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{{news item|October 3, 2011|The lead up to the [[Hollow Eve Festival]] has begun! See [[Post:Kurmin and the Crashed Spider - 10/03/2011 - 02:32|here]] for a log.}}
{{news item|October 3, 2011|The lead up to the [[Hollow Eve Festival]] has begun! See [[Post:Kurmin and the Crashed Spider - 10/03/2011 - 02:32|here]] for a log.}}
Revision as of 13:24, 14 January 2012
Current News
- January 14, 2011 - Tailoring is now live.
- January 8, 2012 - If you're having problems with the left navigation bar, it has to do with the most recent Firefox update. We're looking into whether we can do anything about it.
- October 3, 2011 - The lead up to the Hollow Eve Festival has begun! See here for a log.
- October 2, 2011 - Due to a rash of spam attacks, we will be preemptively blocking suspicious account names. If you have a legitimate name that gets blocked, please IM one of the Moderators to have it unblocked.
- July 16, 2011 - Armorsmithing is now live.
- July 4, 2011 - Wishing all our American Elanthipedians a safe and happy 4th of July!
- July 1, 2011 - Weaponsmithing is live. Go forth and weaponsmith!
- June 29, 2011 - If you are noticing caching problems and error messages on pages while viewing Elanthipedia anonymously, please create an account or login to properly view the page. --Naeya (talk)
- June 16, 2011 - We're having some severe server issues. I don't know how long they'll last, but we're working as fast as we can. -Moderator Caraamon Makdasi(talk) 08:15, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
- February 08, 2011 - Say hello to Ysselt and Isharon, our new trial moderators.-Moderator Caraamon
- December 25, 2010 - Happy Holidays, whichever you choose to celebrate, to everyone from all of us at Elanthipedia!
- December 11, 2010 - The new skill combinations have been released. -Moderator Caraamon
- November 29, 2010 - I've released an update to the query pages that should resolve a longstanding issue with using the OR options. -Moderator Caraamon
- November 10, 2010 - I have setup a Twitter account for Elanthipedia, which I will use to help broadcast any downtimes due to server maintenance, etc. Or maybe just broadcast random DR related nonsense, 140 characters at a time, when I'm bored. Who knows! @Elanthipedia ~ Naeya
- October 31, 2010 - Happy Halloween, Elanthipedians! And Happy Hollow's Eve. Take a gander at the fest page and map for help finding your way around the fest. ~Naeya
- October 24, 2010 - It has come to my attention that a number of users seems to be marking their changes as "minor" by default without regard to its actual status. Please read minor edits if you have any questions. -Moderator Caraamon
- October 10, 2010 - The new durability system has been released. Everything should be updated to match, so drop me a message if I messed up or forgot something. Also added a bit of help remembering the new ranges while I was at it. Enjoy! -Moderator Caraamon
- October 22, 2010 - As some of you might have noticed, a donation link is (back) up in the sidebar. Please consider helping us keep the site running. -Moderator Caraamon (because Naeya's too nice)
- September 20, 2010 - The GMs are releasing more information on Magic 3.0 and we're in the process of collecting everything about Combat 3.0. -Moderator Caraamon
- July 5, 2010 - The stonecarving system is available. Notes can be found here. -Moderator Caraamon
- April 29, 2010 - We have completed our upgrade of MediaWiki to v1.15.3. Should you notice any problems please comment on the Talk Page of Elanthipedia:Upgrade History. Thank You. --Callek
- March 4, 2010 - Once again Callek's done his magic and we're updated to the latest thingies. -Moderator Caraamon Makdasi(talk)
- March 16, 2010 - There seems to be rash of people who think defacing the Lyras event articles is funny. Stop. There will be no more warnings before the bannings begin. -Moderator Caraamon Makdasi(talk)
- March 17, 2010 - We've discovered a new way to do searching. Check out the Bestiary search page for a peek at our efforts.
- March 17, 2010 - Be warned, we're scheduling a major update for April 29th. It probably won't take down the site.... unless it does. -Moderator Caraamon
- February 22, 2010 - The proposed policy on Necromancer secrets has been drafted. Please give your opinions. -Moderator Caraamon Makdasi
- February 26, 2010 - Thanks to the work of Callek the semantic functions are working again! In the near future, he might even be brave enough to update things. -Moderator Caraamon Makdasi
- January 6, 2010 - There is a new (though temporary) policy on Necromancer secrets. Please read it.
- October 30, 2009 - The Hollow Eve 396 Map is up! -Moderator Caraamon Makdasi(talk)
- August 1, 2009 - The Magma Falls Mini-Festival is open and maps are up! -ModeratorCaraamon Makdasi(talk)
- July 10, 2009 - The new experience system is here and live. Hooray!
- May 20, 2009 - We're restoring some of the categories we deleted when SemanticWiki was added. This is a temporary measure until we can get it working again. -Moderator Caraamon Makdasi(talk)
- March 21, 2009 - There is a new NameSpace to hold forum posts. Please see Elanthipedia:Post for details. -Caraamon
- March 2, 2009 - The Search function is now back in operation.
- March 2, 2009 - Search seems to be broken for the time being. Will post a news update when it is fixed.
- March 2, 2009 - Due to some problems with the host, Elanthipedia experienced a bit of a downtime yesterday evening and this morning. I have done upgrades to the MediaWiki software as well as important extensions. The problem seems to have been corrected. I have noticed a few issues with some pages such as items, titles, and even basic tables. I will be working with Caraamon to get the issues fixed as soon as possible. The wiki is up for browsing and basic edits, though. Many apologies for the downtime. ~ Naeya
- January 7, 2009 - With the changes to the treasure system, please consider adding data to the Gems page. -Caraamon
- December 31, 2008/January 1, 2009 - Happy New Years from those of us watching over Elanthipedia. ~ Naeya
- November 7, 2008 - I'm experimenting with a Google search. This will probably provide better search results than the current wiki search (it also includes all pages by default, not just in the Main namespace (good for searching items, armor, etc). If you notice any problems with the search function, let me know on my talk page please. Thanks! ~ Naeya
- November 4, 2008 - Ok, so I lied about the 7k article count. After running some much needed maintenance scripts, the site should be a lot faster though! Oh... and don't forget to VOTE! ~ Naeya
- November 3, 2008 - Titles are going to be broken for a bit. Sorry. -Caraamon
- November 3, 2008 - The MediaWiki upgrade went smoothly. We're now running version 1.13.2. If you look at Special:SpecialPages you'll see a new look to that area. If anyone notices anything odd, report it in the Town Green or on my talk page. - Naeya
- November 2, 2008 - Sometime today we've reached 7000 significant articles. Very cool, people! Keep up the great contributions ~ Naeya
- November 1, 2008 - You may notice quite a bit of a mess in the Item department. Caraamon and I are working to get things fixed. Upgrades seemed to have caused more problems than we thought. - Naeya
- October 31, 2008 - We have many of the festival shops up in horribly mangled unwikified form. Hey, I only have three hands. -Caraamon
- October 31, 2008 - The upgrade to the new version of the wiki software seems to have broken titles, and possibly other things. I'm working on it as I type this. -Caraamon
- October 31, 2008 - Happy Halloween everyone! For those attending the Festival of the Gods, have a good time! I'm sure we'll have some information about the contents of the fest "soon" after it opens.
