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Here is an excellent, acoustic version of Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean' by Igor Presnyakov:
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Here is an excellent, acoustic version of Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean' by Igor Presnyakov:
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An excellent obituary of the insanely creative Peter Christopherson:
"Peter Christopherson, who has died in his sleep aged 55, had two parallel careers. As a commercial artist, designer and photographer, he produced a plethora of album sleeves and videos for artists including Pink Floyd, Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel and Rage Against the Machine, as well as hundreds of television commercials. But he was also one of the most original and influential musicians of the post-punk era, initially as part of the band Throbbing Gristle, whose taboo-probing, blackly comic, defiantly non-commercial approach mirrored the other side of Christopherson's work…"
Read the rest by Alexis Petridis / The Guardian HERE.
Here is an interview I did from the 2006 archives with Jeff Diehm, Peter Gorritz and Rick Joyce of the band The Last Dance.
Interview with: THE LAST DANCE
Babble & Beat – The Last Dance formed over 15 years ago. They have secured a large following and their fanbase is growing rapidly. They have made 5 regular, full-length releases, as well as 20 special remix, multi media, ep, and compilation cds.
Your most recent release, 'Once Beautiful', is a-m-a-z-i-n-g! Honestly, I have played it at least 40 times in the last couple of weeks. I didn't think you could top 'Whispers in Rage', which was absolutely phenomenal as well.
What was your inspiration for the title track, 'Once Beautiful'?
Rick – Wow. Thank you for your kind words! Okay to answer, the inspiration came from a few places for 'Once Beautiful' the song. First off musically, it came from an idea of Jeff's that he wrote electronically and then passed to me to listen to. At first listen I brushed it off and moved on to other songs… but one night late I decided to give it another listen and heard it completely different, hearing possibilities that I could do with it, and then used it as a foundation for writing the music of what you hear on the album… minus the bass guitar, that was all Peter's addition. Lyrically the song came to me inspired by two different situations happening in my life. One personally and one within a dear friend of mine, which were both in ways related. Basically it came from feelings of not being good enough, self doubt, feeling like your creativity and voice have left… ironically, it turned out to be a pretty cool song proving such feelings wrong. Funny how things go that way sometime.
Babble & Beat – Your 'Once Beautiful' video was directed by Sandy Collora (set/prop designer for The Crow, concept artist for Predator 2, creature designer for Men In Black, director/writer for Batman: Dead End, …). This is an amazing piece of work to watch – and it's a perfect match to its music and lyrics.
How can you top a Sandy Collora video? Please tell me about your experiences making that video with him.
Jeff – It was a pretty amazing experience. We really had no idea what to expect, and only a rough idea what the story was. We showed up to find a huge crew that really knew what they were doing, with all sorts of people running around taking care of things. It really was something to watch! I almost felt like we were minor characters in our own video, even though we got most the screen time. Sandy and his crew did a fantastic job, and I hope we can do another one of these days.
Peter – It was great fun. Being a bit of an outdoors lover, I really enjoyed running around covered in flaky white body paint in the desert. We had never done a video before, so the whole experience was pretty unique and Sandy made it fun for us. He is definitely a character.
Rick – Yes, it was amazing to do the video and work with Sandy, who is so great really! In fact, I would call him inspiring. The video experience was a new one for us and yes, I think we were definitely spoiled. Sandy is an artist himself, obviously, and his interpretation of our song put into film was awesome. On set we were the amateurs definitely, with himself and crew all knowing what they were doing after months of prep for the filming. Yet, we were treated really well, like stars!! Ha-ha… Sandy said he was definitely a bit worried what I personally would think of the video once it was edited and all finished… and at the screening party in his studio, where we watched it for the first time, he told me that when he noticed the tear in my eye he knew he succeeded. Wow. Truly an amazing artist and such a pleasure to work with!
Babble & Beat – I was impressed with your website traffic. As of 5/12/06 your official site (www.thelastdance.com) has had 280,394 visitors! Your Official MySpace site (www.myspace.com/thelastdance) has had over 34,150 profile views and you have accumulated over 5,540 MySpace friends.
What do you think of that and are the numbers increasing at a much faster pace since the release of 'Once Beautiful'?
Jeff – I think I used to pay attention to that sort of thing more before, but I don't really pay attention any more. The band continues to gain fans and whatever popularity comes with it, and that's always a good thing.
Rick – Wow, okay honestly, I really do not pay too much attention to those numbers. So, I am not really sure if they went up at a faster pace since 'Once Beautiful' came out but I am sure that it helped definitely. The combination of our label's promotional effort, the video Sandy did for us, and the amazing way information travels so quickly online now between people (like on Myspace) it does seem that word is spreading and more and more people are visiting our sites… yes. That is great!! The Last World is growing!
Babble & Beat – You have done many studio collaborations with other respected musicians over the years. Rachel McDonnell of Cruxshadows, Mera Roberts of Mercurine, Marsha Skidmore, and Tina Root from Switchblade Symphony, to name a few. Tina returns this time on the track, 'Wish Me Closer'. It's one of my very favorite TLD songs!
What unfulfilled 'dream' collaborations do each of you have?
Jeff – Julianne Regan from All About Eve. I don't really have any huge-star dream collaborations, because it just seems like it's too much hassle. The people who have been kind enough to work with us have usually done it for nothing except the chance to use their talents. They hear something good in the rough tracks we give them, and they make the parts come alive. It's an honor to work beside them.
Peter – There are lots of people I would like to collaborate with, though of the people I know, I would really like to jam around with Byron and Mera of Mercurine and Steven from Ego Likeness. I was jamming in more of a straight rock project with one of our drummers Stevyn Grey a while back and wouldn't mind doing that again one day.
Rick – Honestly, I do love working with other people and experiencing their creative flavors within music, definitely!! Working with all of the people you mentioned as well as others who have appeared on our albums has been truly a rewarding experience. Hmm… for unfulfilled dream collaborators?? Usually when in pre production I will hear something that is open to someone's style and then we will pursue that person. So yeah, that is normally how I think and work… but I do think it would be really fun to have Andy from Bella Morte appear with Jeff singing something, on a record that is. That would great! Oh, and I am personally hoping for a future album where we could have Russ Miller do drums on a track. Having a Grammy award winning drummer/producer on our album would not hurt… and he is really, really good.
Babble & Beat – You have also done many great tributes and covers. Some include: 'Oops, I Did It Again' by Britney Spears, 'Cities In Dust' by Siouxsie & The Banshees, 'Deliverance' by the Mission, and 'Dead Man's Party' by Oingo Boingo.
