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As I write this, I'm slurping down a soup made of roasted broccoli, celery root, garlic, and broth. I'd never cooked with celery root before, but I had to learn fast — the ugly-but-tasty vegetable was included in the first box of winter farm-share produce that arrived last week.
I'm splitting the share with a friend; winter vegetables (and some fruit) will arrive every three weeks between now and April. I'm already confident that it's $250 well-invested. This first bounty from Wolf Pine Farm in Alfred included onions, leeks, pumpkin, squash, celeriac, broccoli, salad greens, and carrots, among other treasures, forcing me to get cooking.
Wolf Pine Farm didn't offer summer shares this year, opting instead to focus its energy on growing winter vegetables. Those efforts will help me achieve several ongoing (and Going-Green-related) goals: eat more in-season vegetables and less meat, consume more local goods, don't spend as much money at restaurants. That first night, I came home and made two different soups; a few servings of each ended up in my freezer for later. I took the time to learn the best way to store each of the vegetables — potatoes go in a paper bag in my cabinets, carrots are in a plastic bag in my fridge, and pumpkin is cooked and stored in the freezer until I want to use it. I'm already thinking differently about dinner: my menus are now more dependent on what's available at home than my capricious cravings.
During a season when consumption, spending, and rich (albeit delicious) foods run rampant, it's comforting to know that the majority of my winter meals are sustainably, locally, and healthfully accounted for. Plus I feel worse about wasting food from a farm than I do about letting food from Hannaford rot in my vegetable crisper.
For friends who are learning to cook or trying to spend less money out, a farm share might be the perfect holiday gift (visit mofga.org to find summer 2011 shares or local operations still offering winter shares).
Speaking of which . . . With a month left until Christmas, here's a mini Going Green gift guide.
• It took 70 cameras more than four years to get all the footage for the Discovery Channel's groundbreaking miniseries Life, which is available now in a four-disc set ($50, store.discovery.com). Oprah Winfrey narrates 11 episodes, plus there's a special feature that documents the "Making of Life" — an inside look at the special technologies that allow viewers to witness Monarch butterfly migration, deep-sea squids hunting for dinner, and toads bouncing down rocky cliffs.
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• Go paperless: Adopt a forest or a coral reef, or contribute to the Gulf Restoration Fund on behalf of a friend or relative through the Nature Conservancy (nature.org).
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"Since the founding of America there have been more than 20 attempts to assassinate a former or sitting US president--and all but four failed. Of these botched attempts, one is quite intriguing: Teddy Roosevelt, on his way to deliver a campaign speech in Milwaukee, was shot point blank in the chest by John F. Schrank with a .38 caliber revolver. Providentially, the 50-page speech, folded over twice, in Roosevelt's breast pocket and a metal case for his glasses slowed the bullet, which lodged between his ribs, sparing his life. Schrank was seized and might have been lynched had Roosevelt not shouted for the criminal to remain unharmed. Determining that he was not mortally wounded, and still wearing his blood-soaked shirt, Roosevelt went on with his scheduled one-hour speech and only then went to the doctor."
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From the Archive: Slash, Duff McKagan, Scott Weiland, Dave Kushner and Matt Sorum Discuss Velvet Revolver
Here's an interview with Slash, Duff McKagan, Scott Weiland, Dave Kushner and Matt Sorum of Velvet Revolver from the November 2003 issue of Guitar World. To see the cover of the issue -- and all the GW covers from 2003 -- check out the 2003 GW covers gallery.
It's another unseasonably hot summer day in Burbank, California. But inside a small rehearsal and recording studio on the city's industrial outskirts, five musicians are staying remarkably cool, even as they rack their brains to remember how to play a new song they're practicing.
"I think we missed the second bridge," shrugs guitarist Slash, as bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Matt Sorum nod in agreement. "Maybe we should go in and listen to it one time," Sorum suggests. "I think I was playing the wrong song for part of that," McKagan says with a laugh as he heads into the control room. "We've been so busy writing songs," he explains, "that we haven't had a chance to really get them down."
Back in the early Nineties, Slash, McKagan and Sorum comprised three-fifths of Guns N' Roses. Together, they still clearly possess the kinetic chemistry that once made that band such a major rock force to be reckoned with. But today's rehearsal session has nothing to do with rehashing past glories. Instead, it's all about Velvet Revolver.
For nearly a year and a half now, the internet has been crackling with talk of Slash, McKagan and Sorum's new band. Variously dubbed the Project and Reloaded, the group had been rumored at times to feature such disparate luminaries as original Guns guitarist Izzy Stradlin, former Skid Row vocalist Sebastian Bach, Days of the New frontman Travis Meeks and Buckcherry singer Josh Todd.
But this past June 19, the official Velvet Revolver lineup of Slash, McKagan, Sorum, guitarist Dave Kushner and Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland was unveiled to the world with a press conference and a six -song performance at Los Angeles' El Rey Theater.
The show was a success, but nagging questions lingered: Were Velvet Revolver for real or just a bloated "supergroup" put together to revive a few faded careers and make some cash? Given Weiland's recurring drug and legal problems, could anyone be sure that this project would even get out of the starting gate? Would "Set Me Free," the hard-driving song they wrote for the Hulk soundtrack CD, be both the first and last recorded example of original Velvet Revolver material?
But on this sweltering Burbank afternoon, such questions seem utterly irrelevant. Weiland, looking healthier than he has in ages, wraps his angular frame around the microphone stand and leads the band through "Headspace," a song that seems to combine the freight-train velocity of GN'R's "Paradise City'' with the effervescent vocal hooks of STP's "Big Bang Baby'' -- a radio hit in a perfect world, and maybe this one as well. When that song slams to a close, Weiland relinquishes the mic and perches himself on a nearby road case, listening intently while the other four work their way through something with the provisional title of "Rock Song."
The number begins with a jangly, atmospheric buildup that leads into fiery, Zeppelin-esque riffing. "I don't normally say things like this," Weiland pipes up during one pause in the action, "but you guys should extend that intro. I think I can definitely do something with that."
This is how it's been all summer for Velvet Revolver. No egos, no entourages, no rock star decadence -- everyone other than Slash is presently sober, and even he has pretty much been on his best behavior -- just intense rehearsals five days a week and an ever-expanding repertoire of riffs and songs. "So much of the stuff has been written on the spot," Sorum explains. "It's like, Duff will play some bass thing and I'll start kicking a groove, and before you know it, it starts turning into something. Then we'll give it to Scott. If it inspires him, he'll do his thing with it in Pro Tools, and he'll come back and say, 'Look!' And then we'll put it away and start working on something else."
It appears to be an ideal creative situation, which is pretty ironic, considering how often both Guns N' Roses and Stone Temple Pilots foundered on the rocks of terminal dysfunction. "This particular thing has been a true expression of dedication; it was so fuckin' against all odds, and we just did it," Slash says enthusiastically. "It's amazing to be sitting here talking about it in the past tense -- all the auditioning, all the writing, all the naysayers, all the Guns N' Roses comparisons… "
Unflattering comparisons between Slash's post-Guns projects (Snakepit, Slash's Blues Ball) and his old band have dogged the guitarist since he left Guns N' Roses in 1996; so, too, have incessant rumors of a Guns N' Roses reunion. In 1990, original drummer Steven Adler was the first to go (booted out when his heroin addiction got in the way of his playing), and original rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin left soon after, unable to deal with the increasingly imperious behavior of lead singer Axl Rose. But with the departure of Slash -- whose hot-rodded blues-metal licks were as much a part of GN'R's sonic imprint as Axl's feral yowl -- it seemed like the true essence of the band had been lost forever. Slash, for his part, seemed pretty lost as well.


