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Security Fears About Software Than Can Copy Your Voice
by alex | Nov 10, 2016 | newsletter
After its unveiling in a live demo at the Max Conference San Diego last week, Adobe's Project VoCo audio / voice manipulation software has been the subject of some concern over its potential for misuse.
What Is Project VoCo?
Project VoCo is an audio editing program that enables you to edit speech as easily as you can text or pictures. This is why it has also been dubbed the "Photoshop of speech".
The program needs around 20 minutes of voice samples from a person. These samples are then broken down by the program into phonemes which are the smallest units of sound in speech. These phonemes are then transcribed, and the voice model is then created.
The potential problem with the program that has caused the voicing of concerns is that the program is so flexible that it could be misused. For example, VoCo allows you to use the same voice model to create completely new recordings. In other words, you can take a recording of a person's voice and make a new version from it that includes words and phrases the original speaker never used.
Some critics have therefore said that VoCo has the potential to undermine trust in journalism or even pose a security threat. Other critics have suggested that the developers of the program had somehow missed or ignored the ethical dilemmas involved in creating a voice manipulator of this kind.
Some of the main concerns about the capabilities and availability of the program include that:
It could mean that digital media may therefore not be able to be used e.g. by lawyers and journalists, because of doubts about authenticity.
It could be used to fool bank security systems where voiceprint verification is being used for customers who phone in.
No Ship Date Announced.
So far, just the demo of VoCo has been shown to the world, and although Adobe are standing by their product for the many positive benefits that it will bring, no ship date has been announced for it and the release date is not imminent.
What Does This Mean For Your Business?
As a product that could be potentially used by businesses, VoCo could be a very powerful, useful and value-adding / time saving tool for example when used to fix podcasts, create marketing communications, or even to fix audio book recordings.
Businesses also have the right to feel nervous about how the program could be used in the wrong way e.g. by criminals are part of cyber fraud /cyber attack on the business or on the bank that the business uses.
At present, the Biometrics companies (who are now being used by banks) are re-assuring people by saying that their systems would not be fooled by VoCo. Research is also under way to find a way to enable detection of the use of the software e.g. by some kind of watermark.
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Lawn ornaments worth $600 are missing from a Jensen Beach home, but surveillance video might help detectives solve the case.
It was after midnight on April 15 when a solar powered flower light and a bronze sun ornament were taken from a home on NE Spruce Ridge Avenue, according to the Martin County Sheriff's Office.
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Q: How can we know if image already exists in the album? I have created an album programmatically. I want to check if image already exists in album before adding new image.
you can check with below code
CustomAlbum.shared.saveImage(image: UIImage())
save image like this.
import Foundation
import Photos
class CustomAlbum {
    static let albumName = "xyz"
    static let shared = CustomAlbum()
    var assetCollection: PHAssetCollection!
    init() {
        func fetchAssetCollectionForAlbum() -> PHAssetCollection! {
            let fetchOptions = PHFetchOptions()
            fetchOptions.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "title = %@", CustomAlbum.albumName)
            let collection = PHAssetCollection.fetchAssetCollections(with: .album, subtype: .any, options: fetchOptions)
            if let _: AnyObject = collection.firstObject {
                return collection.firstObject!
            }
            return nil
        }
        if let assetCollection = fetchAssetCollectionForAlbum() {
            self.assetCollection = assetCollection
            return
        }
        PHPhotoLibrary.shared().performChanges({
            PHAssetCollectionChangeRequest.creationRequestForAssetCollection(withTitle: CustomAlbum.albumName)
        }) { _, _ in
            self.assetCollection = fetchAssetCollectionForAlbum()
        }
    }

    func saveImage(image: UIImage) {
        if assetCollection == nil { return }
        PHPhotoLibrary.shared().performChanges({
            let assetPlaceholder = PHAssetChangeRequest.creationRequestForAsset(from: image).placeholderForCreatedAsset
            let albumChangeRequest = PHAssetCollectionChangeRequest(for: self.assetCollection)
            let assetEnumeration: NSArray = [assetPlaceholder!]
            albumChangeRequest?.addAssets(assetEnumeration)
        }, completionHandler: nil)
    }
    func allPhotos(albumName: String = "xyz", albumImages: @escaping ([UIImage]) -> Void) {
        let group = DispatchGroup()
        var images: [Image] = []
        let fetchOptions = PHFetchOptions()
        fetchOptions.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "title = %@", albumName)

        let resultCollections = PHAssetCollection.fetchAssetCollections(
            with: .album,
            subtype: .albumRegular,
            options: fetchOptions)

        resultCollections.enumerateObjects({
            (object, index, stop) -> Void in
            let collection = object
            let result = PHAsset.fetchAssets(in: collection, options: nil)
            result.enumerateObjects({
                (object, index, stop) -> Void in
                group.enter()
                images.append(object.getfullImage())
                group.leave()
            })
        })
        group.notify(queue: DispatchQueue.main) {
            albumImages(images)
        }
    }
}

with this code i'm fetching all images of album and comparing against the image I want to save.
    PHPhotoLibrary.shared().allPhotos { (images) in
    let image = UIImage()

}

A:  class func getPhotofolder() -> String{
    let fileManager = FileManager.default
    let paths = (NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.documentDirectory, .userDomainMask, true)[0] as NSString).appendingPathComponent("hsafetyPhoto") //hsafetyPhoto is my folder name to store the image  and if doesnt exist then system will create one
    if !fileManager.fileExists(atPath: paths){
        try! fileManager.createDirectory(atPath: paths, withIntermediateDirectories: true, attributes: nil)

    }else{
        print("Already dictionary created.")
    }

    return  paths
}

//Save Image At hsafetyPhoto Document Directory
class func saveImageDocumentDirectory(photo : UIImage, photoUrl : String) -> Bool{

    let fileManager = FileManager.default

    let paths =  Utility.getPhotofolder().stringByAppendingPathComponent(pathComponent: photoUrl)
    print("image's path \(paths)")
    if !fileManager.fileExists(atPath: paths){

        let imageData = UIImageJPEGRepresentation(photo, 0.5)
        fileManager.createFile(atPath: paths as String, contents: imageData, attributes: nil)

        if !fileManager.fileExists(atPath: paths){
            return false
        }else{
            return true
        }

    }else{
        print(paths)
        let imageData = UIImageJPEGRepresentation(photo, 0.5)
        fileManager.createFile(atPath: paths as String, contents: imageData, attributes: nil)
        if !fileManager.fileExists(atPath: paths){
            return false
        }else{
            return true
        }