- August 21, 2008 - There are some small issues with category inclusion for shops, due to some updates I just made. I'm working as fast as I can to fix them, but it's a big job. -Caraamon
- July 2, 2008 - Big thanks to Reene for our new logo.
- June 28, 2008 - As part of our move towards Semantic Wiki, I have deleted most of the item-based categories. For more information, please see Category_talk:Items.
- June 19, 2008 - Thanks to our own wonderful owner Naeya, the issues with namespaces has been squashed and we will return to moving items willy-nilly! -Caraamon
- June 17, 2008 - Changes are being made to the various item templates for semantic wiki support. Please check before using them.
- June 17, 2008 - Oops! Forgot to disable anonymous edits. Sorry! You will now again need to login to edit/add content.
- June 17, 2008 - Well folks. After an unexpected but necessary server move, Elanthipedia is safe and sound on her new server. If possible, please report any noticeable problems in the Technical Green. I'll be posting a few more details about the move there. ~Naeya
- June 12, 2008 - As you may have noticed, we had stopped the item move due to technical problems with the new namespaces (AKA I don't know as much as I thought I did). Hang in there, we'll get it done or die trying (famous last words, yay!) -Caraamon
- June 12, 2008 - Fairly soon we will be moving in game item pages to new namespaces (i.e. Item:, Armor:, Weapon:, Shield:). This will almost certainly cause some link confusion at first, but Caraamon will be working day and night (or when he feels like it) to make sure everything gets fixed. So this begs the question, "Why bother?" Despite the massive headache it will cause, it will allow some nifty tricks to be implimented once we fully switch to the SemanticWiki "stuff."
- June 11, 2008 - All item templates are created, except for the PC created item template. In addition, they had automatic links to the forms that make editing them easier. Take a look and feel free to post any suggestions or comments.
- April 15, 2008 - Welcome new sysop, Caraamon. He'll be tidying up things a bit around the wiki.
- April 15, 2008 - Couple updates on the site. See here for more info.
- January 18, 2008 - Annnnd we're back! Sorry about the downtime folks. Had some server complications. The wiki will be taken down in ~7 hours for a brief update. This downtime should only be about 5-10 minutes. Sorry for any inconveniences.
- January 1, 2008 - To mark the new year, our 5,000th article was created today by Yamcer. You can view that article here: Multi-armed Devourer. Let's keep up the momentum and make 2008 a great year!
- December 24, 2007 - Chris's Mass Festival of 2007 is here! Visit the festival today.
- December 15, 2007 - Elanthipedia is nearing its 5,000th article! The wiki has grown so much over this last year, and it's thanks to contributors like YOU! Keep up the excellent work! ~ The Admins
- December 11, 2007 - We've upgraded the MediaWiki software to the newest version (1.11.0). If anyone notices any problems, please post here.
- December 3, 2007 - {{User Talk Top}} template is available for any user to put on their talk pages.
- December 3, 2007 - Belated announcement of our newest sysop Aetherie. He's a dedicated contributor and has earned the position in his time here. ~~Naeya
- November 24, 2007 - The issue with people not being able to edit any of the wiki pages seems to be fixed now. If you are still having issues, please contact me via AIM at EmpathNaeya. ~~Naeya
- October 27, 2007 - A new project is underway to develop and expand articles on the cities of Elanthia. Visit the City Article Project Page for details.
- October 16, 2007 - Please welcome our newest admin, Kraelyst! You all might know him as Kraelyst the Hand of The Locksmith Union.
- July 18,2007 - Woo! We reached our 200 user mark (201 as of this posting.) Nikhetto appears to have been our 200th user to join.
- July 2, 2007 - Thanks to our contributors, Elanthipedia is growing every day! Keep up the good work, everyone! ~~Naeya
- June 18, 2007 - Setup the Town Green and Community Bulletin Board. Go take a look!
- May 14, 2007 - You no longer need to input coin type on item prices in shops. This is now handled by Template:Store At A Glance.
- April 21, 2007 - On April 19th, Valynn became our 100th registered user! We have over 1600 articles and climbing! Keep up the good work, all! ~~ Naeya
- April 18, 2007 - If you have any questions/concerns/suggestions regarding the wiki, please head to the Elanthipedia Contributors discussion group. ~~ Naeya
- March 25, 2007 - Shops move to Category:Shops is completed. ~~ Naeya
- March 24, 2007 - In process of overhaul of Category:Shop. Moving it to Category:Shops. Sorry for any inconvenience. ~~ Naeya
- March 2007 - DR Wiki moved to www.elanthipedia.com. With the new home we hope to see new growth and enthusiastic contribution to make this the most up to date information source for DragonRealms. ~~ Naeya


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General Information About Recall Petitions
Article II, Section 18 of the Oregon Constitution provides that "every public officer in Oregon is subject, as herein provided, to recall by the electors of the state or of the electoral district from which the public officer is elected."
City Code Section 2.08.170 provides that procedures and forms for a recall petition and election shall be according to state law.
The Secretary of State's 2018 Recall Manual is available online via the Secretary of State's web site or from the City Elections Officer.
When Officials are Subject to Recall
An elected City official must serve at least six months of the current term of office before being subject to recall.
Required Number of Signatures
Per ORS 249.870, the number of Portland registered voters' signatures required to place a recall on the ballot is 15% of the total number of votes cast in the City for all candidates for Governor at the last gubernatorial general election. This number is currently 35,925 based on registered Portland voters who cast a ballot for Governor in the November 6, 2018 General Election.
Filing a Prospective Recall Petition
The Petition for Recall (SEL 350) filing form includes space for a "statement of reasons for demanding recall", not to exceed 200 words.
Deadline for Petition Signature Submission
After the City Elections Officer approves signature sheets, per ORS 249.875, the chief petitioner has 90 calendar days from the prospective petition filing date to collect at least 35,925 valid signatures from Portland registered voters.
Verification of Signatures
After the signatures are submitted, the City Elections Officer has 10 days to certify the signature verification results.
