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Tel-Hai InternationalPiano Master Classes In Memory of Marina Bondarenko
July 31st - August 19th 2022
July 31st - August 19th 2022 Schedule is now available View Schedule >>
Under the patronage of Evgeny Kissin
Chair, Board of Directors:
Sara Lahat
Artistic Directors:
Prof. Victor Derevianko
Prof. Emanuel Krasovsky
Location and social life
Deep in the Negev desert in Israel, perched at the edge of a spectacular wadi (canyon), sits a remarkable community. Those approaching it from the north first see a field of solar panels. Up close, one sees groups of research buildings, schools, an historical archive, museums, a few shops and clusters of homes.
Midreshet or midrasha means "a place of learning". Midreshet Ben Gurion is a unique place for research, education, cultural inspiration and home for many. Researchers and educators come to study and teach about the desert and to find what it can best provide. The international reputation of the educational community serves as proof that the desert can provide a place for research and education as well as a community for people to live in.
We are proud of Tel Hai alumnus Matan Porat performing a six-concert series (the Schumann piano concerto) with the Israel Philharmonic in November 2022. Matan was called on to substitute for indisposed Sir Andras Schiff.
Warm congratulations to Tel Hai alumna, Korean pianist Yeon-Min Park, on winning the 2nd Prize and Audience Award at the International Franz List Piano Competition in Utrecht.
We are proud of Yeon-Min's incredible achievement and wish her every success!
Congratulations to Tel Hai alumna, pianist Linda Lee, on winning the first prize in Leoš Janáček international competition in Brno, Czech Republic.
Linda won with the Beethoven 4th piano concerto, the same concerto she performed at the Tel-Hai Concerto Competition when she...
Congratulations to Tel Hai alumna, Israeli pianist Alexandra (Sasha) Segal, on winning the 2022 George Enescu International Competition, Piano Section.
We are proud of Sasha's important achievement and wish her every success!
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Czaple – przysiółek wsi Lubiel w Polsce, położony w województwie dolnośląskim, w powiecie górowskim, w gminie Wąsosz. Wchodzi w skład sołectwa Lubiel.

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This week is favorite movie or book quotes.
The Lion in Winter: Geophrey to Eleanor concerning Henry. "We know. He knows. We know, he knows. He knows, we know he knows We know he knows we know. We're a knowledgeable family."
Henry to Eleanor: "You're like a democratic drawbridge. Going down for everyone."
Eleanor: "At my age there's not much traffic anymore."
Friendly Persuasion: Friend Purdy tells Jess Birdwell to pick up a gun and fight the rebels that are burning farms. Jess says he's not prepared to do that. Purdy tells Jess that war time calls for a change of thinking. Sam Jordan, who's not Quaker says: "Times may have changed Purdy, but you haven't. Last week you told my son he's going to hell for fighting. Now you're telling Jess he has to fight. Whatever's right for Purdy has to be right for everyone else."
Fifth Element: The police make a raid on an apartment complex. The police ask Corbin Dallas if he's human. He answers: "Negative. I'm a meat popsicle."
Corbin Dallas is looking on the computer in Phloston Paradise. Cornelius asks what he's doing. Corbin says he's looking for Leeloo. Cornelius asks if Leeloo is in trouble. Dallas says: "When is Leeloo not in trouble."
King Lear: The king is told his bastard son wishes to speak with him. Lear says: "Why not, there was sport in his making."
TV show Moonlighting, episode Atomic Shakespeare. Patruchio tells Katarina, "Where there's a will..."
Katarina replies: "There's a won't."
Patruchio tells Katarina she's his property. Katarina replies: "Try to ploweth this acre and thy blade might get broken."
Romeo and Juliet: Romeo: "But soft, what light through window breaks? It is the moon and Juliet is the sun. Arise fair sun and quench the envious moon."
Juliet: "What's in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
Citizen Kane: Mrs. Kane at the breakfast table speaking to Kane: "What you said in your editorial yesterday, what will everyone think?"
Kane: "What I tell them to!"
Gone With the Wind: Rhet Butler to Scarlet: "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn."
Princess Bride. Wesley to Buttercup: "Life is pain. Anyone who says otherwise is selling something."
Great choices. "The Lion in Winter" is packed with fantastic lines.
Yes it is, Berthold. Great movie.
You picked some wonderful choices. I've never seen The Lion in Winter, but now I'm curious!
Lydia it has a great cast. It is intense.
Michael Mock said...
Great selections. Love the Princess Bride and Fifth Element selections, and clearly I'll have to look up The Lion In Winter.
Aymee said...
I love that first quote. It sounds like something I'd say, to be honest. Hahaha. The Fifth Element is such a great movie, too.
Thanks for coming by, Michael.
Glad you like it, Aymee.
Catherine@thelazyhufflepuff said...
Great selection - loads of Princess Bride quotes this week, think I'm due a re-watch!
Marianne Arkins said...
My kid and I were talking about Shakespeare today, and how quotable (and full of humor and hidden innuendo) it is.
And, I'm glad to see more "Princess Bride"!
It's a popular movie, Catherine. Full of good quotes.
Shakespeare is just the best, Marianne. So is Princess Bride.
You have a great memory for quotes!!
Thanks, Yogi.
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Songs 25 July 2022
Paperback Writer
"Paperback Writer" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles.
"Your Mother Should Know" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1967 EP and LP Magical Mystery Tour. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney.
"She Came In Through the Bathroom Window" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album Abbey Road. Written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney, it is the fifth song of the album's climactic B-side medley, immediately following "Polythene Pam".
Songs 21 April 2020
"Love Is All Around" is a song recorded by English rock band The Troggs, featuring a string quartet and a 'tick tock' sound on percussion, in D-major.
Songs 9 August 2019
"Honey Pie" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, from their 1968 eponymous double album The Beatles (also known as "the White Album"). The song was written entirely by Paul McCartney, but is credited to Lennon–McCartney.
"Baby's in Black" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, co-written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. It appears on the United Kingdom album Beatles for Sale and on the United States album Beatles '65, both released in 1964.
"Something" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album Abbey Road. It was written by George Harrison, the band's lead guitarist.
"Thank You Girl" is a song recorded by The Beatles, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney (Lennon–McCartney), and issued as the B-side of the single "From Me to You", which was recorded on the same day (5 March 1963).
"A World of Our Own" is a 1965 single written by Tom Springfield and was an international hit for the Seekers.
Songs 12 September 2018
No No Song
"No No Song" is a 1974 song recorded by English musician Ringo Starr. Written by Hoyt Axton and David Jackson, it appeared on Starr's 1974 album, Goodnight Vienna. It was released as a single in the US on 27 January 1975, backed with "Snookeroo," and reached #1 in Canada and #3 in the US.
"Roll Over Beethoven" is a 1956 hit single written by Chuck Berry, originally released on Chess Records. The lyrics of the song mention rock and roll and the desire for rhythm and blues to replace classical music.
"Here, There and Everywhere" is a song written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney), released on the Beatles' 1966 album Revolver.
"Green, Green Grass of Home" was written by Claude "Curly" Putman, Jr. and first recorded by singer Johnny Darrell in 1965.
"She's Not There" is the 1964 debut single by British rock band The Zombies, written by organist Rod Argent.
"Mother Nature's Son" is a song written primarily by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney) and released by the Beatles on The Beatles ("the White Album"). It was inspired by a lecture given by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi while the Beatles were in India.
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite
"Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, from their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was primarily written and composed by John Lennon, with additional input claimed by Paul McCartney. The song is credited to Lennon–McCartney.
Songs 3 July 2017
Eleanor Rigby" is a song by The Beatles, released on the 1966 album Revolver and as a 45 rpm single. The song continued the transformation of the Beatles from a mainly rock and roll- and pop-oriented act to a more experimental, studio-based band.
Songs 25 June 2017
"Girl" is a song written by John Lennon (credited to Lennon–McCartney) and performed by the Beatles on their 1965 album Rubber Soul. "Girl" was the last complete song recorded for that album.
Doo Wah Diddy Diddy
"Do Wah Diddy Diddy" is a song written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich and originally recorded in 1963, as "Do-Wah-Diddy", by the American vocal group The Exciters.
Songs 5 November 2016
I'm Henry The VIII, I Am
"I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am" (also "I'm Henery the VIII, I Am" or "I'm Henry VIII, I Am"; spelled "Henery" but pronounced "'Enery" in the Cockney style normally used to sing it) is a 1910 British music hall song by Fred Murray and R. P. Weston.
"Bus Stop" is a song recorded and released as a single by the British pop band The Hollies in 1966. It reached No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart. It was the Hollies' first US hit, reaching No. 5 on the Billboard charts in September 1966.
Songs 11 August 2016
"You Won't See Me" is a song by the Beatles, from the album Rubber Soul (1965). Though credited to Lennon–McCartney, it was written by Paul McCartney. The song is a rare instance of McCartney singing a lower harmony to Lennon and Harrison's higher harmonies.
Songs 7 May 2016
Come Dancing
"Come Dancing" is a 1982 song written by Ray Davies and performed by British rock group the Kinks on their 1983 album State of Confusion.
"This Diamond Ring" is a 1965 song written by Al Kooper, Bob Brass, and Irwin Levine.


Peter Joseph Thein was a proud Luxembourger. He was the Grandson [sic] of JohnPeter Thein, a blacksmith who emigrated from Boch, Luxenbourg to New Trier, Minnesota in1854. Peter was a self-made man with a very strong religious faith. This faith guided him through his many business interests -- which included land development, farming and banking -- along with his Thein Well Company -- [sic] his father Eugene started in 1893. Peter and Gertrude (Krommen) Thein were blessed with 64 years of marriage and raised 13 children -- 8 girsl and 5 boys. Peter enjoyed flying small planes, fishing, photography and traveling. He visited Luxembourg many times during his lifetime. We are honored to share our father's heritage with Peter Thein Avenue.
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A family member sent out an email with information on the new petition to veto SOPA, and he asked for my take from the technical side. This is based on my reply.
I am aware of SOPA, and the senate version called PROTECT IP. They are bad. There's a good video at http://vimeo.com/31100268 that explains a bit.
Frankly, I find the scary part to be giving US government and copyright holders the right to control what websites we can access. As if our media isn't controlled enough already (see this for an example), this would remove the main open exchange of ideas and information we currently have. Sounds like China.
Since you asked about technical details, here is an article that looks at some of the ways SOPA could be implemented by ISPs. Pretty technical (I wouldn't bother reading it if "DNS" doesn't mean anything to you), but it gives a nice concise overview if you have the background.
Though I have admittedly not followed this very closely, and I'm typically not much of an activist, I have signed a prior petition and contacted my representatives, blogged about it, and posted on twitter and facebook about it. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has some good resources for doing more.
So, yes, I will be signing this new petition and contacting my representatives. Thank you for sharing the update and the new petition!


