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I really liked the look and presentation of this game, with the graphics being 3D and what not. It would be nice to see something else like this regardless of the characters, enemies, etc., but with a little bit more varied control of the playable character rather than just running continuously down a street.
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Sounds very interesting. I agree with Kaiserwolf on this being used as some kind of menu music. Maybe it could also be used to show the results of a battle, like how well someone did, etc, or what kind of loot you get. Anyways, good job. It would probably be a good idea to develop this just a little bit more, but keep it as a loop, but it's still fine as is.
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The Rittenhouse Hotel is located in a prestigious area of Philadelphia in close proximity to Mutter Museum, The Barnes Foundation and Boathouse Row. Since 1989, it has been hosting guests in the center of Philadelphia.
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1. one can't help notice how extra light is the news coverage of this important exercise in Southeast Asia, a known hotspot for terrorists. of course there is a history of these sorts of things suddenly going 'live', as they did on 911 and 7/7.
THE Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is taking part in in Exercise Cobra Gold, being held in Pattaya, Thailand from Monday to Feb 11.
The multilateral exercises, also involving the Royal Thai Armed Forces, United States Pacific Command, Japan Self-Defence Forces, Indonesian National Defence Forces and the Republic of Korea Armed Forces, focus on peace support and civilian evacuation operations, said a statement from the Singapore's Ministry of Defence on Monday.
…Representatives from another 20 countries are also involved in this year's exercise as observers.
2. largest US - Asia wargames — "rehearsal" for the day when the services are needed.
RAYONG (Thailand) - THE US military began its largest war games in the Pacific region on Monday - an annual training exercise with troops from Thailand, Japan, Indonesia and Singapore, now joined by South Korea.
At the opening ceremony in the eastern Thai province of Rayong, US Ambassador Eric G. John said that the 'Cobra Gold' exercise, now in its 29th year, had become a 'multinational showcase event'. 'The US continues to view this exercise, which is our premier training event in Thailand, as an important symbol of US military commitment to maintaining peace and security in Asia,' he told the audience.
'It's imperative that our separate militaries learn to work with each other - together - and rehearse for the day their services are needed to answer that call for help,' he said. In total representatives from more than 20 countries will participate, observe or support, he added. — AFP
3. Thailand and the United States are long-time allies, but a large sum of US military assistance to the Southeast Asian nation was suspended after a Thai coup in 2006. The aid was resumed after elections in December 2007.
4. Thailand walks a fine line with the weapons cache: keeps the men in detention, mentions Iran, but splits hairs with the cargo and the flight plan
BANGKOK - THAILAND said Monday that an aircraft loaded with North Korean weapons was flying to Iran when it was intercepted in December but the ultimate destination of the arms is still not known….
But Thai government spokesman Panitan Wattanayarkorn said Monday that 'to say that the weapons are going to Iran, that might be inexact.' 'The report only says where the plane was going to according to its flight plan, but it doesn't say where the weapons were going to,' he said. 'It's still under investigation, and the suspects are under our legal system.'
The five-man crew - four from Kazakhstan and one from Belarus - remain under detention. The crew has been charged with illegal arms possession, but the charges are expected to be stiffened once the investigation wraps up, police have said. The weapons found on board the aircraft were reportedly light battlefield arms, including grenades - hardly the ones Iran's sophisticated military would need.
5. training based on a computer simulation
"The training is based on a "computer-simulated command post exercise (CPX), field training exercises linked to the CPX, and humanitarian and civic assistance projects," he said. The joint activity is designed to improve the American Pacific Command's ability to carry out joint and multi-national military operations and to improve the ability of the participating countries' armed forces to work together.
The computer-era exercise combines Thai, US, Singaporean, Japanese, Indonesian, and South Korean participants in a coalition grouping.
Thai, US, Singaporean, Japanese, Indonesian, South Korean, and United Nations military force personnel will participate in the field training modelled after the UN's multi-national peace support operations scenario.
6. additional details from the military: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2010/01/mil-100112-afps04.htm
Sponsored by U.S. Pacific Command and the Royal Thai Supreme Command, the three-week exercise includes a command-post exercise, a series of medical and engineering civic-action projects and joint and combined field training. The exercise continues to serve as a venue to build interoperability between the United States and its Asia-Pacific regional partners.
The command-post exercise focuses on training a Thai, U.S., Singaporean, Indonesian, and South Korean coalition task force. The exercise also includes Japan participating within a United Nations Force staff. A team composed of representatives from Brunei, Chile, China, Germany, Laos, Mongolia, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Vietnam will observe the command-post exercise at the invitation of the Thai government.
Among Cobra Gold 2010's objectives is Pacom's rapid deployment of a joint task force and subsequent coordination with U.N. forces, with the aim of improving Pacom's ability to conduct multinational operations and increase interoperability with partner nations, officials said.
In addition, officials noted, the military-to-military relationships developed during Cobra Gold exercises underscore a combined capability to face myriad issues in the Asia-Pacific theater, including terrorism, transnational threats, and humanitarian-assistance and disaster-relief efforts.
(From a U.S. Army Pacific news release.)
7. overview of why the military does this exercise in general: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/cobra-gold.htm
"Cooperative engagement" is the USCINCPAC strategy designed to deter aggression, promote peace, encourage prosperity and democratic ideals, and — if necessary– allow the US to fight and win if a conflict cannot be avoided. Specifically, the strategy is a process of aggressively employing the means available to USPACOM (forces, assets, funds, and programs) in three principal ways: forward presence, strong alliances and friendships, and a visible demonstrated capacity for crisis response. The goal is to achieve engagement and participation in peace, deterrence and cooperation in crisis, and a swift and decisive victory in conflict, through multilateral alliances if possible.
