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Many people wonder why I don't eat eggs. After all, they're supposed to be highly nutritious and a rich source of protein. We've been told this information for years. We were taught this in school. We've heard this in the media. Our parents told us. As it turns out, this information is not true.
But who's been behind this misinformation? People who want us to buy their products like individual egg companies. Even the government through entities like the American Egg Board – a promotional marketing board whose mission is to "increase the demand of eggs and products on behalf of the US egg producers." These marketers have and continue to do an excellent job of billing eggs as the highest quality protein and one of the few foods considered to be a complete protein. I used to believe this, in fact, I used to have two hard-boiled eggs every single morning.
But not anymore.
Why? As I began my journey to make healthier lifestyle choices, it led me to eating a plant-strong diet. In that quest, I knew I had to do my own personal research so I've immersed myself in learning as much as I can about plant-based diets through books, online articles and websites, TED Talks, nutrition workshops and courses. Through my research, I've learned that eggs aren't healthy or safe. They're loaded with artery-clogging cholesterol and saturated fat. That's great for nourishing a chick as the embryo grows (the yolk is its primary food source); but that kind of fat on a daily basis for humans can lead to heart problems. Eggs aren't healthy or safe for human consumption even if you raise your chickens yourself in your own backyard.
Who says eggs aren't healthy or safe? Well, as it turns out, along with the many research studies that have linked eggs to heart disease and cancer (gastrointestinal, colon, and prostate) even the US Department of Agriculture does. In fact, they've actually worked with the American Egg Board to make sure they don't advertise such claims.
Here are just a few facts you should know about eggs:
- Eggs are not a rich source of protein. The word rich means excellent source. An excellent source of protein means 20% of the recommended daily value – or 8 grams. It is recommended we eat 42 grams of protein a day so an egg should contain 8.4 grams of protein. However, a large egg only has 6 grams of protein.
- To be considered healthy, the saturated fat level of a food must be 1 gram or less of saturated fatty acids per 100 grams and less than 10% calories from saturated fats. Eggs have 2 grams of saturated fatty acids and 70% of the calories in one egg is from pure fat. Saturated fat raises the bad cholesterol, or LDL cholesterol, which contributes to hardening of your arteries. When your heart works harder to push blood through stiff arteries, a condition known as atherosclerosis, your blood pressure rises. These effects increase your risk of developing heart disease.
- The cholesterol must be 90 mg or less per serving. One large egg provides approximately 185 milligrams of cholesterol. Cholesterol is a waxy substance that clogs and hardens arteries when you have too much in your bloodstream. Dietary guidelines suggest we should limit cholesterol to 300 milligrams per day. Since most people eat two and three eggs for breakfast – you can do the math!
- More than 100,000 Americans are Salmonella poisoned each year from eggs.
Bottom line. Eggs aren't healthy to eat. Eggs aren't safe to eat. Yes, they can be convenient. You might crave their flavor. They might add diversity or color to your plate. In cooking and baking, they can act as binding or leavening agents. However, these are just functions that an egg can play. Eggs don't promote good health.
We can get high-quality, necessary and essential nutrients from vegetables, grains, and nuts.
In my next post, I will focus on some simple and healthy egg replacers.
Cheers, Karen
In preparing my blog today, some of my information comes from an excellent source that I would like to recommend to you: Nutritionfacts.org This is the first science-based, non-commercial website that provides free daily videos and articles on the latest discoveries in nutrition written by Michael Greger, M.D., physician, author, and internationally recognized speaker in the arena of public health issues. Be sure to check it out.


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President Museveni summoned journalists to his country home in Rwakitura, Kiruhura District, to hear his thoughts on the current onslaught by European Union Nato and the United States against the tiny African country of Libya.
"Europeans and Americans intervening militarily in Africa is a new
phenomenon. Our immediate reaction was when our African Union Peace and Security Committee, of which Uganda is not a member, met in Addis Ababa before the UN Security Council March resolution was passed on Libya, opposed the imposition of a no-fly zone over Libya.
However, African countries (South Africa, Guinea and Nigeria) voted at
the UN in favour of the resolution. When I spoke to President Jacob
Zuma of South Africa, he told me that they voted for the resolution to
put pressure on Gaddafi.
But when the Western countries started bombing Libya instead of
concentrating on protecting civilians, then the Africans got together.
So the present position of African Union is ceasefire in Libya, then
talks. I have had a lot of problems with Gaddafi but when it comes to
foreigners interfering in the affairs of Africa without the permission
of the African Union, I cannot support it. The position of Africa is;
leave Libya to the Libyans to solve.
You saw the embarrassing way in which former Ivory Coast President
Laurent Ggabgo was ousted and picked from his home. What is your
reaction to that? Doesn't it worry you?
The issue of Ivory Coast is a complicated story because there are
long-standing conflicts between some political groups in the North and
South. I have not been following it myself until when I went to South
Africa, just before the February 18 election, when President Zuma
briefed me because he was on that committee. It was clear that this
was a complicated situation, it wasn't so simple.
Eventually the AU committee which was involved recognised Alassane
Ouattara as the one who had won the election. They recommended that he leads the formation of a government of national unity. Before that happened then the French came in (and) I have not known how they came in or under whose authority they came.
Foreign troops coming into Africa without the permission of the AU is
not accepted. We are going to deal with it. Because when it happened
in the past, the results were always negative.
Can the European troops go and intervene in Africa? No, they will not.
Because we will not allow it and if they want another Vietnam, they
will get it.
My reaction is it will stop. We defeated colonialism in the past, and
this one also will be defeated. So those traitors who are banking on
that, they would rather get something more useful for themselves to
do." –
Yoweri Museveni
April 18, 2011

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Govt 'seriously underestimated' Olympics cost
The Olympic budget risks spiralling while the project may not be ready for the 2012 Games, a committee of MPs has warned.
The Commons public accounts committee (PAC) said the government needs an "iron hand" to prevent the project overrunning its deadline or budget or falling below standard.
But it found no one person is responsible for delivering the 2012 Games and instead a large number of bodies are involved.
PAC calls on the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to agree a plan of "what needs to be decided, when and by whom".
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MPs also found the government had underestimated the original Olympics budget and seriously overestimated the amount private sector partners would be willing to contribute.
The original budget in 2005 was estimated at £2.4 billion but this has since risen to £9.35 billion.
PAC chairman Edward Leigh concluded the government had "seriously underestimated" the cost of the games. The original budget did not include tax, security or the cost of a contingency fund.
MPs also warned of the problems associated with needing to complete the project for a fixed launch date. Contractors could demand higher costs or introduce lower standards to save time.
PAC recommends contractors are incentivised to deliver the project on time and to cost, and to sufficient quality standards.
Mr Leigh said: "If the London Olympic and Paralympic Games are to be the great success we all want them to be, then the risks to delivery will have to be managed with an iron hand.
"The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is ultimately responsible for coordinating the array of bodies involved. It is worrying, therefore, that strong arrangements for monitoring progress and managing risk are so far not in place. "
The Liberal Democrats argued the report highlights serious issues. Don Foster, culture, media and sport spokesman, said the government had failed to get its figures right to begin with and the budget had now risen to nearly four times its original estimate.
He expressed "major concerns" that proper monitoring and risk management are still not in place.
Mr Foster said: "With £1.7 billion pounds set to be raided from lottery good causes, the least we should expect is for the money to be well spent but, as this report makes clear, the legacy plans lack clarity and are still to be finalised.
"However, we do now have a clearer understanding of the challenges ahead and we mustn't forget that the International Olympic Committee believes that London is much further ahead than previous Games."
Conservative shadow Olympics minister Hugh Robertson questioned why Gordon Brown had chosen to separate the Olympics minister from the Olympic executive in his latest reshuffle.
"London 2012 needs simple and accountable government support structures to ensure successful delivery and these are not in place," he argued.


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DELRAY BEACH -- No evidence has been found to support allegations that a city police officer improperly warned a Federal Express carrier that a black neighborhood was a high-crime area, police concluded on Monday.
Despite the finding in a seven-page police report, Federal Express officials said they stand by their original explanation: Service was suspended to the area in December after an unidentified police officer warned a carrier that the area was unsafe.
Federal Express lifted the suspension after one day.
"As far as we're concerned, until proven otherwise, we believe our employees," said Armand Schneider, a public relations official at the company's headquarters in Memphis, Tenn.
Lt. Scott Lunsford, who investigated the incident in hopes of identifying the officer who issued the warning, said it is not that he does not believe the company.
The problem, he said, is that he never had a good opportunity to question Kim Hickerson, the carrier who said she was stopped by police and warned of the dangers in the area just east of Interstate 95.