An 'American' joint that specialises in organic 'Jain' food—now that may not sound quite right but that's exactly what BKC's newest restaurant The American Joint is all about.
An 'American' joint that specialises in organic 'Jain' food—now that may not sound quite right but that's exactly what BKC's newest restaurant The American Joint is all about. And just like its combination, the restaurant too springs quite a few surprises—some pleasant and some not so much.
But there are a lot of things that work for this quaint little joint that's nestled deep in a typical BKC high-rise, the menu certainly being one of them. The menu in many ways is similar to the restaurant itself—minimal with an emphasis on innovation. First up, for the appetizers we started with Hummus To You (`180). To start with the pros, the pita bread was crunchy and added a lot to the plate. However, if the pita bread is a highlight in a dish with hummus, it means you're doing something wrong. The hummus turned out to be a little thin with a watery, diluted feel to it. Though not too bad, it would suffice to say it didn't really bowl us over. For the second item, we couldn't resist ordering the Mountain O Nachos (Rs 210) and we have to say we might have been raving about this joint if we had tasted this one first. The portion was generous and so was the amount of shredded cheddar it was topped with. The queso sauce and charro beans too certainly worked in its favour. The primary highlight of the restaurant was its 'organic' tag so trying a salad was a given. We went for the Southwestern Cobb (Rs 225), which again was impressive. Tastefully made with generous greens and dressing, the salad is something one should try at this joint. A sparing burger menu meant that vegetarians look for more variety for once will again be disappointed. But the much-anticipated burger menu didn't impress much. With not many options to experiment, we ordered the Chilli Cheese Burger (Rs 275) and the Broiling Garlic Paneer Burger (Rs 275). There's not much there to be said about the former except that it turned out to be a glorified vada pav. But the latter was quite flavourful and certainly worth a try. Their signature chipotle sauce added a distinct Mexican flavour to the burger and the generous combination of cheese and garlic made for a satisfying bite. For the drinks, the Watermelon Lime Spritzer's (Rs 99) sharp and slightly spicy flavour was a treat. For the rest, stay away from the Lemonade Stand (Rs 80), which is a thorough disappointment. As for dessert, there's not much to rave about but the Coffee & Donuts (Rs 149) is worth trying. All said, there were quite a few disappointments in the menu, but what was good in it certainly made up for the bad. Go here for the quaint and cosy ambience (in spite of the disappointing music) and for the innovative vegetarian option and filling portions that come with a guilt-free organic tag.


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Alaa Ali Mhawi (; born 3 June 1996) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays for Al-Zawraa in Iraqi Premier League and the Iraqi national team as a right back.

Club career

Youth career
Mhawi was graduated from the prestigious Ammo Baba Football School, situated opposite the Al-Shaab Stadium, one of Iraq's biggest stadiums, where he spent the early part of his football education. Many other Iraqi footballers have come out of the school such as Ali Adnan.

Al Kahraba
After leaving the Ammo Baba school, Alaa signed for Al Kahraba. His club was relegated to the Iraq Division One in 2013 but Alaa helped the club to the Division One title the following year where he scored 4 league goals as a defender.

Al Zawraa
In 2015, Mhawi signed a one-year contract for Iraqi giants Al Zawra'a. Ala'a won another league title, this time however it was the Iraqi Premier League. His impressive showing with 6 goals from the fullback position earned him a two-year contract extension.

In the 2016/17 season, Mhawi played in the AFC Cup, Asia's second-tier continental tournament. During the AFC Cup, Mhawi scored 2 goals, one coming against Syrian side Al Jaish on 4 April 2017 and the second coming in a match against defending champions Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya on 22 May 2017 in the zonal Semi-Final, where his team got knocked out. Ala'a left the team shortly before the end of the 2016/17 season, to join Saudi club Al Batin.

Al Batin
On 17 July 2017, Mhawi signed a professional contract for one season with Saudi Club Al-Batin. He made his debut on 11 August in a shock 3-1 victory over Ittihad. His contract was ended by mutual consent on 29 September 2017 after playing only two games.

Al Shorta
Following his release from Al Batin. Ali returned to Iraq, this time with Al-Shorta. He made his debut on 21 November as a second-half substitute against Karbalaa.

International career

Iraq U-17

Mhawi made his debut for Iraq's Under-17s in 2011 at the age of just 15. He played for the Under-17s over the next 3 years. He went on to make 10 more appearances for the youth side scoring 2 goals in his 11 appearances. At the age of 17, Mhawi played in the 2013 Under-17 World Cup and played in all of Iraq's matches against Sweden, Mexico and Nigeria.

Iraq U-19

Mhawi was called up to the Iraqi Under-19 squad for the AFC Under-19 Championship qualifiers against Bangladesh and Kuwait in October 2013. He scored 20 minutes into his debut as Iraq beat Bangladesh 6-0 and played in the 0-0 draw against Kuwait which saw Iraq top the group and qualify for the 2014 AFC Under-19 Championship.

Alaa played in all 3 of Iraq's matches at the Under-19 Asian Cup in October 2014 against Oman, Qatar and North Korea. Despite Iraq having a higher goal difference and the same number of points as North Korea, they were knocked out at the group stage due to the head-to-head results. He scored his second and final goal in his fifth and final appearance for the Under-19s, which came against North Korea on 14 October 2014.

Iraq U-23
Alaa was called up to the Iraqi Under-23 squad for the 2016 AFC Under-23 Championship qualifiers against Oman, Lebanon, Bahrain and the Maldives in March 2015. He made his debut in Iraq's 4-1 win over Lebanon and played in ever qualifier, being instrumental to Iraq's qualification to the Under-23 Asian Cup.

Alaa was part of the squad which went to Qatar for the Under-23 Asian Championship in 2016. He played in all of Iraq's matches, against South Korea, Uzbekistan, Yemen and the U.A.E. as the young side made it to the semi-final, where they were beaten by eventual champions Japan. In the third-place play-off, which Mhawi played in as well, against Qatar, Iraq won, awarding them with a spot at that summer's Olympics.

As a result of his performance at the Under-23 Asian Championship, Mhawi was included in the squad that went to Brazil for the 2016 Rio Olympics. He featured in 2 of Iraq's 3 matches as they were knocked out at the group stage, despite being unbeaten. In Iraq's match against hosts Brazil, Mhawi's direct opponent was Brazil and FC Barcelona superstar Neymar, who was expected to be the star man in a Brazil demolition. Mhawi's excellent defending, and occasional attacking, however, prevented Neymar and Brazil from scoring in a match that saw even Brazilian fans applaud the Iraqi team after the match. Mhawi was also key in Iraq's draw with South Africa in their final match as the got knocked out, despite not losing a match.

Iraq
Alaa was called up to the Iraqi senior team following his impressive performances at the Under-23 Asian Championship and the Rio 2016 Olympics. On 21 August 2016 he made his international debut and won his first cap for Iraq against North Korea in a friendly match. Alaa has gone on to play in multiple World Cup qualifiers and friendlies for Iraq, establishing himself as one of the country's best right backs.

Personal life
Alaa is currently based in Baghdad. He is married and he has one daughter called rose. His cousin is also a young professional footballer Amir Aldaraji.

Playing Style
Mhawi is a very good all-rounder. Despite being a right back, he can be seen scoring goals quite often. Although he is relatively quick, he hasn't got the explosive pace that a lot of full backs have, he makes up for that with his dribbling however, as he is very good on the ball going forwards. He is just as good defensively, stopping many wingers from getting into dangerous areas.

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Honors

Club
Al-Kahrabaa
 Iraq Division One: 2013–14 (shared)
Al-Zawraa
 Iraqi Premier League: 2015–16
 Iraqi Super Cup: 2021
Al-Shorta
 Iraqi Premier League: 2018–19
 Iraqi Super Cup: 2019