Thailand is one of five countries in the Pacific region with which the US has a functioning security alliance. The other four countries are Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, and the Republic of the Philippines. Thailand and the US have an extensive bilateral military exercise program.
Cobra Gold is a regularly-scheduled joint/combined exercise and is the latest in the continuing series of U.S. – Thai military exercises designed to ensure regional peace and strengthen the ability of the Royal Thai Armed Forces to defend Thailand or respond to regional contingencies. Cobra Gold is one of several training exercises the US conducts with Thailand each year. The US funds Thai military and civilian professional development training under the international military education and training program (IMET). Thailand is a generous host to US Navy ships that make frequent port calls at Pattaya and Phuket.
Cobra Gold is a six-week exercise during April and May, the hottest time of the year in Thailand where daytime temperatures linger between 103 and 107 degrees Fahrenheit.


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Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) is to go against the trend of big media companies retrenching and downsizing across the world with a new Japanese-language site next year, according to the company's editor-in-chief Robert Thomson. No word on whether it will be a Japanese WSJ.com but the former Times of London editor told the Reuters media summit in New York yesterday (via Reuters.com) about the plans for more international expansion and how advertisers are starting to come out of the woodwork after being scaling back spending during the downturn.
-- East and West expansion: It's hardly DJ's biggest revenue stream, but its Japanese foreign exchange information business is its fastest-growing and a Japanese-language site is slated for H109, though the company will not be making any acquisitions there. This comes on the back of some serious hiring and investment in Europe, where a revamped WSJ.com/Europe is looking to take on FT.com under the watch of local newspaper publisher and new WSJ Europe MD Andrew Langhoff. It's not all investment, of course: there will be cuts at the company's Enterprise Media Group, though Thomson says it's not a case of "slash and burn".
-- Advertisers re-emerge: "You're starting to see them emerge in the sunlight after this period of darkness," says Thomson, who is confident that the traditional forms of advertising will provide a "safe harbor in times of turbulence". Not exactly a common view in publishing or advertising around the world, he even sings the praises of print advertising: with print you have a captive audience that can't click away from your ads. "The only multi-tasking that you can do while reading a newspaper is drink a cup of coffee," he says. Thomson spoke of DJ's plans to give the Journal a boost in big cities like Chicago and LA and capitalize on local papers' cuts in business coverage. He ruled out DJ actually buying any more papers, but is convinced that "some people are going to buy newspapers over the next few months, enjoy themselves and make a lot of money".
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Attadale Villa
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Situated in the quiet suburb of Attadale just minutes' walk to the Swan River and Point Walter Reserve is this modern single story house. All bedrooms have a queen size bed, with one being an en-suite with an additional toilet. With a fully self-contained gourmet kitchen, and a very spacious open space living area. Opening up to an outdoor patio with BBQ, this house is both bright and comfortable.
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Sharon Stone was reportedly replaced by Kim Kardashain West as the guest of honour at De Grisogono's annual Cannes party.
The 58-year-old actress is usually a fixture at the star-studded party, thrown by the Geneva-based brand but her demands were allegedly too outrageous this year and she was dropped.
A source told the New York Post's Page Six: "She wanted $300,000 plus eight rooms at the [hotel] for a week and a private jet. They pulled out."
Instead, reality TV star Kim, 35, attended the bash at Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc with the brand's founder and creative director Fawaz Gruosi, and wore a pair of stunning diamond earrings but it was reported she "did not get to keep the earrings - she only got to wear them!"
Fawaz said he asked Kim to the party because he wanted to shake things up.
He told WWD: "I wanted to have something different. I always have this spirit to - I don't want to say the word shock, it's too much probably - to surprise people."
Kim said: "I'm excited just to be here in Cannes. It's the most glamorous place in the world and I have the most glamorous jewellery on and a beautiful dress, so I'm living life - I'm happy."
Other guests at the star-studded bash included Kim's mother Kris Jenner, Milla Jovovich, Paris Hilton, Mischa Barton, Ivana Trump, Chanel Iman, Toni Garrn, Barbara Palvin, Alek Wek and Ana Beatriz Barros.
Leonardo DiCaprio was also in attendance and reportedly had to climb over the wall near the pool to get out because it was so packed.
A source told Page Six: "It was just wall-to-wall [people]. A friend had to lift [Leo] up to help him up this little rock face so that they could escape. It would have taken him an hour to get to the door."


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Brave New World Seen for Robots Appears Stalled by Quirks and Costs
By PETER T. KILBORN, Special to The New York Times
Published: July 1, 1990
HAMILTON, Ohio— Steve Antenen runs the nation's biggest employment agency for laid-off robots. He has 70 industrial robots for sale on the fringe of this riverside community between Cincinnati and Dayton. All look impeccable, most having worked no more than a few thousand hours before their former owners, some of the nation's leading companies, showed them the door.
It was not supposed to be this way. To labor unions, robots presented the specter of automation in the extreme - motorized androids that would drive real people out of their jobs. To industry, they were expected to be an uncomplaining solution to round-the-clock production.
It turns out that people still work better than robots in many jobs, and where they do not, more mundane forms of automation than robotics work better.