During a brief conversation, Lunsford said, Hickerson could not recall when the warning was given.
Initially, Lunsford said, Hickerson said the warning was issued on Dec. 26 -- the day she reported it to her supervisor, which resulted in the suspension of service. Later in the conversation, she said she received the warning a month earlier, Lunsford said. Then, she said it could have happened in August or September, he said.
Although Lunsford said he asked Hickerson to call him back with more information, she never did.
"One has to wonder if Federal Express misunderstood the time of the incident by over a month, it's questionable as to what other facts they also were unclear on," Lunsford wrote in his report. "I find the allegations and insinuations that a Delray officer labeled the black community as a 'high crime area' to be unfounded."
The incident angered black leaders, who viewed it as another example of the Police Department's insensitivity and bias against their community. They also said Federal Express' quick decision could have produced a domino effect, leaving the black community cut off from services readily available to whites.


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On November 9th, The Beatles re-leased a suite of lavishly presented White Album packages (Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe). The album's 30 tracks are newly mixed by producer Giles Martin and mix engineer Sam Okell in stereo and 5.1 surround audio, joined by 27 early acoustic demos and 50 session takes, most of which are previously unreleased in any form.
"We had left Sgt. Pepper's band to play in his sunny Elysian Fields and were now striding out in new directions without a map," says Paul McCartney in his written introduction for the new White Album releases.
This is the first time The BEATLES (White Album) has been remixed and presented with additional demos and session recordings. The album's sweeping new edition follows 2017's universally acclaimed Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Anniversary Edition releases. To create the new stereo and ٥.١ surround audio mixes for The White Album, Martin and Okell worked with an expert team of engineers and audio restoration specialists at Abbey Road Studios in London. All the new White Album releases include Martin's new stereo album mix, sourced directly from the original four-track and eight-track session tapes. Martin's new mix is guided by the album's original stereo mix produced by his father, George Martin.
"In remixing The White Album, we've tried to bring you as close as possible to The Beatles in the studio," explains Giles Martin in his written introduction for the new edition. "We've peeled back the layers of the 'Glass Onion' with the hope of immersing old and new listeners into one of the most diverse and inspiring albums ever made."
On September 28th, Giles Martin the Capitol Records Group and Apple Corps brass hosted a preview event of his 50th anniversary remix inside Studio A at Capitol Records in Hollywood. Giles guided the invited media members through his process of producing the album.
Martin took the throng into the assembly process of the 107-track box, which contains the "Esher demos," that the group recorded at George Harrison's home, 50 studio outtakes and remixes of the original 30 songs.
Martin referred to the "Escher demos" as "The Beatles unplugged," and suggested that these recordings were "the spine of how the thing was made. It was almost like being around the campfire," he admitted. "They discovered the sounds as they went along."
During his studio presentation, Giles confessed that his father George Martin "didn't have all that much fun making it. The Beatles had taken over the classroom… [and] they were much more individual in their process."
Giles, reinforced, that contrary to some popular and distorted media beliefs, in 1968 The Beatles were still very much a unit and brotherhood, not in disarray or on the verge of breaking up. "I was looking for the arguments and the tension on the tapes, and it was very hard to find."
Martin, who shares a October 9th birthday with John Lennon, was very delighted unveiling the very experimental 'Revolution 9.' "It's really scary. You have to leave the lights on when you hear that," he laughed.
Giles comically added that this new 2018 purchase "includes a pair of corduroy trousers that comes along with it. There's a bag of drugs you can take."
The minimalist artwork for The White Album was created by artist Richard Hamilton, one of Britain's leading figures in the creation and rise of pop art. The top-loading gatefold sleeve's stark white exterior had 'The BEATLES' embossed on the front and printed on the spine with the album's catalogue number.
The book's comprehensive written pieces include new introductions by Paul McCartney and Giles Martin, and in-depth chapters covering track-by-track details and session notes reflecting The Beatles' year between the release of 'Sgt. Pepper' and recording sessions for 'The White Album,' the band's July 28 1968 "Mad Day Out" photo shoot in locations around London, the album artwork, the lead-up and execution of the album's blockbuster issue, and its far-ranging influence, written by Beatles historian, author and radio producer Kevin Howlett; journalist and author John Harris; and Tate Britain's Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Andrew Wilson.
Much of the initial songwriting for The White Album was done in Rishikesh, India between February and April 1968, when John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr joined a course at the Maharishi's Academy of Transcendental Meditation.
In a postcard to Ringo, who had returned to England before the others, John wrote, "we've got about two L.P.s worth of songs now so get your drums out."
During the last week of May, The Beatles gathered at George's house in Esher, Surrey, where they recorded acoustic demos for 27 songs. Known as the Esher Demos, all 27 recordings are included in the new edition's deluxe and super deluxe packages, sourced from the original four-track tapes. Twenty-one of the demoed songs were recorded during the subsequent studio sessions, and 19 were ultimately finished and included on The White Album.
The Beatles' studio sessions for The BEATLES (White Album) began on May 30, 1968 at Abbey Road Studios.
In the 20 weeks that followed, The Beatles devoted most of their time to sessions there for the new album, with some recording also done at Trident Studios. The final session for the album took place at Abbey Road on October 16, a 24-hour marathon with producer George Martin to sequence the double album's four sides and to complete edits and cross-fades between its songs. The Beatles' approach to recording for The White Album was quite different from what they had done for 'Sgt. Pepper.'
Rather than layering individually overdubbed parts on a multi-track tape, many of the White Album session takes were recorded to four-track and eight-track tape as group performances with a live lead vocal. Halfway into The White Album, Abbey Road's Studer J-37 one inch 4-track machine was replaced by a 3M-M56 8-track piece of equipment. Playbacks were heard on a sole Altec (604) speaker.
The Beatles often recorded take after take for a song, as evidenced by the super deluxe set's Take 102 for "Not Guilty," a song that was not included on the album. This live-take recording style resulted in a less intricately structured, more unbridled album that would shift the course of rock music and cut a path for punk and indie rock.
The Beatles' newly adopted method of recording all through the night was time consuming and exhausting for their producer, George Martin and balance engineer Geoff Emerick.
Martin had other duties, including his management of AIR (Associated Independent Recording), and he had also composed the orchestral score for The Beatles' animated feature film, Yellow Submarine, released in July 1968.
After the first three months of White Album sessions, Martin took a three-week holiday from the studio, temporary entrusting the control room to balance engineer Ken Scott, and Martin's assistant/trainee Chris Thomas, from AIR.
Thomas played mellotron on "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill," piano on "Long, Long, Long" and harpsichord on "Piggies." Nicky Hopkins did an overdub of electric piano on a version of "Revolution."
On August 22, Ringo Starr also left the sessions, returning 11 days later to find his drum kit adorned with flowers from his bandmates. While the sessions' four and a half months of long hours and many takes did spark occasional friction in the studio, the session recordings reveal the closeness, camaraderie, and collaborative strengths within the band, as well as with George Martin.
And then Geoff Emerick departed after nine songs during the production. Exhausted by the long hours and band bickering,
"I lost interest in the White Album because they were really arguing amongst themselves and swearing at each other. The expletives were really flying," Emerick stated to author Mark Lewisohn in The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. Geoff would later return to helm Abbey Road.
Emerick was replaced by Ken Scott, who first started working with The Beatles at Abbey Road as a button pusher on June 1, 1964, during sessions for A Hard Day's Night. Songs not utilized in the film "I'll Cry Instead" and "I'll Be Back" as well as "Matchbox" and "Slow Down." He became an EMI staff assistant engineer and then promoted to "cutting" (known as mastering).
Eventually Ken worked on Help! and Rubber Soul, before engineering Magical Mystery Tour, and completing The White Album at Abbey Road. John Smith was Scott's assistant engineer.
"In working with The Beatles I got to experiment a lot and go through microphones and find out which mikes I liked for different things," Ken Scott explained in a 2010 interview I conducted with him for Record Collector News. "So that moved on from there. Also, the learning experience with The Beatles is anything goes. It doesn't matter if it's a really bad sound as long as it fits.
"Ringo was a great drummer. Still so many people fail to realize that he was an incredible rock drummer. For me, it's from his lack of technical knowledge. It was all feel for him. I'm of the opinion that he would go into a fill not knowing how he was ever going to get out of it. And halfway through he suddenly realized he has to get out of it, so come up with some unique way to get out of that fill
"It's much like all of The Beatles. They all grew so much as musicians and as technicians. During the short life of The Beatles. Ringo did as well. He was an incredible drummer and great to work with all of them."
I asked Ken about reported tensions and studio confrontations during the endeavor.
"Not as many as people believe. There really weren't. Yes there were some blowups but the majority of the time it was fine.
