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Wintering geese can currently be seen and heard over the skies of southeast Texas. On these foggy nights they sound close enough to land on rooftops. Some of these avian come from as far away as the high Arctic tundra.
Timing of the annual migration differs among the various species of geese from year to year, probably due to climate changes from one year to the next. Some head south in the fall, while others stay until the northern waters begin to freeze.
The time of day that migration occurs also varies. Some prefer daytime flying and others may fly day or night.
Five specie of geese migrate to this part of Texas.
- The greater white-fronted goose is also called "speckle belly" due to the black barring on the belly of mature birds. The immature are dusky overall and are the only geese with yellow or orange feet. The term white-fronted is not a reference to the breast or belly of the bird but refers to the white on the bird's face just above the bill. Known as "laughing geese", these birds seem to chuckle as they fly over calling "kah-lah-aluh" and "wah-wah-wah".
- Snow geese are white with black wing-tips. Flying with them will be the blue phase which is considered the same species. They are dark with a white head and neck. Snow and blue phase geese can mate and produce young of either morph. Snow geese have a black "smile patch" where the upper and lower bill meet. Their call is a low nasal pitched "whouk".
- Ross' goose is very similar to the snow, but smaller in size and lacking the dark streak on the bill. They are seen in flocks with snows. In flight Ross' are identified by their smaller size and faster wing beat. The call is a high pitched "keek keek keek".
- Canada geese are gray-brown with a black head and neck (stocking) that contrasts sharply with the light colored breast. A white cheek patch runs from under the chin on to the side of the head. They produce a musical honking call, "a-hink-ahonk-a-hink-ahonk.
- Cackling geese have been catorgorized as a smaller version of the Canada goose, but recent discoveries of genetic differences now considder them a full species.
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Curtis Realious McClinton Jr.
Position: FB-TE
Height: 6-3 Weight: 227 lbs.
Born: June 25, 1939 in Muskogee, OK
High School: North
College: Kansas (school history)
Drafted by the Dallas Texans in the 14th round (110th overall) of the 1961 AFL Draft.
Drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 10th round (110th overall) of the 1960 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 48 (1602nd overall since 1950)
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This country's leader's both in local and federal Government, are Greedy , and like to keep information from the American people.
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When you get a new rabbit, it can seem daunting at first. After all, it's a rodent, and sometimes a rather large one. However, rabbits are surprisingly easy to care for, and very caring in return if you treat them right. Here are some basic caring tips for your new rabbit.
First of all, handle your rabbit with care, and handle him or her often. The more you touch, play with, and hold your rabbit, the more it will enjoy being held. Many rabbits love to be cuddled, while others just like to sit in your lap and be pet gently, or not at all. Watch out for signs they may urinate though- if they start scratching at your clothes like crazy, a little 'treat' is on its way.
Food and water for your rabbit is easy- Timothy hay and pellets are your mainstay for your rabbit, and you can also give them dandelions, fresh grass (no pesticides), a grape or 2, a carrot (just a nibble), some lettuce, and even apple slices. Make sure to avoid overly sweet treats or starchy treats, as they can bloat your rabbit and make them sick, and they will also pee red and orange to get rid of the excess waste. Fresh water several times a day (rabbits drink a lot) can keep your bunny healthy for years.
Rabbits love to dig, even pet rabbits, so if you have your rabbit outside, make sure it can't get out of its kennel. Cement, rocks, and even log barriers can allow your bunny to dig for fun without escaping.
Your rabbit needs a hutch to hide from the heat, wind, rain, and other elements, as well as to just plain hang out during the day. If your rabbit is outside, then make sure that it has cover, and never leave your rabbit out in the sun.
Grooming is simple- a small brush can keep your pet rabbit from shedding all over in the spring and summer, and you can use nail clippers to clip their rather long nails. If you have someone hold your rabbit, you can cut and groom their nails without them kicking you like crazy.
If you have questions or concerns about the care of your pet rabbit, contact your local vet or rabbit breeder. They can fill you in on how to be an excellent rabbit parent, and can teach you how to love and enjoy your rabbit for years to come!


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ASU President Michael Crow
On his commitment to rebuild Sun Devil Stadium:
"I always get asked questions on my commitment to rebuild Sun Devil Stadium. I am standing here tonight to say, 'The University is 100 percent invested in the renovation of Sun Devil Stadium'."
Head football coach Todd Graham
On the commitment of the Arizona State leadership:
"The dynamic leadership we have here with Dr. Crow and he is committed to football and winning championships. He understands how important sports are to our culture and the educational process. You have to have that commitment from the top. Never before has a coach stood up here and had the commitment from administration that I have.
On the visibility of Sun Devil Stadium:
"This is the most visible facility at Arizona State. It is on national television. People see Sun Devil Stadium more than any other facility."
On staying and playing in Sun Devil Stadium:
"How can I look at one of my players and say, 'Son, your senior year, you are going somewhere else to play down the road'. I thought it was very important to stay and play at Sun Devil Stadium."
President of ASU Foundation Rick Shangraw
On maintaining competition:
"We need to upgrade the whole set of facilities here [at Sun Devil Stadium] to have us be competitive at the level we want to compete."
On staying and playing:
"I love home field advantage. I love sitting in Sun Devil Stadium on game days. We worked hard to get the deal done to stay here and play here."
Tempe Mayor Mark Mitchell
On Sun Devil Football's impact on the City of Tempe:
"You see ASU football impact Tempe tremendously. We set a record this season for student attendance at games and the tradition is only going to grow. As a kid I grew up coming to ASU football games and seeing the stadium sold out. It is great to have Coach Graham here and I really can see the future of what ASU has to offer."
On the growth of Tempe and Sun Devil Stadium:
"Tempe is growing at warp speed and we have so many tremendous projects including the great ones here at ASU. The opportunities are limitless for the city of Tempe as for ASU to reach its goal."