Robots have found a place in industry, but mostly in arduous, dangerous or monotonous jobs that workers shun anyway, like wielding a 200-pound welder on an automobile assembly line or handling radioactive materials in nuclear reactors. #1 Robot for 500 Workers But the American population of robots is not the hundreds of thousands once predicted but 37,000, or about 1 for every 500 factory workers, according to the Robotic Industries Association, a robot merchants' trade group in Ann Arbor, Mich.
The total includes 200 or 300 that owners have dispatched to used-robot dealers like Mr. Antenen, plus an indeterminate number of graybeards that have been scrapped. Still others have moved on to colleges that teach manufacturing, where, like cadavers in medical schools, they become learning aids.
''Here's an Ultimate Puma 700,'' Mr. Antenen said. ''It was in an electronics plant in Texas. They had it in a lab, perfecting a process to make a certain product. They had a change in plans and decided not to make the product. It has under 1,000 hours of laboratory use. We've brought it in, checked it out and aside from a minor gear adjustment, it's like new. It's going to a school in Arizona.''
''We've even got some brand new ones,'' Mr. Antenen said as he roamed among his idle toilers, a few several times the size of a man, some half the size. Most have a torso but only one limb, an arm with an elbow and a wrist. The wrist is fitted with tools to do a particular job, like drilling holes or welding or putting together parts on an assembly line.
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Mr. Antenen has some lumbering ''bang-bang'' or ''pick-and-place'' robots, as they are called in the industry, that can do nothing more than lift things, move them a bit and put them down. He has others, their arms guided by sophisticated computers, that can do a variety of tasks and confer, in a way, with fellow robots that work along the same assembly line. He said that in a clean working environment, they need about the same care as other machines - periodic oiling, adjustments, occasional replacement of tired parts - to run for 10 or 15 years.
The average price of a new robot is about $70,000. The oldest and simplest of the robots in Mr. Antenen's warehouses can be had at fire-sale prices - $5,000 or $10,000 - and the best for $40,000. Twenty brainier new ones, the International Business Machine's 7540 assembly robots, still in their original packing crates, came from a company that encountered financial strains and decided it could not use them.
Well into the 1980's, robot enthusiasts were predicting that by now hundreds of thousands of the machines would have displaced millions of workers because they believed they would work better, faster, longer and at lower cost than regular mortals.
Goliaths of American industry -among them General Electric, General Motors, Westinghouse, Cincinnati Milacron, I.B.M. - jumped into the business of selling robots, some making their own, some through alliances with Japanese robot makers.
''It was 'Star Wars,' '' said Walter Bohland, the Ford Motor Company's expert in using robots and automation. ''They became bigger than life.''
At a Congressional hearing on robots seven years ago, an alarmed Senator, Lloyd Bentsen, the Texas Democrat, cited predictions that by 1992, sales of robots would exceed $2 billion. He warned of an upheaval in the work force.
But the more competent and versatile that scientists and engineeers try to make a robot, the more it costs, to the point where the price of a robot exceeds a factory workers' lifetime wages and therefore what companies are willing to pay to do a factory worker's job.
Keith McKee, director of the manufacturing productivity center at the Illinois Institute of Technology, said, ''A lot of companies will buy a robot or two and then find that its care and feeding is more difficult than the care and feeding of a man.''
Peak Year in 1987
Mr. Bohland said Ford could use robots and other forms of automation to make automobiles without any human intervention at all. ''Would that be economically justified?'' he asked. ''Or would we go broke? I think the latter.''
Robots' best year was 1987, when 6,219 were sold, for $443 million. Shipments have not exceeded 4,000 a year since then, but because of price increases, sales last year were just short of the peak, at $437 million. General Electric and Westinghouse have gotten out of the business entirely, and more than half the 50-some companies that were making them five years ago have disappeared.


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Although she originally started as a glamour model, 24-year-old Mia found it boring and unfulfilling–until she stumbled across some photos of a modern-day model emulating the popular pinup styles of the past. "I realized my body was something that, in that era, would have been appreciated–like Bettie Page and Marilyn Monroe," says Mia, adding, "I love cheesecake!" A recent transplant to LA from the Big Apple, Mia has guest starred on shows such as The Sopranos and As the World Turns. We look forward to seeing more of this little vixen on the small screen!
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1. Remove fat skin from beneath the rack of ribs, and rinse thoroughly. Pat dry and cover with marinade sauce, making sure meat is coated evenly. Let marinate overnight.
2. When ready to smoke, heat smoker to 200 degrees. Drain excess marinade off meat and pat down generously with dry rub, coating meat evenly but using personal preference as your guide for how much seasoning you want to sprinkle on meat.
3. Put ribs in smoker. If your smoker has more than one rack, rotate ribs every 30 minutes or so. If your smoker only has one rack, turn the meat periodically so it will cook evenly.
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* FTSEurofirst 300 up 0.3 pct, Euro STOXX 50 up 0.5 pct
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LONDON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - European shares had a positive start to the week after business surveys (PMIs) from around the euro zone beat expectations, while Commerzbank's better-than-expected results brightened a mixed picture for earnings season.
Traders also noted supportive comments from the European Central Bank (ECB) after its president, Mario Draghi, said in an interview over the weekend that it was ready to do what it takes to keep its medium-term inflation target on course.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index was up 0.3 percent at the close, reversing early losses after weak Chinese data sparked global growth concerns, while the euro zone's blue-chip Euro STOXX 50 index was up 0.5 percent at the close.