Have you ever gotten feedback from an original artist you've covered? Any particular songs you hope to cover in the future?
Rick – Honestly, we have never heard back from another artist that we have covered, whether good or bad. I know Jeff had conversations with Wayne from The Mission UK when he lived in town and would go to our local nightclub, but I am unsure if they ever discussed our cover of 'Deliverance'. I would say the closest we got was that I got a copy of 'Dead Man's Party' to a friend of mine, Ian, who played with Oingo Boingo when they were first starting and toured as a stage guitarist with them later on. However, I have not seen him since I gave him a copy of it. As for other cover songs? Well, those ideas just seem to happen when they do for us really. We do not plan them. Just last month we ended up doing a cover of The Cure's, 'A Forest' at a local show because it was a Robert Smith's birthday theme for the club and they asked us to do something special.
Jeff – I don't know that anyone we have ever covered has heard our version. If they have, I've never heard about it. We covered Bella Morte's version of Berlin's 'Metro', and the next time we saw them they had a live drummer. Covering songs is always a strange mixture of challenge, honor (sometimes), and fear that we'll screw it up!
Babble & Beat – I read somewhere that you recorded 'Fairytales' in a small church in California.
What did you take from that versus being in a studio? Any plans to record in another atmospheric place?
Jeff – I grew up in church, so it's a familiar place for me. Sonically, it's a great room. I'll record vocals with only one headphone so I can hear the natural acoustics of the room at work. Drums and guitar sound amazing because they just take over the place. There's always the benefit of a free place to record, thanks to the fine staff and congregation who allow us to come in and use the building.
Rick – Actually, we have recorded practically everything for TLD from 'Fairytales' through 'Once Beautiful' in that same church, called Bethany. It is a great atmosphere, very low stress, great sounding room and basically they have all the equipment we need to track our albums… and because I am the main sound engineer there they let us use it for free. The mixing, and some of the vocal recordings, we have done in our own personal studio here in The Last House. So in fact, the last time TLD was in a 'big' studio was during the tracking of 'Tragedy' in 1994/1995. So yeah, basically what I take from recording there instead of a studio is the fact that we are not on a time schedule (paying by the hour) but rather on our own schedule that we set for ourselves… and that allows creativity to happen while recording, which I think is very important. Some of the parts or ideas in our songs are not written until we are actually recording them… something we could never do or afford in a pro studio. Also, because Peter and I are engineer / producer type people we have the luxury of recording and producing everything ourselves with no added stress of some engineer, who is getting paid not enough and does not care about your music, running the show. Overall, it is really great for us. We can spend one day recording guitars for 5 songs, and then 2 days for just one small cello part if we need to. Most importantly, because of the atmosphere and no-stress vibe, we have fun, laugh, enjoy the experience, can be more creative and experiment with ideas, and really make our music our own.
Peter – It's been so long since I have stepped into an actual recording studio. I don't really like them much, though it would be nice to have a home studio that had some of the acoustical properties of a pro studio. I think I like a bit of both worlds. A nice big room with a nice ambience and acoustics and in a comfortable living space would be ideal. Like the living room in Sting's castle! That would be pretty cool.
Babble & Beat – Yes, I have seen that room on TV. It's unreal.
What cds do each of you find yourselves listening to lately? What do you like about those cds/artists?
Jeff – I am in the middle of doing vocals for a few projects right now. It's only guest vocals on a song or two, but together with writing music tends to take up most my time. I listened to the Birthday Massacre for the first time a few weeks ago and thought they were great.
Rick – Lately I have not been listening to much music to be honest! Between running the business of TLD and planning our 2006 year of shows and travels and releases and such, along with being Mr. Mom (watching over my two kids), I do not find much time… but music that I love and will have on in the background sometimes will include soundtracks from Cirque du Soleil, music from some of my friends bands (that they have asked me to listen to and say what I think), sometimes Marsha Skidmore's music (sang on 'Once Beautiful', she has an awesome voice), and then occasionally some of the traditional old-school, where-I-came-from music like The Cure, Mission, Sisters of Mercy, etc…
Peter- I've been too busy working on a film soundtrack to listen to anything and the damn ipod is on the fritz right now! (grrr) When I do listen to music though, it's a pretty mixed bag, mostly rock, blues, some jazz and atmospheric music. Not really too much stuff in the goth genre. I hear so much goth and industrial in all the places we play, I don't really care to listen much to it at home.
Babble & Beat – One thing I noticed, time and time again during research for this interview, was the enormous amount of praise given to you guys in regards to your live performances. Some examples, JUST from amazon.com are:
Baltimore Fan, 2003: "They put on a very fulfilling, no bs performance. The lead singer, Jeff, wouldn't let anyone sit down (took their stools from underneath them), and the guitar guy, Rick, had crazy fake dreadlocks with fiber optic lights in 'em,"
Music Fan, 2003: "Finally had the chance to see these guys and they were amazing. They are also the nicest guys I've ever met."
Name Withheld, 2003: "The Last Dance is awesome live and the band members are the friendliest people I've ever met. I can't wait 'til my next TLD show!"
Goth Mom, 2005: "I was totally blown away after we saw them (TLD) live at the Key Club in Hollywood. They sound so solid live and the lead singer has one of the best voices I have ever heard. They do not disappoint live."
This is a great time to mention that you've won a few South Carolina Gothic Awards. Not surprisingly, one being for 'Best Performance'.
What are some of your favorite venues to play?
Jeff – Some great venues are not good shows. Some of the best audiences have been in the worst kind of venues. These days, I like anything with a pool table and a clean couch in the back room for a little nap.
Rick – You know that really depends, mostly on the city and the people there. It can be much more fun to play in a small crap club and on a small stage to a bunch of people who love you being there (and really respond well), than a big stage in a pro venue where people are not so friendly. If that makes sense. That said, favorite venues would be Transilvania Live in Milan, The Whitby Gothic Weekend Event in Whitby, UK, Shampoo in Philadelphia, Masquerade in Atlanta, GA (no longer there), and Bar Sinister here in Hollywood …to name a few. Cities I love to play in would have to include Bochum, Germany, Colchester, UK, and Mt. Vernon, Iowa – yep!!
Peter – I like big stages because I like to move around a lot. I have enjoyed most of the festivals we've played and really loved the Hard Club in Porto, Portugal. Transilvania Live in Milan, Italy is a favorite, Whitby,… there a quite a few I can't think of at the moment.
Babble & Beat – A TLD movie is in the works. LifeLine Entertainment has been filming you guys for awhile now, behind the scenes and at your shows.
