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John Podesta is chairman of the Center for American Progress and a visiting professor of law at Georgetown University. He served as President Bill Clinton's chief of staff from 1998 to 2001.
From Attorney General Eric Holder's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, we learned that the Obama administration is "struggling" with how to provide more information on its so-called targeted killing program; that senior officials have "talked about a greater need for transparency" about the program; and that we "will hear the president speak about this" in the future. After a limited document review by the Senate intelligence committee; a spirited 13-hour filibuster led by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.); and a last-minute admission by Holder that the president does not have the authority to use drones to kill a U.S. citizen on American soil who is not engaged in combat, the White House is still bobbing and weaving on whether to share with Congress the legal opinions and memorandums governing targeted killing, which include the legal justification for killing U.S. citizens without trial.
The Obama administration is wrong to withhold these documents from Congress and the American people. I say this as a former White House chief of staff who understands the instinct to keep sensitive information secret and out of public view. It is beyond dispute that some information must be closely held to protect national security and to engage in effective diplomacy, and that unauthorized disclosure can be extraordinarily harmful. But protecting technical means, human sources, operational details and intelligence methods cannot be an excuse for creating secret law to guide our institutions.
In refusing to release to Congress the rules and justifications governing a program that has conducted nearly 400 unmanned drone strikes and killed at least three Americans in the past four years, President Obama is ignoring the system of checks and balances that has governed our country from its earliest days. And in keeping this information from the American people, he is undermining the nation's ability to be a leader on the world stage and is acting in opposition to the democratic principles we hold most important.
This is why I say, respectfully: Give them up, Mr. President.
Begin by fully sharing with the congressional committees that have jurisdiction all of the documents used by your administration to legally substantiate and govern the targeted killing program, including the justification for targeting U.S. citizens. The law that directs our government's activities should not be kept secret.
All branches of the people's government have the right to know the rules and standards under which the other branches act. Congress has the power to oversee the conduct of the executive branch, and lawmakers must be permitted to use it. As Woodrow Wilson wrote: "The informing function of Congress should be preferred even to its legislative function." Appropriate congressional oversight is critical in building long-term credibility with the public across the political spectrum for the actions the administration undertakes in the people's name.
This isn't to say that the executive branch is obligated to disclose information on operational details or case-specific profiles that are, deservedly, highly classified. But that information can be redacted without undermining the public's understanding of the legal justification on which the government's actions are based.
The American people have the right to know the laws they live under. In addition to allowing Congress to properly fulfill its oversight duties, the administration should make available to the public the criteria justifying the targeted killing of Americans and the safeguards put in place to protect against wrongful death.
This level of transparency is important for our democracy and for governments around the globe. The United States is not the only country with drone technology. We are not the only country with the ability to deploy cyberweapons. We are not the only country grappling with how to apply the rule of law — and the laws of war — when the nature of conflict has changed dramatically, and in a short time.
But we cannot lead if the American people are kept in the dark. We cannot lead if the world does not know the principles and laws that guide us, or if others can credibly say that our commitment to a government of the people, by the people and for the people is simply window-dressing, or that we sacrifice our constitutional principles when it is expedient.
James Madison said that "a popular government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or tragedy; or, perhaps, both."
March 16 is Madison's birthday. Mark it, Mr. President, by upholding the promise of openness and transparency you made in your State of the Union address last month. Release the legal guidance governing your targeted killing programs, including the justifications for targeting Americans, and take charge of the informed, free and vigorous debate that undoubtedly will follow.
Read more from PostOpinions:
Jack Goldsmith: U.S. needs rules for secret warfare
Dana Milbank: John Brennan's 'Trust me' is not enough on drone warfare
Michael Gerson: Obama's drone policy is rooted in self-defense
Eugene Robinson: Remote-control assassinations
The Post's View: Time to come clean on drones
Charles Krauthammer: Barack Obama, drone warrior
John B. Bellinger III: Will drone strikes become Obama's Guantanamo?


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VPhot is an online tool for photometric analysis. You can upload your own FITS images to VPhot or have images taken via the AAVSOnet robotic telescope network automatically sent to your VPhot account.
To use VPhot you must:
All VPhot processing is done via a web browser. All of the basic photometry tools exist (stacking, time series analysis, control of annulus', transformation, etc.) and the algorithms have been rigorously checked and confirmed to be of the highest quality. Results of the processing are automatically exported in AAVSO Extended Format, meaning you can directly load them into our database via WebObs without having to make any changes to the data file.
Please note that your images will be retained on the server for four months. After this time, they will be deleted automatically to save resources.
Members can download the VPhot Users Guide.
We also have an online VPhot Forum for your questions, comments and suggestions.
The following series of video tutorials have been produced by Ken Mogul. Some features may have changed since the tutorials were produced, but the core lessons are still applicable.
VPhot was originally published under another name. Click here to read why we ultimately chose the name VPhot.
VPhot is primarily the work of Geir Klingenberg (coding and design) and Arne Henden (photometry) with a cast of hundreds who have made suggestions, written tutorials and tested the software.
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While most British Columbians were reeling from the effects of the recession in much of 2009, the province's business elite came through relatively unscathed with B.C.'s top earner, John Macken of Ivanhoe Mines, bringing in almost $10 million, just under what last year's top earner, Macken's colleague Robert Friedland, received.
While Ivanhoe executives took three of the top five best paid spots in our list, executives from Goldcorp, Canaccord Financial, Telus,
Red Back Mining, NovaGold Resources and Teck Resources rounded out the top ten. To crack that list, you have to earn over $4.87 million a year in salary, bonuses, pension payments and share options.
The seventh spot on the top paid list, Red Back Mining President and CEO Richard Clark, earned a 256% pay increase over his 2008 compensation level of $1.76 million, bringing in compensation in 2009 of $6.28 million - but others earned an even larger pay rise.
Dynasty Metals and Mining Inc. President and CEO Roger Washer racked up a 1002% compensation increase from $321,000 to $3.54 million, despite his company posting a profit/loss that sat $8.31 million in the red last year.
And just like last year, all of the 100 highest paid executives in the province were awarded pay packages worth more than $1.2 million.
But what has changed, and not for the better, is the number of women making The Vancouver Sun's Top 100 list. Last year six women made the cut-off, up from none just three years ago. In fiscal 2009, the trend reversed with only one woman, clothing retailer lululemon athletica's CEO Christine Day, making the Top 100.
Fiona Macdonald, head of the executive compensation practice in Canada for Towers Watson, found the number of women "sad."
"In my work I can definitely see women coming up the ranks," Macdonald said. That's especially true in the oil and gas sector, but mining companies — which makes up more than 60 per cent of The Vancouver Sun list — may not be as forward thinking, she added.
Women "are clearly starting to break through [into the executive suite]," Macdonald said. "But it's too bad it's not happening in B.C."
Macdonald was also surprised that the top earners hadn't suffered in B.C.
For those executives on the list for which data for 2008 was available only 15 took a pay cut — whereas 64 received raises.
At the same time, many companies, including Ivanhoe Mines, incurred significant losses.
But losses aren't unusual for B.C. companies, many of which are in the exploration stage still looking for mines to develop. In those cases, companies often focus compensation on long-term incentives, choosing to pay lower salaries in exchange for larger payouts down the road if certain goals are met, Macdonald said.
One way to do that is through share options, which under the reporting rules introduced two years ago, now have to be given a current value, though they are unlikely to be exercised for some time.
It's the value of share options — a value of more than $7 million — that put both Macken and Friedland at the top of the list.
Macdonald calls the value of share options "a probability-adjusted likelihood of future gains."
The actual value the executive receives could be a lot less, or a lot more, depending on what happens to the share price, she explained.
Some companies are now giving shareholders a say on executive compensation.
The push for a "say on pay" started in Canada when shareholders' resolutions successfully forced some of the big banks into holding votes. Other banks decided to allow the votes as well, rather than fighting what was destined to be a losing battle. Across Canada, more than 30 companies have agreed to hold non-binding say-on-pay votes, said Laura O'Neill, director of law and policy at the Shareholder Association for Research and Education (Share ).
In the approximately 20 that have taken place so far this year, only a minority of votes cast have been against the company's compensation package, O'Neill said. The largest vote against was 13.7 per cent at Barrick Gold Corp.'s annual general meeting. Perhaps not coincidentally, Barrick's CEO Aaron Regent earned $24.2 million in 2009, making him the top paid CEO among Canada's largest companies.