Individual
 Soccer Iraq Team of the Decade: 2010–2019

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External links

1996 births
Living people
Iraqi footballers
Iraq international footballers
Iraqi expatriate footballers
Al-Zawraa SC players
Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers of Iraq
2019 AFC Asian Cup players
Sportspeople from Baghdad
Association football fullbacks
Saudi Professional League players
Al Batin FC players
Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia
Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
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Dec 7, 2015	by	Ken Womble	-
The Empty Promise of Chicago Police Reform
Dec. 7, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — Last Tuesday, Mayor Rahm Emanuel fired Superintendent Gary McCarthy after four years as head of Chicago's police force. During the same press conference where McCarthy's ouster was announced, Emanuel called for a task force to look into the lack of police accountability that has momentarily brought that department and city hall to its knees. This will give the Chicago mayor a chance to bring his own choice for Superintendent into the position, bringing much-needed reform to the city's embattled police department.
Or, this could just be history repeating itself. This is not the first time that Emanuel has promised magical "reform" to the citizens of Chicago. And it should come as no surprise that his last choice for Great Reformer is the same person he just relieved of his duties.
While he hired McCarthy on his promise to reform and refocus the police force, Emanuel left in place leaders who had climbed the ladder as the department earned a national reputation for corruption, abuse and resistance to oversight. The mayor sought to erase the 2012 verdict of a federal jury that found a police "code of silence" protected bad cops. He declined to take a public stand even as McCarthy defended an off-duty detective who killed an unarmed woman when he fired into a crowd, another case that drew protests and national attention.
The unarmed woman was Rekia Boyd. She was shot in the back of the head and killed when off-duty Detective Dante Servin fired into a crowd because he thought one of the people in the crowd had a gun. They did not.
Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez, who will certainly face a staunch battle for job in the Democratic primary to be held in March, "investigated" Boyd's killing before deciding to bring charges. Even then, the charge against Servin was only involuntary manslaughter, a crime so ill-suited to the facts as presented at trial, that the judge acquitted Servin at the close of the People's case, prior to any presentation of evidence from the defense. The judge, certainly recognizing the immense attention that would be focused on his ruling, shifted the blame by stating that the State's Attorney had mischarged the case.
After Servin's acquittal, reactions were predictably intense. Many observers were outraged that an act that sure seemed like murder (and certainly would have been charged that way had the gunman not been a cop) ended with a police officer getting yet another pass. Mind you, Servin was the first Chicago cop in 20 years to be criminally charged for a fatal shooting.
Servin called the ordeal a "nightmare." For him, mind you, not for the heartbroken family of Rekia Boyd. His then-boss, Superintendent McCarthy, had a more general take.
McCarthy told reporters the charges against [Servin] were a "safety hazard" for other officers who might hesitate to fire their guns at offenders if their lives are in danger.
Here was Rahm Emanuel's choice to bring accountability and reform to the Chicago Police Department claiming that even the incorrectly light charge against the off-duty Servin was an attack on the "safety" of his officers. If the mayor wanted a reformer, he chose poorly.
Or perhaps Emanuel was genuinely fooled into believing that McCarthy would not just use his position of power to unfailingly drive the "cops are never wrong" mantra. Maybe McCarthy even believed that he might be able to accomplish meaningful change within one of America's most corrupt departments. But whatever the hopes and dreams that preceded McCarthy, he has shown, by his actions, that while Chicago bleeds red, his blood is the bluest of blues.
As we look back over McCarthy's ignominious career, the door has apparently opened to give Emanuel a second chance to get it right. But this raises the ultimate question, and one where New York may be able to lend a bit of guidance. Does it truly matter who heads the Chicago Police Department? Will one person be able to change a culture that treats accountability, transparency and change like a disease?
Back in 2012, New York City held its first Bloomberg-less mayoral election in a dozen years. At the heart of the political jockeying was the NYPD and its embattled Commissioner, Raymond Kelly. Kelly had presided over a department that was committing untold instances of abuse and misconduct, all while ignoring civilian complaints and shelling out hundreds of millions of dollars in civil compensation to its victims. Against the backdrop of institutionalized corruption, Kelly made it abundantly clear that he proudly supported a policy of stop and frisk that was clearly illegal even before federal District Judge Shira Scheindlin ruled the practice unconstitutional.
The current Mayor, Bill DeBlasio, made a campaign promise to fire Kelly and bring reform (there's that word again) to the NYPD. DeBlasio won in a landslide and Kelly was immediately shown the door. In his place, William Bratton, former head of the NYPD, then the LAPD, took over the reigns. Although many saw DeBlasio's choice, a career police chief, as an odd one for reform, Bratton promised a different direction for the NYPD.
During his short second tenure, though, Bratton has carried on the same approach as his predecessor. Namely, he sends his cops into poor black and brown communities to load up on arrests, regardless of rights or actual evidence. Despite promises, stop and frisk is very much alive and well in the Big Apple. Bratton is just dirty smart enough to tell his officers to stop reporting the stops and frisks they are still conducting. He is also politically intelligent enough to rebrand the practice. It's not stop and frisk. It's community policing.
Again, regardless of intentions and motives, DeBlasio failed to deliver on his promise to reform the NYPD. Maybe he was a snake oil salesman all along. Or maybe, just maybe, the New York Police Department is simply too powerful to change. We all now know that our banks are "too big to fail." Perhaps in a similar vein, we have allowed a standing army to grow into a similarly large monster that eats change and accountability for breakfast.
In Chicago, there may be a sense that the rolling of this McCarthy-sized head is a step in the right direction. Maybe McCarthy and Bratton were just the wrong choices, but, then again, would the CPD or the NYPD ever accept the right choice? Does the person make the office, or the does the office make the person?
Emanuel, ever the optimist, had this to say about the future of the Chicago Police Department and the city itself in an op-ed:
If any good comes from this tragedy, it should be a historic set of reforms that prevents abuses, promotes transparency and rebuilds the confidence of all Chicagoans that they will be treated fairly. That is the marker I am setting for myself, the next police superintendent and the reform commission I've appointed.
It is a good read with some very good points. Unfortunately, it is difficult to take the call for reform seriously when the only motivating factor behind any of Emanuel's talk is "because we got caught." If his call would have come in the days and weeks following the death of Laquan McDonald, it would carry much more credibility. Saying these things in the days after the public found out about his death at the hand of a Chicago police officer, and only after a judge forced its disclosure, rings only of desperate placation.
Neither Emanuel nor State's Attorney Anita Alvarez have clean hands in the Laquan McDonald scandal. Alvarez conducted the same kind of meticulous "investigation" as she did for Servin and the Rekia Boyd case. She delayed until the last moment, and then right before the video was to be publicly released, Alvarez rode in on her white horse to announce murder charges against Officer Van Dyke. Only time will tell if her office throws the case against Van Dyke like they did against Servin. But if Chicago's voters rightly decide that they do not trust Alvarez to hold the police accountable, then it will no longer be her office by the time Van Dyke's case goes to trial.
Emanuel, for his part, is trying desperately to save his own skin by throwing Superintendent McCarthy under the bus. But what exactly is different now than a year ago? Emanuel had access to the video. We can assume he watched it. And then for an entire year, he sat back and allowed McCarthy to keep that video hidden and keep a killer on the street with a gun. He also watched the months go by as Alvarez remained silent about the fact that an on-duty officer needlessly gunned a young man down, and it was caught on video.
If Emanuel truly wanted reform, then America would have learned Laquan McDonald's name one year ago. He is, like so many of our elected leaders, part of the problem, not the key to the solution.
If this is the part of the story where you were expecting a proposed path to happily-ever-after, sorry.
This is not a problem that can be solved by cutting the head off of the snake and replacing it with a different head, be it the mayor or the superintendent. We are dealing with a headless snake. No master stroke will win the day.
Police culture allowed Officer Van Dyke to fill Laquan McDonald with bullets and then go uncharged until those in power had no other choice. Police culture stood there wearing badges as this happened and then lied to cover for a killer. That culture will not change by replacing the nameplate on the big corner office.
If the police culture that has bubbled to the surface since Ferguson is going to change, it will be by a thousand tiny cuts. It will take time and it will take immense effort from the outside in, not the inside out. But when right is right, there is no other way. To those who want to see true reform, the only way forward is to keep cutting.
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Richard Kopf
7 December 2015	at 9:20 am	- Reply
Do me a favor, please. Write a detailed post outlining specifically what should be done by Mayor Emanuel (what an ironic name). Thanks.
Heck, Judge. I can do that in one word. Resign.
Richard G. Kopf
7 December 2015	at 10:03 pm	- Reply
SHG,
You're no fun. I baited the hook, and you, like many a big old bass, ate the worm and left hook tangling. Damn.
Ken Womble
I agree with Scott. But I would add that prior to his resignation, he should call for charges against all the other officers who submitted false reports to cover for Van Dyke.
Scott Jacobs
7 December 2015	at 8:16 pm	- Reply
Why do you want the police to be murdered in their sleep, Ken?
7 December 2015	at 10:51 am	- Reply
The charges levied for the death of McDonald are also bewilderingly wrong too, are they not? 1st degree homicide has utterly no relation to the death of Laquan McDonald.
Illinois law provides three theories of first degree murder:
(a) A person who kills an individual without lawful justification commits first degree murder if, in performing the acts which cause the death:
(1) he either intends to kill or do great bodily harm to that individual or another, or knows that such acts will cause death to that individual or another; or
(2) he knows that such acts create a strong probability of death or great bodily harm to that individual or another; or
(3) he is attempting or committing a forcible felony
If Van Dyke shot without lawful justification, then it could constitute first degree murder under subsection 2.
It seems troubling, but it is not. Under Illinois law, Van Dyke can be convicted of the lesser included offense of murder 2 at trial, regardless of the fact that he only stands charged with murder 1. People v. Kennebrew, 2013 IL 113998
thank you both Scott & Ken for explaining two extremely salient points.
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There are two kinds of analepsis: Internal Analepsis where the story flashes back to an earlier point in the story and External Analepsis where the story flashes back further past where the story begins.
The use of this device leads to anticipation or explanation or surprise for the audience.
Telling a narrative from beginning to end is called Linear narrative (like a line). Flash backs and flash forwards create nonlinear narratives. That's what we get in the horror courtroom thriller The Exorcism of Emily Rose.
This spooky exorcism story is loosely based on real events and is about a normal girl who gets possessed by 6 demons after going to college (not a great plug for higher education). A priest is on trial for negligent homicide due to the fact that he asked her to stop taking medication prescribed by a medical doctor…supposedly resulting in her death. It's an interesting story that challenges one's religious beliefs and the summation by defense council is very thought provoking.
The flash backs come into play during the trial scenes. As witnesses talk about what happens, we see them reenacted in flash back. The interesting thing is we see the same events in two flash backs and they are completely different. We see them from the priest's perspective with all the demonic visions Emily supposed experienced…and some pretty freaky, scary stuff. Then on cross examination, We see the medical, clinical flash back to the possibilities of the same event. It's a very clever use of flash back. It keeps the audience guessing, much as the jury listening to both sides. We're never made comfortable enough with either side to make a choice about the priest.
Flash backs are nothing new in literature (as far back as The Odyssey) to the play Six Degrees of Separation where we actually get a flash back within a flash back within a flash back! The most famous flash back film has to be Citizen Kane (1941) when a dying Charles Foster Kane says "Rosebud" at the beginning of the film and we spend the rest of the bloody film trying to figure out what that means.
The Exorcism of Emily Rose works on many levels as a film. Its use of flash back to tell the narrative is one of its best features.
What are they good for? Absolutely nothin'...oh...wait...taht's WAR!


