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A common task that most ASP.NET applications share is sending notification emails to registered users for application specific events and to the site administrator when something goes wrong. But how would send emails from within an ASP.NET application? The task is not different for the ASP.NET platform and requires the same classes and techniques you would use from within, say, a desktop application. All the machinery is in the System.Net.Mail namespace.
The first thing you do is preparing a mail message. The class that represents a mail message is MailMessage. The constructor takes up to four parameters: the sender's address, the receiver's address, the subject line of the message, and the body. There are four different constructors available and you can choose to specify these arguments (at the very minimum you indicate sender and receiver) as plain strings or through instances of a container class such as MailAddress.
MailAddress toAddress = new MailAddress(to); MailAddress fromAddress = new MailAddress(from);
A MailMessage class can be further configured to specify encoding, alternate views of the message such as HTML, attachments and blind carbon copies. Is it possible to specify multiple receivers? You bet.
The MailMessage class provides properties like To, CC, and Bcc. These properties are implemented as instances of the MailMessageCollection class and let you add as many addresses as you need.
MailMessage msg = new MailMessage(fromAddress, toAddress); msg.To.Add(address1); msg.CC.Add(address2);
To set the subject and the body of the message you use ad hoc properties at any time. You can also set these properties through one of the constructors.
msg.Subject = theSubject; msg.Body = theBody;
You can populate the Body property with any text you like. To send an attachment, instead, you need to resort to the Attachments collection. First, you define an Attachment object and make it point to a local file, a string or a stream.
Attachment data = new Attachment(file, MediaTypeNames.Application.Octet);
You specify the content of an attachment by using the content type property on the constructor. The content type parameter indicates the MIME type header of the attachment. In addition, you can add time stamp information for the file. You do this via the ContentDisposition property on the Attachment class.
ContentDisposition disp = data.ContentDisposition; disp.CreationDate = GetCreationTime(file);
Finally, to add the file to the message, you use the Addmethod and the Attachments collection.
The final step consists in the physical submission of the message to an SMTP server. The SmtpClient class receives the address of the SMTP server through the constructor and sends the message via its method Send.
SmtpClient mail = new SmtpClient("your-smtp-server"); mail.Send(msg);
The SmtpClient class also supports credentials to be used when the server requires the client to authenticate before accepting email on the client's behalf.
mail.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials;
Credentials can also be specified using the web.config file. In particular, you use the <mailSettings>element. Note that any information stored in the configuration file gets overridden once you use the Credentials property programmatically.
The Send method works synchronously, but an asynchronous version also exists. The method SendAsync sends the message and returns. The SendCompleted event is raised when the asynchronous operation completes. In an ASP.NET scenario, though, the asynchronous method is arguably an ideal solution. In ASP.NET page you might want to send all messages synchronously and return an updated user interface when you're done. The classes in the System.Net.Mail namespace offer a simple and effective programming model for sending emails programmatically.


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The cab rank rule seems like a long-drawn out car crash at times. The Law Society Gazette reported today that the Legal Services Board is to investigate whether the Bar Council interfered in the Bar Standards Board's application to vary the cab rank rule. The LSB's letter to the Bar Council is direct as you can see here.
This is to do with the Bar's new standard contract terms which effectively withdraw the "protection" of the cab rank rule if the solicitor doesn't agree to the terms. Morten Hviid and I discussed this exclusion in our report for the LSB earlier in the year and also in our response to the responses of the Bar Council and BSB to our report.
The antecedents for this investigation lie further back than our report. They are to do with the structure of regulation that David Clementi proposed and the government adopted in the Legal Services Act 2007.
Professions, including law, had become too cosy. They were inward looking and protective of their own interests at the expense of the consumer/client/patient. Their professional bodies weren't dealing with complaints and discipline effectively. The public, as well as the consumer, interest wasn't being served.
One solution was to separate the regulatory arm of the professional body from its representative function. Thus function and form should be distinct. Of course this brought much fighting from the bodies concerned.
The result? In the case of the legal professions' two largest bodies, the Law Society and the Bar Council, they were nominated as the frontline regulators with the regulatory arm to be held at arm's length. The next question is how long is the arm? (It's always struck me as odd that standard British shirt suppliers--think M&S--don't offer varying arm lengths whereas American suppliers--think Macy's--do.)
The regulatory structure emerging from the LSA 2007 has always been a fudge. It cries out for simplification. I tend to agree with the LSB chairman, Dave Edmonds, when he calls for a single regulator. Rather than getting competition among the regulators we seem to be stuck. Indeed, the situation is virtually thixatropic.
We have both the Bar Standards Board and the SRA chafing at the LSB's drive towards regulatory efficiency and arguing that the LSB's time has come. If anything has come out of the aftermath of the LSA 2007 it is the glacial slowness of the frontline regulators and their reluctance to come to terms with the new legal services market.
Perhaps it is timely that the Ministry of Justice has started a review of regulation. Helen Grant was reported as saying: "We want to reduce the burdens on the industry by simplifying the regulatory framework, while ensuring there is still appropriate oversight, and that is why we have started a review to see where and how improvements can be made."
Various stakeholders have been contacted by the MoJ for their views and so I imagine there will be a lively debate, at least I hope so. Responses wanted by September 2, 2013.
I would also suggest that observers of this field keep an eye on developments in the Republic of Ireland where their Legal Services Regulation Bill is now on its final journey through the legislative process. It promises a single regulator.
For the tale of how Ireland arrived at this point, you can do no better than read Maeve Hosier's excellent paper, "The Legal Profession in Troikaland: Before and After the Irish Bailout". The abstract starts
Ireland is feeling a chill wind of austerity emanating from the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund. These institutions have combined within Irish political, economic and popular consciousness as 'The Troika'. However the primary subject of this paper concerns an altogether different Troika, an 'Unholy Trinity' consisting of bankers, property developers and lawyers. It is argued herein that the combined activities of this Unholy Trinity caused the property bubble, the banking crisis and the subsequent economic collapse of the Irish state.The BSB and SRA will need to be careful how they approach this review. There's no guarantee it will go their way......

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Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Design an app and port it for use across an ocean of devices.Seems easy, right? Ask any developer, and dollars to donuts, they will laugh and explain why it is not that easy.
First, there are myriad programs associated with multiple mobile device operating systems — Adobe AIR, Aqua, Convertigo, GeneXus, and so forth. Even though those development programs can be used for a host of devices, they do not let developers create one app that can be ported magically to every device.
There are several ways of getting around this problem, but they are neither simple nor absolute. The first method is to create a driver for each platform (Android, iOS, etc.) that provides access to the devices internals (GPS, accelerometer, and other sensors) using Python, Java, or other scripting languages. Another method is to create a tool (program) that can translate the original app to work on different platforms. This method is similar to what Codename One has managed to accomplish with its latest platform release.
Instead of using HTML5 or other languages, the platform is based on Java and features a GUI interface for developing user applications. Developers can create native applications for a wide variety of mobile platforms, including smartphones, tablets, and netbooks/Chromebooks. (The original intent of Java was to create a virtual machine that would run on any platform.)
