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Liner Notes › Live at Leeds
Live At Leeds
Liner notes by Chris Charlesworth
Released as Track 2406 001 on May
23, 1970. It reached #3 in the U.K. [and remained in the charts for 21 weeks,
the longest for any Who LP in Britain. The 1995 expanded CD also charted
reaching #59. This new version was also released as a limited edition in a
12-inch cardboard sleeve designed to resemble the original LP with full-sized
copies of the paper contents.]
[The original release was affected at the time of recording by loosely-connected wires which caused crackling noises. The original LP had a note on the label saying "Crackling Noises O.K. Do Not Correct!" After the crackles were removed electronically on the 1995 CD, this was changed to "Crackling Noises Have Been Corrected!" Released as a double CD called Live At Leeds: Deluxe Edition on Sept. 18, 2001 in the U.S. with the first disc containing the non-Tommy part of the show and disc two containing the Tommy performance.]
Pete Townshend: "(Live At Leeds) happened to be covered in clicks. There was a dodgy mike cable somewhere and great clicks all the way through. On the newly mastered we got rid of the clicks, but not all of them. We had to leave a few clicks in because they've become legendary."
Here's Who manager Kit Lambert's
explanation of the album's title: "In those days live albums were always 'Live
At The Colosseum in Rome' or 'Live At The Palladium,' 'Hollywood Bowl,' etc. I
said, 'live' isn't really like that. Touring is much seedier. So why didn't we
think of 'Live At Grimsby' or 'Live At Mud-on-sea'...I looked at the schedule
and said, 'You're in Hull on Wednesday and Leeds on Thursday, so it's going to
be 'Live At Hull' or 'Live At Leeds.' Things didn't go too well at Hull, so it
had to be Leeds."]
Substitute 2'06
Shakin' All Over
(Johnny Kidd) [real name Frederick Heath] Mills Music, Inc.
"Shakin' All Over" is the best pre-Beatles British rock 'n' roll song bar none. With its startling guitar riff, heavy bass line, minor key and lyrics that really do rock, 'Shakin'' could have been written by one of the great American Fifties rock songwriters like Leiber & Stoller, Doc Pomus or Otis Blackwell. Instead it was written in 1960 by Johnny Kidd (Fred Heath), the leader of The Pirates, one of the first truly ballsy rock 'n' roll bands in Britain, and their version reached number one in the U.K. charts in August 1960. Contemporaries of The Detours (as The Who were originally known), it was The Pirates, with their singer, guitar, bass and drums line-up, who convinced Roger Daltrey to abandon his own guitar, fire the Detours' singer and occupy centre stage himself. That left Pete as their sole guitarist, and he took particular notice of Pirates' guitarist Mick Green whenever the two bands shared a bill, which was often. The Who's 'Shakin' All Over' is a typical full frontal assault, guaranteed to rouse everyone within earshot. Everyone gets a chance to shine: Roger howls the lyrics, John tampers with the celebrated bass riff, Pete lets fly on the solos and Keith thunders in at all the right moments. [Rather confusingly for The Who, the song was best known in the U.S. from the 1965 cover version by The Guess Who. This track on both the LP and 1995 and 2001 CD's has the middle section, which incorporated a cover of Willie Dixon's "Spoonful," removed because The Who didn't care for their performance on this section. All other live versions of this song have another song appearing in the middle, usually "Spoonful." On the original it was track 4. on the 1995 CD and disc one - #11 on the 2001 CD all running 4'15. The uncut original runs 5'06. Another live version can be found on Live at The Isle Of Wight 1970.]
The original recording was produced by Shel Talmy at Pye Studios, London on October 13, 1965, and released as a single three weeks later. It reached #2 in the U.K. charts, the highest position any Who single would ever achieve. [except for "I'm A Boy" which also reached #2 in the same chart] Due to lack of promotion in the U.S. it just scraped in at #74.
[Here's Pete's explanation for this track from his introduction at Leeds: "We do a number now which is kind of a little bit of everything. Mainly, it's mostly The Who. It's mostly The Who of about three years ago and mixed in are little bits of The Who today. This is something which is more or less our hymn. The reason we reprise 'Tommy' in it, in other words we repeat a bit of it, is to mix all the bits of our history together in a one great, huge deafening din." On the Canadian version of Live at Leeds this track is broken down into the following songs: 1a. My Generation (Townshend), b. See Me, Feel Me (We're Not Gonna Take It) (Townshend), c. Higher (Townshend, Entwistle, Daltrey, Moon), d. Overbridge (Townshend, Entwistle, Daltrey, Moon), e. Coming Out To Get You (Townshend, Entwistle, Daltrey, Moon), f. Underture (Townshend), g. Driving Four (Townshend, Entwistle, Daltrey, Moon). On the original LP this was the first track on side 2 and was 14'27. On the 1995 CD it is track 13, on the 2001 CD disc one - track 12, and is 14'45 on both CD's. The uncut original is 15'03. Other live versions of "My Generation" can be found on the Who's Better, Who's Best video (1967), the Monterey Pop boxset and movie (1967), The Kids Are Alright movie (1967), Live At The Isle Of Wight 1970, Who's Next Deluxe Edition (1971), the Thirty Years Of Maximum R&B video (1972), Who's Last (1982), The Blues To The Bush (1999) and The Who & Special Guests Live at the Royal Albert Hall video (2000).]
Magic Bus
I Can't Explain 2'16
(Pete Townshend) Fabulous Music, Ltd. (BMI)
The Who's first single was an unashamed attempt at copying the riff style of The Kinks, who were also produced by the American expatriate Shel Talmy. This similarity to The Kinks aside, 'I Can't Explain' was still an explosive debut, describing the frustration of being unable to express yourself, not just to the girl of your dreams but, in a broader sense, to the world as a whole.