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Nick, it was a great to include Corry in the podcast. It would be great to have him back, as he brings a whole new perspective and background into the discussion.
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Agreed! Corry is a great addition to the podcast er... cast.
Some comments on the new Mac Pro next week, Nick?
Some comments on the new Mac Pro next week, Nick?
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nick, have you got the Aira's yet? are you going to do a demo on the day of release? its been a tough wait...
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and Case Western Reserve University will honor Chuck Berry during the 17th annual American Music Masters® series this October.
Roll Over Beethoven: The Life and Music of Chuck Berry, a weeklong celebration, will tell the story of one of the first musicians to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. Berry has had a lifetime of brilliant musicianship and has inspired nearly every rock artist to date.
FREE with RSVP - Wednesday, October 24 at 4:30 p.m. – Teachers Rock "Stop and Listen": Using Spoken Word and Slam Poetry in the Classroom in the Rock Hall's "Eat to the Beat" on the 3rd floor.
Join us for a special teacher workshop inspired by Chuck Berry's inventive wordplay. Learn how to bring spoken word and slam poetry into the classroom to help students connect with learning and with themselves. This workshop is appropriate for upper-elementary through high school teachers and is designed for educators around Northeast Ohio. This event is free with a reservation. Email email@example.com or call 216.515.8426 to RSVP.
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Update: Adopted!!
Trina, a young, mixed-breed dog at the dog pound in Canton, Ohio, seems to know how to ask for help. The beautiful girl offers her paw to those who pass near her kennel...a sweet gesture of friendship.
Trina has been impounded at the animal control facility since April and to date, nobody has offered her a home. The following words are shared on Trina's Petfinder profile:
How is that for an adorable pose? Trina loves putting her paw on your hand, when you ask her to sit, it's really cute to see her do this.
Despite Trina's endearing personality, and her youth...she remains locked away and she waits. It is time for Trina to leave and she could use the help of strangers to make that happen. Please take a moment to network on Trina's behalf.
- Petfinder profile here
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Do you need to get your dog or cat fixed but just cannot afford the high costs that accompany a visit to the vet's office? There is hope and help available that many residents may not know is available.
Through The Spay/Neuter Assistance Program of the Southern Tier, Inc. (S.N.A.P.) and Shelter Outreach Services (S.O.S.) Chemung County residents now have an affordable alternative to expensive procedures done at a veterinarian visit and there are many ways to access that help.
As per the Spay Neuter Assistance Program Site:
The Spay/Neuter Assistance Program of the Southern Tier, Inc. has partnered with Shelter Outreach Services (S.O.S.) to provide affordable spay/neuter and vaccination services for the companion animals in our community. By surgically removing a pets reproductive organs, we can end the terrible problem of pet overpopulation. You show your concern for your pet and for all animals by having your dog or cat altered.
You can access the application directly by clicking S.N.A.P. Application or you can click or call any of the shelters directly and ask for more information. Their contact information is:
- Chemung County SPCA: 607-734-7627
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- Horseheads Animal Shelter: 607-739-3945
For those who live outside Chemung County there are many options available to you as well. Through the ASPCA site you can access the organization closest to you that offer low cost spaying and neutering programs. The Free and Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Database is easy to use and will help you find the program closest to you.
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Please help! I am at my wits end.
I am by no means a techy, but I feel I am intelligent enough to read these forums and follow directions, but I digress...
My issue, I have a very simple home network which consists of a DSL modem, a router, and 2 computers (1 laptop and one desktop,both running MS XP SP3 and hard wired into the router). All of a sudden my desktop computer stopped being able to share on the network and then eventually it lost its internet access as well, all the while the laptop is completely unaffected. I've literally tried EVERY fix that I found/read including changing my network adapter and updating the drivers, swapping out the cables, and changing the configuration of the network adapter. I've run through a series of pings. The working laptop does not see the desktop. The desktop fails when pinging the default gateway and the laptop, it is only successful when pinging itself. I've noticed when monitoring the attached devices from my Netgear browser interface on the laptop during a reboot of the desktop, it shows up but eventually disappears (a couple minutes after the reboot cycle completes). I've even noticed that I gain internet access after reboot, but only for about 5 min before it goes away.
Has anyone seen this type of behavior? Could it be software/firmware related? I am having real trouble believing its a hardware issue as I've replaced all of the network hardware on that side of the router related to the problematic desktop, and the rest of the network hardware seems to be fine (in my assessment) as the laptop functions perfectly. Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated as this computer being on the network is essential to my day to day work. Thanks, Wits End


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If you visited an Italian restaurant between 1970 and 1989, then you'll remember the ubiquitous Chianti-basket-bottle candleholder. It certainly had some cute potential - but what a mess! We'd rather not spend the mornings after our classy backyard gatherings scraping wax off the tablecloth, thanks. The Wine Bottle Oil Lamp Kit ($30), on the other hand, is a clean and simple way to turn the relics of hazy nights into adorable decorative accents.
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Mobile device wrapped in electronic display. Erick Tseng's crazy Android phone idea from 2009
Back in 2009, when Android was a scrappy, buggy mobile OS upstart, before Nexus One, before its growth surge of 2010-2011, and before Larry Page got so obsessed about own hardware, that he bought Motorola; Google's mobile team was playing with a lot of interesting ideas. Like building, or at least designing, some crazy looking mobile phones themselves.
One such Android phone idea just popped up in U.S. patent database, in a patent granted to Google and listing Erick Tseng as the inventor. The patent is called " Mobile electronic device wrapped in electronic display" and was filed in December 2009.
It describes a mobile phone wrapped in a bendable electronic display. Actually it has two displays – one standard touchscreen we are used on our phones. The other –flexible e-ink, or OLED, wrapping around the rest of the device body.
The standard phone info and stuff are where you'd expect them – on a traditional display. The wrapping then can be used to display phone or gaming console controls, additional information… Or a colorful wallpaper, so you don't need new covers to make your phone look unique.
Sounds pretty cool, but its almost certainly one of those projects R&D types like to play with in their spare time. Even if this wrapper phone ever made it into a prototype stage, the product was shelved when Google launched its Nexus program back in early 2010, and re-focused on pushing Android's explosive growth by playing it nice with all the partners.


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Considered by many to be the best looking of the classic big Galaxies, the Starliner even won a design award from an international design authority. The Centro per L'Alta Moda Italiana presented its award for "functional expression of classic beauty" to the 1961 Starliner.
Function followed form in 1961 with the introduction of the legendary 390 cubic inch FE series engine. Only available in the 352 version in 1960, Ford answered the power-hungry public with one of its most iconic engines offering 375 horsepower with a single four barrel. The '61 Starliner was the first Ford and the first manufacturer to top the magical 400 hp barrier with its 401 hp three two-barrel offering. Having just emerged from an industry-wide ban on direct participation in motorsports, The Starliner would become the poster child for the new "Total Performance" years at Ford.


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The most recent Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI) returned good news for this region's abysmal economy. According to the index, a value of 50 or more indicates an expanding economy. December's value was 51.5 revealing slight signs of growth. According to the report - half of the respondents believe that the regional economy will maintain its current status, while slightly more than1/4th believe that the economy will become "more stable". The bad news is that the index indicates that employment continues to decline in SE Michigan. State economist believe that this is a possible of sign of stabilization.
What does this really mean to local job seekers?
1. You will have to work harder to find a job.
Searching the daily classifieds isn't enough to find a job in this economy. Leverage your personal and professional networks. Use multiple job boards to post your resume and search for jobs. Hone your interviewing skills to land that rare job interview.
2. It will take longer to find a job.
In a good economy statistics indicate that for every $10K worth of income you earn, it takes 4 weeks to find a job. In a bad economy this time line is extended considerably. Prepare yourself financially and emotionally for an extended period of unemployment.
3. This is not the economy to be finicky about your job.
To land a job sooner be more flexible with your salary, commute time, relocation and benefit requirements. A mediocre job is better than no job at all.
Our economy will stabilize and the job market will recover. The challenge; however, for many job seekers in today's employment market is to develop the stamina to keep going and keep applying for jobs.