Codename One recently left the beta stage, where approximately 100,000 users created an astounding 1,000 apps for the mobile market. The company recently released version 1.1 and offers a robust client library for app development, a designer tool (complete with a Java5-based GUI interface, theme designer, editor, etc.), a simulation environment (extremely handy for testing apps in development), and cloud-based services to help get users' apps to the masses.
Another handy feature makes use of standard IDE tools for debugging applications, which allows developers to weed out problems while in the build stage. Chen Fishbein and Shai Almog, who created the Lightweight User Interface Toolkit at Sun Microsystems, started Codename One, which is actually a sort of extension of the Widget toolkit. The company says that, since the release of its latest version of Codename One back in March 2013, the SDK has been downloaded more than 200,000 times to rave reviews.
Codename One also recently released the Maker mobile app, which allows those with no developer skills to build their own applications using only their mobile devices. The app is generated in Codename One's cloud-based build servers. The software can almost guarantee that the mobile device market will be flooded with apps for just about everything you can imagine, even if you're not a developer.
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"I was thinking how proud I am to be from a small school where 100 guys get together on a Saturday night and sing," said Eric Stark '88 as he stepped forward to guest conduct early in the Glee Club Alumni Reunion Concert in Salter Hall Saturday.
The director of the Butler Chorale and the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, Stark was one of more than 60 alumni returning for Homecoming, joining the current student Glee Club to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the Wabash College Glee Club. A standing room only crowd in Salter Hall cheered a program led by Glee Club Director Professor Richard Bowen that covered the repertoire of generations of Wabash singers from 1950 to 2012.
"They talk about camaraderie in sports, but there's a real camaraderie here, too," said Allan Anderson '65. "Just to stand on those risers again, to hear those harmonies that are embedded in your memory. It's just wonderful."
While the rousing "Old King Cole" (a favorite from the days when Robert Mitchum directed the Glee Club), the spiritual "Little Innocent Lamb", and the Quaker song "How Can I Keep from Singing?" were crowd pleasers, one of the more moving moments came when Stark directed the spiritual "My Lord, What a Mornin'."
"When you return to a reunion like tonight, you can't help but think of the person who sang next to you," Stark told the audience. "This song is for those who could not be with us tonight: those whose schedules did not permit it, and those who were taken from us all too soon."
Bowen also noted that Allan Wright '50 had driven all the way from New Jersey to sing that night. The combined student and alumni Glee Club of 100-plus singers brought the audience to its feet, concluding the program with a spirited rendition of "Old Wabash" and "Alma Mater."


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D.L.C. Key Financial
I am a Mortgage broker in a small City in Western Canada and I want to be the "go to guy" for mortgages in my area. I own the brokerage and employ 24 agents so a constant stream of good quality mortgage leads is very important. I have lived in this city for about 35 years and am fairly well known. I have raised 3 children here and am married to the same woman for 31 years. I advertise on a local billboard and do a small bit of newspaper advertising. My focus going forward is to concentrate on the billboard, mail outs and the internet. I have always strived for the professional approach and think that is likely how I want to continue.
My target is very broad. Any one who owns a home is a possible customer. I want to focus on mortgage renewals. Most mortgages in Canada are for 5 year terms so at least 20% of the population renews their mortgage every year. This is the client I am after. I am 50 years old and most of my agents are 35 plus so the best age demographic would likely be 35-55 years old but we can service all ages. We offer a great variety of lenders so we can assist most home owners when renewing their mortgages. If they sign the bank renewal forms that gets sent to them they will be paying more then they need to for there home financing. I want to help those people.
I will include a copy of the billboard and a copy of the mail out I am sending out this week. What is required for this project is a follow up piece following along the same sort of theme. I am open to any new ideas that will get customers to call me. Trust, stability, security are all things I would like to try to portray. I can get new pictures of me if that would help, but my picture is not totally necessary if there is a better way. If we can come up with a successful response I would do this on a very regular basis. Also I would like to start giving the name Key Financial a bit more prominence. Over time I want to make Key Financial the main part of the name instead of Dominion Lending. I am getting new logo work done right now so it may or may not be ready in time for this project. This postcard will be sized at 6X9, 6X8 or 5x7 depending on what you think is best. 2 sided is a possibility if it would make a positive difference. Open to new ideas and colour changes, what ever it takes to be noticed and acted on by clients.


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APPS.KDE.com: New Features for a New Year
Over the last few weeks, I have been busily adding a number of new features and enhancements to appsy. Most of them enable
Wrong Link
Great! Keep up the good work.
The "first page" link doent't work, though.
Sorry, the requested URL 'https://apps.kde.com/nf/2/story/15'
I think you meant: http://apps.kde.com/nf/2/story/15
And now on for some OFF-TOPIC stuff from the Some-things-I
In this era of huge 60GB hard disks, some stuff for making
- File Emblems (a la Nautilus). Stamping a file as
- Virtual Folders in Kmail (a la Evolution). When you
And a little annoyance: can the menu entry for creating a new
Just my E 0.02 (euro cents).
By BugPowder at Thu, 2002/01/17 - 6:00am
Good suggestions. Why don't you head over to http://bugs.kde.org and submit them as wishlist items?
By Anno v. Heimburg at Thu, 2002/01/17 - 6:00am
Re: Wrong Link
Well, this https:// stuff doesn't seem to originate in the dot article. I'm guessing this is a hack so that apps.kde.com can get a handle on your real IP instead of a proxy IP, and this hack did indeed manage to break Netscape when I first tested. Otherwise it's some complex but unreliable rewriting of URLs that apps.kde.com seems to perform quite often, in god-knows-when situations.
By Navindra Umanee at Thu, 2002/01/17 - 6:00am
Re: Wrong Link
> Well, this https:// stuff doesn't seem to originate in the dot article.
This should only happen if you have elected to use cookie-based authentication over SSL only and/or have elected to view the site only using SSL. In either case you get re-directed to the SSL version of the page. Unfortunately I forgot to update the https portion of the Apache configuration, and so the stories were broken for https until I read the post.
> I'm guessing this is a hack so that apps.kde.com can get a handle on
It has nothing to do with that, the new "story" feature was just plain broken using either https or non-frames mode.
> Otherwise it's some complex but
Yeah, did I ever mention that stateless protocols suck? The problem is you can view the site in a number of different ways; most of the URL rewriting that occurs is meant to prevent following someone else's link from rewriting your site preferences. The easier way to get around this was to use cookies, but a large number of site visitors disable those, so I came up with this (hack) solution.
By Dre at Thu, 2002/01/17 - 6:00am
Re: Wrong Link
Ah strange. I didn't fiddle with any SSL stuff, and suspect neither did that guy. I can't reproduce it anymore anyway, but http:// was clearly getting rewritten to https:// for a reason or other. :-)
Thanks for all the work you've done on this valuable site.
By Navindra Umanee at Thu, 2002/01/17 - 6:00am
APPS.KDE.com is a great site, very well maintained (thanks Dre!), but the interface is a bit cluttered. It seems to me like the site has way more features than I would ever use. Maybe it is time to remove some of the lesser-used links from the pages and simplify the sidebar and top bar?
