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High ceilings have become a statement piece in homes and apartments across the nation, and buyers have responded. The National Association of Home Builders conducted a survey in which 67 percent of respondents in 2018 said they would be willing to pay more money for ceilings higher than 8 feet on the first floor of their home — and with the percentage steadily increasing over the past few years, it's clear that high ceilings are a great addition to any home.
With so many different benefits, high ceilings can become the selling-point of the home. Here are some benefits involved with designing a home around high ceilings:
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1. More Space
By adding more vertical space, high ceilings offer a spacious atmosphere for the individual to live in. The additional space adds a grander feel to the room, elevating the standard of luxury homes.
At 277 Fifth Avenue in New York City, the 13.5-foot ceilings provide a sense of grandeur and elegance, bringing an elevated sense of luxury to the residence. The light and airy curtains hanging from the top provide a sleek and stylish addition to the grand floor-to-ceiling windows.
1. Dazzling Views
In apartments and residential homes across the country, high ceilings can allow for even more windows, and therefore add spectacular views. With the potential of higher ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows can provide spectacular views of the landscape before them.
At Summit New York, a private residential building located in the heart of Midtown Manhattan, the 15-foot ceilings allow for gorgeous views of the Chrysler building with the rest of the city in the background. The sheer height of the ceilings allows for a larger view, adding a dazzling feature to the home.
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1. Creative Design
Although high ceilings include great benefits just by themselves, they also have added benefits for interior designers everywhere. Higher ceilings allow interior and architectural designers to get creative with the space they have available to them. Rather than creating a simple, high ceiling, designers have used their creativity to create spectacular pieces that can be the centerpiece of the space.
By using different materials and an eye-catching design, the designers have created a statement piece in the Ritz-Carlton Residences in Miami, Florida. They not only add a spacious and airy feel to the room, but its design allows for an artistic interpretation of the classic high ceiling.
1. Wellness-Booster
Adding natural light and creating an uncluttered, airy atmosphere, high ceilings with tall windows can increase the wellness of the individual. And with wellness becoming a hot topic in the industry, high ceilings and tall windows can become the selling-point of the home. By 2017, the wellness industry was worth $4.2 trillion, according to the Global Wellness Institute — a jump of 12.8 percent from 2015. And as the industry's worth only increases, higher, grander ceilings have the potential to be a decisive element to the home.
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Traveling the world typically leads to atypical adventures, and the guides and experts behind the tours of Architectural Adventures are masters at giving adventure seekers unique experiences. One of its more "mystifying" adventures that showcases some of the most intriguing architectural wonders is the company's "Discovering Mystical India" tour.
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Tour travelers will get the chance to see what makes India mystical and spiritual while traveling through the classic Golden Triangle of cities: Delhi, Agra, and Jaipur. The important sights of both Old and New Delhi are sprinkled throughout the journey, which can be enjoyed via a rickshaw ride through colorful Chandni Chowk market. One can explore Hawa Mahal, the elaborately carved "Palace of the Winds," whose pink sandstone façade allowed the ladies of the court to view the streets of the city from behind its 953 small windows. Take in a drive through Ranthambore National Park, with its picturesque ruins of forts and palaces, in search of elusive Bengal tigers and other wildlife. Speaking of forts, historical adventure seekers can take in Shahpura Haveli, a 300-year-old Rajput fort and palace complex with extensive courtyards, staircases, and arches that typify Indo-Saracenic architecture. Similar to the nature of the region, however, there is more to this tour than meets the eye.
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Hawa Mahal, the Palace of Winds. Photo courtesy ©jura_taranik
"India is always known to be mysterious, charming and captivating," notes tour leader Nitin Jain. "I think our guests are going to find India and their experience even more incredible than what they would have envisioned!" As the architectural expert on the tour, it is Jain's hope to showcase both the rich historical and modern aspects of India that make it like almost no other place in the world. While he says no trip to India is complete without visiting Agra and Jaipu, Jain is especially intrigued to highlight the modern architectural marvels on the tour's excursion to Le Corbusier's Chandigarh.
Other architectural highlights include seeing India's largest mosque, the red sandstone and marble Jama Masjid, exploring the Taj Mahal, and visiting Birla Mandir, the Hindu template made of pure white marble.
Being an architect who spent his formative years in India as well as someone who bridges the gap between an Indian as well as being an American, Jain affirms that he is perfectly, and uniquely, positioned to offer such a diverse perspective to guests. "My hope is to provide an enriching and fulfilling experience by showcasing India's past, present and future as seen through its' architecture and culture," he says.
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Professor and author Mary Guzowski has a new architectural book debuting this summer entitled The Art of Architectural Daylighting. She recently sat down to discuss her interests in daylight as a building material and its importance in the architectural industry.
How can light affect the way a building is designed?
Lighting in buildings is dynamic, changing, and responsive… it's not static. The building allows people to engage with it depending on how it's designed — maybe walls open and close, or maybe sections of the home shut down depending on the season. Light is a literal building material.
What was your goal when writing "The Art of Architectural Daylighting?"
In the last decade there's been a lot of new guidelines and standards, in particular a lot of new metrics around daylighting design that is more analytical. There's a risk of ignoring the poetic aspect of daylighting. I wrote the book because I feel that it's important to balance both.
I interviewed 18 architects and selected 12 interpretations of how to bridge the practical and poetic sides to daylighting. Each had different priorities, but there were patterns that I saw from interviews, which I structured into different categories in my book.
What about the process of putting this and the other books you've done do you enjoy?
I always write a book about things I want to learn about or don't know. The most wonderful thing is talking with architects and engineers and learning how they do what they do. I love looking at patterns and trying to discern what other ideas might inform people and how I can be a channel for these patterns.
What lessons do you want readers to take from the book?
It was unanimous from all the architects that to study and understand daylighting it's good to use physical models and put them outside, to understand the phenomenon of natural light. Many of the architects would start with small models and look inside to see how the light changed, experiment with texture and colors, then make mockups of full-scale spaces.
Guzowski has written other books regarding sustainability, including Towards Zero Energy Architecture: New Solar Design and Daylighting for Sustainable Design. She is a professor in the School of Architecture and helped design the MS in Sustainable Design at the University of Minnesota, as well as a co-author of the Carbon Neutral Design Project. The Art of Architectural Daylighting will be available for sale June 25th.


I've been feeling a bit scattered lately. Since finishing these socks, I haven't cast on a new pair yet. Shocking! I need to remedy that soon.
You will notice the differently colored toes�that's right, I ran out of yarn.


You must make reservations at least 5 minutes in advance of the time at Bamboo Asian Cuisine.
Bamboo Asian Cuisine located on Farmington. We have awesome recipes and the most talented chefs in town! We offer Mandarin, Thai & Japanese Food, Bamboo Sushi and Bento Box.
*These menu items are served raw.
Seafood dishes were extremely good and the sushi was the best we've ever had! Server was very pleasant, professional and attended to our needs in a timely fashion. Definitely going back!
The food is really good and very fresh.
Revisited after a long time. The food tasted delicious (so glad that the miso soup was not very salty).. udon noodles tasted good. Service was pleasant and prompt.
Great night, just a wee bit slow with the entree, but excellent otherwise.
Bamboo Asian Cuisine is my favorite restaurant. Always good food and outstanding service.
Always consistently good. Above average food, great service, clean, comfortable ambience. Good wine options at reasonable price.


THE Premier League is back and here's the latest from the morning's papers.
THE TIMES: Arsene Wenger made the bold claim last night that Arsenal can win the Premier League title without bringing in a striker in January, an assertion that is likely to frustrate many supporters after he failed to sign players to capitalise on chances of winning silverware in recent seasons.
DAILY EXPRESS: West Brom manager Steve Clarke claims Jose Mourinho is using his row with referees chief Mike Riley as a smokescreen for Chelsea's poor results. Also: Crystal palace's embarrassing search for a new manager will finally end this morning when Tony Pulis signs a £1million-a-year deal with a £500,000 bonus if he keeps them up.
THE SUN: David Moyes says Cristiano Ronaldo could return to Manchester United. Also: Arsene Wenger insists Arsenal can win the Premier League without signing a new striker in January.
DAILY MIRROR: Roberto Martinez has had a pop at Liverpool by revealing he could never have taken the manager's job at Anfield. Also: Arsene Wenger says Theo Walcott can fire Arsenal to the title - and stop him making a big mistake in January.
DAILY MAIL: Jose Mourinho has attacked Mike Riley for making a personal apology to West Bromwich Albion manager Steve Clarke and warned that the referees' chief has set a dangerous precedent. Also: Geoff Boycott branded England "pathetic" after the loss of six wickets for nine runs on the second day of the first Test in Brisbane handed the Ashes initiative to Australia.
THE INDEPENDENT: Roberto Martinez, the Everton manager, has told Liverpool ahead of the Merseyside derby that though today's visitors are wealthier, money is no guarantee of success or "happiness" in football. Also: Theo Walcott is back in the squad for Arsenal against former club Southampton at the Emirates today after three months out with injury, providing manager Arsene Wenger with much-needed options out wide and up front.
THE GUARDIAN: Graham Gooch has seen it all before but this particular English collapse against Australia might have surprised him more than most of his predecessors. Also: Roberto Martinez has said he does not envy Brendan Rodgers' job or transfer budget at Liverpool as he is "allowed to work" in his own way at Everton.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Mitchell Johnson appears to have lost his fear of playing England, while their apprehension about him looks to be growing. Also: Rio Ferdinand has spoken for the first time about his role on the Football Association Commission to examine the future of the national team and claimed that the England team have no identity.