How did this come about? What has it been like, having a film crew at your side?
Rick – Well, it came about because the Director for Lifeline's Films, Rocky Costanzo, has been a friend of ours for years – since we first played a show for one of his earlier film release / screening parties. He approached us with his business partners with the idea of following TLD around for a year and doing a film, and we agreed. It was definitely odd and a bit strange at times to have the camera rolling. During the recording of the album I did not pay much attention to it as I was busy lots. I barely noticed when cameras were on stage, as I tend to play in my own world. Outside of that, in the tour van, hotel rooms, walking around cities, sound checks, at our house parties, etc., it was more noticeable and yeah, takes some getting used to. I tend to not like so much personal attention ironically, and I did manage to avoid the personal interview that I think everyone else did!! Each time I was asked to do it I came up with a "why I could not at that time" excuse… but one memory I do have is walking off stage while in Nashville, after so many things went wrong with the show and venting to Jeff about it. I was definitely not happy and the camera was totally in my face and Rocky told me he was waiting for me to push it out of the way, because yeah, I was not in the best of moods… but I remember seeing it, and even while pissed off, thinking okay he is filming this, I should push the camera away… but whatever, maybe it will be funny later. So yeah, in retrospect I am happy he caught some of that behind the scenes stuff.
Peter – It's weird for a bit and then you kind of forget about them being there. It was fun in some ways and also uncomfortable as well. It might sound weird for a performer to say, but I don't really like being under that kind of scrutiny. When I'm not onstage, I don't really like being photographed, filmed or being around tons of people.
Are you working on your next release? If so, what can you tell us about it?
Rick – Actually no… and yes… we are not yet working towards a new album. We are using 2006 to play many events across Europe and the US and work with Lifeline, with regards to the movie release, etc. However, we are doing a re-release of our album 'Now and Forever', that we self released in 2002 but was never widely available. Our label Dancing Ferret Discs is going to re-release it, which actually will be its first release here in the US and with that we are doing a couple things to spice it up a bit. We're adding an unreleased track from 'Reflections of Rage', something from 'Once Beautiful', and we have recorded the version of 'Do You Believe in Angels', that we have been playing live for years and years, to replace the all-electro version of that song that originally was on 'Now and Forever'. Also, we have given the original artwork over to our graphic artist, Shawn Garber ('Whispers in Rage' to Present…) to rework it for this new / re–release.
Juicy Tidbits Section
This is where we ask personal questions for the fans. Yeah, they're stupid questions. We like reading the answers though!
Babble & Beat – What brand of cologne do you wear?
Jeff – I don't wear it.
Rick – No cologne for me.
Peter – I don't, really. I have a couple of colognes that I will wear once in a while to go out with my girlfriend, but I don't know what they are. I just use a body spray/deodorant I found in England. My friend Jamie calls it "Bath in a Can". Excellent for being on tour, because sometimes the bath in the can is all I get for a day or 2, unfortunately!
Babble & Beat – What are some of your favorite tv shows (past &/or present)?
Jeff – X-Files, Law & Order, & South Park.
Rick – Currently all about Alias and Smallville. Past, hmm.. that would be X-Files, Roswell, La Femme Nikita, and of course Star Trek.
Peter – I am a Law & Order and History Channel junkie. Anything about World War 2 I will stop and watch, especially documentaries. I also watch CNN and Fox news a lot. I also like the Sopranos. I was a huge Welcome Back Kotter, Good Times, and Sanford & Son fan as a kid. I like Star Trek too, but I only really enjoy the cheesy '60s version. Shatner and Nimoy rock! Have you ever heard their records? Hilarious! So bad, they're great.
Babble & Beat – I have actually heard a song of Nimoy's and an album of Shatner's. You are absolutely right. They are so horrible that they're fantastic.
What musician or celebrity would make you completely star-struck when meeting?
Jeff – A little local Orange County band from when I was growing up, Undercover. They did a sort of reunion show and I acted like a total geek around them. My girlfriend said it was strange to see me acting like some of the people who meet me! Other than that, I don't think it's much of a big deal. It was strange drinking with Wayne Hussey, but he has a way of making you feel immediately comfortable.
Babble & Beat – Wow. Having a drink with Wayne Hussey… that would be one example for me!
Rick – Star Struck? Hmmm. Probably none. Okay, well maybe Bono from U2 but really I got over idolizing famous people a long time ago and instead have developed a respect for many artists, celebrities, sports people, etc., as it is not an easy life to make your dream into your career, and those who have done it are definitely something special.
Peter – I am a live soundman as well as a musician. I have worked with some big names from time to time. I don't really get star-struck around celebrities; the closest I got to real awe was BB King because he is a living legend, a musical hero of mine and a really sweet person. He is the benchmark for me. I don't care how famous someone is, or how important they are or think they are. I worked with BB King and he was great to work with, so in my book, no one has the right to act like a prima donna to me.
In Closing
Babble & Beat – One of the many things I respect and love about you guys is your openness to fans from all different walks of life. You're a hard band to categorize but you have a goth look and a huge goth fan base. However, you have also captured the hearts of many who don't feel they fit into that scene, or any particular scene for that matter. You have touched so many on an emotional level through your lyrics, music, and performances. In return, you don't care how your fans dress, who else they listen to, etc. You just seem to genuinely appreciate them all.
Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity to interview you! It means a lot to me and I am sure it'll help our new online magazine get off to a great start. I look forward to what TLD future brings!
Rick – Thanks lots, Stacy for the interview!! To everyone in our Last World thank you for continuing to support and believe in The Last Dance… Believe in Angels!
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Check out the video for OK Go's song, 'Last Leaf'. "It is comprised entirely of photographs… 15 still shots for every second of video. Oh yes, and toast. Lots and lots of toast.
The result is a bit different than the last few videos we've made from this album, and we hope you like it."
It was directed by OK Go, Nadeem Mazen and Ali Mohammad of Serious Business Design.
Official press release:
"Airmodular, the wildly dynamic and innovative NYC Electronic band, has just released its new EP, aptly titled, Resistance.
This latest collection includes a number of introspective and eclectic electronic rock tunes with a thematic connection. Within each exist characters engaged in personal struggles against their inner demons, fears and hangups, but as always, the music is uplifting even when the subject matter might be serious in nature.
Normally known for the intricately woven musical style, nearly always involving electronic instruments, including a variety of keyboards and percussion, the introduction of a textured electric guitar element here sets this collection apart from anything Airmodular has done before.