By not me at Thu, 2002/01/17 - 6:00am
Re: Clutter
Yes! Remove the frames please! There is not enough viewing area on this site for the real important stuff. Too much clutter also makes this site slow.
By KDE User at Thu, 2002/01/17 - 6:00am
Re: Clutter
> Yes! Remove the frames please! There is not enough viewing
The frames actually don't take up any space. And both the things you are unhappy with are changed in just a few mouse clicks. The site is very configurable, and I don't expect that the defaults will satisfy everyone.
If you don't like frames very much, though, I still would suggest considering
So, to change your settings click on the "configure" button in the yellow navigation bar at the top. Halfway down the page you will see a setting for "number of columns". Set it to 1. Then "Save" your changes. If you want the change to be in effect next time you visit, accept the cookie; otherwise you revert to the site defaults next time you arrive.
On the next page, you will see a link to click, click on that to have the changes take effect.
BTW, the difference between "1 column" and "no frames" is the top frame. So if you want to get rid of all frames, don't worry about the number of columns but pick the "no frames" option instead.
I wish it would be easier to make a nice GUI config tool for this in HTML.
On a side note, somebody else commented today they did not like the current colors. The entire site is rendered with a theme class. If you don't like the colors, if you can make the about-30 buttons the site uses (you can take the existing ones and just retouch them) and give some values for the text and background colors, the site can be easily themed, the same as www.kde.com. If you are interested in making a theme, just let me know and I will help any way I can.
The only other big configuration option missing is languages. Anyone interested in helping to translate the site, I can give you some files to start on :-).
By Dre at Thu, 2002/01/17 - 6:00am
Speaking of apps...
...is work being done on the KDE installer at all? Will it be in KDE 3.0?
By Frank Rizzo at Thu, 2002/01/17 - 6:00am
Re: Speaking of apps...
I doubt it. For one thing, whoever is working on it, it isn't KDE itself. KDE developers will tell you time and time again (just go on OPN #kde and ask) that KDE provides only source!
Plus, why the heck does KDE need an installer? It's better to have the distros package KDE. Debian, for instance, already has a wonderful automated packing system in apt-get/dpkg. Why should KDE overdo their work for the sake of making stuff look nifty?
By Carbon at Thu, 2002/01/17 - 6:00am
Re: Speaking of apps...
KDE needs an installer for dummies like me. Ximian is very tempting...
By Robo at Thu, 2002/01/17 - 6:00am
Re: Speaking of apps...
No, it's very simple. I dunno about other distros, but Debian makes it incredibly simple. Just run Debian Woody, and type (as root):
apt-get install kde
There's really nothing more to it. Besides, KDE comes with most distros anyways.
By Carbon at Thu, 2002/01/17 - 6:00am
Re: Speaking of apps...
Many Linux people just don't seem to understand. Of all the mainstream distro's out there, Debian and Slackware were the two I was unable to install. Caldera was easiest followed by three others...RedHat, Suse and Mandrake.
We M$ 'haters' need help with installation. Why have Ximian done what they have with RedCarpet? Because it's easy for dummies like me.
By Rob at Thu, 2002/01/17 - 6:00am
Re: Speaking of apps...
so use one of the more newbie/user friendly debian-based distributions such as: libranet
By coba at Thu, 2002/01/17 - 6:00am
Re: Speaking of apps...
Never heard of it...do you have a link to post?
By Rob at Thu, 2002/01/17 - 6:00am
Re: Speaking of apps...
Which is valid for all rpm based distro's as well!
http://apt4rpm.sf.net is a good starting point to
The apt4rpm project takes cares of the server side and
So happy updating :)
By Richard Bollinger at Thu, 2002/01/17 - 6:00am
apt-get chaos
You should have a look at the other dists! IMHO debian isn't usable when trying to _work_ under linux
By Ruediger Knoerig at Sat, 2002/05/18 - 5:00am
Re: apt-get chaos
This is just not true. Most of your points are false.
Sorry if you see debian to be hardcore distro, but most experienced admins and developers
And for newbies like you, there is http://knoppix.net, which will run from cd and can be installed on hdd in 15 minutes, including self-configuration.
By Alekibango at Sat, 2003/03/01 - 6:00am
Re: apt-get chaos
I must agree that you're way off base on this one. Debian is head and shoulders above Red-Hat and Mandrake. (I cut my teeth in linux on those two) I can't speak to the others distros.
Long and short is if you think Debian is anything other than a top-notch distro, you just don't know how to use it.
By steve at Wed, 2004/04/07 - 5:00am
Re: apt-get chaos
> Long and short is if you think Debian is anything other than a top-notch distro, you just don't know how to use it.
Debian is indeed top knotch, but I've found that Gentoo packages break far less often. Yeah, probably my fault, but I used to use unstable, and Gentoo's ~x86 branch is a lot more reliable.
I will miss by Debian times though, spent three and a half years with it.. gentoo is my lover now :(
By AC at Thu, 2004/04/08 - 5:00am
Re: apt-get chaos
I must agree that you're way off base on this one. Debian is head and shoulders above Red-Hat and Mandrake. (I cut my teeth in linux on those two) I can't speak to the others distros.
Long and short is if you think Debian is anything other than a top-notch distro, you just don't know how to use it.
By steve at Wed, 2004/04/07 - 5:00am
Re: apt-get chaos
I changed to Debian from several years of successful Slackware employment. I've had only minor experience running RedHat on a desktop machine, which ran fine.
IMHO, one of the biggest difficulties when migrating to Debian from some other "bare-bones" distro as Slackware is that you'll have to relearn how to do some things "The Debian Way", in order for it to work smoothly. Also, Debian is highly dependant on it's packaging system, Apt.
The trouble with Apt is that if you run a non-stable release of Debian (commonly refered to as "testing" or "unstable", with the latter being the most bleeding-edge), you might expect some weird behaviour from Apt from time to time.
Most of the time, you can solve those issues, but the solutions often varies from case to case, and aren't too well documented. Often it includes removing some select files and performing an upgrade, but I've seen cases where people had reinstall Debian from scratch...
Another issue as of 2005 was the rapid integration of GCC 4.0 into Etch (testing). Several software packages has compatibility issues with this new compiler, and yet it was chosen as the default compiler for all packages.
If you want bleeding-edge stuff on your desktop, you might try Ubuntu instead (everything is so fluffy you'll almost forget its Linux! I use it on my ThinkPad X41.), or perhaps... The unmentionable distro... "Gen-thoo"...
However, Debian testing (and to some degree, unstable) works well as a day-to-day desktop work distro, unless you want something outrageusly fancy.
For servers, I'd say Debian stable is close to unbeatable. Other possible choices would include some BSD derivative.
By Martin Persson at Tue, 2005/12/27 - 6:00am
Re: Speaking of apps...
Speaking as a BeOS escapee, and relatively new to linux, the idea of installing KDE scared me at first. Those days I was running SuSE and every time KDE came out with a new version I'd download the RPMs, install them, and something would always break. Always something. It was a pain.