This paper analyses the continued decline of trade unions in Britain and examines the possible implications for workers, employers, and unions themselves. Membership of trade unions declined precipitously in the 1980s and 1990s. The rate of decline has slowed in the most recent decade, but we find that unions remain vulnerable to further erosion of their membership and influence.


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Президе́нт Респу́блики Каракалпакста́н (; ) — высшая государственная должность руководителя Республики Каракалпакстан, существовавшая с 11 ноября 1991 года по 20 июня 1992 года. Первым и последним человеком, занимавшим должность эту должность являлся Даулетбай Нуратдинович Шамшетов, который остался в истории как первый и последний президент Каракалпакстана. После упразднения должности президента, фактическим главой государства стал председатель Верховного Совета (впоследствии Жокаргы Кенеса) Республики Каракалпакстан.

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Q: GiltLab CI/CD Django tests failing I want to run some tests on Gitlab with CI/CD with a Django project. The tests on my local pc work fine, my job test pipeline is always failing with those tests. I get a SyntaxError.
Here the script failure I get in the pipeline when the tests failed :
Running with gitlab-runner 15.3.0~beta.42.gdb7789ca (db7789ca)
  on blue-3.shared.runners-manager.gitlab.com/default zxwgkjAP
Preparing the "docker+machine" executor
00:06
Using Docker executor with image ruby:2.5 ...
Pulling docker image ruby:2.5 ...
Using docker image sha256:27d049ce98db4e55ddfaec6cd98c7c9cfd195bc7e994493776959db33522383b for ruby:2.5 with digest ruby@sha256:ecc3e4f5da13d881a415c9692bb52d2b85b090f38f4ad99ae94f932b3598444b ...
Preparing environment
00:01
Running on runner-zxwgkjap-project-39068925-concurrent-0 via runner-zxwgkjap-shared-1662191947-427cb239...
Getting source from Git repository
00:02
$ eval "$CI_PRE_CLONE_SCRIPT"
Fetching changes with git depth set to 20...
Initialized empty Git repository in /builds/XXX/Deploy_django_application_to_server/.git/
Created fresh repository.
Checking out 51c8456f as master...
Skipping Git submodules setup
Executing "step_script" stage of the job script
00:01
Using docker image sha256:27d049ce98db4e55ddfaec6cd98c7c9cfd195bc7e994493776959db33522383b for ruby:2.5 with digest ruby@sha256:ecc3e4f5da13d881a415c9692bb52d2b85b090f38f4ad99ae94f932b3598444b ...
$ echo "Running unit tests..."
Running unit tests...
$ python manage.py test app_users.tests.CustomUserTests
  File "manage.py", line 17
    ) from exc
         ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Cleaning up project directory and file based variables
00:00
ERROR: Job failed: exit code 1

*the script of my .gitlab-ci.yml is :
    stages:          # List of stages for jobs, and their order of execution
      - build
      - test
      - deploy

    build-job:       # This job runs in the build stage, which runs first.
      stage: build
      script:
        - echo "Compiling the code..."
        - apt update
        - echo y | apt install python3-pip
        - pip3 install --upgrade pip
        - pip3 install -r requirements.txt

    django-tests:
      stage: test
      script:
        - echo "Running unit tests..."
        - python manage.py test app_users.tests.CustomUserTests
        - python manage.py test app_manage.tests.BasePageTestCase
        - python manage.py test app_manage.tests.TermesPageTestCase
        - python manage.py test app_manage.tests.IndexTestCase
        - python manage.py test app_manage.tests.SearchTestCase

    lint-test-job:   # This job also runs in the test stage.
      stage: test    # It can run at the same time as unit-test-job (in parallel).
      script:
        - echo "Linting code... This will take about 10 seconds."
        - echo "No lint issues found."

*I understand it comes from my manage.py file line 17 but I this is the default setting of manage.py. I pushed my Django project from my Pycharm IDE directly to GitLab. I have a Postgresql database for this project. I use TestCase and SimpleTestCase in my Django project.
I'm stuck in GitLab CI /CD with my tests job:-(. thanks!

A: Your docker image uses python2.7 as python executable. I got this information by doing the following:
$ docker run -it --rm --entrypoint bash ruby:2.5
root@c4cf25791396:/# python --version
Python 2.7.16
root@c4cf25791396:/# python3 --version
Python 3.7.3

Django is not compatible with python2.7 (see here.
You should either use a docker image using python3 as default python interpreter, or directly call the python3 executable.
    django-tests:
      stage: test
      script:
        - echo "Running unit tests..."
        - python3 manage.py test app_users.tests.CustomUserTests
        - python3 manage.py test app_manage.tests.BasePageTestCase

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Zdeněk Řehoř (* 30. August 1920 in Jičín; † 8. November 1994 in Prag) war ein tschechoslowakischer Schauspieler.

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Řehoř, der ursprünglich als Lehrer arbeitete, war Mitglied des Schauspielensembles des tschechoslowakischen Fernsehens. Seit seiner ersten Filmrolle im Jahr 1941 spielte er in mehr als 150 Kino- und Fernsehproduktionen mit. Über Jahre hinweg stand Řehoř auch auf der Theaterbühne, darunter in bekannten Werken wie Richard III. und Hamlet. Außerdem war er in Radioproduktionen zu hören.

Filmografie (Auswahl)
 1964: Sprung ins Dunkel (Skok do tmy)
 1974: Wie soll man Dr. Mráček ertränken? oder Das Ende der Wassermänner in Böhmen (Jak utopit doktora Mráčka aneb Konec vodníků v Čechách) (Rolle: Alois Wässerlein)
 1974–1979: Die Kriminalfälle des Majors Zeman (30 případů majora Zemana), Fernsehserie
 1977–1978: Die Frau hinter dem Ladentisch (Žena za pultem), Fernsehserie
 1978: Hejkal (Fernsehfilm)
 1986: Das Märchen vom Däumling (Sprīdītis)
 1987: Die Pfauenfeder (Pávie pierko) (Märchenfilm)