Perhaps the best testament to 'I Can't Explain' is that throughout their career, The Who almost always opened their live shows with this song, occasionally alternating it with 'Substitute' and during this period, 'Heaven and Hell.' Is there any other band in the entire history of rock whose first single was so good, so timeless, that they could continue to use it as their opening number on stage for 25 years?
The original single, released on January 15, 1965 featured Jimmy Page on second guitar and the Ivy League on backing vocals. Live, Keith would chirp in unless sound engineer Bob Pridden discreetly switched off his vocal mike. It reached #8 in the U.K. charts.
[Shel Talmy denies that Jimmy Page played on this, or any other, Who song. In the U.S. it was released February 13, 1965 and reached #97 in the Billboard charts and #57 in Cash Box. Other live versions can be found on The Kids Are Alright soundtrack (1965), Live At The Isle Of Wight 1970, Who's Last (1982), The Blues To The Bush (1999) and The Who & Special Guests Live at the Royal Albert Hall video (2000). Track 2 on the 1995 and 2001 CD's.]
Tattoo 2'51
(Pete Townshend) Towser Tunes, Inc. (BMI)
Segued straight from 'Fortune Teller,' a song of cascading arpeggios heralds 'Tattoo,' a tongue-in-cheek ballad based loosely on the spurious concept that tattoos make 'a man a man.' A stand-out track from their third album, The Who Sell Out, The Who retained an affection for 'Tattoo' long after the album's other songs had been discarded. They were performing it live right up to the mid-Seventies.
'Tattoo' boasts a particularly attractive and mature melody, and couplets with unusually complex rhymes about two brothers who decide to get their skin tattooed, only to regret the decision after parental objections and personal contemplation.
The original recording of 'Tattoo' was produced by Kit Lambert at IBC Studios, London on October 12, 1967. ['Tattoo' was also performed occasionally after The Who's 1999 revival. Track 4 on the 1995 and 2001 CD's.]
Happy Jack 2'13
A Quick One While He's Away 8'25
Amazing Journey/Sparks 7'34
The Who's first ever live performance of the entire Tommy song cycle was at a press preview at Ronnie Scott's Club in London on May 2, 1969, the same month that the original double album was released. The final performance, until their 25th Anniversary reunion tour in 1989, was at London's Roundhouse on December 20, 1970, when they dedicated it to the support act, an upcoming singer/songwriter/piano player named Elton John. In between times The Who dragged Tommy across Europe and America, performing it over 160 times. "Assemble the musicians," Pete would say as the band geared itself for 'Thomas,' as he liked to call it. Keith would tap the rim of his snare like a conductor would tap his baton on a music stand. "Stop laughing," he'd yell from behind his drums. "This is serious. It's a fucking opera, ain't it?"
And off they'd go, crashing into the 'Overture' and sticking at it until the final verse of 'Listening To You,' the coda from 'We're Not Gonna Take It,' an hour and 15 minutes later. [Actually a little over 50 minutes at Leeds and that was one of The Who's longer Tommy performances.] It was a marathon performance, something never attempted by any rock band before or since, and those fans who caught it in its gloroius prime were indeed fortunate. Over the years Tommy would become abridged, with certain songs left out - John's 'Cousin Kevin' was never played [John thought it too hard to sing live] and 'Sally Simpson' often got the chop ['Welcome' was also not performed during this period] - until only 'Pinball Wizard' and the 'See Me Feel Me'' climax remained. Occasionally The Who would reprise the instrumental 'Sparks' which, with its layered dynamics, sudden octave drops and multiple rising crescendos, always brought audiences to their feet mid-way into the piece.
Though Pete's development of the realms of rock operas often brought charges of pretension, The Who always maintained a slightly picaresque sense of humour which was present in Tommy during Keith's two vocal contributions, 'Fiddle About' and 'Tommy's Holiday Camp.' No-one quite revelled in the role of a pervert quite like Moonie, as seen in his subsequent appearance as Ernie in Ken Russell's movie of Tommy.
Pete has recalled that on May 29, 1969 at the Grande Ballroom in Dearborn, Michigan, duirng the tour in which Tommy was first performed in the U.S., the audience - who'd had little opportunity to hear the album and therefore familiarize themselves with the music - rose at one point and remained standing, simply grooving away to the music. The band exchanged glances amongst themselves, realising there and then that they had created something very special. By the time Tommy neared its climax no-one was ever sitting down. 'See Me, Feel Me' became the Tommy hymn, crystal clear homage to some deity or other, and when it was played live it appeared for all the world as if The Who were paying a remarkable tribute - "Listening to you, I get the music" - to the audience they were singing to. In this respect, it couldn't fail to lift the spirits - just as all hymns are designed to do. And when the bright lights were switched on, The Who's auditoria became giant cathedrals in which, briefly, preachers and congregation were united in a massed celebration of rock mussic as the force for unification that Pete Townshend truly believed it was meant to be. Hell, disabled fans even waved their crutches in the air; maybe one or two even walked out of the show without them.
By the time The Who and Tommy reached Leeds, they could be forgiven for being well and truly sick of it. If they were, it doesn't show. Extensive research amongst The Who's archives and collectors around the world reveals that this Leeds Tommy is the very best concert version of the work extant. Now available as part of this celebratory package, I can only quote Pete Townshend, using the same words I used to title an essay I wrote on The Who some years ago for Crawdaddy magazine, "it's a bargain - the best you've ever had!"
The second live Tommy comes was released in 1996 but was recorded the same year as Leeds, 1970. It was called The Who Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970 and has Tommy in its correct setting in the middle of the set. Unfortunately, for some reason, Keith was more off his game that night than he was at Leeds and, although exciting, it doesn't quite reach the Leeds level.
Overture 5'15
(Pete Townshend) Eel Pie Publishing Ltd. (BMI)
Disc two - track 2 on the 2001 CD.