Eventually, I moved over to slackware, and once I read the tutorial for installing KDE from source I realized it couldn't possibly get any easier. Plus, you can get a optimized, objprelinked system with great performance. I think that the folks who complain about KDE's performance have never run an optimized locally compiled version.
I'm not wanting to sound like a rtfm zealot, but, seriously, read the tutorial (http://www.kde.org/install-source.html). I've done this several times, now, with great results. And I've only been really using linux for a year, tops.
By Shamyl Zakariya at Thu, 2002/01/17 - 6:00am
Re: Speaking of apps...
Take a look at http://www.mslinux.com/software/kinstaller/index.html he is working one a installer fore KDE
By dr88dr88 at Thu, 2002/01/17 - 6:00am
Re: Speaking of apps...
Does this look kinstaller a bit like apt-get ... but the webpage makes notice it doesn't do dependecies? This app would really make life easier for a lot of people -- Fab
By Fab at Thu, 2002/01/17 - 6:00am
Re: Speaking of apps...
The problem with the distros and the way KDE needs to be installed for those that aren't using Debian is that the bug fixes don't come in a timely fashion. KDE is huge. When I want to install one basic program to fix a bug I can't. I have to get the entire package and sometimes more than one and pray that they compile when all I want to do is get one program and have it work. Very often they do not compile and sometimes, when I ask for help, I get ignored. Other time the distros do not enable the entire feature set that is available as a default. Such as support for ptal in the kdegraphics packages or alsa in the kdemultimedia libraries.
The beauty that comes with red-carpet is that individual packages are installable, dependancies are taken care and nobody has to explain anything to me. When there is a bug fix it is published, I can download with no muss, no fuss. I prefer KDE to gnome for various reasons, but the differences between the two environments are quickly evaporating. I hope that somebody will put some serious thought into this. The installers like red-carpet up2date and Ximians red-carpet are great. And the installers are very compelling reasons to switch.
By Eli Wapniarski at Thu, 2002/01/17 - 6:00am
Re: Speaking of apps...
Yeah - this is an ongoing problem with KDE. It's nice that so much stuff IS bundled in kde-utils etc. but it's areal drag if only ONE of the apps in the bundle is broken and need re-compiling. SuSE, for instance, seem to have a habit of supplying a broken kpackage (won't recognise rpm files) with their upgrades.
By Alan Prescott at Thu, 2002/01/17 - 6:00am
Why apps.kde.com.
I allways enter apps.kde.org ;)
I think it is the better name for this site.
By hal at Thu, 2002/01/17 - 6:00am
Re: Why apps.kde.com.
Sounds like a good idea to have at least a pointer. Of course, all parties involved would have to agree to it...
By Navindra Umanee at Thu, 2002/01/17 - 6:00am
Re: Why apps.kde.com.
I think a forward to apps.kde.com is also ok.
have fun
By hal at Fri, 2002/01/18 - 6:00am
RDF changed?
By Someone at Thu, 2002/01/17 - 6:00am
Re: RDF changed?
Hmmm, thanks. Seems like the old RDF that we were pulling disappeared. Mailing Dre...
By Navindra Umanee at Fri, 2002/01/18 - 6:00am
Appsy default colors are too dark
and the fonts are too small. A bit of bright colors be good,.
By Asif Ali Rizwaan at Fri, 2002/01/18 - 6:00am


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Tricky triangle: Locals tangle over city's designs on Preston
The only thing everyone agrees on is that the future of Preston Avenue is at stake.
Beyond that, there's anything but consensus. At issue is a parcel of land that looks like little more than a funky median strip.
The thousands of people who drive through it every day may see merely the triangular tangle where Grady and Preston avenues and Tenth street converge. The city, however, sees it as an acre of prime real estate begging to be developed.
The intersection itself is a problem that dates back to the late '60s, when the city had grandiose plans for a six-lane expressway stretching from downtown to Emmet Street via the current Preston and Grady corridors. The project got squashed in 1973, after folks on University Circle decided they didn't want to give up their homes so that shoppers could dart between downtown and Barracks Road.
That left the current four-lane Preston dead-ending into the incoherence of disappearing lanes, inexplicably timed lights, and awkward u-turns.
"I think people agree that's not much of an intersection," says Satyendra Huja, Charlottesville's director of strategic planning. "It's very complex and difficult to get in and out of."
The city's new plan? Simplify the current traffic pattern of greenspace and crossovers into a triangle of two-way roads, and build residences in the center.
On November 8, the city issued a Request for Proposals, or RFP, that envisions 45 units of housing and possibly some retail on the site. Buildings would rise about five stories high in the back, towards Washington Park, with a more modest three stories facing Preston Plaza and the old Monticello Dairy building. An underground parking garage would be included to accommodate the driving requirements of new residents.
Huja is quick to point out that a building on that particular piece of turf would be nothing new. "Before the expansion of Preston, that was the home of the City Laundry," he says. "This is a 50-year-old idea."
Mayor Maurice Cox also believes that such a development has historical precedent. "It's kind of ironic, but we're going back to the future on this one."
Cox and Huja held a meeting last Tuesday at the Firehouse Bar and Grill to talk to local residents and merchants about the plan. Cox was presented with a petition detailing local residents' concerns about community involvement, urban planning, the impact of construction, the removal of parking, and the alleged shortcomings of the RFP.
"I think about it day and night," Cox told the predominantly entrepreneurial crowd. "If we don't develop, Charlottesville will be overwhelmed by developments on our doorsteps."
The city's plans for the parcel came as a surprise to most local businesses, and many were upset at not being informed or consulted.
"I was literally papered with information about a sidewalk in front of my house," says Amy Spence of GLR Recording, which has recently finished renovating its studios in the Monticello Dairy building. "But never did I hear specifically about this until I saw surveyors."
"It's hard to imagine a five-story monolith rising out of the middle of Preston," says John Coleman of nearby Central Battery. "But what's most alarming is the fact that no one at City Hall saw fit to come knocking on our doors and engage us in the development of this RFP. I don't know if it's arrogance or stupidity, but either way, it's malfeasance."
For architect and urban designer Gate Pratt, however, the real crime would come if the city misses a golden opportunity.
Pratt, who lives in the nearby 10th and Page neighborhood, and whose office is in the Monticello Dairy building, has a unique perspective on the issue: His 1999 master's thesis was an in-depth analysis of the Preston Avenue and Vinegar Hill neighborhoods, with particular concern for future development, and that study has since been integrated into the city's so-called Corridor Study.
Pratt's initial skepticism was about the one potential scheme presented to developers in the RFP, which showed full build-out of the site.
"I've maintained that there should be a plaza, a public area– you could get the same density while leaving the front half open," says Pratt, who drew up his thoughts and gave them to the city pro bono, expecting them to be included in the RFP. They weren't.
"This project needs public input and a decent urban plan, and there isn't either," says Pratt. "This should be a pilot project that demonstrates how you do this in a city. I fear we're going to get a really second-rate development that won't be well thought-out and is missing a great opportunity."