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It's a winter wonderland at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. More than 2.5 feet of snow have fallen this week to create a Christmas paradise for skiers and riders visiting the Tetons.
Snow totals are almost 13 feet season to date, allowing Jackson Hole to lead the Rocky Mountains in snow conditions for the season.
"The last few days have been a true Christmas gift, and I have never seen guests and employees more excited about the holiday season," said Jackson Hole President Jerry Blann.
"We feel very fortunate to have such great conditions for our guests," Blann added.
For the latest festive powder video, click here. And for more details and photos, click here.
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Commodities Are Flashing a Once-in-a-Generation Buy Signal
Since the commodities supercycle began unwinding 10 years ago, many investors have been waiting for the right conditions to trigger mean reversion and lift prices. I believe those conditions are either firmly in place right now or, at the very least, in their early stages. Among them are factors I've discussed at length elsewhere—a weaker U.S. dollar, a steadily flattening yield curve, heightened market volatility,overvalued U.S. stocks, expectations of higher inflation, trade war jitters, geopolitical risks and more.
In addition, nearly 60 percent of money managers surveyed by Bank of America Merrill Lynch believe 2018 could be the peak year for stocks. A recent J.P. Morgan survey found that three-quarters of ultra-high net worth individuals forecast a U.S. recession in the next two years.
All of this makes the investment case for commodities, gold, and energy more compelling than at any other time in recent memory.
Exhibit A is the chart below, which I've shared before but recently updated with new data. Relative to equities, commodities are as cheap right now as they've been in decades. This is literally a once-in-a-generation opportunity that investors with a long-term view should seriously consider. For perspective, had you invested in a fund tracking the S&P GSCI or an equivalent commodities index in 2000, you would have seen a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 10 percent for the next 10 years, according to Bloomberg data.
We all know that past performance is no guarantee of future results, but it's doubtful you're going to get a clearer or resounding signal that now could be an ideal time to add to your commodities exposure. If you feel as if you've been stuck at a traffic light these past few years, just waiting to put your foot on the accelerator, you can breathe a sigh of relief because the light may have just turned green.
Goldman: Time to Overweight Commodities
Whereas crude traders are responding primarily to concerns that output could be disrupted by intensifying conflict in the Middle East, specifically oil producer Syria, aluminum prices have skyrocketed following the imposition of fresh U.S. sanctions against a number of Russian firms. Among them is United Company RUSAL, the world's second-largest aluminum company, responsible for producing as much as 6 percent of global supply.I'm not alone in my bullishness. In a note last week, analysts at Goldman Sachs wrote that "the strategic case for owning commodities has rarely been stronger." The bank recommends an overweight position, estimating that commodities will yield at least 10 percent over the next 12 months, with most of the gains being made by crude oil and aluminum.
WTI Testing $70 Resistance
Since its low of $26 per barrel in February 2016, the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude has surged nearly fivefold and is currently at its highest level in more than three years. Last Wednesday, oil jumped nearly 3 percent on reports that U.S. inventories had fallen more than expected, suggesting the global glut continues to recede. And on Thursday, WTI tested resistance at $70, a level we haven't seen since November 2014.
But prices retreated again Friday after President Donald Trump blasted OPEC on Twitter, proving once again how quants comb through social media at lightning speed and use sentiment analysis to inform their trades. "With record amounts of Oil all over the place, including the fully loaded ships at sea, Oil prices are artificially Very High! No good and will not be accepted!" the president said.
As I shared with you earlier this month, OPEC and Russia are planning to work more closely together to limit output for a number of years, possibly as many as 10 or 20. Such an agreement would help support oil prices—Saudi Arabia, in particular, seeks higher prices to take Saudi Aramco, the world's largest energy company, public—but it's likely American shale producers would ramp up production to fill the void. The U.S. is now the number two oil producer in the world, having overtaken Saudi Arabia late last year.
Related: Can Anything Slow Down the American Energy Sector?
Will We See $3,000 Aluminum?
Aluminum is likewise enjoying a strong rally, jumping sharply more than 23 percent since the White House announced sanctions against select Russian firms and oligarchs in response to the Eastern European country's alleged interference during the 2016 presidential election. In nine of the past 11 trading days through Thursday, the metal posted positive gains, surging nearly 6 percent on Wednesday alone.
Aluminum soared to $2,715 per metric ton in intraday trading Thursday, the highest we've seen since April 2011. The rally may have further to run, writes Goldman Sachs, which forecasts a price range of between $2,800 and $3,000 this year.
Australian-British multinational Rio Tinto and Melbourne-based BHP, two of the world's top aluminum producers, were both upgraded to "BUY" this week by CLSA, partly in response to rising aluminum prices but also because they maintain strong balance sheets and are expected to generate favorable free cash flow (FCF) this year.
China's One Belt, One Road Still Needs Biblical Amounts of Materials
Also bolstering the commodities investment story is China's massive ongoing "Belt and Road" megaproject, also known as the Silk Road Economic Belt. In a note last week, CLSA reminded us that the infrastructure initiative is still in its infancy, expected to be completed by 2049. It will cut through as many as 68 countries across Asia and Europe, affecting an estimated 62 percent of the world's population. China has already spent approximately $180 billion to complete various projects, but many billions more will go toward building roads, ports, dams, high-speed rail, airports and more—all to "enhance regional connectivity," as President Xi Jinping put it, and strengthen China's economic clout.
To give you some scale as to how monumental and historic this undertaking truly is, the graphic below, courtesy of BHP, compares the development to the U.S. Marshall Plan, then one of the most expensive projects in human history. The Belt and Road initiative could eventually cost 12 times as much or more, with total spending estimates ranging between $4 trillion and $8 trillion.
Estimates of how much energy and natural resources will be needed during the development phase vary wildly, but I think it's fair to assume that demand will continue to be supported for some time.
Related: 5 Things Investors Should Know About China this New Year
Gold Supply Concerns Highlight It's Rarity
Gold ended last week down slightly, the first time in three weeks it's done so. It looks as if gold investors took some profits late in the week after the yellow metal came close to breaching $1,360 on Wednesday.
I still believe gold could hit $1,500 an ounce this year on rising consumer and producer prices, which I think are understated. This is more than apparent when you compare the official U.S. consumer price index (CPI) and alternative measures such as the New York Fed's Underlying Inflation Gauge (UIG).And as Dr. Ed Yardeni points out in a recent blog post, the word "inflation" appeared as many as 106 times during the latest Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, a sign that Fed members could be getting more and more concerned about mounting inflationary pressures.
Recent reports also suggest gold production is slowing, which could help support prices long-term. Exploration budgets have been declining pretty steadily since 2012 after the price of gold peaked, and fewer and fewer large-deposit mines are being discovered.
Last week the China Gold Association announced that the country, the largest producer of gold, produced 98 metric tons in the March quarter, down some 3 percent from the same period last year. This comes after total Chinese output in 2017 fell 6 percent year-over-year to 426 tons. Granted, miners have been pressured by Beijing to curtail production as part of the government's enforcement of tougher environmental protection policies, but the decline in output is part of a downward trend we're seeing across the board, especially among major producers.
Take a look at the declining quarterly output of Barrick Gold, the world's largest gold miner. According to its preliminary results for the first quarter, Barrick produced a total of 1.05 million ounces from its 10 projects. That's only a 2 percent decrease from the same quarter last year, but a far cry from where it was seven years ago.
Since the news hit April 11, shares of Barrick are up about 3 percent, even after a Friday selloff.
While some investors might view the lower output as disappointing, others no doubt see it as a reminder that gold is a finite resource, one of the many reasons why it's remained so highly valued for centuries. As I've written before, the low-hanging fruit has likely already been picked, making the task of mining the yellow metal more difficult as well as expensive. Supply isn't growing nearly as fast as it once did.
And yet demand continues to climb. Not only do the peoples of India, China, Turkey and other countries have a strong cultural affinity to gold—an obsession that will only intensify as incomes rise—but the metal still plays a vital role as a portfolio diversifier in times of economic and political uncertainty.
Related: Looking Ahead to $20,000 Bitcoin
Franco-Nevada IPO at 10On a final note, Franco-Nevada, one of our favorite players in the gold space, recently celebrated it's 10- year anniversary as a publically-traded company. As if to commemorate the occasion, the company reported record sales and profit in 2017, not to mention a record $167.9 million in dividends paid—all while staying debt-free.
"I am pleased that Franco-Nevada's 10th full year since its IPO was its best year ever," commented CEO David Harquail. I'd like to congratulate my good friends Seymour Schulich and Pierre Lassonde, who conceived of the gold royalty model and cofounded the company back in 1983. (As I've explained before, Franco-Nevada was the first IPO I worked on as a young analyst in Toronto.) Seymour and Pierre are true rock stars in the world of gold mining, and what they've managed to achieve is nothing short of legendary.
Read more about Franco-Nevada's record year by clicking here!


The online social network, an increasingly popular venue for authors, booksellers and publishers, is collaborating with a children's imprint of HarperCollins on an environmental handbook coming out April 22, Earth Day.
"How great it is to launch a partnership with a company with as large an influence as MySpace on such an important topic," Jane Friedman, President and CEO of HarperCollins, said Wednesday in a statement.
The paperback original, to be called "MySpace/Our Planet: Change is Possible," will be written by freelance journalist Jeca Taudte and include a foreword by Anderson. According to Brenda Bowen, vice president and publisher of the Bowen Press, a HarperCollins imprint, "MySpace/Our Planet" will be about 160 pages and cost about $12.95. A first printing of 200,000 is planned.
The book will feature ideas from MySpace users, who through Nov. 7 can post environmental tips on http://www.myspace.com/ourplanet. Bowen says about 40 such suggestions, their length ranging from a sentence to a paragraph, will be woven throughout the text. MySpace contributors who end up in the book will not be paid, but will be credited by their usernames and geographic locations.
"The main idea we want to get across is that teenagers are not only contributing to this book, but are being provided a blueprint on how to help the environment," Bowen told The Associated Press.
MySpace already has projects with other media, including a collaboration with MTV on dialogues between voters and presidential candidates. Bowen and MySpace's senior vice president for public affairs, Jeff Berman, agree that other book projects are likely.
Harry Potter first book auctioned !
The copy of the hardback first edition of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," published in 1997 and signed "Joanne Rowling" on the back of the title page, was sold to an anonymous private bidder for $40,326 at Christie's auction house.
At a London auction in May, a copy of "Philosopher's Stone" inscribed with a personal dedication to the owner sold for more than $55,000, including buyer's premium.
It was published in the United States in 1998 as "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," and the boy wizard soon became a publishing phenomenon.
The seventh and final installment in Harry's adventures, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," was published in July. The seven books have sold nearly 400 million copies and have been translated into 64 languages.