1921 2'25
Eyesight To The Blind (The Hawker) 1'58
Christmas 3'18
The Acid Queen 3'32
Pinball Wizard 2'50
Do You Think It's Alright? 0'22
Fiddle About 1'13
Tommy Can You Hear Me? 0'55
There's a Doctor 0'23
Go To The Mirror! 3'24
Smash The Mirror 1'15
Miracle Cure 0'12
Sally Simpson
I'm Free 2'38
Tommy's Holiday Camp 1'00
We're Not Gonna Take
It 8'08
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Höðr (often anglicized as Hod) is the brother of Baldr in Norse mythology. Guided by Loki he shot the mistletoe missile which was to slay the otherwise invulnerable Baldr.
According to the Prose Edda and the Poetic Edda the goddess Frigg made everything in existence swear never to harm Baldr, except for the mistletoe which she found too young to demand an oath from. The gods amused themselves by trying weapons on Baldr and seeing them fail to do any harm. Loki, upon finding out about Baldr's one weakness, made a missile from mistletoe, and helped Höðr shoot it at Baldr. After this Odin and the giantess Rindr gave birth to Váli who grew to adulthood within a day and slew Höðr.
The Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus recorded an alternative version of this myth in his Gesta Danorum. In this version the mortal hero Høtherus and the demi-god Balderus compete for the hand of Nanna. Ultimately Høtherus slays Balderus.
In the Gylfaginning part of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda Höðr is introduced in an ominous way.
|Höðr heitir einn ássinn, hann er blindr. Œrit er hann styrkr, en vilja mundu goðin at þenna ás þyrfti eigi at nefna, þvíat hans handaverk munu lengi vera höfð at minnum með goðum ok mönnum. - Eysteinn Björnsson's edition
|"One of the Æsir is named Hödr: he is blind. He is of sufficient strength, but the gods would desire that no occasion should rise of naming this god, for the work of his hands shall long be held in memory among gods and men." - Brodeur's translation
Höðr is not mentioned again until the prelude to Baldr's death is described. All things except the mistletoe (believed to be harmless) have sworn an oath not to harm Baldr, so the Æsir throw missiles at him for sport.
En Loki tók mistiltein ok sleit upp ok gekk til þings. En Höðr stóð útarliga í mannhringinum, þvíat hann var blindr. Þá mælti Loki við hann: "Hví skýtr þú ekki at Baldri?" Hann svarar: "Þvíat ek sé eigi hvar Baldr er, ok þat annat at ek em vápnlauss." Þá mælti Loki: "Gerðu þó í líking annarra manna ok veit Baldri sœmð sem aðrir menn. Ek mun vísa þér til hvar hann stendr. Skjót at honum vendi þessum."
Höðr tók mistiltein ok skaut at Baldri at tilvísun Loka. Flaug skotit í gögnum hann ok fell hann dauðr til jarðar. Ok hefir þat mest óhapp verit unnit með goðum ok mönnum. - Eysteinn Björnsson's edition
"Loki took the mistletoe and pulled it up and went to the Thing. Hödr stood outside the ring of men, because he was blind. Then spake Loki to him: 'Why dost thou not shoot at Baldr?' He answered: 'Because I see not where Baldr is; and for this also, that I am weaponless.' Then said Loki: 'Do thou also after the manner of other men, and show Baldr honor as the other men do. I will direct thee where he stands; shoot at him with this wand.'
Hödr took mistletoe and shot at Baldr, being guided by Loki: the shaft flew through Baldr, and he fell dead to the earth; and that was the greatest mischance that has ever befallen among gods and men." - Brodeur's translation
The Gylfaginning does not say what happens to Höðr after this. In fact it specifically states that Baldr cannot be avenged, at least not immediately.
|Þá er Baldr var fallinn, þá fellusk öllum ásum orðtök ok svá hendr at taka til hans, ok sá hverr til annars ok váru allir með einum hug til þess er unnit hafði verkit. En engi mátti hefna, þar var svá mikill griðastaðr. - Eysteinn Björnsson's edition
|"Then, when Baldr was fallen, words failed all the Æsir, and their hands likewise to lay hold of him; each looked at the other, and all were of one mind as to him who had wrought the work, but none might take vengeance, so great a sanctuary was in that place." - Brodeur's translation
It does seem, however, that Höðr ends up in Hel one way or another for the last mention of him in Gylfaginning is in the description of the post-Ragnarök world.
|Því næst koma þar Baldr ok Höðr frá Heljar, setjask þá allir samt ok talask við ok minnask á rúnar sínar ok rœða of tíðindi þau er fyrrum höfðu verit, of Miðgarðsorm ok um Fenrisúlf. - Eysteinn Björnsson's edition
|"After that Baldr shall come thither, and Hödr, from Hel; then all shall sit down together and hold speech with one another, and call to mind their secret wisdom, and speak of those happenings which have been before: of the Midgard Serpent and of Fenris-Wolf." - Brodeur's translation
Snorri's source of this knowledge is clearly Völuspá as quoted below.
In the Skáldskaparmál section of the Prose Edda several kennings for Höðr are related.
|Hvernig skal kenna Höð? Svá, at kalla hann blinda ás, Baldrs bana, skjótanda Mistilteins, son Óðins, Heljar sinna, Vála dólg. - Guðni Jónsson's edition
|"How should one periphrase Hödr? Thus: by calling him the Blind God, Baldr's Slayer, Thrower of the Mistletoe, Son of Odin, Companion of Hel, Foe of Váli." - Brodeur's translation
None of those kennings, however, are actually found in surviving skaldic poetry. Neither are Snorri's kennings for Váli which are also of interest in this context.
|Hvernig skal kenna Vála? Svá, at kalla hann son Óðins ok Rindar, stjúpson Friggjar, bróður ásanna, hefniás Baldrs, dólg Haðar ok bana hans, byggvanda föðurtófta. - Guðni Jónsson's edition
|"How should Váli be periphrased? Thus: by calling him Son of Odin and Rindr, Stepson of Frigg, Brother of the Æsir, Baldr's Avenger, Foe and Slayer of Hödr, Dweller in the Homesteads of the Fathers." - Brodeur's translation
It is clear from this that Snorri was familiar with the role of Váli as Höðr's slayer, even though he does not relate that myth in the Gylfaginning prose. Scholars have speculated that he found it distasteful since Höðr is essentially innocent in his version of the story.