    }

}

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I registered at Loufest in September of 2014. To be honest, my friends and I stopped by your booth because we saw lots of people with some rad temporary tattoos. After stopping by, we learned about how easy it is to be put in the bone marrow registry as a potential donor. I was pretty hesitant to have my cheek swabbed because I do not like needles and was afraid. However, after hearing about how something so small could potentially save someone's life and it was a very rare chance to be contacted, I decided to get swabbed. You can imagine my complete surprise when I received an email the following February that I had initially been determined as a match for someone. I was terrified and strongly considered deleting the email. My initial thoughts were, this cannot be happening, I do not like needles, I am not strong enough for this. However, after reading more about blood cancer, the families that have dedicated their lives to finding a match for their family member, and the minimal risks involved, I decided to have the blood draw done to confirm the match.
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Home Musings on Immigration WHAT IS PAROLE IN PLACE AND WHY IS IT A BIG DEAL?
WHAT IS PAROLE IN PLACE AND WHY IS IT A BIG DEAL?
Dustin Baxter November 18, 2014 Blog, Uncategorized Leave a Comment
President Obama recently leaked plans to exercise his executive action in revising immigration policy and procedure. One of his "ten points" involves extending the application of "parole in place" (PIP) to assist people in lawfully immigrating to the United States.
To understand PIP you need to understand that immigration law treats people who entered the U.S. legally differently than people who entered the country illegally. Specifically, if a person enters the U.S. states with a tourist visa, remains in the U.S. after the visa expires and later marries a U.S. citizen, that person would be allowed to apply for their green card while remaining in the U.S. and without having to risk indefinite separation from their families or pay fines.
On the other hand, a person who entered the U.S. illegally and later marries a U.S. citizen is not able to apply for a green card in the U.S., but instead must leave the U.S. and wait outside the country anywhere from seven days to ten years to return to the country depending on how immigration decides to process the case.
Setting aside the fact that it is silly to treat someone who is unlawfully in the U.S. because their visa expired differently from someone who is unlawfully in the U.S. because they entered the country without documentation to begin with, Obama's potential extension of PIP to people who entered the U.S. unlawfully and are either married to U.S. citizens or have U.S. citizen children older than 21 is HUGE.
Now, what is PIP? PIP is where immigration, in its congressionally authorized discretion, grants permission to treat a case as if an intending immigrant originally entered the U.S. with inspection, or with a visa. In essence, immigration waves its magic wand and says: "It is now as if you entered with a visa and you can now apply for your green card in the U.S. without risking prolonged separation from your family." PIP is not however, something new. Immigration has used its discretion to grant PIP to family members of people serving in the U.S. military for many years. This is important to note because it underlines the fact that President Obama is not making new law, he is simply authorizing immigration to use the discretion congress gave it to a broader range of people.
Currently it is estimated that there are about 3,000,000 people who are in the U.S. unlawfully, having entered the U.S. without documentation, are married to a U.S. citizen or have a U.S. citizen child older than 21, who simply are not immigrating under the current system because they would likely be separated from their families for an indefinite period of time while the complicated, expensive, and lengthy immigration process is pending. Extending PIP to this category of people would make it possible for 3,000,000 people to come out of the shadows and immigrate to the U.S. lawfully without fear of prolonged separation from family, thus it would be HUGE for these people, and a huge step in bringing sense to an immigration system that currently lacks common sense.
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The Air France Strike Costs $25 Million Every Day
Mark John and Maya Nikolaev,
Sep. 22, 2014, 7:34 AM
Air France-KLM chairman and chief executive, Alexandre de Juniac gives a press conference, in Paris.
PARIS (Reuters) - Air France KLM said on Monday the seven-day-old French pilots strike was costing it daily up to 20 million euros ($25.7 million) at operating level and was having "catastrophic consequences for the company's customers, staff and financial situation".
In a statement, the company said it would need to update its earnings target for this year once the industrial dispute had ended.
The head of Air France-KLM offered on Monday to postpone roll-out of its European low-cost operation until the end of the year in a bid to end a week-long pilots' strike costing it millions of euros a day.
Setting out what he called a "final proposal", Alexandre de Juniac told Le Monde daily the aim was to buy time for detailed negotiations with pilot representatives on the plan.
"We are proposing to suspend until the end of the year the project to create Transavia units in Europe outsideFrance and the Netherlands. That will create time to carry out a thorough dialogue on the plan and to formulate the necessary guarantees with unions," he said.
But he stressed: "This arrangement must not call into question our ambition to develop Transavia, which is one of the key sources of growth for the Air France-KLM group".
De Juniac said the strike was "disastrous" for the group, battling to fight off competition from low-cost rivals.
No one from the pilots' unions was available for comment. De Juniac and Frédéric Gagey, head of Air France, were due to give a news conference at 2:00 pm Paris time (8:00 a.m. EDT).
At 5:43 a.m. EDT, Air France shares were 1.55 percent lower at 7.935 euros after having shed up to three percent early on.
The strike over the airline's plans to establish low-cost activities outside France is entering its second week and set to be the longest such industrial action in its history. The main SNPL union has extended strike action to Sept. 26 and a second union, SPAF, to Sept. 24 with an option to extend further.
Earlier, the French government made a renewed appeal for a quick end to the strike and urged management to "clarify" their proposals.
"Service must resume now," Jean-Marie Le Guen, minister in charge of relations with parliament, said ahead of the latest round of talks due on Monday between unions and management.
"Very quickly, the management must make a certain number of clarifications on their proposals," he added.
The expansion of Transavia is part of a new plan unveiled this month aimed at boosting earnings. The proposals would see Transavia's fleet rise to 100 jets by 2017, from about 50 now, and the number of passengers more than double to 20 million.
Air France, part of Air France-KLM, expects 41 percent of its flights to operate on Monday. SNPL said ahead of Monday's talks that negotiations reached "a complete impasse".
The industrial action began on Sept. 15, and Air France estimates it is costing the company 10 million to 15 million euros ($13-19 million) a day, implying the cost of the walkout could rise to as much as 180 million euros by Sept. 26.
Air France-KLM is currently expected to post 2014 earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of 2.28 billion euros and pre-tax profit of 79 million, according to the average of analysts' estimates on Thomson Reuters Eikon.
Transavia posted a 64 million euro operating loss in the first six months of this year, 10 million more than a year earlier due mainly to the ramp-up of Transavia France. Passenger traffic rose 6.9 percent year-on-year.
(Reporting by Mark John and Maya Nikolaeva; Editing by Brian Love and Alexandria Sage)
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Egyptian God Horus Facts
Horus was the Ancient Egyptian god of the sky. He was also considered Egypt's ruler and protector. The Ancient Egyptians believed that the pharaoh was "the living Horus."
He was the first national Ancient Egyptian god worshipped by all of Egypt. Horus was worshipped for over 5,000 years, from the late pre-dynastic period through Roman times.
Because of the many different stories and beliefs surrounding him, there is sometimes confusion about Horus. Let's take a look!
Horus was depicted as a royal man with the head of a hawk or falcon. He wore a red and white crown representing the unity between Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt.
Horus often held a scepter and ankh in his hands. He was sometimes represented with the body of a lion or as a sphinx.
He was known as Sun God, War God, God of the Dawn, God of Kingship, Son of Truth, and many other names. Under any name, Horus was represented by a falcon and seen as the ruler of the gods.
Horus was also considered the patron saint of the pharaoh, who was known as the "Living Horus." When pharaohs died, they were united with Horus's father, Osiris, the god of the underworld.
The next pharaoh would then take the form of the living Horus. Because the people of Egypt believed in and loved Horus, they were typically united in following and respecting the pharaoh.
Mythology of Horus
During the pre-dynastic period, Horus was first known as Horus the Elder and was the son of Ra. He was also known as Horus of Two Eyes. His left eye represented the sun and his right eye represented the moon.
At this point, Horus was viewed as the brother of Osiris and Set. With the power of the sun and the moon, he ruled both day and night.
Eventually, the Ancient Egyptians began to combine the idea of Horus with the idea of Ra. This combination god was known as Ra-Harakhte, the sun god who guided the sun across the sky.
By around 2350 BCE, the story of Horus changed. He was now known as the son of Osiris and Isis. This version of Horus is called Horus the Younger.
Some scholars argue that Horus the Elder and Horus the Younger are different versions of the same god, while others argue that they are completely separate gods.
Either way, Horus the Younger is involved in some of the most popular Ancient Egyptian myths. Osiris was a beloved and popular god with a jealous brother, Set, who murdered him.
Luckily, Isis, the wife of Osiris, had magical powers. She brought Osiris back to life and they had a child, Horus the Younger.
Because Osiris was not the same after experiencing death, he returned to rule the underworld. Isis kept Horus hidden and safe until he was older and stronger.
When he was grown up, Horus battled and defeated Set many times. Horus eventually became king, uniting Upper and Lower Egypt and restoring order and peace. This is why pharaohs were seen as the living Horus.
In one of these battles, Set either destroyed or removed the left eye of Horus. Another Ancient Egyptian god, Thoth, used magic to repair the eye.
Since Horus's left eye represented the moon, the Ancient Egyptians saw this as an explanation for the phases of the moon.
The eye of Horus became a powerful and important symbol. They used images of the eye to provide health and to protect the dead in the afterlife. Sailors painted symbols of the eye on their boats to keep evil and danger away.
Worship of Horus
Many Ancient Egyptian gods were worshipped only in certain parts of Egypt, but Horus was worshipped everywhere. His image can be found in temples, monuments, and coffin texts throughout Egypt.
Major sites of worship for Horus include Khem, where Horus was hidden as a child, Pe, where Horus lost his eye in a battle with Set, Kom Ombos, and Behdet.
One of the best-preserved temples in Egypt was dedicated to Horus. It's located in a town called Edfu in Upper Egypt.
In Edfu, there was an annual Coronation of the Sacred Falcon. In this ceremony, a real falcon was chosen to represent Horus.
People throughout Egypt often wore amulets to seek protection from Horus.
Other Interesting Facts About Horus
Horus was often drawn as a hawk resting on the shoulder of the pharaoh, with his wings spread around the pharaoh's head.
During the Hellenic period, Horus was seen as the reincarnation of Osiris. According to this story, he was both the father and the son of his father.
The Greeks associated Horus with the god Apollo. The town of Edfu was called Apollinopolis (Apollo's Town) during the Greco-Roman period.
Horus had four sons who helped him watch over and protect the dead: Duamutef, Hapy, Imsety, and Qebehsenuef.
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Castel, Albert 1992. Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864.
At the end of my daughter's home in Atlanta is a historical marker on Waltham St. where the flag of the 33rd N.J. was seized by the 27th Alabama regiment on 20 July 1864.
Talk about being surrounded by history! It is likely that Hugh died very close to that spot.
Colonel Patrick Henry Jones, the Irish-born commander of the Second Brigade, Second Division, Twentieth Corps, together with division commander Brigadier General John W. Geary, were in the process of posting the 33rd New Jersey in its advanced position when the Confederate onslaught began.
Thanks for this- I was thinking of you as I was reading the OR reports are there a number of mentions of Patrick. It was fantastic to finally get to a bit of the Western Theater last month, I am looking forward to seeing more of the battlefields around there!