Five-Day Resignation Period
If, after verification, at least 35,925 signatures are determined to be valid, there is a five-day resignation period. During this period, the elected official that is the subject of the recall petition may either: (a) resign; or (b) submit a "statement of justification of the public officer's course in office", not to exceed 200 words.
Recall Election
If the official does not resign, a recall election is held no later than 35 days after the end of the five-day resignation period.
Recall Ballot
The recall ballot contains:
• The "statement of reasons for demanding recall" as submitted by the petitioner in the prospective petition;
• The "statement of justification" as submitted by the elected official;
• A Question: "Do you vote to recall _______ from the office of _______?," with the name of the person against whom a recall petition has been filed printed in the first blank space and the public office held by the person printed in the second blank space.
Election Results, Vacancy in Office
If the recall election is successful, a vacancy in office occurs immediately after the City Elections Officer receives the official abstract of votes from Multnomah County Elections. The County has 20 days by statute to deliver the abstract to the City Elections Officer.

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State of Conservation
Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison
Date of Inscription: 2011
Nomination records (Year): 2010
Category: Cultural
Criteria: (ii)(iii)(iv)
Documents examined by the Committee in 2014
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The threats indicated are listed in alphabetical order; their order does not constitute a classification according to the importance of their impact on the property.
Furthermore, they are presented irrespective of the type of threat faced by the property, i.e. with specific and proven imminent danger ("ascertained danger") or with threats which could have deleterious effects on the property's Outstanding Universal Value ("potential danger").
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Email: We maintain an internal email list of all persons who have requested information, enrolled in our programs, made an online payment, or made an online donation. We may use this list to send occasional updates and announcements about CCS' programs around the world or emails of a marketing nature. If you do not wish to receive email you may opt out at any time. We process requests to opt out of email communication via email or the link to our Email Preference Center at the bottom of any marketing email. Email requests may be sent to email@example.com; these are processed within three business days. Please note that transactional emails may still be sent to you on an as-needed basis.
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Rivera's roots shaping his baseball farewell
Recalling his upbringing in Panama, legendary closer thanking those behind the scenes
Mariano Rivera has never forgotten where he has come from.
And so it is, as he puts the finishing touches on a baseball career bound to take him to the Hall of Fame, Rivera chooses to say goodbye without the fanfare and festivities, but rather by reaching out to the grassroots of baseball, the so-called "little people" who do such big jobs to make baseball what it is.
With each stop on the road in this, his final season, Rivera is honored. In Colorado, he was given a check for the charity in his name. In Cleveland, the Indians and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame combined to present Rivera with a framed gold record of Metallica's "Enter Sandman," his entry song at Yankee Stadium for nearly two decades.
More important to Rivera, however, he meets a group of the home team's employees -- none of the executives -- and thanks them for the work they do in promoting baseball, applauds them for their efforts in selling tickets, and wonders, among other things, how they keep the field playable in adverse conditions.
"People always recognize the ones out front, but you folks, the people behind the scene, are the ones who are important to the game," Rivera explained to a dozen long-term Rockies employees during the Yankees' recent visit to Coors Field. "I want to take time to make sure to thank you for everything you have done for the organization and the game of baseball.
"It does not matter if you are not a fan of the New York Yankees or myself. You are fans of baseball. And that's important."
And Rivera didn't forget the people who make it all go -- the fans. Each night at Coors Field, even in the scattered rain, he would stand on the outfield side of the Rockies' dugout, signing autographs for nearly an hour for the fans who were stunned to see a superstar so approachable.
"They are the people we play the game for," Rivera said. "They are the reason we are here."
A native of the Panama city of La Chorrea, Rivera grew up in a nearby village where he said 80 percent of the families lived off the fishing industry. He was among the dreamers, fantasizing about playing soccer or baseball .
The population back home isn't wealthy, but when you grow up in poverty, you don't realize the difference. You find the basics and enjoy them.
"We would take old fishing nets, wrap them up and make baseballs," Rivera explained. "We would climb trees and find the straightest limb. That was our bat.
"I have never forgotten where I came from. It's why I am who I am. It is the basis of my life."
And it has been a good life for Mariano Rivera.
The kid from the poor fishing village has become a baseball icon, arguably as big, if not bigger, than fellow Panamanian Rodney Cline Carew, the first native of Panama to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Carew was one of the game's elite hitters.
Rivera is arguably the game's greatest closer.
And he is going out in style. After missing the bulk of the 2012 season, Rivera has come back for a final hurrah at age 43. He has given the Yanks and their fans plenty of cheer about. Rivera has shown that even at his age, and after nearly a year recovering from a knee injury, he can handle the ninth-inning challenge.
As well as a 1.56 ERA in his first 18 appearances, Rivera has converted all 16 save opportunities, increasing his Major League-record career saves total to 624, which is 23 more than Trevor Hoffman, who is No. 2 on the all-time list, and 146 more than Lee Smith, who ranks third.
Not that Rivera expected anything different. From the day he went down while shagging fly balls in Kansas City and tore the ACL in his right knee, Rivera vowed he would return for one more year. He wasn't going to limp away from the game.
"I am coming back," Rivera said at the time. "Put it down. Write it down in big letters. I'm not going down like this."
And exactly 53 weeks after the injury, Rivera shagged fly balls in the same outfield, and this time he threw 27 pitches to earn two saves.
It's the way it should have been for him.
He walked away no worse for the wear, enjoying every moment.
It's the Rivera way.
Never take anything granted. Appreciate what life brings.
That's how he's always been.
Think about it. Rivera was the setup man for John Wetteland when he first moved into the Yankees' bullpen. Wetteland left as a free agent.
Rivera wondered who the Yanks would have assume Wetteland's role.
"When they called me after they let Wetteland go, I asked them, 'Who is going to be the closer?'" he remembered. "They told me, 'That would be you.' I was not looking for that, but it was a tremendous responsibility.''
Sixteen years later, Rivera has proven he can handle that responsibility, off the field as well as on it.


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Here is the second part of BDN's coverage of the Pitt Jam Fest and Duke prospect Kyrie Irving by Andrew Slater. Sandy Pyonin is the energetic head of the New Jersey Roadrunners, has taught and coached at the high school level, and trained thirty-one former and current NBA players. Some of his former players include Randy Foye and Al Harrington, as well as two former Duke players that have had their jerseys retired, Bobby Hurley and Jason Williams. One of Coach Pyonin's current players is Kyrie Irving, the 6'2" St. Patrick's guard and Duke recruit. He spoke with Blue Devil Nation about his star pupil and how Kyrie Irving compares to some of his former greats.
Clark Francis began publishing Hoop Scoop magazine in 1983. He has watched his scouting service grow and morph into one of the largest and most well-known in the country. Francis also chimed in with his thoughts on Duke recruit Kyrie Irving.