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Alum skating fast on Capitals beat
In her wildest dreams, Isabelle Kurshudyan never imagined covering hockey.
She grew up in the South, had never seen a hockey game and says she could not even remember seeing ice, let alone an entire rink. But here the 2013 SJI graduate is, covering the Washington Capitals for the Washington Post.
Khurshudyan has now covered the Washington Capitals full-time for three years. She's learned to love the sport and embraces the assignment with confidence and authority––all after never picturing herself in this role in the first place.
"I never thought this would happen," Khurshudyan said. "I totally thought I was going to have to do high school sports at a small daily and work my way up, and that's what I was prepared to do and would have been happy to do had that been my path."
When the Washington Post hired her out of an internship in 2014, it was clear Khurshudyan would be taking a different direction. She first covered high school and college sports but just one year into her Post tenure she moved to the Capitals beat.
Khurshudyan didn't let her lack of hockey knowledge hold her back.
"I knew my strengths were storytelling, asking questions and being curious, so I relied on those," she said. "I knew I wasn't going to break down the X's and O's of a power play, but I had a natural curiosity, so I could explore things others who are very familiar with the game didn't think to ask about. And at the end of the day, that's what readers want to see."
Curiosity wasn't her only strength, however. A native speaker of Russian, Khurshudyan has often used the language to connect and gain credibility with players.
Her language ability also helped earn her an assignment in Russia in January. For a month, Khurshudyan worked for the Post's Moscow bureau, covering everything from election protests to World Cup preparations to domestic violence legislation and the state of the #MeToo movement in Russia.
Despite a number of scheduling, interviewing and translation challenges, Khurshudyan says she could not have asked for a better experience. It was difficult yet rewarding, as well as eye-opening and inspiring.
And like most experiences leading up to that point, it was something Khurshudyan could have never anticipated.
"It was unreal," she said of the assignment. "It taught me how to be a multi-faceted human being, to tell stories around a bigger picture and find the intersection between sports, politics, race and social issues. These things are relevant, even in sports, and we need to embrace those stories because those are some of the most meaningful things that happen."
As Kurshudyan knows, you have to be ready for those meaningful things even when they are unexpected.
"I didn't know this was how my career would shape up, but when I got hired at the Washington Post, I thought, 'If this is the first and only place I work, that would be awesome,'" she said. "I'm going to continue to live in this moment and do meaningful reporting and make an impact. And when the next thing comes, I'll be ready."


I'm about to give you a glimpse into the kinds of conversations that happen between me and my Mama. You've been warned.
Fill up your own pitcher first, so you can give that love to others! You can't give from an empty vessel.
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Hiking in the Light
Tag: CNN
CNN: Trump Signs Unimportant Document with Group of Austere Religious Scholars
Reading Time: < 1 minute Sanders commented,
"I don't know much about that, but I know that the USSR, who had great public infrastructure, and who provided free meals to its citizens, they fought those people. So if you ask me, in my book, Cenk, pulling out of Afghanistan is the wrong idea."
CNN: Bernie Sanders Endorsed by Neo-Nazi Joe Rogan
Reading Time: 2 minutes Host Anderson Cooper is set to deliver a fiery address tomorrow night, where he'll point out to the 327 million morons in America—over 15 of whom watch his show—that Bernie's gone off the rails and must be deplatformed.
"Guns?! But Government Is Always Benevolent," Says Man Terrified That Trump Will Become Forever-Dictator Like Putin
Reading Time: 3 minutes Richmond, Virginia—A gun rights rally has concluded in Virginia, spilling only 0 buckets of blood versus the "untold millions" that CNN had predicted. In the wake of the hyper-violent protest that dressed itself up in a deceptive facade of peace, we interviewed a man in a local Starbucks, who was cowering bravely in a corner, with his Super Venti Flat White shaking in his hands too much for him to…


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Political consultant Pudner goes 'On the Issues' at Marquette Law School
MILWAUKEE — John Pudner, the executive director of Take Back Our Republic, will be the featured guest in an upcoming "On the Issues with Mike Gousha," Tuesday, April 18, from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. at Marquette University Law School's Eckstein Hall, 1215 W. Michigan St.
Pudner, a conservative political consultant and Marquette University alumnus, is trying to reduce the influence of big money and special interests on the American political system. Pudner has managed political campaigns for almost three decades, and says he's won most of them by outsmarting rather than outspending the opposition. Pudner may be best known for his work during the 2014 primaries, when he helped jumpstart the campaign of Dave Brat, who unseated House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a stunning upset.
Pudner's current work has put him at odds with some in the Republican Party. But he argues that today's political system is inherently flawed and needs to be changed. Pudner went to the same high school as Donald Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon and was later hired by Bannon as sports editor to launch Breitbart Sports.
The event is open to the public at no cost; registration is required and is available online. Members of the media who are interested in attending should contact Chris Jenkins in the Office of Marketing and Communication.


The experts tell us that vertical integration is a structure or arrangement where the organization, or company, owns and manages their own supply chain.
Because of the 2018 Farm Bill, while today hemp remains a very minor crop, many predict it will rapidly expand. In 2016, less than 10,000 acres were grown nationwide; in 2017, nearly 26,000 acres were produced by about 1,500 farmers.
Ray Alcaida was a long-time member and supporter of Arizona Farm Bureau.
Cochise County produces lots of wine grapes, pecans, and pistachios.
This fourth-generation farm family from Casa Grande is perhaps one of our strongest Arizona farm families advocating for the continuous education of the public about modern-day farming.
2018 Fire Season is Here! Are You Prepared?
Leaders of the Arizona Farm Bureau and the Arizona Cattle Growers' Association recently met with representatives from Forest Service, BLM, State Land, and the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management to discuss the best ways to communicate with on-the-ground response teams during a fire-related incident.


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Nathaniel Johnson
Name Nathaniel Johnson
Born 25 Sep 1794 Wendell, Franklin County, Massachusetts [1, 2]
Birth Record of Nathaniel Johnson
Moved to Abt 1835 Jericho, Chittenden County, Vermont [3]
Census 1840 Jericho, Chittenden County, Vermont [4]
1 - Free White Persons - Males - Under 5
1 - Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9
1 - Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14
1 - Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49
2 - Persons Employed in Agriculture
3 - Free White Persons - Under 20
2 - Free White Persons - 20 thru 49
5 - Total Free White Persons
5 - Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves
He and his family were living with the Field family.
He is listed as a farmer.
Died 6 Mar 1873 Jericho, Chittenden County, Vermont [8, 9]
Cause: Scrofula & dropsey
Death Record of Nathaniel Johnson
Person ID I2896 | Spouse of a Delvee
Father Nathaniel Johnson, Jr.
Mother Zerviah Crosbee
Married Yes, date unknown
Family Fanny Stiles, b. 24 Jul 1797, Wendell, Franklin County, Massachusetts , d. 27 Jun 1887, Jericho, Chittenden County, Vermont (Age 89 years)
Marriage Intentions 25 Apr 1829 Wendell, Franklin County, Massachusetts [1, 10]
Married 13 May 1829 Wendell, Franklin County, Massachusetts [3, 11, 12, 13]
They were married by the Rev. John Dunklee. [11, 12]
Marriage Record of Fanny Stiles and Nathaniel Johnson
Age at Marriage He was 34 years - She was 31 years
Hayden (1916) gives their marriage date as 1823. [3]
1. Nathaniel Johnson, b. 30 Apr 1830, Wendell, Franklin County, Massachusetts , d. 23 Dec 1905, Jericho, Chittenden County, Vermont (Age 75 years) [Birth]
+ 2. Chessman Johnson, b. 20 Jun 1832, Wendell, Franklin County, Massachusetts , d. 14 Apr 1918, Jericho, Chittenden County, Vermont (Age 85 years) [Birth]
3. John Hirum Johnson, b. 22 Oct 1836, Jericho, Chittenden County, Vermont , d. 6 Apr 1864, Jericho, Chittenden County, Vermont (Age 27 years) [Birth]
Born - 25 Sep 1794 - Wendell, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Marriage Intentions - 25 Apr 1829 - Wendell, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Married - 13 May 1829 - Wendell, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Moved to - Abt 1835 - Jericho, Chittenden County, Vermont
Census - 1840 - Jericho, Chittenden County, Vermont
Census - Age: 54 - 1850 - Jericho, Chittenden County, Vermont
Died - Cause: Scrofula & dropsey - 6 Mar 1873 - Jericho, Chittenden County, Vermont
[S376] Allred, Paul W. Email: 2002-11-10 "Johnson, Nathaniel - Ancestors of", (Email to Robert Roy from pwallred (at) aol.com, 10 November 2002), Tertiary Source.
[S800] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Primary Source.
[S873] Hayden, Chauncey H. & Luther G. Stevens & LaFayette Wilbur & Rev. S. H. Barnum. The History of Jericho, Vermont, (Burlington, Vermont: The Free Press Printing Company, 1916).
[S892] 1840 U.S. Federal Census, (rovo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Primary Source.
Year: 1840; Census Place: Jerico, Chittenden, Vermont; Roll: 541; Page: 24; Family History Library Film: 0027439
[S674] 1850 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Primary Source.
Year: 1850; Census Place: Jericho, Chittenden, Vermont; Roll: M432_923; Page: 36B; Image: 78
[S716] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.), Primary Source.
Year: 1860; Census Place: Jericho, Chittenden, Vermont; Roll: M653_1319; Page: 451; Family History Library Film: 805319
Year: 1870; Census Place: Jericho, Chittenden, Vermont; Roll: M593_1618; Page: 620A; Family History Library Film: 553117
[S363] 1880 U.S. Federal Census CD, (Archive CD).
[S845] Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908 , (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013), Primary Source.
[S197] Pratt, Betty-Sue. Wendell, MA Vital Records, (Athol, Massachusetts: manuscript, 2000), Secondary Source.
[S96] Guild, Mary Stiles. The Stiles Family in America, (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1892), Secondary Source.
[S878] Richardson, Pamela A. & Thomas E. Sawin. Wendell, Massachusetts: Its Settlers and Citizenry, 1752-1900, (Amherst, Massachusetts: Off the Common Book, 2015), Secondary Source.