Cox reminded those present that the RFP was a fact-finding mission. "We'll be screening these proposals carefully, and you'll all be a part of that," he says. "We don't have to accept any of them."
Mayor Cox, who is also an urban designer and member of UVA's planning faculty, reminded everyone present of the growing pains that accompanied the construction of the Downtown Mall.
"It was contentious," says Cox. "There were lawsuits and people lying down in front of bulldozers. But someone had the foresight to know that it'd be good for the city."
So is the proposed Preston Commons a done deal?
"All we're looking at right now is whether developers think they can make money," says Huja. "Maybe it won't be economically feasible and nothing will happen– we need to find that out.
"It's very hard to talk about a proposal when you don't know what's going to happen there," he adds.
Mayor Cox remains excited about the project. "People in Charlottesville are interested in urban models of living," he says, "but historically, we haven't been building much of it.
"This is a great opportunity," Cox continues, "and the more voices we have at the table, the better it will be."
Pratt agrees that the community meeting was a step in the right direction. "If the City makes the effort to be inclusive, I'm optimistic that the project will evolve in a positive manner."


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When this carousel reopened after many years of neglect and through the efforts of our State Senator Serphin R. Maltese, and our now deceased elected representatives, former Assemblyman and Judge Frederick D. Schmidt and councilmen Arthur Katzman and Walter Ward, and community representatives, a concessionaire was found who repaired the calliope, and renovated the carousel area and added additional rides for the youngsters.
The Forest Park Carousel is truly "The Jewel of Forest Park." In the years that followed of closing and disrepair, the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation continued to gain support for landmarking through many many years.
In this way, our jewel would never be closed or neglected and funds could be accessed for its maintenance, security and care and with this protection our beloved Carousel will be saved once and for all.
After the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation's correspondence through the years and the strong advocacy of Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, the landmarking of the was signed on June 25, 2013. A year goes so fast.
You can ride the Forest Park Carousel on weekends with free entertainment every Saturday and on holidays at 2 and 4 p.m. It will be open weekdays until 5 p.m. in June and 6 p.m. in July and August. On weekends, it will be open until 8 p.m.
This was a busy week, with all good news for Woodhaven. I had the privilege of cutting the ribbon on a new unique yogurt store. Go Natural opened on Jamaica Avenue. This one-of-a-kind frozen yogurt store was opened by Jimmy Illescas and his family. Illescas, who was honored at the 2012 GWDC Dinner Dance as Businessman of the Year, also owns Tropical Restaurant.
The Restaurant has also been extended and renovated now with a large beautiful catering room. We cut the ribbon with his daughter Mechelle, WBID President Mathew Xenakis and his family and others. The WBID also thanks him and his family for living and investing so much in our Woodhaven.
On Saturday throughout the city we celebrated "Make Music New York." The WBID sponsored our own event at Forest Parkway Plaza with the live music of Plastic Soul. This music was enjoyed by all from 6 to 8 p.m. with dancing in the streets. W
e were even visited by two rubber chicken sisters, Elsa and Eunice, who have their own blog. It was a fun evening. We were blessed with beautiful weather which was just perfect for both events. Only in Woodhaven.
May God bless our leaders, may God bless our armed forces and disabled veterans, and may God bless America.


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Konstantin Rybak-Arxi by Kofta Fashion Accessories
At Design Interviews
Interview with Konstantin Rybak : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Konstantin Rybak : To act - to art! .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Konstantin Rybak : I'd like to do design between art and wearable fashion things. I'd like to remain people, that they usually forgot about beauty of our world and human creations. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Konstantin Rybak : It will be the new page of our history. I will go farther. I would like to create next collection more nature-friendly. I'd like to move in this direction and I already have an idea how to do that. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Konstantin Rybak : About 1 month for research, half a year to create proper forms for each bag and 2 months more for production. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Konstantin Rybak : I'm exploring the world around me, questioning everything and then expressing the answers in the art. I'm inspired by the life how it is with all the cyclic recurrence, transformations, which are involved into its global stream. The idea of ARXI collection: The wholeness of n atural form indicates that the form and forces are always in some sense of equilibrium. Seashells for instance are one of the natural forms whose functions are simple enough to be approximated by a simple mathematical relationship. Natural forms and curves are applicable to human architectures. Baroque architecture inspiration where regular designs gave way to curves, dramatic shapes and decoration was transferred to sculptural leather Kofta pieces to evoke sensual delight.. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Konstantin Rybak : I create Kofta design myself and have my own production. I never use any other company to create Kofta design. And I never sell my design to any other company. Usually I do some collaborations. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Konstantin Rybak : It is my idea, my mind and universe)) .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Konstantin Rybak : I never ask any other person to create design for Kofta. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Konstantin Rybak : It is people who understand art and interested in fashion. Usually, it is some IT-persons, TV and music stars, bloggers. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Konstantin Rybak : I think it is the unique approach to idea implementation. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Konstantin Rybak : ARXI - architecture, in Russian ARXI means - Supreme. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Konstantin Rybak : I'm drawing, work with sculpture. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Konstantin Rybak : It is idea, forms and quality. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Konstantin Rybak : I have sculptor who usually helps me to create proper form. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Konstantin Rybak : I implemented in creative process ARXI collection 3D printing and laser cutting. All other things made by hand. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Konstantin Rybak : No, it is just my idea. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Konstantin Rybak : Every day, but I usually solve it successfully. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Konstantin Rybak : I think I will help me in promotion of my brand. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Konstantin Rybak : I read a lot of books about architecture, Baroko, ornaments. I travelling a lot to get the inspiration. .
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Thursday, August 9, 2012
NaschyCast #30 - TOMB OF THE WEREWOLF (2004)
You got your werewolf in my soft-core pornography! No- you got your soft-core pornography in my werewolf! Or something like that. Episode 30 takes us to the Hollywood Hills where we encounter lots of hot naked women, lesbian sex, a Daninsky descendant, a fantastic painting and a pretty bad film. The 21st century was not a good period for low budget werewolf movies and this 'final' Waldemar Daninsky film is no exception. Shot in English TOMB OF THE WEREWOLF is one of our few chances to hear Paul Naschy's actual voice in a film but, as he speaks less than a dozen words total, this is a bittersweet delight. Indeed, Naschy's role in this production is little more than a glorified cameo so the joys for fans are slim. That being said Naschy is still the best/only reason to see this sucker and he does a fine job with the little screen time he is afforded.
We struggle through this short but painful direct-to-video time filler while trying to maintain our good humor. I'm not sure we succeeded as I can remember a few tears on my show notes but hopefully the podcast is helpful to the Naschy loving masses. If you have the strength and desire you can join us as we work our way through TOTW and try to keep our sanity intact. As usual the discussion veers from subject to subject with a brief look at the various porn titles in the cast's background; share some info about the location where the film was shot; point out the ever-present sound of crickets on the soundtrack; and wonder what Naschy made of the film before and after it was made.
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A trio of San Diego County school superintendents testified before a special Senate subcommittee Thursday, offering divergent views on Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to overhaul state funding formulas for K-12 education.