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"In matters of great importance," observes young Gwendolyn, "style, not sincerity, is the vital thing." Thus the guiding ethos of several amorous Brits in The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde's most effervescent farce of a farce. With the greatest panache do Jack and Algernon (Matthew Delamater and Brian Chamberlain) create alibis and false identities to woo Gwendolyn and Cecily (Abbie Killeen and Meredith Lamothe), women who are oh-so-discriminating about whose names they will croon. The Good Theater's production (directed by Brian P. Allen), with its fine cast and lovely set, is as sparkling and acerbic as a tart lemon squash.
The main pleasure of Wilde's script is its elegant, glistening aristocratic frivolity, and Good Theater's visual manifestations of it are rich stuff. In Janet Montgomery's impressive design, each of three acts brings us new delights of luxury as we move from Algernon's posh bachelor flat in London to the garden and then the drawing room of Jack's country manor. The interiors are flush with the lavish fabrics of the leisure class, and the garden, particularly, is sublime with painted flora and marvelous depth of field. Laid out with plenty of bone china and crust-less finger foods, these are flawless settings for the leisure class's decadent trivialities.
Chamberlain and Delamater are nicely matched as the two bachelor buddies; both are suavely secure in their privilege, and have a great tetchy banter to their rapport. Chamberlain looks all the rascal playboy (particularly in some rather startlingly hued duds), served by the perfectly phlegmatic manservant Lane (Bob McCormack). Delamater balances him well with his darker features, his touch of older gravitas, and his rather more senile manservant Merriman (also McCormack). Lovelorn or not, both manage to wallow in delightfully puerile bickering — watch how stylishly they spar even with mouths full of muffins.
Ah, the lucky objects of their affections! Allen casts another good pair in the women: Killeen's Gwendolyn is just as blithely transported by herself, her voice flirting between sonorousness and shrill. As the younger Cecily, Lamothe looks like a dream with her creamy blonde ringlets, in her powder blue and pearls, gracefully evading the watchful eye of her governess Miss Prism (the marvelously sharp-eyed and mellifluous Kathleen Kimball). She does a particularly smart job of balancing the girl's vapidity and Wilde's wit, creating an impossible creature perfectly suited to farce.
Along with the suitors' true identities, the big obstacle to everyone's happiness is the formidable aunt of Algernon and Gwendolyn, Lady Bracknell. Denise Poirier gives her perhaps the witheringest of withering looks, and her voice is delectably suited to the matron's wry pronouncements. Less is more with this Bracknell, and her subtlety yields some moments to savor: Watch the barest frisson of horror run through her, from her blink to her fingertips, when she learns that her future son-in-law was found in a handbag in Victoria Station.
If only all such troublesome origins and unwanted identities could be resolved with a little deus ex machina and a christening. It's pure pleasure to watch the coincidences unfold on Good Theater's stage, as the lights cue our relief by growing even more golden. A particular joy is how well Allen lets his characters channel Wilde's voice throughout the frothy nothings and fantastic improbabilities that consume his characters: Algernon may reproach that Cecily doesn't talk anything but nonsense. But Wilde has his checkmate in Lamothe's coyly raised eyebrow as Cecily responds, "Nobody does."
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UK parliamentarians scrutinize digital surveillance plan
"The rules of the game have changed," then-Prime Minister Tony Blair said after the July 7, 2005, terrorist attacks in London as he announced that the U.K. government would clamp down on terrorists "whatever it takes." Now, the limits of such bold but vague intentions are on show as the draft Communications Data Bill undergoes pre-legislative scrutiny in a joint committee of British Members of Parliament and Peers. Is gathering digital data from the general population a necessary upgrade of law enforcement capabilities, as the British Government argues, or does it dilute the liberal tenets of British democracy for the sake of security?


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TUPELO – Three Tupelo police officers completed the first tier of accident reconstruction training last Friday, adding them to the soon-to-be decreasing ranks of Tupelo Police Department reconstructionists.
Tupelo Police Lt. Tim Clouse said four of the department's six third-tier accident reconstructionists are within five years of being able to retire.
"We have different levels – level one, two and three," Clouse said. "Some of our level threes are starting to get older and getting to retirement age. We're trying to bring some of the new guys up and get them to that level."
The first tier of accident reconstruction involves identifying and marking accident sites.
"This level involves measuring skid marks, marking the scene and being able to get it ready for someone like myself with a level-three background to come in and pick up when they can't go any further with it," Clouse said.
The level-one reconstructionists also will be able to fully handle simple accidents like a slide to stop or pedestrian hit.
"When you start getting into vehicles that hit and then veer out in different directions or try to determine speed and momentum, that comes in the next level," Clouse said.
The three freshly minted reconstructionists completed their tier-one reconstruction, which requires 80 hours of training. Clouse said they were in class full time for two weeks.
"We're trying to get these guys up, so they can start taking the reins so to speak – so they can start learning and move into our positions," Clouse said.
The Tupelo Police Department's reconstructionists don't reconstruct every accident from start to finish. They are called upon when an accident involves a fatality or possible criminal charges.
"If it is a civil liability case, the attorneys will hire another reconstructionist to come in and do that," Clouse said. "We're only looking at the criminal aspect of it."


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If it is acceptable for the female in a relationship to say she desires to opt out of child rearing, why is it not also acceptable for the male to have the same rights. Why does the female have the right of refusal & only the female?
The leftist worry about the right wing attack on public schools, as the left will not be able to survive politically without a public school system to spread leftist attitudes. As Sobran states "such defenses of public education say more than any charges I could level".
As often happens, those who demand tolerance for themselves turn out less willing, once they find a safe perch, to extend tolerance to others.
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beautifully well for a lot of
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Facebook scolded the Drug Enforcement Administration this week after learning that a narcotics agent had impersonated a user named Sondra Arquiett on the social network in order to communicate and gather intelligence on suspects. In a strongly worded letter to DEA head Michele Leonhart, Facebook's Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan reiterated that not only did the practice explicitly violate the site's terms of service, but threatened Facebook's trust-based social ecosystem.
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Facebook has long made clear that law enforcement authorities are subject to these policies. We regard the conduct to be a knowing and serious breach of Facebook's terms and policies, and the account created by the agent in the Arquiett matter has been disabled.
Facebook expanded its ever-growing advertising and tracking reach this week with new integration between the giant social network and Atlas, an advertising platform it purchased from Microsoft. The company now lets advertisers target you across all of your devices and on participating websites, based on characteristics from your Facebook profile such as age, gender, and location. It will also attempt to track the products you buy both online and off, in order to measure the ads' effects on our purchases.