We are counting grave markers, an exercise in patience. Rows look so similar we lose count and start again.
Helping with this tedious task is Br. Adam Farkas, who is using his free period from teaching at Roger Bacon High School to be part of a photo session at St. Mary's Cemetery in St. Bernard, Ohio. In honor of All Saints Day and All Souls Day, we are visiting the place where 339 friars of St. John the Baptist Province – our best estimate – have been laid to rest.
Other burial grounds are older. At nearby St. John's Cemetery, founded in 1849 at the end of a cholera epidemic, 25 pioneering friars share a common grave. Brothers are buried in 15 states, from Oceanside, Calif., to Washington, D.C., from Calumet, Mich., to New Orleans, La. Some died in Europe after returning to the land of their birth. A number stayed in the Philippines, the land they came to love.
But many make their final journey to St. Mary's New German Catholic Cemetery, dedicated in 1873 on the site of a former dairy farm. SJB friars occupy three plots, two near the Ross Avenue entrance. The third – the newest– is across the cemetery near the mausoleum. No matter when they died, Adam seems to know them all. "Here's a Provincial," he says, pointing to the stone for Roger Huser. "John Oldegeering," Adam acknowledges, as though meeting him on the street. "He was a teacher," Adam says, identifying Ermin Schneider as an occupational inspiration.
Obviously, he has heard – and remembered – stories about these friars. But there is a proprietary air in Adam's familiarity and recognition. These are, after all, his brothers. This is his family.
Above, Adam Farkas in the newest friar section at St. Mary's; right, Adam was inspired by stories about Ermin Schneider; below, graves in the "middle" section.
"The friars and priests are not forgotten," says Gloria Howell, secretary at St. Mary's. "They meant a lot to people. We'll have people come in long after the funeral and ask where they're buried." Gloria should know. When new residents arrive, she makes it official by hand-writing their statistics in the "Burial Book", a Gulliver-sized ledger listing age, place of birth, most recent residence, next of kin, church, and the exact location of their grave.
"Everyone is in here," she says, from war heroes to politicos, from sports figures to those famous by association – Reds owner Marge Schott's parents, for example. Friars share a cemetery with Dolly Dimples, once billed as The Fat Lady with Ringling Brothers Circus. She later dropped more than 400 pounds and found fame as the author of a diet book. Dolly died a svelte 112 pounds in 1982.
Several monuments honor those lost at sea, including one erected by the Abbing family "In Memory of Our Brother [Who] Died on the Titanic." More than 1,100 graves dated 1918 grimly remind us of the flu pandemic that killed more than 50 million people worldwide. Among the memorials is one topped with a crucifix and surrounded by dozens of tiny headstones, a tribute to orphans from St. Aloysius who died in the late 1800s.
Civil war veteran William Schmidt, buried at St. Mary's in 1888, was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for "extraordinary heroism in rescuing a wounded comrade under terrific fire" in the battle of Missionary Ridge in Tennessee. He was 17 at the time.
Thousands at St. Mary's never made history or headlines. But to their friends, their loved ones and brothers like Adam, they will always be heroes. "Most everyone here is Catholic," Gloria says, referring to the cemetery staff. "They went to Roger Bacon and I hear them talk about their teachers, the friars" and their lifelong impact.
Adam Farkas pays his respects in the oldest friar section at St. Mary's.
The imposing statue of John the Baptist, the face of SJB's annual Personnel Directory, identifies the newest section. It was not Gene's first choice. "I was always in love with the huge bronze statue of Francis in front of St. Francis Seminary on Mill Road," he says. "When we closed the seminary I wanted to retrieve it and put it in the cemetery." The Council decided this was not to be. "They said, 'No, you can't have Francis, but as a consolation prize you can have John the Baptist,'" removed from a niche at old St. John the Baptist Church before it was demolished.
During my recent visitation in Central Illinois, I was pleased that we were able to have a "Francis Dinner" in Bloomington. The friars from St. Mary's in Bloomington and Sacred Heart/St. Joseph in Peoria were able to pray and share a meal. We were hoping for two young men to join us and something came up for one, but we had the wonderful opportunity to meet Andres Torres, a Puerto Rican native and parishioner at St. Mary's. (He and Fr. Luis Aponte-Merced had a few things in common!) Andres is a high school senior planning on going to Notre Dame, where he will study chemical engineering. He is also contemplating medical school but remains open to the call of God in his life. As he headed off to play practice, I told him that if he has any questions or interest in our life, we would be happy to talk with him. (He's portraying the holdout juror in a production of 12 Angry Men.) We plant the seeds; God gives the growth. If you know of any young men who might consider our life, invite them to prayer and dinner. I would be happy to join you when I come to visit, but you don't have to wait for that.
February 1, 1975: St. Mary Cemetery, St. Bernard, OH, where most of our friars are buried, has come up with the problem of fading and deteriorating tombstones. To rectify this situation, Roger Huser, Provincial, has contracted with the Henry Kistner Monuments Co. of St. Bernard to do needed sandblasting, cleaning and re-lettering.
Stones before 1939 are in pretty bad shape. The stone will be completely refinished at a cost of $40 each (newer section); those in the older section will also be cared for at a cost of $30 each stone. 33 need attention at this time.
Can you find Al Mascia amongst all those hats?
Right, modeling new attire at Crescent Academy.
the ecclesiology of Pope Francis." In Richard's talk, Henry says, "he offers 'five features' of the Vatican II Council's teaching that Pope Francis 'has boldly returned to the foreground of church life and theological reflection.' These are: a) The Church as the Pilgrim People of God; b) The Missiological Vision of Vatican II; c) A Listening Church; d) Ecclesial Subsidiarity; and e) The Pastorality of Doctrine."Find his address at: http://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/ctsa/article/view/5509.
It was a mixture of fun and facts: At yesterday's Halloween party at Mother of Good Counsel parish in Hazard, Ky., kids learned about the saints and decorated some pumpkins in the process. Now they're ready for All Hallows Eve.
No tricks, just treats at MGC in Hazard.


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#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/io.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/of.h>
#include <linux/of_address.h>
#include <soc/qcom/memory_dump.h>

#define DUMP_TABLE_OFFSET	0x14
#define MSM_DUMP_TABLE_VERSION	MK_TABLE(1, 0)

static struct msm_memory_dump mem_dump_data;

int msm_dump_table_register(struct msm_client_dump *client_entry)
{
	struct msm_client_dump *entry;
	struct msm_dump_table *table = mem_dump_data.dump_table_ptr;

	if (!table || table->num_entries >= MAX_NUM_CLIENTS)
		return -EINVAL;
	entry = &table->client_entries[table->num_entries];
	entry->id = client_entry->id;
	entry->start_addr = client_entry->start_addr;
	entry->end_addr = client_entry->end_addr;
	table->num_entries++;
	/* flush cache */
	dmac_flush_range(table, table + sizeof(struct msm_dump_table));
	return 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(msm_dump_table_register);

static int __init init_memory_dump(void)
{
	struct msm_dump_table *table;
	struct device_node *np;
	static void __iomem *imem_base;

	np = of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, "qcom,msm-imem-mem_dump_table");
	if (!np) {
		pr_err("unable to find DT imem dump table node\n");
		return -ENODEV;
	}
	imem_base = of_iomap(np, 0);
	if (!imem_base) {
		pr_err("unable to map imem dump table offset\n");
		return -ENOMEM;
	}

	mem_dump_data.dump_table_ptr = kzalloc(sizeof(struct msm_dump_table),
						GFP_KERNEL);
	if (!mem_dump_data.dump_table_ptr) {
		iounmap(imem_base);
		printk(KERN_ERR "unable to allocate memory for dump table\n");
		return -ENOMEM;
	}
	table = mem_dump_data.dump_table_ptr;
	table->version = MSM_DUMP_TABLE_VERSION;
	mem_dump_data.dump_table_phys = virt_to_phys(table);
	writel_relaxed(mem_dump_data.dump_table_phys, imem_base);
	printk(KERN_INFO "MSM Memory Dump table set up\n");
	iounmap(imem_base);

	return 0;
}

early_initcall(init_memory_dump);

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Back mid-november with the last batch of goodies.
Last? Sigh. Guess I won't need the Internet anymore.
take your time! have fun on your break!
I have been recently exposed to this site.I have grown up buying and listening to vinyls (lot of them) in my childhood and puberty days.Particularly I liked the RD Burman (Kaun Kaise,Nikamma,Dhan Daulat,Daulat,Azad,Kaalia etc) and Rajesh Roshan (Priyatama,Ek Hi Raasta,Kaamchor,Lootmaar,Desh Pardeah,Doosra Aadmi etc) numbers.
Thanks for all the efforts and services that you are rendering.I wish we can get in touch and I handing over to you all LP vinyls for necessary upload.Let me know if you are interested.
Thanks for the offer/suggestion - however the whole purpose of this blog, initially anyway, was to come to terms with my own collection of Bollywood vinyl. Being made in charge of other people's stuff isn't something I'm very keen on doing to be honest; too much of a responsibility, and effort.
However once again,thanks for your painstaking efforts.
This is really an unique blog with sound from ripped LPs.Reminds of the good old days of melodious music and golden era of Hindi songs.