Höðr is referred to several times in the Poetic Edda, always in the context of Baldr's death. The following strophes are from Völuspá.
This account seems to fit well with the information in the Prose Edda, but here the role of Baldr's avenging brother is emphasized.
Baldr and Höðr are also mentioned in Völuspá's description of the world after Ragnarök.
The poem Vafþrúðnismál informs us that the gods who survive Ragnarök are Viðarr, Váli, Móði and Magni with no mention of Höðr and Baldr.
The myth of Baldr's death is also referred to in another Eddic poem, Baldrs draumar.
Höðr is not mentioned again by name in the Eddas. He is, however, referred to in Völuspá in skamma.
The name of Höðr occurs several times in skaldic poetry as a part of warrior-kennings. Thus Höðr brynju, "Höðr of byrnie", is a warrior and so is Höðr víga, "Höðr of battle". Some scholars have found the fact that the poets should want to compare warriors with Höðr to be incongruous with Snorri's description of him as a blind god, unable to harm anyone without assistance. It is possible that this indicates that some of the poets were familiar with other myths about Höðr than the one related in Gylfaginning - perhaps some where Höðr has a more active role. On the other hand the names of many gods occur in kennings and the poets might not have been particular in using any god name as a part of a kenning.
In Gesta Danorum Høtherus is a human hero of the Danish and Swedish royal lines. He is gifted in swimming, archery, fighting and music and Nanna, daughter of King Gevarus falls in love with him. But at the same time Balderus, son of Othinus, has caught sight of Nanna bathing and fallen violently in love with her. He resolves to slay Høtherus, his rival.
As Høtherus is hunting he is led astray by a mist and meets wood-maidens who control the fortunes of war. They warn him that Balderus has designs on Nanna but also tell him that he shouldn't attack him in battle since he is a demigod. Høtherus goes to consult with King Gevarus and asks him for his daughter. The king replies that he would gladly favour him but that Balderus has already offered a like request and he does not want to incur his wrath.
Gevarus tells Høtherus that Balderus is invincible but that he knows of one weapon which can defeat him, a sword kept by Mimingus, the satyr of the woods. Mimingus also has another magical artifact, a bracelet that increases the wealth of its owner. Riding through a region of extraordinary cold in a carriage drawn by reindeer Høtherus captures the satyr with a clever ruse and forces him to yield his artifacts.
Hearing about Høtherus's artifacts, Gelderus, king of Saxony, equips a fleet to attack him. Gevarus warns Høtherus of this and tells him where to meet Gelderus in battle. When the battle is joined, Høtherus and his men save their missiles while defending themselves against those of the enemy with a testudo formation. With his missiles exhausted, Gelderus is forced to sue for peace. He is treated mercifully by Høtherus and becomes his ally. Høtherus then gains another ally with his eloquent oratory by helping King Helgo of Hålogaland win a bride.
Meanwhile Balderus enters the country of king Gevarus armed and sues for Nanna. Gevarus tells him to learn Nanna's own mind. Balderus addresses her with cajoling words but obtains a refusal. Nanna tells him that because of the great difference in their nature and stature, since he is a demigod, they are not suitable for marriage.
As news of Balderus's efforts reaches Høtherus he and his allies resolve to attack Balderus. A great naval battle ensues where the gods fight on the side of Balderus. Thoro in particular shatters all opposition with his mighty club. As the battle seems lost Høtherus manages to hew Thoro's club off at the haft and the gods are forced to retreat. Gelderus perishes in the battle and Høtherus arranges a funeral pyre of vessels for him. After this battle Høtherus finally marries Nanna.
Balderus is not completely defeated and shortly afterwards returns to defeat Høtherus in the field. But Balderus's victory is without fruit for he is still without Nanna. Lovesick he is harassed by phantoms in Nanna's likeness and his health deteriorates so that he cannot walk but has himself drawn around in a cart.
After a while Høtherus and Balderus have their third battle and again Høtherus is forced to retreat. Weary of life because of his misfortunes against Balderus he plans to retire and wanders into the wilderness. In a cave he comes upon the same maidens he had met at the start of his career. Now they tell him that he can defeat Balderus if he gets a taste of some extraordinary food which had been devised to increase the strength of Balderus.
Encouraged by this Høtherus returns from exile and once again meets Balderus in the field. After a day of inconclusive fighting Høtherus goes out during the night to spy on the enemy. He finds where Balderus's magical food is prepared and plays the lyre for the maidens preparing it. While they don't want to give him the food they bestow on him a belt and a girdle which secure victory.
Heading back to his camp, Høtherus meets Balderus and plunges his sword into his side. After three days Balderus dies from his wound. Many years later, Bous, the son of Othinus and Rinda avenges his brother and kills Høtherus in a duel.
It relates that Hother was the king of the Saxons and son of Hothbrod and the daughter of Hadding. Hother first slew Othen's (i.e. Odin) son Balder in battle and then chased Othen and Thor. Finally, Othen's son Both killed Hother. Hother, Balder, Othen and Thor were incorrectly considered to be gods.


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I appreciate that for most of us our first and principal experience of The Discworld books has been through the medium of the printed word but I wonder how many of you have listened to any of the audio books? I'm a big fan of audio books but I'm often frustrated by recordings where the reader seems to have no understanding of the book or it's characters or is simply not very good at reading aloud.