The low negative votes may be skewed, however, because the companies voluntarily allowing say-on-pay votes "tend to be the good guys anyway," O'Neill said. "So across the market you might see something very different."
But the good news about the small negative votes is that shareholders are studying the compensation packages rather than just objecting to everything, O'Neill said. "This is very thoughtful voting."
Now that shareholders have a say, companies are putting more effort into explaining how pay is determined, including setting out what incentives have to be met to trigger certain bonuses.
If the pay is all discretionary, shareholders will be concerned about that, O'Neill said. And if there is a large bonus but the goals haven't been met, that too will be a problem.
But right now, for the companies that have held votes, there seems to be a fair amount of satisfaction, she said.
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Alan Greenspan, a former Federal Reserve chairman, believes the U.S. government made a big mistake with its "too big to fail" policy after the 2008 financial crisis, saying he favored letting drowning banks sink into Chapter 11.
"I would like to see all institutions go through Chapter 11 if they get into trouble," Greenspan said Tuesday during a lunchtime Q&A session at the Securities Industry and Financial Market Association's (SIFMA) annual meeting in New York. "We don't allow that to happen anymore. If you try to prevent it, you run into all kinds of serious troubles."
Looking at what he termed "the greed of Wall Street," Greenspan was certainly more outspoken in sharing his thoughts about the U.S. markets than he ever was during his 1987-2006 tenure as Fed chairman.
Turning from the 2008 failure of the banking system to the current attempts to fix it with Dodd-Frank reform, Greenspan said he has "no doubts" that the reform act will be a disappointment.
"Dodd-Frank is essentially there to restrain competition," he said, adding that it would be "physically impossible" to enact all of the provisions of the 2,300-page law.
What the U.S. economy needs now, Greenspan said, is the ability to move society's savings into profitable investment in cutting-edge technologies. But the problem is that when banks are too big to fail, they tend to misuse those savings, he said.
"If large bank X is overextended and supported by the monetary system of a central bank, that institution does not worry about the golden rule because at the end of the day it will be bailed out. As a result, there is abnormally low capital in the banking system," Greenspan said.
To be sure, the problem has become a global one, because too big to fail is happening in enough countries to show that it is not indigenous to the United States, Greenspan said. "If you're a banker and there's no lender of last resort, your capital drains out and you become inefficient."
Also during the Q&A, the former Fed chairman signaled that he is keeping up with the latest economic trends while writing his upcoming book. (A portion of Greenspan's yet-to-be published book was presented to the Brookings Institution in 2010.)
Declaring himself a fan of behavioral economics, Greenspan said the concept of irrationality interests him because human beings do not behave in the way neoclassical economics works.
"We're beginning to see that you have to reconstruct the system by studying how people do things. Euphoria and fear are fundamental to human nature," he said.
Greenspan then noted that the human beings who run the Federal Reserve, International Monetary Fund and JPMorgan Chase & Co. all missed the signs of impending disaster in 2008.
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Break gave us edge, says Cowboys star
COWBOYS second-rower Coen Hess says he is ready to keep the good times rolling after his emphatic up-front performance in last weekend's week-one finals victory.
Hess burst into life last weekend following a relatively quiet run heading into finals, with the big forward attributing his inspired 50-minute performance, yielding 95m, to the 10-day turnaround.
"We had two or three short turnarounds in the previous weeks and then came that long break, and it really did wonders for us," he said.
"We got a lot more time to relax and wind down, and at the start of week we were ready to, and I think that's what it came down to.
"Our training this week has been good as well, we're just doing what we have to do out on the field, but now it's mainly all about recovery and making sure we're as 100% as we can be come game time."
Hess and Jason Taumalolo were the undoubted X factors in North Queensland's epic 15-14 win over Cronulla.
Just when it seemed the Cowboys had their backs broken after Cronulla's second-half try through James Maloney to make it 14-4, up stepped Hess to keep North Queensland in the fight with a number of powerful carries.
"The win was really special, and going forward we have a really good opportunity to go all the way," Hess said.
"Every team's goal is to win the premiership, and if it wasn't I guess we wouldn't be playing.
"There's no reason why we can't do it."
The Cowboys probably face a tougher middle battle this weekend, however, with Parramatta coming agonisingly close to upsetting premiership favourites Melbourne with a physical display.
Hess will again need to be at full service if North Queensland is any chance of getting Parramatta's measure at ANZ Stadium, a venue where the Cowboys have won their past five games.
"They're obviously a very physical team and have a lot of strike power all over the field, so I think our whole 17 will really have to be on our game to get the result," he said.
"So many of their guys have been stepping up this year."
Hess is playing his second NRL finals' campaign following his breakout season last year, where he played in all three of North Queensland's finals game.
He was on the periphery when the Cowboys won their maiden premiership in 2015, at a time when North Queensland road a wave of motion to go all the way.
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Better bigger? Weight gain has dire implications
Class reunions are awesome. It's a time to remember what we were like during a more innocent time. (I'm from the age of no cell phones, no Internet, and no high fructose corn syrup.) It's amazing to catch up with old friends. ("What? You're a rocket scientist? I remember when you couldn't figure out the multiplication table!") It's great to see classmates succeed and live productive, happy lives.
Class reunions can also be rather awkward. Unfortunately, the older we get, the more we look alike: thinning hair, no hair, toupees or comb-overs; wrinkles, saggy skin, and shorter statures. Larger bellies and hips are often the norm for us "older folks." However, in all honesty, I think the younger folks are larger than the older folks.
Have our youth become the heaviest people?
I remember in the '80s seeing people struggle with anorexia nervosa. Today, I rarely see a person with anorexia in my medical practice or witness it in the everyday world. Don't misunderstand me. I'm not yearning to see a person with anorexia nervosa, because it is a devastating disease.
But I think our society has gone completely in the other direction. Most Americans will label people at ideal body weight "too thin." (If I had a dime for every time someone has criticized me for being too thin, I'd be able to pay off the national debt.)
A 2010 survey pointed out that more Americans than in the past are admitting they're too heavy– but they don't care. They don't want to go down to ideal body weight. I give every patient a printed information sheet at each office visit with their target weight based on percent body fat, and most of my patients just laugh.
It's odd also that as a 44-year-old man, I weigh less than most of my fellow figure skaters, runners, and tennis players. Why is this?
For fellow athletes, it's not due to lack of exercise. I'm pretty pathetic at aerobic activities and feel I should wear an iron lung when I'm really active. Therefore, I suspect it's our food and eating habits. As I've written many times, there's an over-abundance of high-calorie drinks within everyone's reach. We can chug-a-lug 500 to 1000 calories faster than we can burp.
Restaurants serve plates a big as Texas. In restaurants, everything is smothered in enough oil and butter to make customers look like victims of the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
Who eats home-cooked food anymore? When I go to the grocery store, my shopping cart always looks like a UNICEF ad with the paucity of frozen food boxes, potato chip bags, and two-liter bottles of soda that fill most people's carts. And wouldn't you know it? When people try to eat fresh veggies, E. coli strikes and kills them (Germany, June 2011).
Since 50 percent of Americans born after the year 2000 are anticipated to develop diabetes, it will be a sad class reunion when the majority of alumni swap stories: they'll be about which glucose meter and insulin needle they like best instead of memories of homecoming and proms.
Dr. Hook cracks a joke or two, but he's a respected physician with an interesting website, drjohnhong.com.


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Unfortunately doing the right thing is sometimes hard. We have bankruptcy procedures for a reason. The problems with the automakers can be traced all the way back to the original Chrysler bailout. Had they been allowed to fail, had the markets been allowed to correct fully without stimulus, stimulus, and still more stimulus, then we would not be where we are today.
Senate Rejects Auto Industry Bailout After Talks Fail
By Nicholas Johnston and John Hughes
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The Senate rejected a $14 billion bailout plan for U.S. automakers, in effect ending congressional efforts to aid General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, which may run out of cash early next year.
"I dread looking at Wall Street tomorrow," Majority Leader Harry Reid said before the vote in Washington. "It's not going to be a pleasant sight."
The Bush administration will "evaluate our options in light of the breakdown in Congress," spokesman Tony Fratto said.