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Shares of electronics distributor Avnet (AVT) are down $1.05, or 3.7%, at $27.52 after the company this morning warned fiscal Q1 revenue will miss analysts' estimates and profit per share will come in well below what was expected, citing a "weaker sales environment" and a shift of sales to lower-margin markets in Asia.
Revenue in the three months ended in September fell 9%, year over year, to $5.85 billion, the company said, yielding EPS probably in a range of 52 cents to 58 cents, the company said.
Analysts have been modeling Q1 revenue of $6.03 billion and 80 cents a share in profit.
The weakness was most pronounced in Avnet's "technology solutions" business that distribute computing hardware and software, which is not an encouraging sign for hardware makers such as Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and Dell (DELL).
The other part of the business, "electronic marketing," acts as semiconductor and components distributor, so its weakness is not encouraging for Intel (INTC) and the rest of the semiconductor field.
UBS's Amitabh Passi nevertheless comes to the stock's defense this morning, reiterating a Buy rating and a $40 price target, emphasizing what he sees as a reasonable valuation:
Though we acknowledge a lack of near-term catalysts, we retain a Buy rating given: (1) book value (~$27) typically provides a floor for Avnet and shares are now trading close to 1x book and (2) we think mgmt will be more aggressive now buying back shares (~$431m left out of the total $750m approved by the boar.
On the other hand, Standard & Poor's Dylan Cathers cut his rating from Buy to Hold, while cutting his price target from $36 to $30, "We see demand softening in many of the company's segments. Technology Solutions had been the bright spot for AVT, but technology spending is being delayed by end users. Further, margins are narrowing, particularly within the Electronics Marketing segment."


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Debuggers not being trustworthy is a big problem. This is especially true for people working on new game consoles. Whenever a fancy new devkit comes along there are always times when the debugger will outright lie to you about the state of the hardware. Also on new systems you will run across occasional compiler and optimizer bugs. This can require extensive debugging at the assembly level, taking great care to ensure values were not optimized out, or moved to another area, or otherwise behaving in a rational but unexpected way.
It can take a lot of work, and when you finally do get the 'a-ha' moment discovering that it is a debugger or compiler error, you then get the follow-up event of how to work around it.
Hardware bugs. They can happen with bad firmwares, or inconsistent documentation where it really isn't a bug, just an undocumented feature. They happen more often when the processors get very hot. That's exactly what happens during games with compute-intensive processing and gamers with overclocked chips. Several games, like GuildWars, take steps to detect and notify users when it occurs.
These also happen on early firmwares of game consoles. Since they are covered under NDA you don't often hear the horror stories. When you have documentation that says a function does something, and it doesn't do it, you must spend hours trying to figure out if it is your code doing the wrong thing, or if it is the black box doing the wrong thing. Then you wait for the next firmware update and hope your problem is fixed.
As for the general problems, I've seen all kinds of things:
Metaprogramming is just plain painful, don't submit it to the codebase. Not only are there 'gotchas' all over the place, they fail spectacularly on data-driven development. If you need to calculate Fibonacci numbers that are known at runtime, go ahead. Otherwise either create a data table of pre-computed values or compute it at runtime.
Badly formed macros (#define) that include sequence points or don't properly place things in parenthesis, or even worse include complete statements, can be a source of frustration. They are not expanded in the debugger, are not type safe, and just cause extra work. I've spent many hours going through macro bugs.
Nested macros, especially nested macros that build complex structures should be avoided. While it may be nice to have a few macros that convert a long list of labels into an enum, a corresponding string table listing the enum names, and a corresponding automatic registration at game startup, and so on... those macros really are a bad idea. When they are fully debugged and have been used for several years they can be moderately useful, but there is a high cost to making them work correctly.


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Dear Mr. Dad: We're about to have a baby and my wife is trying to convince me to have a home birth with a tub of water. I just don't feel comfortable with this idea and would really rather just go to the hospital and deal with a regular doctor. I'm worried about what could happen if something goes wrong. My wife is getting irritated that I won't do things her way. What should I do?
A: First, let me congratulate you and your wife for being brave enough to talk about this. I deal with a lot of parents and it always amazes me how long couples wait before having serious discussions. And given that having a baby will change everything in your life, the topic of childbirth is about as serious as it gets.
A little context. Back in 1940, 56 percent of babies were born in hospitals. In by 1950, that number had risen to over 80 percent, and in 1969, it hit 99 percent where it's been ever since. Over the past 10 years or so, though, the number of home births has risen "dramatically," although that depends on your definition of the word. Home births are indeed up by 20 percent, but considering they started at one percent, an increase to 1.2 isn't much in real numbers.
Have you asked why your wife wants to have the baby at home? Does she think it's a safer alternative? Does she want more privacy, freedom to move around, and to minimize interventions? Does she want more familiar surroundings? Did she have a bad experience at a hospital? It's important that you find this out in a completely non-judgmental way. Just listen to what she has to say.
Most hospitals and clinics these days have pretty homey birthing centers with couches and flat screen TVs. But they're still medical facilities and they won't be as familiar—or as private—as your own home. There is some research that shows that for low-risk pregnancies (her doctor will tell you whether or not she fits into this category), home births can be just as safe as hospital births. In fact, at home, there may actually be less likelihood of labor induction, medication, episiotomy, and c-section. But the operative phrase here is "low-risk," which will be determined by her age, health, and whether she has or has had any health issues or other risk factors that might require medical intervention.
In the end, the goal isn't to "win" the argument, it's to achieve the safest birth possible, right? And even though home birth vs. hospital birth seems kind of black and white, there are really many shades of grey in between. For example, if it turns out that what's most important to your wife is to give birth in the water, check with her doctor and the hospital where you're planning the birth. They may have waterbirthing facilities, which would give her the environment she wants and give you the security of knowing that there's a whole team of medical professionals nearby in case you need them.
All in all, I suggest that you, your wife, and her doc schedule a time to talk this over. If you trust him to deliver your baby and care for your wife, you should be able to trust his opinion on whether a home birth—in or out of the water—is safe. At the end of the day, though, keep in mind that your health insurance may home the ultimate trump card. Some plans cover home births, but many don't.


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OK, here at last is an Olympic Peninsula report!
Jeff and I met Bob Ball on Monday morning in the Pay & Save café at 6am. Juro and others whove taken a meal there know that they serve good hot food and you can often hear the daily chat of the local fishing guides while enjoying your meal. Forks is an old logging town that now lives on the dollars of the sportsfishing and tourist crowds that travel there each year. After an enormous breakfast and multiple cups of coffee (it was sleeting and blowing outside and I think we were all dragging our feet a bit), we climbed into our rig and headed south to the Hoh River.
Bob is a personable flyfishing and gear guide and a leading proponent of Catch & Release regulations for the Peninsulas wild fish. Both Jeff and I had corresponded with him and were looking forward to talking shop on our float.
Bob wasnt optimistic and didnt pump up our hopes he said with dropping temperatures and a rising barometer we probably werent looking at a terribly productive day. We reached the Hoh at the Willoby Creek boat launch and were greeted by low colored water (about 18 visability). And was it * cold * - water was 36 degrees.