My heart has hurt for these women. The struggle, the pain in their eyes is almost too much as they seek answers to their staggering questions.
Jesus pulls the curtain back a bit and reveals a truth that is a difficult one to hear. He is intentional with His words, assuring us that during our days here, we will have trouble. The NAS uses the word "tribulation" and it translates into "a pressing" and "distress".
How does our heart make that leap from such pain to such promise?
It assures my heart that even these, these men of God chosen to pen this book of Psalms, were not afraid to express doubts and ask questions.
Anyone else asking questions? Anyone wondering why? Anyone feel as if your very bones are breaking under the "pressing", the taunts of the enemy of our soul?
At the end of the day, when we lay our head down on the pillow, we must ultimately answer this one question: What do I believe about my God?
The anxiety goes viral and invades. My mind races after thoughts of how to fix, mediate, or take care of the problem. I become consumed with the weight of it.
I stuff the thoughts out of my mind and ignore them all together (picture a kid covering her ears yelling "la-la-la-la-I can't hear you").
How I answer speaks volumes. In Experiencing God, Henry Blackaby writes, "Your relationship with God right now reveals what you believe about Him".
As we read through the book of Psalms and see the promises and truths about who God is, how would our lives be different if we really believed what it said?
Girls this does not mean that we don't question. Or hurt. Or wonder why. This by no means is meant to minimize anything you may be experiencing or walking though. The pain of life, that trouble that Jesus assured us of, is often times more than we ever thought we would experience.
He asks us to "take heart"…. and believe.
As you read Psalms 42-56 this week and continue with your Praise Journal, I encourage you to spend some time in worship. This song by Chris Tomlin says it so clearly.
Sing it sister. And believe it with all you've got.
Wow, Julie. This was such a good reminder and thought today. Sometimes we get so caught up in our days, our comings and goings, and the hardships we go through that we forget to take a step back. It's so important to remember to sit with Him for just a moment even, and seek Him. And believe. He does care and his ways are so much better than ours. Believe Him!
Thank you Julie, this was really great for me to read. Thank you! I feel like I'm in the midst of this turnmoil of doubt and confussion as if I was forgotten by God. Wondering when everything will stop spinning. Thank you for letting me know I'm not alone and that once again the bible is the source of all the answers I need. It's where I can find Him when I feel lost. It's my map, guide book, and compass. Thank you.


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Q: Onchange function on start_date & end_date in odoo 8 Help me.
I would like to know how onchange function works with date fields. Suppose if start_date get changed, then the end_date will change to be the next day. Example, I was change the start_date into 11/11/2016,
then the end_date will change to 11/12/2016
Pls Help, Thanks a lot.

A: I got it. on python
def onchange_start_date(self, cr, uid, ids, start_date, context=None):
        vals = {'end_date': (time.strptime(start_date, "%Y-%m-%d")+timedelta(days=1)).strftime('%Y-%m-%d')}
        return {'value': vals}

on xml
<field name="start_date" on_change="onchange_start_date(start_date)"/>


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Senator Paul made one point quite well. The rest of us, who are not Senators, would have been in a much bigger world of hurt after crossing the TSA. The TSA, as an organization, does not understand that the rights of the individual should always trump other concerns.
Some folks may argue that it's optional to fly. That much is true. But, it isn't the airline companies stating to customers that the "security" measures are required by company policy. These "security" measures are forced by a government bureaucracy. When government is involved, our rights as The People take a greater importance than in voluntary terms of service offered by a private entity.
Are the new scanners a better idea? Since they removed the actual rendering of a human body under clothing, limiting the display to a generic humanoid form where suspicious areas highlighted are displayed, I'd say it's a reasonable solution. It no longer virtually strips one of clothing and is no more intrusive on any level than a metal detector. That said, its apparent implementation is in question. Random pat-downs, using the scanners as an excuse, are wrong.
One day, perhaps folks will understand that most of the "security measures" performed by the TSA are "feel good" measures, not actual, productive use of resources. With any luck, Senator Paul can gain some traction in neutering the TSA.