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One more meme to send us into the weekend. This one is from Books on the Brain (from KWJwrites originally). Here is the task:
Go to Google Image Search. Type in the name of the last book you really enjoyed (I say that because you may not have enjoyed the last book you read). Perform the search. Now, obviously you're going to get pictures of the book cover, but see what else comes up, and how it relates to your life right now.
I chose The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon. Other than many photos of the cover, here is a sampling of the images that popped up:
The author… (as expected)
This guy (anyone recognize him?)
This close-up of a happy boxer (at least, I think he's happy…)
And a couple of guys, naked, with a copy of the book covering the… um… family jewels! Originally, I included the photos in this post, but when I clicked on the pics I thought some of my readers might have been less than pleased… but if you're interested, try the meme yourself – -the pictures themselves are harmless and pretty darn funny.
If you have a minute this weekend, try your own title and let me know what you find! Could be a fun exercise in divergent thinking… Happy Friday!


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Play the melody!
By Don Mopsick
At the age of 23, I began to work weekends at resort hotels in the Catskill mountains of New York. By that time, I had already been earning money playing the trumpet and bass guitar for seven years. Eventually, I took up playing the bass full time, but during that period my only real interest was to become the next Clifford Brown, and Bebop was my creed.
Bebop, or Bop, was a jazz movement created in the 1940s by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and others. Based at first on earlier jazz, the style explored new harmonic possibilities of familiar standard tunes and 12-bar blues by using substitute chord changes. The soloist improvised on the new chords (often of his own invention) using many, many notes, sometimes quite abstracted and far removed from the original tune, often played at double-time or nutty, fast tempos.
Most of the musicians I knew in the early 1970s who were my age and worked the Catskill hotels were similarly infected with the Bop bug. Our duties consisted of playing ("faking," or playing without written music) standard tunes for dance sets followed by a floor show. When called upon to stand up and solo, the temptation was to wail forth with our most righteous, fiery licks.
The customers, over 50 and, of course, hopelessly square to us hipsters, were not shy about complaining to the bandleader if such an outburst occurred. What they wanted to hear was what Gershwin, Porter or Berlin wrote, not some far-out, bad jazz.
The bandleaders were acutely aware of the problem. Very often, right before the job began, the leader would admonish: "When it's your turn to play a solo, I want to hear the melody. This ain't no jam session. Just play the tune for them, okay?" It was okay, we all understood that this was a matter of job survival.
Sometimes there was a late dance set, by the end of which most of the customers had gone off to bed. That's when the lid came off, and what we thought of as the "real music" began.
It was okay for a few years of summers and weekends, but then I moved on. My jazz sensibilities evolved as I became aware of a much wider world, in fact, an ocean of jazz. I became interested in playing the tuba and found myself in traditional jazz bands, learning "Jazz Me Blues," "Milenberg Joys," and discovering Armstrong, Jelly, Oliver, Bechet, and many others. I learned to value simplicity, purity, and above all the heartfelt truth of hard-swinging and stomping rhythm.
Finally settling on the bass fiddle as my instrument of choice, I got calls to play many different kinds of jazz, blues, pit bands, and generic jobs which are known in the music trade as "general business." I never lost my interest in trad and Dixieland and tried to seek out as many of those jobs as I could. In the fall of 1990, I got a call from Jim Cullum in Texas. His bass player Jack Wyatt had just died after a long illness, and would I be interested in coming to San Antonio to audition for the job?
I went, Jim hired me, and I'm still there.
Since 1992 the Jim Cullum Jazz Band has had a unique opportunity to serve on the faculty of the annual Stanford Summer Jazz Camp at Stanford University in Northern California. The Stanford Camp is a week-long immersion in the basics for instrumental and vocal students between the ages of 12 and 17. Since 1972, the umbrella organization, The Stanford Jazz Workshop has been presenting a variety of education and concert programs at Stanford.
Our teaching duties at Jazz Camp include the entire band performing a few classics of pre-war jazz made famous by Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, etc., along with a talk by Jim Cullum. This presentation is given to the entire student body as part of a class called "Jazz Tradition." Additionally, individual JCJB members conduct classes in ear training and master classes for each instrument, as well as private individual lessons.
As far as I know, Stanford is the only jazz camp in existence that offers faculty proficient in both pre- and post-war jazz styles. The majority of the faculty is Bop or Post-Bop oriented. A typical student ensemble will perform tunes made famous by Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Chick Corea, or Herbie Hancock such as "Milestones," "So What?," "Blue Bossa," etc. Our band coaches two student combos in simpler, more traditional fare. This year, our "advanced" student combo also prepared a separate program that included, among other Bop tunes, "Tadd's Delight" by Tadd Dameron.
Jazz Camp is a rare opportunity for two cultures of jazz, which are too often worlds apart, to rub up against each other. For me, the annual experience helps to crystallize my thoughts about what I believe to be the most important elements in all of jazz and, therefore, what are the most important lessons for the next generation of players.
When we first started teaching at Stanford back in 1992, I felt as a stranger in a strange land, as if the JCJB was a hermetically-sealed time capsule pushing its way upstream against a torrent of modes, complex chord-scale relationships, polyrhythmic explorations, and reverence for a spurious teaching device called the "blues scale."
By 2003 I felt that the seal had eroded considerably, and the message was finally diffusing out into the general camp population: good jazz doesn't have to be complicated, some of the best jazz ever played is based on simple three-chord tunes, and great jazz solos can be constructed on a series of simple melodies played in hot rhythm. In a word, jazz is fun.
In my bass master class, I've had the pleasure of witnessing the musical growth of a few returning students over a period of several years. One of the returnees had made a leap from last year, when he was an average bass guitar student, to this year, when he showed up playing some formidable bass fiddle and the promise of great things to come.
The camp lunch hour is given over to faculty concerts outdoors at the student center. Featured at one of these was an accomplished group of faculty players performing original music in a modal modern jazz style. A very energetic drummer played in the style of Jack DeJohnette, along with electric Fender Rhodes piano and amplified bass fiddle, with trumpet and saxophones playing directly into microphones in the pentatonic/modal style of Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane, Freddie Hubbard, etc. A satisfying, though loud performance worthy of respect.
My bass prodigy sat with me listening to the hour-long concert. Afterwards, he asked me, "How can I learn to like this kind of jazz?" I said, "A lot of people really go for this, but some never really learn to like it." "How about you?" he asked. "I understand it," I said, "but I prefer the kind of jazz where you can hear melodies."
It was time to get back to class. His question was way too good and my answer was way too short. So, Alex, if you're reading this, here's the rest of it.
Modal modern jazz is a very rhythmic form of Impressionism. In the European art-music world, the analogous composers were Debussy, Ravel, and Satie. Their composing is characterized by constantly shifting tonal (harmonic) centers, and, except in the case of Satie, the melody takes a secondary role. The aim seems to be to bring the listener along on a journey of evolving palettes of colors and emotions. This compositional model is ideal for motion picture soundtrack scores, where the music serves to emotionally underpin the unfolding of the narrative.
In the jazz world, modal compositions also feature this constantly shifting tonality, for example, in tunes like John Coltrane's "Giant Steps" or Joe Henderson's "Inner Urge." Since a large part of a jazz player's compositional art lies in the solo, the solos in this style seek to state or outline each tonality and explore every possible permutation of it (some use the term "deconstruction" to describe this process).
One can think of the opposite of this harmonic compositional model as a melodic one. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler, etc., come to mind as examples. The melody suggests the harmony, not the other way around. Variations and developments suggest and refer back to the melody. The best melodies are logically constructed, are aesthetically pleasing to the ear, and can stand up by themselves as music without lyrics or as an accompaniment to a movie.
If we extend this concept to include hot rhythm, then most of the vast output of jazz created before 1940 can be characterized as melodic. Necessarily so, since early jazz players favored popular tunes as vehicles for their improvisations. In one sense, the words "tune" and "melody" are interchangeable. Irving Berlin, perhaps more than any other tunesmith, had his finger on the pulse of the American popular taste for melody, so it's no wonder that jazzmen love to play his songs.
Another reason that melodies are popular, that is, easily accessed by most people, is that they have the power of narrative. They unfold, revealing themselves over time. Each one is a story in itself. This is the real challenge for the jazz soloist: to hold the listener's interest solely by the narrative power of his melodic invention.
This is precisely the quality lacking in so many modern jazz soloists, and this lack goes a long way toward explaining why so many people avoid modern jazz entirely: they think of it as a mysteriously dense and impenetrable music that one has to study to understand. Jazz for jazz musicians.
Here's a test: if you walk in on the middle of someone's jazz solo performance, how long should it take you to recognize what song they're playing? If the soloist has not cultivated a sense of melodic narrative, and makes no reference whatever to the song itself, it may take all the way until the end of the tune when the whole band states the melody explicitly. If the soloist adopts the same pentatonic/modal approach for every tune, his solo will sound the same no matter what song he's playing, usually a sort of generic Coltrane.
In my lessons and master classes, after suggesting how to practice scales and chords (which are the ABCs of jazz), I spend considerable time with my students on how to cultivate the improvisational mind. A large part of this comes into play in the process of playing and creating melodies. This is especially helpful to budding bassists, who rarely if ever get a chance to play actual melodies.
Another helpful technique in learning how to coherently improvise is to think of a jazz solo as conversational speech. To get your point across while speaking to someone, several short sentences get the job done better than one long run-on sentence. In the same way the student should ask himself, "What am I saying with this solo, and can I say it more elegantly, with fewer notes and in fewer choruses?" And, "How is my solo different from the one I played on the last tune?"
I use the example of the late tenor saxophonist Eddie Barefield. In a career spanning 60 years, he worked with Fletcher Henderson, Ella Fitzgerald, and Duke Ellington. Watching him work was a revelation and epiphany for me. He constructed his masterful, long solos out of simple little riffs, gradually and patiently, at first leaving plenty of space between them, then building on sparse simplicity to a climax of grooving romp.
I've heard it said that almost anyone can learn to write a book, but telling a good story is a gift that few possess. Next to Barefield, my favorite jazz storyteller is Louis Armstrong. Each of his classic recorded solos unfolds in a startlingly creative yet melodically inevitable way, as if it were somehow out there just waiting to be discovered and played.
And what about those old "squares" at the Catskill hotels? Well, they don't call them the Greatest Generation for nothing. Their ranks have thinned since the 1970s, and I hear that the Catskills have changed a lot since then. I still see them at the Landing in San Antonio. But, unlike my presumptuous attitude of thirty years ago, I now feel inspired and privileged to play for them the music they knew intimately as youths, in the style in which it was created. The payoff for me is the look on their faces when, as Ralph Sutton was fond of quoting Fats Waller, "You get that right tickin' rhythm and man, its' on!"
� 2003 The Mississippi Rag
(This article appeared in the November 2003 issue of the Mississippi Rag and is reproduced here with the permission of Riverwalk Jazz. Also visit the Mississippi Rag website at http://www.mississippirag.com.)