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Author - Casidra
Youth Development in Agriculture
Youth Development and creating sustainable employment are key components to Casidra's project management portfolio in rural areas. Development in rural areas is needed in building infrastructure, improving education as well as health standards and living conditions and generating employment opportunities across a range of industries. One such industry is farming and agriculture in which it has become increasingly challenging to encourage young people to pursue as a vocation. Despite new technologies and progressive methods, the image of the weather-beaten farmer working under...
2019-06-27By CasidraGENERALRead more...
Corporate Social Responsibility and Rural Development
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) refers to the voluntary investment of a company in social/economic projects focused on advancing society with regard to housing, education, health care, food security, job creation and the environment. CSR, therefore, forms an integral part of the 'give back' strategy of any company that has the capability of planning and developing such programmes. Contributing towards the betterment and upliftment of society and maintaining harmonious relationships are seen as important - both on business and societal levels....
Renewable Energy and Rural Opportunities
The beauty of renewable energy is that it naturally replenishes itself through sunlight, wind, tides, waves, rain, biomass and geothermal heat. Year by year our energy demands increase, while our supply of raw materials diminishes. Clearly, urgent and innovative action needs to be taken. Preparing for renewables is vital, together with the training required to leverage this option to the fullest extent for the wide range of concomitant (accompanying) employment opportunities that are bound to arise, both in urban and...
30 April 2019 – LAND REFORM ADVISORY DESK PERSPECTIVE
It is two weeks before the 2019 National Elections in South Africa and depending on where you stand, you may be excited or anxious about the outcome. Land reform, expropriation without compensation and changes to Section 25 of the Constitution were all topics regularly mentioned by many parties competing in the build up to this election. The land issue, as part of South Africa's history, and the transformation project, as part of South Africa's future, remain as emotive and...
2019-05-07By CasidraLREADRead more...
Casidra's Board of Directors and Management team extended a warm welcome to the new Minister of Economic Opportunities, Ms Beverly Schäfer, during a meeting held at Casidra's Head Office on the 22nd of November 2018. During her introduction, Minister Schäfer expressed her appreciation and said that it is a wonderful privilege to be Casidra's new Executive Authority. She further expressed her excitement to continue working with Casidra as Provincial Government Enterprise and said that one of her key responsibilities...
2019-03-15By CasidraCEEDEERead more...
World Food Day celebrated in Brandwacht South Africa has joined the world in marking World Food Day to highlight the plight of millions of malnourished people in the world. The Western Cape Department of Agriculture and the National Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries hosted a World Food Day event on 24 October 2018 in Brandwacht. World Food Day is commemorated annually around the world on 16 October in remembrance of founding the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United...
Casidra's Board, Management and Staff have pleasure in welcoming its new Chief Executive Officer, Mr Ashley Seymour effective from 4th of March 2019. Mr Seymour is a Chartered Accountant (South Africa) who spent much of his career in development financing & Impact investing and is a seasoned Executive as well as Non-Executive Board member in both the public and private sectors. He is a passionate South African, born and mostly raised in the rural parts of the Eastern Cape....
Entrepreneurship in the Rural Areas: SMMEs and funding
"I have this dream and I want to see it come true. And I will not give up. To achieve a goal, you have got to be a gambler, you have got to be certain you can do it." ~ Chumak, Russian entrepreneur. A true entrepreneur is a rare animal, dedicated to their ideas, perhaps a little obsessive in their determination, often ready to start before everything has been fully explored and analysed. In a rural area where people may...
Project Management in Rural Development
Between government and conventional market forces lies a sometimes overlooked but strategically valuable economic arena that is vitally important with regard to sustainable development of land, upliftment of people, and the creation of job opportunities. Despite rapid urbanisation, rural areas still host the poorest people. Working to alleviate this poverty requires critical interventions on an on-going basis with the backing of both public and private sectors. How does project management work? Project management will begin by examining any activity required to...
LREAD Perspective December 2018
Land reform has been on the centre stage throughout 2018, and with national elections coming in the first half of 2019, one can expect much more in the months to come. Populist phrases and concepts such as "Expropriation without Compensation" and "give back the land" rang loud and clear throughout the year. But there were also critical and analytical evaluations on land reform by thought leaders throughout the year. A good example of this is work done by Professor Johan...
E-Leaf 2018
Asian and African Immigrant Food Studies During 2017, the UTA conducted a study into the size of the Asian Migrant market in the Western Cape. Prior to this study, a similar study was conducted during 2015 for the African Migrant market in the Western Cape. These two sub-markets are similar in many respects although the African Migrant market is comparatively larger than the Asian Migrant market. A comparison of the two markets is made here given the niche market nature...
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Creating a skilled workforce amidst poverty and inequality
South Africa has a high percentage of people below the poverty line. As most of these people are unskilled or untrained in any specific work or trade, they are largely ignored by industries. The problem facing government, the private sector and other stakeholders is how to find ways of inculcating skills in an overlooked group that is undereducated, inexperienced, all too often seen as unemployable. Each year about 3,5 million enter the workforce, with only 1,5 million ever likely to...
CALEDONIA FARMING (PTY) LTD LIVESTOCK FARM
Caledonia Farming is situated outside Hopefield in the Sandveld area and farms with livestock (sheep and cattle) and grain production on a small commercial scale and has three beneficiaries (a mother, Miena and her sons, Carlo and Emile Baron). The project recently received a new bakkie by means of the WCDoA's CASP funding and the beneficiaries are planning to add rooibos tea to their production in the near future.
JUNIOR LANDCARE PROJECT TEACHES LEARNERS HOW TO SAVE WATER
The WCDoA and Casidra annually implement the Junior LandCare project, which focuses on creating awareness amongst young children in Grades 1 to 6. This year, Marina Moller Eilers was contracted to do puppet shows for the children in the Eden, West Coast and Central Karoo regions. The first set of puppet shows were held in the Eden district at the Towerkop Primary School in Ladismith reaching 230 Grade 1 learners and 217 Grades 2 and 3 learners as well...
JJ LOVE WINE VINEYARD
Johannes Jacobus (JJ) Love, one of 153 farmers in Ebenhaeser, situated about 40 kilometres from Vredendal, farms on 2 hectares of land with a high density wine vineyard. The project is mentored by Namaqua Kelder's Dirk de Bruyn who also funds some inputs and acts as the project's marketing channel. Casidra started implementing the project two years ago on behalf of the Western Cape Department of Agriculture. Soil preparation, carbon fiber poles, vines and other production inputs were purchased with the...
LEARN 2 LIVE VEGETABLE GARDEN PROJECT
LEARN 2 LIVE is a community organisation situated at Wallacedene, which has established a vegetable garden to empower its community. The project was funded by the Western Cape Department of Agriculture's Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme for R44 000. Casidra, as the implementing agent, with Cynthia Lebenya as the Project Manager, used the funding to procure the field irrigation system, protective clothing and production inputs. The project currently produces vegetables and has established a medicinal garden. The project provides basic agricultural training to...
INTEGRI-AGRI (PTY) LTD FREE-RANGE EGG FARMING
Integri-Agri (Pty) Ltd is a free-range egg farm located on the Boschendal Farm in the Stellenbosch area. This farming project was established by Rico Vergotine who oversees all farming operations with other two workers. Integri-Agri's main objective is to produce the best quality eggs and broiler chickens with no negative impact on the environment. This farm aims to enhance an already existing free-range, pasture-raised operation, producing free-range (organic) eggs for the local supermarkets and restaurants. The project's application for funding...
Education and Outcomes: vocational opportunities in the rural areas
"I do not wish for this life for my children. We can't all end up being farm workers. They must be the generation that does something better with their lives." ~ farm worker, anonymous. No matter how much attention is paid to improving education opportunities in South Africa, improvements in less-privileged areas, including specifically in the rural areas, remain a vital part of the process. In the past, people living in outlying areas often had to rely on farm schooling for...
Life in our Hands: protecting our environmental assets
Every year the very foundation of our existence and survival is put under pressure by numerous factors, most of which are affected by humans. Over the years, deforestation has affected several regions of the world in a negative way. Greater population growth means loss of forested land, and pressure on natural resources like our water systems and coastlines through the every-growing need to feed people. Yet without our vital environmental assets, we would be unable to farm, fish, and...
Environmental Impact Assessment Section 24G
An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a legal requirement that necessitates an investigation into the potential impact planned activities may have on the environment in which they are to be effected. This process culminates into either the issuance of environmental authorisation for those activities and/or waste license. These investigations can take the form of either a Basic Assessment (BA) or a full scoping and EIA. The Minister of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (DEADP), has prescribed in Section 24 of...
The Unexpected Revolution: why rural economies hold keys to job creation
When we think of job creation, we often think of big business or city/town projects that bring about accompanying opportunities for work. However, we tend to overlook the great potential lying in country areas where multi-faceted agricultural and related business opportunities are still untapped. All roads lead to Rome, they may say, but in essence successful initiatives can be found anywhere, not only in the towns and cities. How can we effect change? There is much talk about...
When we think of job creation, we often think of big business or city/town projects that bring about accompanying opportunities for work. However, we tend to overlook the great potential lying in country areas where multi-faceted agricultural and related business opportunities are still untapped. All roads lead to Rome, they may say, but in essence successful initiatives can be found anywhere, not only in the towns and cities. HOW CAN WE EFFECT CHANGE? There is much talk about what should be...
Langa Mountain Tomatoes
Yandisa Langa is the founder and sole owner/beneficiary of Langa Mountain Tomatoes in Tokai. This project produces and supplies tomatoes to local vegetable stalls, supermarkets and restaurants, and has created jobs for three employees in the area. Langa is a born entrepreneur and worked as a security guard at one of the local malls when he spotted a niche in the supply and delivery market. What inspired his idea was enquiries about the delays in food deliveries and the shortage...
KAUTHARS CHICKEN BROILERS
Casidra has successfully completed the implementation of two chicken sheds for Kauthars Chicken Broilers in Hopefield. This is a Chicken broiler project that was started in 2016 and belongs to three female previously disadvantaged individuals. These beneficiaries applied for funding for the construction of broiler houses and production inputs and their request was approved by the Commodity Project Allocation Committee of the Western Cape Department of Agriculture. Approximately R700 000 of Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme funds was allocated to the...
Chief Executive Officer's Desk – September 2018