Today I am bringing you an old stand by, Sock It To Me Cake. It makes a great cake to have with coffee but is an equally good dessert. My grandkids all love it. It is moist and easy to make since it starts with a cake mix. But don't tell anyone, they would never guess. First I would like to share what is going on at my house today.
We woke up this morning with the phone ringing at 6 AM. It was an automated call from the school board letting me know that school was cancelled today because of bad roads. Now I don't know about you, but I love a snow day! My grandkids are old enough to take care of themselves so I just use the day for whatever I feel like doing. Today, I am writing this post for you and then spending the rest of the day quilting. An unexpected day off is sometimes the best thing for us. Time to decompress and just do whatever our hearts lead us to do. Kind of a way to recharge our spirit.
When I was a young school girl, my parents would always take off from work one day in the springtime and we would all go fishing. They never told me ahead of time, just woke me up and let me in on the surprise. Now that was a special "snow day". Whenever we have a really nice day in early spring, it takes me back to all the wonderful memories of those days. Our springtime snow day always included my grandmother and grandfather, mother and daddy and my sister and I. We packed sandwiches for lunch and snacks and drinks. If the fish weren't biting we played in the edge of the water. The idea that all the other kids were in school made anything we did all that much more special. Those are memories that I will cherish forever.
Once in a while when the grandkids I take care of were small their mothers would take off work. They would always call me and announce "snow day for you". Those words just made my heart sing. I immediately started going over all the housework I could get done but then caught myself and put all that aside. A snow day is for playing whether in the snow, the river, or the sewing room. It is always important for us to take a few snow days along the way.
I try to always have something fun ready to do at a minutes notice. If I have to run one of the grandkids to practice I don't want to waste the time when I could be stitching or reading. I have my tablet with tons of books loaded on it. I also have cross stitch in progress in a bag . If I am hand sewing quilt blocks or embroidering them, I have a kit ready to just pick up and go. Even if you don't have a entire snow day, a few snow minutes works just fine. Always have something that you are interested in all packed and ready to just pick up. You will be amazed at how just a few minutes away from everyday stress revives you.
I'll get off my soapbox now. I have a quilt waiting to be bound and a couple of quilt backs waiting to be put together. Just remember to take a snow day every now and then. Your spirit will thank you!
Now for our Sock It To Me Cake.
Our roster of ingredients for our cake is Yellow cake mix, Oil, Dark brown sugar (you can also use light brown), Sour Cream, Sugar, Eggs, Water, Pecans, Cinnamon, and Vanilla.
Streusel mixture: Place 3 tablespoons of cake mix, brown sugar, cinnamon and pecans in a small mixing bowl. Stir until well combined and set aside.
Put remainder of cake mix, sour cream, oil, water, sugar, eggs, and vanilla in large mixing bowl. Blend with mixer for 1 minute, scrape down sides and continue mixing for 2 more minutes on medium speed.
Batter should be thick and creamy like this.
Pour half of batter into a greased and floured bundt pan.
Sprinkle streusel mixture over cake batter.
Pour remaining cake batter over the steusel mixture and spread gently to the sides of pan.
Bake this at 350 for 50-55 minutes.
Let cool in pan about ten minutes before turning out to cool completely.
Now we need to make our glaze.
Our glaze ingredients are confectioners sugar and milk.
Place confectioner's sugar in a bowl and add milk a tablespoon at the time while whisking. Add enough milk to make a glaze thin enough to drizzle over the cooled cake.
Christy's note: If you want your glaze to just be a drizzle on top and soak into the cake some, make it thinner. If you want your glaze to really sit thick atop the cake like icing, you want it to be the consistency of school glue. If it gets a little thin, just add a tablespoon or two more of sugar. A little thick, a tablespoon more of milk.
Grease and flour tube pan or Bundt pan. Set aside.
For struesel filling, place 3 tablespoons cake mix, brown sugar, cinnamon and pecans in small mixing bowl and stir until well combined.
Place remaining cake mix, sour cream, oil, water, sugar, eggs, and vanilla in large mixing bowl.
Beat one minute with mixer and stir down sides.
Continue beating two minutes on medium speed.
Pour half of the batter into prepared pan.
Pour remaining cake batter over struesel and spread gently to sides of pan.
Place in oven and bake for 50 to 55 minutes or until golden and cake springs back when lightly pressed with your finger.
Let cool for 10 minutes and then turn out onto rack to cool completely.
Place sifted confectioners sugar in small mixing bowl. Add milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, and whisk until smooth. More milk can be added if needed until glaze is thin enough to drizzle over cake.
Isn't she a beauty? I think she is worthy of a bakery case. And the great part is, she tastes equally amazing.
I'd love to hear how you'd spend your ideal snow day in the comments!
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I remember my Mother making this cake when I was still living at home it was always a hit with 6 kids it did not last long.
I just made this cake a few weeks ago. It was one of my granny's favorite cake to make. My girls loved it.
This is a great cake to bake when you want to bake something to have on hand and to give to someone to brighten their day.
The serving plate and cake server caught my eye. They are absolutely beautiful.
Beautiful dishes like these are my weakness.
Thank you Mama Janice for reminding us that it is okay to have a "snow day" and make memories.
Hey Miss Janice! Thank you so much for the reminder to take time to refresh our spirits! I love the idea of having something ready to "pick up" and go with. And your cake serving set is gorgeous! I'll have to make this recipe when my boys come for a visit. Thanks for sharing–have a great week!
I have a question…now that they have downsized the amount in a boxed cake mix-how do you make that up? I have noticed that in using a 9×13 pan that they don't really come out as high. Can't wait to try the Sock It To Me…looks yummy! Thanks so much!
Which brings to mind, WHOSE bright idea was it to start packaging sugar in four pound bags?
I don't know, but it is frustrating isn't it Alan?
I know you're onto something, MB!
I noticed the difference in cake mixes back in 2012 while on vacation- smaller, flatter cakes- and a change in texture.
Less ounces in each box saves money for the manufacturer but our cake pans are the same size.
I started making my own mixes- based on recipes online that I tried.
I measure and dump the dry ingredients in a ziplock bag, seal and store.
Then when I'm ready to make a cake I add the mix and liquid ingredients into a mixing bowl and mix it up.
Not every recipe works well, but King Arthur flour has one that has become my "go to" recipe for chocolate cake mix.
Unfortunately, I'm still searching for the right recipe for a yellow cake mix.
Since most yellow cakes are butter cakes, it's more complicated than that chocolate one that you simply add eggs, oil and water.
What a great idea for making and storing your own "mixes". I stay away from cake mixes but when I do use them, my Pure Mexican Vanilla always goes in it so it does not taste like a box cake. Is the chocolate cake recipe on the bag of King Arthur flour? Thanks for the idea!
I think some people add a few tablespoons of flour to make it bit larger.
Mix well. Add 3 ounces (or 6 tablespoons) to a 15.25 ounce cake mix. No other increases in ingredients necessary. I don't remember where I got this from, but it works well for me. You could also store an extra boxed cake mix in a jar and use 6 tablespoons from it when you make a cake.
I have a Duncan Hines Classic Yellow Cake Mix that is 16.50z. I used to make my Sour Cream Streusel Cake with the 18.50 oz. D.H. Classic Yellow Cake Mix and it was fabulous. Can you please tell me how many Tablespoons of extra cake mix or your recipe of flour, sugar, baking soda & baking powder I would need to increase to the 18.50oz? Would it be 2 T. or more?
I am so angry that the cake mix companies – Duncan Hines, Betty Crocker & Pillsbury have all changed their cake mix sizes & formulas. The cakes don't taste the same and they don't bake up the same as before. I do add vanilla, sour cream or buttermilk depending on the recipe. Just not the same. Some of the best recipes were made with the older sizes of cake mixes. What is more annoying is that when I wrote to the companies they just ignored my emails. So much for "Customer Service".
I realize you aren't asking this of me but I just wanted to chime in that both my mother and myself haven't modified our cake recipes at all and they all still turn out wonderful, despite the size change.
Thank you for your quick reply. When I recently made my Sour Cream Streusel Cake with the smaller box mix size, it came out much denser that before the reduced size box. I bake in a gas oven, so I'm not sure if that has any bearing on the baking process. Before moving I baked in an electric oven.
I'll try the recipe again with the added cake mix to make up the 18.50 oz. and see if that makes a difference.
Recently joined your recipe site and look forward to trying your recipes.
Thank You for your comment on the cake box sizes. I was just going to ask the same question. I have refrained from baking several older recipes because of the difference in the box weights. Now I won't be afraid to try them again!
You are so welcome!! Don't be afraid to give those older recipes a try!
Unfortunately, I do not have a Bundt pan. Could I use a regular cake pan , either square or oblong?
Good Morning Cheryl! That is a great idea and great price!!! I will have to start checking there and see what I can find.
The locally owned Flea Markets are good sources to find cake pans, bundt, angelfood, etc, at reasonable prices. I have my original heavy aluminum avocado green, non- stick Nordic Ware bundt pan and have bought every kind of pan made by Nordic Wear, I think. I plan to give them away or pass down. Flea Markets or Goodwill stores are the greatest places to find beautiful-one-of-a-kind plates to serve your cake on or to give away, also, usually for a dollar each.
Fabulous idea! I find cake plates at G.W. and garage sales. For friends, I will bake them a birthday cake and tell them to keep the cake plate.
What timing! Today is my son's 1/2 birthday. He's 16 1/2 and so we're going to make this cake for him. 🙂 We're wishing for snow but making do with more rain so you gotta celebrate even the half birthdays. With a snow day, I'd probably catch up on my mending/sewing projects although I'll probably do that anyways. lol With homeschooling and usually being done by 12 or 1, we are blessed to be able to have abundant free time on a normal day.
My favorite thing to do on a snow day is cook or bake. I remember the first thing I ever baked on such a day…..it was Popovers for Piglet. The recipe was in a Winnie the Poo cookbook that I got from the library when I was little. My mother helped me with the measuring and pouring. Thanks for making me think of this.
I would like to pass along what I do about the smaller cake mix sizes. I found this recipe on line.
Mix one and a half cups flour, one cup sugar, two teaspoons baking powder, and one fourth teaspoon baking soda.
Add two ounces of this mixture to a 16.5 oz cake mix to make the old 18.5oz cake mix.
I keep this in an air container and use it when needed.
I may have to make the Sock It To Me Cake today, looks really good. Thank you for all your stories and recipes.
I rarely get snow days we don't even get freezing cold days. But when I get those days, I do things I like, read, bake sew, sometimes watch tv. I also do some geneaology that can take hours figuring out if someone is the right person or just a similar name. John being a common name, along with George, and having several generations in the family with those names being used by multiple brothers honouring fathers and grandfathers. I think one set of three brothers all had a John, George, and a Mariah in their families, all of them within a year or so of the other.
What a delicious sounding recipe! Planning to try it as soon as I pick a cake mix up at the store. Speaking of mixes-I don't comment or apologize about using them because I don't bake very often and that mix is gonna be way fresher than if I start with my own flour that basically gets pulled out for chicken or gravy every so often. That being said I don't just mix a cake up and serve it. I do feel the need to improve on them but they're a great starting point aren't they!
What a beautiful cake! That cake plate and server is also beautiful. May I ask what the pattern is? Thank you. I love Southern Plate! Everything you and Mama do just makes my day!
Hi, how are you? I remember my mother used to bake this cake & had it for us after school I could not wait to get home. We all had to walk a mile to an from. I walk so fast that I souned like a flying bird lol. But since my mother is in heaven I for sure will try yours. Thank your mom. God Bless.
Recently I made this cake for my husband, who is diabetic, using the new sugar free yellow cake mix, splenda brown sugar, and no fat sour cream — the cake was DELICIOUS! My husband doesn't have a sweet tooth – fortunately – but once in awhile something just hits the spot for coffee time or dessert!! This is a recipe that is easy to change, and still tastes great! Thanks for sharing your "fishing days" story — we used to keep our boys home when they were young, and called them "lovey days" …………..
Mama Janice: Seeing this recipe brought back lovely memories of my friend Betty whose Sock-it-to-me cake was the best ever. She always had the ingredients in her kitchen and the recipe memorized and could bake a cake at a moment's notice!
To the comment about the cake mix sizes being different … I just bought a Duncan Hines cake mix and noticed that the Sock It To Me cake was again on the box. The recipe remained the same, so it probably means that the small amount of mix doesn't make any real difference.
The phrase, "sock it to me" came about in the 1960's, it was "hip talk" meaning you were up for whatever the subject may be, i.e, hit me, bring it on.
The TV show Martin & Rowan's Laugh In brought into our living rooms every week with people saying it.
I so remember Sock It To Me Cake!
My Mother had done that forever!
Like you Ms. Janice, I keep a tote bag with a project to go, mine has crochet in it!
I usually cook and bake on snow days.
Hi, the cake looks like it will be one I will try for my housefull of teens! Our children are such encouragers. Whatever we fix seems to be better than anyone else's. Nobody can cook like my mom either. Not even me. No matter how exactly I follow her recipes. Now my kids think that about me. :). I love your recipes! Just good,plain,country cookin.
Good Morning Dana!!! It sounds like your house is the place to be…and I think that is the best compliment there is!!
Would you believe, I was planning to look for this recipe tomorrow? My best friend and I made this in the 70's- her birthday is next week- it's going to be her birthday cake.
Oh my goodness, what perfect timing!! I hope you and your friend have a wonderful day celebrating her birthday!!!
Thank you for sharing your great memories and this great recipe! It's always sew nice to "meet" a fellow quilter – like you, I always keep a little project packed & ready to go at a moment's notice, along with my NOOK and the gazillion books it holds for my reading pleasure! Can't wait to make this cake for the grands – thank you again!
Peg, it sounds like you and Mama would get along perfectly!! I hope your grands enjoy the cake!!
I love "Snow Days" and am now planning to add a few "Snow Minutes" to my crazy life. Thank you For your sweet thoughts. May I ask a question? How did the outside of this cake become orange? I was hoping some one else would ask this question, but I did not find it once in comments!
Ideal snow day,,,cozy in the kitchen making recipes from Southern Plate while my husband sniffs around the kitchen saying "Is that a Christy recipe, when can we eat???" Christy's Mama- thanks for your post – you are a lovely lady! Now back to the kitchen, tonight we are having your Baked Mac-n-Cheese!
Miss Christy, your cake is much higher than mine is. What size bundt pan did you use and the brand?
Wow! this Sock It To Me Cake looks delicious, haven't tasted one since potluck days at work,one of my co-workers Donna, would always bring a Sock It To Me Cake. Thanks for the nice recipe!
My grandmother was a nurse in our small town hospital when I was growing up. This is one of the recipes she came home with, and everyone had to try. I also remember the 7 Up cake about that time. And they were always good! We also watched Laugh In, though looking back, it and Hee Haw were both a bit "racy" at the time. Times, they were a changing. Look where we are now!