"During The White Album period they were laying down the tracks and playing together, sorting out the arrangements together. It was all good. Obviously whoever wrote the song had more sort of sway over ideas than the others did. It was very much a group effort. Generally speaking the others would filter out whilst whoever's song it was worked on the finished thing. And it was like that for all of them. You knew that it would go a lot quicker with John than it would with Paul or George. Vocals would take the longest with Ringo. [Laughs.] Especially 'Good Night.'
"It was pretty much the same for all of them. I think very much the difference, writing wise, for George, was that he was on his own. Even during The White Album there were times when Paul and John would interact on how a song should be. But George didn't have any of that. It was all him. And he didn't initially have the confidence in his songs. Even at The White Album stage. Yes, he was coming up with incredible stuff. He didn't know it yet. He was writing more for other people.
"If you think about it, he gave 'My Sweet Lord' away to Billy Preston. There was something he wanted to give away to Jackie Lomax. He didn't have the confidence within himself to do those songs. Like 'Not Guilty,' even then, we never completed it. We never really got it to the point where it was even sort of even considered going on the album."
"This was the first album and maybe the only album in which they had time restraints. And the reason they had time restraints was this was going to be the debut album out on Apple. There had been so much publicity about Apple there had been a date set for the release of The Beatles first album on Apple.
"So it had to be finished by a specific day to the point where the last day that we worked on it George was flying to L.A. the next day and he had to take masters with him. So we were using three studios, two playback rooms. We used the entire building. And John Smith, my second engineer was in one of the playback rooms sorting out running orders with John and George Martin whilst I was in one studio mixing something. We were working out asses off right to the end. That was the first 24 hour session I ever did."
The BEATLES (White Album) was the first Beatles album to be released on the group's own Apple Records label. Issued in both stereo and mono for the U.K. and in stereo for the U.S., the double album was an immediate bestseller, entering the British chart at number one and remaining there for eight of the 22 weeks it was listed. The White Album also debuted at number one on the U.S. chart, holding the top spot for nine weeks of its initial 65-week chart run.
During late November '68 I saw the double pocket White Album LP initially stocked in a slew of record stores all over the Southern California basin: The Frigate, The Music Revolution, Phil Harris Records, Rancho Music, and Canterbury, and head shops named The Psychedelic Supermarket and The Third Eye.
I purchased my first mono copy that November at Wallach's Music City on Sunset and Vine. I bought an English import at Lewin Record Paradise on Hollywood Blvd.
Over the last five decades I am thankful to have met all four Beatles, Sir George Martin, several Abbey Road engineers: Geoff Emerick, Ken Scott, Allan Rouse, road manager Mal Evans and publicist/confident Derek Taylor and published print and online interviews with Ringo, Paul and George.
"That was the environment in the band-everybody was very open to bringing in new ideas," fellow Pisces George Harrison stressed to me in a 1997 HITS magazine interview. "We were listening to all sorts of things, Stockhausen, avant-garde music, whatever, and most of it made its way onto our records."
In 2014 I wrote the book, It Was Fifty Years Ago Today The Beatles Invade America and Hollywood. It examines the Beatles' musical relationship and songwriting legacy to Los Angeles and the rarely chronicled-at-length historical influence of Hollywood on them.
The physical impact of L.A. and Hollywood on the lads, especially George and Paul in 1968 just can't be denied.
There are sonic, marketing, promotional, and subject specific retail factors regarding the American pressing of The White Album that prepared the initial delivery of the North American product.
How many Southern California AM and FM radio debuts and distribution machinations on their behalf were hatched at the 13-story Welton Becket–designed Capitol Records building near Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street?
On June 21, 1968, Paul McCartney flew to Los Angeles with childhood friend Ivan Vaughan and Apple Records employee Tony Bramwell to promote the Beatles' Apple label to Stateside Capitol Records brass as well as spending time with his new girlfriend Linda Eastman. Paul bunked at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
McCartney appeared at a lunchtime gathering with founding president of Apple Records, Ron Kass, visited the Beverly Hills home of Capitol Records president Alan Livingston and his actress wife, Nancy Olson, and the residence of Capitol executive Ken Fritz.
On his promotional trip, Paul and Linda sailed to Santa Catalina Island on a yacht owned by John Calley of Warner Bros. The couple was spotted in West Hollywood at The Factory nightclub, the Whisky a Go Go on Sunset Blvd, and at Romanoff's Restaurant in Beverly Hills. After enjoying shopping, swimming, and fun in the sun, Paul split back to England on June 25th.
George Harrison had been in California earlier on June 7, 1968 when he arrived with his wife Pattie, Ringo Starr, Maureen Starkey and Mal Evans. The purpose of the trek was to film scenes for the Ravi Shankar film Raga. Harrison and Shankar did sitar-themed sequences June 8th at a Big Sur country retreat overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The party left California on June 18th.
George came back to Los Angeles California for nearly a month and a half during October and November 1968. On October 19th, Harrison and Pattie, Jimi Hendrix and Mitch Mitchell attended Cream's final L.A. concert at the Forum in Inglewood.
During November 1968, Bill Halverson engineered the Felix Pappalardi–produced Cream's recording session for the George Harrison and Eric Clapton written "Badge" at Wally Heider's Studio 3, tracking Harrison's rhythm guitar and Clapton's lead.
Jeannie Franklyn, a/k/a "Genie the Tailor," and Rodney Bingenheimer, soon to be a columnist in 1969 for GO! magazine, were in attendance. Harrison and Clapton were first introduced to a prototype Leslie foot pedal, courtesy of SIR (Studio Instrumental Rental). Harrison would soon utilize the Leslie on the Beatles' Let It Be.
Harrison was producing the Jackie Lomax Apple Records debut Is This What You Want? at Armin Steiner's Sound Records studio in Hollywood around the corner from the Capitol label.
I'd like to suggest that I and listeners in the Southern California radio region first heard The White Album before anybody in the United States on November 4, 1968. It was shipped to distributors and rack jobbers on November 22, 1968.
During his stay in L.A., George drove to radio station KPPC-FM in Pasadena on November 4th and was interviewed discussing Apple Records, Magical Mystery Tour, the film was screening in Pasadena, the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Pirate Radio in the UK, the Royal Family, while touting The Beatles' White album.
While visiting Capitol Records, a label executive handed Har-
rison an advance lacquer pressing
of The White Album planned for the North American company. George was a bit miffed at the sound of the reference disc he heard, and definitely not pleased by subtle changes in EQ and com-
pression the mastering engineers at the U.S. division had applied to the Abbey Road source tape.
So it was arranged for George over a two-day period to personally supervise a remastering process of a two-track stereo tape on the Capitol premises.
On November 15, 1968, Harrison went to AM radio station KRLA in Pasadena debuting selections live on the air with deejay Dave Hull from his newly mastered acetate copy of the upcoming double disc.
That evening, Harrison, clad in a yellow shirt, green-striped pants and a leather jacket, also stopped by The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour CBS-TV show in Television City to tape a surprise walk-on as Tom and Dick introduced Dion, Jennifer Warnes, the Committee and Beatles pal Donovan for the episode which broadcast November ١٧th. The Smothers duly passed along to George their praise for the "Hey Jude" and "Revolution" clips, which the Comedy Hour had exclusively premiered for North American audiences the previous month.
During Harrison's journey around Los Angeles in November '68, George visited a recording session of The Doors at Elektra Studios on La Cienega Blvd.
Harrison wrote and recorded the sitar-informed instrumental track "The Inner Light" in Bombay, India at the EMI studios in January 1968, during his sessions for the Wonderwall Music soundtrack album. The 45 RPM appeared as the B-side to the "Lady Madonna" non-album single in March 1968.
To some it was a coming attraction teaser trailer previewing the winter '68 launch of The White Album.
"The Inner Light" continued the embrace of Transcendental Meditation the Beatles were studying under Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
On November 2, 1974, while reporting for Melody Maker, I attended the George Harrison press conference in Beverly Hills at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel where he announced his 1974 U.S. and Canadian tour. He cited the influence of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
"I have a lot of respect for him. He gave me help and plugged me in to a method of being able to contact that reservoir of energy which is within us all. He showed me how to reach that. Everything else is just words. Beyond the intellect is an experience you have to have in order to know."
It was in 1966 that Ravi first met George. Harrison had first heard the sitar on the set of The Beatles' 1965 movie Help! In September of '66, Harrison went to Bombay to study sitar with Shankar.
"His music was the reason I wanted to meet him," George volunteered in our HITS interview. "I liked it immediately, it intrigued me. I don't know why I was so into it — I heard it, I liked it, and I had a gut feeling that I would meet him. Eventually a man from the Asian Music Circle in London arranged a meeting between Ravi and myself. Our meeting has made all the difference in my life."