Another change involves the vocals, which on this collection feature Sueyoung Yoo's vocal contributions more prominently alongside those of Cy Donovan's, and when they sing together, which they do on nearly all the tracks, it is in an "exquisite harmonic unison."
The sweet and seductive Sueyoung grabs lead vocal honors on songs like the sexy Goldfrapp-inspired 'Money Train' and 'Stained Glass'. While Cy Donovan's low-end vocals wail out on the songs 'Some Things Never Change' and the catchy and hypnotic 'Roller Coaster'.
Here in a single collection, Airmodular resurrects various musical styles from the past, and the listener is taken on an amazing journey through the decades. Their EP, Resistence is an homage of sorts to all the popular bands from the 80s and the 90s to the present, yet in a way it is also a sort of Declaration of Independence – one dedicated to musical influences of the band's past.
The collection, Resistance by Airmodular is now available on ITunes."
Check out some of the new tracks HERE!
Official press release excerpt:
"Secret Wish (Belgium Electronic / Dance duo) are gaining a reputation in their home country and across Europe for putting a smile on peoples faces with their pure bubble gum dance music. Their new single 'Flick of a Switch' is already creating attention world wide from a number of Dance labels and most recently entered the German DJ charts. The duo have already been featured on TV shows throughout Europe and will shortly be traveling to Paris, France for an interview at radio station NRJ's headquarters. As well as all of this exposure, Secret Wish also appeared on Belgium beauty contest Look of the Year increasing their profile even further in their home country."
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Hi,You suggest that QPcard is preferable to the more well known Xrite solutions? Why? More relevant patches?Best regardsErik
I was suggested the following test - take a shot of both QPCard and XRite together (side by side in one shot)... make QPCard based profile, make XRite based profile... make conversion using QPCard profile, make conversion using XRite profile... compare how XRite target is rendered using QPCard profile vs how QPCard target is rendered using XRite profile (using BabelColor PatchTool or similar)... note - the same raw with both targets together.... naturally the color is a matter of taste and hence all that is irrelevant.
Seriously, the Xrite has only two patches that are close skin (light skin and dark skin), the QPcard has a different set of patches and may be more relevant for some work. On the other hand the Xrite CC is the industry standard.
Here is one picture taken with a D800 and my Nikkor 85/1,4 AF-S at ISO 100, f/1,4 and 1/2500sec, developed in LR 4, lens profiles and CR removal checked.Look at that CA above the hand. It´s that sick? CA in the center of an image??? Look at the purple fringing on the entire shirt. It renders the grey shirt purple.With my Hasselnlad H3D39 and my first generation HC 150/3,2 at f/3,2 there is still some amount of purple fringing, but much much less.My idea of shooting 35mm (D700 until now) is not only to have less effort when shooting, but also having less post production. Not sure if this works with the D800 files ....Bernd
Thanks Erik. I´m looking forward to your hint how to remove that.Did you realize that I checked "CA removal" in LR? Did you mean something else?BTW shooting at f/4 is not an option. I will not pay a fortune for a brand new f/1,4 lens in order to get a soft background and then stop down to f/4.Bernd
I STRONGLY encourage you to open this file in C1 and turn on the purple fringing and CA removal tools. I suspect very much that you'll find C1 handles it much better with no hassle. Or send me the raw file and I'll do it and post the results.
Thanks Erik and T. I just found out that I have only LR 4.0 on my MacPro. I will update to 4.2 and try again!Thanks Doug! I used C1pro frequently until about 18 months ago. I even updated to 6 this January but never used it again, because I prefer the more natural look, expecially of the colors in LR. Indeed I must admit that sharpness in C1pro is miles ahead of any other raw converter (whilst noise rendering is´nt, after my my taste).
OK, here is what I could make out of it in LR 4.2.The purple fringing on the shirt has become way better, thats impressive.The CA on the hand has become better as well, but it is still visible. There seems to be no control for the orange silhouette.My C1pro 6.3.3 cannot read D800 files and I do not want to invest on it any further, so I leave this option off. I think general color rendition is dependent on the raw engine and cannot be emulated or altered. Whilst the strange rendition of noise in C1pro becomes visible at higher ISO, general color rendition is present at any ISO. Sorry, I know C1pro has its strength (by far the best sharpness of all raw converters, powerful color-editior, especially useful on skin tones), but I dropped it for good reasons (e.g. my personal taste).
OK, here is what I could make out of it in LR 4.2.The purple fringing on the shirt has become way better, thats impressive.The CA on the hand has become better as well, but it is still visible. There seems to be no control for the orange silhouette.

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PRESS RELEASE: Lick Library's Mike Casswell brings you the definitive "Learn to Play Free" and "Learn to Play Bad Company" guitar lessons. These DVD's are released following Bad Company's recent UK tour.
Free, with their minimalist blues-rock approach, were one of the biggest-selling British blues-rock groups, best known for their signature song All Right Now, a rock staple, which in 2000 passed 2,000,000 radio plays in the UK. Free lead guitarist Paul Kossoffwas one of the best blues guitarists in the world, renowned for his fluid, slow, melodic leads and bluesy guitar riffs.
Bad Company, one of the most acclaimed bands of the classic rock era, put its indelible stamp on rock 'n' roll with its straight-ahead, no-frills musical approach that resulted in the creation of some of the most timeless rock anthems ever. Mick Ralphs, lead guitarist, used rock, blues and even country influences, skillfully layered within songs to define the band's stripped-down sound.
These new double guitar tuition DVD's are both taught by Mike Casswell, the highly acclaimed and accomplished guitarist, a talented singer songwriter and producer. Probably best known for, touring with some of the greatest names in the music industry: Brain May and Cozy Powell.
"Learn to Play Free" (RRP £24.99) provides definitive step by step guitar lessons, showing you how to play massive anthemic hits such as Fire And Water, Mr. Big, The Hunter, Wishing Well and All Right Now(the original extended album version). Mike shows you how to master the classic "less is more" approach of celebrated guitarist Paul Kossoff by looking at his use of vibrato to get "singing notes", ringing power chords whilst playing simple emotive licks. Mike gives you the authoritative accurate way to play the legendary All Right Now riff.
Learn to Play Bad Company (RRP £24.99) - features in-depth analysis of how to play the number one single, Can't Get Enough, electrifying rock anthem Ready For Love, top ten smash ballad Feel Like Makin' Love which with Shooting Star and Deal With The Preacher have long since become concert and radio staples. Using Lick Library's characteristic synchronized split screen which enables you to see what both hands are doing, Mike explores the use of electric and acoustic (12 and 6 string) guitars in these classics.