With the Discworld books however we are blessed in having readers like Tony Robinson, Nigel Planer, Celia Imrie and Stephen Briggs who is the reader on the great majority of the books. For all of them recording the readings was clearly a labour of love. In particular Stephen Briggs readings are amongst the best I've ever come across. His understanding and love of the books is obvious and the accents he gives to each character is clearly well thought out and just right for that character. (Most of the dwarves have a South Wales accent for instance which works very well). His pacing and ability to capture the mood of each passage that he's reading is faultless. Indeed in the introduction to most of his recordings it says "performed" by Stephen Briggs, not "read" by. The distinction is a very important one in my opinion.
If you haven't experienced any of the Discworld audio books yet I heartily recommend that you give one or two of them a try. As to which ones I might humbly suggest you listen to that's hard because they are all good but you might start with "The Wee Free Men". Stephen Briggs captures the darker mood of the Tiffany Aching books very well and his performance of the Nac Mac Feegles is very funny. I'd love to post a short extract of one of the readings as a taster for you but I think I'd be in serious trouble with Messrs Pratchett, Briggs and Isis Audio Books if I did.


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Located on the southern bank of the Brisbane River and built on lands which were the traditional home to the Jagera and Turrbal Aboriginal people, the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) is the premier Arts Centre in Queensland, Australia.
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Things are quiet...
My hands are tied until tomorrow, but please check back on Thursday for a link that I think you'll all really enjoy. I was asked not to reveal anything until tomorrow, but I can tell you that some people have been working on a great website that I'm anxious to share with you...
Brian, Matthias, and I are in negotiations to start back on our Jousting project. I'm hesitant to move forward too fast, though, as something is in the works on the official website that may lend itself to the Jousting project's completion.
I've just completed the 3rd (of 5) bots for my book and have crossed the halfway point... the book's completion is in sight. I'm enjoying writing it, and a few test readers (age 10-14) have provided some nice feedback and like the format. I can breathe a little better...
I'm preparing to test the NXT software on Vista... I've managed to get beta 2 and a new PC (by the way, Windows Vista requires a HUGE amount of memory and hard drive space - you've been warned). More on that as I have time to test...
All in all, I'm still having fun with my NXT system... I apologize for not posting any more designs, but most of my work is for the book and I can't post info on them yet. I may try and play around this weekend with something new, just for the blog.
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Here is a link to a neat page on a certain website. . .
This page gives an inventory of all the parts that are included in the NXT retail set, including parts quantities and photographs of most of the parts!
On this website, you can also find scans of instruction manuals from Lego sets dating way back to the 1950's!
Here is the link:
- Jun 22, 2006, 4:52:00 AM
- Jim Kelly said...
For that list, you can thank Philo, fellow MDPer and NXT-hacker extraordinare.
He has his own site:
Check out his NXT articles, too
- Jun 22, 2006, 5:14:00 AM
8 4265b MdStone Technic Bush 1/2 Type II (Pic)
Is that really true? The picture shoes that that's the bushing with the little teeth on it on one edge, versus the smooth edged ones that are very prevalent in today's sets.
I'm also happy to see:
1 x403 Black Technic Gear 36 Tooth Double Bevel (Pic)
I have precious few 'Goliath Gears', so that'll be nice to have.
Anyone know what the differences are between "Technic Beams" or "Technic Liftarms" ?
4 41239 LtStone Technic Beam 13 (Pic)
11 32278 LtStone Technic Liftarm 1 x 15 Straight (Pic)
I always thought that beams had studs and liftarms didn't, but that's disproven with the 13 and 15 length items (again, as pictured).
1 44809 MdStone Technic Pin Joiner Perpendicular Bent (Pic)
Only one of these. Sad, looks like a neat piece, though not sure precisely what I'd use it for yet...
4 55976 Black Tyre 56 x 26 Balloon
Those look like NEW tires -- they aren't listed as a part of any other set. True?
- Jun 22, 2006, 5:29:00 AM
- Jim Kelly said...
I was looking at your pictures again from vacation... what is that you're wearing?
Have you ever seen a movie called "Spies Like Us"? There's a scene where Chevy Chase and Dan Ackroyd are wearing these fur jackets that is hilarious...
- Jun 22, 2006, 8:01:00 AM
Those of us that were not selected for the MDP were offered an opportunity to purchase a retail NXT kit that would start shipping on July 1st, a full month before other pre-orders would start to be filled.
I haven't heard anything more about this. Does anyone know if Lego is still on track to start shipping in 10 days?
The suspense is killing me!
- Jun 22, 2006, 10:08:00 AM
In Robocup Junior, something that I am quite fond of (having come second in Australia a few years back), there has always been a problem with redownloading of programs on the RCX. Unless you tape up the IR port your program will be replaced by another, from any IR tower that happens to be pointing in the direction. With bluetooth, this will be even worse, because your robot doesn't even have to be pointing at the sender. Are there ways to block communication from and to your NXT robot?
I can't wait for the release. I am quite desperate to become part of the NXT community.
- Jun 22, 2006, 6:20:00 PM
- Matthias Paul Scholz said...
> what is that you're wearing?
> Have you ever seen a movie called "Spies Like Us"?
Yes, it's (the) one of Chevy's movies that I really like...
It's in fact a pullover made of (sheep) fur (and very warm, I may assure you).
It decidedly yields some looks - and I definitely will not wear it when rambling in some ice bear hunting area...;-)
- Jun 22, 2006, 8:28:00 PM
As with any bluetooth device, it is best to establish the initial connection 'in private', so that only the source (your PC) and receiver (your NXT) can read each other.
Then, in public, you only accept communication from known entities and you're golden. 0% interference. 100% secure.
- Jun 22, 2006, 11:16:00 PM
- Brian Davis said...
To expand on the BT issue, you end up tagging each
NXT with a name. When you want to connect to an NXT, you have to select it by name, and only then establish a link. BT does not "broadcast", but in effect targets named devices. This means you can have several teams downloading to their robots, at the same time, at the same place, with no overlap or confusion. Furthermore the inital pairing of two BT devices has to take place with manual entry on *both* of them, so you can't accidentally or malicously connect to another teams NXT at an event.