"He's a very rare person," Ravi disclosed to me in an interview for HITS. "It is something so special. There are many other people who could do what George does, but they don't have that depth. He's so unusual. What has clicked between him and me, what he gets from me, and what I get from him, that love and that respect and understanding from music and everything, is really the most important thing. It's not the money, or he helping me to record; that's not the main thing. But it's the very special bond between both of us."
And it is a bond we also have with The Beatles and Sir George Martin CBE that was formed in 1963 and still in existence today.
In January 2019, a new UCLA course tells the story of The Beatles through the prism of film. Offered by the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music's music industry program, the class will screen documentaries, television appearances and feature films — and students will hear first-hand accounts from industry executives and musicians, further illuminating the visual and aural record of the legendary band.
The course, The Reel Beatles, is open to undergraduate and graduate students. It will be taught by David Leaf, an award-winning filmmaker and biographer, who was a co-writer, director and producer of the 2006 documentary The U.S. vs. John Lennon.
"The Reel Beatles is a great example of what makes the music industry curriculum unique," said Robert Fink, the program's chair. "It combines critical and historical perspectives on popular music with the insight and practical knowledge of an experienced music industry insider."
"The class will use video and film to tell the compelling story of how The Beatles became beloved and mythical," said Leaf, a UCLA adjunct professor. "We'll watch how their story unfolds on television and at the movies in real time, all as they created a body of timeless and enormously influential music. The group has both starred in and been the subject of dozens of films and documentaries which spread 'the word' worldwide as they became not just artistically iconic but in the 21st Century, a smartly-curated 'brand' that still generates over $١٠٠ million in worldwide revenue every year — even though the group last performed on a concert stage more than a half century ago.
"In my courses, I love to teach through living history and talk with people who were there when it happened, and this course will be no exception," Leaf said.
David Leaf has taught at UCLA since 2010. The Beatles class will be taped and adapted as an online course offered by UCLA that will be available across the University of California system in 2020.
Harvey Kubernik is the author of 15 books, including heralded titles on Leonard Cohen and Neil Young. His 2017 volume, the acclaimed 1967 A Complete Rock History of the Summer of Love was published by Sterling/Barnes and Noble. His Inside Cave Hollywood: The Harvey Kubernik Music InnerViews and InterViews Collection, Vol. 1 was published in December 2017, by Cave Hollywood. Kubernik's The Doors Summer's Gone was published by Other Cottage Industries in March 2018. On November 6, 2018, Sterling/Barnes and Noble published Harvey's book, The Story of The Band From Pig Pink to The Last Waltz, written with brother Kenneth Kubernik. In November 2006, Harvey Kubernik was a featured speaker discussing audiotape preservation and archiving at special hearings called by The Library of Congress and held in Hollywood, California).


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The Veronicas grilled by Tom Gleeson over skimpy outfits, Ruby Rose and endorsement deals
The Veronicas grilled by Tom Gleeson over skimpy outfits, Ruby Rose and endorsement deals
VERONICAS singer Jess Origliasso has released an emotional statement about her "12 years" of "deep pain" caused by someone close to her, after girlfriend Ruby Rose publicly called out Jess' twin sister Lisa yesterday.
Rose shocked fans with a since-deleted tweet posted in the wake of Australia's historic same-sex marriage survey result this week, claiming her girlfriend's twin sister had told them they "should feel 'lucky' we don't get stoned to death like they do in other countries and to get over it a few months ago". After deleting the tweet, Rose followed up by saying she "shouldn't stoop to her level" and to "not let the people below try to drag me down".
One day on, and Rose's girlfriend Jess has released a statement of her own — one that appears to call out her own twin sister and musical partner.
"With the current conversation that was happening in the lead up and outcome of the marriage equality results this week, I feel it is necessary to share some feelings.
"I may not have struggled with an inner turmoil, but that doesn't mean I haven't struggled with people close to me, degrading my sexuality because of their own personal judgments or ignorance," Jess writes.
"People can publicly support the LGBT community, but behind closed doors inflict deep pain because of their own inability to accept or understand you as a part of that community.
"That can be a particularly difficult and heartbreaking experience. But one that has been a private and real struggle in my life.
"For anyone struggling in silence, please know that you are not alone. And no matter what, you are free to be whoever you choose to be without question, or have your sexual preference reduced to fit anyone else's expectations, or their 'reality' of you.
"We all do our best, and we all learn to open our minds and hearts. To do better and be better. I wish that for everyone. I would never wish to hurt anyone who has needed education and self reflection in this area, but I also cannot defend the behaviour, or minimise the pain I have felt over 12 years.
"Wishing only love to be our path to understanding moving forward."
The Veronicas have been outspoken advocates for the LGBT community, and their most recent music video, for the hit On Your Side, depicted Rose and Jess as a couple.
There have been recent hints of bad blood between the singing sisters — Lisa was quick to distance herself from her sister after Jessica publicly criticised the ARIA Awards for not nominating their video for On Your Side. When news.com.au reported that story as "Veronicas not happy", Lisa jumped in: "Jessica Veronica. Not The Veronicas".
Neither of the twins follows the other on Twitter or Instagram. The sisters made a joint statement on The Veronicas' official Facebook page this week, explaining that despite earlier promising they'd release a new album in 2017, "due to personal circumstances out of our control, we have made the decision to hold releases till 2018."


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This restaurant has TV's all over the place. Big ones. Eh, I'm talking 19 to 22 inches. I can't get that luxury at home, so I head over to TV Dinner Palace to watch all my sports games on their rabbit ear antennas. Suckers. It's an after work, too lazy to cook, paradise.
Name: TV Dinner Palace
Slogan: "The Home of Molten Dessert"
Setting: Casual, shoes are optional.
Distinguishing Characteristics: Lazy Boy easy chairs, TV's, and television dinner trays.
Price: $4.95. All meals are all inclusive. They include semi-equal portions of meat, potato, vegetable, and flaming hot dessert.
Cuisine: Mostly Frozen American Comfort Foods (Hungry Man).
Feature Entree: Hungry Man Salisbury Steak with mashed potatoes, corn, and liquid fire mystery dessert.
The Eat Sheet is a collection of restaurants frequented by Gil on a regular basis. He takes great pride in selecting frugal, but elegant eateries for his readers. Each restaurant is hand selected by Gil, and must meet his rigorous testing matrix. The matrix consists of one guideline… Price. Check back for more of Gil's Eat Sheet.
With several fantasy sports kicking into high gear. I though I'd give you several solid lock picks. All of these picks have been heavily scouted, and are guaranteed to succeed. This time, I'll be covering the NFL, NBA, and NHL for you fantasy fanatics.
National Football League
1. Larry Johnson – RB: After an excellent year on the Charlotte Hornets, this guy is ready for a breakout this season. He recently signed a huge Converse shoe deal, so he's got plenty to play for.
2. Byron Sandwich – QB: Even though this guy recently had surgery, I think he's a viable player. Seriously, the Atlanta Falcons are definitely lacking in this core position. Pick him up.
3. Kevin Esther – WR: This guy is simply amazing. The only other person the Chicago Bulls could have drafted would have been the road runner.
National Basketball Association
1. Colby Brian – SG: – He's great. Class act all the way around. Bonus: You should be able to pick him up on the cheap.
2. Bill Walton – C: – The center position has become deluded. I expect Walton to emerge a star. Especially after completing his hit show, The Waltons, in which a farm family grows up during the great war.
National Hockey League
1. Brian Leech – D:– This is a dicey pick, but I think he'll pan out. I know he's known for Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous, but I think he has a couple good years left in him. Take a chance. The Raiders did.
Thanks for checking out my picks, now go forth and prosper.
(Editor's Note: Ricky's selections have not been verified. Some of the players above may be inactive, retired, injured, dead, non-existent or play for entirely different sports. Please do not make any wagers with these picks.)
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O.J. Simpson Ordered To Give Felony Charges To Goldman Family
LAS VEGAS – Yesterday, all of O.J. Simpson's felony charges were transferred to the Goldman family. According to the fine print of Simpson's 1997 wrongful death judgment, the Goldman family was to be awarded all of Simpson's post trial acquisitions, including criminal penalties. Fred Goldman will be tried for robbery with a deadly weapon and other felonies later this year.
Microsoft Accidentally Lets Microsoft.com Lapse
REDMOND – In a major Internet mistake, the Microsoft Corporation inadvertently let the domain name http://www.microsoft.com expire. The domain was accidentally purchased by local entrepenuer Barry Watkins from GoDaddy for $8.95 a year. Microsoft has offered Watkins 2 million dollars or the company's surplus of Zune inventory for the domain. Watkins told reporters that the purchase was an accident. He had intended to purchase the domain http://www.microloft.com. Watkins is the inventor of the MicroLoft, a portable sleeping accessory.