Whether you are a beginner just starting out, or a fully fledged pro, the Lick Library team can help take your playing to the next level with a huge store of tips tricks and techniques designed to help make you a better musician. Lick Library tutors stay with you; work at your pace until you get it licked. From beginners to advanced, metal to jazz, electric to acoustic there is something for everyone.
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Ultrasound Update
July 11th 23 Weeks
I've actually had two appointments since my last update, but since I get pics every two weeks at the perinatal my OB doesn't print any for me, she know's they are not nearly as cute on her screen. But She did tell me the I am measuring 27 weeks as far as the size of my big fat belly as my 3yr old niece likes to call it, which I'm ok with, because she said that if I turned into a rainbow I would be a big fat rainbow, gotta look at the bright side.How big is that belly?…I'm measuring 41″ around. Still smaller than my husband from this post at 16weeks.
The babies measured 23weeks and 6days so it's good that they are growing faster than normal. They weigh approximately 1.5lbs each, the size if a rutabaga. And since I have no idea what a rutabaga is here is Wikipedia's explanation. It's a type of turnip, that looks like sweet potatoes after it's cooked. But People in Sweden and Scotland eat it, no so much in the US.
My belly is making me laugh a lot these days, the babies move around about half the day for a few minutes each time. Last night my husband saw my belly pop up when someone punched me, he though that was pretty cool. I see it all the time, but I have the patience to sit there are stare at my belly all day.
Here are a few new pics of the girls. The doctors are trying to confuse me now, they both want to switch who's a and who's b. A is on my right side and b is on my left, but sice b is "presenting" head down they want to call her a. so far they are named as they have been, I'll let you know if they really do change it.
A's face and hands, two shots.
b's head and spine
b's face
Again, I'm sorry that the captions are not where they are suppose to be. Learning how to use wordpress has been much more difficult than I though, especially when your energy and patience are running low.
I think for the most part I am feeling pretty good, I haven't had any scary braxton hicks contractions and the doctors give me a good to go as far as everyone growing like they should and blood pressure and such. That being said, it's easier to breath when I stand, but after a while my legs hurt, so I am the happiest laying down, but not for too long on my back because then the blood doesn't flow to my brain and I can feel my heart in my ears, or on one side because all the blood rushes to that side and it gets uncomfortable. I have to sleep on my side, so my arm falls asleep which hurts. And I have to tuck a pillow under my belly when I'm on my side because it's so heavy I can feel it pulling down, which hurts. Last night both girls ended up on one side,so my belly was lopsided and I had a foot or two in my ribs again. b stretches out every evening and tucks her sweet little foot just under my rib so that it feels like someones poking me in the rib, which I guess technically they are. For the most party the face each other all day so all their little hands end up in my belly button area and punch punch punch, all day long. I love it when people get to feel it, they always get so excited, is fun to have those around me share the fun. Just ask first!
Almost 24 weeks, I could have a little as 8 weeks left, or as many as 14, I'm hoping for the later but preparing for the former and just trying to take in as much of the experience as I can while it lasts. Because one thing I have learned for sure over the past few years of my life is that a lot can happen in a very short amount of time so you better take a minute to enjoy it because it's going to be over before you know it.
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June 27th 21 Weeks
It was back to the Perinatal again this week for a checkup and I'm happy to report everyone is doing great. The babies are each weighing 15ozs
that's about this size, that's a spaghetti squash.
They were moving around so much during the scan the tech had a hard time getting good pictures of them.
Here is b's profile
and a's head and body, mosltly spine.
and b's big foot
and a's little hand, awww
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June 13th 19 weeks
I have finally started to feel them moving around, not much, just a tiny little bit here and there. It's so subtle that if I'm not being super still when they move enough for me to feel them then I miss it. Sometimes I think I feel a little muscle twitch, but the more I talk to the other 15 women in my office who are pregnant I realize it's them! My husband can't wait to start feeling them move and kick and punch and whatever else they will do in there for the next four months (hopefully). And he's really good about saying hi to them everyday, in Hebrew .
It was back to the Perinatal doctor this week and again, everything looks good, no ttts, good! They are very quick and thorough with their check, they just don't take the time to get the good images like they use to, tisk, tisk. Hehe. That was a joke, they are doing their job making sure that our babies are growing well, which they are. They both measure 19wks and three days gestational age and each weigh the same at 11oz. Their heads are now above my belly button and they are both feet down, but they spin around like tiny dancers the whole time. Which is probably why it is difficult to get good pics. The tech did manage to snap these…
baby girl b's head
baby girl a's footsie
but the rest just look like blobs, like this one
or scary skeletor people, like this one…
She actually has her hands up by her head, which is a good thing for babies, it means they are relaxed (my sister told me that).
I feel really lucky that I get to check in with the babies every one to two weeks, I just don't know how people can stand not knowing what is going on for months at a time. 12 days until next scan!
June 6, 2011 18 weeks
May 25, 2011 16weeks
just baby girl b
just baby girl a
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just baby girl a
just baby girl b
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Hours after the plunge, there was no clear explanation for why the Dow Jones industrial average lost some 6 percent of its value in a matter of minutes and then recovered almost as quickly. The Dow ended with a loss of 346.51 points or 3.2 percent after its biggest intraday move in history.
CNBC reported that the wild ride, which played out largely from 2:30 to 3 p.m. ET, might have been caused by human error when a trader hit B for "billion" in a trade instead of M for "million." CNBC said trading sources told it that the error may have happened at Citigroup. Citi said it had no evidence of a bad trade but was looking into the situation.
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The Dow already was under pressure, down about 260 points, when the sudden sell-off began. Mounting tensions over Europe's unsuccessful efforts to calm investor fears about Greece's debt crisis were worsened by the latest pictures of riots in the streets of Athens. Those tensions were heightened by a vote in the Greek parliament to impose tough economic sanctions.
Once the sell-off began, it was exacerbated by the same rocket fuel blamed for the 1987 crash: A series of program-driven trades that accelerated as the market continued its freefall.
Program trading kicked in and kept rolling one because of trigger points, said Peter Costa, president of Empire Executions, who has 30 years of experience as a New York Stock Exchange broker.
"Every trigger point they hit then hit another trigger point, and they kept selling, " Costa said.
Much of the trading occurred off the New York Stock Exchange, leading some to question whether a human or technical error on one of the electronic exchanges may have been behind the plunge.
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A spokesman for the New York Stock Exchange, Ray Pellecchia, said it has a pre-programmed "speed bump" that can slow down trades if there is a sudden, sharp plunge in a particular stock price, to determine whether there was an error. While that is happening, however, he said buyers and sellers can go to other markets to make trades, and it appears that is what happened here.