At this point Purist Flyfishermen might want to stop reading <g> - we talked to Bob and made a choice. We could either sit huddled in the boat motionless for long periods between the few flypools we could effectively fish under these conditions (slower flows, 2-4 depth, defined seam) or we could fish drift gear to entertain ourselves on the trip. We both chose drift gear bottom bouncing hugh pink plastic worms with conehead corkies. The upper Hoh is under Selective Regs, which meant no bait, no barbs, and wild fish release.
We put in and drift about 100yds to the first spot. I pick up a gear rod. Bob points out where to throw the worm in this little snaggy seam along a downed tree and demonstrates with a quick cast. Not being familiar with this gear, I chuck it out and get it within about three feet of the target. Bob yells lower your arm as I turn back to him to ask him why, a Steelhead grabs the worm and nearly yanks the rod out of my hand! The Fights On! Im reeling and pumping, the steelheads run out to the middle of the river and is working his way down and back toward the snag. Bobs heading the boat toward shore and I manage to convince Mr Steelie that lifes much better upstream of the snag! We land and release about a beautiful 10lb native buck. He was a little camera-shy Jeff was reaching for my camera when he decided hed had enough of us and flipped from Bobs hands back into the river.
I got a little optimistic at this point, which was a mistake. Bob tells us he wants to pull a few plugs through this next run- a deep slot along a brushy bank- because its practically unfishable any other way (very snaggy) and theyve always gotten at least one fish everytime hes plugged it in the last 3 weeks. OK were convinced and let him at it. - - - - - Nothing, not even a touch!
We driftfish through a number of other runs and come to another primo spot along a steep gravel bank. Too deep and fast to flyfish, we run the driftgear through with no luck. Bobs convinced theres a fish there, so he runs the plugs out again and gets a hookup. Jeff grabs the rod out of the holder and fights and lands an 8lb wild hen. Poor fish looked frozen, but revived quickly and sped back into the river.
About an hour later we make it to the best fly run on this float and break out the spey rods and big bright flies. Unreachable by foot traffic and ignored by gear fishermen (too shallow and slow), its a great spot to swing a fly. The run is classic a small creek comes in and creates a seam about 50 from shore. The run continues for about 50 75 yds. The water in the seam is about 2-3 deep and flowing at that nice slow winter speed. Light tips are all you need in this run Type III or less. Im in the head of the pool talking with Bob about flyfishing techniques (he laughingly tells me, Flyfishermen that can take care of themselves a Guides Dream!) when we hear Jeff yell. He got the Grab, but couldnt get a hookset! As we were about to leave, Bob demonstrates how to bottom-bounce in shallow water when he gets a grab on the worm and sets the hook! The pink worm comes flying throught the air and he turns to me with wide eyes and said, Did you see that?? I laugh the look of someone whos gotten the Grab is the same for fly and gear fisherman!
That was it for the day we fished beautiful water but were unable to get a touch on anything fly or gear. There were certainly fish there, but they were lethargic with the cold water and many of them probably had sore lips from all the weekend pressure(we later heard that a record # of boats over 150 had floated the Hoh on Saturday). Bob was great a fun guide who really knows the river. The wind howled, the rain poured down, the sun shined, and the temperature fluctuated wildly. Bald eagles soared above us and we experienced the wonder of a January trip down a glacial-fed Olympic Peninsula river.
Note for Juro this river has changed drastically. Both my favorite pool at the forks and the run below the campground are unrecognizable. The water isnt even fishable from the camp side, but has gotten much better on the other (gravel bar) side, especially the tailout!
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Brian knows I can savor the subtle scents of cedars in the crisp unadulterated Olympic peninsula air and feel the softness of the dense moss of the rain forest floor beneath my felt soles. I can see the streaks of sunlight piercing the forest canopy on the trail to the emerald ribbons of glacial water that slice the portals for native steelhead to thousands of miles of pelagic adventure, forging trout into steel on the open seas. Where humans dislike the rain, the rain belongs here in it's haven of beauty, and those humans that have this beauty in their minds can not dislike rain like the others. These places where the stones are polished by time and the waters glow with the promise of the silver giants of the trout clan are truly magic places, may they thrive forever; in our minds and in reality.
So tell everyone not to f_ck it up till I get back!
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Jews have sought since antiquity to be buried on the Mount of Olives, where according to the Bible (Zech. 14:4) the resurrection will begin when the Messiah comes. Eventually, the cemetery grew to cover the entire western and much of the southern slopes.
The earliest tombs are located at the foot of the mountain in the Kidron Valley. One is attributed to David's rebellious son Absalom, another to the First Temple priest Zechariah; a third bears an inscription mentioning the sons of Hezir, a priestly family that lived 2,000 years ago.
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Then let me amend my post, Mr. Know-It-All....I'M sorta past that.
I did not SEE the post you quoted. How's that for "past" it....
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Then let me amend my post, Mr. Know-It-All....I'M sorta past that.
I did not SEE the post you quoted. How's that for "past" it....
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Well this potential nightmare is over...thank God she came to her senses....
Didnt Ms Kennedy bow out yesterday ?
"Communism only works in Heaven, where they don't need it, and in Hell, where they already have it" Ronald Reagan
Ya know may work for you it doesn't for me. If you can still make that statement, the little credibility you may have had is history, just like her hustling for the office.
Now, Rep. Maloney looks to be a strong candidate with a lot of political savVy. & from her picture appears to be someone with some legislative mileage, which is always a plus. She is also respected by her peers, which is not always a plus but does mean she can run a meeting.Your guy may not have 8 years as you so fervently hope. He no longer has GW to blame, it's his ball of slime created by those in power in Congress. Now they have the majority they have always desired. The critics will be separated from the doer's, let's hope there are some in your party or it's going to be a long 4 years with a whole herd of Elephants lining up to kick a little stuff around. This will be routinely addressed on this forum & I'm sure others.running against the okie from Wasilla. This will really make this last election look like kids play. Bud
As for Sarah, she was a breathe of fresh air, & many of us, while believing in family values, are not exactly fervent about some of her issues but still welcomed her. Without her McCain would have not received the popular vote he received. Remember, he is not even considered the BEST Senator from his home state. The fact that you still want to treat her as a hydrant says a lot about yourself. In life you are judged by the company you choose to keep. I personally think she would make an excellent Senator & would donate to her campaign if she were so inclined.
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Legacy Chorale preparing for 'A Celtic Celebration' concert series
The Legacy Chorale of Greater Minnesota, under the direction of founder and artistic director Sarah Aamot, will perform its spring 2013 concert series, entitled "A Celtic Celebration," in April at three area venues at 7:30 p.m.:
• Thursday, April 11, First Lutheran Church, Aitkin.
• Friday, April 12, Lord of Life Lutheran Church, Baxter.
• Saturday, April 13, Pequot Lakes High School, Pequot Lakes. The concert in Pequot Lakes is part of the Greater Lakes Area Performing Arts 2012-13 concert series.
Admission for the concerts in Aitkin and Baxter is $10 for adults and seniors, and free for students age 18 and younger. Tickets for these two concerts can be purchased at the door at each concert; at the Brainerd Dispatch; Bethany Bookstore and the Independent Age in Aitkin; by contacting Bill Satre, Legacy Chorale manager, at 218-270-8020; or by going to www.legacychorale.org.