Work Continues On This Old House
BOSTON – Work has yet to stop on This Old House. The project began in 1979 with a simple drywall repair, and shows no signs of stopping. Carpenters are now planning to re-restore the portions of the house that were first renovated close to thirty years ago. This Old House is a three bedroom, 2 and a half bath colonial built in the early 1950's.
Andrew looks on in horror as Paul crushes Ringo's thorax.
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In this episode of Keep It In The Closet, Stephen discusses the masses wearing wrinkled clothes on a daily basis and the affect it has today's society. This episode is big.
Keep It In The Closet highlights the latest disasters in the fashion world. Stephen's blunt and straight to the point approach gives you the back door insight into the world of high design. Press play to listen…
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In the market for another sports title, Universal Studios began an ambitious project. A project most people thought was ridiculous. Trying to match the original success of Field of Dreams, Universal began production on…
Football Field of Dreams
The plot was unimaginative and varied little from the original.
A farmer by the name of Roy Kinsella (Kevin Costner), begins to hear voices telling him to build a football field where a current crop of sunflowers grow. Much to the amusement of the local townsfolk, Kinsella builds his football field.
The plot strays a bit in the next sequence, in which Roy forgets to put up the goal posts. There is a two year gap until he hears another voice reminding him that he didn't "technically" finish the field. Kinsella completes the job.
After the field's completion, football legend Bart Starr emerges from the sunflower field and meets Roy. However, Bart Starr isn't dead, therefore writers scrambled to rewrite the script to suggest that Starr has Alzheimer's and has wondered away from his family.
Kinsella then goes on a wild chase to hunt down author John Grisham. This sequence was to include exploding cars and machine guns.
Roy finally returns to his field, almost bankrupt, with Grisham and Pete Rose.
In the meantime a slew of dead or simply retired players emerge from the sunflower field to begin practicing for the big game. Only a single game is played, because most of the players get injured. The players are not in the prime of their lives.
Kinsella is also reconnected with a deceased uncle, Ralph Kinsella, whom he didn't really care for.
Kostner was to play Roy Kinsella, who was of no relation to Ray Kinsella from the original movie. Ray Liotta also signed on to return, but this time as Pete Rose.
The film failed to receive the financial backing needed to film the extravagant action scenes. The project was shelved…
Project Redlight chronicles the movies that never made it in Hollywood. They were discussed and bandied about, but ultimately a decision was made to pass on them. The suggested movies are presented here with all of the details known at the time of their cancellation.
What are your thoughts on the current writers' strike?
"I'm a little disappointed in some of the slogans. Seriously aren't these people supposed to be writers? Don't even get me started about some of the ensembles I've seen on the line."
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In today's episode of The Fru-Gil: Gil's Money Saving Tips, Gil discusses a brand new way to get meat on the cheap. This tip could save you thousands. Don't miss it!
The Fru-Gil is the Internet's finest source of audio advice on saving money. Gil has painstakingly perfected and practiced every money saving tip he presents, and they have provided him with the luxurious life that he never thought was possible. This could change your life. Press the play button to listen…
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If someone asks you to play a game of "Hide In the Burlap Sack," don't.
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Narcos and Game of Thrones star Pedro Pascal will be joining director Patty Jenkins and stars Gal Gadot and Kristen Wiig (who was tapped for the villain role of Cheetah) in the Wonder Woman 2.
The details about Pascal's role are yet unknown, but he has a history with Jenkins. The two of them worked together on the TV movie Exposed.
While the plot details are still being kept secret, we know that the sequel will be set in the '80s, during the Cold War.
Pascal became known for his scene-stealing performance as Oberyn Martell in HBO's Game of Thrones. After that, he joined the cast of Netflix's drama series Narcos. Pascal is currently filming Triple Frontier alongside Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, and Garrett Hedlund in Hawaii for Netflix.
The original Wonder Woman made $412.5 million at the domestic box office and currently stands in 2nd place on the list of highest-grossing superhero origin stories.
The sequel is set to be released on the 1st of November.


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Procedures and Homework for 9/18/2008
Procedure for HS 10 (9/17/08)
Objective: Familiarize oneself with correct characters' stroke order.
1. Turn in your homework from yesterday. Extend one more day for the students who did not see it yesterday.
2. TPR/Informal assessment on body parts on dry erase board.
3. Demonstrate how to write characters (textbook and supplementary materials). Practice writing characters on dry erase board.
4. Listening comprehension activity: drawing on board.
H/W: Practice writing all body parts on your own.
Procedure for HS 20 /90 (9/17/08)
Objective: Students will be able to discriminate new compound vowels.
1. Take one handout. Quiz this Friday,
2. Review (numbers 0-10, stand up, sit down, and bow). Informal assessment on dry erase board (j, q, x, numbers 0-10).
3. Teach new terms—Classroom Expressions (the first/second/third/fourth tone).
4. Introduce one counting piece (1-3, 3-1, 1-7, and 7-1)/Song (bpmf).
b p m f d t n l g k h j q x
5. Introduce compound vowels (ai, ei, ao, ou). Go over the handout. Check individual's pronunciation
H/W: Review all old/new terms from yesterday/today.
Procedure for MS 30/50 (9/17/08)
Objective: Students learn body parts through various games.
1. Game: Scissors, rock, and cloth (30).
2. Review all colors with index cards.
3. Activity (1-3, 3-1, 1-7, and 7-1)/Song: Where's my friend?
4. Teach new terms: (body parts).
5. Game: Ms. Chang says…touch your ….
6. Pair practice all body parts/oral presentation.
7. Group activity: phone numbers.


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Fluffee's Server Setup 3.0
Fluffee posted a topic in Script DevelopmentFluffee's Server Setup 3.0 As some of you may know, I released an automated server setup script a little over a year ago. Albeit that script worked well, I was never fully satisfied with it, as I found it to be kind of messy to use. As a result, I rewrote the script, and restructured it, to add more, and stronger support for the different versions of Debian, the different versions of CentOS and the different versions of Ubuntu. However, with so many different Operating Systems being supported, and many different server providers having different setups, it's hard for me to test every possible scenario on my own. Which is why I've been privately handing this script out, and am now publicly looking for help. What does the script do? Similar to my previous setup script, this script changes the SSH port and creates a new user for connecting and using the server and disables root SSH connections; it installs the latest version of TightVNC Server (1.3.10) and sets that up with the desired port and password. It installs JDK 102 (32 or 64 bit depending on the OS), and installs TRiBot and OSBuddy and sets up the appropriate .jar file associations. What operating systems does it support? - CentOS (6.x and 7.x) (32 and 64 bit) - Debian (7.x and 8.x) (32 and 64 bit) - Ubuntu (12.x, 14.x and 16.x) (32 and 64 bit) Does it work? As far as I know, yes it does in fact work, and it works well if I might add. However, given that I can't test every possible setup, there is the potential for differences and issues How do I run the script? Login as root to a fresh VPS/dedi running one of the supported operating systems. From there run the commands listed below and follow the onscreen instructions. For those who would like to see the script's code, it can be found on my bitbucket here. The commands to run are as follows: wget --no-check-cert https://bitbucket.org/teamfluffee/fluffees-server-setup/raw/master/fluffees-server-setup.sh && chmod +x fluffees-server-setup.sh && bash fluffees-server-setup.sh -v Version History
[Mac] How To: Resolve Most Problems With TRiBot [Pics]TRiBot not showing up after logging in? Receiving a "Java null" error? Scripts not loading? Any other issue using TRiBot on your mac? Fix #1 First thing you need to do is verify the latest version of Java is running on your Mac (available for download here). To see what version you're currently running, Click on the at the top left of your screen Click "System Preferences..." Click on the "Java" option at the bottom and the Java Control Panel should open in a separate window In the General tab, click on the "About..." option. Verify this is the most recent version available from the download link up top. Fix #2 Next, you need to verify you have the correct .jdk, or Java Development Kit. Before starting your TRiBot client, you tell it which jdk to reference, as seen here Many, if not most, issues with the client on Macs are due to the jdk being outdated. To download the latest, go here, accept the License Agreement, and download the OS X version. The file downloaded will be a .dmg file. Open it up and you'll be able to install it (only with Administrator privileges, of course). To see what versions you have installed on your Mac, Click on the Spotlight search option in the top-right (or just type cmd+spacebar) and search for "Finder." Once in the Finder window, click on the "Go" option in the very top bar. Click "Go To Folder..." and type this in, then click Go: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines You should see the available options to choose when starting your TRiBot client. Verify the latest jdk is present, should see something like this: Most common issues with loading the client should be resolved if you've verified both are up to date. If you're curious, here's a post I found that helps explain the difference between the two and why these steps are necessary: Fix #3 If none of the above work, another thing you can try that has been found to solve some issues is deleting your tribot folder, tribot loader, restarting, and redownloading: If you've used TRiBot on your mac, your tribot folder will be here: 1. Click on Finder 2. In the menu bar, click "Go," then choose the "Go To Folder..." option 3. Paste this into the box changing "YOUR MAC USERNAME" to whatever is in your upper right corner. USE LOWERCASE LETTERS. /Users/"YOUR MAC USERNAME"/Library/Application Support/ 4. Delete the tribot folder, then delete your TRiBot_Loader.jar file used to start TRiBot. 5. Restart your mac and redownload the file from TRiBot.org. THERE ARE 2 DIFFERENT "APPLICATION SUPPORT" FOLDERS. IF YOU SEE FOLDERS LIKE "ApplePushService," "CrashReporter," "com.apple.TCC," YOU'RE IN THE WRONG APPLICATION SUPPORT FOLDER. If you are still having any issues, PM me, post here, or add me on Skype and I and/or someone else will do our best to help get your client started. Note: If you ask for help, I will require you to post a screenshot of your java and jdk version, proving you've already tried what's been recommended so far.