"There was absolutely no issue on our end," Pellecchia said.
The so-called "hybrid exchange" — a series of electronic trading platforms wired together — has increased the volume of so-called "high frequency," rapid fire trading in recent years. That speed was reflected in the extreme volatility seen Thursday.
The record plunge also reflected how computer-driven selling can accentuate a market panic, according to Costa.
"They've written a lot of computer programs to buy but they haven't written them well to sell," he said. "If the market is up, these programs do very well and it's very orderly. ... They don't know how to write something for the sell side."
NYSE floor traders noted that the lows recorded on the floor of the exchange were higher — in some cases much higher — than those reflected on the hybrid market. Proctor and Gamble, for example, fell to just 56 on the NYSE but hit a low of 38 elsewhere, according to Art Cashin, head of floor operations at UBS.
"I don't know if somebody hit the wrong button in one of the electronic markets," he said. "I think somebody may have hit a fat finger somewhere else."
Human error or no, cooler heads prevailed as the computer selling began drying up and buyers stampeded back in. By the close, the market had recovered much of the losses incurred during the panic sell-off.
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We had a lovely weekend last week. Mike and I flew to Christchurch on Thursday 7th April to spend some time with family in Christchurch and even better as that was also Jess's birthday. Whilst there we managed to get some lovely impromptu 4 generation snaps...
My mum - 1937
Me - 1962
Jess - 1984
Joseph - 2011
...got to be with Joe for his first innoculation....6 weeks already! Well, actually 7 at time of writing this...i can't believe how fast that's gone!!
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The last day in Christchurch, Mike and i did a quick trip over to Lyttelton... one word... devastating. :( Seeing the damage to the beautiful churches is beyond words made worse by car loads of sightseer's yelling their heads off; climbing on the stone fence and just being downright rude whilst i was standing quietly at Holy Trinity - just looking at it, surveying the damage and just feeling so upset - my ancestral links are also with this building. Reality is much worse than a photo.
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Damaged Timeball Station :(
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Some psychiatric patients (most notably, young adult schizophrenics) seem unable to get better because of the pressures their families exert on them. This common clinical observation gave rise, some fifteen years ago, to attempts to treat families as a whole. The number of clinicians treating families has since multiplied (there were several thousand at the last government count, with training programs at a dozen major city teaching hospitals), and they would describe themselves as the Family Therapy movement. There are two main schools within family therapy. One derives from psychoanalysis, and is interested in how the inner lives of family members interlock. The other school, more controversial though increasingly influential, is interested in families as "systems."The instructions of a systems-minded supervisor to a beginning family therapist might run like this:
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Flipping the "Freedom Rides" Concept on Its Head
On July 12, 2013 I blogged about the 'Abortion Rights Freedom Rides' the Pro-Abortion Movement is having which began Tuesday, July 23 in New York and San Francisco.
Let me explain why I chose the title I did. Remember we've been looking at a three headed monster? Well the so called abortion "freedom" rides are linked to that monster.
The Freedom Rides of 1961 were held to fight for the rights of Black Americans. Those rights, the right to be free of discrimination, which were being denied, if given, would not infringe on the rights of other citizens.
In 2010 Priests for Life held the Pro-Life Freedom Rides to fight for the rights of the unborn. Those rights, the right to life, which are being denied, if given, would not infringe on the rights of other citizens.
But the 'Abortion Rights Freedom Rides' are being held to protect rights which are infringing on the rights of other Americans, the unborn. The exact opposite if the Freedom Rides and the Pro-Life Freedom Rides.
In the 20th century Freedom Rides, the ones whose rights were being denied had done nothing in order to be in the situation they were in. They were African Americans who were expressing the desire to be treated as equal human beings, not second class citizens. They wanted their rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
In the Pro-Life Freedom Rides, the ones whose rights are being denied also did nothing in order to be in the situation in which they found themselves in, which of course is the womb of their mothers with the threat of abortion and imminent death looming over them.
In contrast, the 'Abortion Rights Freedom Rides,' the ones whose rights are supposedly being denied are in the situation that they are in because of choices they are making regarding aborting the human beings in their wombs. Whether or not the situation that caused the state of pregnancy involved consent or coercion or force, a pregnancy brings yet another human into the picture; a person in a womb which modern ultrasound technology affirms is a person.
Some fighting for abortion rights are doing so because they are profiting from abortion and they don't want their income to go away. Those in this category are very dishonest to the women they are pretending to "protect" because they don't even fully disclose all of the harmful effects of abortion – not to the child, but – to the mother. Abortion and related products and procedures that seek to prevent a woman from birthing a live baby are often very harmful to the bodies and souls of the mothers. Abortion and invasive birth control methods are often linked to breast cancer and other forms of cancer and disorders. Contrary to lies of the pro-abortion industry, pregnancy is not a sickness or a disease.
One of the most frustrating things for me in my pro-life work is that people think that they have the right to have sex without the consequences of the outcome; hence abortion, the Pro-Choice movement, and now the Bro-Choice movement. The actual purpose of sex is to cause a man and a woman to procreate, to get pregnant and birth a baby. So why isn't the ProChoice community admitting this? The agenda of the ProChoice Movement is to promote hyper-sexed activity for a profit.
One of the biggest culprits pushing this mentality is Planned Parenthood and why wouldn't they? They have much to gain from this type of behavior. Even as I prepare this blog, Planned Parenthood is in your local schools instructing your children to experiment with sex, with many sexual partners and with same sex partners. Under the guise of protection, they distribute contraceptives, many time free of charge, knowing that there is always a percentage that will conceive children and the users of their products will soon be seeking their services.
As I am writing this I feel like I'm comparing good vs. evil; one being the opposite of the other.
I believe that many agree that the 20th Century Freedom Rides and fighting for civil rights was a just cause. Logic should lead us to conclude that the ProLife Freedom Rides were for justice as well. Based upon conclusive evidence that abortion kills babies, and harms and sometimes kills mothers, we should logically conclude that rides to promote abortion and harmful contraceptives are not good. So do we want to ride for good justice or for evil? I'll let you draw your own conclusions regarding the what a good freedom ride is, and what is not.


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Frank Caliendo's '30 For 30' mockumentary on Richard Sherman is tremendous (VIDEO)
Super Bowl week defines the "Go big or go home" mentality. From over-the-top parties to even more over-the-top commercials, everything about Super Bowl week is big.