Blue Devil Nation: Can you talk briefly about Kyrie Irving as player and as a person?
Sandy Pyonin: First of all, he's a great person. He comes from a great family. His family is super nice…a very bright family. His father went to BU...Boston University. He played basketball there. His father taught him most everything that he has learned. He's played for me for the last two summers. I've had thirty-one NBA players. Kyrie has a great work ethic. It would be on par with an Al Harrington, who I trained. He couldn't make lay-ups as a sophomore, but went from high school directly to the NBA. Kyrie loves to play basketball. He works at the game continuously to get better at different facets of the game. He's going to Saint Patrick's and so he's getting ongoing training from Kevin Boyle. He's still growing and so he's 6'2" now and he could very well wind up at 6'4" or 6'5." [private]
BDN: His father is 6'4"
SP: Yes, his father is 6'4" and Kyrie is only sixteen. Oh, wait, he just turned seventeen
Blue Devil Nation: Can you compare him to some of the great players you've ever had?
Sandy Pyonin: I mean I've had 31 NBA players. I had Randy Foye. He's probably the best guard I ever had. I've had Bobby Hurley. I had David Rivers if you want to go back. I had Brevin Knight. Just trying to think of other point guards. I had Shaheen Holloway.
BDN: Now at Iona
SP: I don't want to leave anyone else out. Each of those players brought something to different to the table. He still has to improve on leadership and improve on defense. Well, improve on every aspect of his game, but.. the sky is the limit for him. The sky is his limit. He could be as good as any of them…at least as good.
Blue Devil Nation: Do you view him as a point guard or a combo guard?
Sandy Pyonin: I think he'll be a great point guard, but because he can shoot the ball so well he can play combo…so he can do both. I want him to play point guard for us and work on his leadership ability because I think that's where his future is for us…at point…specially if he has the intention of going into the NBA someday.
Blue Devil Nation: From when he last played for you, how has he improved and changed in the current school year?
Sandy Pyonin: At first, I think he was really just trying to find his way. He was at a new school and with a new situation and he came on strong at the end of the season, but, to be honest with you, he was at that level last summer towards the end and he will pick up from there now and probably be three times better now that he's been through that. He's back with us and you see he has more of a role with us. He takes much more of a leadership role with us. There he had those guys that were in place. Now he will have that role for them next year at St. Pat's, but he has that role for us right now.
Blue Devil Nation: As a professional trainer, what are some things that you'd like Kyrie to work on physically over the coming months?
Sandy Pyonin: Obviously, he's got great agility, as you will see tonight, when he plays. I think his jumping will improve and he can really jump. He's dunking more consistently than he did last summer. That's for sure. As far as other improvements, yeah, he's got to get stronger. He's got to consistently hit the weight room. We've already discussed that, when I spoke with his father the other day.
BDN: Where would he work on his strength specifically?
SP: Locally. I mean we have great people around that can work with him on that aspect.
Blue Devil Nation: I wasn't sure if you'd work with him on that aspect.
Sandy Pyonin: No, I don't really work with him on that. My thing…I mean I lift myself, but I don't. I'm aware of the importance of lifting and strength, but I pretty much restrict myself to the other aspects. I try to lift the kids to a higher level in terms of skill wise as a basketball player and talent, but I try to work with them on the mental aspect game as well. Get them to concentrate on the mental aspect of the game. I'm really big on that, where other…well, most other coaches don't emphasize that enough.
Blue Devil Nation: You mentioned before that you really wanted him to work on his leadership ability.
Sandy Pyonin: Yes, all through this summer. You know just guys like Randy Foye will spend some time with him…and Al Harrington will be around the program. Although Al isn't a guard, he has guard skills. He also has great knowledge.
BDN: He's also the sponsor of the team.
SP: Yes, Al helps sponsor the team for the most part and he's around the team, which is great. Now that he's with the Knicks, he'll be around our program even more. He may even sit in on the bench. Al's just been great.
Blue Devil Nation: Can you talk about Kyrie Irving, including his potential as well, as his strengths and weaknesses?
Clark Francis: Kyrie Irving has unbelievable potential. I don't think he's a pure point guard at this point. He scores so well and he can be a top five player in this class. I don't know that he's a top ten or fifteen or even twenty player at this point. I think he's really more of a two than a one right now because he has such a scorer's mentality and again, when I saw him, it may not be fair to judge him. When I saw him, he had only just come back for a couple of weeks. When he was playing for St. Pat's in early February…when he was playing on the thirteenth and fourteenth of February in those two tournaments...so, you know, that's why we're here.
You know… to see what happens. I hear he plays better playing with Sandy, but, you know, we'll see. I mean talent wise, athleticism-wise, etc. his potential is off the hook. I mean if he grows another inch or two then that's scary too. I mean he could very well wind up being 6'4" to 6'5" and maybe not be a pure point guard, but a scoring point guard, where he could make a lot of money in the NBA. I mean he could step right in and run my team. I mean let's say if I have four super players at somebody like Kentucky and I can get him, he'd be great at point guard. If I've got a couple of weaknesses or height problems and I need him to do a few things in order to make the people around him better, than he may not be the answer, but we'll see.
He's got to be careful to pick the right spot. To be the best player that he can be…to highlight what he does…to get drafted as high as possible… his college decision on who he plays for…I mean being in a wide-open system where he has other great players around him, that's going to be most important for him. If he goes to some place where they play half-court and just throw the ball down and not utilize what he does best, well, they're going to have problems. I mean he still will be one of the better players the country in college basketball, but will he be as…um
Blue Devil Nation: Able to maximize his potential?
Clark Francis: Yes, and that's a good question. I mean you watch a guy play one, two, maybe three or four games and you can make a mistake. If you see a guy thirty or forty times, as I hope to see him over the next year or so, well than I'll probably have a lot better feel for him. Right now, I've only seen him maybe a couple of times at the Bob Gibbons tournament and a couple of times in January and February. Optimally, it'll be a lot more than that, but well see
Blue Devil Nation: How do you feel about his defense, as an on-the-ball defender?
Clark Francis: Okay, not great, but could be a great defender if he wants to be. I mean, with his athleticism and good core attitude, he can be great at as well.
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YRDKRX62N (For RX62N)
The Renesas Demonstration Kit (RDK) for RX62N is an evaluation and demonstration tool for Renesas RX62N microcontrollers. The goal is to provide the user with a powerful debug and demonstration platform targeted at common applications. The board also provides a useful platform for evaluating the Renesas suite of development tools for coding and debugging, using the High-performance Embedded Workshop (HEW) IDE as well as programming the device using the on-board SEGGER J-Link JTAG debugger.