San Diego Unified Superintendent Bill Kowba urged lawmakers to support Brown's approach, calling California's current system "convoluted" and "archaic."
Poway Unified Superintendent John Collins said lawmakers should delay Brown's plan until the state can afford to restore basic levels of funding that had been reduced since the economic downturn of 2007-08.
Solana Beach Unified Superintendent Nancy Lynch took a more neutral position, but is nervous about a new budget recommendation from the independent Legislative Analyst that she says could negatively impact the district's bottom line.
Brown's 2013-14 budget proposal calls for recalculating school funding formulas to provide extra resources to poor districts and to those with large enrollments of students with limited English skills. All districts would still receive base grant amounts and officials would be given additional flexibility to spend the money they do get on local priorities.
His plan is receiving mixed reviews from lawmakers and school officials across the state.
San Diego Unified could be in line for between $12 million and $30 million more next year if the proposal is implemented, according to Kowba's admittedly rough estimates.
San Diego Unified is the state's second-largest with 130,000 students, including those in charter schools. Twenty-seven percent of the students are English learners and about two-thirds qualify for free- or reduced-price lunches.
"School districts with the highest number and largest concentration of low-income and English learners deserve supplemental resources to help our neediest young people meet state standards and graduation requirements," Kowba said.
Collins urged lawmakers to delay acting for at least a year.
"We have concerns that the Legislature is being asked to approve a proposed funding mechanism that has not been fully vetted, has several unanswered questions and has begun to create divisiveness between and among school districts," Collins testified.
He said it's more important to first refill the dollars lost after the fiscal woes of the past several years. In his district's case, that amounts to $19 million since 2007-08, Collins said.
Once districts receive their full complement of revenues, then the state should begin to carefully look at a more sweeping overhaul, Collins said.
"We all think it's important to get it right and not have winners and losers," he said.
Solana Beach is in an unusual position as a "basic aid" district, which means a large share of its budget is generated through local taxes rather than state aid based on enrollment.
Solana Beach and other basic aid districts receive some state funds for categorical programs, such as special education. They qualify for a set amount regardless of how much property tax rolls in to the district.
Brown's proposals to retain that policy so that basic aid districts are guaranteed the same amount of state funding that they received in 2012-13.
But the legislative Analyst recommends ending that guarantee and cutting some of the categorical funding for districts with excess property tax revenues.
If that occurs, Solana Beach could lose about $4.2 million annually, Lynch told lawmakers.


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Firefox Disables Microsoft .NET Addon ZosX writes \"Around 11:45 PM Friday night, I was prompted by Firefox that it had disabled the addons that Microsoft has been including with .NET — specifically, the .NET Framework Assistant and the Windows Presentation Foundation. The popup announcing this said that the \'following addons have been known to cause stability or security issues with Firefox.\' Thanks, Mozilla team, for hitting the kill switch and hopefully this will get Microsoft to release a patch sooner.\" Here\'s the Mozilla security blog entry announcing the block, which Mozilla implemented via its blocklisting mechanism.
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Anti-piracy group: 5 sailors kidnapped off Nigeria coast in latest attack in dangerous waters
LAGOS, Nigeria – An anti-piracy watchdog says five sailors have been kidnapped off the coast of Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta.
The International Maritime Bureau said in a note Monday that the five sailors had been kidnapped Thursday some 45 nautical miles off the coast of Brass.
The bureau said the pirates came on a speed boat and a supply vessel, attacking the sailor's container ship. The bureau said the pirates kidnapped the five sailors and left the rest of the crew unharmed.
Commodore Kabir Aliyu, a Nigerian navy spokesman, declined to immediately comment Monday.
The Gulf of Guinea, which follows the continent's southward curve from Liberia to Gabon, has seen an escalation in violent pirate attacks. Insurers have listed Nigeria, neighboring Benin and nearby waters in the same risk category as Somalia.


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Many predicted religion would die out as secularism spreads around the planet. But so far they've been wrong, mostly.
Religion and spirituality remain extremely powerful across the globe, even while atheism gains more attention, pluralism expands and traditional institutions lose some of their authority. It's a challenge to keep track of the trends.
The Religion Newswriters Association does its bit to monitor shifting religious winds each year by asking U.S. and Canadian religion writers (including me) to name the year's top religion stories.
But the results are U.S.-centric. For instance, a majority of RNA members last month voted that the top religion story of 2012 was U.S. Catholic leaders' opposition to Barack Obama's required insurance coverage of contraception.
It was a relevant story for Americans and interesting for Canadians. But neither it nor many of the other top-ranked North American religion stories strongly affect the rest of the world. And, after all, that's where 19 out of 20 people live.
With Canada becoming increasingly multi-ethnic, I am learning Canadians are becoming just as curious about religious upheavals in Europe, India and East Asia as they are about spiritual evolutions in the nearby U.S.
Canadians are donning wider lenses in part because one in five residents was born outside the country.
That proportion jumps to a remarkable one in two among residents of Metro Toronto and Metro Vancouver. Even many people born on Canadian soil remain passionate about what's arising in their ancestral homelands.
In response, this Vancouver-based religion writer (who is also one of the directors of the newly formed International Association of Religion Journalists) will offer his perspective on 10 key trends in global religion and spirituality.
Here they are, with help from the peerless newsletter Religion Watch (produced by Richard Cimino in New York and Jean-Francois Mayer in Switzerland):
1 The 'non-religious' are on the rise, but only in pockets
The trend lines look both good and bad for activist atheists like Richard Dawkins. Ten thousand secularists showed up last year to call out his name at a rally in Washington, D.C. The percentage of "non-religious" people has jumped to 20 per cent in the U.S., 24 per cent in Canada (and 40 per cent in Metro Vancouver).
Many in this cohort, however, are not actual atheists. They are "spiritual but not religious." Outside of North America, former Communist countries such as East Germany are more assertive, with 52 per cent declaring they are atheists. Europe, Japan and other East Asian countries, such as China, also have high proportions of atheists.
But the respected Pew Forum maintains 5.8 billion of the world's 6.9 billion people continue to claim a religious affiliation.
2 Homosexuals press for global acceptance, with bizarre twists
The Church of England upset all sides last week by announcing that homosexuals living in civil partnerships could become bishops — but only if they remain non-sexual. Liberal Anglicans in Canada and the U.S. were appalled. Meanwhile, homosexual Iranians are going to extremes. In record numbers compared with other countries, Iranian gays are circumventing Muslim ayatollahs' absolute ban on homosexual relationships by having sex-change operations. Foreign Policy magazine says the Iranian government judges the operations perfectly acceptable.
3 Lutheranism is behind Germany's economic strength
Protestant leader Martin Luther died in 1546. But his Reformation legacy continues in the German ethic of "sacrifice" for the common good. Even though many Germans and Scandinavians no longer attend the once-dominant Lutheran Church, Harvard professor Steven Ozment says they continue to make choices based on Lutheran values of frugality, obligation to the poor and personal responsibility — leading to national economic fairness and resiliency. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is the daughter of a Lutheran pastor.