Grand Exchange API - Help
NeuroGenix posted a topic in Scripting HelpPost rewritten after rewritting and updating the code multiple times. So I decided to give writing my own GE API a go and this is what I've come up with so far, using Exchange#offer(name, price, quantity, buy) will do the following: If the GE is closed, it will open it and continue making the offer. If the price is set to -1 then it will use the buttons to increase or decrease the price, depending on whether it is a buy or sell offer, until it is at a price that will buy/sell instantly. Otherwise it will use the custom input button to set the price. It will set the quantity using the 1/10/100/1000 buttons. I plan on updating this to randomise between using them and the custom input method shortly. Edit* I hadn't even remembered implementing this until I saw it do it whilst testing the method, and it was beautiful, but if it goes over the buy quantity accidently, in the example I saw it was clicking +100 and clicked it again too fast so instead of stopping before its target of 875 it got to 900, it will then use the custom amount interface to input 875, beautiful. It will prioritise buy offers over sell offers so that if there isn't an empty slot available, or any items to collect, then it will cancel a sell offer, collect it and continue now it has a free slot. If there isn't a free slot available and we are trying to sell something it will return true, this is so that in my scripts it will remove the item from a toSell HashMap and put it back into the bank to sell later because it has bought the items it needs to continue botting. If it is instead trying to buy something and there are no empty slots or sell offers to cancel then it will wait for something to buy and continue once it can collect something and therefore has an empty slot. Update* It will now search for the item 1-3 words at a time checking the first 9 results each time and will choose the item as soon as it is visible as a human would. I might update this so that it randomises more, sometimes entering the whole first word of an items name straight away, because I sometimes do that, most of the time though I enter as few characters as I need to, I think, thoughts? Let me know what you think, the code is probably disgusting to look at for some of you but for others just starting out like me it could be a valuable learning tool, for how not to code All feedback and constructive criticism appreciated. Exchange Class GEInterfaces Class GEConditions Class InfoHelper Class Thank you to everyone that has read this far, it is appreciated Rewritten, if you have read again, even more appreciation!
Cant Get Looking Glass to Work
briareos2285 posted a topic in Help and GuidanceJust got a new Windows 10 Home x64 Laptop. Going through my usual install method and finding that I cant get looking glass to work. I have followed a few "old" guides, because I cant find any that are more recent. I am installing Java SE Development Kit 8u251, I am choosing the x86 version since the only OSbuddy cross platform .jar file is 32bit. Its worked fine in the past. I then open Osbuddy, and then Open Tribot. I leave it on the default Tribot Version of 10.24.1. I select the java version for Tribot to use to be the JDK and not the jre. I changed the Heap Size to 1024 MB and login. I minimize Osbuddy, then I click New Client(Looking Glass). The Screen goes to black and says " Waiting for a Runescape client.... currently waiting for a valid client. List of detected java applications below." and there is nothing Below. I also tried a backup method that used to work as well, which was to instead click New Client (Osbuddy) and then manually select the Osbuddy .jar file which would open up Osbuddy and Create a Looking Glass Tab that mirrored Osbuddy. This no longer happens either. Ive also deleted the Hooks and Caches using Naton's Java Executable. I have also defined the correct Paths in my Computers Environment Variables. Im at a loss for what to do. Any help greatly appreciated
[PC] How To: Open the TRiBot_Loader.JAR file w/ Java [Pics]For the quickest solution, download and run this jarfix.exe application from their website and you should be able to open the TRiBot_Loader.jar and run the TRiBot client with no issues. (thanks to @erickho123 ) If for whatever reason you are unable to download or execute the jarfix application, follow this step-by-step tutorial to open the TRiBot_Loader using the correct version of java: Right-click the TRiBot_Loader.jar file. Select the "Open with..." option from the drop-down menu. Click on the "Browse" option marked with the red box: Paste this into the address bar at the top to navigate directly to the Java folder we need: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_73\jre\bin *this part may need to be edited to reflect your current java version Once there, find the "javaw.exe" Application and then click "Open" Note: You must have java installed before you are able to use TRiBot! If you do not have java installed, download it from the Oracle website.
Starting the scripting journey
idkfa posted a topic in Scripting HelpHello my knowledgeable friends, Ive botted about 3 accounts to max combat and ran small gold farms but lately I really interested in learning how to script myself so I can give back to the awesome community and start goldfarming on a professional level. That being said ive got some questions.Little background check, im a total noob when in comes to programming languages. - ive read that learning Java is a must. But what I don't understand is do I need to learn everything about java or just parts that are relevant to scripting for Tribot. Do I have to take a course or to do a deep dive like enlisting in an education or is learning Java just for Tribot enough? - If a book is preferable, do you have any recognmendations? - after being proficiant in Java ive read I still need to learn how to script for Tribot specifically. Is this a long process? - I know this is a difficult question to answer but how long do you guys recon this process will take in hours learning Java and scripting for Tribot? Ive got about 2/3 hours to spare a day and about 5/7 on weekends - Also is there a discord with like minded people out there looking to learn java/tribot and also one for goldfarmer (not gonna ask for methods lol) Sorry for the long and nooby questions. Hope you guys can point me in the right direction. Any constructive comments are greatly appriciated. Cheers, IDKFA
Help with Debian VPS - JAVAHey guys, I'm facing some problems with my Debian 8 VPS, currently I'm not able to install Java 8, I was using this as reference https://tecadmin.net/install-java-8-on-debian/ but as it says "IMPORTANT: Java 8 is no longer available to download publically. You can use below link to install Java 11." Java 8 can't be downloaded anymore, so I tried to use Java 11, but TRiBot doesn't work with it. Anyone can have with this? I'll give more info if required.
Mac Tribot Error Help
Guest posted a topic in Help and GuidanceHello, firstly i'd like to say that running a bot on mac is 1000x more difficult than running a bot on a windows. I've downloaded Tribot and have jdk-11.0.1. I keep getting an error which I've linked below. Please help as I've been trying to run a bot on this macbook forever. It seems impossible. Thanks, Medieval
Unknow problem.