The Renesas Demonstration Kit for RX62N is also the hardware platform that is included in a special RX62N-specific edition of Micrium's book on the µC/OS-III Real Time Kernel. The book and board combo targets serious programmers and college students who need to understand and create programs based on the timesaving features of a real-time kernel. Part I of the text covers the internals of the new µC/OS-III real-time kernel. The emphasis is on the internals, features, API calls, and where and how to use an RTOS, all presented in a clear and useful way, and accompanied by a wealth of diagrams. Part II provides specific examples for using µC/OS-III on the new Renesas RX62N microcontroller.
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When you would like to start software development or MCU evaluation, please access to Design Support.
Target Applications and Features
|Motor Control
|User Code and Application Debugging
Package Content
- 96MHz RX62N MCU board with integrated debugger and huge peripheral set including Ethernet, CAN, and USB
- USB Mini A/B to Host Cable
- USB Debugger Cable
- Installation CD containing:
- High-Performance Embedded Workshop (HEW) with updated Project Generator
- RX Family C/C++ Toolchains (Renesas 128K evaluation version, Full KPIT GNU version, IAR Embedded WorkBench 2.30)
- Quick-Start Guide (x4)
- RX62N Sample Projects (IAR and PG)
- Documentation (User's Manual, Data Sheets, and more)
What is PMOD™?
PMODs™ are small I/O interface boards that offer an ideal way to extend the capabilities of our MCU evaluation and demo boards. It can be found on RDKs and RSKs. PMODs communicate with system boards using 6, 8 or 12-pin connectors. Pmods include sensors, I/O, data acquisition & conversion, connectors, external memory, and more.
- Convenient low pin-count daughter card format
- Peripheral Module: PMOD
- Trademarked by Digilent Inc. (www.digilentinc.com)
- Low cost (connector/cards)
- Open and royalty free
- Typically 12-pin connector
- 6-pin format also available
- 2 slots in each RDK
- Provide power to cards
Partner Vendors
The Renesas Demonstration Kit for RX62N was made possible by a joint effort by Renesas and the following partners (in alphabetical order):
Analog Devices offers the broadest MEMS inertial sensor portfolios in the industry, including high performance low-g accelerometers, high-g accelerometers, gyroscopes, and fully integrated Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs). ADI's MEMS portfolios now include high performance analog and digital out MEMS microphones.
On the RX62N RDK, the on-board ADI silicon microphone ADMP401 is connected to the RX62N A/D converter using an ADI SSM2167 low voltage microphone preamplifier. Analog Devices also supplied the ADXL345 3-Axis Accelerometer, the ADT7420 temperature sensor, as well as the ADM3101E RS-232 line driver.
Future Designs, Inc. is a design and technical services organization founded in 1989 specializing in Embedded Design and Development. Their team of engineers and technical personnel can assist you in your Electrical, Mechanical, Software, Manufacturing and Systems engineering requirements.
Future Designs, Inc. provided the hardware customization, schematic capture, PCB design and layout, manufacturing, and Supply Chain Management services for the RX62N RDK.
Future Electronics is proud to offer you the most comprehensive range of products including the latest releases from the world's best manufacturers of electronic devices. The RX62N Renesas Demonstration Kit (RDK) Adder Board, was designed by Future Electronics' Systems Design Center (SDC), and allows design engineers to quickly develop a low cost daughter card implementing their own custom application circuit that will easily interface to the Renesas RX62N RDK.
The board has a flexible assortment of common surface mount IC footprints with all pins brought out to small vias for easy wiring. With the addition of common headers, the Adder Board plugs neatly onto the RDK allowing daughter card access to most of the RX62N's peripherals and I/O pins for use in their application.
Suggested Connectors:
- Two 26-position 0.100" Male Headers
- Two 26-position 0.100" Female Headers
Request a FREE Companion Board HERE. (Ok, it may cost you a penny…)
Micrium provides the highest quality embedded software components by way of cleanest source code, unsurpassed documentation and customer support. Starting with Micrium's flagship product, uC/OS, through its complete line of software, Micrium shortens time to market throughout all product development cycles and builds products that address today's increased design complexity.
The Renesas Demonstration Kit for RX62N is the hardware platform that is included in a special RX62N-specific edition of Micrium's book on the µC/OS-III Real Time Kernel. The book and board combo targets serious programmers and college students who need to understand and create programs based on the timesaving features of a real-time kernel.
Micron is one of the world's leading semiconductor companies. Our DRAM components, modules, and NAND Flash memory products are used in everything from computing, networking, and server equipment, to consumer, mobile, automotive, and industrial applications. We're an innovator and industry leader, developing groundbreaking technologies that transform what's possible. We're also a partner with other manufacturers and enablers, making it easier for our customers to try new things and gain competitive advantages in their markets.
A Micron Phase Change Memory (PCM) serial flash is provided on the RX62N RDK for user non-volatile storage. PCM memory has greater write endurance than standard serial flash. This part, NP5Q128A13ESFC0E, is 128 megabit and is accessed by the SPI Bus.
NDK has grown to become the leading company among quartz crystal device manufacturers with its lineup of high-precision, high-reliability, compact crystal devices that anticipate the next generation of customer needs. Under the banner of "quality, cost, and speed," NDK aims to establish itself as the industry's technology leader and the most trusted customer brand.
Okaya Electric America is a global provider of a wide range of LCD modules and display technologies including: Character, Graphic, Color TFT, and OLED display panels. Most of Okaya's standard TFT, Graphic, and OLED display modules are available with highly accurate Touch Panel technology. If available standard products do not meet your needs, Okaya also offers extensive options for creating Custom LCD products. These customizations include Sunlight Readability modifications for outdoor applications.
Okaya provided the 96 x 64 backlit graphics LCD.
SEGGER Microcontroller develops and distributes hardware and software development tools as well as software components for embedded systems. SEGGER was founded in 1997, is privately held, has been profitable since its inception, and is growing steadily. Based in Hilden, Germany, with distributors in all continents and a local office in Massachusetts, SEGGER offers its full product range worldwide. SEGGER's intention is to cut software development time for embedded applications by offering affordable, high quality, flexible and easy-to-use tools and software components allowing developers to focus on their applications.
The RDK for RX62N uses the SEGGER J-Link Lite Debugger Interface for debugging and programming.
For more information, please visit:
SEGGER evaluation package for RX62N using RX62N RSK, Renesas
Compiler, and HEW IDE(http://www.segger.com/cms/renesas-rx62n-rdk.html)
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Total Phase manufactures powerful and affordable USB, I2C, SPI, and CAN tools for embedded systems engineers. The complete line of Total Phase host adapters and protocol analyzers are the development and debugging tools of choice for Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and research institutions all over the world.