Towards the end of 2017 the harsh reality of the current and intense drought experienced by the Western Cape, continued to play out. Casidra supported the Western Cape Department of Agriculture (WCDoA) in the procurement and provision of drought relief feed to farmers to support their livestock through this difficult period. The conditions also required farmers to reduce their herds, some of whom at times had a few more animals than they should have. To this effect, the drought...
CASIDRA RECEIVES LANDCARE's WATER CARE CAMPAIGN AWARD
Casidra was privileged to form part of the adjudication panel at the Western Cape Department of Agriculture's (WCDoA) Junior LandCare's water care campaign held at Elsenburg on 20 June 2018. The adjudication panel was tasked with scoring grade 6 and 7 learners on speech, poster, drama and debate relating to Conservation of Natural Resources, Water, Environment and Energy. Ten schools participated in the speech category, five in the poster category, four in the debate category and six in the drama...
Good Governance through Partnerships
"Good governance never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern." ~ Frank Herbert Good Governance is a relatively new concept along with human rights, democracy and public participation. It means that any organisation, such as government institutions or private companies – or any facility that purports to provide a service, conduct public affairs and manage public resources – must act in the public interest at all times. In other words, governments and organisations must...
LREAD Perspective July 2018
Parliament is currently wrapping up public participation sessions throughout the country, which allowed ordinary South African citizens the opportunity to speak out on the proposal to amend Section 25 of the South African Constitution in order to allow for the expropriation of land without compensation. Some of these sessions have laid bare the raw emotion often accompanying discussions about land in our country. On the one hand, people are arguing that through colonialism and apartheid policies, black South African citizens'...
Building an efficient, competitive and responsive infrastructure network
Infrastructure is the fundamental facility and system network serving a country, city, or community, including the services and resources necessary for the overall economy to function. It presents the physical systems of a business or nation such as: transportation, communication, sewage, water and electricity; these are all part of the infrastructure, and they are vital to a country's economic development and prosperity. Without these basic, dynamically interlinked elements, cities cannot operate efficiently, and an economy cannot be soundly built...
Youth Development Opportunities: Community, Land and Lateral Thinking
The Way Forward "No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main." ~ John Donne (1624) The great lesson of life is that while we may appear to be sailing our own ship, we very rarely are. There is always a broader community at work, supporting our dreams, and bolstering our endeavours. The trick is to draw from our background of family and friends, while at the...
Food Security: the challenge of global hunger
Ensuring nutrition for the world's burgeoning population is an ongoing concern in many countries. Food is considered a basic human right – yet in a world of billions, there are still many millions who suffer shortage of this vital commodity, or lack of access to good nutrition. There are many areas of action to alleviate this situation such as science programmes, biotechnology, improved animal husbandry, precision farming techniques, genetic modification, agricultural training, subsistence farming, garden farms, hydroponics, etc. But...
Changing Lives: Empowered, Fair and Inclusive Citizenship
Understanding what it means to be a citizen goes to the heart of personal and national identity. It's about legal equality for each citizen – which means that you are entitled to equal rights with regard to: the right to vote, the right to serve in the military, the right to marry a native citizen, and the right to fair and equal representation in government and the law. The Power of Inclusive Citizenship Inclusive citizenship creates...
LREAD Perspective: Expropriation without compensation
Land expropriation without compensation is on everyone's lips, since the EFF and the ANC proposed a Parliamentary Motion that could see the Constitution modified to allow for the expropriation of land without compensation. What does this mean for those affected? One would be naïve not to see the political machinations behind the motion: A partnership between the ANC and EFF could benefit the ANC, especially in the metro areas governed by DA led coalitions, in partnership with the EFF. The...
PINEHAVEN AGRICULTURAL TRADING (PTY) LTD
Pinehaven Agricultural Trading is a vegetable project that belongs to a family of five beneficiaries (three youths and two females). The land in production comprises 5.5 hectares in Lynedoch situated approximately 7km outside Stellenbosch. The vegetable crops planted include spinach, beetroot, green pepper, carrots, etc. and are distributed to vegetable markets after every successful harvest. The project has created jobs for 15 permanent workers and 30 seasonal workers. It has unleashed its potential and demonstrated to be highly...
World Food Day Celebration at Villiersdorp
One of the greatest challenges our impoverished communities face is a lack of food security, and the Western Cape Department of Agriculture (WCDoA) is attempting to turn this tide when it hosted the annual World Food Day celebration in Villiersdorp on Friday the 12th of October 2017. This was a well organised and attended event to promote sustainable food security amongst the Villiersdorp communities which crowded their stadium on the day to celebrate and receive food parcels and household...
Western Cape Commodity Project Receives Silver Award
Congratulations to the tri-partnership between Casidra, Hortgro and the WCDoA for winning the Silver Award for the Best Implemented Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme during the Western Cape Premier's Annual Service Excellence Awards' ceremony, which took place on the 28th of August 2017 in Cape Town. This ceremony was an opportunity for the Premier and broader public to acknowledge outstanding performances from public service professionals in the Western Cape Government. Delivering the keynote address, Premier Zille said: "As we...
NEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM THE CEO
The Casidra 2018-year commenced at the solid pace with which it concluded in 2017. Concluding 2017, Casidra was wholly immersed assisting the Western Cape Department of Agriculture (WCDoA) in supporting livestock farmers in the drought-stricken areas of the Western Cape (WC). The Emergency Drought Relief programme required that feed be sourced from various agribusinesses to provide support to the farmers that qualified for the programme. Some of these stock items gradually started running low and supply became problematic at...
LREAD Perspective November 2017
The AgriSA Land Audit AgriSA made public its much anticipated South African Land Audit this month. A lot has been said about agricultural land ownership in South Africa, but no credible statistics have been available to back up the various claims. The AgriSA Land Audit, done together with Media24 and economist Johann Bornman of Agri Development Solutions, is an attempt to provide accurate statistics and numbers to work with. As part of their investigation, individual agricultural land transactions from 1994 to...
MESSAGE FROM THE CEO'S DESK – September 2017
The grim reality and probable effects of climate change, and especially if it was still disputed, started to be felt by everyone in the sector and most profoundly by the beneficiaries Casidra supports through the agriculture programmes the company implements. The drought conditions in the Western Cape province continue to place a damper on the agriculture sector in the province. Records confirmed that the current drought is the worst the region experienced in over 100 years. While measures are...
CASIDRA OBTAINED ANOTHER UNQUALIFIED REPORT FOR 2016/2017
Casidra SOC Ltd obtained its 28th Unqualified Report for the 2016/17 financial year to maintain its outstanding clean record during the company's Annual General Meeting held on the 28th of August 2017. The Board of Directors and Minister Alan Winde extended their vote of thanks to the Management team and staff of Casidra for their hard work. Casidra's newly elected vice-chairperson of the Board, Ainsley Moos, officially handed the approved Annual Report 2016/17 on behalf of new chairperson, Dr Leonie Coetzee, to Minister Winde....
CASIDRA RECEIVES RECOGNITION FOR 2015/16 CLEAN AUDIT
The Western Cape has been officially confirmed as the country's Top Province in the 2015/16 provincial and local audit outcomes during a ceremony held on Monday, 10 April 2017 where deserving provincial and municipal departments as well as entities were awarded by representatives (Mr Solly Segooa and Ms Sharonne Adams) of the Auditor-General of SA. The Province also achieved clean audits for 12 of its 13 departments. A total of 23 out of 30 Western Cape municipalities were also awarded clean...
PROVINCIAL PARLIAMENT STANDING COMMITTEES VISIT WEST COAST
The Standing Committees on Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, Economic Opportunities, Tourism and Agriculture, Human Settlements, Finance, Local Government and Transport and Public Works had a Joint Provincial Visit Week (16 – 19 May 2017) of the Service Delivery Cluster. This Joint Visit Week was a key mechanism established by the Western Cape Provincial Parliament (WCPP) to achieve its Constitutional oversight mandate within the Province. It was intended to ensure that members of the Provincial Parliament, through its Standing...
BOARD AND MANAGEMENT VISIT PROJECTS IN KANNALAND
Casidra's Board Members and Management Team visited the following projects in the Kannaland region on 27 and 28 June 2017 to give the Board an insight and glimpse of the challenges experienced within projects. The first project to be visited was Amalienstein and the Board was overwhelmed by the dedicated staff who shared the challenges experienced on the farm. Amalienstein is a non-profitable farm with a relatively small of the dairy, high overhead costs as a result of the...
NEWS IN BRIEF: PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION HIGHLIGHTS
EROSION PROTECTION STRUCTURES IN BRANDWACHT RIVER Casidra is implementing a R24 million project to construct 27 gabion groynes over a stretch of 3 kilometers, which includes landscaping and planting along the Brandwacht River near Brandwacht. This is a Western Cape Department of Agriculture project and is situated in the vicinity of Ruitersbos between Mossel Bay and Kleinbrak, and the work is part of the Disaster Management Programme. It will continue to be in the construction phase and is expected...
An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a legal requirement that necessitates an investigation into the potential impact planned activities may have on the environment in which they are to be effected. This process culminates into either the issuance of environmental authorisation for those activities and/or waste license. These investigations can take the form of either a Basic Assessment (BA) or a full scoping and EIA. The Minister of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (DEADP), has prescribed in...
LREAD Perspective August 2017
Talking is better than fighting Why is talking better than fighting? I used Google and came across the following insightful quote: "Discussions are always better than arguments, because an argument is always about who is right, and a discussion is to find out what is right". This quote holds much truth for our land reform journey in South Africa. We seem to spend a lot of energy on framing role players as being on the right side or the...
LREAD Perspective May 2017
Sharing is caring The Nampo agricultural show, which took place in May in Bothaville, is one of the highlights on the South African agricultural calendar. First time attendees are always blown away by the scale of this event. The show attracted 78 648 visitors and 700 exhibitors this year. It is also the place to come up close with the latest in farming technology. This year saw Senzeni Zokwana, South African Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, posing on the...
LREAD Perspective June 2017
Cyril Ramaphosa Earlier in June I travelled to the Koue Bokkeveld to an event where Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa, was the guest speaker. True to the area's name, it was a bitterly cold evening, with outside temperatures dropping to 5 Degrees Celsius on the Gydo pass, on route to the venue! The event was hosted by the Witzenberg Partnerships in Agri Land Solutions (PALS). PALS is a private sector initiate which coordinates and supports transformation projects in the Witzenberg...
THE CEO'S 2017 ADDRESS
For Casidra the 2017 year started on the back of another clean audit, the 27th in a row, and with staff returning from a well-deserved break from work, during December 2016. The year started with a frantic pace with numerous projects that were supplied with goods and services when suppliers started opening their businesses for the New Year. The holiday soon felt like a memory of long ago as the pace intensified. THE DROUGHT The drought that gripped the...