"We've seen some strong German PMI figures which does breathe some optimism back into the market," Charles Hanover Investments advisory investment manager, Jonathan Roy, said, noting that investors were being driven back into equities on the expectation of higher earnings and more liquidity.
Greek shares outperformed as investors welcomed the outcome of ECB stress tests on its four main banks.
Athens' ATG index was up 3.1 percent, lifted by gains of nearly 30 percent in Alpha Bank and Eurobank , while Piraeus Bank rose 18.3 percent and the National Bank of Greece was up 7.7 percent.
The ECB assessment found that the four banks had a collective capital shortfall of 14.4 billion euros, less than the 25 billion maximum earmarked for bank recapitalisation as part of the country's latest bailout programme.
"The Greek banking stress test results released over the weekend revealed that Greek banks are doing better than expected and consequently need less of a cash infusion than originally thought," Peregrine & Black sales trader Markus Huber said.
Huber said sentiment in European stocks remained positive amid expectations of gains going into the end of the year.
Among standout gainers, Commerzbank rose 6.6 percent after the German bank said it would pay a dividend for the first time since 2007 as its recovery gains ground.
But elsewhere in the sector, HSBC fell 0.8 percent in spite of a better-than-expected 32-percent rise in pretax profit for the third quarter, thanks to reduced costs.
Electrolux dropped 5.4 percent after the U.S. Justice Department rejected the Swedish appliance maker's offer to settle a fight over whether it would be allowed to buy General appliance business.
French carmaker Renault rose 4.2 percent. According to data published on Sunday, French car registrations rose 1 percent in October, with Renault recovering some lost ground, while rival PSA Peugeot Citroen saw a fall.
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So that brings us to our current state of affairs in this land and the protests going on world wide in support of justice for the people. The outright desire of the people to be treated in a fair and equitable manor, with dignity and respect for the inerrant rights of all men. Our law enforcement is no longer here to "serve and protect", but have become enforcers for the corporate corruption and for the system that has clearly failed.
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I keep hearing all this hub bub about conservatives "not being conservative enough."
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Folks, like any faction, group or party, there are degrees in both directions. There is an equal call from the far left that Liberals are not push hard enough. Just look up interviews of Howard Dean after Scott Brown won Massachusetts. Howard's logic was defined as "Scott Brown won because liberals want to send a message to Obama that his policies are not liberal enough." Seriously?
Dig deep enough and you will find absolute nut jobs who want to tear down the system completely and start over…I see these on both sides.
Tea Partiers are fed up with not having a viable second choice, as so many spend and tax Republicans disaffected our party during the Bush years. God bless having multiple voices or we would all hail the Queen.
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I think they started out great, but now they're just a pawn to split the republican vote.
They could have convinced democrats to vote out the incumbents, too, if they weren't so radical in their socialist/liberal-bashing. Oh, well. Que-Sherrod-Sherrod. Whatever will be, will be.
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To celebrate the release of ZZ Top's La Futura, the "little of band from Texas" 15th album, GI brings you not just one but two interviews with the living legend Billy F. Gibbons! Stuart Bull delves into the ZZ Top history book for a full gear and background interview, while Michael Casswell brings us up to date with the new album. Meanwhile Gary Cooper offers a career profile and later in this issue, Danny Gill delivers a Billy Gibbons masterclass!
'The thing that's hard to remember is that there are only three of them – and there only ever has been.' What the man standing next to me was saying slowly sank in. At first I thought he was referring to there being another two '59 Les Pauls like the one Billy Gibbons has immortalised -'Pearly Gates (and if he had been, he'd have been wrong) But no, he meant just three of them in ZZ Top. And he was right about that. There are just three musicians up there on stage and yet they produce an irresistible tsunami that sweeps you up and carries you away. It's not volume -there are louder bands – it's intensity. ZZ Top are intense.
Like many of the finest achievements in Rock, the ZZ Top formula looks simple. Take heavily Delta Blues influenced Rock, drive it with a classically tight rhythm section, so locked together that it's just about indistinguishable as two players, then add a great Blues Rock guitar and growling vocals over the top and hey presto! instant multi-million selling success. Only it isn't that easy and you can walk into bars all around the world and hear bands who think they have it nailed. Some of them arc bad, some arc good, some are my good, but none of them has that ZZ Top magic.
It even works on television. Back in the early 1980s. I recall a defining TV moment on a British music show called The Tube. In among the habitual line-up of glam-era early '80s bands the presenter (a then young fools Holland) Introduced ZZ1bp. Ten seconds later Gimme All Your Loving was hammering out at what seemed like twice the volume and forty times the intensity (that word again) of anything else on the programme during that entire series. Funnily enough. the same programme offered a similar experience a year or so later. The studio audience was milling around looking cool and bored and hip, as Holland announced the next act. You could see the who the hell is that old black guy?' looks on their faces-. and then the jaws dropped as Bo Diddley nailed them to the wall with 'that riff. There is. as we shall sec, a link. There are connections between Bo Diddle)? and Billy Gibbons.
If the image was reality, William Frederick Gibbons would have been born on a cattle ranch somewhere dusty and remote in his native Texas. He would have strolled into town one day, a guitar over his shoulder. looking just like he does today., ready to take on the world and spit in its eye. In Cur, he was born to Frederick Royal and Lorraine Gibbons, in the Tanglewood suburb of Houston, Texas. Billy's father wasn't a rancher or a gun slinger, he was a conductor and a pianist, who worked at MGM's studios in Hollywood. And it was while he was attending MGM's Hollywood school that, as he tells Stuart Bull in our interview, Gibbons persuaded his family to buy him a guitar. And what a present that was! There, beneath the family Christmas tree, the 13 year old Billy discovered a Gibson Melody Maker and a Fender Champ!