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Horizon Health Care awarded $300,000 grant to expand its oral health services
In a recent announcement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Horizon Health Care has been awarded $300,000 to expand their oral health service capacity.
This funding is designated as a one-time investment to support physical and organizational infrastructure improvements. Horizon Health Care will use the funding to purchase dental and medical integration telemedicine software, upgrade existing and purchase new panoramic machines, and purchase new digital X-ray sensors, among other upgrades.
In 2018, Horizon Health Care served nearly 8,000 dental patients at eight dental clinics across South Dakota. "This grant was highly competitive, so we are fortunate for this opportunity to improve oral health outcomes and enhance our existing services for our health center patients," said Michelle Scholtz, DDS, Horizon Health Care Chief Dental Officer.
School board hears Report Card summary
Large rolls of duct, through which fiberoptic cable will be threaded, stand at the Timber Lake rodeo grounds awaiting installation throughout town. Construction began Tuesday and is expected to be complete, and service activated, by year's end.
The annual Report Card from the Dept. of Education, the Native American Education coordinatorteacher position, and problems with Pixellot were the main topics at the October 16 meeting of the Timber Lake School Board.
Elementary Principal Danae Paxton, MS/HS Principal Julie Marshall and Special Ed Director Michelle Martin reviewed some highlights from the 2018-2019 Report Card.
Overall (K-12) students scored 20 points above state average in math, and 14 points above state average in English and science.
In comparison with the previous year, 69% of Timber Lake students showed progress in English Language Arts and 72% showed progress in math. State averages were 58% in ELA and 51% in math. (There was no science test the previous year.)
Installation of fiber for broadband underway
The construction phase of the Timber Lake Fiber Project began on Tuesday in the northwest corner of town. Ernst Trenching of Fargo, ND is the contractor.
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone Authority General Manager Mona Thompson said that applications for service are still being collected but the final deadline is October 31. If people want to be included this year, they must submit a completed application for service by next Thursday. Customers who sign up after that will have to wait until next spring for installation, she said.
Commissioners declare road emergency
Dewey County has hired a contractor to replace this culvert on County Road 10 -near the Arlyn and Cheryl Lawrence place, about 7 1/2 miles south of the Highway 20 turnoff to Promise.
The Dewey County Commissioners declared an emergency on October 8 to speed up the process of replacing a culvert on County Road 10.
Timber Lake School Supt. Dan Martin had submitted a letter to Highway Supt. Lyle Richter pointing out the danger to students, parents and bus drivers traveling that route.
Richter had contacted Clark Engineering to assess the damage; they can help apply to the Corps of Engineers for a permit. Richter also presented price quotes for the culvert replacement: $94,000 from A-G-E Corporation Contractors and $187,366 from Jensen Rock and Sand.
Timber Lake School observed Native American Day on October 14 with educational and entertaining activities. AT LEFT are (L-R) Faye Rousseau of White Horse, keynote speaker Kansas Middletent of Lower Brule, Jenny Lawrence of White Horse, and MS/HS Principal Julie Marshall. ABOVE: Don Metcalf talks with students at the museum (L-R) Jordan Jones, Joie LeBeau, Natalie Lawrence and Matt Bowlby.
Dewey County asked to share cost of jail in Selby
Walworth County Commissioner Kevin Holgard of Glenham told the Dewey County Commissioners at their October 8 meeting that he would like to know by early November whether Dewey County wants to chip in to build a new jail in Selby or remodel the present one.
Dewey and other neighboring counties that house their prisoners there are being asked to contribute $50,000 per year for the next three years to build the $6 million facility or remodel the present jail.
"If we can't get the commitment to do this, it doesn't make sense for us to spend six million dollars," Holgard said.
Walworth County voters overwhelmingly voted down an earlier $12 million proposal for a 70-bed facility, leaving the options of building a smaller jail, remodeling the present jail, or closing it.
Middletent to give keynote for Native American Day
Kansas Middletent, Native American Day speaker
Kansas Middletent, a member of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, will be the keynote speaker for Native American Day at Timber Lake School on October 14.
Middletent comes from the Middletent Family and the Spotted Hawk Family. He has been personally affected by suicide on too many occasions, with family members and some of his closest friends committing suicide.
Kansas talks about growing up in a broken home with drugs, alcohol, and abuse. He now works with various organizations within his community to bring awareness and prevention and to promote the importance and value of education within the Native American community.
Jury decides case in favor of Lindskovs
It took the jury less than two hours to find in favor of the defendants, Lindskov Ranch General Partnership of Isabel and Kempton Olney, in a personal injury suit in Fourth Circuit Court in Timber Lake last week.
The judge sent the case to the jury with their final instructions at about 10 a.m. Friday, October 4 and they returned their verdict at 11:45. The decision was unanimous, although only a 10-2 decision was required in the civil case.
Jerry and Wanda Hamersley filed the lawsuit in 2014, alleging that the injuries Jerry sustained when a hay bale fell on him on November 17, 2011 were due to the negligence of Kempton Olney, an employee of the Lindskov Ranch. The Lindskovs' attorney argued that it was not their fault.
City wrestling with broadband issues
The Timber Lake City Board is finding it difficult to gracefully exit from the broadband business. Council member Josh Lemburg, at Monday's regular council meeting, called the situation a "quagmire."
Almost a year ago, city residents voted overwhelmingly to sell Timber Lake Broadband but that has not been easy to do. It took many months to get clearance from the USDA to sell the business, and the first round of advertising yielded no bidders. The City is now advertising again, with bid opening set for November 4, but board members aren't counting on an offer the second time. If there is no sale, they intend to shut down the service by December 31.
Report Card shows data on Native and low income students
The State Report Card released recently by the South Dakota Dept.of Education gives a glimpse of student performance in English, math and science.
Students take the statewide assessments in English language arts and math in grades 3-8 and 11. They take the statewide assessment in science in grades 5, 8, and 11.
The information below shows how each population of students performed. It is broken down by group to show whether or not a school is serving all of its students well. When there are gaps for certain groups of students, schools can use that information to understand how they can better serve those groups to ensure that all students are performing at grade level.
Statewide, one of the concerns is that Native American students and economically disadvantaged students consistently score lower than other students.