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VIOLENT STORM is featured on this month's issues of the following publications:
"All Access Magazine", Florida, USA
"Rag Magazine", Florida, USA
"REQUIEM MAGAZINE", Buenos Aires, Argentina
"DARKNESS MAGAZINE", Quito, Ecuador
ARGENTINA'S TOP ROCK MAGAZINE "REQUIEM" GIVES VIOLENT STORM A GREAT REVIEW ON "STORM WARNING", TO BE FOLLOWED BY AN INTERVIEW WITH MICK CERVINO ON THE NEXT ISSUE.
LA MEJOR REVISTA ARGENTINA DE ROCK "REQUIEM" DA UN MUY BUEN COMENTARIO AL DISCO "STORM WARNING" DE VIOLENT STORM, Y CONTINUARA CON UN REPORTAJE A MICK CERVINO EN EL PROXIMO NUMERO. NO SE LO PIERDAN!
MICK CERVINO IS INTERVIEWED BY BLASTING-ZONE.COM
READ THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW BY CLICKING LINK BELOW.
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VIOLENT STORM IS FEATURED
IN THE LATEST ISSUE OF
GERMANY'S HEAVY ODER
WAS MAGAZINE.
Check out this great feature
and Mick Cervino interview in
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VIOLENT STORM RECIEVES A DOUBLE DIAMOND BLAST
MAGAZINE AWARD FOR
"STORM WARNING"
......." This is the first CD I've ever reviewed that has actually left me speechless!!!! "Storm Warning" is an essential metal classic and a must have for all metal fans!"- Darrel P. Finley (Editor, Blast Magazine)
APRIL 2007, MICK CERVINO INTERVIEW WITH ROCKNWORLD.COM
MICK CERVINO CHATS TO METALASYLUM.NET
K K DOWNING INTERVIEW WITH HEAVY METAL ABOUT.COM
APRIL 2007 REVIEWS:
CHECK OUT THESE RECENT GREAT REVIEWS ABOUT VIOLENT STORM AT YTSEJAM.COM AND THECUTTING-EDGE.NET
http://www.ytsejam.com/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=1175
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KK DOWNING OF JUDAS PRIEST INTERVIEWHARDRADIO.COM APRIL 2007 ABOUT VIOLENTSTORM.
JUDAS PRIEST - K.K. Gets Violent!by Martin Popoff
Hard at work on Nostradamus? No, of course not.... Well, yes, but half of Priest's axes of evil, K.K. Downing, also took some time off to play on and executive-produce an album by consummate Yngwie Malmsteen bassist Mick Cervino and his band Violent Storm. The long-awaited Storm Warning turned out to be a smart piece of work (see my 8.5 review in our Hard Reviews archive), and even without the big shot guests - K.K., Yngwie, Roy Z... each so massive of might that no last names are necessary - critical praise of the record's eccentric metal moves would be forthcoming.
"Yes, I really enjoyed it," says Downing, of this unexpected resume-enhancer of a project. "I didn't anticipate getting in that deep to start with. I was just asked to play a couple of solos and one thing led to another, and when I heard the music, I thought, well, this is really cool; this new band doing this metal that I can relate to. I figure I'd see if I could help any way I could."
Explains K.K. about the initial contact, "Literally, we were on tour with Priest, and those guys were living down in Miami, and we were playing a gig in Miami, so we were just hanging out backstage, and that was it. I guess, maybe a year later, I was actually in Spain, and the Yngwie Malmsteen band was playing, obviously with Mick, in Barcelona. We got on a plane, because I was bored and needed some sun. I was down there, good-looking girls, good beer, loads of sun, but no metal. So me and a buddy jumped on a plane and went to Barcelona." (OK, something there doesn't make sense, but you get the picture... and quite a picture it is indeed!).
"We went to the gig, and we were kind of hanging around again, backstage, having a few beers I think. And I think it might've been then, Mick said he was doing an album, and would I fancy trying a couple solos? And of course, a couple beers later, 'Sure, Mick!' Anyway, he sent me a couple of songs, and that's when I first heard this and thought yeah, this is cool, and it went on from there, really."
Eventually, K.K. got Roy Z. involved, Roy, having worked on Angel Of Retribution, the Halford band stuff, with Bruce Dickinson, the new Priest album, and... well, now he's Metal Mike's co-guitarist in Halford.
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JUDAS PRIEST - K.K. Gets Violent! Page 2by Martin Popoff
"He's a great producer, definitely, in his own right," asserts Downing. "And he's an absolute whiz, obviously technically, with Protools and stuff. And I think that's how it came about. I had kind of put on the producer's hat before Roy became involved. And I said to the guys, 'Look, if we're going to do it, and we've got to do it quick. And the man to be hands-on here has got to be Roy. If he'll do it - you know, he's a good buddy - and I'll see if he'll do it.' And he said yes, he would do it. So we got the guys to re-record a lot of stuff, and as I said, got Roy to be hands-on, all the files in place, the way things work now in Protools, and he got in there and worked really hard. And while he was doing that, I was overseeing everything. Because I had already picked up, obviously, the record, the songs; I knew exactly what I wanted to do, rearrange them, and leave some stuff off the record, and add a few more tunes. And it just went on from there."
Adds K.K. on Roy, "No, I would say he's just great to work with. As you say, Rob Halford has worked with him prior to that, and Rob introduced him to us. But I've gotten on really, really well with Roy, because he plays guitar. Oh yes, I've gotten him to play some lead parts as well on the Violent Storm record. So there's me, and Yngwie and Roy, so it's fairly full up with guitars and guitar licks (laughs). In fact, I just spoke to him today, because there's going to be a feature with Roy on my new web site (K.K. Downing's Steel Mill - see www.kkdowning.net). We're going to be a doing a feature with Roy on that. He's got quite a little back catalogue of his own, with his own band, and so we're big guitar-crazy fans, metal fans, me and Roy, so it's going to be cool. Being in Priest all these years, myself and Glenn, and we've done a lot of co-production, with a lot of the other producers, Tom Allom and stuff, and we picked up a lot on the way. But now technology-wise, you need Protools, so you really need someone who's good at that. I actually run a music program myself, which is the European version of Protools, if you like, called Q Base VST, so I'm kind of an expert on that. But the industry gig now is Protools, so I leave that up to Roy."
"Working day and night, night and day," laughs K.K., asked about progress on Nostradamus. "I can't say too much about it, because it's still evolving. It's a work in progress. The only thing I can say is that if you can please relate, Martin, to all of the metal fans out there, that we're hard at work and will deliver it as soon as we can, and we're looking forward to getting on tour, and we'll be in your town as soon as we can get there. Especially Toronto. I mean, we love Canada; Canada is fantastic for us. When I speak to anybody from Canada, I give them the statistic that we sell more records in Canada pro rata, for the population, than anywhere else in the world. Isn't that interesting? I know that, because I've got the pleasure of having some gold records on the wall, and we've had more from Canada than anywhere else - how about that?"
And to pull off this bit of psychic metal majesty, the Priest boys have been dedicated students of the man-seer known as Nostradamus...
"Yes, in fact, we all kind of picked up stuff here and there. It's amazing what people have got in their collections if you dig deep enough. I think even my mother had something on him in her bookcase, which she passed on to me, which was really cool. But I think there is just so much intrigue and cool stuff going on there. And Rob does look a bit like Nostradamus these days, doesn't he? (laughs)."
www.kkdowning.net
for a ground floor peek at K.K.'s cool new site, and
www.violentstorm.net
for more on Mick Cervino's new band, album, and ensuing plans.
GREAT REVIEW FROM METALDREAMS.NET
http://www.metaldreams.net/violentstorm-stormwarning.htm
BW&BK (BRAVE WORDS & BLOODY KNUCKLES) MAGAZINE APRIL 2007 ISSUE REVIEW
Storm Warning (Gold Storm)
Storm Warning is the long-simmering, long-awaited new project conceived and whipped into shape by Mick Cervino, bassist for Yngwie Malmsteen and previously Blackmore's Night . Cervino is chief writer and unsurprisingly he fires off some torrid Yngwie-esque bass bits - he is a master, undoubtedly. Also on board is K.K. Downing, Yngwie Malmsteen and Roy Z, each guesting on two tracks. The overall production is a little mechanistic and harsh, but that slight negative melts away under the strength of Cervino's nicely various metal ploys, from power to traditional, to prog, to an interesting progressive ballad called 'Alimentary Fable', one of many tracks that exposes the true star of this album, vocalist Matt Reardon, who is rich of voice and style. 'Screaming In Your Face' is also a favourite, given its surprise twists and Rainbow-eque vocal melodies. In fact, hell, you could almost call this thing a cross between Rainbow and Demolition-era Priest, with a little fine, fine Cornerstone and Jorn-orbit thrown in for upscale measure. There's certainly no predictable urge toward being flashy and fast - Mick writes into these strong songs just what is necessary, even if the bass trademark seems exaggeratedly prominent, not in the mix or tone - that's fine - but in the extra showcase moments as well as some of the bass lines. Still, that's expected, and like I say, he's written this thing so cannily correct, like a Bruce Dickinson solo album or something, great ideas wildly different from the last coming with each successive track. Power with purpose, shade and dimension.
Martin Popoff
GREAT REVIEW ON
FROM BLOGCRITICS
MAGAZINE.
VIOLENT STORM FEATURE IN SPAIN'S HEAVY ROCK MAGAZINE
VIOLENT STORM IS REVIEWED IN GERMANY'S ROCK HARD MAGAZINE JANUARY 2007 ISSUE , TOGETHER WITH AN INTERVIEW WITH K.K DOWNING.
K.K DOWNING ALSO TALKS TO SWEDEN ROCK MAGAZINE IN THE DECEMBER 2006 ISSUE ABOUT VIOLENT STORM, CHECK IT OUT BELOW!
GERMANY'S ROCK HARD JANUARY 2007 ISSUE REVIEW
K.K Downing Talks to SWEDEN ROCK MAGAZINE about Violent Storm
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