The Senate thwarted the bailout plan when a bid to cut off debate on the bill the House passed yesterday fell short of the required 60 votes. The vote on ending the debate was 52 in favor, 35 against. Earlier, negotiations on an alternate bailout plan failed.
GM said in a statement, "We are deeply disappointed that agreement could not be reached tonight in the Senate despite the best bipartisan efforts. We will assess all of our options to continue our restructuring and to obtain the means to weather the current economic crisis."
Reid said millions of Americans, "not only the autoworkers, but people who sell cars, car dealerships, people who work on cars," will be affected. "It's going to be a very, very bad Christmas for a lot of people as a result of what takes place here tonight."
Asian stocks and U.S. index futures immediately began falling after Reid's comments. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index slumped 2.2 percent to 86.13 as of 12:33 p.m. Tokyo time, while March futures on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index slipped 3.4 percent.
'Deja Vu'
"Remember when the first financial bailout bill failed" in Congress in late September, said Martin Marnick, head of equity trading at Helmsman Global Trading Ltd. in Hong Kong. "The markets in Asia started the slide. Deja vu, this looks like it's happening again." Congress approved a financial-rescue plan weeks later.
Senator George Voinovich, an Ohio Republican, urged the Bush administration to save the automakers by tapping the $700 billion bailout fund approved earlier this year for the financial industry.
"If this is the end, then I think they have to step in and do it -- it's needed even though they don't want to do it," Voinovich said.
Connecticut Democrat Christopher Dodd, who helped lead the negotiations, said the final unresolved issue was a Republican demand that unionized autoworkers accept a reduction in wages next year, rather than later, to match those of U.S. autoworkers who work for foreign-owned companies, such as Toyota Motor Corp.
"More than saddened, I'm worried this evening about what we're doing with an iconic industry," Dodd said. "In the midst of deeply troubling economic times we are going to add to that substantially."
Republican Bob Corker of Tennessee, who negotiated with Dodd, said, "I think there's still a way to make this happen."
Earlier today, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino warned that an agreement was necessary for the U.S. economy.
"We believe the economy is in such a weakened state right now that adding another possible loss of 1 million jobs is just something" it cannot "sustain at the moment," Perino said.
Also earlier, South Dakota Republican John Thune suggested that if talks collapsed, the Bush administration might aid automakers with funds from the financial-rescue plan approved by Congress in October.
"I think that is where they go next," Thune said. "I wouldn't be surprised if they explore all options." The Bush administration thus far has opposed that option, which was favored by Democrats.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Someone may have tampered with an emergency generator at the San Onofre nuclear power plant, but there was no danger because both reactors at the California coastal facility are shut down, operators said.
In late October, coolant was found in the oil system of the backup diesel generator for the Unit 3 reactor, Southern California Edison disclosed Thursday.
Edison notified the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Tuesday that an internal investigation found evidence of potential tampering as the cause of the "abnormal condition."
"The evidence is not conclusive that it's tampering," Edison spokeswoman Jennifer Manfre told the Orange County Register. "But of course we are doing a very thorough investigation, so that has not been ruled out."
The generator was down for maintenance so it would not have been used in an emergency, Manfre said.
Edison has increased security at the plant, where the reactors have been offline since January. Unit 3 was shut down after a steam tube broke and released trace amounts of radiation.
Technicians later found excessive wear on hundreds of tubes in units 3 and 2, which had been taken offline earlier for maintenance.
The problems center on damage to alloy tubing in four steam generators that were installed during a $670 million overhaul in 2009 and 2010.
A three-month federal probe blamed a botched computer analysis for generator design flaws that ultimately resulted in excessive wear to the tubes.
Last month, Edison asked federal regulators for permission to restart the Unit 2 reactor and run it at reduced power.
The utility and the NRC scheduled a public meeting on the issue Friday in Southern California.
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We're nearing the end of our time in California but before we left I had to share with you a bit of the citrus-inspired cocktails we've been sipping while here.
First there's the perfected Whiskey Sour that my dad has been working on ever since they came to Palm Desert and became the proud owners of a booming lemon tree. The branches hang heavy with large fruit so, in order to ease their load, I pluck the biggest lemons and walk a few feet from the trunk into the kitchen. One of these lemons provides more than enough juice for one Sour. This classic cocktail goes down easy when mixed with smokey whiskey and a bit of simple syrup.
The next cocktail comes from the grapefruit tree resting comfortably in between the neighbor's house and my parent's. Being from Washington I'm used to seeing trees loaded with apples but for me citrus is only available in the grocery store. I will buy the little oranges with their leaves still attached just to feel more connected to its origin. Now I find myself contemplating leaving my clothes and stuffing my suitcase with all the citrus I've picked. The first to get tucked into the case would be the grapefruit. I had little hope for them as I reached to grab one from the tree and felt a tough skin with little give. But as I cut into the bright yellow exterior the inside glowed a soft pink, the juice ran freely and the sweetness overwhelmed. I take it as a sign that I've reached adulthood now that I now longer take my grapefruit with sugar covering its entire surface. Or maybe I just needed to have great grapefruit. My next thought was tequila and then the grapefruit margarita was born.
In two short days we'll be back to the rain and cold and back to driving to the store for my citrus fix but I think I've consumed enough vitamin C (and tequila) to keep me satisfied for quite some time.
Whiskey Sour and Grapefruit Margarita
This is the recipe my dad came up with after trying many variations. He doesn't use the best whiskey, the sugar in his simple syrup isn't fully dissolved and he rarely measures and yet, it's one of the best cocktails I've had. Nice work, dad.
1 part whiskey
1 part simple syrup
1/2 part fresh lemon juice
Combine this all in a martini glass with crushed ice. Garnish with sliced lemon or a twirl of the peel.
My dad thinks they are best served with a good cigar (or a cheap one, he adds).
Grapefruit Margarita
1 part grapefruit juice
1 part tequila
1/2 part Cointreau
Salt the rim of a margarita glass and add the ingredients. Stir and then add ice. Garnish with a thin slice of grapefruit.


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The name should really be a sticking point. Usually we'd be screaming out for an ampersand here, 'it's 'Aluna & George' surely? Fucksake'. But in this case it works well. Aluna&George aren't a musical duo, they're a genetically modified experiment, grown in the petri dish of pop. They're siamese souls, trained from birth to think as one mind, probably by ninjas like in Batman Begins; their one goal in life to produce the most elegantly crafted, breezy, futuristic pop music possible. Two souls smushed together, and magically enhanced, greater than the sum of their parts: AlunaGeorge.
The pop-ninja scientists that raised the duo from birth knew where they were at. Preparing their genetic formula they took no chances- hardcoded into their DNA is the complete history of tasteful pop from Sade to James Blake, via All Saints, chip-tunes, Timbaland, early Sugababes, late Radiohead, TLC, G-funk, Neneh Cherry, Dirty Projectors, the XX, Hot Chip, Nineties trip hop, Noughties R&B (especially Aailiyah) and the more relaxed end of dubstep. Having birthed their baby monster-of-smoothe, all they had to do is wait for the right sunny day and unleash it on the world. That's essentially what Body Music is: a genetically engineered soundtrack to the perfect teenage summer.
The real surprise is that such genetic-level Frankenstein-ing could possibly work - but it has. It really, really has. Body Music achieves all of its goals and then some. George Reid's backdrops are all about space, there's a beautiful minimalism and detail on show at every turn here, pneumatic electronic percussion supporting washes and warps. It's incredibly tastefully done, and Reid never over-eggs his pudding. There's a few tricks he is guilty of overusing, most notable of which is warped, pitch-shifted vocals as evidence on breakthrough single 'Your Drums' and showcased on pretty much every track here. It usually works very well, creating interesting textures that are both vocal hooks AND part of the percussive backing, but by the time you get to 'Lost and Found' towards the end of record, does start to grate a little.
Aside from Reid's skill as a producer and arranger, the immediate appeal comes from Aluna Francis, whose smooth, distinctive vocal is as much a part of the band's character as Reid's bloops and pitch play. Francis has a rare ability to be expressive without being showy. Ostensibly, if you had to pigeon hole it, this is an R&B record, but Francis doesn't sing it like one, she's substantially more understated than those two letter usually imply. There's a knack for brilliant hooks and fantastic imagery at work here, and any singer who can make the phrase "everything you exhale is attracting flies" into one of the best hooks on an album that is frankly stuffed with great hooks is certainly deserving of respect. She also knows not to pull her punches every time, "you're a car crash waiting to happen," she sings on 'Bad Idea', "I'm putting on the breaks just to save myself".
