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The Digital Imperialists Strike Back!
We information renegades have been fighting for free information and an open net free of censorship. But, those wanting to control information have struck back. The digital imperialists are those companies that exploit our online information and gather it to blast advertising at us while violating the basic right to privacy at the same time which is part of the globalization of the surveillance state. As the late Aaron Swartz said in a speech at the Freedom to Connect Conference in 2012, "The enemies of the freedom to connect have not disappeared. The fire in those politicians' eyes hasn't been put out. There are a lot of people, a lot of powerful people, who want to clamp down on the Internet. And to be honest, there aren't a whole lot who have a vested interest in protecting it from all of that."
I was reminded of this reality when AnopsLegion tweeted that "Liberty Reserve's domain has been officially seized," in this case by the dirty five: the Secret Service, the DHS, the Treasury Department, DOJ and the Global Illicit Financial Traffic Team. To give some background, I used the Internet Wayback Machine and found an archived page from April, in which the site defines itself as "an account-based payment system where you can store value in U.S. Dollars, Euro or Gold Grams and transfer payments to others and receive payments from others. It is safe, reliable and confidential. Payments are irrevocable...In just minutes, you can send and receive payments from anyone, anywhere on the globe!" A BBC article on the subject noted that "Authorities in the Central American country said Arthur Budovsky [the founder of the Liberty Reserve] had been taken into custody in Spain on suspicion of money laundering...[but that] the closure of Liberty Reserve has the potential to "cause a major upheaval in the cybercrime economy" [and that while] there had been "anxious discussions" about the news on several internet forums after fraudsters and malware sellers found themselves unable to access their accounts...others say they used the service for legitimate reasons, and are concerned about the lack of information." While this Bitcoin-like system has been shuttered, according to Wikipedia, BitCoins have also been threatened with the "Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (or FinCEN), a bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury, issu[ing]...a report regarding...digital currencies and other digital payment systems such as Bitcoin as "virtual currencies" because they are not legal tender under any sovereign jurisdiction. FinCEN cleared American users of Bitcoin of legal obligations...However, it held that American entities who generate "virtual currency" such as bitcoins are money transmitters...if they sell their generated currency for national currency...This specifically extends to "miners" of the Bitcoin currency...Additionally, FinCEN claimed regulation over American entities that manage bitcoins in a payment processor setting or as an exchanger...In summary, FinCEN's decision would require Bitcoin exchanges where bitcoins are traded for traditional currencies to disclose large transactions and suspicious activity, comply with money laundering regulations, and collect information about their customers as traditional financial institutions are required to do."
Such a clampdown on exchanges of digital decentralized currency is not why I wrote this post in the first place. Rather, it is because of the corporate concentration in blogosphere and over the internet as a whole. Already, 52% of the top 100 blogs are hosted on Wordpress which used open source and is also the "most popular blog site" in the world. However, there are some competitors which are gaining steam. I mention this because I recently dumped my Tumblr because as I wrote on the now-archived page of my blog, "the American multinational giant, Yahoo! just bought Tumblr...[which] is a horrible thing because despite the promise by Yahoo! in their agreement with Tumblr that they won't fuck it up...[they have fucked up everything they have taken over]." As I noted, "I already left Google's blogspot...and I've already permanently deleted my Yahoo! email account I had for years in concerns about privacy and information-gathering." There is an even more troubling aspect of this buyout: users will be bombarded with ads from Yahoo! making them users of the site itself and the over $1 billion dollars given to the founders of Tumblr for their site! Now, who is behind this site anyhow? Well, as it turns out, it is run by David Karp, who lives modestly, but happens to have a net worth of over $200 million dollars according to Forbes Magazine. In terms of the super-rich, this just a little less than the lowest measure of the second richest person in the House of Representatives, Darrell Issa, who has a net worth of $215 to $715 million dollars! This is troubling in the least, that those who ran Tumblr didn't even try to notify their users of such a massive change, but is not uncommon as Facebook commonly changes policies on privacy (like introducing the timeline) without the consent of the users.