Gibbons may have been relocated some way West but has heart was clearly still in the South and he was already a convert to the hugely underrated Blucsman, Jimmy Reed, as he says in our video interview.
By the age of 18, Gibbons already had a successful band – The Moving Sidewalks – a hit record and a tour with Jimi Hendrix. It was some start to a career and the friendship with Hendrix was celebrated with the gift of a Stratocastcr which he still has… somewhere in what must be one of the greatest guitar collections! It also led to a prophetic quote from Hendrix, who predicted, during a TV interview, that Billy Gibbons would be the next big US guitar hero. In our interview, Gibbons speaks of his long standing love affair with the magiad combination of a Les Paul and a Marshall and also the debt he, very generously, pays to the generation of British Blues guitarists who took the music back home to the USA – notably the three John Mayall greats, Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor, plus the legends that are Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. There is nothing to add to this, than to say, listen to the great man speak. He says it far better than we ever could and explains why going back to the source is always great advice.
ZZ Top got off to a fine start, back in what seems like another world – 1969. The band's first album followed in 1971 and it wasn't that long before the word had begun to spread among guitarists, if not so much the general music buying public of the time. If I mention that I was turned on to ZZ Top by Judas Priest's Glenn Tipton in 1976, it's not to drop names, but to show just how wide Billy's reputation had spread, and how quickly. Already, Tres Hombres and Fandango had become the 'you are not going to believe this!' of clued-up guitarists, the world over.
What was hooking people wasn't so much Billy's technique, which isn't to say he is deficient in it. 'What was blowing them away was his sound and his feel. Both are fiendishly difficult to write about, being entirely subjective; neither lending themselves to explanation by notation or analysis, any more than do the chugging rhythms of Keith Richards or the spine-chilling power of a guitar riff from a Bluesman like Hubert Sumlin (check out Smokestack Lightning by Howling Wolf). With this kind of music it's not about the notes, it's how the notes are played or even, in some cases, how they aren't. That, plus cone, is what Billy Gibbons has. It's authentic and it's about as American as a bald eagle in a spitting contest with Clint Eastwood.
For some ZZ Top fans, the band's accommodation of electronic and even disco influences that followed 1983's Eliminator may have dulled the edge of their raw Blues Rock, but on the upside it, and the following elevation of the band via MTV to international super stardom, complete with impossibly cool hot-rods and impossibly long-legged models, really did 'take Texas to the world' and, coupled with the trademark beards, made Gibbons and ZZ Top Bassist Dusty Hill icons. And, anyway, making some allowances for the effects (and there's a lesson for young musicians – nothing dates your sound like effects ten or more years after their time!) the fact remains that Eliminator gave the world three of the band's greatest ever tracks: Gimme All Your Loving, Sharp Dressed Man and Legs.
Having said that a thousand bar bands try to cover ZZ Top, rarely with much success, the Gibbons sound certainly isn't out of reach for those who want it. Yes, in a perfect world, we would all have a '59 Les Paul (though were unlikely to get one for the $250 Gibbons paid for the legendary Pearly Gates!) but for those who despair of even approaching that legendary tone, check out our investigations into the '59 La Paul mythology, back in Guitar Interactive issue four. After some extensive delving into the mythology of the '59 La Paul, we concluded that by no means were all '59 La Pauls created equal and by no means is 'the real thing' the only way of getting 'that sound'!
As a starting point, ideally, you do need a La Paul or at least, a La Paul clone. Of those, a cheap Epiphone would be a good choice, but our tests suggest a humble Vintage V100 gets you worryingly closer for a smaller amount of money involved! A Marshall is a must but, as Billy says in our interview, don't overlook Marshall's solid state amps! If you are working to a tight budget, a Marshall solid state combo, with a decent quality
Les Paul copy would be a great start. Just remember, not too much treble, and boost the front end with an overdrive pedal! Even if you don't happen to have a handy La Paul or suchlike, there's no need to despair. And here is another important point about Mr Gibbons style. While Pearly Gates has graced every ZZTop album, he has used a wide range of guitars in his time, not least the impossibly rare Grestch Jupiter 'Billy-Bo' Thunderbird that he was given by the legendary Bo Diddley (there's that connection I promised earlier) as a token of esteem. Gretsch recreated this guitar around 2005, and it is every bit as 'authentic' as a La Paul for the Gibbons sound, albeit a rare treat to find today.
You could also get yourself a set of Seymour Duncan's meticulously researched Pearly Gates pickups if you wanted – and what they would do to a good Its Paul clone beggar's belief! A nice old (or new() Epiphone or Tokai fined with a pair of those would set your socks on fire, though it might be a bit much to put an expensive set of pickups like these into a cheap Chinese copy. On the other hand, they could be the perfect supercharger needed by one of the less than wonderful Les Pauls that Gibson has produced at times!
And what if the word Fender is engraved on your heart and you just can't break the habit? Well, perhaps surprisingly, Gibbons is reputed to have used a 1950 Broadcaster on Jesus Just Left Chicago (from Tres Hombres) so, as ever, there is no one formula and the Gibbons sound can be, and has been, wrung out of many different guitars down the years, from the aforementioned Broadcaster and Swats, through to Explorers, Gretsches and SGs, but always with Pearly Gates showing the high road to salvation.