If we have to pick another hole, the inclusion of Montell Jordan's 'This Is How We Do It' as a bonus tracks is almost completely unnecessary. It's an interesting exercise in applying the tricks and ticks the duo have learned to their R&B inspirations, but the result is neither as soulful or compelling as Jordan's original, nor as sophisticated and engaging as the previous 12 tracks has been. It feels like a gimmick, and suffers especially for following album closer 'Friends To Lovers', which is the lyrical and emotional heart of the record.
As a genetic experiment the AlunaGeorge are a slightly creepy success story for which their science-ninja creators can be justifiably proud, we may as well give them a Nobel AND the Mercury Music Prize now and have done with it. As a a slice of accomplished, sophisticated urban pop you'll find none finer this summer.
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She felt like the last bit of ketchup in the bottle,
No matter how hard she tried,
But she just couldn't get out of the bottom,
But she tried, she tried,
To survive
Her own demise
Maybe it's time to change,
Turn a new page,
Start a new life,
And blow the crowd away,
Forever is a promise that you knew you couldn't keep
Yet you made it and you lied and now we're both left in the dark
Our memories are stories that we both forgot are real
They're all truths within the lies and they're everything we have (reapeat)
Wake up about 9am
Eat breakfast and I'm ready by ten
What a wonderful life
Wave goodbye then I'm out with my friends
Went to see a movie again
What a wonderful life
Mix it up a little
Put a smile on someone's face
We're all one part
Of the human race
Fill your life with joy
Try and make someone's day
The boring life
You need to break away
Sometimes you need to live
Sometimes you need to learn
Sometimes you need to love
Sometimes you need to have fun
I'm wondering round this vacant town, trying to clear my mind
Never had the words to fill these empty lines
I never used the time to say what I truly feel
Now that my thoughts have aligned, I'm out of time
We're all so easy to tear and rip
We're all paper thin
It feels like we're imprisoned in
Unwritten words, hidden within
I'm going to tear it down
I'm going to breakout
I'm going to start a fire
In my paper town
I'm going to tear it down
I'm going to breakout
I'm going to start a fire
In my paper town
Everyone's standing there
Not a thought, not a care
Striped suits, chained feet
Description of everybody that I meet
Why can't we all be free?
Something separate, something unique?
You're all just prisoners of your own accord, own accord
Break free, get out, unlock the door
You're in a prison of the mind
C'mon and leave the system behind
Don't listen to their lies
You can leave this world behind
We're all trapped underneath
The glass ceiling of our own belief
There holding us down
So let's light the fire of rebellion now
Build the barricades
Lock yours doors,
Shut your windows,
We don't want this anymore
We don't want this anymore
Under pressure
There too much expectation
My heads going under
I can't take any more
The work is building up
My time is spread to thin
I want to give up
But not start again
The work is building up
My time is spread to thin
I want to give up
But not start again
And oh oh oh I'm losing control
There has to be some way to escape this hole
Of work, expectation and indecision
My fears aren't going to leave
So I guess
I'm gonna fight them oh oh
I'm gonna fight them
I'm gonna fight them oh oh
I'm gonna fight them
I'm starting to lose hope
Looks like there's no escape
But I can't give up now
I'll just have to wait
Is there a light at the end of tunnel?
Is there a way to break out?
If I can stay strong
I'll have something to be proud about
I'll have something to be proud about
I've got a torn heart
And I'm fighting a war against me
I'm trapped in my own past
I'm my own worst enemy
I've got my worries
Got my doubts, got my fears
I'm lost in fog it never clears
I'm split in half
With my torn heart
With you I am invincible
With you the limit's the sky
And when I see you smile
I feel like I can fly
Will you tell me you care
Will you tell you're there
Just let me know, I'm alone
And I really need someone
And I'll you tell me it's fine
And will you tell you don't mind
Just let me know, I'm alone
And I really need someone
Middle 8
For a while I thought I was being a fool
But then I realised to have fun you don't need to be coooool
Sometimes all you need to do is sing
To dance around and mess about
Sometimes you need to sing
To have some fun
And let it out
Verse 1
Living in the city is so hard
Life's never straight, it's up and down
There's never a time I can just say hey
Working hard is in my schedule day today
I'm so resilient, I'll always persevere
All those government fools 'tryna' strike fear
Why is my destiny not near
Why is my destiny not clear
Look at me, look at me
Why, oh why, can't I see
Why can't I just step into the light
Tossin' and turnin' e-ve-ry night
Look at me, look at me
Why, oh why, can't I see
Why can't I just step into the light
Tossin' and turnin' e-ve-ry night
Verse 2
Where are you, you're not here to help me through
I don't have a single clue
Just get out my life, just get out you
Even when I'm not ill, I feel I've got the flu
Chorus x2
I'm a clueless freak, full of hate
I have to admit, my life's not great
But you know what I'm gonna say,
Hey, fly away, fly away –
Pretty birdie just please fly
My wings are strong enough
To take me through the winters
And take me through the storms
The reality's spiky – sharper than thorns
Chorus x2
You paid for a handful of soil with a body of blood
Don't you ever get a little bit scared that you have far too much
Then one day you chose to build a wall
Told all the people that loved that they couldn't anymore
Does no one want to ask why?
Why do we fight?
We're all just humans
We love laugh and cry but
We don't look for the answers we don't want to find
Imagine if the world was pink,
It would be amazing,
Black won't do, or really dark blue
I think, life would be excellent in pink
Pink poodles, fish,
Pink parrots and milkshakes,
Pink butterflies, pink hair,
If I was queen, I'd live in pink
Pink, pink, pink, everywhere!
I like music and I like noise,
Anything with a beat,
Makes me jump on my feet.
Feel the beat, try not to overheat,
Fly to a distant, distant galaxy
Cymbals are Saturn,
Bass drums are Jupiter,
Jump on a shooting star,
We'll go far.
I like Lego,
When I'm not playing my cello,
Making balloon bombs,
I like singing songs!
The city is my homeland
But it's different from my home
It's where my life began
It's a stepping stone
To wherever life may take me
I remember the love that raised me
The city is my homeland
But its doesn't make who I am
I wanna dive down deep
To the bottom of the sea
Where I'll be alone
With no noise around me
Or I'll go up high
To the top of the night sky
Just me on my own
With a background of stars, I'll be alright
I know that I'm just dreaming
But I know one day I'll make it past this wall
And even though it's going slow
One day I'm gonna make it through it all
I'll be hidden from the people
All the cars and the street lamps
Will only just be memories
Of what I used to have
I'll be sitting in my rocking chair
With some music in my ears
Once I escape
Once I escape from here
When the sun rises
And the moon stops shining
It's when the thoughts break through
And there escapes the truth
When you're looking down at me
I can never be who I wanna' be
Shine a light
Make it bright upon me
So you can be more understanding
Got me wondering 'bout when I can
Finally break free
Cause you don't know how it feels
To be isolated
With demons lurking round
It gets so frustrating
Have you ever felt like this
'cause I'm looking at changing me
But maybe it's time to change
Society, Society
People may push you down
But just keep a steady ground
'Cause soon they'll see
Karma comes back around
Hearts racing, I'm chasing
To turn it all around
And back to, a point where
I'd always be so proud
Of little me
But now I see
I can be a dancer, I can be a popstar
I can be boxer or a teacher
I'm enjoying this world, I'm the
luckiest person
Cause I can do whatever I wanna do
You hit me hard not physically
But with jealousy
A pain that lasts for a long long time emotionally
You play the game acting innocent, recklessly
Not a word, not a Sound, no more
Hiding around you got me viciously
You toyed with my affections
You left me with a broken heart
Now I realize
This is all a lie
And you just gotta,
stay strong, be wise
And let the person you deserve love you
Stay strong, hold tight
And keep on waiting for that perfect guy
Verse 1
You can play games
Watch you tube
Life is good when you don't have homework
All my friends
Are inside that cube
While my mum's busy with her own work
You, you just don't care
I'm trying to make it right
I'm just a paper bag
Floating away
You, you just don't care
I'm trying to make it right
I'm just a paper bag
Floating away
Away, away,
away, away
away, away,
Verse 2
Running far away, my demons chasing me
Running constantly, never getting my destiny
A world that doesn't end keeps rolling on
A never ending earth, feels way too long
Is this reality or is this a dream
I'm waking up in the middle of a scream
Wish I could get myself out of bed
Something to erase these nightmares in my head
I hate going to sleep at night
But I love staying in bed in the morning
I love eating of all the time
But I hate not looking good
You might think I'm a little weird
But no not at all
I just sometimes feel things that seemmm
Chorus x4
Bad or good
Bad or good
These two words wrapped around my hood
I hate doing my homework
But I love getting good marks
I love playing all kinds of sport
But I hate not being first
How is it that one word can mean so many different things
To be shot by cupid's arrow, it is love that gives us wings
To love a summer's day, the way the sun feels on our skin
Or to love the ones we're close to, who are faithful without sin
Verse 1
It feels like a resolution in my own revolution Yeah!