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Pointing out that Rachel Maddow is a poorly veiled fascist has become like pointing out that almost no one watches MSNBC anymore. It's beyond obvious in many ways. However, she does manage to depart from intellectual consistency so voraciously from time to time as to actually make her noteworthy. The latest obscenity published by her blog and written by Steve Benen, struggles to convince what's left of their readers to turn the other cheek on Cliven Bundy's property rights due to his allegedly racist comments. Benen smugly states:
Congratulations, Sean Hannity. You really know how to pick 'em... Frankly, it was pretty obvious before that federal lawmakers like Rand Paul and Dean Heller were making a huge mistake rallying behind Bundy. When it comes to choosing a proper cause celebre, it's best not to choose a man who's said, 'I don't recognize [the] United States government as even existing,' and whose supporters appeared prepared for a confrontation – a potentially violent confrontation – with American law enforcement.
In typical pseudo-liberal fashion, a constant willful ignorance of actual fact is exhibited throughout the entire article. For example, Benin repeatedly stigmatizes Bundy's supporters as "relying on the threat of violence to act above the law" while the reality is the only violence exhibited was the senseless and illegal killing of cattle by the Bureau of Land Management. No violence whatsoever was exhibited by militia members and other armed Americans. Also in keeping with what now passes for liberals, Benin exhibits either profound ignorance of, or contempt for the law he claims to defend, by ignoring that "relying on the threat of violence" is precisely written into the very founding laws of the United States. In fact, our laws specifically prohibit the federal government from using the threat of violence, while clearly allowing it for citizens as a means to respond to tyranny.
It's chilling to see Maddow and Benin shed all pretenses and directly suggest that due to being accused of racism, Cliven Bundy should not enjoy things like property rights. In their often shifting worldview, taking away one's basic human rights is less offensive than making some crude or mean comments. Benin cleverly describes standing up for this matter of principle as "rallying behind" Bundy, as if this is just another controversial flavor of the month like Snookie or Honey Boo Boo. The idea of some things being more serious than mere political tiffs doesn't appear to have occurred to Benen.


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OK, I fitted a couple of rear LED signal lights to my 41 UL (from W&W part number 11-270) to enhance rear visibility when on the highway, already converted to 12v generator. I basically used a connector block to use the existing bikes wiring (running to rear fender, 2 wires, side and brake lights) and I ran an extra earth to the tombstone rear mounting bracket stud (having checked continuity between neg terminal on frame and stud) ran the 2 wires from the original tombstone light and joined them with the new wiring from the LED's (side and brake lights) and connected the earth from the LED's to the new earth created to the backing plate stud.
Tombstone lights work perfect, LED brake light works perfect, LED side lights don't work, even tho the tombstone side light works, and the're all wired to the same feed. Any suggestions why the LED side lights don't work.


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In my code I'm running under elevated privileges, to access other Web applications. But I get a security error when the web application user can't access the database (when ever I try to access a SPWeb object).
Is there a way to make sure (in code) that a user has access to the Content database of a web application before trying to access sites in a site collection on that web application?


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Make sure to check out this gallery throughout the day, because it will be updated with some of the hottest photos of celebrity sightings and red carpet pics as they come in!
Eva Mendes and a friend stopping by a California Health & Longevity Institute for a check-up in Calabasas, California, and Heidi Klum and her boyfriend Martin Kristen take Heidi's kids to the beach for a day of fun in Santa Monica, California.
Naomi Watts and her partner Liev Schreiber go for a morning swim at Shell beach in St Barts, while Channing Tatum and his pregnant wife Jenna Dewan cuddle up on beach chairs at the Guanahani Hotel in St Barts.
So, go ahead and launch the gallery to check out today's hottest celebrity pics and sightings!