Tickets for the concert in Pequot Lakes must be purchased through Pequot Lakes Community Education by calling 218-568-9200 and requesting the number of reserved tickets you want. Tickets can be picked up one hour prior to the concert. Cash and checks only; no credit cards.
Ticket prices for the Pequot Lakes concert are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $8 for youth.
Repertoire for the concert series will include popular Celtic folk songs, hymn tunes and dance melodies from Ireland, Wales and Scotland. A high point of the concert will be an arrangement for bagpipes and choir that includes "Amazing Grace" and two solo selections by Brian Solum, a professional Highland Bagpiper from Bemidji.
The concert will also feature a Celtic band, made up of area and out-state musicians: chorale accompanist Laura Raedeke (Nisswa), Sarah Lockwood (Hastings), violin/fiddle; Jim Olson (Brainerd), guitar; Lance James (Brainerd), recorder/penny whistle; Laurie Chamberlain (Brainerd), bass; and Steve "Gus" Augustinack (Baxter), Celtic bodhran/percussion.
The Legacy Chorale, in its 11th season, consists of 58 auditioned singers from 15 area communities: Aitkin, Baxter, Brainerd, Breezy Point, Crosby, Crosslake, Deerwood, East Gull Lake, Garrison, Hackensack, Little Falls, Merrifield, Nisswa, Pequot Lakes and Pillager.
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UW student drowns in Mount Morris Lake
TOWN OF MT. MORRIS PARK, Wis. - A UW-Madison student is dead after drowning in Mount Morris Lake Friday morning.
According to a post on the Waushara County Sheriff's Department Facebook page, 20-year-old Bruce H. Beckley of Milwaukee was found by divers after the department received a 911 call for a missing person.
According to the post, the report was of a missing swimmer in the lake. Deputies and fire departments were sent to the Town of Mt. Morris Park on County Road G.
Friends of Beckley said the had been swimming and could not find their friend. Deputies and firefighters searched the lake and surrounding frontage.
Around 2 a.m., fire department divers found Beckley underwater, but attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.
According to the post, Beckley and his friends had been staying in the area for the weekend. The group was swimming at the beach after posted hours. It is also believed alcohol consumption was a contributing factor in the incident.
Beckely was a third year student at UW-Madison. According to UW, he had yet to declare a major.
Students affected by the news are encouraged to seek counseling through University Health Services.
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New Tennessee Revolving Loan Fund for Economic Development
This revolving loan fund is intended to enhance current economic development efforts by maximizing statewide job creation and business expansion. The fund provides below-market rate loans with flexible financing options. The fund is designed to enhance the existing financial services available to small businesses in the state.
The Tennessee General Assembly appropriated $10 million to create the Small Business Jobs Opportunity Fund in the 2010–2011 fiscal year budget. Pathway Lending, formerly known as Southeast Community Capital, administers the fund and is raising an additional $10 million to $15 million in capital from financial institutions.
The Tennessee Bankers Association has assigned "Endorsed Product" status to Pathway Lending for its member banks as a Community Development Financial Institution providing Community Reinvestment Act qualified investments. Specifically, financial institutions that invest in the Tennessee Small Business Jobs Opportunity Fund receive a 10 percent annual franchise and excise tax credit for 10 years from the state of Tennessee, based on the investment amount. The program is designed so participating banks can receive 100 percent of their invested capital back through the tax credit.
For more information, e-mail Clint Gwin or Hank Helton or call (615) 425-7171.
Tennessee/Kentucky Housing Fund Achieves More Than $43 Million in Financing in 13 Years
THF has several lending programs designed to meet the affordable housing needs of low- and moderate-income persons. In addition, THF offers second mortgage loans and a free, one-on-one counseling session. THF also has a predevelopment loan program for nonprofit organizations and a development loan program for nonprofit and for-profit developers. THF provides technical assistance services to nonprofit organizations, housing authorities, and community organizations.
THF is certified by the U.S. Department of the Treasury as a community development financial institution and is supported by public and private resources. Financial institutions that want to support THF's efforts can provide equity equivalents (EQ2) and program-related investments. For more information, contact The Housing Fund at (615) 780-7000.
Supporting Affordable Housing through Tax Credit Syndication
As a tax credit syndicator, CAHEC structures equity funds using investors' capital. CAHEC's most recent fund is the South Carolina Preservation Fund II LP (SCPF II). SCPF II is a $32 million equity fund designed to preserve and renovate a portfolio of older, multifamily housing properties in South Carolina. The targeted portfolio includes 41 properties with a total of 1,548 units. Although all investments in SCPF II were fully subscribed in 2008, banks can invest in other CAHEC equity funds as they are developed. To learn more, visit their Web site or e-mail Dana Boole or call (919) 788-1803.
Promoting Business Expansion and Job Creation at Southeast Community Capital
For information or to contact SCC about possible investment opportunities e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or go to www.sccapital.org.
Loans Aid Struggling Businesses
For more information, contact Southeast Community Capital, a nonprofit technical assistance provider administering the fund, at (901) 526-9300.


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What If? What Could Have Been for the 2010-11 Clippers
Posted on 6 Apr 2011 by Taylor Smith.
With the Clippers' season winding down here (just one home game remaining), it's time for a bit of a retrospective on the season that was. A few things we did see were Blake Griffin's emergence as a potential NBA superstar, Eric Gordon turning into an All-Star, DeAndre Jordan showing signs of steady development and much more. While there's plenty of reason for hope for the future, sometimes it'...


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It's been a very busy month, I can tell you.
Ruby/Google is at release 0.4.0 now. This is a beta release and will probably be the last for a while. All the useful features that I can think of are now present and, to the best of my knowledge, functioning correctly.
bash-completion continues to do well. It's in Debian and Mandrake's Cooker release, but was pulled from Red Hat 7.3 for the fourth beta. Oh well...
I'm currently working on Ruby/DICT, which will be a client and client-side library for the DICT protocol, as defined in RFC2229.
I really can't speak highly enough of the Ruby programming language.
Just look at this piece of code:
module HTML
def method_missing(methId, data, attrs={})
tag = methId.id2name
attr_str = ''
attrs.each do |key, value|
attr_str << sprintf(' %s="%s"', key.upcase, value)
sprintf("<%s%s>%s</%s>", tag, attr_str, data, tag)
Assuming that has been saved as html.rb, you now have a very simple module that returns strings marked up as HTML, just like CGI.pm in Perl.
You call it like this:
require 'html'
include HTML
puts a('Google', 'href' => 'http://www.google.com/')
puts ul(li('item1') + li('item2') + li('item3'))
#!/usr/bin/ruby -w
require 'html' include HTML
puts a('Google', 'href' => 'http://www.google.com/') puts ul(li('item1') + li('item2') + li('item3'))
The output looks like this:
Google
Voila, no more arsing around with HTML tags in your scripts.
This is how it works. You simply call the tag that you require as if it were a method in the module HTML. However, no such method is defined, so Ruby invokes the method method_missing to handle the error. By default, this method is, itself, undefined, which leads Ruby to raise an exception.