As byronczimmer said, 0% interference, 100%* secure.
*footnote: until somebody comes along and hacks it, but I'm pretty sure within the NXT-G / standard FW environment, it will remain 100% secure.
Brian Davis
- Jun 23, 2006, 12:24:00 AM
- Jim Kelly said...
To change the name of your NXT brick, visit this link - I show you in one of the figures where you make this change:
- Jun 23, 2006, 12:35:00 AM
- Brian Davis said...
On the parts issues...
...yes, the 1/2 bushings are smooth, not the old style with teeth... on "beams" vs. "liftarms", I think the difference in names is a historical accident. These are the same part, but with different lengths... the "pin joiner perpendicular" is kinda fun, but I don't have a great "you need this piece" application for it as yet... and yes, the tires are new (& symmertric, although the pattern within the hub isn't).
Brian Davis
- Jun 23, 2006, 12:37:00 AM
- Jim Kelly said...
It would have to be done by someone who knows all the intricate names and nicknames, but it would be great to have a visual catalog somewhere that has the parts' name, number, nicknames, and a picture - for those of us (including me) that make up our names for many of the little thingamajigs...
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Millom 'cannabis farm' burnt up
Last updated at 08:44, Wednesday, 30 May 2012
A CANNABIS farm caused a house fire, police said.
The fire started in the attic space of a house in Wellington Street, Millom, on Friday.
Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service crews from Millom, Brough-ton and Bootle were called to the scene just after 1pm.
A Cumbria police spokeswoman said an illegal electrical hook-up, used for a cannabis farm, was found to be the cause of the fire.
The road was closed for several hours while emergency services dealt with the fire.
Shopkeepers reported seeing thick black smoke coming from the house.
Firefighters confirmed a small amount of damage was caused to the loft space.
- Police said a 25-year-old local man was arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis and the abstraction of electricity.
He has been bailed and is due to return to Workington police station on July 19.
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That's nonsense "Focusonpeace".If it was regularised and made legal, there would still be black market producers producing it as cheaply as possible - stealing the lecky etc to acheive a higher margin.
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This toy would have been in the same aisle as Transformers. I think it would have been for sale around the years of 1987-1989.
Picture a robot-esque/cybernetic humanoid figure with 2 heads. TWO. I think the helmets were dark gray with some kind of visor (not see through) possibly green. I think the body was green with possibly dark blue, dark gray and MAYBE burgundy.
TWO HEADS. An action figure that was humanoid in appearance with two heads. I believe if the helmet could be removed that the heads appeared Caucasian with flat brown hair.
The figure was symmetric about a plane separating both shoulders.
I'm having difficulties even searching for this as I don't know what series it was from.
The size of the figure was around 5 - 7 inches but likely made out of hard plastic as opposed to the soft MOTU plastic.
The following figure is NOT the Incredible Hulk mutate known as "Twohead".
I'd of posted the link but I'm not allowed yet. :P
It is NOT "Two-Bad" from MOTU and I don't think it is from Centurions because those figures are bright blue, red and not symmetric.
If I remember correctly, the card backing had black on it... maybe. :P
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The 30 member Board of Trustees met on Fri, Nov. 30 and Sat, Dec. 1. They were meeting to vote on the proposals presented by President Dr. Barbara Mistick; these materials are aimed at providing a stable financial future for Wilson.
"The Board was given a lot to think about," said Mistick. "This whole process has been very fast – the commission ended in November, gave me materials to look over and I gave materials to the board shortly before Thanksgiving."
The board decided unanimously to postpone the vote until Jan. 13, 2013. This decision was made in order to give the Trustees more time to examine the options presented to them. "There were no votes made today," said John Gibb, Chair of the Board of Trustees.
The recommendations that were given include reducing tuition, initiating a student debt buyback program, and strengthening existing majors while adding new academic programs.
"The programs will continue to be evaluated and this postponement of a decision from them will not hinder the effect of any implementation of possible new programs for the fall semester," said Mistick.
Making improvements in facilities and the admittance of traditional undergraduate residential male students were also in the proposal from the President.
"The board is committed to this college and we want to make the best possible decision for the community," said Gibb. "The board takes their responsibility very seriously."
After making the decision to postpone the vote, the next step for the board was to decide when they were going to meet again. They were not willing to wait until the next board meeting which is scheduled for Feb. 1, 2013. Mistick reassured that students will be notified when the vote is made. "When we reconvene at the start of the semester we will hold meetings explaining everything so that students are not left in the dark about anything that has taken place during their absence," Mistick said.
Students had a mixed reaction to the announcement.
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When it comes to DIY upgrades for modern performance cars, few products offer a more compelling cost/benefit equation than aftermarket computer-tuning devices. We experienced some of these benefits firsthand a few years ago, when we used one of Hypertech's (since discontinued) Power Programmers to lop more than a tenth of a second off of our Polo Green '96 coupe's quarter-mile times. In addition to the extra urgency at WOT, the Hypertech unit allowed us to activate the engine-cooling fans at lower temperatures, put some extra starch in the upshifts, and even adjust the speedometer calibration to match the car's shorter-than-stock 3.54 rear gears. In a marketplace awash with inflated price tags and dubious performance claims, the affordable, easy-to-use Power Programmer distinguished itself as a true overachiever.
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With most of the holidays behind us, it is a good time to reflect on friends, family, and more. If you have good friends, most likely your friends have great character. Many people are drawn to those with great character.
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We all judge others even if it isn't our place to judge, but supposedly at the end we are all judged by one!!!
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a poem by Rowan Walter
Go away.
Just go away now.
That is what the animals in the war zone
are all thinking,
saying, practically screaming
at the soldiers.
The wildlife: ground, trees, sky,
hate wars with a passion.