I can't speak you're my voice
Is it possible to fly with no wings
Can I lie with no reason
Can I fight with no evil
Can I use a sword for justice
Can I laugh with no humour
It's like an explosion with no blast x2
Verse 2
Can I fly with no wing
Can I smile with no humour
Can I sing with no voice
Can I glide with no turbulence
Can I think with no mind
Can I see with no eyes
My head swirls around a confusing rejection
I'm an unfinished puzzle, I used to be perfection
Leave me on the shelf like a can of baked beans
I learnt the lesson that life ain't always what it seems
I did not promise things would not
be broken,
But I said I'd never leave your side
Since you left I've been hoping I could live
Not just survive
Not just survive
Darling, I had no idea eternity would be
this short
You don't know how it feels
When the person you've fought
the hardest for
Gives you up without a fight
Can't you just please tell me that you miss me tonight?
Verse 1
You kept me locked away from the rest of the world,
Alone in the darkness, shivering in the cold.
You were pulling the strings for every move I made,
But you'll never realised that it was a mistake


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CT Yankee
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Location: New England
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 5:39 pm
Post subject: How hard is Evil?
Hi. I was wondering if anyone could point me to some other online sources that have sudoku that are about as hard as the Very Hard puzzles here, or maybe even a bit harder. Its difficult to compare from site to site when different sites have not only different skill levels but different names for their skill levels. I mean, how hard is Evil, and is that more or less easy than Fiendish? Finding stuff at just the right difficulty level is proving to be, well, difficult.
Don't get me wrong, I love this site - it's a superb resource and theres some great stuff in the archives, which Ive been working through - it's just that from browsing this forum I gather that the dailysudoku.com puzzles labeled Very Hard have only recently been upgraded to the kind of high difficulty level I now find I like best (i.e. requiring x-wing and similar advanced techniques). Basically I'm asking for recommendations, either of particular very hard sudoku puzzles you think I might enjoy, or of other places where I might find such puzzles. My favorites so far from this site have been the May 29 and July 8 puzzles. June 27 was also really good.
Im completely self-taught at this. I learned sudoku from the puzzles in the local newspaper, using just pencil and eraser. Its been a real eye-opener discovering that all the techniques I painstakingly worked out for myself have in fact all long since been cataloged, thoroughly documented, and given fancy names - although I suppose I should have expected that, given the puzzles popularity. Anyway I really like this site, the detailed explanations given in some of the forum posts are absolute models of clarity for this type of thing, better and more comprehensive even than a recent Scientific American article I read on the subject. Its just that I find myself still, well,
craving more...
You understand that, dont you?
CT Yankee
BTW, is the the word sudoku also plural, or do you need to say sudokus when referring to more than one puzzle? I think just sudoku sounds much better, more Japanese - but then, the puzzle didn't really originate in Japan, did it?
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Posts: 3344
Location: near Detroit, Michigan, USA
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 7:21 pm
Post subject: Some Sites
Try the following:
In the "Other Puzzles" forum on this site you will find a series of David Bodycombe's Saturday Puzzles, for example:
I like Michael Mepham's "Diabolical" puzzles, which are published on Friday and Sunday:
I also do the Fiendish puzzles at
I like the patterns and symmetries of the puzzles. It seems to me they are mostly very difficult puzzles that actually could be solved with only "basic" techniques like hidden sets, block-line interactions, etc. However, I find I often use XY-wings, Unique Rectangles, etc.
Take a look at the forums on sudoku.com:
particulary General/Puzzle and Advanced Solving Techniques.
Take some time with "General/Puzzle" and look at threads like "Effortless Extremes". If you understand what each thread is about, you will find many enjoyable puzzles.
Also, if nothing is too difficult for you to consider, you will find discussions of the hardest known sudokus.
There are a couple of other sites I am not yet familiar with. In particular, BrainBashers
gives the techniques required for each of their difficulty rankings.
If you want really difficult puzzles requiring multiple chains to solve, look at Ruud's SudoCue site, or the Australian Sudoku site. (Search on Google.)
I hope this helps.
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Marty R.
Joined: 12 Feb 2006
Posts: 5770
Location: Rochester, NY, USA
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 7:56 pm
Post subject:
how hard is Evil
Not very hard, depending on who's assigning the rating. For example, on
, the hardest ones are rated "Evil", but I stopped doing them because I didn't feel they were challenging enough.
Keith mentioned Brain Bashers; I've been doing some of their "Super Hard", which are interesting, but not super hard.
Keith also mentioned the Australian site, which is
, whose "Tough" puzzles I have found to be the, well, toughest on a day-in, day-out basis.
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David Bryant
Joined: 29 Jul 2005
Posts: 559
Location: Denver, Colorado
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 11:27 pm
Post subject: Try Bumgardner's site
Hi, Hank! Or are you some other Connecticut Yankee?
If you're interested in really difficult puzzles, you might try looking at the "super tough" variety on
Jim Bumgardner's web site.
Have fun! dcb
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Posts: 536
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 8:05 pm
Post subject: Re: Try Bumgardner's site
David Bryant wrote:
... "super tough" variety on
Jim Bumgardner's web site.
I just tried the first and the last. Seem to be nice puzzles, that dont need chains (had xy-wing, xyz-wing, UR, BUG, turbot fish).
As often, the difficulty is much varying. No 1 of book 50 is very hard compared to the other 2 ones, i needed 4 error nets.
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CT Yankee
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
Posts: 11
Location: New England
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 12:03 am
Post subject:
Thanks for the replies and for all your recommendations. I will definitely be checking out some of those sites.
Hi, Hank! Or are you some other Connecticut Yankee?
No, I'm not Hank. You mean there's somebody else already using the name CT Yankee specifically on Sudoku forums? Guess I'll have to come up with another name, then. I've been using CT Yankee for a while, but only on boards devoted to storm chasing (my other obsession, or one of them anyway). Ah well...
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David Bryant
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Posts: 559
Location: Denver, Colorado
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 12:03 pm
Post subject: It was a little joke ...
CT Yankee wrote:
No, I'm not Hank. You mean there's somebody else already using the name CT Yankee specifically on Sudoku forums? ...
No, I didn't mean that at all. I was making an obscure literary joke. :)
As you might surmise from the signature appended to this message, I'm interested in the works of Mark Twain. In fact, I bought his complete literary works (on the installment plan) when I was only 14 years old -- one of the first big purchases I ever made.
Anyway, one of his most famous books is entitled
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
The chief protagonist in that story is named Hank Morgan. When I saw your
I immediately thought of the book; hence the little joke.
Please don't change your handle. It's a good one. dcb
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"Confidence Tests: From Fear to Faith in the Marriage Decision," Liahona, Apr. 2010, 20–24
Confidence Tests
From Fear to Faith in the Marriage Decision
From a Brigham Young University–Idaho devotional given on September 25, 2007.
After graduating from college in 1964, I was commissioned an officer in the United States Army. I volunteered for training as a U.S. Army Ranger. Ranger training is a grueling course in commando and elite infantry tactics. The goal is to produce highly skilled officers and noncommissioned officers.