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I deleted Windows.old backup folder – there is no easy coming back. You need to completely reinstall your PC. But beware, you may have problems with OEM license, maybe you will be force to buy a new Windows.
My previous version was Windows 8.1, asi you can see, but if you had Windows 7, you will see Go back to Windows 7.
I don't want to upgrade to Windows 10 at all -There are several ways how to do it, I'll mention just 3.
Navigate to Control Panel -> System and Security -> Windows Update. Click on Installed Updates and find KB3035583 and select Uninstall. Just in case try to find Windows Update folder C:\Windows\System32\GWX (or System64) and delete it.
Alternative for steps above is Command Prompt command WUSA /UNINSTALL /KB:3035583 and delete GWX folder.
There is a tool I don't want Windows 10 , which will do it for you.
After all if you decided to upgrade, go to Settings > Change PC Settings > Update and recovery > Windows Update and select Download updates but let me choose whether to install them or other options that suits you best.
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Born in Hennenman in the Orange Free State in 1950. Educated at the Pretoria School of Art for advanced technical education, where he acquired the skills necessary to express his passion for life around him. Working from his studio from his studio in Johannesburg Hannes du Plessis has been creatively involved in his art since the late 70s. Hannes believes that through observation, the spirit of a place can be portrayed creating a narrative as you filter the visual experience through your own spirit and soul, and in so doing touch the heart of the observer.
• Hannes du Plessis's Naturalistic paintings are very well received. Hannes has progressively made his mark on the international art market, with work in private and corporate collections throughout the world. (Japan, United States, Italy, Portugal, Germany, Great Britain and Australia). The artistswork has evolved over the years in a meaningful way to display an integrity and maturity of style and technique which underscores his commitment to his subject. Over and above his contributions to corporate and private art collections Hannes receives commissions, parallel to his naturalistic work, for portraits of officials in government as well as a number of collectors and their families, producing some striking examples which reflect his intrinsic understanding of his subjects.