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Andrews House to Sunniside
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Tanfield Railway Association
Tyneside Locomotive Museum Trust
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LOD 758206, Hunslet, Works No.2577
The railway is home to three Hunslet diesels of two different designs. The first two are 2 foot gauge 4wDM locos with 20 hp Ailsa Craig CF2 engines and weigh 3 tons. They were part of an order for several hundred locos for the Ministry of Supply and War Department during World War 2.
LOD 758206, Hunslet works number 2577, was ex-works from Hunslet Engine Works in Leeds on 28/4/1942 for the War Department. Where it worked is unknown, but it may have never been used. By 10/1959 it was acquired by Geo Cohen, Sons & Co Ltd, dealers of Kingsbury, Warwickshire. By 10/1972 it had been sold to Lonsdale Brick & Tile Co, Cumwhinton, Cumberland and in 8/1973 it went to Carlisle Engineering, Carlisle, who overhauled it. In 1/1981 it was sold to G Horsman, who used it on his private Slaggyford Light Railway in Cumbria. Bob Cant took over the line in 1982 and when it closed down, he moved the stock to Marley Hill in 7/2001. Also on the Slaggyford line was the next loco.
Status: Stored, Marley Hill, used occasionally for special events.
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Trick-or-treat draws families to Dwyer | Top Story
BATAVIA — In its second year at Dwyer Stadium, the past weekend's trick-or-treating event drew a larger crowd of kids and families than it had in 2021, Batavia Muckdogs General Manager Marc Witt said.
Witt said about 2,000 people came last year, but that it seemed that Saturday's turnout was twice that, he said.
"Kids and families can come and trick-or-treat for free. It is a massive turnout," he said as families walked by to go into the event.
"It's a fun event. We can't thank our sponsors enough. They get to set up a booth, interact with our community," he said. "I think, doing it the first year, people talked as if 'We have to come back,' or 'You have to go if you missed it.' Then, obviously, we got blessed with some weather here — what great weather, seemed to help. I can't think of a better spot where you can stop, trick or treat and have fun, play some games. It's a safe environment."
Lisa Quaranto was there for the first time with her daughter, Aleeah Vallejo, 9, and son, Zeus Vallejo, 6. She said they were mainly there for the trick-or-treating. Aleeah and Zeus were excited to go, she said.
"I've been hearing about this for weeks from them. There's been signs all over town — the big pumpkin signs," Quaranto said. "We're going to see what it's all about, get some candy."
Molly Mazurkiewicz of Batavia said her son, Reed, and a his friend, Carson Beaver, were having a great time, getting candy and enjoying the weather. They were with Alyssa and Carl Beaver, their neighbors on East Avenue in Batavia.
"They're doing face painting and stuff," Molly Mazurkiewicz said.
Terry and Linda Eastman of Batavia were spending the weekend with their grandchildren, Jaylyn, 8, and Jaydyn, 7, of Buffalo, which included trick-or-treating at Dwyer.
"They actually wanted to come and wee police officers," he said. "It's their first time here, so we're just going to roam the whole, entire thing."
Michael and Amber Rosenbeck were there for the first time with their son, Cole, 3. They said they liked the event and that there were quite a few people.
"It's awesome, though. It's good for Batavia," Michael Rosenbeck said. "We're just looking around."
Batavia HS honors new Hall of Fame inductees for 2022
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What travel insurance is and why it can help you avoid vacation headaches
by: Steve Sbraccia
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Meltdowns in air travel systems and major weather interruptions create chaos and stress when people are trying to travel.
These days when you are ready to travel, it's like a roll of the dice. One never knows if they're going to be lucky or unlucky.
"You just don't know when you leave for the airport what's going to happen,'' Stan Sandberg said, the co-founder of the website TravelInsurance.com.
A recent survey indicates 42 percent of us have experienced a travel delay within the last year.
RELATED: Massive flight cancellations pile up, USDOT says it will look into Southwest cancellations
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The most recent aviation problem was last week's massive ground stop that shut down every airport in the country for hours delaying hundreds of thousands of passengers, such as Tammara Williams.
"Our flight is set to land in Miami after our flight takes off to Costa Rica," she said on Wednesday.
In the case of the ground stop, passengers had the right to a refund for their ticket but that doesn't cover the expenses of missing connections and delayed vacations.
That is where travel insurance would have helped.
"There are a couple of coverages that would apply in this instance,'' Sandberg said. "The first is trip delay coverage. It will provide a reimbursement for the extra costs associated with delays that might be hotel, food and transportation. The second is trip interruption coverage where the delay is so bad you're not going to be able to take the trip or miss 50 percent of the trip or more."
Because the price of travel insurance is based on the cost of the trip, before you purchase, it's best to compare shop using a site such as TravelInsurance.com to figure out the best deal.
Premiums range anywhere from 4 to 10 percent of the cost of your trip.
"It's basically the equivalent of a dinner out on your vacation,' Sandberg said.
With more and more people filing claims for disrupted travel, or even baggage delayed claims, the industry is trying to make payouts quicker.
"In 2023 it'll be how the claim process becomes more efficient for the customer," Sandberg said.
The industry is also looking at covering FAA-mandated actions such as the nationwide ground stop just as it did when it added COVID-19 coverage.
Keep in mind, people have to buy travel insurance before something such as a storm or airline shutdown happens. One can't buy it for an event that's already occurring.


Did you know that an employee can have more than one employer while working on the same job? It happens all the time, although you might not realize it. We commonly expect that an employee can come to be in the employment relationship due to an oral or written contract, or as a result of common law. But most people may not realize that the Workers' Compensation Act also can impose an employer-employee relationship (at least for workers' compensation purposes) on parties who have never met.
An employer who permits the entry upon premises occupied by him or under his control of a laborer or an assistant hired by an employee or contractor, for the performance upon such premises of a part of the employer's regular business entrusted to such employee or contractor, shall be liable to such laborer or assistant in the same manner and to the same extent as to his own employee.
77 P.S. § 52. The effect of this statute is two-fold: it allows workers' compensation coverage for an injured worker when his direct employer - typically a subcontractor to a general contractor - failed to maintain appropriate workers' compensation coverage, and it also allows the general contractor to enjoy immunity from the personal injury lawsuits of an injured worker just like a "regular" employer of an injured worker.
As far back as 1930, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court set out a five prong test for whether an employer is a statutory employer: (1) an employer who is under contract with an owner or one in the position of an owner; (2) premises occupied by or under the control of such employer; (3) a subcontract made by such employer, (4) part of the employer's regular business [e]ntrusted to such subcontractor; and (5) an employee of such subcontractor. McDonald v. Levinson Steel Co., 302 Pa. 287 at 294-295, 153 A. 424 at 426 (1930).
Under the second prong of McDonald, an employer's occupancy or control must be actual, but need not be exclusive. An employer satisfies the second prong by proving either occupancy or control and it is not required to prove both. Regarding the fourth prong, this statutory requirement is met when the subcontracted work is an obligation assumed by a principal contractor under its contract with the owner, or one in the position of an owner. Braun v. Target Corp., --- A.2d ----, 2009 Pa.Super 206 (October 23, 2009).
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Information on this page may be out of date or apply to old equipment. Use with caution.
The main mux is the huge black thing in the AV rack. It routes video to different places, and also has analogue TV demodulator inputs. It's controlled by an outboard box which sits on the Director/Vision Mixer's desk.
2 Faults & unknowns
3 Explanation of operation
4 Power supply
32 input to 4 output matrix
Faults & unknowns
2 composite inputs to the matrix are dead.
Input 23 ad 32 are dodgy.
Explanation of operation
This was originally based around a PIC16F84 with an 8MHz crystal containing code written by Rob Sprowson, the code for which is now lost.
A new PIC, a PIC18F2455 using a 20MHz crystal, has replaced this PIC through use of an extra 'daughter' board. This change in PIC was to allow easier coding, using C instead of assembler, and to provide USB capabilities. The source code has also been lost.
It now runs on an installed Arduino, and is one of the first YVP Protocol compatible devices. This does mean a computer is needed to control it however, connected to the now real, RS-232 compliant serial port on the back.
This is very much the weak point of the mux, and is tied up with why there are loads of unconnected BNCs on the back. - The Mux used to hold a distribution amplifier for creating 8 outputs of each main output from the matrix. Sadly though, this experienced some heavy cross-talk, and was misdiagnosed as "electric fields". The original creators now propose that simply adding better decoupling to the power supply would have solved the problem.
There are two mains transformers:
2x6V
50VA
powers + and - 5V rails
wired as 1x12V, 3VA to provide the +12V rail.
All the supplies are smoothed with big electrolitics, and then regulated with 78/79 series regulators.
All this is built on a length of chocolate block connector strip, with a lot of stranded hookup wire.
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The club added that since the 2008 recession they have grown their membership by 30% to more than 600 members. Full memberships start at $75,000 for 14 nights, plus annual dues of $1,595 per night or the club also offers a card model of 50 nights over three years for $100,000.