4 Persecution of Christians — and Muslims — expands
North American media outlets often report on the persecution of Christian minorities in countries such as Egypt and Nigeria. But we hear little about how Muslims around the world are also hounded, intimidated and sometimes killed. The Pew Forum found in 2012 that religious repression is expanding around the planet. Christians are being harassed, or worse, in 130 countries. Muslims are experiencing various forms of bullying in 117 countries.
5 Think North America has polygamy issues? Try South Africa
The several thousand Mormon fundamentalists who practice polygamy in B.C. and the Western U.S. frequently make the headlines. But they are a blip compared to the polygamous arrangements embraced by many South Africans, including President Jacob Zuma. Indeed, South Africa is increasingly shaped by unusual spiritual beliefs, according to David Chidester's book Wild Religion. Top government figures in South Africa are promoting animistic religions and even a New Age theocracy — while radical Muslims, fundamentalist Christians, UFO devotees and Zulu shamans are also exercising their political muscles.
6 Religions and business join forces in China
Since Canada is home to hundreds of thousands of Chinese immigrants, it's worth following trends in their officially atheistic homeland — where Buddhism, Christianity and Islam are managing to lure more converts. While China worries most about these religions gaining political power, Religion Watch reports entrepreneurs and missionaries are working in tandem to market their faiths in China's teeming cities. Buddhism, once almost dead in China, has especially grown, to an estimated 100 million adherents.
7 Well-off Indians ignite Hindu revival
The cliché about India is it's a cradle of Eastern mysticism. But it turns out an Indian atheist organization, Andhashaddha Nirumulan Samiti, is flourishing as it works to debunk superstition. The group has offshoots in Metro Vancouver's huge South Asian community. Indeed, Hinduism has been struggling so much in recent years in the country of one billion people, it's now become newsworthy that Hinduism is being revived among India's expanding middle and upper classes.
8 Sun Myung Moon's death signals end of a 'radical' era
The Korean founder of the so-called Moonies died in 2012. At its peak, the Unification Church was worth billions of dollars and controlled a U.S. media empire. Now the children of the man who claimed he was the messiah are struggling to keep stability in their declining organization, which many labelled a "cult" for its right-wing authoritarianism and proclivity to marry thousands of couples in a single ceremony. The death of Moon marks the end of a generation of radical charismatic religious leaders from the 1960s and '70s.
9 Eastern Europe and Russia are opening to a spiritual smorgasbord
With the end of Soviet communism, which repressed religion, a dizzying array of spiritual groups are coming to the fore in Russia and Eastern Europe. The young and the well-off are expressing belief in God — with many returning to the Christian Orthodox Church. But, according to Miklos Tomka's book Expanding Religion, they're not going back to blindly accepting traditional Christian doctrine. They're making independent spiritual choices.
10 Muslims want democracy, too
North Americans often complain that Muslims from the Middle East or Indonesia can't stand democracy. But the Arab Spring uprisings, and reputable polls, suggest otherwise. The journal Politics and Religion has found Muslims across the globe are hungry for democracy, mostly for its perceived economic benefits and security, less for its support of individual freedoms. While the Muslim Brotherhood has received widespread electoral backing in Egypt, specialists suggest that among Arab Spring countries, the one with the most authentically "liberal democratic" Muslims is Tunisia.


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Wednesday, September 21, 2011
I-Rails - Nine Songs From Nowhere (1989)
01. Not My World
02. The Meaning of Life
03. Punk is Dead
04. One Day Older
05. Sticks and Stones
06. Under the Influence
07. Primitive Radio Gods
08. Slave to a Dream
09. Holy Town
24 comments:
- Flávio said...
Great post!!! btw, will you share with us the other 2 tapes?
- September 21, 2011 at 9:24 PM
- Mike Ouellette said...
A small clarification: all three members of the I-Rails (Chris O'Connor, Jeff Sparks and Tim Lauterio) played in Primitive Radio Gods, along with guitarist Luke McAuliffe (formerly of the Mudheads). Although Chris did perform and write the bulk of the "Rocket" album alone, the other guys were re-recruited for the tour that supported that album and have been contributing members of PRG ever since (though Jeff left in 2001 to pursue other projects).
Glad that I could help get this music out to the masses. Thanks for sharing!
- September 22, 2011 at 4:26 AM
- Josh said...
Oh cool, talk about coincidences ha. It seems the tape and CD versions are at different speeds, same as Panharmonium.
- September 22, 2011 at 7:34 AM
- spavid said...
Comments appreciated folks. Didn't realize that some of the other I-Rails contributed to PRG, then again, I never delved into the PRG album that much to begin with. The other tapes are forthcoming...
- September 22, 2011 at 6:49 PM
- Mike Ouellette said...
The second PRG album "White Hot Peach" (and its ultimately unreleased major-label counterpart "Mellotron On") are very similar in sound to the I-Rails and are definitely worth giving a listen if you're a fan of that era.
- September 22, 2011 at 9:30 PM
- Mike Ouellette said...
@ Josh - there were no CD pressings of the I-Rails albums, just the tapes, which is part of the problem ... Since cassettes are an analog medium it's difficult to nail down playback at "true" speed, given the variations in playback equipment. I modified the speed of digital transfers made by Dave Back by cross-referencing the only official (and therefore presumably at the correct speed) digital versions of I-Rails songs that I know of (those appearing in the film "Hana Surf Girls") as well as Dave's live recordings. So the version posted here should be as close to the intended speed as possible. The version of Panharmonium posted here back in May is actually slowed down by about 1.5%, which translates to about a semitone down. I did my best with the other two tapes but unfortunately there's nothing to compare them against, so I had to play it by ear.
- September 22, 2011 at 9:52 PM
- Josh said...
Ah I see, that makes sense. I could have sworn Dave mentioned CD versions at some point but I must have misread something.
Thanks for the info Mike.
- September 23, 2011 at 6:14 AM
- J. Son said...
This is amazing. Thanks guys for putting this out there!
Do you happen to know the songwriting credits for Nine Songs (and the Same Old Me single)? I'm assuming Chris O'Connor/Jeff Sparks like Panharmonium...but of course I can't be sure.
Also, just out of curiosity, why, on the Panharmonium download, are the tracks "Where I Am" and "Courage, Etc." melded together?
One more thing! -Any word on the Primative Radio Gods' (misspelled - purposely? - with an "a") demo version of Rocket? (Is the Nine Songs track similarly misspelled, btw?) The album is labeled "black rocket" on their official website discography page (at the bottom). The cover appears to be a blurry picture of Chris sitting at a kitchen table... It's also mentioned in the "Early Years (1991-1994)" section of the Wikipedia article.
Thanks again guys!
- September 23, 2011 at 5:37 PM
- spavid said...
Thanks for the input again Mike and Josh. So, it looks like my rip of Panharmonium is slowed down. Since it's an orignal factory copy of the tape, I would assume something is afoot on my end (perhaps my tape deck)? The pitch control on my JVC dual-well deck is precisely on neutral. Think I should make any adjustments?
- September 23, 2011 at 9:38 PM
- Thenamelessavenger said...