However, in the module above, the method has been defined. As its argument, it is passed the method as a symbol name, then the original arguments to the non-existent tag method. The last argument is optional and is a hash of attribute/value pairs, common in so many HTML tags.
The method then converts the tag and attributes to upper-case, formats the tag around its content, and ultimately returns it to the calling code.
The thing that's remarkable about the above code is how brief it is and how easy it was to write. It took me all of five minutes. Consider how the same code would look in Perl or Python.
Sarah and I are leaving for a long weekend in Vancouver, Canada on Friday. I'm rather looking forward to that. It will be another nice break, probably our last in the run-up to the wedding in August.
It looks like we're going to have to move. Our landlord wants to sell our apartment and we're not about to cough up the $425,000 he wants for the place, so we're going to be on the move again.
I think we're going to end up in Menlo Park this time. We've seen a couple of really nice places and I hope to sign a lease later this week.
It'll be a shame to leave this place. I really like Palo Alto and being close to University Avenue has been fantastic, but there just seems to be a dearth of large apartments in this town. Menlo Park's just up the road, though, so it's not like we'll be travelling very far.


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Come And Get It: The Best of Apple Records
Welcome to the fabulous, fantastic, folky, funky, far out world of Apple Records. The Beatles founded Apple Records in London in 1968 as a beautiful, shiny, forward-thinking, artist-oriented label that would foster talent in a creative friendly environment, and provide an alternative to the traditional record companies that had dominated the British music industry since before World War II.
Between 1968 and 1973, Apple Records issued around different 50 singles by artists other than The Beatles. Here is a judicious selection from that catalogue, each an A-side, a few US-only, and each epitomising in its own way what Apple was all about. It's an electric, eclectic collection, spanning the musical genres and drawing upon influences from around the world.
While never run intentionally on a wholly commercial basis, Apple Records was nevertheless a highly successful record label. Let it be remembered that around a quarter of its singles charted in the UK or the US — that's a hits-to-releases ratio that few other labels have ever achieved. This is the first ever compilation of Apple Records releases so, in the words of the great Billy Preston, let the music play.
1 Those Were The Days / Mary Hopkin / 1968
In early 1968, Mary Hopkin was a 17 year-old aspiring folk singer, steeped in the music of Pete Seeger, Bert Jansch and Joan Baez. With her natural crystal-clear voice, Mary was making a name for herself in the tough working men's clubs around her home town of Pontardawe, near Swansea in Wales.
Encouraged by those around her, but secretly reluctant, Mary entered the TV talent show Opportunity Knocks, and found herself winning heat after heat, week after week. She came to the attention of Paul McCartney, on the look-out for new talent for Apple Records and also for the right voice to sing 'Those Were The Days', a Russian folk song dating back to the 1920s, that he'd heard in a night club a few years before.
Mary's diamond-pure vocals and the irresistible nostalgia of 'Those Were The Days' combined to create a multi-million selling debut single for both herself and Apple Records. Her debut album Post Card followed in 1969, to which the song was added in the US. Mary went on to consolidate her folk music credentials on her beautiful 1971 Apple album Earth Song / Ocean Song.
2 Carolina In My Mind / James Taylor / 1968
James Taylor began his five-times Grammy Award-winning career at Apple Records, and 'Carolina In My Mind' was his debut single in the US. But not in the UK at the time, as his Apple LP, James Taylor, from which the track was taken, had originally been conceived as a self-contained body of work without the need for an accompanying 45.
'Carolina' is North Carolina, the US state where James Taylor was raised. The song was written while James was on holiday but homesick in the Balearic Islands, and the lyric, 'The holy host of others standing round me' is a reference to The Beatles.
Recorded in London with Paul McCartney on bass and George Harrison on backing vocals, 'Carolina In My Mind' was produced by Peter Asher, Apple Records' first head of A&R, with an English orchestra arranged by Richard Hewson.
3 Maybe Tomorrow / The Iveys / 1968
The Iveys were three parts Welsh — Pete Ham (guitar, vocals), Ron Griffiths (bass, vocals) and Mike Gibbins (drums, vocals) — and one part Liverpudlian, Tom Evans (guitar, vocals). After moving to London and establishing themselves as a credible live act, they came to the attention of Beatles confidant and former roadie, Mal Evans (also Liverpudlian but no relation to Tom), who brought them to Apple.
'Maybe Tomorrow' was The Iveys' debut single, and was written in 1967 by Tom Evans for his girlfriend left back home in Liverpool. Tom's vocal was high in register and high on emotion, and with a lush production and string arrangement by Tony Visconti, the record pre-figured the sound that producer Richard Perry created in 1972 for Harry Nilsson's definitive cover version of Ham and Evans' 'Without You'.
'Maybe Tomorrow' was a minor hit in the States but was a Top 20 smash in Holland. Within months of its release The Iveys had changed their line-up, their sound, and their name — to Badfinger. 'Maybe Tomorrow' is included on Badfinger's first Apple LP, Magic Christian Music.
4 Thingumybob / The Black Dyke Mills Band / 1968
The Black Dyke Mills Band — the most famous brass ensemble in the world — was founded in 1855 by one John Foster, and was named for the textile mill he built in the Black Dyke area of Queensbury, a village near Bradford in West Yorkshire. A French horn player, Foster formed his band from employees who worked at the mill that his family firm, John Foster & Son Ltd., went on to own for the next 146 years.
Thingumybob was a short-lived British TV comedy drama, shown on London Weekend Television in August 1968. The central character, Bob Bridge, a pensioner up for a bit of mischief, was played by the celebrated comic actor Stanley Holloway. (Also in the cast was John Junkin, who played 'Shake' in A Hard Day's Night.)
Paul McCartney was commissioned to write the theme tune for Thingumybob and hired the Black Dyke Mills Band to record it. In July 1968, together with a retinue of Apple staff and his sheepdog Martha, he travelled to Saltaire, near Shipley in Bradford, where the 30 musicians were gathered in the local Victoria Hall. The arranger and conductor was the Black Dyke Mills Band's own Geoffrey Brand.
5 King Of Fuh / Brute Force / 1969
One Thursday in early 1969, George Harrison wrote from Apple Records HQ at 3 Savile Row, London, to a New York songwriter: "Dear Brute, you have got a great name and a lovely voice and a beautiful record on Apple called 'King Of Fuh'…".
Brute is Brute Force, a lyrical absurdist and a forceful entertainer. He was formerly of The Tokens, who, back before Brute joined them, had scored a big hit with 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight'. The Tokens produced 'King Of Fuh', and Brute sent it, via New York, to Apple in London. John Lennon thought it was hilarious, as did George, who overdubbed strings with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and scheduled it for release on Apple.
'Fuh', of course, rhymed with 'Uh', and so the 'Fuh king' sounded a little bit rude for 1969. EMI declined the offer to manufacture such a thing and so Apple pressed a few thousand records privately. Not surprisingly, no one would give it airplay, and the single never made it to the shops. Forty or so years after the fact, therefore, this is the first time that the mighty 'King Of Fuh' has appeared on a full commercial Apple release. All hail…
6 Sour Milk Sea / Jackie Lomax / 1968
Jackie Lomax was a contemporary of The Beatles from the earliest days. In 1960 he once played drums for them in his hometown of Wallasey on Merseyside. After fronting the R&B band The Undertakers, he went solo and was managed by Brian Epstein before signing to Apple.