For amplifiers, as Billy says in our interview with Stuart Bull, he is pretty much a Marshall man, through and through and has a loyalty to the brand that seems close to devotion. It goes back a long way too, as he seems to have had the first, or at least one of the very first, Marshall Super in the USA, back in the 1960s. Since then, though he has used ancient Fenders in the studio and played through a variety of other amps from rime to time, he has remained a committed Marshall user with his choices including Super Leads, Bluesbreaker combos and others. For stage use, he is one of the fans of the JMP-1 pre-amp, something of a lost sheep in the Marshall flock, but still very highly prized by guitar tone cognoscenti. A racked valve/ tube pre-amp, Gibbons seems to treasure this amp and is still using them on tour, though his have recently been 'breathed on by the American master-tweaker Trace Davis, of Voodoo Amps. While visiting Voodoo in New York recently, Gibbons apparently ordered several of Voodoo's handmade V Rock single channel heads so, to see what had excited the great man, we borrowed one for this issue and you'll find our review further on in the mag.
To give voice to the JMP-l's tone, the Gibbons formula calls for a rack of another idiosyncratic choice – Marshall's Valvestate 120 power amps.
In the end, as Michael Casswell says in his interview with Billy, a guitarist's sound is mostly in his hands and what you need to do, beyond getting the gear right, is to steep yourself in the music of Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, Bo Diddley, Lightning Hopkins and Muddy Waters. This is music of attitude and feel, raised out of dust and made a monster with amplification.
One technique that is worth mastering if you are really after the Gibbons style is the pinched harmonic, made a lot easier when you use an old Peso coin as Billy has at times (interestingly, Brian May is another coin user, which may say something about the virtues of metal over plastic picks). Mastering the ability to clip a harmonic with the edge of your thumb after the pick stroke, is an essential if you really want to nail that ZZ Top sound! The difficulty, once you've mastered if, is forcing yourself not to use it all the time!
We have two interviews for you in this issue – the first filmed a while ago, in which Stuart Bull goes into the roots and details of the Billy Gibbons legend, the second filmed just a few weeks ago, when Michael Cassvvell met Billy to discuss the launch of the latest ZZ Top album, La futura. You often hear phrases like 'he's one of the nicest guys in the business' but, as you can see in both videos, in the case of the Billy Gibbons it's plainly true.
As we enter into the staggering forty fourth year of ZZ Top's reign as the definitive 'Little ol' band from Texas' with the riff from 1 Gorsta Get Paid ringing in our cars, it is worth pausing to wonder about why a mere three piece band, playing music that, at last in essence, is from the 1940s and '50s or even earlier, still has such power. My vote is for its honesty and integrity and because what ZZ Top is about – sex, and cars and having a hell of a time – simply doesn't date.


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No need to ask that here in West Texas. The answer would be yes 90 % of the time.
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text: On August 10, 2015, Maple Leaf Angels participated in TechTO's monthly Knowledge + Networking Event at the TELUS House. The event featured keynote presentations by Dessy Daskalov from Nudge Rewards, Darrell Heaps from Q4 Websystems, Phil Jacobson from PumpUp, Mallorie Brodie from Bridgit and Zaheed Poptia from CardSwap. The evening kicked off with networking accompanied with food and beverages, it was then followed by the presentations and an open mic forum. Along with providing information on the Maple Leaf Angels organization, MLA hosted three companies as guests at the demonstration booths; Hynt, Avertus& Neuranet. Over 400 guests attended the event, mainly from Toronto's tech community, in support of the TechTO. The goal of the TechTO Knowledge + Networking Events is to advance Toronto's booming tech scene. The next event will be taking place on September 21, 2015 at the TELUS House. If you are interested in watching the keynote presentations, you can watch them below.


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In a recent interview with Stephen Colbert, actor Chris Pratt discussed the time he and some friends erected a huge cross on Easter weekend.
According to Relevantmagazine.com, Pratt posted a series of pictures to Instagram last Easter showing himself and two friends erecting a huge cross in the Texas desert.
In his recent interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Pratt explained to Colbert that he felt it was symbolic to erect the cross on the day before Easter.
"They had this big cross. It was on a Saturday, the day before Easter, and they said, 'You know, we got this big cross. We gotta bring it up this great big hill at some point.' I said, 'Let's do it right now … I want to do it. And, it's Saturday before Easter, if you think about it, that's what Jesus was doing 2000-something years before on a Saturday before Easter, was carrying a cross up a hill!' … It took us like two days. The thing was super heavy, and it was like just so rewarding and awesome."
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Former Deputy Chief Whip of Lagos State House of Assembly and now the substantive Chief Whip, joined the golden age (50) recently. In this birthday interview with Honourable Lateef Abiru, the gentleman, among other things, bared his mind about what he wants God to do for him at 50.
He talked glowingly about his wife, Adeyinka, why his first child is 17 at 50 and much more…
Congratulations on your 50th birthday, sir.
Thank you very much, to God be the glory.
It feels great. It is obviously a far cry from younger age. I give glory to God Almighty for seeing me this far.
Will you say you feel your new age?
In my heart and spirit, I don't feel I am 50. But of course, the body has been giving me signs that I am not getting any younger.
What are those things you did in your 30s and 40s that you can no longer do?