The RX62N RDK includes the Total Phase 'Beagle' debug header. The Beagle I2C/SPI Protocol Analyzer is a non-intrusive USB-based bus monitor that can capture, display, and filter I2C and SPI data as it appears on the bus. Using both the Data Center Software and Beagle analyzer, users can easily view I2C bus traffic (up to 4 MHz) and SPI bus traffic (up to 24 MHz) in real time. Additional functionality allows engineers to filter data against a wide variety of parameters, or instantly search for specific hexadecimal or ASCII data patterns during a live capture.
FreeRTOS now released fully maintained ports of their popular operating system targeting the RX architecture with specific communication stacks for the RX62N.
Having recognized the advantage of the wide compiler choice available for RX devices, three separate ports have been developed to support the Renesas, IAR Systems, and GNU toolchains. Each port includes demo applications designed to run on a number of platforms including the Renesas Starter Kit (RSK) and the Renesas Demonstration Kit (RDK). These demonstrations range from simple flashing of LEDs using a number of the operating systems key features (designed as a kick start for target application development) to a full TCP/IP web server. Best of all, these ports are available for download and use totally royalty free under a modified GPL license (FreeRTOS) or with technical support and warranty as OpenRTOS.
For more information, please visit:
- Renesas FreeRTOS Demo for RX62N using the Renesas Compiler and IDE
- Renesas FreeRTOS Demo for RX62N using GNURX (GCC) and the HEW IDE
- Renesas FreeRTOS Demo for RX62N using the IAR Embedded Workbench
Exosite is a cloud data platform provider focused on data monitoring and management for embedded devices. Our cloud data Platform provides the tools to securely collect data from any remote source. We process and deliver filtered results to the end user - simply connect your device to our cloud data Platform and begin receiving real time, actionable information anywhere, anytime, through powerful widgets on our website interface.
Exosite Cloud support for the RX62N
Renesas and Exosite have worked together to make it easy to connect the RX62N Renesas Development Kit to the cloud. Cloud capable software runs on the RX62N RDK so you can create your own connected products.
You can create your own web dashboards that enable you to see and control the status of your RDK from anywhere in the world. Use your web portal account to setup alerts, share your data, graph your results, acquire API access keys, and manage access. Build on the open source embedded API libraries and examples to launch your own cloud connected products.
With cloud connectivity, you can build connected products to:
- Quickly prototype
- Share and store real world data
- Network new and existing devices
- Manage field deployed products
- Create interactive customer apps
- Enable real-time business decisions
Creating an account on renesas.exosite.com and connecting your device to the cloud takes less than 10 minutes. Sign up for a free web portal account at https://renesas.exosite.com
Watch how easy it is, in the four-minute introduction video below.
Below you will find information to support the development of your application.
Information supporting development tools
|My Renesas
|Create a My Renesas account to use our tool download services,receive e-newsletter/update notifications, and take advantage of our other services.
|Information for studying and learning about microcontrollers and microprocessors.
|Frequently asked questions and useful hints for development.
|A forum and community site to share technical information,
questions and opinions with others who use Renesas MCU's.
|Tool News
|Tool release information and other important information.
|Operating Environment
|Information on system requirements and operating environment for the latest version of tools.
|Tool Environmental Information
|Information on RoHS compliance of tools.
|Info on Discontinued Products
|A list of Renesas software and tools that have been discontinued and are no longer being offered for new projects.
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Didier Drogba believes Jose Mourinho's passion for Chelsea could mean he returns for a second spell in charge at Stamford Bridge this summer.
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And the Ivory Coast frontman, who converted the clinching spot-kick in last season's Champions League final penalty shoot-out, claims Mourinho returning to west London would be an arrangement that suits everyone. Drogba said, according to several British newspapers: "I think for the club it is the best solution to bring Jose back."
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Mourinho had three years in charge at Chelsea in his first spell and has been strongly linked with a second stint in charge once interim boss Rafael Benitez departs in the summer.
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Gary Holt of EXODUS
Interview and live pics by Luxi Lahtinen
Pic of Gary and Luxi by Humberto Sanchez
Lots of things have been going on in the Exodus camp since the band´s highly praised comeback album TEMPO OF THE DAMNED was released in 2004 via Nuclear Blast Records. The band lost their vocalist Steve "Zetro" Souza on the eve of the band´s South American tour due to his other commitments in his life outside of Exodus. When the two other original Exodus members, Tom Hunting and Rick Hunolt, left Exodus due to different reasons in the same year, the band started struggling – leaving Gary Holt as the only original member left from the classic Exodus line-up. People started wondering whether Exodus´ so-called ´second coming (or third, it depends on whether the band´s live record ANOTHER LESSON IN VIOLENCE, released in 1997, can be considered as the band´s 2nd coming or not?)´ would be over before it even had started.
Gary, however, didn´t loose faith for his life's work, Exodus, and decided to pull the strings even tighter together in his fists and found Rob Dukes to replace Zetro on vocals, Lee Altus from the Frisco thrashers Heathen to replace Rick Hunolt for the 2nd guitar and no less than Paul Bostaph (ex-Forbidden, ex-Slayer) to replace Tom Hunting on the skinbasher´s stool. The band started rolling on the right tracks again and Exodus´ next album SHOVEL HEADED KILL MACHINE was put out with this particular line-up. For some, it never reached the same standards musically as TEMPO did, but for many, it was even better and more rewarding as far as the album´s material as a whole was concerned.
I met Gary in Helsinki on the 24th of November 2005 on the band´s on-going European tour with Hypocrisy and Keep of Kalessin, and got a chance talk him briefly about the new album, touring, celebrities, the first satanic band of all time Witchcraft Coven – and what exactly happened between Gary with his previous band mates.
First off, welcome to Finland Gary once again! You played at the Provinssirock festival last year for a pretty wild crowd. What kind of memories do you still have left from that particular gig of yours here in Finland?
Provinssirock was the funniest festival we have ever done; because it was so different. It was a mainstream festival and not just all Heavy Metal. Black Eyed Peas played at 7.00 PM; it was a freakshow. People painted off their costumes… and loosing their minds. It was fun and they treated us really really well, so we were having a really good time.
Literally speaking, you kind of played in the middle of nowhere…
It was beautiful tho. It was so cool. There was this big muddy feeling, sitting in the catering and surrounded by a river, forest, etc. It was just awesome, man.
EXODUS thrashing over Europe 2005
You started your European tour 11th of November in Ireland and have been doing a bunch of dates around the Europe since then. I noticed that you have had no day-offs at all so far, so do you think the schedule is a bit tight for you? Or have you already gotten used to this intense touring?