Other places of the internet are getting gobbled up and fast. With the buying of Tumblr, Yahoo!, it only one of the 78 mergers and acquisitions the company has made since 1997 which include GeoCities, FoxyTunes, Flickr and Broadcast.com. Google has consolidated its power as well since 2001, making 126 mergers and acquisitions. These have included five search engines, 4 video sharing services, 2 blog-hosting sites and much more. One must remember that Google also owns YouTube and Blogspot as well, ensuring their interwoven nature with the American multinational. Another internet giant, Facebook, has made 36 mergers and acquisitions since its founding which have included Instagram, lightbox.com, Friendster Patents, ConnectU and many more. Similar to Google, Facebook has also bought a facial recognition company, a service that likely likely violates the expectation of privacy afforded by the 4th amendment and concerns people like Richard Stallman, the "founder" of the free software movement. Even Microsoft has stepped into the fray, by buying Skype, a video-sharing and streaming service. In the area of music sharing, it isn't much better, with Apple owning huge music service, iTunes (in 2009 lala.com) and Amazon having their own music service with little area to compete.
Back to the blogosphere itself, there are a number of other popular sites, many that are corporatized. These include MySpace blog, part of MySpace, formerly owned by News Corporation, owned currently by Specific Media LLC which describes itself as a "global interactive media company...[that is]the partner choice for brand advertisers." Also of note is that the co-owner of the site is Democratic Justin Timberlake who has a net worth of over $100 million according to CelebrityNetWorth. LiveJournal, an open source blog hosting site, which is criticized by Futuristic Sex Robotz, in one of their songs a bit jokingly how "livejournal is a disease...that will kill again and again until stopped." Well in 2006, a private company named Six Part, currently led by Japanese Businessman Nobuhiro Seki, which still owns Moveable Type and Typepad, sold LiveJournal to a Russian company called SUP Media. This company's Director of Corporate Development, Benjamin Wegg-Prosser, was formerly part of Tony Blair's government and the chairman, Andrew Paulson, who heads what BusinessWeek calls a "growing internet empire in Russia."
Then there's the power of huge internet service providers, the ISPs. According to an article on a site called practical ecommerce published in 2011, the biggest twenty ISPs in the US are; Comcast, AT&T, Time Warner Cable, Century Link, Charter, Verizon, Cox, Optimum, Frontier, SuddenLink, EarthLink, Windstream, Cable One, Net Zero, Juno, AOL, MSN, Mediacom, Basic ISP, and ISP.com. Of these companies, "5 major Internet service providers – AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Verizon" along with the RIAA and MPAA are members of the Center for Copyright Information or CCI that has implemented the copyright alert system. TorrentFreak writes that "After years of negotiating and planning the "six strikes" copyright alert system finally went live in February. Three months have passed since...Overall there appears to be a very positive vibe surrounding the Copyright Alerts.
The CCI reports, for example, that ISP customer service lines have received "calls of appreciation" from thankful subscribers who had no clue that there were pirates using their connections...Unfortunately the CCI is not yet ready to announce any public statistics detailing how many alerts have been sent out so far." In another article, TorrentFreak rebukes the fact that these programs work, saying that there has been a boost in the demand for VPNs and Proxies since the news that Six Strikes has been coming. Let us not forget, companies like AT&T and Verizon cooperated with the National Security Agency (who paid them) to move call telephone calls into a call database, which are stored and supposedly there are no recordings of the calls themselves.
What does all of this mean? Well, it means a less free internet. Already, Hollywood studios have tried to take down the Creative Commons documentary about the Pirate Bay which already chilling. However, what is more chilling is the fact that Facebook seems to have censored a photo showing two children protesting Monsanto resulting the conspiratorial site ditching Facebook for their comments section below posts and deciding to use Disquis instead. The liberal site, ThinkProgress, had a post about censorship on the site as well, noting that "when a subsidiary of Mark Zuckerberg's new political group started airing ads for expanded oil drilling and the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, CREDO Action decided to post an ad of their own calling Zuckerberg out — on Facebook. This morning, Facebook rejected CREDO's Facebook ad (pictured right). According to CREDO Action, Facebook initially informed them they rejected the ad because it used Facebook trademarks — specifically, Zuckerberg's image. Though the image used was fully licensed for creative commons use, a Facebook representative told ThinkProgress that any images of Zuckerberg are off-limits, as he is part of the Facebook brand. The rules governing Facebook brand usage specify "trademarks, names, domain names, logos" but does not explicitly restrict images of Zuckerberg." The right-wing site, The Blaze, noted censorship of views of right-wingers on Facebook as well, resulting in the creation of a Facebook-like site called the Tea Party Community. But for most Facebook users, they likely wouldn't post such material on the site because 71% of them have elected to self-censor. Already, this has expanded to places like the page of the Toronto Mayor, who censored comments on the page showing he doesn't care about the freedom of speech. One person was even banned from posting posts on the mayor's page! Vice Magazine has some critical articles of the service as well including this great list of interviews with people on their views of Facebook, another person who facebook thinks is 13, and the continuing censorship on the site.