My Ranger training included a series of "confidence tests," as the Ranger cadre called them, which were intended as challenges to physical strength, stamina, and courage. Challenging obstacle courses, scaling and rappelling sheer ice-covered rock faces of 100 feet (30 m) or more, night swamp slogging amid alligators and poisonous snakes, and a night compass course across 10 miles (16 km) of rugged terrain—these are just some of the tests we endured. One purpose of these confidence tests was to teach Rangers that in the difficult and trying circumstances of combat, we were capable of doing more than we thought we could do. Our leaders taught us to have confidence in ourselves and in our own training. More than once during the fiery trials of my combat experience, I drew reassurance from the lessons of those Ranger confidence tests.
Throughout our lives, we face other, more significant confidence tests than those I endured in my training. These are not so much tests of confidence in oneself but of confidence in what we receive by the Spirit of God. Prophet after prophet has counseled us to remember what we know—to maintain confidence in the Lord. As he attempted to rekindle faith in his people, Jacob repeatedly declared unto them, "I know that ye know" (2 Nephi 9:4, 5; emphasis added). Paul was even more direct: "Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward" (Hebrews 10:35; emphasis added). Each of us faces an uncertain future. But when we face it, remembering what we already know, we face it with faith. We face it with good cheer. We face it with confidence.
One of the most significant confidence tests of mortality is usually faced in the young-adult season of life. It is the decision to marry. No decision is approached with greater trepidation by this generation of young adults. It is a subject that provokes much anxiety.
Fears about Marriage
I'm not sure of all the reasons this is the case, but here, I believe, are some of them:
Ease of hanging out. Many young people take themselves "out of the game" in finding the right companion by doing too much of their socializing in groups. Because this hanging out occurs in mixed groups with males and females, some mistakenly think that they are properly engaged in the sifting process so essential to finding one's eternal companion. But this is not so. Group socializing can deny a person the opportunity of the close examination of the character and personality of that special someone so vital to making a wise choice.
Fear of making a mistake. Divorce statistics are well known. Some young people have lived through the heartache of seeing their parents' or friends' marriages fail or have been through divorce themselves. They have experienced exquisitely the trauma associated with such breakups. Sometimes, the effect is to make them afraid to approach marriage lest they choose the wrong person.
Adolescent recoiling from responsibility. At least for a few, there is a reluctance to meld one's desires and interests to those of another. Such selfishness has a way of prompting some to postpone the marriage decision.
Fallacious Thinking
Whatever the reason for the fear of the marriage decision, it leads to some fallacious thinking, to a "casting away" of one's confidence. This, in turn, causes a person's failure to firmly grasp his or her own responsibility for making that decision. Even if such fear doesn't result in postponing or even avoiding marriage, it can lead to other errors. For instance, some are inclined to treat the decision as entirely a spiritual one. Shortchanging their own obligation to give due process to it, they wait for the functional equivalent of a divine finger writing an answer on the wall or for the seas to part or for some other metaphysical phenomenon that tells them without question that so-and-so is "the one."
Others look to someone else to decide for them. A Brigham Young University stake president told me that it is not uncommon for some women to defer to the opinion of a current boyfriend telling her that he is "the one." Others defer to the judgment of a parent—often a father—who has made decisions for them in the past. In either instance, there is an abdication of responsibility for the most significant choice that a person makes in this life.
Counsel from parents, bishops, and other worthy persons can be valuable. But at the end of the day, no one else can—or should—tell you what to do. The decision of whom to marry is an intensely personal one.
"Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward!" Remember that we come into this life hardwired, so to speak, to fall in love. Don't make it harder than it is! Remember what you know, and move forward with confidence in Heavenly Father and the standing you enjoy as His son or daughter.
Counsel for Courtship
Courtship is a time for two people to get acquainted. It is a time to get to know someone, his or her interests, habits, and perspective on life and the gospel. It is a time to share ambitions and dreams, hopes and fears. It is a time to test someone's commitment to gospel living.
Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles tells of a returned missionary who had been dating a special young woman. He cared for her a great deal and was seriously considering making a proposal of marriage to her. This was after President Gordon B. Hinckley (1910–2008) had counseled women to wear only one set of earrings. This young man waited patiently for a while, said Elder Bednar, for the young woman to remove the extra set of earrings she wore. But it did not happen. For this and other reasons, with heavy heart, he stopped dating her.
In relating this experience, Elder Bednar said: "I presume that some of you … may believe the young man was too judgmental or that basing an eternally important decision, even in part, upon such a supposedly minor issue is silly or fanatical. Perhaps you are bothered because the example focuses upon a young woman who failed to respond to prophetic counsel instead of upon a young man. [But may I just point out to you that] the issue was not earrings!"1
Here is another tip. As a part of this courtship experience, be careful not to base your judgments merely on what could be described as superficial "ticket punching." By that, I mean do not base your decisions solely on whether someone has served a full-time mission or holds a particular calling in your ward. These things can be, should be, and usually are indications of devotion, faithfulness, and integrity. But not always. That is the reason you need to get acquainted. Know someone well enough to learn his or her heart and character firsthand and not just his or her "gospel résumé."
A corollary is this: avoid being judgmental about someone until you get to know him or her. Snap negative judgments can be just as erroneous and misleading as snap positive ones. Be just as alert for a diamond in the rough as you are wary of fool's gold.
Praying about It
Only after applying your own judgment and good sense to the relationship after a sufficient period of time should you pray for a confirmation. Remember, like every other important decision, marriage is your choice. The Lord will expect you to exercise your judgment. As He said to Oliver Cowdery, "Behold, you have not understood; you have supposed that I would give it unto you, when you took no thought save it was to ask me" (D&C 9:7). Once you do your part through an appropriate courtship and make a tentative decision, have confidence that Heavenly Father will respond to your supplication.
The Lord expects you to use your own good sense. He expects you to rely on your own natural feelings of man-woman attraction planted in you from birth. Once you have been drawn to a person of the opposite sex, enjoyed a significant period of friendship—courtship—with him or her, and satisfied yourself that he or she shares your values and is someone with whom you could happily share the most intimate of relationships—then put the matter to Heavenly Father. The lack of a contrary impression to your own feelings may be His way of telling you that He has no objection to your choice.
Have Confidence in the Lord
Years have passed now since that challenging season in my Ranger training. Mortality's currents have swept me far downstream from the confidence tests of my soldiering days. But their memory and their lessons linger. We are capable of weathering the storms of life and doing so more effectively than we might have thought. It is just a matter of always remembering what we know.
"Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward." Have confidence in what you know! Then you will meet your own confidence tests with courage and grace, and the Lord will surely direct your paths.


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This year has certainly been yet another vintage one for Ghostly International, not that they tend to have many bad years, if at all. Quite simply, it is one of the best labels out there. They've just (OK, a couple of weeks ago, but we still thought it relevant enough to bring to your attention...) announced another release on their roster for 2012 too, with Danes Choir of Young Believers adding to their back catalogue with Rhine Gold.
It's released on March 20 and the first single to be taken from it is 'Patricia's Thirst', which has been around for a couple of weeks now but it still well worth checking out. Especially as it's available to download for free. You've nothing to lose but your time.
This might not be "new" but it sure is good.