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Is it Snow you are looking for?
Because local ski areas are established under permit on national forest land, they do not provide lodging accommodations on site. Day use facilities include a variety of lodges, restaurants and shops. Lodging, dining and leisure accommodations abound in Bend and the surrounding territory, not far away from the mountain venues.
Mt. Bachelor Resort
13000 SW Century Dr., Bend (22 mi. SW of Bend)
Famous among skiers and snowboarders, 9,065-ft Mt. Bachelor is one of the nation's premier winter activity resorts. With a 3,365-ft vertical drop, 3,683 acres are accessible by lift and 1,600 acres are groomed daily during the November-May season. Thirteen lifts serving 71 runs include a new, $3.5 million Pine Marten express quad. Also available are 56 km of groomed cross-country trails, snowboard pipes and a tubing area. Annual snowfall averages 370 in. with a base of 150 to 200 in. The local transit agency has teamed with Mt. Bachelor to provide bus service between the resort and a Park & Ride lot in Bend for the convenience of visitors and employees.
Hoodoo Mountain Resort
Hwy. 20 (20 mi. NW of Sisters)
Hoodoo is located in the Cascade range near Santiam Pass, offering a 1,035-ft vertical rise to a 5,703-ft summit. There are five lifts serving 806 skiable acres, of which 120 acres are maintained and groomed. Facilities also include 15.8 km of Nordic trails and a 20-run tube park.
Willamette Pass Resort
Hwy. 58
Lying just outside the tri-county Central Oregon area, this winter sports site enjoys popularity among local and Willamette Valley snow aficionados. With two peaks, there is a vertical drop 1,563 ft. from a 6,683-ft summit. Five lifts serve 29 runs on 555 acres of skiable terrain. Also: 20 km of Nordic trails, tubing, snowshoeing.
Back country activities
There are miles of snowmobile and Nordic skiing trails on national forest land in Central Oregon. The Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests share a web site that is a browser's paradise, rich with detail including downloadable maps.
Winter recreation areas on the Deschutes National Forest lie predominantly on the mountain slopes of the Cascade Range. The Ochoco National Forest, east of Prineville, offers numerous recreation sites as well. Some areas are closed to motorized vehicles but others provide access to extensive snowmobile trail networks. All are well marked.
Outfitters and guide services and many winter sports apparel and equipment retailers serve the recreation market in Bend and Central Oregon. Guided daytime and moonlight snowshoe excursions by Wanderlust Tours have become very popular.
Following is a sampling of winter recreation areas in Central Oregon. Many are interconnected by summer and winter trail systems. Some trails are reserved for cross-country skiers while others are shared by skiers and snowmobiles. Many of the areas close to Bend, Mt. Bachelor and Sisters may be crowded on
Wanoga Sno-park and Sno-play Area
The Wanoga play area is the first of its kind with gentle slopes demarcated for young sledders and tubers. The area has been cleared for several years but a parking lot and paved road were added in late 2007. A groomed ski trail is planned, as is a shelter.
Dutchman Sno-Park
Cascade Lakes Highway, 19 mi. SW of Bend
19 mi. Nordic ski trails, 150 mi. groomed snowmobile trails. Very popular winter recreation area extends to larger Dutchman/Tumalo Winter Use Area
Skyliner Area
Skyliner Rd., 10 mi. W of Bend
8 mi. Nordic ski trails. Popular family snow play area because of its proximity to Bend although sledding and tubing are discouraged by the Forest Service for safety reasons. No snowmobile trails.
Virginia Meissner Area
Cascade Lakes Highway, 13 mi. W of Bend
14 mi. Nordic ski trails; connections to other trail systems. No snowmobile trails.
Newberry Crater
Newberry National Volcanic Monument
Two snow parks, 10 mi. cross-country ski trails, over 100 mi. snowmobile trails. Roads closed to motor vehicles except snowmobiles in winter.
Corbett Sno-Park
Near Santiam Pass, west of Sisters
70 mi. trail system shared by snowmobilers and Nordic skiers. weekends and holidays.