Guest posted a question in QuestionsHi. Im here because I cant found solution for my problem. When I run Tribot in my VPS, The Tribot client closes after the first 3 minutes. My VPS have OS Ubuntu 14.04 I was instal Java 8. Oracle, JDK & JRE
NoClassDefFoundError: trying to add an lib
syhler posted a topic in Scripting HelpI'm trying to add a JSON library by adding every java file from https://github.com/stleary/JSON-java to my project. But it keeps giving me the error java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: scripts/JSONObject Which makes sense because it fails to load the JSONObject. But why? Error Loading Local Script: JSONObject! I have tried to make a package inside the scripts package called "org.json" without any luck, I have also tried to put the files directly into scripts package.(Check picture for reference) I don't think the run method has anything to do with it, but it looks like this @Override public void run() { println("Hey Test"); JSONObject json = null; try { json = JsonParser.readJsonFromUrl("url"); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } assert json != null; println(json.toString()); } JsonParser.readJsonFromUrl Comes from a class which is taken from StackOverflow - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4308554/simplest-way-to-read-json-from-a-url-in-java- And looks something like that public class JsonParser{ private static String readAll(Reader rd) throws IOException { StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); int cp; while ((cp = rd.read()) != -1) { sb.append((char) cp); } return sb.toString(); } public static JSONObject readJsonFromUrl(String url) throws IOException, JSONException { InputStream is = new URL(url).openStream(); try { BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is, Charset.forName("UTF-8"))); String jsonText = readAll(rd); JSONObject json = new JSONObject(jsonText); return json; } finally { is.close(); } } } Yes, I do have VIP (at least for 2 days) and I'm using IntelliJ Idea. To set my project up I have used the guide from here. Thank you for your time
Why am i making this tutorial? The main aim of this tutorial is to introduce you to the basics of java and get you around understanding Tribot's API. Additionally, through this tutorial i hope to aid people who are trying to learn scripting, and by that increase the number of free scripts. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ "Basic" Introduction To Java Lesson 1: Classes Lesson 2: Variables Lesson 3: Access Modifiers Lesson 4: Arrays Lesson 5: Enums Lesson 6: Interfaces ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ "Basic" Introduction To Tribot API Lesson 1: Skeleton Script Lesson 2: Entities Lesson 3: Filters Lesson 4: Abc2 + Open Source scripts Lesson 5: Developing a simple fishing script
Having trouble running LG on a mac
Guest posted a topic in Help and GuidanceSo I've been browsing around and haven't really been able to find a current solution. I'm trying to run LG on my MacBook pro. The Tribot client runs on 64 bit by default, and I'm not sure how to change it to 32 bit. I've been told that I should just be able to download the OSBuddy .jar file and play, because it's also 64 bit, but it still says: "client not found" and that I should try "running Tribot on 32 bit." Does anyone know how to run Tribot on 32 bit short of going into my CMD prompt and changing the default mode that my machine runs? Thanks
java Looking for help installing TriBot on my Mac
Guest posted a topic in Help and GuidanceHey guys first time posting on TriBot but I am really struggling to get it to run on my Mac. It wants to run but it always encounters the same error which is it says Exception in thread "AWT-EventQue-1"java.lang.unsatisfiedlinkerror:Cant load library: / Usersxxxxxxx/Library/application support/tribot/dependancies/libtogl.so . I know that anyone with minor knowledge of computers could fix this problem in seconds, but I don't have the slightest clue as to how to fix this. All i am trying to do is run TriBot with a private proxy for RS3. If anyone can help me resolve this issue comment on here or leave another way I can contact you I'd really appreciate it. Willing to pay $10 to anyone that can help me. Thank you.
Hi. For some reason I keep getting this error, but only while I'm at my university. I live off campus and this does not happen at home. I would like to bot while I'm here at university because I'm trying to run a moneymaker so I can fund my PK trips. Anyways, as far as I can tell, the university doesn't censor web sites. How did I arrive at this conclusion? I visited an "adult-only" website and was uninhibited from browsing it. Java version JRE and JDK versions of 8u72. This issue happened with older versions as well. What I tried: Reinstalling Java Restarting computer Deleting .tribot folder Running CCleaner Unable to create client instance. Java HotSpot Client VM warning: Using incremental CMS is deprecated and will likely be removed in a future release. Done If anyone can solve this for me, I will pay them enough OSRSGP to trade for one month of VIP-E. Edits in green.
Out of MemoryOver the past couple of weeks I've been having clients "randomly" freezing after running out of Memory.. Current set-up: Running 10 - 15 clients @ 356 MB. Only 1 account per client (no tabs). Not using Looking Glass. Running the same script on all accounts (Auto Fisher Pro) Operating system is Windows Server 2012 Using < 50% of CPU & RAM The freeze is seemingly random and usually only happens on 1 or 2 of the clients. Doesn't seem to be task based as it's happened in multiple scenarios. Any ideas / suggestions on how to fix?
Error message for MacHello, So I found the Mac guide that works through most common errors and issues with the Mac install, but I'm still having issues. Here are screenies of everything that was commonly asked for in the previous thread I read to work through this. The 'you need Java...' message is what launches whenever I try to load Tribot Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Cannot Open TriBot LoaderHi everyone, I am very new to TriBot, although fairly experienced in the botting world, and tried installing it for the first time today. However, on launching Tribot_Loader a white box with a red X in one corner opens, and on mouseover changes the pointer to a loading icon. Clicking the red X doesn't actually close the window and after a while an error pops up saying "Java Platform SE binary is not responding". I combed through the forums looking for solutions, and I tried uninstalling a reinstalling the correct Java version (JDK 8u131), re-downloaded the loader multiple times, and even used the "jarfix" recommended by the mods on some threads. Unsure of what to do now.
Tribot loader issue (Mac)
mollywhopped posted a topic in Bot HelpHello I need help with something that is probably a simple solution. When I try to run Tribot loader the only java version that appears in the dropbox is version 6. I have downloaded version number 8, please help?
java Need help regarding Java Certification Exam
kumarkarthikeyan posted a topic in JavaHi, Iam preparing for my Java Certification Exam using this tutorial http://www.javaprepare.com/ .. Please help me in preparing for certification exam by sharing more information about java certification
ArrayIndexOutOfBounds on Waitcondition?
Kongenm8 posted a topic in Script DevelopmentHi guys These last couple of days I've been struggling to see what I'm doing wrong in my waitCondition, the problem is that I get an ArrayIndexOutOfBounds exception, however I dont understand why it appears, if i have the following waitCondition? Shouldn't the waitCondition only return true if trees[0].isOnScreen(); becomes true (That a tree appears on the screen)? And if that case, shouldn't it just continue? final RSObject[] trees = Objects.findNearest(20, Filters.Objects.nameEquals(gui.comboBox.getSelectedItem().toString())); if (!isCutting()) { Timing.waitCondition(new Condition() { @Override public boolean active() { return trees[0].isOnScreen(); } }, General.random(2500, 4000)); } EDIT: Edited the active method to match what I had when the error occured (I'm currently trying what I had posted at first)
Hi Is there a way that i can make my .class files automatically appear in the bin folder upon save? Right now, everytime i open tribot, it creates a new "Bin" folder, and a "Bin1" folder, for my eclipse project, so I manually have to copy paste the compiled .class files to the tribot "bin" folder.. Sincerely
Whats required to make an AIO script?
Kongenm8 posted a topic in Script DevelopmentHey guys I'm completely new to the scripting community, I code Java and C#, however, I've never made scripts for rs, but recently i made my first willow chopper with bank support etc.. However, if I were to implement support for multiple tree types, how could that be achieved? Im thinking of making one generic method that takes all tree types as input, but I cant really wrap my head around it? Whats a general approach to making an AIO script?
Any coders interested in doing a short, simple Java assignment? [PAYING]Found someone. Can be deleted.
Learning to code
Guest posted a topic in Scripting HelpI'd like to learn how to code with Java, however, I don't know where to start. The only language I know is Visual Basic which I learned in High School so I had a step by step instructor guiding me through it. If someone could point me in the right direction that would be great.
Setting up a Script
Guest posted a topic in Scripting HelpSo I've wrote a Script and I'd like to try it. I've followed a guide I found on this forum and placed the precompiled class files into the local scripts folder. When I hit 'Start Script' it does not offer me my Script? Did I do something wrong, please let me know! ~dinh


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While many Brits looking stateside might first think of New York or Los Angeles, there are plenty of other big cities with extensive histories, diverse populations and culture to burn. Chicago is one of these metropolises, and it's also home to a unique expat Welsh group, the Chicago Tafia, which is run by Dave Parry.
"While there are only a few hundred [Welsh people] in Chicago, it doesn't appear to be a recent thing. We seem to have been here since the start of Chicago, and apparently the estimated 5,000 Welsh in the city at the time put on one of the strangest Eisteddfod's during the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893."
There's a Wales-Chicago connection in other areas too. "Al Capone's fixer 'Murray the Hump' was born to a Welsh immigrant family from Llandinam in North Wales," says Parry. "David Charles Davies, the Director of Chicago's Field Museum in the 1920s was from Llangeitho, and we had at least three expat players with the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1940s through the 1960s. Even today, guys like Jon Langford (Newport) and Tony Jones (Cardiff) are pillars of the Chicago cultural and arts scene."
Though Chicago can be derided as the "Third City" of the U.S., its location is actually one of Perry's favorite things.
"It's a crossroads between north and south, east and west, a port city even though it's inland—Though that port is O'Hare airport! But it's a starting point or ending point for bands, poets, comedians and artists on tour too, and where else can you see bands like the Manic Street Preachers, Stereophonics or Marina and the Diamonds for less than $20 with just a few hundred people in the audience?"
Originally from Swansea/Aberystwyth, Parry, 38, first moved over here in 1998 "for the only reason a twentysomething would stupidly up sticks and move across an ocean; I'd met a local bird." The romance may not have lasted, but the city made a huge first impression.