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Q: Highcharts x series group Help me guys. I have much data with 6 months interval. How I can group it in X with moth interval?
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Three boys were wounded by Israeli bullets in northern Jenin
Tonight, three boys from Jenin camp were wounded by bullets from the Israeli occupation forces, and one of them was critically wounded.
An eyewitness told the Palestinian Press that the boys were passing by a local vehicle on the bypass road north of Jenin. They were surprised by the exit of a force of soldiers from among the trees, where they were setting up an ambush, and started shooting at the vehicle, hitting him, but the driver managed to control the vehicle and fled towards Martyr Khalil Suleiman Governmental Hospital in the city.
Doctors in the emergency room described the condition of the wounded, Muhammad Ahmad Musa Halajiya (15 years), as critical. The bullet penetrated the back from the left side, and settled inside, and he was transferred to Al-Najah Hospital in Nablus.
Doctors said the condition of the other injured was slight.
An Algerian court sentences 49 people to death on charges of burning a citizen and abusing his corpse in the Kabylie region
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For the detection of Travelling Ionospheric disturbances, eight complementary methodologies are applied in the TechTIDE project with real-time and historical data from Digisonde DPS4D ionospheric sounders, from the Continuous Doppler Sounding System and from GNSS receivers.
4. Spatial and Temporal GNSS analysis
(Hernández-Pajares et al., 2006)
Figure 4: Example of detrending and temporal variation procedure for three GNSS receivers.
The procedure to detect and to characterise TIDs, including velocity and period will be based on the Spatial and Temporal analysis of GNSS measurements (Hernández-Pajares et al., 2006). This procedure allows the study of any ionospheric perturbation (including MSTID or LSTID) and can be used for detecting the TID (with a single receiver) or estimating the propagation parameters (from a network of receivers). The basic GNSS measurement used is the geometry-free combination of carrier phases, with measurement noise at the level of few millimetres. The first step for the TID detection is to detrend the data in order to remove the well-known dependences, such as diurnal and elevation angle variations, having larger time scales than the TID. This detrending can be applied in real-time and for a single receiver. Therefore, information about the TID occurrence can be obtained for the monitored region (around the receiver).
Figure 4 shows for three different receivers the original measurements, top plot, and the detrended data, bottom plot. The baselines are less than 40 km, clearly under the MSTID wavelength.
After detrending the measurements, it is possible to detect, in any of the receivers, the fluctuations associated with the TIDs. Moreover, correlating these fluctuations on the different receivers in the network, it is possible to estimate the propagation parameters (propagation direction, velocity and amplitude). The same procedure can be applied for LSTIDs and MSTIDs, but, for the detrending, one has to take into account the characteristic periods of these two TIDs.
Hernández-Pajares, M., J. Miguel Juan Zornoza, Jaume Sanz, "Medium Scale Traveling Disturbances Affecting GPS Measurements: Spatial and Temporal Analysis", JGR, Vol.111, A07-S11, 2006, (doi:10.1029/2005JA011471).


When we think about shopping malls, the typical image that comes to mind is a bland series of interconnected boxes with the food court probably being the most exciting part. Well Namba Parks, a massive retail and office compund in Osaka, Japan, totally blasts away the boring stereotype of what a mall is supposed to look like. Built in the footprint of the old Osaka baseball stadium, the awesome development, which was completed in 2003 by the Jerde Partnership, has an eight level rooftop garden that spans several city blocks and features tree groves, rock clusters, cliffs and canyons, lawns, streams, waterfalls, ponds and even space to grow veggies!
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The entire development includes a 30-story office tower and adjacent mall, but what really makes Namba Parks stand out is its rooftop park that gradually ascends eight levels and gives passers-through the feeling that they are actually standing high on a mountaintop in nature when they're actually right in the middle of the city. Right below the park, a gradiated "canyon" carves a path through the mall, as they stroll past shops, entertainment spots and dining venues. Different flavors of restaurants (Japanese, Korean, Italian, etc.) can be found on the 6th floor, and shops are located on the 2nd through 5th floors. There are also terraces located both on the rooftop and amidst the canyons, an amphitheater for live shows, and space for small personal vegetable gardens and wagon shops.