It dries the ground,
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Voices from WILPF Israel: Daphne Banai & Taghrid Shbita
by C.J. Minster
The women of Los Angeles, recognizing the extraordinary peace work done by Daphne Banai & Taghrid Shbita, members of WILPF Israel, brought them to the US for a mini-tour. They spoke at three events this weekend and are travelling to San Francisco for another engagement. I attended today's lecture and had the pleasure of meeting Taghrid & Daphne at a pot luck after the event.
"Fidel's Final Victory"
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[Editor's note: this post was written by Cindy Domingo, Branch Representative on the National Board and member of the Women & Cuba Issue Committee. Cindy lives in Seattle, Washington.]
Star Wars, the Strategic Defense Initiative, and Human Travel to Mars
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Dispatch from Carol Urner at the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland. Carol is the co-chair of the WILPF US Disarm! Dismantle the War Economy Committee. She is also the co-chair of the WILPF International Peace & Security Working Group. This dispatch was written regarding yesterday's proceedings.
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as that whole section is to show very, very subtly the larger preternatural and rather sinister world surrounding the Shire and to underline the sentience of the Ring in that it starts giving Frodo visions at that point (after the magic mushrooms) of Gandalf imprisoned in Isengard and in Bombadil's cavalier handling of it that there are creatures abroad in addition to the Elves and the Black Riders who have a very different relationship with the Ring and, in passing of the existence of Ents as the Old Forest is a relict outlier of the ancient forests that once included Fangorn and spread farther west of the Grey Havens to where the drowned lands of Middle Earth lay before the Ring was even forged.Winston Churchill wrote:is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma
Jan Van Quirm wrote:Oooo! That's a stretch - the Silmarillion being interesting!
I always say it's like the Bible and some people like that because of the similarity, but I always used to regard it as being the cure for insomnia. As a reference book it's great though and Unfinished Tales is better in some respects except that's even more contradictory of itself and has truly frustrating annotations. Rippings reads they ain't though
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I have yet to understand, in my long life anyway, as to why anyone would post on a board, or anywhere for that matter, **** to do with one's life? I can think of the obvious reason, yes, attention?, but apart from that, it escapes me?
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I posted a Mjolnir (Thor's hammer) prop I made months ago. I created a costume to go with it that I've rocked at Halloween events, comic conventions and at my local comic shop. Thought I'd share some pics of this "self customization".
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Back in our October 2006 issue on page 103, we did a tech story on how to slow down a 16-ton '68 Bel Air wagon. And just like Tennessee Ernie Ford sang, "16 tons and whaddya get, another day older and deeper in debt." Now when it comes to the getting older part, there is nothing we can do about that, but deeper in debt? Now that is something we can control by using what has been touted as the "poor man's disc brakes."
Master Power Brakes, to be specific, has an advertised 11-inch inch pre-assembled rear drum setup that will fit GM 10- and 12-bolt rear ends. Discs they are not, but poor men we are, and these are an affordable alternative upgrade. Before we get started there are a few loose ends to tie up, namely wheels and tires.
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To celebrate four months until the publication of The Long Earth Transworld are giving one lucky fan the chance to name a street in Ankh-Morpork. That street will go into The Compleat Ankh-Morpork, a brand-new street directory of the Discworld city complete with beautifully illustrated pull-out map which will be available on the 13th September 2012. Your street name will be forever immortalised in the city for all to see, who knows what will happen there in the future!
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ChristianBecker wrote:Yeah, but this is not "some sites". This is more like forum heaven.
I totally agree.
I know that sometimes we post threads about thanks to the mods, etc. but what do you love most about being here?
When I was at my worst during the sh*tfest I went through last year I saw a councellor who told me to immediately stop accessing the internet and social chat sites as they could be very abusive and make a bad situation much worse with "trolls" and suchlike anonomously getting their kicks.
Not only did this place keep me sane, I received so much support it was overwhelming. I dont know how I would have survived without this place and everyone here. And not just the support on the threads but private emails and pm's... and letters in the snail mail and postcards and gifts.
I am not talking just for myself either.... more importantly for me, the acts of kindness were directed at my girls who were also going through hell. It showed them that good people existed in the world (on the other side of the world too), people who cared. And while I raved and raved for months from the depths of the big black hole, never once did any of you give up on us or say "Oh for goodness sake ... enough already!"
I told my councellor about here... and you lot. He had never heard of such a thing. My oldest daughter told everyone she knew too and even though she has a supportive community amongst her friends, they were amazed too.... "That sort of thing just doesnt HAPPEN online!" It got to the stage that whenever I got blue-er or down my councellors first question would be... "Have you been on the forum this week? Then go back!"
I cant thank you enough. If I could reach through my screen and give each and everyone of you a huge hug I would.
And I watch others having woes here and watch the support THEY get. Thats my favourite thing about the forum.
That and the fact that you lot take the p*ss and make me laugh... that too. I love the laughter!
And how you are so willing to share your lives... the ups AND the downs.
Oh and the intelligence... nice to have an intelligent conversation.... and even the arguements... um heated debates... and watching the "peacemakers" move in and calm the waters while trying to organise an orderly queue for the soapbox, while an absolute fool will claim his/her rightful place on the podium, make a smart-arse comment and derail the whole thing!
Gods you lot are an interesting, humane, compassionate, intelligent, witty, hilarious bunch.
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My Favorite Martian
Herman Wouk, who won the Pulitzer Prize for The Caine Mutiny way back in 1951 and later gifted heartland America with The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, among other pop-culture landmarks, has just come out with a new novel at the preposterous—not to say preposterously entertaining—age of 97. The Lawgiver, it's called, and I seriously doubt book critics will decide this is their chance to take Wouk to the woodshed. Frankly, none of us wants to learn our withering review was the one clutched in his hand when ... well, you get the picture.
Me, I wouldn't dream of making fun of The Lawgiver. Its mere existence leaves me too charmed for sober judgment. Even your instant scorn won't affect my affection for industrious, unfashionable Herman Wouk, who's seen more trampoline-happy hares soar past him in the Jewish-American literary firmament than any Pulitzer-winning tortoise you could name.