Master impersonator Frank Caliendo unloaded nearly all of impressions for a hysterical "30 For 30" mockumentary on Richard Sherman's history NFC Championship post game interview.
MORE: Richard Sherman interview | Kaepernick rips Sherman | Sherman isn't the problem
There are so many great lines to choose from. From Ron Jaworski watching 72 consecutive hours watching film of Richard Sherman, to Jon Gruden calling him "Ctrl-Atl-Del," and George W. Bush referring to Deion Sanders as "Dijon Sanders," Caliendo brought out the big guns for this Super Bowl spoof.
Which character is your favorite?
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The Sandman Vol. 5: A Game of You by Neil Gaiman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Despite the fact that Dream himself isn't much in this volume of The Sandman, it's still a great exploration of the world of dreams. We get to see some nightmares in this volume, and they're truly disturbing.
I love how Gaiman blurs the lines between dream and reality in this one. It leaves you looking at the room around you and wondering, "Is this real life?"
We find Barbie in New York City. When last we saw her, she was living with her boyfriend, Ken, in Florida, boarding at a house with Rose Walker, who turned out to be a living dream vortex (stay with me). She's now living in a small apartment with a motley crew of neighbors: George, a seemingly innocuous man with a dark secret inside; Hazel and Foxglove, a lesbian couple about to face an unexpected crisis, and half of which we've met before; Thessaly, a "vanilla" girl who's a lot deeper than she looks; and Wanda, who used to be Alvin.
We've seen into Barbie's dreams before. But we'd never expect Barbie's dreams to affect the "real" world she lives in.
Gaiman has found a clever and creative way to pose the question of how our dreams affect our everyday lives. It may be unconscious or conscious, but our dreams do play a part in shaping how we view the world around us. What's important to us at the moment may actually be as insignificant as dust that will blow away in a moment, yet it leaves a lasting impression in our hearts and minds — much like Gaiman's graphic novel.


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I was recently contacted by the extremely friendly people at SOLD Labs, which publishes a fairly new online magazine called SOLD Magazine. They asked whether I'd be interested in writing a regular column. So of course my first course of action was to take a look at the magazine.
I have to say, I wasn't expecting much. I've spent many years in sales and rarely found any published advice that was relevant to modern selling situations. B2B and B2C sales have changed immensely in the last 15 years, mostly thanks to the advances in information technology and the professionalisation of the procurement function in major companies. The old advice about how to sell a set of encyclopedias door-to-door just isn't relevant any more.
So I was pleasantly surprised to discover an attractive magazine, full of useful and relevant advice for modern salespeople, from experienced columnists and featured experts like Shep Hyken. And it includes a section about presentation skills which is truly modern – none of the old advice about seven bullets per page or three minutes per slide.
I liked it so much that I agreed to contribute a monthly column, focusing on the Presentation 2.0 approach which we've developed at Ideas on Stage. My first column appeared in the July edition.
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Writing your last will and testament
Coming from a background where I've only ever seen readings of a last will and testament in movies, what kind of style would be expected of such a document? Some personal stuff and then legalese generated from that, or something more elaborate?
In movies the structure is usually very straightforward, with "If something (optional), person X gets Y" style clauses. This is useful for the plot, but to me this seems to cover only the "last will" part of the document. So what constitutes the "testament" part? Are these even separable?
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I Am Not A Lawyer, but so far as I know, you can make your will as formal or casual as you like. What matters is that it's signed as yours. I don't know the legal requirements for having it dated or witnessed. I ran through WillMaker once and it was straightforward plain language.
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I am a lawyer from California and I can tell you there are very specific requirements to writing a valid Will. If you mess up (and people often do) the whole things winds up in Probate Court and costs a lot of money. And some people don't need a Will. They need a revocable living trust so that their estate can avoid a long and expensive probate court proceeding in the first place. But making this determination is one of the most important reasons that people should consult with an experienced estate planning attorney in their own area in the first place. To leave a lasting fulfilling legacy for your loved ones, don't rely on anything less.
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As someone before said, it depends on the country you live in. Nevertheless, as far as I can tell after asking some lawyers I know (working in different countries), the common thing is try to make it as unambiguous as possible and get it notarized.
Testament and last will are, as far as "a document to legally state what you want to happen with your property when you die" gets, the same thing.
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...has as rough a morning as the rest of us, and you'd better not even talk to him before he's had his worm. Not decaf. Venti.
By the way, that's an accurate coloring of a European Robin "red breast".
From pencil to posting here, this dude took me less than an hour. Why I don't update more often is a mystery for the great minds of our generation to solve.
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The Give and Take Tree
I always thought the tree in Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree got a bum deal. Did that little kid ever even say "thank you"? Then again, at least he asked.
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This picture was sent to me in 2010 by a very far distant cousin.
No caption.
At first, in 2010, I thought Dennis Lagasse III and Amanda Ménard with two of their children were in this picture.
My hunch now, in 2012, is that it's not them.
The reason I post this article is just to show you how addictive genealogy can become unless you can control this addiction and wait…
It's addictive because you want to know.
So I am waiting.
Waiting for someone to write again.
Down the road I know someone else will.
And I will get the answer.
You just have to wait and be patient.
Genealogy is a waiting game.
Sometimes waiting is part of the addiction.
Sometimes people will write to me and then for unknown reasons they stop.
Like someone whose grandfather was the little boy in this picture.
Hi Pierre
I am the first son of Gerard H Lagasse and would be glad to share info with you.
Never wrote back… and never kept in touch for that matter.
Maybe it was just a joke…
Very confusing to say the least.
Genealogy is a serious addiction.


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Norman was born in 1941 in the northern community of Kincolith, British Columbia. He learned from his family protocols, oral histories and ceremonies and had an early interest in the arts. He carved the 16.5-metre (55-foot) totem pole for the entranceway to the Field Museum in Chicago and a totem pole commissioned by the British royal family for Bushy Park in London. He has carved and ceremonially raised five totem poles in Greater Vancouver, including at the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology, Stanley Park, Capilano Mall and the Native Education Centre. He has conducted extensive research into Nisga'a art and is the foremost Nisga'a artist in wood, precious metals and graphics.
In 1991, Lucinda Turner (b.1958) began with Norman an apprenticeship that has evolved into a working relationship, collaborating on numerous pieces while both artists also produce pieces independently. They completed two major sculpture commissions for the Vancouver Stock Exchange as well as many private commissions. Their work has been included in many of the exhibitions and publications documenting the contemporary art form.