I have realized that I no longer have stamina for my usual regular sporting activities. Although I still have the skill of an athlete that I was in my younger age but the stamina is no longer there. Again, I can no longer eat late as I did in my younger age because the digestive system of a man at 50 is no longer the same as it was in my younger age. So, anytime beyond 6pm, I no longer take solid food.
What would you consider the highlight of your 50 years of existence?
First, I give glory to God Almighty for giving me life. I give glory to God Almighty for having a family that I am proud of, both my extended family and my immediate family, which is my wife – Adeyinka and my God given three boys (Abdulkadiri, Abdulgafar and Kalim). They are all doing well in school.
Again, my wife, who is just two years younger, has always make me happy. To a reasonable, extent, she had given me so much support.
Again, I give glory to God for my achievement today. As I speak, I am the Chief Whip of Lagos State House of Assembly. I have been the deputy Whip of this House of Assembly.
As a matter of fact, I have served in the public domain for 13 years. I have every reason to thank God. I have a reason to thank my leaders, my constituents, who thought it worthy to push me forward as their spokesman in Lagos State House of Assembly.
I can attest to the fact that God has actually given me the fruits of life. It is just for me to continuously thank Him for His kindness to me and my entire household.
When will you say was the happiest moment of your life?
Looking at myself now with no sign of health deficiency, disability, challenges beyond the normal health condition of an average Nigerian, which is usually malaria fever. I have not really been diagnosed of depression, heart problem or any debilitating ailment.
These are things that I need to be appreciative of God. I give God the glory.
When would you say was the saddest moment of your life?
Going by some of the preachings of the Holy Quran. It is said that whatever situation you find yourself you have every reason to thank God. The day I lost my mother was a very bad day for me. But I was quick to remember the wordings of the Holy Quran that "He giveth and also taketh those that He wish for reasons best known to Him."
Are you the only son of your mother?
I am not the only son.
But you were very close to her?
Yes and she did a lot in terms of contribution to who I am today. I am from a polygamous home. When I was in secondary school, I was very rascally to the extent that it affected my studies but she never gave up on me. That really endeared me to her. I have other siblings. We are 10.
From the same mother?
No. There are seven of us from my mother. Our late father, Hon. Justice M. A. Abiru, sowed the seed of love among his children. Of course, irrespective of who our mother was, we, the children saw ourselves as one and uptill today, we jointly look after ourselves and we do things together.
The day I can call saddest was the day I lost my mother. It was actually a sad day for me. After a very long while, tears flowed freely from my eyes.
I dodn't have any doubt in my mind that she is resting on the bossom of the Lord. Because she gave up the ghost during the Ramadan. As a muslim, I believe that anybody that God chooses to call during Ramadan goes straight to heaven.
At 50, would you say you are fulfilled?
To the glory of God Almighty, I can say that I am fulfilled at 50. Yes, there are targets that I have not yet met. There are wishes that have not yet been granted. But beyond all these, if you look at the state of the nation today, if you look at some of your colleagues, friends, one will sound like an ingrate to God Almighty if you don't appreciate what He has done for one in 50 years.
I have a roof over my head. I can guarantee three square meals for my family. I do not have any health challenge that surpasses my power. This is worth thanking God. If you ask me, are there things you wished God to have done for you before now. I would have said yes.
For instance, I sometimes think that at 50, I should have been done paying school fees. But I didn't start early enough. I didn't get any child until I was 33. It was that particular year that God granted me my first son. So, as I speak, my first son is 17. How I wished my children have finished their university education. So that at 50, I could play Mr. and Mrs. with my wife alone. But all the same, I give God the glory for seeing me this far.
You talked glowingly about your wife. Tell us how and where the two of you met?
She is my God chosen wife. I grew up in Gbagada Phase 1 where I also have a private business venture. She was working right in front of my business office. In fact, the company she was working for was occupying one of the wings of my father's house and yet we did not meet at Gbagada.
You didn't see her?
I didn't notice her. I had a girlfriend who was a Christian. But my wish before Almighty God was to marry a muslim. Though I had a Christian background too. I attended Baptist School but I purposefully started attending Islamic programmes.
One of the Islamic organizations I belonged to was Movement for Islamic Culture and Awareness (MICA). It was at 2004 Flats, Victoria Island, Lagos. It was during one of our meetings that I met my wife.
I approached her myself. Nobody introduced her to me. We got talking and in the course of our discussion, we realised that we were so close to each other and yet we never met in Gbagada. We didn't court for more than six months before we got married.
I will say one thing. Since we got married, we've never had any irreconcilable difference. She is soft spoken and to a large extent she has high level of maturity. She is also well read. She has a Master's degree in Geo-Science from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State. Her first degree is in Geology. We've been happy together.
At 50, what do you want God to still do for you?
I want many things o (general laughter). Sincerely, I wish God could bless me with resources that will sustain me long after I might have quit active politics. I pray to God for long life in good health so that I could do His wish and His mercies on my children. I pray He grants me long life and good health to witness all my children's marriages.


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I'm on my third FoodSaver, and it's about to go kaput again. I've had this one for about a year and a half. My last one I've had for about two years, and my first one I've had for about a month. I've been reading reports about it lasting anywhere from a few months to seven to eight years. I don't think I'm mistreating my machine -- all of my other appliances last for quite some time. But I just don't seem to have good karma with my damn Tilia FoodSaver.
I'm not willing to shell out the big bucks for a super duper commercial one. But I'm willing to pay a bit more (up to $400) if it will last me about 10 years. Any recs? And as I use mason jars more than I use the bags. So it must have an attachment for the wide mouthed mason jars.