"I found the weather in Chicago hot," says Parry, "and that was an improvement over the summer we had been having in London that year. Only joking! To be honest though, I found Chicago an amazing city from day one and still do; it's a cheeky state within a state that has its own mentality."
Combining the Tafia with his job as an environmental scientist, "You know, that all-too-familiar combination," was something that Parry started almost from day one.
"Not long after I arrived here I was looking for a bit of free advice about immigration, and I realized that while other immigrant groups had some cultural institution or network to fall back on, seemingly the Welsh or even us Brits as a whole did not. I had been running into random ex-pats here, there, and everywhere, mainly at pubs and concerts, and grabbed their contact info and then got in touch if there was anything Welsh going on in town, and it sort of evolved from there."
From the beginning, the Tafia was going to be different. Not only do they include "a few whose parents or grandparents were from Wales, a few rag tag Scots, English and Irish," and, in a nod to modern-day England, "a fair few Poles," they all agreed that they wanted it to be more relevant to a modern-day immigrant.
"Most other Welsh groups in America have been immigrants from their areas for 100 years," says Parry, "so the culture they promote is a relic of something that hasn't existed for decades. It's a fascinating time capsule in many ways, but we wanted it to be like 'what we did over there, but over 'ere.'"
There is a mix of past and present though, and the Tafia represent Wales at local area Celtic and cultural festivals and work with choirs and bands organizing concerts and gigs, but they also have an annual task.
"We badger the owners of the Wrigley Building to have it illuminated white, red & green on March 1st for St. David's Day," he says, "but in general we mainly meet up for Welsh sporting events, bands, festivals etc. We have a few dozen regular members and a few hundred overall in the city and surrounding area that follow what we get up to and come out once in a while."
Contacting members across such a large city has been revolutionized by the explosion in social media.
"It's been huge for the Tafia!" says Parry. "We were lucky I suppose because I moved here right at a time when the internet was becoming a normal everyday thing, though back then we were still asking, 'Do you have an email address?' We dabbled in Yahoo Groups and Myspace, but then set up the first Tafia group on Facebook in 2007. With no real budget for advertising, I think in many ways we were forced to be creative and become early adopters of social media."
The biggest player has been Twitter, something that Parry admits he initially had "no clue" about&mdashluntil Eddie Izzard played Cardiff in 2008:
"I was sat at my desk in Chicago watching Eddie Izzard do a live feed of tweets behind his show," says Parry, "and then I tweeted him and realized that everything that I was typing was appearing on a massive screen 3,000 miles away. I found that fascinating. Now at Tafia events I'm amazed by the amount of new faces who say, 'We read about it on a Twitter feed or was linked on a post on Twitter.' We use it to contact bands too, and got The School to play here "
The questions new immigrants ask have changed a lot since Parry arrived in Chicago too.
"In the late 1990s and early 2000s it was always the best way to make cheap calls home," he says, "but that's not really much of an issue anymore. Being baffled by the byzantine immigration process is an ongoing concern, as is where to find decent Brit foods."
Parry advises potential expats to try and arrange immigration paperwork before even getting on the plane, and also to take a final trip to the chair.
"Get as much dental work done as possible before getting here," he advises. "Seriously, a root canal plus crown can set you back three grand—even if you have insurance! Also, don't lose your accent. It has many perks, not least of all is when you bugger something up at work, you can always claim to your boss that it was 'they' that misheard you."
Unsurprisingly, Parry also finds that the U.K. has changed a lot over the years too. "Every time I go back I miss it a bit more – you seriously can't beat Britain!" He does, however, find one strange difference, and it's something that new expats stumbling around huge American megamarts might find hard to understand.
"Odd as it sounds, the variety in U.K. shops always does my head in!" he says. "Seriously, a Tesco in some tiny town near Carmarthen has more variety of foods than most of the highfalutin' posh grocery stores around these parts! I dunno, America sometimes can seem oddly intent on priding itself on being backwards, and it can be very hard to take it seriously sometimes."
If you're considering a visit—or even a more permanent stay—in the "Windy City," he has some suggestions of place to visit.
"I generally drag visitors to the Hancock Building for cocktails in the bar on the 95th floor," he says, "and I always reckon the sausages at Hot Doug's are worth the wait. Driving along Lakeshore Drive on a nice summer day has something special about it, too."
One of his favorite memories was from when he first arrived in Chicago and had spent a "shite" morning at immigration. Perhaps homesick, he got out at a train station called Bryn Mawr (in Welsh "Big Hill") and found a rundown "ghetto"—and saw that the next train wasn't for an hour. "So I befriended a beggar and went to one of the most fantastic bars I had ever visited, a relic from the 1940s/50s, never updated, but it wasn't trying to be vintage," he recalls. "On the walls were pictures of Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Otis Redding and a whole slew of the who's who of blues and jazz at the pub. The beers were 50 cents and my one hour train delay turned into a five hour afternoon of beers with some bloody great people."
As for the future of the Tafia, 2014 will see the 6 Nations rugby, St. David's Day and "all the usual stuff," though the 100th anniversary of the birth of poet Dylan Thomas means some special events.
"Not too highbrow though, just mainly gathering some Chicago area reprobate musicians and authors to do readings of Dylan's work or work inspired by Dylan, all while supping some decent whiskey. That and making a field trip to Elkhart, Indiana to check out a new Welsh brewpub called Lechyd Da*!"
*Iechyd Da is Welsh for "cheers!" and owner Chip Lewis's Welsh ancestors emigrated to the USA in 1635.
N.B. "Tafia" combines references to the Mafia with the common nickname for Welsh people, which comes from the River Taff.
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Bob frequently speaks at both local and national trade associations on FDA policy. He has been an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota Law School and a guest lecturer at other law schools. He is currently an adjunct professor at St. Thomas University in the Masters in Regulatory program at its Graduate School of Engineering and its mini MBA program.
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Caroline & Andy – East Quay Venue, Whitstable
So, I actually don't know where to start with Caroline and Andy. I'll try my best to give them the best description of their day as possible *she says already feeling overwhelmed with emotion!*
Caroline found me through a mutual friend, Nicola, who does these incredible cake master pieces – you've probably heard me go on about her before – super uber talented crazy cake lady (Little Brown Fairy Cake) Caroline and Nicola both worked in the cake industry, so naturally Caroline booked Nic to bake her, not only an epic wedding cake, but also a groom cake too – I'll let you see that on it's own. 😉
Caroline booked me over email, which alway makes me worry – what if they don't like me when they do finally meet me!
Luckily Caroline & Andy did like me, that, or they are just really good liars! We met for their pre wedding shoot, both confessing they are not super confident in front of the camera. Which is fine, because I'm really talented at making a fool of myself on pre wedding shoots so they became quite relaxed and even enjoyed it a little!!
So around came their wedding day (super quickly may I add.) and like an excited puppy I turned up at the beautiful Crescent Turner Hotel in Whitstable, where Caroline and her two daughters were getting ready. Caroline had organised some gorgeous touches with gifts for her girls, flip flops and dressing gowns to get ready in and the most gorgeous flower comb for her hair.
Lydia Rae (Lydia Rae Make Up) was already there, working her magic on the already gorgeous girlies. I caught some casual stuff while they got ready, getting excited every time a bit of sparkle came out! And then Hector arrived.
Hector is a beautiful VW camper van. Lawrence from Retro Rides 4 Brides drove the whole lot of them to East Quay for their wedding ceremony. Hector stayed for some awesome photographs, which was perfect because Caroline and Andy chose the hottest day of the entire universe to get married, so when the long walk of the beach didn't take to their fancy – Hector made for a beautiful back drop!
The ceremony was beautiful, it was relaxed and emotional – the perfect amount of giggles and tears and Andy looked at Caroline like he was falling in love with her all over again.
On went the day and it was totally epic. The food was beautiful – which isn't surprising coming from East Quay. The speeches were carried out amazingly, and then the ICE CREAM came. Treats of a Tricycle provided some beautiful flavours but I'm especially bias of their services because I got my own salted caramel in a cone. YUM.
There wasn't a cloud in the sky so we got a few shots on the beach, I even convinced Andy to get in the water – which he will never forgive me for, but I had a great time so that counts. Andy made sure he got some of their friends involved, even his new friend 'Hat Boy' from Treats of a Tricycle (see if you can spot him in the sea!) a big high five to him for agreeing!!
I then partied away with Caroline and Andy with Ian from Celebration Sounds providing some almighty tunes. I'm excited to catch some party moments too, considering how hot the day was I was worried I wouldn't be able to provide any dancing pictures – but these guys know how to party!!
Take a look for yourself and see what you think, all in all I was honoured to be apart of it, and I hope i've provided some epic memories for Caroline and Andy – Congratulations Guys!!