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- Pick up and drop off in Queenstown on either side of the cycling holiday
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- Transfer to the start of the Rail Trail in Clyde
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- Personalized transport to and from the Rail Trail each day
- Transfer and care of all luggage during biking adventure
- Optional sight-seeing activities
- Booking and transport to iconic Central Otago eateries each evening
- Continental breakfast and afternoon tea each day.
Off The Rails will pick you up from your Queenstown hotel after breakfast and drive you through the renowned vineyards of Gibbston Valley and the luscious orchards of Cromwell. At the start of the Rail Trail in Clyde, our driver will fit your bikes, helmets and panniers and arrange to meet you for lunch in Chatto Creek.
At the end of the day's cycling, our driver will take the bikes off your hands for the night and take you to Ranfurly, where our host will be waiting to show you round your accommodation. This will be your home away from home for the next few nights - a base in which to unpack and relax after the day's adventures.
Some of the sight-seeing options to further explore the culture and history of Central Otago include: Hayes Engineering Works, Macraes Gold Mine, Curling in Naseby, St. Bathans historic gold-mining village, 4WD cross country to Danseys Pass Inn.
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Beyond the Food Patch:
A Guide to Providing Bobwhite Quail Habitat
Managing Bobwhites on Production Lands
Only brief attention has been given to the implementation of habitat practices on lands under production. There are, however, many occasions when quail management can be satisfactorily applied to agriculture or timber production acreage. Quail habitat improvements on these lands need to be realistic and practices selected or modified for their compatibility with existing land use. Numerous wildlife incentive programs are offered by state and federal agencies to qualifying landowners (Appendix B). Various programs provide rental payments for acreage set aside and/or cost-share assistance for implementation of approved wildlife practices on agriculture and timber production lands.
Row crops and small grain
To improve fields in row crops or small grain for quail, no practice is better than establishing field borders. As discussed in the techniques section for establishing borders, these can be provided with a minimum or even no acreage (cutback borders) taken from production. Also, the placement of borders can be where crop yields are poorest—along woodland edges, or woody fence rows and drainages. These areas often produce low yields at a net loss to the farmer. Borders also provide readily available protective cover, required if quail are to glean harvested fields. Crop field borders can be attractive to quail for nesting or brooding as well. Pesticide application should be reduced or eliminated from the first 50 feet of the field edge.
Most row crops, with the exception of cotton and tobacco, can provide suitable conditions for brooding. Those planted no-till and having some weeds are particularly attractive. Of various seeding techniques considered in a North Carolina study, the greatest nesting and brood use occurred in late-season soybeans or double-cropped soybeans.
Installing sod waterways and filter strips is another management opportunity that can increase the quail's use of crop fields. The North Carolina report concludes that grain farm management should incorporate both borders and filter strips to the greatest extent possible. These should be planted in a quail-friendly bunch grass/legume mixture for nesting or brood cover.
Crop stubble should be left on the field for as long as possible following harvest. Fall plowing should be avoided. Fields left unplowed over winter will be less prone to erosion and provide quail with cover and food. Quail will routinely appear for a meal of spilled corn, soybeans or sorghum for as long as these remain available. Turning hogs or cattle into stubble fields will reduce the amount of grain available to quail. Even more damaging, is the destruction of cover that occurs when cattle feed on the vegetation, especially honeysuckle, growing along field edges.
Hay fields
As with grain fields, any of the various techniques described for "Field Borders" can be applied to hay fields. Hay fields containing bunch grasses and forbs, particularly legumes, are often well suited for nesting. Simply leaving an unmowed edge at least 30 feet wide can provide the border needed for this activity. This can be of particular value to birds that have had nests destroyed when the balance of the field has been mowed, giving them a ready opportunity to renest. Unmowed edges can be left permanently idle, or to keep from losing them to woody growth, hay half of the edge alternately each year. Rock or tree outcroppings within hay fields can be left with an unmowed fringe.
Conversion of tall fescue to NWSG will enhance nesting conditions and will produce a larger quantity of high quality hay. Replacing fescue with orchardgrass or timothy is also beneficial to quail. An advantage of native warm season grass is that haying occurs more than a month later than cool season hay, offering a chance for first nests to be successful before cutting commences.
Pastureland can also be managed in a fashion that will help quail. However, the type of forage growing and the extent to which it is grazed will profoundly effect its usage. Unimproved pasture (a rarity these days), moderately grazed, can be attractive to bobwhites for many activities, including nesting. With improved pastures, the most satisfactory are those growing a mix of warm- or cool-season bunch grasses and legumes. The latter, preferably clover or annual lespedeza. If these fields are not too heavily grazed, they will be used by quail for feeding and roosting. For any nesting to occur in improved pasture, fencing must be used to create safe havens. Intensely or overgrazed pasture, regardless of its plant species, has virtually no value to quail.
Like hay fields, the conversion of at least some pasture from fescue to native warm season grasses can benefit both the livestock grower and quail. Having pastures of both cool- and warm-season grasses gives the opportunity to establish a rotational grazing system where each type of grass can be utilized to their greatest benefit. Additionally, properly managed, warm-season grass will not be grazed as closely as fescue or other cool-season grasses, but will remain in a 12-inch stubble throughout the fall and winter. In particular, this will result in excellent roosting cover.
For quail, timberland is a mixed blessing. Its value is determined primarily according to its age class, or stage. Of the various age classes, those in the seedling and sapling stages are of greatest benefit to quail. While in these stages the trees interfere little with the growth of grasses, forbs and vines. As the stages progress and trees become older and larger, their tops grow together to form a canopy (crown closure). With crown closure, low-growing plants are lost due to shading, and the value of timberland to quail quickly declines. It is well known that quail often fly to nearby woods when flushed and include hardwood and pine mast in their diet. But without sufficient cover at the ground, the use of most older classes of timberland will be limited and brief.
To benefit quail, any timber management must also consider ways to retain some herbaceous plants. Virtually any cutting of timber, from thinning to a complete harvest (clearcutting), will accomplish this.
Pine Thinning
Once pines have reached the pole stage, concentrate on keeping the canopy sufficiently open to admit sunlight to approximately 50 percent of the ground at midday. This will keep essential plants, now in the understory, from becoming totally lost. Thinning established stands of pine will provide an initial monetary return, improve the vigor of the remaining stand and enhance the stand's value to quail. The first thinning of loblolly pine can usually occur at 15-20 years of age. Initially thin to approximately 150 trees per acre (TPA) to leave a satisfactory residual stand for producing more valuable saw timber, and to sufficiently open the canopy to admit desired sunlight. In time, a second thinning should take the stand down to 100 TPA. Where quail are a primary consideration, reduce the stand to about 80 TPA during the second thinning. Prescribe burn a year or two after thinning, and repeat every three years. This will control hardwood growth, clean the ground surface and stimulate forbs and grasses.
Clear-cutting is sometimes seen as undesirable due to its appearance. However, this is currently the land management technique most responsible for the creation of new quail habitat in Virginia. In addition to releasing a new and diverse early successional plant community, fire is frequently used prior to replanting these areas. The value of this to quail has been discussed. On large tracts of timber, small clear-cuts of ten to twenty acres, cut at three- or four-year intervals are best for quail. Trees should not be cut or other vegetation removed within 50 feet of each side of any drainage. This streamside management zone will preserve water quality and provide the cover quail seek for escape.
If there is a deficiency in clear-cuts, it is usually an inadequate source of winter foods, although several species of the native lespedezas (bush clovers) and pokeweed are often found. To enhance winter feeding opportunity, broadcast annual lespedeza (Korean or Kobe) throughout the area. Concentrate the seeding on those places where the greatest amount of soil disturbance has occurred, usually on log landings, skid trails and haul roads. Areas where stumps have been removed and the soil can be worked with farm equipment are often suitable for other plantings. Disc and seed these with grain sorghum, small grain or partridge pea.
New plantations
Planting new forests is often the option selected when taking open lands out of their present use. The popularity of this has grown with participation in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Where this is being planned, there are several measures that will provide great benefit to quail. Before tree planting, any dense vegetation should be killed with a herbicide and burned. This will reduce competition with the planted seedlings and provide far better ground conditions for quail. Trees should be planted in rows at least 12 feet apart to allow for discing between rows. Using a disc during the plantation's seedling and sapling stages, the plantation can then be maintained in early successional strips of native or planted herbaceous cover.
Twelve by eight-foot spacing produces a stocking rate of 450 trees per acre (TPA). This rate is generally acceptable for timber production, and should be applied to both new plantations and replanted clear-cuts. If you wish to give quail greater consideration, this planting rate can be reduced. Whenever planting, TPA and spacing arrangement determines how quickly crown closure will occur. For quail, the fewer TPA and the wider the spacing the better.
Clearly, timberlands will not usually be managed for their benefits to quail alone. The VDGIF booklet "Managing Pines for Profit and Wildlife" is a valuable publication for landowners seeking to produce timber, quail and other wildlife on the same acreage. Many of the wildlife benefits shown in this booklet, available free from Virginia DGIF and DOF offices, can also be applied to hardwood forests.
All photos, unless otherwise credited, are by Dwight Dyke, Blackhawk Productions©. The quail sketches have been produced by Spike Knuth over the years for various Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries quail publications. We are indebted to these men for sharing their skills with the readers.