To whoever did the footwork to track these down i thank you. I've been enjoying these rips for the last week or so.
Like Mike said, White Hot Peach is a great album to check out if you like the I-Rails. It's simply an amazing album by itself.
But, i would say that the PRG B-Sides (Umpteen Spooks, etc) are more I-Railsian still.
Forget Rocket, they abandoned that sound pretty quick.
- September 25, 2011 at 11:17 AM
- Mike Ouellette said...
@ J. Son - Yep, the liner notes for Nine Songs has the writing credit going to "O'Connor/Sparks". The two earlier albums don't have any unfortunately.
@ spavid - I wouldn't worry too much about the pitch, it's so close to correct that's it's pretty much unnoticeable unless you break out a keyboard and play along. My method for "correcting" them is hardly foolproof; it's possible that my controls are incorrect too, or that the band intentionally tuned their instruments a half-step down, or there could have been a manufacturing issue with the tape(s).
@Thenamelessavenger - Yep, there are a bunch of even more I-Railsian PRG b-sides floating around, at least some of which I believe may have been recorded for the intended followup to "Rocket", called "Invisible Landscape", which was ultimately scrapped for "Mellotron On" (which was reworked into "White Hot Peach"). I've uploaded seven of these tracks, which are no longer available, to my youtube channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/cyraptor) if anyone wants to hear them. At least three more songs ("No Vacancy", "Things Move Around", "Beyond the Jar") are still available for purchase on primitiveradiogods.info in the Umpteen Spooks collection so I won't be hosting them. "Rope" and "Ten Minutes Underwater" may also be from that era, but did eventually see release as White Hot Peach b-sides.
- September 25, 2011 at 1:55 PM
- spavid said...
Just wanted to thank you for the latest round of comments, and an extra special round of applause for Mike for fielding some of the questions/concerns that have been raised. Really appreciate it.
While I'm still immensely intersted in the I-Rails, I have not had an adequate amount of time over recent weeks to keep things as current as I'd like to with the blog in general. Hopefully this will change soon.
- September 26, 2011 at 11:10 AM
- Jeff said...
To whoever has been uploading the long lost dark beauty of I-Rails music to the internet, THANK YOU.
I am a hardcore PRG fan since 1996 and finally being able to download 9SFN and Panharmonium in their entirety, along with three of four of the Unfocused tracks uploaded to Youtube, has made for one hell of a 15th anniversary of my fandom.
I too received the 7" Same Old Me/Everyone's In Love single from Luke a few years ago, along with the Still Electric DVD I asked him for. But I've never had the gumption to actually rip those two songs to digital files for my Ipod, which thanks to you, I can simply dowload now along with the rest of the new songs.
I compiled the "Umpteen Spooks" tracks from eMusic onto one CD back when they were free on the eMusic website; there are 20 tracks in all, I believe. I have them here with me on my iPod if anyone wants a tracklisting, but I don't have the physical CD with me at the moment. It's back at my house in the U.S., which I won't be visiting again until Christmas.
If anyone needs the Umpteen Spooks album uploaded, make some noise here and I'll do so once I'm home in December.
Thanks again for the bounty of I-Rails music!!
- October 8, 2011 at 4:43 PM
- Quinn said...
Just stumbled upon this and other 3 posts, just great stuff, thanks to everyone who helped to get these gems online. As a long time PRG, this is amazing
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- September 11, 2013 at 9:11 PM
- Unknown said...
could you please re-up this album? it's impossible to find. thank you!
- June 22, 2014 at 10:28 AM
- spavid said...
The link has been updated.
- June 28, 2014 at 1:43 PM
- Deckard said...
Just discovered "Panharmonium" thanks to this site. The song "Behold" has a very strong Bob Mould/Sugar vibe to it. Excellent album all around!!
- January 22, 2016 at 8:36 PM
- Unknown said...
Listening to the I-Rails is like watching an 80s John Hugues movie. These songs fit perfectly.
"Trust" could have been on an open scene showing Chicago's skyline, for instance.
"The Worst Song About Jane" in a romantic scene.
I can go on and on. They have been on my playlist since discovering them in early 2013.
I'm a huge fan of Toad the Wet Sprocket and I'm glad they both sound great at their own.
- June 22, 2017 at 8:29 AM
- Unknown said...
So here I am in my 50s rocking out to these amazing and timeless songs that give me as much bliss as they did in back in the day. I would love to find the lyrics to all mine songs, any suggestions? ✌
- July 30, 2019 at 3:57 PM
- Unknown said...
Links have expired. Great band. Found them through recently through "Phone Booth..." (of course) on YouTube, then became addicted to most of the White Hot Peach tracks.
- April 1, 2020 at 2:22 PM


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Watch Jamie Scott's 'My Hurricane' Lyric Video
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You'll be opening for OneRepublic in August. How did that opportunity come about?
I know Ryan [Tedder] very well. We work together a lot and go way back… I'm so excited to get out there and start playing. It's gonna be amazing.
With releasing your album and going on tour, you've got a lot going on. Are you pausing your lyricist work in the meantime?
[Laughs] I'm trying to, but not having much luck, actually. 'Story of My Life' has kind of done a lot for me, because I suppose a song that crosses over, that's not an out-and-out pop song — people want those kind of songs, want songs that are going to be around in five or six, or maybe even 10 years' time. Since that came out, I've had to turn down other things that I would've naturally wanted to do if I wasn't doing my career as well. There have been some sessions I can't talk about, because there are some pretty big artists which haven't announced things yet, but there've been some things that I haven't been able to say no to.
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They've been very instrumental in a lot of the writing we've done… They just change little things that they think suit them more, and I can't even remember the specific things that we changed, but it's normally lyrics and making sure the song means as much to them as it can.
So the song was mostly finished when you brought it to the table?
We [Jamie, Julian Bunetta and John Ryan] sat down and wrote the song and played it to the boys, and wanted to get their take on it at quite a raw stage. Then we finished it with them. But we definitely started the song before we spoke to them.
You've worked on all three of One Direction's albums so far. Can we expect to see your writing credit on their fourth album?
We're working with the boys, working on some good material right now, actually.
One Direction aside, you've written for a lot of big names. How does that process differ from sitting down and writing your own music?
They're two completely different things. When I sit down and write a song for myself, I only have one critic, and that's me. I'm very particular on what to do in terms of myself. When it comes to someone else, then I completely relinquish that duty to the people I'm working for, because they are the artist… When you're working for an artist, whether it's One Direction or Christina Perri, these people very much have an artist integrity and know what they want. You're there to write music that is going to work well for them.
Have you ever felt reluctant to give up a song you wrote to another artist, or wish you could keep it for yourself?
Only once, actually. That was on this record with the song 'Unbreakable.' It actually almost did get cut by a different artist, but it just felt like one that I wanted to keep for myself. I would see my album being a float record, one that sits very much in the genre of float music… but with 'Unbreakable,' I had a song that crossed over to maybe being that record that a lot of people can relate to. I made it a bit more folky, a bit more like my record, and it's turned out to be one of the key tracks on the album.
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