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Israel changed the world - in the deepest and most meaningful way
By Lise Ravary on May 29, 2018
In 1993, I travelled to Israel for the first time in my life. I was there to cover the restaurant scene with Toronto critic Sarah Waxman who became, with her husband, the late great actor Al Waxman (who used to joke he was my daughter's yiddishe mama) great friends of our family.
During that trip, I had the privilege of meeting Itzhak Rabin and his wife Leah who were dining next to us at The Cow on the Roof in Jerusalem. There was so much hope and optimism in the air. How that seems so far away now.
Israel changed and so did we all.
In 2013, I published a book entitled 'Pourquoi moi ?' Why me.
It told the story of my conversion to Judaism, a strange journey that started on its own – no boyfriend - during that trip in 1993. We were at the Israeli museum's gift shop when Sarah bought me, on a whim, a Tanakh. She gave it to me saying, out of the blue, 'one day you will be Jewish'.
I write this and I shiver.
Israel changed my life in the deepest, most meaningful way. And I want to use this opportunity to say thank you to the community for your support.
Israel also changed the world in the deepest, most meaningful way.
Its creation, 70 years ago, was one of the greatest miracles of the 20th century. In time, the whole world will come to see how great this gift to humanity is, but now, the horizon tends to hidebehind black clouds. It won't last forever. Seventy years is both an eternity and a grain of sand in the history of the Jewish people.
Still, in 1993 and during my subsequent trips, never in a million years would I have thought that Israel's security and existence would be carelessly discussed, even by its friends.
I know people on both sides feel anger and frustration. But as long as the world recognized the Jewish people's right to a homeland, I thought all would be all right in the end. Now, we need to make extra efforts.
More than ever, the world needs repairing. And that is our job. We must get in shape, physically, morally, spiritually, nationally,if we want to get down to some serious tikkun olam-ing together.
Lise Ravary is a leading columnist for Le Journal de Montreal. These comments were for the "Israel at 70: Celebrating a civilization" conference
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Hell-o Everybody! This site is dedicated to all of my favourites in the metal world. A great respect and thanks for them influencing me and pushing into that direction, that changed my whole life. Long live the loud, because I'm a Heavy metal maniac!
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At the early/mid '80s the Los Angeles metal scene was divided into two parts. There were the glam/hair bands and the speed/thrash ones. Unfortunately the thrash/speed outfits were overshadowed by the glam ones, but for bands such as Slayer, Megadeth and Dark Angel succeeded in making a name for them. The thrash/speed scene was growing more and more, a lot of new acts started popping up, such as Viking, Evil Dead, Recipients Of Death or Death Force, but they remained on an underground level and couldn't reach the popularity of Slayer, Dark Angel, Metallica or Exodus. In this chat shares Jim Drabos the singer of Death Force his views on the '80s scene. This is the first part, the second one will coming soon.
So Jim, do you still remember how and when did you get involved in the metal scene and what did you find so interesting in this music?
I don't know exactly when I started to get in to metal music. I think that I was in my early teens. The metal I started listening to was not thrash or speed metal. That type of metal hadn't started yet. I listened to the classic metal bands, such as Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Priest, ect. I really enjoyed the songs that were harder and faster than the slower songs. I thinks that is why I ended up getting into thrash and speed metal. That's when I realized that classic metal wasn't enough for me. My younger brother Ron, had some friends that were into new bands that I had never heard before. He turned me onto Punk. I really liked the speed and aggressiveness of the music. This eventually got me into thrash and speed metal. I was just getting exposed to this new type of metal music and learning about all of the new bands. Believe it or not, I grew up with Kerry King, and Dave Lomardo of Slayer. We grew up in the same neighborhood, and went to the same schools. My friendship with them obviously introduced me to Slayer's music and other music like them.
Were you into known, established bands or rather into smaller, underground ones?
I started out listening to established bands, but as my taste developed, I started listening to a lot of underground bands. I liked the underground bands because they didn't have to conform to commercial expectations. They could play whatever they wanted and say whatever they wanted. No topic was taboo, or unacceptable. This is evident with the advent of satanic lyrics and imagery.
Was Los Angeles a good place to be metalhead?
L.A. was a good place to listen to and be exposed to some great metal music. Some of it was home grown and most was imported from elsewhere. Because we are such a large city, we got a lot of big bands come here to play. We also had some great bands come out of L.A. Metallica started out here in the L.A. area, before they moved to the Bay Area. There was Slayer of course, Agent Steel, Hirax, and the list goes on and on.
How about the bands that started popping up in the early '80s, such as Metallica, Slayer, Shellshock/Dark Angel, Omen, Savage Grace, Abattoir etc.? Were you familiar with these bands and with the underground as a whole?
I was just starting to get exposed to real metal bands at about this time. As I stated before, I got to see a lot of famous bands when they first got started. I remember seeing Slayer play during lunch time at one of the local high schools. They were one of the originators of their genre of metal music. Dark Angel didn't come around until a few years after Slayer got started.
We had a scene out here that was called the Venice Scene. The bands were mostly from the Venice area of L.A. It included bands like Suicidal Tendencies, No Mercy, Cryptic Slaughter, Excel, and Beowulf. A lot of these bands were crossover bands, which was a cross between metal and punk. Suicidal Tendencies was actually banned from playing any venues in the LA area, because of the extreme violence their fans caused. The bands and their crowds dressed like local Hispanic gang members. Suicidal's Mike Muir had to play with No Mercy just so he could play in L.A.
It wasn't really until the mid-80's when things started to explode around here. Unfortunately, we had to import a lot of bands from other areas so that we could see some good shows. I remember seeing Exodus come down from the Bay Area several times and play some phenomenal shows. They were probably one of my favorite bands. Paul Baloff was a great front man (R.I.P.). This was about the same time I started playing with my high school friend Ernie Espinoza, my Death Force guitarist. Although, we didn't have a band yet.
Which clubs did start opening their doors for the Metallers? Did you often hang in those clubs?
I didn't hang out at clubs in particular, I just went to where to good shows were. There were a lot of clubs that catered to the glam rock bands in Hollywood. There was Gazzari's, The Roxy, The Rainbow, and The Whiskey. These places weren't necessarily places for the metal crowds to hang out, but it you wanted to see all of the hottest girls in L.A., that's where you needed to go.
There were a lot of places to play back then. Some of the places were clubs, halls, or auditoriums. Anyplace that would had a stage, and place to put the crowd. At the time, the scene was still new and a lot of the promoters didn't know what to expect when they booked a metal show, which was to our advantage. The crowds in L.A. were hungry for brutal metal, and there were some raging crowds. There were some great slam pits, and a lot of stage diving. Back then the venue security would let everyone go fucking nuts, it was great. There were a lot of places that only had one or two metal shows before they stopped booking metal bands. Eventually, the number of venues dwindled down to a few. But they had some great bands play. My favorite venue was Fender's Ballroom in Long Beach, a suburb of L.A. They had some of the best underground bands play there, both metal and punk. There was also the Whiskey (sometimes between glam bands) and the Troubador in West Hollywood, The Waters Club in San Pedro, The Country Club in Reseda, The Woodstock and Radio City in Orange County.
Of course, the glam bands had all of the really cool places to play, but that's what being commercially acceptable will do for you. They got all of the money, girls, and whatever. But they had to play that glam shit, so the pay off wasn't worth it for me.
How did you view the glam/hair bands, such as as Ratt, Dokken, W.A.S.P., Mötley Crüe etc.? Were the underground speed/thrash acts overshadowed by them?
Oh God yes, we were overshadowed by all of the glam bands. As I previously stated, they got to play at all of the best venues. They got all of the publicity and all of the record deals. We all started out playing a lot of the same venues, but commercially, things just exploded for them. Underground metal was left in those posers wake. There was a huge rift between the metal crowds and the glam crowds. There was violence between both crowds, each believing that they deserved to be there more than the others. The metal crowds believed that they deserved to be there because they were true to the essence of metal, no posing. A lot of the metal crowds believed that they were in it just for the music, not the image. They hated the glam rockers, because glam was fake, shallow, and just about image. The glam rockers hated metal because the music was just noise to them. A lot of them felt that unless you were a G.I.T. graduate (Guitar Institute of Technology) you weren't a real musician. G.I.T. was pumping out guitarists that all sounded and looked the same, like cookie cutters. The glam bands were eating these guys up. Which is why, all of the glam bands sounded and looked the same.
At the time, each believed that they were being true to themselves, so how do you fault anyone. I guess it was all for the best, I mean most of us were probably too ugly to wear lipstick and pink tights anyway. The advantage of being into thrash metal was that whatever I wore when I woke up, chances are those were the same clothes I wore on stage. I didn't have to worry about costumes or wardrobes.
Do you agree with that the L.A. scene was divided into two parts? There were the commercial hair/glam bands and the underground speed/thrash/power ones…
I think that the answer to the previous question pretty much answered this one as well. But yes I do!
At which point did you decide to start singing? What were your influences to become singer?
I always sang at home, mostly in my room along with records of bands that I liked. I was like most kids, I fantasized about being a famous rock star and performing for large crowds. Then I formally got into singing in high school. The singing I did there was nothing like the singing I did later with Death Force and Dark Angel. However, it got me used to performing on stage and learning how to breathe and project my voice. The side effect was that I now speak too loud. I couldn't whisper to save my life…ha ha!
I ended up being a singer in a band because I wasn't good enough at playing guitar, and I really wanted to be in a band, and I didn't care how I had to do it. So I figured that my best bet in getting into a band was to be the singer. So I started to work on figuring out my singing style. I tried many different styles and went with the guttural growl that you hear on the Death Force demo and bootleg tapes with Dark Angel. I thought that my singing style matched well with the thrash metal sound of Death Force. I just kept my own style and used it with Dark Angel. Don Doty had a different style than I did. I didn't want to change my style to try to make me sound more like Don. So I auditioned singing the way I sang and they seemed to like it and brought me onboard. Other than a little reverb, I did not use any effects on my voice. I did my best, and I hope that people liked it.
Did you start your career with Death Force or were you invloved in other outfits before?
I started my metal career shortly after I got out of high school. Ernie Espinoza, Eddie Morza and I, started playing together when they graduated from high school, which was a year after I graduated. We started out playing cover songs, just to get used to playing with each other. We tried out many different bassists and guitarists, but it wasn't until we found bassist Jason Gaines and his friend Chris Ingles on lead guitar that we found our band. We all just had the same goals and musical tastes. Up until Death Force, we didn't have an identity. We hadn't found a name for ourselves yet. Musically, we were figuring out where we wanted to go.
Do you still remember how and when did the band get together exactly and what about the musical past of the other members? Was Death Force the very first act for all of them?
For the life of me, I can't remember how we met Jason. I think he was a friend of a friend looking for a band. As I previously stated, Chris was a friend of Jason's, from school and he introduced him to us. As far as Ernie, Eddie, and myself, this was our first true band. As a matter of fact, we entered the music world together. I can't say if Jason and Chris were in other bands, I don't remember.
Did the line up consist of you, guitarists Chris Ingle and Ernie Espinoza, bassist Jason Gains and drummer Eddie Moraza right from the start or did you go through some line up changes?