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Willow Gardens
265-287 Willow Street
Teaneck, NJ 07666
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Teaneck, NJ 07666
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Rent range: $1350 to $1700
Sqft range: 625 to 825
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- Units: 24
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Willow Gardens in Teaneck provides tenants with lush, surrounding woodland that brings the great outdoors to your very doorstep.
Close to virtually everything, you enjoy easy access to multiple venues whenever you wish to partake.
Not only is the location ideal, the apartments are roomy and expansive, with convenient amenities throughout.
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Welcome to Pet Peave - pet supplies by pet owners, for pet owners!
At Pet Peave, we know the importance of good pet care, such as providing high quality pet food for nutrition, pet toys for mental stimulation, and bedding for warmth and comfort. Our years of experience owning and breeding pets have taught us that the better you take care of your pets, the better they will take care of you. That's why we've brought together a collection of quality pet supplies for a wide variety of animals, including dogs, cats, birds, ferrets, reptiles, and small mammals.
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Dogs and cats are timeless, classic pets. And with good reason! These warm, furry animals are affectionate and loving, making them wonderful companions in times of both joy and sadness.
At Pet Peave, we carry large selections of dog supplies and cat supplies, ranging from treats and food dishes to toys and clothing.
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For pet owners with more exotic tastes, Pet Peave also carries bird supplies and reptile supplies, including cages, vitamins, and more. We also have some very useful books about keeping reptiles to provide owners with reliable information.
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There is just something irresistible about cute little animals that fit in your hands. So here at Pet Peave we offer a variety of ferret supplies and small animal supplies, such as food, toys, treats, and more.
Thanks for visiting Pet Peave Pet Supply. We invite you to have a look around and have fun!