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text: Breadcrumb Home Press centre and parliamentary activities Press releases Our comments in the media on health and social care and our work Search Apply The King's Fund position: our take on the key topics in health and care Listing Content Type Viewing: All press releases All press releases Share this content Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email Print this page Topics Health and care services Adult social care Cancer services (-) Community services Emergency care End-of-life care General practice Hospital care Long-term conditions Maternity services Mental health New models of care Public health Sexual health care Leadership, systems and organisations Clinical commissioning groups Clinical leadership (-) Equality and diversity Health and wellbeing boards Integrated care Local service design Patient leadership Quality improvement Sustainability and transformation plans System leadership Voluntary and community sector Workforce and skills Patients, people and society Carers Children and young people Health inequalities Older people (-) Patient experience Patient involvement Patient safety Population health Public opinion Technology and data Volunteers Policy, finance and performance Access to care Better Care Fund (-) Commissioning and contracting Devolution General election 2017 General election 2019 Governance and regulation Health and Social Care Act 2012 NHS finances NHS five year forward view NHS long-term plan Performance Productivity Social care finances Press release 'Patients can unfortunately expect long waits for care to continue': The King's Fund comments on patient surveys and performance data Today sees the publication of monthly hospital performance data and the GP Patient Survey 2020 results, revealing significant challenges ahead for the health service. Our experts say patients 'can unfortunately expect long waits for care to continue' and we need 'honest conversations with patients and the public about what they can realistically expect'. Press release Tackling racial inequalities in health and care A statement from Richard Murray, Chief Executive of The King's Fund, on tackling racial inequalities in health and care. Press release Response to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee report on local government funding 'Years of cuts to local government funding are having a real impact on services that support the wellbeing of the whole community,' says Sally Warren, Director of Policy at The King's Fund. Press release The King's Fund welcomes the new contract for general practice The King's Fund welcomes the new contract for general practice as a promising early sign that the government and NHS England are making good on the commitments in the NHS long-term plan. Press release The King's Fund response to Matt Hancock's speech on leadership 'The Secretary of State is right to emphasise the importance of leadership and culture but the challenge is to translate this ambition into reality' says Suzie Bailey. Press release The King's Fund responds to the CQC 2017 NHS adult inpatient survey 'These latest findings, from one of the largest national patient surveys, show patient experience in hospitals is holding up remarkably well and has even seen some improvements since last year particularly around communication between staff and patients.' Press release Complexity of health system is 'holding back progress' in HIV care The complexity of the health system is holding back progress in meeting the needs of people with HIV, according to a new report from The King's Fund. Press release The King's Fund responds to Sir Bruce Keogh's announced departure from NHS England Chris Ham said: 'Sir Bruce is a respected leader who has ensured a clinical voice has been at the heart of policy-making...' Press release Welcoming NHS England's Next steps on the Five Year Forward View Responding to NHS England's Next steps on the five year forward view, Chris Ham, Chief Executive of The King's Fund, said: 'We welcome the fact that this plan sets a clear course for the NHS over the next couple of years. We should, though, be under no illusions about how tough the going will be. Press release Survey shows public satisfaction with NHS remaining steady The British public's satisfaction with the NHS remained steady in 2016, according to data published today by The King's Fund. Press release Feedback from service users is crucial for improvement in maternity care Feedback from users of NHS maternity services has a key role to play in tracking quality of care and shaping service improvements, according to a new report published by The King's Fund. Press release Quality of district nursing care under threat Unmanageable caseloads and shortages of staff in district nursing services are compromising quality of care for some patients according to a new report from The King's Fund. Press release Cornerstone of NHS reforms faces uncertain future Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have secured better engagement from GPs than previous forms of commissioning but still face numerous barriers to putting power in doctors hands, according to a new report published by The King's Fund and the Nuffield Trust. Press release Inpatient survey shows only modest improvements in patient experience The inpatient survey in England shows that over the past nine years trusts have seen only a modest improvement in quality of care as judged by patients, says a new report from The King's Fund and Picker Institute Europe. Press release Consultants need to spend more time outside hospital, report finds Specialist knowledge is too concentrated in hospitals to the detriment of patients, whose increasingly complex needs should be treated closer to home. Press release 'Family care networks' – the future of primary care In future, 'family care networks' with GP surgeries at their heart should provide a wider range of services for patients outside hospitals, says a report on the future of primary care, published by the Fund. Press release Our statement on the government's full response to the Francis Inquiry report Today's announcement is an important step forward in addressing the serious failings of care highlighted in the Francis report. Patient safety is more important than party politics and what is needed now is for everyone, from parliament to the front line, to unite around delivering the culture change needed. Press release Our response to the Royal College of Physicians' report, Future Hospital: Caring for medical patients Candace Imison responds to the Royal College of Physicians' report on future hospitals, welcoming the new model of care that puts patients at the centre. 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Electronic or eCommerce is the purchase and sale of products over the Internet. As use of the Internet developed, the availability of online shopping sites expanded. Products are ordered on the web, paid for on the web and delivered by the postal service or a commercial delivery service. Virtual products require no delivery. Ebooks and instruction manuals are delivered via the Internet.
Payment can be made with PayPal or a major credit card. As soon as payment is processed, the electronic product is delivered. Usually, the seller will provide a link that enables the buyer to download it to his or her hard drive. Currently, writers are self-publishing ebooks and selling them in this way.
In the meantime, Canada online shopping allows women to buy clothes and lingerie online. You can shop for your groceries like this and have them delivered to your door. You can order prescription medication this way too. Your physician faxes the prescription order to the pharmacist and he or she fills it and mails it.
It was 1990 when Tim Berners-Lee brought the WorldWide Web browser to the public. Commercial selling was not allowed on the Internet until 1991. In 1994 the Internet shopping began. By 2000 American and European companies started to advertise and then the public began to recognize ecommerce as the purchase of goods on the web. Secure protocols for payment were introduced and developed. Products sold were as diverse as postage stamps, which people could pay for online and print on a home printer for use, and pizza delivered to the door in a half-hour.
By 2002, eBay had bought PayPal for $1.5 billion dollars and by 2010 eBay sales reached $173 billion dollars. Canadian online shopping allows people to shop for jewelry, lingerie and shoes on the Internet. When men want front-row seats to sporting events, they order them as soon as they are for sale on the Internet. This is better than standing in line in front of the ticket office.
This store may be an addition to the store that exists off-line. For example, many department stores, jewelry shops and bookstores have an Internet store in addition to a physical one. Large chain stores sometimes offer free shipping options. One chain offers the free shipping when the shopper buys specific products. Others offer free shipping when the customer orders over a certain amount of merchandise.
The online store may also exist solely online. There are limited expenses for such an enterprise. A data bank listing the products substitutes for the stock in an offline store. They may ship from a warehouse that holds the merchandise until ordered. There is also a practice called drop shipping. The order is placed with the virtual store and the store then orders the merchandise from the warehouse owner. The warehouse distributor then ships the merchandise to the customer.
Booksellers and travel agencies find it advantageous to operate on the net. A website displays the trips and lists the books for sale. Most offer a free chat or email to potential customers. The customer can see the prices and leisurely decide what they want to order. It provides the customer with a way to compare prices from one bookstore to another. Shopping on their dell computers is relaxing. No wonder people love to shop on the net.


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YANKEES: New York struggles offensivly against the Baltimore Orioles
SARASOTA, Fla. >> he Baltimore Orioles won 93 games last year and went to the postseason for the first time in 15 years, taking the New York Yankees to a fifth game in the division series.
The teams met for the first time since last October on Monday. The Yankees brought only one player who appeared in that fifth game, center fielder Brett Gardner, while the Orioles lineup was populated by familiar names.
Baltimore won its third straight to start spring training, 5-1 over New York. It's the second time in three years they've begun spring training with three consecutive wins according to STATS LLC.
Brian Roberts and Nick Markakis each had two hits and Brian Matusz pitched two scoreless innings, but manager Buck Showalter isn't getting too excited about the start.
"It's way too early," Showalter said. "There are some things I'm happy with."
In their three spring games, the Orioles have outscored their opponents 15-8.
"We've pitched pretty well so far. If we do that, you've got a chance in spring training early on. Arms are usually ahead of the hitters a little bit," Showalter said.
Roberts and Markakis, the two most senior Orioles, were injured and missed the postseason. Matusz, who was reinvented as a left-handed reliever last August, started and allowed two hits to a Yankees lineup that featured only two regulars -- Gardner and catcher Francisco Cervelli.
"It was nice to get out there and get the first one out of the way, kind of get in the rhythm again. It's been a while since I've been a starter. It's nice to work on the routine again and try and find that," Matusz said.
In 2011, Matusz had a horrifying 10.69 ERA -- the worst for any starting pitcher with 10 or more starts. After a rocky beginning to 2012, the Orioles sent him to Triple-A Norfolk in July, and a month later, he returned to become a key member of the bullpen down the stretch.
At 26, Matusz feels he's far too young to be stereotyped as a bullpen guy and wants to be considered for the Orioles' starting rotation.
"It was nice to be able to go two and get a base and something to go off of," Matusz said.
Gardner had three hits for New York, which lost Curtis Granderson on Sunday for 10 weeks with a broken right forearm.
Without Alex Rodriguez and Granderson, the Yankees are missing plenty of home run power, and manager Joe Girardi was blunt: Matt Diaz and Juan Rivera, two possibilities to replace Granderson, who both played on Monday, aren't power hitters.
"We've talked about we're probably not going to hit as many home runs as we did last year," Girardi said. "We have more speed, so the guy that fills in is going to be another speed guy, and you score runs more that way. We're going to have to rely on our speed more, no doubt about it. How this guy, whoever he is, fits in, we'll have to see. we really don't know."
