulalip Casino.
Washington State Patrol's crime lab confirmed that it positively matched the DNA profile from the crime scene evidence.
Detectives continue to gather and process evidence and interview witnesses related to the investigation of Loomis' murder, and are asking for people to come forward with information, specifically anyone who knows of firearms that Miller owned in 1972, where he worked, what vehicles he drove then, and if he was ever in possession of a bridle for a horse.
Those with information related to this case or suspect can call the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office tip line at 425-388-3845.
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