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India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. In the past decade (2000-2010), India's gross domestic product (GDP) has grown at an average rate of 7.27 percent. According to the Planning Commission estimates, the economy is projected to grow at the rate of 9-9.5 percent during the 12th Five Year Plan period (2012-2017). GDP growth has been accompanied by a rise in per capita income.
The real household disposable income has more than doubled since 1985. With the rise in income, consumption patterns have changed and a new middle class has emerged, which is growing at a fast pace. Various studies have forecasted that in the next decade middle class would be the dominant section of the Indian population.
For instance, McKinsey & Company (2007) forecasted that if the Indian economy grows at the rate of 7.3 percent between 2005 and 2025, then by 2025, 583 million Indians will be in the middle class, which is equivalent to the current population of countries like Australia. The share of middle class in the total population will increase from around 5 percent in 2005 to 41 percent in 2025.
They will be a predominant force behind the increase in consumer spending and will account for 59 percent of the country's total consumption by 2025. This will further strengthen India's position, which is emerging as a leading consumer market. In 2007, India was ranked as the twelfth largest consumer market in the world and by 2025 it is expected to be the fifth largest consumer market after the United States (US), Japan, China and the United Kingdom (UK).
Who are the Indian middle class?
Globally there is no definition of the middle class.Moreover, the definition varies across the developing and developed countries. There have been a few studies that have tried to define the middle class. For instance, Birdsall et al. (2000) defined the middle class as those with incomes between 75 percent and 125 percent of the median in each country. Bhalla (2009) takes an absolute approach, defining the middle class as those with annual incomes over $3,900 in purchasing power parity terms.
Banerjee and Duflo (2008) identified the middle class in developing countries as those earning between $2 and $10 a day. The World Bank classifies economies into different income groups that include categories such as low income - $1,005 or less, lower middle income - $1,006 - $3,975, upper middle income - $3,976-$12,275 and high income - $12,276 or more.
In India there is no official definition of the middle class. Survey-based studies such as those conducted by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) classify Indian households into different income groups but does not specifically define the middle class. The National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER) define the Indian middle class as those whose annual household income falls in the income group of Rs. 2,00,000 - Rs.10,00,000 ($4,000-$21,000) (see Table 1). The majority of other studies such as the McKinsey & Company (2007) and Saxena (2010) have used the NCAER data and definitions of the Indian middle class.
Whatever may be the definition used and the estimate of the size of Indian middle class, different studies show that although the size of the middle class is now small compared to the population, it is growing at a faster pace than the overall population and will be the largest segment in the next ten to fifteen years.
Some key characteristics of consumption pattern of the Indian middle class
The growing middle class in India and their consumption pattern has drawn global attention not only because India is a large market but it is also different from other emerging markets. A large proportion of India's GDP is consumed. The share of consumption in total GDP is higher than that of investment. According to the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) estimates, 60 percent of the GDP was consumed in 2010 which is much higher than that in China.
In India, the majority of the consumption expenditure is on food compared to other countries (see Table 2). However, this pattern is likely to change in the future as expenditure on discretionary items is increasing and that on food is reducing with the rise in income. With the rise in income there will be a shift in Indian population from low-income to middle-income and middle class will spend less on food than the low-income group.
Table 2 shows that the consumption pattern in India in 2025 is likely to be different from 2005, as the middle class will drive the consumption pattern in 2025. This class will be able to and willing to spend on healthcare, education, recreation, personal products and services.
A recent survey conducted by the Boao Review Magazine across nine cities in Asia including New Delhi, India, found that the consumption pattern of middle class in large cities in India is not widely different from their global counterparts of other Asian cities, especially with respect to spending on food.
The growing Indian middle class and their consumption will drive the consumer goods market in the future. For instance, commodities such as cars and air-conditioners, which were in the past considered as luxury items, are now considered as necessities. In fact, small car ownership in India has shown a doubledigit growth. It has grown at a compound annual growth rate of 12.7 percent for the period 2004-05 to 2010-11.
With the growth of the middle class, a number of Indians have upgraded from owning two wheelers and using public transport to owning small cars. Due to the high demand in this segment a number of international and Indian manufacturers such as Nissan, Renault and Tata motors have forayed into the small car segment. There is a shift in preferences for products. For instance, in the case of apparels the trend of getting shirts stitched has been replaced by a rising demand for ready-made shirts. The changes in consumer demand will be a major opportunity as well as a challenge for businesses as they have to gear their products and business models to cater to the demand of the middle class.
This challenge is further propelled by the fact that the Indian middle class is not a homogenous group. In food there are distinct preferences across states and even within states. There are regional differences in branded and non-branded products and willingness to pay for such products. For instance, based on a survey of 300 Indian middle class and high income consumers Mukherjee et al. (2012) found that middle class Indian consumers in cities like Kolkata and Chennai prefer Indian brands and mid-price ranges for products like shoes and handbags while those in cities like Mumbai and Delhi prefer high-end/luxury brands or unbranded products. The study also shows that preferences for brands vary across product categories. As shown in Figure 1, for some product categories, such as watches and dietary supplements, consumers largely purchase branded products. In categories like apparel, footwear and handbags, they buy both branded and non-branded products, while in categories like fresh fruits and vegetables,the bulk of the purchases are non-branded products.
This is due to reasons such as availability of brands, consumers' perception about the quality and reliability of brands, among others. In the case of fresh fruits and grocery there is limited availability of brands. However, in the case of furniture even though branded products do exist, Indians like to customize their products to suit their personal requirements and, therefore, they prefer local carpenters.
There are also differences in perception and preferences for Indian and foreign brands. Various studies highlight that the Indian middle class has a distinct preference for foreign brands (Mukherjee et al, 2012).
Kumar et al. (2007) found that Indian consumers prefer American brands over local brands for their uniqueness and good quality. Bandyopadhyay and Banerjee, (2003) based on a primary survey of consumers in the cities of Ahmedabad and Calcutta, highlight that country-of-origin is an important determinant of consumers'shopping behavior and products of advanced countries enjoy a positive country-of-origin effect. Results also indicate that foreign products are not perceived differently even if they are manufactured domestically.
Unlike their global counterparts, the Indian middle class are less conscious of branded purchases. Their brand knowledge and loyalty is also low (Mukherjee et al. 2012). This is partly because the concept of branded products in India is relatively new and foreign brands have entered into the market over the past two decades.
The majority of the luxury brands such as Giorgio Armani (Italy), Louis Vuitton (France), Rino Greggio (Argentina), Signature Kitchens (Malaysia) and Crocs Inc. (United States of America) (Chattopadhyay et al.,2011) have only entered into the Indian market after 2006 when the government allowed 51 percent FDI in single-brand retail subject to certain conditions. Using an aided awareness technique Mukherjee et al. (2012)
found out that brands that are globally well advertised are more likely to be well known.
Indian consumers are also highly price sensitive. Kumar and Bishnoi (2007) used an exploratory-cumdescriptive analysis and concluded that rural Indian consumers are willing to buy a variety of products and brands if their prices are lowered in the future. A KPMG (2005) study also concludes that within the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) range, low priced products constitute the majority of sales volume.
Impact of the rising middle class on economic growth
In future, the rise of the middle class and their consumption pattern is expected to bring noticeable changes in the Indian economy. Rise in per capita income of the growing middle class will further propel urbanization.
According to McKinsey & Company (2007), in 2005, around 53 percent of the consumption was in the rural area but by 2025, 62 percent of the consumption will be in the urban area. This will lead to development of smaller cities, which are now growing at a very fast pace. These cities will host a large number of middle class and by 2025 around two-thirds of the Indian middle class will be outside metro cities like Delhi and Mumbai.
The use of financial services by the middle class is likely to give a push to the growing trends of retail banking and credit card usage. The middle class will also demand better healthcare and education services. Since they will be willing to pay for these services, private companies will have a role in Delhivery of these services.
Their discretionary expenditure on recreation activities, leisure travel, and entertainment and luxury items will increase. As income increases, the middle class will not only diversify their consumption baskets, but will demand better quality of and innovation in the products they purchase.
Issues and Way Forward
The Indian middle class is growing at a fast pace and their consumption patterns are diversifying towards discretionary expenditure. Their brand consciousness and demand for luxury products is low but is likely to increase with rise in disposable incomes. In future, the growing middle class will not only have a higher standard of living but will also invest more on housing, health care, transportation and education, among others.
This will lead to economic development. While rise in demand for new services and innovative products will fuel consumerism, higher expenditure on education will expand the Indian human capital pool. However, there are certain issues which need to be addressed to sustain the growth of the middle class.
In the past two years, on the one hand, annual household income of the Indian middle class has been rising. On the other hand, there has been high inflation, especially food inflation, which has impacted the real disposable income. To curb inflation, the government increased interest rates which had a recessionary impact on consumer goods sectors like the car industry and even slowed down the GDP growth rate. The GDP growth rate declined from 7.8 percent in 2010- 11 to 6.9 percent in 2011-12. This can have an adverse impact on the per capita income and consumption of the middle class.
The middle class in India is increasingly demanding good quality and innovative products. The poor quality infrastructure and poor Delhivery of services can create dissatisfaction among the middle class. To fill this gap between demand and supply, the service providers in the public and private sectors need to understand the growing and changing tastes and preferences of the Indian middle class. To give an example, quality of education and employability of the Indian labor force is a growing challenge. Since the rising demand for education has not been matched by the limited supply of government-run institutes and universities, there has been an upsurge of private educational institutes and universities. However, there is no system of proper accreditation and the quality of education varies across different institutions. There is also a gap between the level of formal education and on-the-job skill requirements.
As the middle class are increasingly becoming willing to pay more for education they are increasingly becoming dissatisfied with the quality of education and its employability.
In India the incidence of corruption and bribery is high. The middle class who is educated and aware has started to express their discontent towards lack of transparency and poor governance. This class is more receptive towards reforms. Mukherjee et al. (2012) pointed out that the educated and middle-income class is more receptive towards allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail. Reforms in India in the past few years have slowed down creating further dissatisfaction amongst the middle class.
Today, the low-income groups form the majority of households and they are the majority of the voters. The high-income group are the influential class but the middle class is virtually ignored. However, with the rise in middle class, in future their demands cannot be ignored in a democracy like India. Policy makers should now start to focus on the needs of the middle class.
In order to ensure sustainable development of the Indian consumer market and maintain India's position of an attractive investment destination, it is important that corrective actions are taken to address the issues mentioned above. The Indian government needs to encourage investment in research and product development. Brand India is missing on the global front. That is because the Indian government has always focused on developing India as a manufacturing hub and little attention has been paid on developing and promoting Indian brands. Indian manufacturers need to be encouraged to produce superior quality products matching up with global standards. This will fuel demand both in the global market and domestic market. To bring down the inflationary spirals the government needs to invest in supply chain management. Robust infrastructure development is also needed to ensure sustainable development of sectors such as retail and to reduce the rural-urban divide. The quality of education should improve. For this the government needs to lay down basic standards for both public and private institutes and universities. Also, there is need for setting up vocational training centers for imparting specialized skills required in sectors such as IT, healthcare, etc. Strengthening the governance mechanism is a prerequisite for equitable growth and development. The Indian government also needs to pay attention towards formulating regulations especially for sectors that have recently undergone major developments such as the retail sector.
Although the Indian middle class has an important role to play in India's economic development and in the future will be the largest section of the population, there is hardly any research in India which analyses their needs, consumption pattern, etc. and makes policy recommendations. It is important for the Indian government to have regular survey- based studies to analyze the consumption pattern of this class. Since India is not a homogenous market, the study should have pan-India coverage to capture more variations in consumers'shopping behaviors and perceptions across different regions of India.