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Detectives say the shooting was the result of an ongoing feud between groups of people from Bradenton and Sarasota.
Goode, 18, and a friend were shot at several times at about 4:35 p.m. last Sunday while in the 3300 block of Fourth Street East in the West Samoset neighborhood in Bradenton. Her friend, who was uninjured, took Goode to Manatee Memorial Hospital where she later died.
Freeman, of Sarasota, was arrested in Sarasota less than four hours after the Manatee County Sheriff's Office made public Wednesday that it had obtained an arrest warrant charging him with killing Goode.
He is being held at the Sarasota County jail without bond. He will be transported to the Manatee County jail so he can face the murder charge.
A witness told detectives after the shooting that she had been sitting outside a home in the 3300 block of Fourth Street East and Freeman was sitting in his silver 2004 two-door Infiniti when Goode's friend drove by, according to the arrest warrant affidavit.
"You better not being moving in here. It is going to end bad for you," Goode's friend told Freeman, homicide detective Rabun Moss stated in the report.
Freeman began shooting at the vehicle being driven by Goode's friend, and the witness ran inside the house, she told detectives.
Goode told her friend she needed to go to the hospital because she had been shot.
When they arrived at Manatee Memorial, an unconscious Goode was rushed into emergency surgery, where she died from a single gunshot to her chest that had struck her heart, according to the affidavit.
Goode's friend told law enforcement he and Goode had been leaving his family's home in the 3300 block of Fourth Street East through a back parking lot when he heard shooting and his vehicle was hit. He said he sped from the scene when Goode told him she needed to go to the hospital.
"There is a long standing feud between the two of them," sheriff's office spokesman Dave Bristow said of Freeman and Goode's friend.
Freeman graduated from Sarasota High School in 2014, playing football as cornerback and free safety with No. 6 on his jersey. He said he had a full scholarship for track and football, and a daughter.
Devon is 21 years old and lives in Sarasota Florida. Dee is incredibly talented, when he graduated high school he was receiving a full scholarship for track and football and had nothing but promise ahead of him. Notorious for being a skilled speed-demon, He'd flash his dirt bike riding prowess on any street in Sarasota. On June 9th 2015, A car running a stop sign collided with Devon. He was found 40 feet down the road, both lungs collapsed, knocked out, and paralyzed from the waist down. He says "Without my daughter I wouldn't still be pushing these wheels." Being able to talk with Dee was a gift, I was astounded by his presence... He glows from within and still shines like a diamond through the pressures of his life. He plans to be walking within a year, and I don't hesitate a minute when I say I believe him. @denocartel #love #strong #wheelchair #documentaryphotography #documentary #natgeo #photoftheday #family #friends #accident #sarasota #florida #photo #streetphotography #journalism
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"Without my daughter," Freeman told Lipstein, "I wouldn't still be pushing these wheels."
Freeman said he hoped to be walking within the next year, but he is listed as "disabled," according to jail booking records.
Freeman's criminal history includes an arrest for two counts of battery that were later dropped.
Anyone with information about the case can call the Manatee County Sheriff's Office at 941-747-3011, ext. 2519.
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In the fog of my second pregnancy I decided that a minivan would make my life complete. I was devoting my life to these children, and a van would tell the world: Mother on board! Like an oyster shell, my van would close around me, protecting the bland bivalve inside. And my little pearls.
The week after Margaret's birth found us at the dealership trading in my husband Charles' beloved Camry for a 2003 Chrysler Town and Country. I was ecstatic. I hadn't wanted a white car, but it was the "Touring" model, and some luxuries were worth concessions. It had all the accoutrements for which I longed: captain's chairs, multiple cup-holders, and a ceiling-mounted DVD player. And it smelled good. I envisioned a world in which attractively dressed, obedient children slid effortlessly from its automatic doors.
Fast-forward a couple of years, three replacement DVD players, 10,000 crushed goldfish, decaying banana peels, and mashed chicken nuggets…and now I noticed that people hesitated (or outright refused!) to ride with me. A family of moths completed several life cycles in the driver's side foot compartment. The bloom was off the rose. I still loved the van, but now it was all about utility.
I became obsessed with my children's ability to watch videos in the car on long trips. Such as to the Harris Teeter. At one point, in a desperate attempt to restore DVD capability to the van, I strapped a barstool between the two front seats with duct tape, and then duct-taped a portable DVD player to it. Problem solved! Talk about life hacks.
The neighborhood children have always loved the van. On sunny afternoons I would sit outside in a metal lawn chair watching my neighbors do yard work, and let all the kids play with the automatic sliding doors and tailgate. Until the battery died. When the children suggested they play "bank" in the car, I gave them all my spare change. I later learned they were making their "deposits" in the tape deck and CD player. I haven't had a working CD player for the past nine years. But I enjoyed at least two hours of peace.
At age 5, my daughter Margaret was involved in a ballet carpool. The van looked and smelled like Earp's Seafood. Surveying her surroundings, a ballerina posed the question, "Whose mom has the messiest car?" I met my daughter's wide eyes in the rear-view mirror. "Um, Mrs. Duffy's car is pretty messy," Margaret proffered with calculated casualness, only to be met with a chorus of groans. "Not to be mean," one child piped up, "but it is SO your mom's! Your mom's is like the messiest car I have ever seen!" Another glance in the rear-view mirror confirmed Margaret's desire to throw me under the moving minivan.
My parents weren't car people, either. They never washed their cars, much less paid someone to do it. Our much fancier uncles and cousins nicknamed us "the Squatleys" for my parents' penchant for being perfectly satisfied with most things. They drove a Ford Country Squire for what seemed like 30 years and drank Schlitz from the can. They refused to buy me Izod shirts. I built character.
I grew up and married a man just as "Squatley" as my parents, with that same combination of frugality and rebellion. After we returned to Atlanta from our honeymoon in Italy, we rolled our luggage two miles from the MARTA station to our house. We were babes in the wood, and it never occurred to us to call a cab.
Last summer while I was driving my older daughter to camp in the ten-year-old Volvo (with working CD player! That's 9.5 hours of heaven right there!), my husband took my van in to be detailed as a special surprise. The guy at the detail place looked at the rusted exterior and the moldy interior and flatly refused the job. What? Charles asked him to name his price and he said gently, "Sir, you can't afford this." Talk about judging a man by his van! Five hours and SIX HUNDRED dollars later, the van was as clean as they day we bought it! And stayed that way for over three weeks.
And even while I watched the saleslady visibly deflate, I remember thinking not that I was horribly disappointed, but that I couldn't wait to tell story of "How my husband took me for a test drive on my birthday but did not actually buy me a car" at every single dinner party we attend. And I have!