For some reason, we had a hell of a time trying to find a bass player. For a while, I actually played bass. I wasn't that good, but I wasn't that bad either. I held my own, until Jason came around. I actually liked playing bass and singing, and I was getting comfortable doing both. He was a very good bass player and kicked my ass at it. So I bowed out, gracefully of course! Chris was a good guitarist. He had some good solos and filled in the rhythm section quite well. His stage presence needed some work. He didn't feel real comfortable on stage and it showed. Eddie was a decent drummer rhythmically and he was a powerful hitter. He couldn't play the double bass that well, as it was still something kind of new. Not like now, where every drummer knocks out those double bass lines in every song. Ernie was a good rhythm guitarist and kept the sound heavy. He really developed a lot throughout the years. At some point, Chris left the band due to some personal issues. We eventually replaced him, but I can't remember the guy's name. He didn't last too long, and one thing led to another, so we just ended up going our separate ways.
Who came up with the name of the band? Who designed the logo?
Jason came up with the name and the logo. Jason was very creative and artistic. He had a wild imagination. One day he came to rehearsal and dropped a bomb on us with the name Death Force. I was a little reluctant at first, because a bands name can make or break a band's image. So I wanted to be 100% certain the name kicked ass and made the right statement. We all sat around the rehearsal room, and it kept sounding better and better. After a while, we knew that Death Force was the right name for us.
At the time, Jason was still in high school. He was in some graphics arts class doing everything but his schoolwork. This was lucky for us, because he ended up designing and creating our logo. He even made a bunch of stickers and flyers for the band, while in his class. Money was short back then, as with most bands. We scraped up as much money as we could, and bought as many t-shirts as we could afford. Jason then printed up a bunch of band t-shirts for us and our supporters. The shirts were cool, with the logo in front, and our band saying on the back side. It was also one of our song titles "Rage til Death"
Can you tell us more about your rehearsals? Did you start writing originals or did you play mostly covers?
We never really did cover songs for too long. It was only at the very beginning, as we learned to play together. As soon as we could, we started to write original stuff. We weren't the most prolific song writers, and it took us a long time to write our music. Basically I wrote the lyrics and Ernie, Jason, and Chris wrote the music. We all took part in the music arrangement. I wrote down lyrics any chance I got. Anytime a catchy line or phrase came to me, I would write it down. It didn't matter where I was. Most times I was at work, doing everything but my work, I would then put some of these lines and phrases together and come up with a song. Other times, I just came up with an idea for a song and put the song together that way. There was no science to it. It was just whatever worked best at the time.
We rehearsed most of the time at Ernie's house in Paramount. We had to rehearse before his father came home from work. After that, depending on how things were, we might be able to squeeze more rehearsal time in or just quit for the day. Ernie's dad was cool, and as patient as he could be considering there was a thrash metal band playing in his rear house. We rehearsed as often as we could. Most of us had to work in order to support ourselves, and some of us were going to school too., and I was doing both. In an ideal world, we would have had the time and money to rehearse as often as needed to get our act together, as soon as we could. But how many bands had that kind of luxury. None of the bands I knew.
What were your favourites, your influences? Which bands did have the biggest effect on you?
Like I said earlier, I loved Exodus. I think they were the premier thrash metal band ever. I also liked Possessed, which I had the pleasure of touring with when I was with Dark Angel. In truth, I liked any band that had a heavy, fast sound. Anything that made you want to bang your head and get into the pit. To name a few others, there was Celtic Frost (Morbid Tales), Destruction, Kreator, Agnostic Front, VoiVod, Sodom, Megadeth, and Hirax, ect. As far as my personal influences, I picked a little from her and little from there. I don't think Death Force sounded like anyone in particular, we were a mix of all types of sounds.
You recorded a three tracks demo featuring "Killer", "The headbanger" and "No penitence" in 1986, do you still remember, how were those songs written?
Those were some of the first songs that we wrote, and so we made those tracks our first demo. We just wanted to get our name out there as soon and as much as we could. We recorded the demo in a small recording studio in the South Bay. We did it in an afternoon, with a producer that wasn't very good. This was obvious by the way the production sound came off. We were young and inexperienced at the time, so we didn't know any better. We were just so happy to be in the studio, we didn't care at the time. If I knew then what I know now, the demo would have sounded a lot better.
The music for the songs was written by everyone. The lyrics were mine. For the song "Killers," I remembered writing the lyrics with the idea of someone stalking someone and killing them. Not an original concept, but a fun one none the less. For "The Headbanger," that song was about what we liked to see at our shows, a raging crowd going fucking nuts. Lastly, for "No Penitence" that song was written after I got fucked over by a girlfriend. It had to do with me getting fucked over by her and then killing her for it. It takes place while I'm sitting on death row awaiting execution. I thought it was a fun way to deal with what had happened.
Can you tell us details regarding on this demo?
After we recorded the demo, we tried to get it out to as many people as we could. We gave it and sold it to whoever wanted it. We probably could have done a better job getting it out there, so we could get more exposure than we did. Hindsight is always 20/20.
Did it succeed for you to make a name for the band and to spread the band's name around?
Not as well as I would have liked.
How many copies did you manage to sell from the demo? What kind of reviews did you get on the demo?
To be honest, I have no recollection how many demos were sold or given, or traded. It's funny, but at the time, I don't remember people making too big of a deal about the demo. It wasn't until years after we broke up that I heard good reviews about it. Oddly enough, not too long ago, I was talking with Rich from Sadistic Intent. Besides being in a Death metal band, he owns a local metal record store, called Dark Realm. It's in Downey California. It's a cool place, I recommend everyone to visit it if they get the chance. It might even be online by now. Anyway, he told me that he had just listened to the Death Force demo on his way in to the store. Rich said that he listens to it everyone in a while. I thought that was a great honor, especially after so many years.
How much promotion did you do for the demo? Was it important for you to sell hundreds or thousands from the tape?
No, we just wanted to get our name out there any way we could.
Would you say, that Death Force was one of the hopes/trusts of the thrash scene?
I think that Death Force could have been a very successful thrash metal band. We were getting a really good following and people were getting into us a lot. Had I not left Death Force for Dark Angel, I think we would have achieved great success in the thrash metal scene. Death Force was getting better musically and our writing was getting better too. After I left Dark Angel, I tried to revive Death Force with everyone except for Chris. However, I think that there was some resentment of me for leaving Death Force in the first place. It was never quite the same again. There were many factors involved in the final demise of Death Force, I can offer all sorts of reasons that I think caused it to end, and I'm sure they could offer their reasons for the breakup. But that's all water under the bridge. I miss those guys and would love to get together for a jam session. I think that would be a blast!
How did you view the developement of the L.A. thrash scene? How about bands, such as Viking, Majesty, Bloodcum, Recipients Of Death, Evil Dead that started the same time as you or a little bit later?
L.A. thrash metal bands never really got the recognition that they deserved. The Bay Area thrash bands like Testament, Violence, Heathen, and the like were getting all of the recognition. The European bands were also huge in the scene. Whenever they came to town, they stirred up a lot of attention.
The L.A metal bands were all good bands, and played some great music. As a matter of fact, I remember Death Force played a show with Viking at the Waters Club. I think it was their very first show at a club. They came on stage dressed like Vikings, with fur and all kinds of crazy shit! I don't think they ever wore the Viking costumes ever again after that. Each year, new bands started popping up everywhere. Some were outstanding, and others were not so good. Its like with everything, once something starts new, it just multiplies and multiplies. The older bands that stuck around, got better and better. They really took the scene to the next level. Unfortunately, by the end of the 80's, there wasn't much a metal scene left. Just as it seemed like some of the bands were starting to get big, the local scene had just about dried up. There were only a few shows here and there.
In my opinion, one of the biggest factors in the demise of the metal scene in L.A. was the "Pay to Play" formula. Basically it went like this. Out here, club promoters no longer paid bands they signed up to play at the clubs. Bands would try to get billed at a club. The band would then have to pay the promoter a set fee to play at the club. In order for the band to recoup their cost to play at the club, they would have to sell their own tickets to the show. The promoter would not spend any money promoting the show. The bands were responsible for their own promotions. This way the club made money and didn't have to spend any of it on advertising or promotions. It was all left up to each band. The harder you worked the more tickets you sold. At least that was the theory. It really got to be cut throat for all of the bands. Depending on how many bands were on the bill, there would be that many bands all trying to sell their tickets to the same people. It really made it hard, because it took a lot of money just to play regularly. No matter how hard we all tried, it was hard selling enough tickets to each show to get our money back. It wasn't until you got to be really established that you eventually got paid to perform. Or, you tried to play outside of the LA area. Which wasn't that easy either, if you weren't established.
I think the biggest step in your career happened late 1986 when you joined Dark Angel, were they already a well-known, established band at this point?
Yeah, I would have to agree with you. Joining Dark Angel was a huge boost in my music career. I went from an up and coming band to a band with an established fan base. Dark Angel had just released their second album, Darkness Descends. They were planning to go out on tour in support of Darkness Descends. Dark Angel had been around for several years and they had been playing regularly for a while. They were getting on some really big bills, supporting some big acts. They appeared regularly in magazines, and had sold a decent number of copies of We Have Arrived. After I joined Dark Angel, was when I realized just how popular they were. No matter where we played, we were known there, it was great.
Did you consider it a big jump in your career?
Of course it was a huge jump for me. People knew who Dark Angel was. They hadn't yet had a chance to know who Death Force was. At the time Dark Angel had problems with Don Doty and he ended up leaving the band. Gene Hoglan and Jimmy Durkin were both friends of mine. I invited them to come to one of my Death Force shows. After the show, Gene and Jimmy, asked me if I was interested in auditioning for Dark Angel. They told me that they were about to embark on a North American tour, and asked me if I was interested in joining Dark Angel. That was a very tough decision, because I was very interested in Death Force and the development of that band. It was my music and something I helped create from nothing. On the other hand, here I had an opportunity to join an established band that had a record contract with Combat Records, and was about to go on tour with Possessed. With Death Force there was a chance that things would work out and we would get the recognition that we all wanted. With Dark Angel, it was certain that I would get the recognition that I wanted, because they were already established, in many parts of the world. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the personal recognition that came with being an established musician. I was more interested in getting the chance to perform in front of crowds all over the country. For me, the best part of being a musician was performing live, for an audience that was familiar with your music. Having the audience sing along to your songs, and getting crazy at the same time, that's what it was all about. Joining Dark Angel was going to give me that opportunity faster than Death Force would have, or might have. I discussed this with the guys in Death Force, because no matter what, I was loyal to them. I let them know what an opportunity this was and how important it was to have their blessing. After some soul searching, I quit Death Force and joined Dark Angel. Unfortunately, things didn't work out for me with Dark Angel, and I left the band. I wish I could say for sure what had happened with regard to Dark Angel, but truth be told; I don't know. Things don't always turn out the way we expect them to. I got a lot of personal satisfaction out of being in Death Force and Dark Angel, back in the days, and still to this date. I have no regrets about my decision, and I appreciated all of the opportunities I had with both bands. I had the chance to experience things that most people only dream of. I was extremely fortunate!
I would like to finish by saying thank you for the opportunity to talk about a part of my life that was very important to me. Especially after so many years of being out of the music business, it is nice to know that there are people still interested in my music and the work I put into it. HAIL METAL!
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