We have had a couple of drive days. It´s been a bit rough because I´ve been sicker for the last 8 days than I´ve ever been on tour in my life. I have got a sinus infection that ain´t so bad except that you get a headache that lasts for 8 days, you don´t know how bad you wanna shoot yourself. I mean, I would rather suffer from flu because at least I know when it´ll end. Till yesterday I didn´t know if I had an infection, or if I have a tumor in my head. I cannot bang my head at all right now because it hurts too much. I don´t know if I´m doing ok right now. I just started my antibiotics yesterday, so it means I cannot drink for 5 more days. That sucks worse than a bad headache.
It is ´less fun´ for not being able to drink, heh!
Yeah, exactly. Just like I said, I can´t bang my head, I can´t drink; it´s taking all the fun out of this.
Is that one of those reasons why you have shortened your set list a little bit?
No, no… we have just decided that every band plays like 1 hour, y´know. I mean, we did a number of headlining shows and I was sick as dog. We still played like 17 songs, y´know. You go out there and do what I gotta do.
I was watching on the Internet the setlist of your gig in Gothenburg in Sweden – and it looked like a pretty damn killer set you played for the Swedish crowd there (The full setlist in Gothenburg´s gig: "Bonded By Blood", "Raze", "Deathamphetamine", "Kharma´s Messenger", "Black List", "A Lesson in Violence", "Altered Boy", "Now Thy Death Day Comes", "Shudder To Think", "Scar Spangled Banner", "Piranha", "I Am Abomination", ".44 Magnum Opus", "Shovel Headed Kill Machine" – and encores "Fabulous Disaster", "War Is My Shepard" and "Strike Of The Beast").
Yes, we played 17 songs in Gothenburg and I was sick as dog at that night. It was one of my worst nights, or so I felt.
I´m sorry to hear that. But how do you think this tour has been going overall?
It´s been going really good. It started off with a bang; Ireland was just crazy and we have never been there before and it was nuts. We have had some really good shows on this tour. Overall the shows have been good, but not really good as I have felt so terrible. But now that I´m getting better, I bet the rest of the shows are gonna be awesome. And I bet tonight is going to be crazy.
What about your gig in Oulu yesterday? Did you manage to thrash both the place and audience down while you were there, playing for all those crazy people out there?
Oulu was good. I wasn´t really feeling good yesterday. And the place was just huge! It´s Janne Niinimaa´s (that Finnish NHL hockey player) club and it is just so big. There was like 400 hundred people there. If it had been a regular club, it would have been packed, but it was almost like arena-size of place, damn near to it anyway. It was just… HUUUGE!! But it´s gonna be weird because you hear just the echo off the room as much as you are in the sauna onstage. It´s kinda weird playing and I just didn´t feel well at all. The show we did a night before was awesome. The club was packed, and I didn´t feel well then, but once I got onstage and felt the energy of the crowd, I felt fine. I shouldn´t bang my head much, but it´s so much fun to do.
Was it a sold-out show, by the way?
It wasn´t completely sold out, but it was really packed. There were just tons of people there, it was really good and fun to see them to come our show.
SHOVEL versus TEMPO
Lots of (murky) water has been flowing under the bridge since Exodus made its comeback and released TEMPO OF THE DAMNED in 2004. How would you sum up last year in your own words, keeping in mind you had both your ups and downs with Exodus. On a more positive side note TEMPO OF THE DAMNED was receiving lots of positive reactions both from the fans and media – and on the other hand you lost Steve, Tom and Rick from Exodus due to different reasons. Pretty tough year for Exodus?
Well, that´s just the Exodus way of life. I have gotten used to it, I guess. I work better with my back against the wall anyway. Right now this line-up is a machine and we have had so much fun. It´s like these guys are the best group I´ve ever had around me. I mean, they are just fuckin´ so much fun to be around. I did never love working with Zetro, but I loved Tom and Rick like brothers. Tom can´t do this any more and Rick has got his own personal problems that were dragging the band down and making life difficult. Zetro, made it difficult for us to tour the way we wanted to. And now we are gonna be touring pretty much non-stop for the next year which we couldn´t do with them.
Are you still keeping in touch with those guys?
No, last time I saw Tom was when he came to the house to get all the stuff ´coz he moved like 4 hours up North – up to the mountains where his mom lives. And Rick, I saw him a few months ago but I haven´t talked to him.
As TEMPO OF THE DAMNED was such a well-received album amongst the metal fans all over the world, did you feel any pressure to start writing new material for this new album, kind of trying to maintain the same high song writing level that you had on your last album TEMPO OF THE DAMNED?
No, I didn´t feel any pressure. I put enough pressure on myself that, y´know, I don´t feel it from other people. But I thrive on it; I would do better when I feel like I have got something to prove, no matter what I have accomplished in my career. It´s like it´s always something, someone doubting what I can do.
Do you think that due to all this crap Exodus was going through for the past 6-8 months or so, your song writing for this new album turned out to be somehow more challenging and time-consuming – and the songs were kind of harder to get done for SHOVEL HEADED KILL MACHINE for this reason?
Well, to tell the truth I started writing for this album before Tom had his breakdown; and before Rick quit. Rick was never around at the rehearsals. He never showed up. And Tom was there, the new stuff, so it wasn´t like I did all of it after these guys left. I mean, I was working on the new Exodus album when all this happened. Some people have said: "Wow… the new album sounds great, they changed the name". I said why? I was writing an album before Exodus with these same guys, and then they had their problems and they fall apart. And Rick quits the day we´re going into the studio. I cannot change the name the day I'm going into the studio. ! It would be different the band broke up for 6 years. I would not make comeback without any other original members and call it Exodus, but y´know, I was going into the studio to make an Exodus album. And it´s not my fault these things happen, but right now the band is stronger for it.
"Deathamphetamine" has already been considered as one of the most killer Thrash Metal songs that you have ever penned . Under what kind of circumstances was it born? Were you going through some hard and frustrating periods in your life at that time as the song sounds so brutal and aggressive?
I just started with one riff, then another, then another… Next you noticed – 10 minutes later, it´s done.
Did any of these setbacks that you had in Exodus, give sort of an extra kick of aggressiveness and brutality as the song turned out so heavy and brutal?
Actually I was writing that song before Tom and his mental issues and before Rick quit. But lyrically I wrote it about my own experiences being an amphetamine addict, y´know, which he still is. I showed him the lyrics and he was like: "These lyrics are cool, but y´know, I didn´t sink in, it never had any effect". He didn´t see what I was really writing about; writing about myself in the past and him in the present.
What do you overall think of your last album? Do you see it as an improvement from your previous album TEMPO OF THE DAMNED both song – and production-wise – and do you believe you are going to continue from those musical footsteps with your new stuff that you have on SHOVEL HEADED KILL MACHINE?