Left fielder Nate McLouth drove in two runs for Baltimore.
NOTES: Yankees RHP Mariano Rivera threw 32 pitches during batting practice in Tampa on Monday morning. Rivera told reporters that he's doing well, and that he will next pitch a simulated game. Rivera has yet to pitch in a game after tearing his ACL in his right knee last May. ... New York LHP CC Sabathia, who is recovering from offseason elbow surgery, also threw batting practice, and he's now throwing all of his pitches. ... Baltimore LHP Tsuyoshi Wada threw his first bullpen session from a mound since undergoing Tommy John surgery last May.


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Judging the Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue in Lynchburg, TN
Guides, reviews, histories, and travel tales from the barbecue trail.
Every time I mentioned to someone at the Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue in Lynchburg, Tennessee, that I'd been offered a seat at the judges' table, I received the same response: "This is the best barbecue you'll ever have."
But after my first experience as a Kansas City Barbecue Society judge, I can confidently say, this simply wasn't true. Many of the samples I tasted in my four hours of judging were undeniably good but still couldn't compare to the barbecue served at counters and restaurants throughout America. In taste and in texture, not one plate of pork shoulder or brisket that hit my table could stand up to what I've eaten in South Carolina and central Texas. Only the chicken and ribs seemed to live up to their high expectations—and even then, I couldn't use the words "best ever."
I wasn't surprised.
What competition could honestly be expected to top the addiction-inspiring sandwich at Payne's or the earth-moving whole hog from Scott's? There are reasons why judges are explicitly told not to compare entries to their favorite barbecue in the world; one tantalizing memory could wreck the curve.
"The Jack"—a contest with 22 years of history, grand champion cooks from 10 different time zones, and the backing of major corporate sponsors—exists in a world distanced enough from destination dining to be its own culinary tradition. And while many competitive teams run their own barbecue shops and catering businesses, most of the revered masters of American barbecue will never get to enter the ring of a KCBS event.
More than anything, my trip to Lynchburg confirmed that competition 'cue is itself a distinct genre of American barbecue, one more closely linked to communal culture of barbecue than to its regional foodways. Hosted by the Jack Daniel Distillery and moderated by the KCBS, "The Jack" is at once a humble assembly of cooks and a grand exercise in branding this culture; the gravity of competition gives this two-day event its teeth, but the contest's greater impact is its hands-on evangelism of holy smoke.
Nowhere was this point clearer than in conversation with international teams. Gregorz Kazubski, captain of the Polish BBQ Kings, summed up the peculiar nature of competition barbecue in discussing judges' preferences and the practical restrictions they place on his creativity.
"The judges here are quite conservative about the flavors, and I think we miss a lot," answered Kazubski when asked how he intended to compete with the domestic champions. The Warsaw cook hinted at a lack of openness when it comes to judging the dimension of taste (which is done blindly and silently):
"Why garlic instead of shallots? Why shallots instead rosemary? Let's say we're using cumin, or in our way of cooking, we are using honey instead of brown sugar, which gives us a little bit different flavor. They should teach us how to cook here, but they should teach judges what Belgium, German, English, Polish are using...I think that with this kind of information, we should share."
Highlighting the global appeal of barbecue, Kazubski is a competition booster working with Europe's World BBQ Association to spread KCBS standards worldwide. While the team would like judges expand their palates, they still see KCBS competitions as the best forum for making that happen.
Canadian cook Susan Murray, of third-place rib winners The Black Pig BBQ, pointed to KCBS competitions as the primary source of barbecue in Ontario. As part of the Canada Southern BBQ Association, she is also a part of the effort to make KCBS competition standards the international spearhead for a greater barbecue enthusiasm.
"We're working on getting all our judges KCBS-sanctioned," she commented, "so we're gonna have consistency across the board. We're hoping that we'll get bigger, and more people will buy into it, and we'll kind of have a standard across the province. And eventually we'll want to expand across Canada."
Linnae Oxley, captain of second-place sauce winners Sugar's Barbecue, agreed that without the standards and the spirit that these events work so hard to cultivate, she, along with many others, wouldn't have realized her passion for the craft. "You need to have a starting place," she stressed. Hailing from Portland, she also acknowledged that the rapid spread of barbecue competitions has essentially homogenized regional differences under the KCBS umbrella.
"That being said," Oxley reminded, "people gravitate towards Kansas City, because Kansas City in and of itself, mind you, is a homogenization of different influences." An optimist, she was happy to characterize competition 'cue as a template, from which new regional traditions will someday flourish.
This writer's reservations about that outcome aside, there's no denying that competitions have become barbecue's bully pulpit. From the opening day procession of teams through Distillery grounds to the opening evening banquet at Barbecue Hill to the closing day ceremony of awards and congratulations, the community of barbecue played point throughout this wonderful weekend.
The Jack, then, is less a culinary pinnacle than a passionate vanguard of barbecue's democratic power. And in this way, perhaps more intimately linked to the history of food than its trappings let on.
Next week: What does a KCBS judge look for at the World Championship contest, and what does this mean for the idea of giving any meal a score?
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When can I plant Roses?
The best period to plant your roses is from November to April.
From November all the Rose Breeders starting up their seasonal deliveries of garden roses. All Roses have now their rest period, the plants are in complete settled down so there is almost no juice flowing.
Also buyarose.eu starts with their deliveries. Orders are shipped directly as from November.


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14 Summer Movies Worth Leaving the Beach For
What's on your to-do list this summer? Go to Rome? Ride a time machine? Slay some aliens and vampires? Done, done, and done—2012's summer movies promise all that and more. (A lot more—even a beardless Zach Galifianakis.) Here is a rundown of the biggest, starriest summer movies coming your way.


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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — An unmanned space capsule carrying medical samples from the International Space Station splashed down Sunday in the Pacific Ocean, completing the first official private interstellar shipment under a billion-dollar contract with NASA.
The California-based SpaceX company gently guided the Dragon into the water via parachutes at 12:22 p.m., a couple hundred miles off the Baja California coast.
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station used a giant robot arm to release the commercial cargo ship 255 miles up. SpaceX provided updates of the journey home via Twitter, including a video of the Dragon separating from the ISS.
The supply ship brought back nearly 2,000 pounds of science experiments and old station equipment. Perhaps the most eagerly awaited cargo is nearly 500 frozen samples of blood and urine collected by station astronauts over the past year.
The Dragon is the only delivery ship capable of returning items now that NASA's shuttles are retired to museums. Atlantis made the last shuttle haul to and from the station in July 2011.
SpaceX — more formally Space Exploration Technologies Corp. — launched the capsule three weeks ago from Cape Canaveral, full of groceries, clothes and other station supplies.
"It was nice while she was on board," space station commander Sunita Williams said as the Dragon backed away. "We tamed her, took her home and, literally and figuratively, there's a piece of us on that spacecraft going home to Earth."
She added to the SpaceX flight controllers in Hawthorne, Calif., "Congratulations Hawthorne and thank you for her."
The Dragon will be retrieved from the Pacific and loaded onto a 100-foot boat that will haul it to Los Angeles. From there, it will be transported to McGregor, Texas.
The medical samples will be removed as quickly as possible, and turned over to NASA within 48 hours of splashdown, according to SpaceX. Everything else will wait for unloading in McGregor.
SpaceX is working to transform its Dragon cargo craft into vessels that American astronauts could fly in another four or five years. Until SpaceX or another U.S. company is able to provide rides, NASA astronauts must rely on Russian rockets to get to and from the space station.


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Monkland Cheese Dairy is a working dairy producing local, artisan cheeses. We are well signposted off the A44 on the Brecon road just outside Leominster and just a hundred yards off the main road. We have plenty of parking and lovely gardens
We have an award winning Tea Room for excellent coffee, proper leaf tea, homemade cakes and light lunches. In our farm shop we sell local products and other nice things to eat and drink. From our cheese counter we sell not only our cheese but lots of others as well but predominently British cheese.
If you are just passing along the A44 or on the Black and White trail we are a very pleasant place to stop for coffee.
You can also take a tour of the cheesemaking (see details) or learn to make cheese on one of our Cheese Experience Days.
We are situated in the beautiful, rural, county of Herefordshire.
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