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After the March 1993 serial explosions in Mumbai organised by Dawood Ibrahim, who was then living in Dubai, the Memon brothers and others trained by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), who had allegedly carried out the conspiracy, escaped to Karachi via Kathmandu. They were given shelter in Karachi by the ISI.
2. On coming to know of this, the Narasimha Rao Government then in office in the Government of India brought this to the notice of the US and sought its help for tracing them. The US Consulate in Karachi started making enquiries about their presence there.
3. The ISI thereupon had them flown to Bangkok where the perpetrators were kept in a hotel arranged by the Pakistani Embassy in Bangkok. After some months, the US Consulate in Karachi stopped making enquiries about their presence in Karachi. The ISI shifted them back to Karachi.
4. One of the perpetrators went to Kathmandu from Karachi and clandestinely entered India to meet a family friend. He was arrested by the Police and interrogated. During the interrogation, it came out that the perpetrators of the 1993 terrorist strikes organised by Dawood Ibrahim had been kept in Bangkok for some time by the ISI. In August 1994, Shri Padmanabiah, the then Home Secretary of the Government of India, held a press conference to announce the details of what the suspect had told the Police about the perpetrators of the 1993 terrorist strikes organised by Dawood Ibrahim being kept in a Bangkok hotel by the ISI after the commission of the terrorist strikes.
5. Around the same time, the "Far Eastern Economic Review", then published from Hongkong, had carried a report alleging that Mr.Thaksin Shinawatra, who had won a telecom contract in Cambodia by bribing local Army officers, had tried to instigate a coup in Cambodia with the help of Cambodian Army officers in the pay of his company.
6. It also came out in India that the telecom company of Mr.Thaksin Shinawatra had been given a contract in Kolkata. The issue figured in the Lok Sabha. Our intelligence community drew the attention of Narasimha Rao to the allegations made against Mr.Thaksin Shinawatra's telecom company in Cambodia by the "Far Eastern Economic Review".
7. Narasimha Rao had it checked up whether background enquiries regarding Mr.Thaksin Shinawatra had been made before his company was given the Kolkata contract. It was found that no such enquiries had been made.
8.Some years later, Mr.Thaksin Shinawatra entered politics and became the Prime Minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006. He was very well disposed towards India during his Prime Ministership and even earlier when he was a Deputy Prime Minister. He helped India in becoming a full dialogue partner of the ASEAN and was always positive in his attitude towards India. We were happy with him as a political leader, Deputy Prime Minister and Prime Minister.
9. It came to notice during his Prime Ministership that he was maintaining equally close relationship with Gen.Pervez Musharraf, who was then in power in Pakistan. He had allegedly come to know Musharraf through Mr.Shaukat Aziz, a Pakistani businessman living in the Gulf, who became the Finance Minister of Musharraf and subsequently his Prime Minister in 2005. When Mr.Shaukat Aziz was the Prime Minister of Pakistan and Mr. Thaksin Shinawatra was the Thai Prime Minister, Thaksin had worked hard to bring Pakistan and the ASEAN closer together.
10. As Prime Minister, Mr.Shaukat Aziz visited Bangkok from May 8 to 10,2005. Thaksin spent most of the time with him, drove him around and accompanied him for his courtesy call on the King of Thailand who was then staying in the interior. The close relations of Thaksin with Mr.Shaukat Aziz and through him with Gen.Pervez Musharraf came to notice during this period.
11. After leaving office, Musharraf against whom there is allegedly a non-bailable warrant in Pakistan in connection with the pending investigation into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in December 2007, has been living in London allegedly as a guest of Shaukat Aziz, the close friend of Thaksin.
12. It is intriguing that despite this past history, Pervez Musharraf and Thaksin should have figured as honoured guests in the leadership summit of the "Hindustan Times" held at New Delhi on November 16 and 17 and should have been lionised by the CNN-IBN TV channel which was associated with the summit.
13. I had myself in the past spoken well of the helpful attitude of Thaksin to India, but at the same time I had been concerned over his closeness to Aziz.
14. I don't know what is the objective of the so-called leadership summits and whether any purpose is served by issuing invitations that could become controversial and embarrassing. ( 17-11-12)
(The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, New Delhi, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, and Associate of the Chennai Centre For China Studies. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter @SORBONNE75)


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I am proud to announce the immediate availability of RHQ 4.11.
As always this release contains new features and bug fixes.
Notable changes are:
- Plugins can now define plugin specific DynaGroup expressions, which can even be auto-activated
- Further agent footprint reduction for jmx-clients (especially if the agent runs on jdk 1.6)
- Much improved agent install via ssh from the RHQ UI.
- Support for Oracle 12 as backend database
- New login screen that follows patternfly.org
As always RHQ is available for download in form of a zip archive. If you want to try out RHQ without too much setup, you can also use a pre-created Docker image
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Small ship luxury cruising will see a new brand next year as Pearl Seas Cruises launches the all-balcony 210-passenger Pearl Mist. Prolonged arbitration with its Halifax-based shipyard had delayed the ship's completion, but she is scheduled to set sail in June.
Charles Robertson, owner of Pearl Seas, has tailored the ship and her itineraries for maximum crossover from his successful American Cruise Lines, which cruises the inland waterways and rivers of the U.S., from the Mississippi to New England and Alaska.
Pearl Mist is not, at least initially, headed to destinations that will radically extend the company's geographical offerings. Robertson said that American Cruise Lines passengers have indicated where they want to sail, and the line is responding to demand.
With her first cruise scheduled for June 25 out of Baltimore, the ship will sail 10- to14-night cruises in the Canadian Maritimes, Great Lakes, Atlantic Coast, St. Lawrence Seaway and in the Caribbean/Bahamas. The winter schedule is not yet posted, and the line is still firming up all policies, according to Robertson, who characterized the product as "pampered exploration."
Pearl Mist offers unusually large staterooms, which start at 302 square feet, and suites up to 580 square feet, all featuring balconies. Bathrooms include showers and, in some suites, bathtubs. All accommodations have flat-screen televisions and DVD players, and the ship has free Wi-Fi access. All beds are king size and many can be split to twin. There are some connecting rooms in addition to the suites, which the company will reconfigure into living room and bedroom on request. The ship also has single staterooms and some accommodations are designed for wheelchairs.
Robertson sees Pearl Mist as the optimum size to get into unusual destinations and very well suited to his guests' demographic: well educated, affluent, well traveled, 55-plus and primarily North Americans and Europeans, but with a solid contingent from Australia/New Zealand. The company does get some multi-generational groups — mostly older couples and adult children, and sometimes three generations. Theme cruises are also being developed to attract guests with special interests.