Governments have used Facebook to stop dissent as well. Recently, according to Darker Net, "five people in Spain were arrested after violent police raids on their homes in the province of Barcelona and subsequently charged with, basically, posting propaganda in support of resistance against the Spanish Government. The propaganda happened to be published online via Facebook. Moreover, the court has ludicrously widened these charges to include membership of a terrorist group, praising terrorism, recruiting terrorists, indoctrination, and the storage of explosive substances." These people have been called the "Facebook Five," who must be supported by all of us. The translated manifesto of the group supporting them continues in the same vein. Then there's the surveillance and fake social media profiles set up the US government to track what is being said on social media outlets. Recently as a response to the Occupy Turkey Revolution, the government of Turkey arrested 25 people for using their social media accounts. The Guardian reported that Turkish police accused them "of using Twitter and social media to stoke anti-government sentiment during protests that have engulfed the country." Let us also not forget the arrested anons as well, who have also been targeted for their views online like whistleblower Jeremy Hammond, Topiary, Barrett Brown, and many others (also see this). They must be freed just as Bradley Manning, whose trial just began with a protest numbering 1-2,000 only a few days before (Disclosure: I went to this protest) and Wikileaks Editor-in-Chief Julian Assange who has a secret indictment against him.
All of this is absolutely horrible but something can be done. You can fight back, in whatever way seems right to you. Whatever you choose, you must stand up to the commercialization of the internet by: either leaving Facebook or Tumblr (if you have one), calling out censorship where you see it, and speak out against corruption of government by those who want to make the internet less free. A CISPA I and II have been stopped but the CISPA hydra will come back. Let us get up, stand up declaring that there is a fundamental right to internet access for all and that the World Wide Web should be just like the whole of the United States: one big free speech zone! Let's keep fighting!


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In a report published on Thursday, Drexel University scientists announced that a recently discovered dinosaur, termed Dreadnoughtus schrani, has earned the distinction of being the largest dinosaur that we know of. The report describes that the excellent preservation of the dinosaur's bones has allowed scientists to accurately measure its weight to around 65 tons. Even more remarkable was that the over 85-foot-long dinosaur was still growing when it died.
According to the Washington Post, the dinosaur takes its name, which literally means "fears nothing," from early 20th century battleships. The amazing conditions of the dinosaur's fossilized bones show that it had the muscle to live up to its name. The creature's incredible strength and size had a downside, however, as the width of its skeleton suggests that even one fall would have been certain death for the animal.
Researchers are finding inventive ways to use the dinosaur's well-preserved remains. The New Scientist reports that an experiment to create a 3-D model of the dinosaur's muscular structure is already underway. Scientists are hoping to drive interest in the new dinosaur by uploading 3-D scans of the bones and making them publicly available. Several of the lead researchers hope that the new dinosaur will enter pop culture. In the Washington Post article, author and paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara stated that "Kids are going to be able to download the Dreadnoughtus bones and play with them." Additionally, Luis Chiappe, Director of the National History Museum of Los Angeles's Dinosaur Institute, said "This is the kind of creature that will soon make it into Hollywood."
The fossilized remains of the Dreadnoughtus schrani were discovered in southern Argentina in 2005 and are estimated to be 77 million years old. Scientists and researchers are hoping that its discovery will yield unprecedented breakthroughs in the study of the biology and evolution of the group of massive dinosaurs it belonged to, termed titanosaurian sauropods.


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ZF-108: Document Framework Requirements
- access to either MTA or "sendmail" equivalent for per use invocations via PHP's mail() * mod_rewrite (or equivalent) * PHP version * minimum versions of DB for each DB adapter * gd (some versions have memory leaks) * libjpeg - external dependency (used by gd) * etc.