'Sour Milk Sea' was written by George Harrison in Rishikesh, India. The theme is meditation, sorting out your life. The title comes from the Vishvasara Tantra, an ancient Eastern spiritual text that examines the self in relation to the material world. As George described the lyrics: "If you're in the shit, don't go around moaning about it, do something about it".
'Sour Milk Sea' is the greatest record The Beatles never made. George plays rhythm guitar, Paul plays bass, Ringo is on drums. Jackie is also on rhythm guitar and, of course, sings. The keyboards are by Nicky Hopkins and the lead guitarist is Eric Clapton. George brought it all together fabulously as the record's producer; and the single is taken from Jackie's excellent Apple album Is This What You Want?
7 Goodbye / Mary Hopkin / 1969
'Goodbye' was Mary Hopkin's second single, issued seven months after 'Those Were The Days' had rocketed her to worldwide fame, and a few weeks after the release of her debut album Post Card. Apple had high hopes for the single, and issued it in around 35 different countries.
Although credited to Lennon & McCartney the song was actually a solo Paul composition. Paul also produced the track and commissioned the arrangement from Richard Hewson. The percussive patting sound heard throughout is Paul slapping his thighs.
'Goodbye' was a huge success for Mary Hopkin and Apple: No. 8 Billboard in the US and No. 2 in the UK. Whereas 'Those Were The Days' had knocked The Beatles' own Apple debut, 'Hey Jude', off the UK top spot in September 1968, this time The Beatles kept 'Goodbye' at No. 2 — with 'Get Back', no less, a single which, for the first time ever, credited another musician, Billy Preston.
8 That's The Way God Planned It / Billy Preston / 1969
Prior to 'That's The Way God Planned It', Los Angeles-raised Billy Preston was renowned as an instrumentalist, on his own albums and for Little Richard, Sam Cooke and Ray Charles. And, of course, for, The Beatles.
Billy always said his music was divinely-gifted, and it was fitting therefore that his Apple debut was That's The Way God Planned It, the lead single from which hit UK No. 11 in July 1969. It was produced by George Harrison, who also played guitar, with Keith Richards on bass, Ginger Baker on drums and Eric Clapton on lead guitar.
After Apple, Billy enjoyed a long association with the Rolling Stones and had great solo success in the Seventies, particularly in America. He maintained his friendship with George, who invited him to perform at The Concert For Bangla Desh, where he played 'That's The Way God Planned It'. Some say he stole the show.
9 New Day / Jackie Lomax / 1969
Jackie Lomax, as well as possessing one of the best blue-eyed soul voices in Britain, was principally a songwriter. Every track on Is This What You Want? bar 'Sour Milk Sea' was an original: Jackie signed to Apple Publishing long before Apple Records was launched; the strength of his songs won him the deal.
Two of Jackie's three singles for Apple were cover versions, which makes 'New Day' rather special, as it was very much his own composition. If there was ever an original Jackie Lomax sound then this is it: British soul meets R&B with horns.
'New Day' was issued as a stand alone single in May 1969. Jackie Lomax produced it himself, with a little help from Mal Evans, who'd previously produced a number of tracks for The Iveys' album, Maybe Tomorrow.
10 Golden Slumbers-Carry That Weight / Trash / 1969
Trash came to Apple via Tony Meehan, record producer, drummer, and a founder member of The Shadows. Five men strong, Trash was a powerhouse of gig-hardened Glaswegians. Without a songwriter in the band, Trash relied on their choice of, rather than the creation of, their material. For this, their second Apple single, they were invited to select something from The Beatles' yet-to-be released Abbey Road.
Trash signed to Apple as The Pathfinders, far too beat group for 1969, particularly so given the heaviness of their sound. So they changed their name to White Trash. Soon after, reluctantly giving in to negative feedback, the changed it again to Trash.
'Golden Slumbers' / 'Carry That Weight' was issued in October 1969, a week after the release of Abbey Road. It was the band's last single for Apple, and almost became a UK hit, reaching No. 35.
11 Give Peace A Chance / Hot Chocolate Band / 1969
When the numerous friends and musicians heard on this British reggae version of 'Give Peace A Chance' came together to record it, they hadn't formed a proper band, and they didn't yet have a name.
The whole set-up was so spontaneous that the track Apple Records released in September 1969 was actually the demo the collective had cut in London's Tin Pan Alley, Denmark Street.
Having re-written the lyrics to John Lennon's current hit song, the group of friends, all from North Clapham in London, took advice and sought John's approval. To their great surprise John raved about their recording and sanctioned its release. It was a one-off deal, and rather low-key. There was a press ad in America, but no publicity photographs.
The group found its name via the Apple Press Office when Derek Taylor's secretary Mavis Smith, warm cocoa-based beverage in hand, suggested 'Hot Chocolate Band'. Their two songwriters, Errol Brown and Tony Wilson, signed to Apple Publishing for a while, and showcased a couple of originals plus 'Give Peace A Chance' when John booked the band to open his Peace For Christmas UNICEF benefit show that December. Errol and Tony wrote 'Think About Your Children' for Mary Hopkin and, after Apple, the group scored UK hits in each and every year throughout the Seventies.
12 Come And Get It / Badfinger / 1969
Written to order by Paul McCartney for The Magic Christian, the 1970 film starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr, 'Come And Get It' marks the transition of The Iveys into Badfinger: they recorded it under the former name and released under the latter. Guitarist Joey Molland joined as the single was taking off.
The Iveys had insisted on recording their own material, especially for singles, and prior to Apple had turned down The Who's 'Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand'. Struggling to write a viable follow-up to 'Maybe Tomorrow', however, and with Paul McCartney offering them his brand new song, with himself as producer to boot, they could hardly refuse.
'Come And Get It' was a massive global hit, reaching No. 4 in the UK and No. 7 in the US, and it established the newly named Badfinger on the world's stage. The song became the lead-off track on their first album, Magic Christian Music.
13 Ain't That Cute / Doris Troy / 1970
Doris Troy took her stage name from the classical heroine Helen of Troy. Doris was once talent-spotted by James Brown at soul music's most celebrated venue, the Apollo Theater in Harlem "where stars are born and legends are made". In the early Sixties she recorded for Atlantic Records and issued 'Just One Look', which The Hollies covered in the UK and took to No. 2, and which prompted Doris' move to London.
George Harrison signed Doris to Apple, when he met her at the sessions for Billy Preston's album That's The Way God Planned It, on which Doris sang backing vocals.
'Ain't that cute' was a phrase that Doris used in everyday speech, and she and George wrote the song from scratch in the studio. It's one of four songs that she and George collaborated on — two of them also co-credit Ringo Starr and Stephen Stills. All can be found on her marvellous Apple album of crossover gospel, soul and R&B, Doris Troy.