I was itching to get my hands on a copy as soon as I heard this thingamabob was a novel featuring a bunch of Hollywoodites trying to make a movie about Moses—one told, incredibly, entirely via emails, faxes, Skype transcripts, and the like. Had I known that one of its major characters is none other than crotchety, nonagenarian (but Skype-using!) Herman Wouk, who's engaged on his own long-mulled novel about Moses when La-La-land comes calling, my eagerness would have made the average chimes-at-midnight Harry Potter fan look like an amateur.
To quote one of my least favorite plays, attention must be paid to such a man. It would be an understatement to say that Wouk's deeply square religious, political, and literary values are far from mine—and presumably yours, good TAP reader. But the day I stop appreciating their sturdiness will make me the poorer as a human being. We all benefit from having one uncle like that, and he's been one of mine since adolescence. Raised by liberal nonbelievers as I was, he affected me like a kindly Martian.
With nephewlike indulgence, I dote to this day on his Luddite social mores, including an Old Testament sternness about sex outside marriage that flies in the face of nearly a century—and that's just the part he's seen firsthand, ba-da-bum—of observable, randy American reality. I'm even delighted by how, obeying the proscription against taking YHWH's name in vain, Wouk's always having supposedly sophisticated WASP characters exclaim "Ye gods!" by way of compromise. Back when the miniseries version of the The Winds of War came out, I'm sure the Village Voice's readers were nonplussed by "Their Finest 18 Hours," my downright gushy review.
They can go screw. I was and am enchanted beyond words that this earnest (but far from humorless), straitlaced, profoundly devout Jew made it his sub-Tolstoyan mission to be the definitive fictional chronicler of the American Century's defining martial epic—justifying the ways of goys to man and man to goys, you could say. Don't forget that he succeeded, at least with more millions of goys than Philip Roth ever did. To say that The Winds of War isn't as good as Catch-22 or Slaughterhouse-Five (news flash: it isn't) is as irrelevant to Wouk's simultaneously lower and higher purpose as saying that Gone With the Wind isn't as good as Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!
As for The Lawgiver itself, it's amusing and at least partly intentionally dotty. Wouk or "Wouk'"'s negotiations with the odd assortment of folks who want to bankroll a Moses film soon cede center stage to the interpersonals provoked by his heroine, one Margo Solovei—the Lena Dunham-esque (honest) young filmmaker who's got to figure out how to put her father's revered Moishe Rabenu on-screen in a way palatable to 21st-century audiences. Even though she and her friends communicate via modern means, they're all throwbacks to another time, something Wouk himself acknowledges by having Margo compare herself to Marjorie Morningstar—the eponymous 1950s heroine of his most heartfelt novel.
Personally, I'd love to believe—and why wouldn't you feel the same?—that there are 21st-century Hasidic gals who got their knickers blown off by reading Thorstein Veblen's Theory of the Leisure Class. But I doubt they went on to attend Barnard, enjoy off-Broadway hits, and success as indie filmmakers ... while remaining virgins, one of Margo's anxieties that Lena get-it-over-with Dunham would boggle at. One sign the author's mellowed is that he allows Margo no less than two rounds of premarital hunchy-punchy with her obvious one and only before hustling them under a chuppah posthaste. For old Wouk fans, it's a Nixon-goes-to-China moment if ever there was one.
My hunch is that Wouk knows how absurd all this is—a 97-year-old author who can make Huffington Post jokes is nobody to underestimate—and could care less. The Lawgiver is a deliberate, self-amused fairy tale about how the values he's lived his life by might survive him in some whacked-out form. In a perfect world, even Philip Roth might read it with tears in his eyes between snickers.
Sun, 2012-11-18 10:11
So it is your contention that taking your marriage vow seriously makes you strait-laced or straight-laced ---
in other words (my dictionary's), "excessively strict in behavior, morality, or opinions; prudish or puritanical".
Either you don't know how to use the word or your pro-adultery mindset has made you addled. Maybe both.
Speaking of vows, "obeying the proscription against taking YHWH's name in vain" involves making a vow or testifying in a court of law in God's name. It has zilch to do with saying "Ye gods".
You should read more. You'll learn things.
Tue, 2012-11-20 21:14
The New York Times ran a similar article. In it. Wouk talked about his 66 yr marriage to his recently deceased wife of 1year..."We had a relationship that was so deep that I can't really describe it," he said softly. "It was just getting started, too, but she left me." ......very touching...here's the link-http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/13/books/herman-wouk-on-his-new-book-the-lawgiver.html?pagewanted=2&_r=0
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Commemorating the excitement of the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympic Games, Barbie® wears a glamorous winter-inspired ensemble. Her glittering bodysuit is styled in shades of orange — lighter shades at the bodice fading to a vibrant orange at her ankles. Her full-length blue coat is trimmed with white faux fur and a white lining. Barbie® doll's hair is styled in an elegant updo, topped by a beautiful translucent "crown".
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Production doll may vary from the photo shown above. Mattel reserves the right to modify the fashion/fabrics, sculpt, hair color/style, and accessories. Doll cannot stand alone as shown.


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statutes and regulations define the powers and responsibilities
of local governments. DCRA was created to assist local governments
in utilizing these powers to improve the quality of government and
life in communities.
can be provided or arranged on just about any aspect of municipal
government. Examples of assistance and training topics or activities
provided by DCA include:
Financial Management Assistance
communities improve financial management and records is a priority
for the Division of Community and Regional Affairs. Effective
financial management practices and good record keeping are the
foundations for community efforts to deliver services efficiently
and effectively. These skills and abilities are made all the
critical by the sharply reduced revenues that most smaller cities
are receiving.
a Local Government Specialist in any of DCRA's
Regional Offices
to inquire about this assistance.
Alaska covers a
huge geographic area. To
provide for more direct and efficient services to communities,
the Division has seven regional offices
located around the state.