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Found! The Memoirs of Willie The Lion Smith | Brad's All Vinyl Finds!
It's a bar in Atlantic City, with some dude striding across the keys, playing a joyful kind of piano music that sounds like it could be from a movie made around the turn of the century. Before he plays the next tune, he explains what he's doing and why. But he doesn't recite a laundry list of dull names, dates and places, no sir. He's reciting the living history of early jazz and he would know. He's one of its masters.
That's exactly what jazz pianist Willie Smith does, on The Memoirs of Willie The Lion Smith (RCA LSP 6016, stereo). On this two LP set, Willie does as much talking as playing and it's a rare chance to hear him glibly talk about what we would now call jazz, before it had a name.
Smith is one of the great stride pianists and he makes no bones about that. He is quick to point out the lesser pianists were your average ragtime players, demonstrating the difference and making sure you know that they weren't as talented. Real pianists had to know progressions, use both hands, singing, directing and dancing.
He also talks about how a 'whiskey tenor' (probably a sax player who had too much to drink) didn't care too much about the rest of band and would play in any key he wanted. That meant the rest of the band had to change keys and transpose chords on the fly… quite a skill even for a modern musician. Smith is proud of that ability. I doubt you'll read about whiskey tenors and their effect on the band in a standard jazz history text.
No, stride piano isn't modern piano, but it's the precursor to what the bop players eventually turned into modern jazz. Stride required a better left hand than the raggers, and a better left begat the need for a better right hand. That right hand had to solo in more complex ways. Bop players took soloing even further.
So don't expect Willie to sound like Bud Powell or Oscar Peterson. This is pre World War II music, more Cole Porter than Bill Evans. To the uninitiated, they might call it ragtime, but it really isn't. I think it's bright and uplifting, sometimes its a little silly. But if you really listen to what the left hand is doing compared to the right, it's not easy. There's no doubt that Smith is extremely talented.
Willie plays excerpts and at times, complete tunes. He does some singing and while he isn't what I'd call a great singer, he must have been great at engaging the audiences of the day. Like Louis Armstrong, Smith was an entertainer.
I found this LP to quite entertaining and more so, educational. Reading about stride piano is fine, hearing Smith talk about it, cigar in mouth, is much better. You get a sense of the times and a sense of the musicians who existed in that time. What it took to survive and prosper in the 1920s and 30s as an African American musician. It's in his words, how he says them and how he plays.
The recording quality is good enough for what this is, a lesson in history. It won't knock your socks off. I don't think the engineers at RCA were thinking of it that way. It's stereo, but just barely. Smith's voice comes through very clearly as does the piano.
Makes me wish I could have been there to hear Smith play in one of those bars, observing the world around him and writing a tune based on that. If learning about the music is part of your mission, this LP is worth seeking out. Check out a couple of minutes from the LP below!
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Gavin DeGraw released his 4th album, Make A Move, in October 2013. He co-wrote even more than before, the hooks were bigger, and it sounded even more pop and radio friendly. Gavin started working on the follow up fairly quickly. By mid 2014 he was writing new songs, and that summer he suddenly dropped two new singles. It turns out he was releasing a greatest hits album that fall. After Finest Hour: The Best Of Gavin DeGraw was released, Gavin continued to tour, write, and record new music.
Gavin was quiet throughout 2015 – other than his many live shows – and by May 2016 he was ready to announce another tour… and his upcoming 5th studio album. Finally, on July 15th, Gavin announced the big news: His new album, Something Worth Saving, is coming out on September 9th! That same day, he also released the album's lead single, "She Sets The City On Fire." We are still waiting for the album's cover art and tracklisting to be revealed, as well as the music video for "She Sets The City On Fire," but this summer is already a lot warmer now that we have new Gavin DeGraw music on the horizon!
I write new stuff every day. I'm always working on new ideas and calling people and asking them if they want to work with me on something. I've already written some new songs and some of it is ready to go, some of it is still in the working stages. But I think there are a couple champions in there. We'll just have to wait and see.
He also talked about the moods and themes of the new music. Some has a nightlife party vibe, while others are more introspective – characteristic of his earlier work.
As many moods as you can have throughout the day, I write about all of those. I would compare some of the songs to Make A Move, but every time you do something new there's going to be an element of what was and what's going to be. I never want to do the same thing over and over. There's an element of continuity so far, but there are certainly some new flavors.
On August 12th, Gavin DeGraw had another surprise for his fans: A new single called "Fire." And that wasn't all: The single came from an upcoming album from Gavin called Finest Hour: The Best Of Gavin DeGraw. After more than a decade in the industry, he was releasing a greatest hits collection!
Finest Hour: The Best Of Gavin DeGraw was scheduled for release on October 7th. It would include "Fire," as well as Gavin's other new song, "You Got Me," from the new Dolphin Tale 2 film.
On August 14th, we learned more about the track listing for the greatest hits: The album was meant to include 3 new songs, plus a new version of the song "Finest Hour," originally from Gavin's last album, Make A Move.
Besides "Fire" and his other new song "You Got Me," Gavin's greatest hits compilation was supposed to come with a third new track called "Not Our Fault." This song was written with an unexpected collaborator – Harry Styles from One Direction.
In the end, the track list changed and no longer included the new song called "Not Our Fault." There is no word on if that will be released in the future – perhaps it will appear on the 5th studio album?
Throughout 2015, Gavin continued to tour and quietly work on new music. On May 16, 2016, Gavin announced another new tour: He and Andy Grammar will move across the US from late August through early November. But the press release contained even more exciting news, confirming that Gavin is finishing up his 5th studio album and aiming to release it this fall!
Los Angeles, CA (May 16th, 2016) – Multi-platinum selling, Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Gavin DeGraw and acclaimed, Billboard chart topping recording artist Andy Grammer have announced co-headlining 2016 North American tour dates. Kicking off at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts on Sunday, August 28th in Bethel, NY, the opening show will mark a homecoming performance for DeGraw, who hails from South Fallsburg, NY, and a return for Andy to his home state of New York. The multi-city trek will also include shows in major theater venues across the US including the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, The Fillmore in Philadelphia, and the Orpheum Theatre in Boston.
Fans can expect to hear DeGraw perform songs throughout his acclaimed 10-plus year career including classics "I Don't Wanna Be," "Chariot," and "Not Over You." Later this year, Gavin will release his highly anticipated fifth studio album via RCA Records.
Tickets will go on-sale Friday, May 20th and Saturday May 21st starting at 10AM local time (check local listings for on-sale dates and times). An AMEX, VIP package and artist pre-sale will begin Tuesday, May 17th at 10AM local time and a Ticketmaster Mobile App pre-sale will begin Wednesday, May 18th at 10AM local time. Local, radio and Ticketmaster pre-sales will start Thursday, May 19th at 10am local time.
Be sure to see dates and get tickets now.
On Friday, July 8th, Gavin teased fans about some exciting news that was coming the next Monday. Fans survived the weekend, but Monday just brought more teasing. It looked like it would be a long week. After sharing a short clip of a new song called "She Sets The City On Fire" on Thursday, we finally got the new single on July 15th.
The smooth mid-tempo track is a love song for a "perfect 10" girl. Gavin croons in his signature style, the small cracks in his voice lending charm and sincerity. It continues the musical style Gavin introduced with Sweeter in 2011 and Make A Move in 2013. Gavin wrote it with Gregg Wattenberg, Todd Clark, and Jason Saenz.
That same day, on July 15th, Gavin also officially announced that his upcoming album, Something Worth Saving, is set for release on September 9th! We don't have much longer to go before we get the rest of the new tunes. We're still waiting to learn the full tracklisting and see the album cover.
It's great to know that Gavin DeGraw will release Something Worth Saving in just a few weeks on September 9th. Stay tuned for more news – there should be plenty coming in over the next few weeks! We will update as the tracklist, album artwork, and more are revealed.