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Occasionally during my darkroom days, I experimented with solarization of photographs that were still being developed by turning the room light on for a very brief period, a second, perhaps. This created a reversal effect, making bright areas in the picture dark and giving dark areas a bright halo. I admit I don't know the photochemistry behind the process.
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There are many reasons to love this album by New York rapper Triple Seis. Here, we list those reasons. There will also be occasional asides to explain where the record falls down, but they all pretty much add up to this: Triple Seis is much more interesting when he talks about his feelings than when he's being a generic thug. Okay, on with the show.
1. It is great to hear a good old-fashioned dis track, especially when it's about Fat Joe.
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Because who thinks of Fat Joe as someone to be dissed? He's pretty much just there, right, a genial large presence who is vaguely threatening but also cuddly? Well, according to Triple Seis, who co-founded Ruff & Rugged with Fat Joe and Cuban Link and then quit Terror Squad after Pun died because he knew no one else had his back, Fat Joe (or whoever it is he's rapping to in "Harsh Reality" but come on it's not that hard) is a lazy drunken backstabber who uses people and doesn't even pay child support on time. Seis hates Joe so much that he even brings Big Pun back from the dead, Nat King Cole-style (or Biggie- and Pac-style, I guess), to rep from beyond. Hopefully this will not escalate into a death feud, but the track is entertaining enough, with its long chorus and its nakedly emotional content: "I'm searchin' and I'm hurtin' off the memories / I keep workin' while you're swerkin' off the Hennessey". I don't want anyone to get shot, but I miss the old Kool Moe Dee/L.L. stuff, and this is serious smack Seis is talking. Plus I'm still creeped out by how little chemistry Fat Joe had in that Thalia track, especially in the video, where it became clear that she just couldn't stand to be around him.
2. It is great to hear a guest shot by Ice T.
Because what the hell, who knew this old gym teacher still knew how to rap? Over a shiny Reef beat, Seis and T forge a new NY-LA alliance full of talk about "real OGs" and rhyme "it's all good" with "it's all wood", which is only meet and just. Nice also that Seis let T go first, much respect there, and he acquits himself nobly on the track, especially on his second verse where he threatens to chainsaw us and our women up and stow us in the trunk of the car before lighting it on fire. I wonder, then, if his character on CSI would come hunting for the killer only to find out that it was he himself! Oh snap, Oedipus T, you played yourself on some Alain Robbe-Grillet shizz! Other guest spots to speak of: Cuban Link good on "Be About It" and "Drinks Up"; Beatnuts also on "Drinks Up", which rides a Psycho Les sitar slow-ass beat into awesome oblivion, and a great Les verse about how he's gonna jump over the top rope and "make you eat the whole turnbuckle", which beats Cuban Link's lines about how his freaky girlfriends are "addicted to pain", but only barely.
3. Seis is an emotional guy.
He's got a song about how his father kicked him out and how it still hurts all these years later, "Love Put Me", and it's really very out there emotionally. He's got a song, "Time'll Tell", that rides a weepy 1970s Mayfield-influenced Rich Kid string-laden beat, drops mad sadness about building one's house out of dreams, and explains that he sings "the songs of hatred / the type of shit you niggaz could relate to" because he's just so disappointed by the world. He's got a song about how drug dealers live dangerous lives, "Pray for Me", and it's predicably really gothic and predictably ties it into being a rapper and how a song can be misinterpreted and get you shot, but he actually makes you feel that danger. Plus he takes shots at critics who bug out about a random line or two, so I take back what I said about "Harsh Reality" being about Fat Joe. I don't really know anything, maybe it's about someone else. Probably, actually. Forget I said anything.
4. Club bangers which actually bang.
"Krazy" is maybe one of the ten best songs of the year; Veronica is all sexy crooning over Rob Maya's new wave funky-ass beat, the chorus bites the hell out of "La Isla Bonita", and Seis brags about how he lives alone, "just me and my dog and Nina Simone", which puts him in the hall of fame as far as I'm concerned; I also love the mini-story about how he pulls a college girl but then has to send her "back to the books / she don't know how to cook", ace ace ace. We also get down to "La Shortie", which is a mean-spirited little thing about an underage girl trying to work her way through the posse to Seis, but he's having no part of it. Self Mills' track combines flutes and steel drums, but neither really but both; mostly this is notable for the great Spanish interjections and the over-the-top pronunciation of the title as "La Chortie", hilarious all the way. And if you really want to get down, there's always the Just Blaze remix of "Skully", a wonderful duet between 24K and Seis, except he doesn't really show up all until the song is two minutes old, it's all her and she's hot: "Two Four's the name, I like 'em gully / Dimples, blue jeans, and a skully". Mashonda's cooing, the beat is thumping like if you took "Tipsy" (or, really, "Grindin'", right?) and then sexed it up a bit.
5. The track "Hustler" is the best gangsta track of 2004.
The Evil Twins track is straight out of Steve Reich's "Music for 18 Musicians" or something, constant vibraphone sixteenth-note pulse, so avant-garde that it's real and vice versa; the chorus (with, I assume, the Twins theyselves doing an interweaving thing) soars with the most soulful delivery ever of the line "Nigga you a bitch"; new coinages like "middle-fingering" and "Bronx got my back"; Seis doing mad hard but still kinda lovable stuff like "Y'all niggaz ain't about nothin' / Why you stuntin' like you still did it / Frontin' like you're still with it / Acting like you're so committed when you know you gonna quit it". I wouldn't really say that "Scared Money" or "Take That" are much worse, but nothing is better than "Hustler" right now in my car, it's so addictive it should be regulated by the FDA.
Um, I was gonna talk about how this maybe was less than perfect, wasn't I? Damn, forgot how that could be. Oh yeah, more Seis emo revelations, less Seis saying stuff like other people say, like on "Godfather" where it's all "was it really worth it" and stuff. Even here, he compares his mentor Big Pun to King Arthur and pledges his eternal fealty, while still dissing society and hataz. So yeah, this is a great record and I love it and it's summer. Aw yeah.
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