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- Even if you are entering on your own, you must enter your school info to verify that you are a Massachusetts grade 6-12 student. If you are home-schooled, provide enough info for the contest administrators to contact your parent guardian.
- You MUST enter your local code in the "local contest code" slot on the registration or this local contest won't even know you exist.
- You may change teams but you can only be on one team at a time. Special rules apply if your current team is ranked nationally in the top 50.
- All info on the national contest registration site must be true, and all rules on the national site apply (especially ones involving profanity!). Team names cannot include the last name of the team members.
- As there may be a delay between the end of the local contest and the acquisition of data from Engineering Encounters (EE), we reserve the right to adjust the local standings based on the EE data. If you have any questions about your standings, please let us know; however please be advised that all standings will be final one week before the Awards Dinner.
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Because of COPPA restrictions on acquiring personal information on line, children age 12 and below requires special rules and procedures. The local contest collects no personal information prior to awarding top teams. In the event that a student 12 or under is on one of the winning teams, we will request the student or teacher provide us with parent guardian contact information. The student will be invited to the awards dinner and we will request permission to use the full name of their child on certificates and/or press releases to the school principals and town newspapers.
There is an additional rule for students 12 and under communicating with mentors. If a mentor is requested and is available, the mentor will send you an e-mail asking for your parents to either call, write, e-mail, or send a note through your teacher to verify that they give permission for you to communicate with the mentor. Mentors can always communicate with you through your teachers until you get permission, provided your teacher doesn't mind!
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A new study finds that domestic violence may also impact pregnancy and delivery. According to this study, the risk of birth complications like low-birth-weight and preterm birth might increase if a woman is subjected to domestic violence.
This study says that domestic violence could impact the growth of foetus. Maternal stress, malnutrition, trauma and lack of medical care may impact the foetus in many ways.
Researchers warn that the negative effects could be worse if the domestic violence is caused by the spouse. It is a fact that domestic violence affects the lives of both the mother and the baby and that is why researchers recommend preventive measures.
Also, women who report such cases should quickly be given attention and proper medical care in order to prevent any birth defects or delivery complications.
Also, domestic violence could be anything from physical violence to emotional abuse. As a part of the study, researchers examined more than 5000000 women who underwent domestic violence.
The study concluded that domestic stress could double many delivery complications. This is why a pregnant woman must be given proper care throughout the whole phase. Apart from many other effects of domestic violence, researchers have found that even birth complications could be among the dangers.


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Great Wrap up Mike.
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The culture wars are back — at an unlikely location. After Chick-fil-A boss Dan Cathy declared his support for traditional (read: "non-gay") marriage, mayors in Chicago, Boston, and elsewhere warned the fast-food joint to stay out of their cities. Liberals held hands and urged progressive thinking Americans to boycott the restaurant chain. That prompted Mike Huckabee and thousands of other opponents of gay marriage to flock to Chick-fil-A for an appreciation day. Across the nation conservative Christian preachers demanded the execution of Jim Henson's puppets for withdrawing their support for Chick-fil-A.
Judging from the recent barrage of negative headlines surrounding Mitt Romney, the GOP presidential standardbearer is a wimpy, fancy-horse-owning gaffe machine who, on his recent foreign tour, offended his British hosts and destroyed any chance for Mideast peace. But is the media unfairly focusing on candidate errors and gaffes? Is it possible Romney's trip was actually a success or did it make Londoners anxious to vote in America's presidential election?
GOP Congressman Supports Dog Fighting
Iowa's very own Steve King, a congressman since 2003, made it clear that dog fighting is not something that should be illegal. Steve King has been a longtime advocate of dog fighting and cock fighting, even go so far as to fight legislation that would make it illegal to bring a child to an animal fight. And, interestingly enough, Steve King, lover of states' rights, put that love aside in order to forbid localities from enacting anti-animal torture legislation.
The erstwhile presidential contender from Massachusetts, Willard Mittens Romney received two very important endorsements last week, one from Porn Queen Jenna Jameson and the other from cranky, long time conservative Clint Eastwood who closed his statement by uttering his timeless phrase "make my day."
Michael Phelps wins more gold medals than most countries
The most decorated Olympian ever added another medal to his collection in his last race in London, the 100-meter butterfly. The win brings Phelps to a grand total of 17 gold medals, and 21 career medals overall, and Phelps is the only man to win a gold medal in an individual swimming event at three straight Olympics. The race is likely also the last of Phelps' Olympics career.
Kofi Annan quits Syria
With Syria's civil war raging, and both President Bashar al-Assad and rebel forces ignoring the U.N.-backed peace plan, Kofi Annan, the United Nation's special envoy to Syria, resigned his post. Annan blamed the international community for his failure, saying they'd balked at uniting behind peace. (China and Russia have both blocked U.N. pushes for sanctions.) Is diplomacy as dead as a doornail?
NBC Botches Olympic Coverage
#NBC Fail is probably not the reputation the peacock network was hoping to secure with its Olympic coverage. But thanks to controversial editing, aggravating tape delays, forehead-slapping spoilers, and an embarrassing episode of Twitter censorship, and a politically incorrect preview of a new series, NBC has incurred the wrath of the internet for its old-fashioned, jingoistic coverage of the London Games.
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Great Wrap up Mike.
Yeah it's a good wrap up but why do the Olympics have to make up half the stories? Isn't there more going on in the world? Just curious.