14 My Sweet Lord / Billy Preston / 1970
Billy Preston's soulful performance of 'My Sweet Lord' was a wonderful moment at the Concert For George at the Royal Albert Hall in 2002. Billy was the ideal person to sing George's best known solo song, as Billy had recorded the original version back in 1970.
George wrote in I Me Mine that he was unsure at first about recording a song with 'Lord' in the title; and so he gave it to Billy Preston before he released it himself. Billy's deep religious beliefs ensured that his take on 'My Sweet Lord' uprooted the song from its rock music origins and firmly re-planted it in the world of gospel.
'My Sweet Lord' appears on Billy's fabulously funky second album for Apple Records, Encouraging Words, and was issued as a single in France, the Netherlands, and the United States. Perhaps inevitably, it's long been overshadowed by George's own version. Now is its chance to shine.
15 Try Some, Buy Some / Ronnie Spector / 1971
Ronnie Spector, as Veronica Bennett, was a member of the influential early Sixties girl group the Ronettes. The trio's producer was Phil Spector, whom Ronnie later married. The Ronettes toured Britain with the Rolling Stones in early 1964, where the "bad girls of rock'n'roll" met The Beatles. They met again in '66, when the Ronettes were one of the support acts on The Beatles' final US tour.
By 1971, Phil Spector had become the producer of choice for both John Lennon and George Harrison. Ronnie was in Britain with Phil, and it was perhaps inevitable that she should be offered the opportunity to record for Apple.
'Try Some, Buy Some' was written by George Harrison on, as he remembered, the organ. The production was by Phil Spector and George, and the lush orchestrations were by John Barham. The record was a minor hit for Ronnie in the States, and George liked it so much that he recorded it himself for his 1973 album Living In The Material World, using the exact same backing tape from Ronnie's single.
16 Govinda / Radha Krishna Temple / 1970
'Govinda' is a hymn to Krishna, which is another name, George Harrison informed us, for God. The song was arranged by Mukunda Das Adhikary from the Radha Krishna Temple in London, and the record was produced by George, who also played bass and accordion. Also found on Apple's Radha Krishna Temple album, 'Govinda' was a UK Top 30 hit in March 1970.
Govinda is the name of Krishna as a youth, the divine cowherd. The lyrics are written in the ancient holy Indian language of Sanskrit, and the first verse translates as:
"I worship Govinda the primeval Lord / Who is adept in playing on his flute / With blooming eyes like lotus petals / With head decked with peacocks' feathers / With the figure of beauty tinged with the hue of blue clouds / And his unique loveliness charming millions of cupids."
17 We're On Our Way / Chris Hodge / 1972
Chris Hodge revived the spirit of 1968 in 1972 when he phoned Apple and said he had some good rockin' songs about UFOs. Mmm, sounds far out, said Apple, and they invited him over.
Chris left a demo tape. Apple gave it to Ringo Starr and he liked what he heard. Ringo was a fan of the new generation of pop idols, and was working with Marc Bolan of T. Rex on Born To Boogie for Apple Films. Chris Hodge's music was not a million light-years away from Marc's, and Ringo signed Chris to Apple Records.
Chris Hodge was one of only a few Apple artists to record in the £1.5m state-of-the-art Apple Studios in the basement of 3 Savile Row. Tony Cox produced the sessions and everyone concerned was delighted to see 'We're On Our Way' became a hit in America in the summer of 1972.
18 Saturday Nite Special / The Sundown Playboys / 1972
The Sundown Playboys were not professional musicians, as Apple revealed in 1972: "During weekdays, Lesa and Larry work for an oil refinery, Darrel is a vending route candy-man, Wallace operates a grocery, and Pat and Danny attend school".
The Sundown Playboys are a Cajun band based in Lake Charles in southern Louisiana. Founded in 1945 by Lionel Cormier, they are still going strong, with various Cormier family members among their alumni. Cajun music is typified by the fiddle and the accordion, and it was the band's accordion player, the youngest member at 16, Pat Savant, who led the band to Apple. He sent over a copy of 'Saturday Nite Special' that had been cut for local label Swallow Records, and George Harrison loved it.
The word 'Cajun' comes from Acadian, referring to French colonists who settled in eastern Canada before relocating to Louisiana in the 18th century. 'Saturday Nite Special' is a lover's lament, which begins, 'Little girl I met you last night', and tells of an unreliable partner who made promises to another and now asks his 'jolie coeur' (sweetheart) for forgiveness.
19 God Save Us / Bill Elliot & The Elastic Oz Band / 1971
"Every major country has a screw in its side, and in England it's Oz." So ran Apple's press ad for 'God Save Us'. "Oz," the ad explained, "is England's foremost underground newspaper. Oz is on trial for its life." This was the famous Oz obscenity court case of 1971.
In May 1970 this British "magazine of dissent" (Australian in origin, hence its name), ran a 'Schoolkids Issue' put together by rebellious teenagers. The content was rather risqué, or as the prosecution maintained, "dealt with homosexuality, lesbianism, sadism, perverted sexual practices and drug taking".
As a fundraiser for the defence, John Lennon and Yoko Ono wrote 'God Save Us', which was issued under the ad-hoc name of the Elastic Oz Band. The record was co-produced with Mal Evans and Phil Spector at John's home studio at Tittenhurst Park, using the rhythm section of Klaus Voormann and Ringo Starr. For contractual reasons, John offered the lead vocals to Bill Elliot, who as one half of the group Splinter, later signed to George Harrison's Dark Horse label.
20 Sweet Music / Lon & Derrek van Eaton / 1972
Lon and Derrek van Eaton were one of the last acts signed to Apple Records and the first to record at the newly built Apple Studios. The brothers had previously been in a band called Jacobs Creek, who issued one self-titled US album on Columbia Records in 1969.
After that band split up, Lon and Derrek made a demo of 'Sweet Music', which they sent to Apple in New York. John Lennon heard it and was impressed. George liked it too, and it was George who called the van Eatons to ask if they would like to record for Apple.
Lon and Derrek flew to London, where George produced 'Sweet Music' using, as Lon van Eaton remembers, a similar arrangement to George's own recordings at the time, including a harmonium (played by Mike Hugg) and two drummers (Jim Gordon and Ringo Starr). All other instruments, including four acoustic guitars were played by the brothers; Lon did the string arrangements and Derrek sang lead. 'Sweet Music' was issued as a single in the US, and was taken from the Apple album Brother, issued in the UK in early 1973.
21 Day After Day / Badfinger / 1972
Like many Badfinger songs, 'Day After Day' was very personal to Pete Ham. He wrote it after discovering that his ex-girlfriend had been pregnant with his child, but had lost the baby in a miscarriage; something he heard about only from a distance while the band was away on tour.
The song, along with three others on Badfinger's 1971 highly recommended Apple album Straight Up, was produced by George Harrison, who liked 'Day After Day' enough that he asked to play on it — the slide guitar solo features George and Pete Ham together, playing in unison.
'Day After Day' was Badfinger's third single for Apple, and their best remembered after 'Come And Get It'. It was a UK Top 10 hit in January 1972 and peaked at No. 4 Billboard in the US, in the same week that Nilsson's cover of Badfinger's 'Without You' was US No. 1.