I think SHOVEL HEADED KILL MACHINE is a better album as a whole compared to TEMPO, definitely! I mean, the best songs on TEMPO, were as good as any I have ever written, but TEMPO had some flaws in it. If I had had more time when we were doing TEMPO, I´d have not included those songs leftover from "Wardance". We never meant for "Impaler" to be an album track; it was gonna be a bonus track on it only. It´s cool tho the old fans appreciated it. But y´know, this album´s got 10 brand-new tracks from start to finish – and not one single leftover from anything. And it´s more fluent, it´s more constant, There´s no like caps in it. It´s harder to pick the songs on this album we are gonna play and which we are not.
The line-up you have right now in the Exodus –camp, do you hope it could be the line-up that will record the next Exodus –album as well?
Oh yeah, absolutely! There´s no hired guns in this band. Everybody is a full-fledged member and we are already for writing the next album.
Even Lee Altus from his own band, Heathen? Is he now a fully permanent member of Exodus or just helping you out with all these tours only??
Yeah, he´s a full-time member in the band nowadays. I mean, when he has time, he wants to try to finish the Heathen –stuff, but now he´s fully committed to Exodus.
As for Rob Dukes, your new vocalist in the band, he is one helluva vocalist, fitting the sound of Exodus very well.
You tell him that, tho. He´s gonna get you big…
I guess you guys are damn happy with him as your new frontman, correct?
Yeah. I mean, I´m totally stunned. I couldn´t dream of anything better. I got exactly what I wanted. I met him last year and he was my guitar tech on the Megadeth tour. And knowing he was my guitar tech because the first guy was doing a really shitty job, and we had to fire him. And then a friend of mine in LA also knew Rob and recommended him to me. So, if the first guitar tech had done a good job, neither Rob would ever been hired for Exodus, nor he would be hardly known by anybody.
Who came up with his nickname ´Exodukes´ as many people seem to know him by that name these days?
That´s him. He came up with that nickie quite some time ago already. ´Exo-Dukeess…´!!
Obviously there were lots of skeptical thoughts going around amongst the Exodus fans due to all these line-ups changes. In my opinion when the all these skeptical Exodus fans finally had a chance to hear SHOVEL HEADED KILL MACHINE, it basically knocked their feet off in a positive way when realizing Exodus can still thrash as hard as they have always been doing. Have you been thinking the same way about this matter?
Yeah, yeah… I knew they would be. There´s a couple of things they need to understand and one is that I´ve never meant for this shit to happen; except for Zetro. And number two: It happened, just get over it because the bottomline is that Rick and I did 50% from every song that has been ever done. And the sound is still 100% Exodus and everybody knows that when they heard the album.
Have you got any idea how well this new album has been doing both in the States and here in Europe?
In the States it´s outselling TEMPO. Over here the tours are gonna do a lot for it. But I think despite having had more support in Europe over the years, maybe some people in Europe will be little skeptical. But now people are like singing in the shows; it´s been awesome and people are loosing their minds and they are embracing the new line-up, so…
Celebrities love metal… or do they really?
There´s a pic of David Beckham wearing an Exodus -tee on your website. So he´s an Exodus fan for real? Have you been in touch with him?
No, I don´t know him. And I doubt he even knows the band at all. I think it´s becoming trendy for celebrities to wear band shirts. You got the girl in the Justin Timberlake video with an Iron Maiden "Killers" shirt. And you probably got some Vincent Sharp and he probably paid 100 dollars for it – I don´t know. But it´s really fuckin´ cool because he´s right next to Posh. I was really excited about rather have her wearing the shirt myself.
Do you know any other celebrities who have been wearing Exodus shirts; any actresses, film stars or some other ´famous´ persons?
No, no… I don´t ever leave the house really other than touring, so I´d not know.
You will also do this X-mass festival tour with Hypocrisy, but at this time 3 other bands will join with you for this tour. Naglfar from Sweden, Wintersun from Finland and Fear My Thoughts from Germany. Do you know all those bands how they are musically?
I have heard Naglfar and have seen them and they are fuckin´ awesome. As for Wintersun, I have their record and they are really good. And Fear My Thoughts, I haven´t heard them, but I´m looking forward to it. But these X-mas festivals are overall a lot of fun anyways, so it´s gonna be super-cool, definitely!
EXODUS soundchecking before their show in Helsinki on Nov 24th 2005
What about after this tour? Have you already scheduled any new tours for next year like f.eg. such countries as Japan and Australia?
We´ll be taking January off, as Lee´s wife is having a baby and then we are starting up again in February. We´re just figuring out what we can do in February because we´ve got something we are working on for March that I can´t really talk about right now. That´s gonna be huge anyway. But we are gonna be busy for a long time. We have worked on the European festivals and stuff.
I guess, now when we have this matter up to talk about, I suppose your both Japanese and Australian fans are eagerly waiting to see you guys to tour in their own countries again…
Yeah, yeah… we are actually thinking about doing both Japan and Australia in February, so…
Alone, being the only headline act in those two countries…?
Probably just ourselves, playing with local bands from those countries.
(*at this point of the interview Gary suddenly takes a glance to Humberto´s direction and says:*)
The 1st satanic band of all time… WITCHCRAFT COVEN
Hey, he´s got a Coven back patch! Coven… are the first satanic band of all time. Dammit, they did a theme for a movie Billy Jack (1971). I know that song: "Go ahead Nato navy, go… she´ SAID friend". I love that song, man. Kiss the goat!! A friend of mine has that on vinyl (Witchcraft Coven "Destroys Minds & Reaps Souls", released 1970) and he´s really proud of it.
"I´ve got groove in my veins…"
I went to your official forum last night and saw this one and a half minute video clip that was filmed at the Cathouse in Glasgow in Scotland by some guy in which you did an impressive dance performance on the dance floor with some chick while James Brown´s "Get On Up" was played in the background. Seemed like you had lots of fun in there?
Yeah, it was a lot of fun. It was the merchandise girl Julie I was jamming with. We were getting down.
Do you like dancing… drunk, I mean?
No, I would have danced with anybody. I have got groove; I´ve got skills. See, other headbangers are like: What dancing will you know I was telling when you are standing against the wall and all the hot chicks are out there on the dance floor. I´m the one out for shaking their asses in a rhythm. You guys sit there and laugh, and like say what you want, but the bottomline is you guys are just watching – and I´m doing, alright.
Ok, I think my time is up, so thanks Gary again for this nice chat with you and best of luck for your gig tonight.
No problem… Thank you, too.
… and a shirt of a band called BLOODRIDE was handed over to Gary…
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