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43 {
44 if ($params != null) {
45 $data = self::_applyEncodeParams($data, $params);
46 }
48 if (extension_loaded('zlib')) {
49 $trackErrors = ini_get( "track_errors");
50 ini_set('track_errors', '1');
52 if (($output = @gzcompress($data)) === false) {
53 ini_set('track_errors', $trackErrors);
54 throw new Zend_Pdf_Exception($php_errormsg);
55 }
57 ini_set('track_errors', $trackErrors);
58 } else {
59 throw new Zend_Pdf_Exception('Not implemented yet');
60 }
Configuration checks like the one above, extension_loaded('zlib'), should be moved to installation or configuration, instead of placed in code that executes on every request. Zend_Environment will help support such checks.
The iconv extension is required for several ZF components.
This extension is included by default with PHP 5.1.4+, and removal requires also removing libxml (also required for ZF). Thus, it is unlikely people will lack access to iconv.
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This issue should be resolved buy the section in the coding standards doc, specifically this section:
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College Hockey:Mavericks Complete Sweep of Wayne State
MSU Wins Despite 32-29 Shot Disadvantage
MANKATO, Minn. — For Minnesota State, Saturday's 5-1 win over Wayne State wasn't the most complete game of the season. But one fortunate call from an official and three second period goals later, the Mavericks were well on their way to a nonconference weekend sweep.
Finishing a stretch of five games in eight days, one could hardly tell the Mavericks (7-4-1, 4-3-1 WCHA) had gone through such a rigorous stretch. Play was concentrated in the Warrior defensive zone for a solid portion of the opening twenty minutes. Wayne State (3-7-2, 0-0-0 CHA) stayed in the game despite being outshot 10-9 in the opening period. Unable to take advantage of two power plays, the Warriors found themselves down by a single goal after one. MSU sophomore Brittany Mackley fired a writer past WSU goalie Valery Turcotte at 14:23 to give the Mavericks a 1-0 lead.
But like the Mavericks' loss to Wisconsin on Wednesday, the game's balance was decided within a span of four minutes. But this time it was MSU tallying a trio of goals, ending any hope the Warriors had of salvaging a split in Mankato. Unlike their tilt against the Badgers, the Mavericks were on the fortunate end of a questionable call by the officials.
After winning a faceoff, the Warriors were in the Maverick end pressuring MSU netminder Brit Kehler. After a loose rebound was redirected to the side of the net, Kehler slid across her crease to make a play, and her left pad knocked the net off its moorings. The puck meanwhile, found its way to the stick of WSU's Melissa Boal, who roofed the shot over an outstretched Kehler for what appeared to be the tying goal. But official Dan Lick waved it off, keeping the Mavericks ahead 1-0.
The call was crucial, because less than three minutes later, MSU was up two when Noelle Needham buried a wrist shot on an assist from Amanda Stohr at 10:15 of the second period.
"For our team, that disallowed goal was big," said Warrior head coach Jim Fetter. "Our team is all about momentum and goals are momentum. All of a sudden our girls go from a high to a low, they score a goal right after that, and instead of being 1-1, it's 2-0. That was huge."
It appeared that Wayne State would have an opportunity to jump back into the contest shortly after. Just six seconds after the ensuing faceoff, MSU's Jen Jonnsen was whistled for interference. But instead of the Warriors notching their first goal, it was the Mavericks who extended their lead to 3-0. Freshman Felicia Nelson tallied her sixth goal of the season and her first career shorthander. Fellow freshman Maggie Fisher was credited with the only helper, the culmination of the Mavericks' second goal of the afternoon while on the odd-man rush, something MSU head coach Jeff Vizenor has been looking for more of in recent weeks.
"That was something we really wanted to focus on and do better at," Vizenor said. "We have to take advantage of the odd-man rushes because when we are playing a team like Minnesota or Minnesota-Duluth, we're not going to get many of those chances, and we need to take advantage of them."
Up 3-0, Needham struck again at 13:59 of the second period. Just a day after the first multiple point game of her career, the sophomore forward from Elkton, S.D tallied her first two-goal game with a simple recipe to success.
"I just worked hard," Needham said. "I have great linemates and everyone was just connecting well."
Boal finally put Wayne State on the board with an unassisted goal at 16:11 of the second period. But with just over three minutes remaining in the game, Kristina Bunker upped the lead back to 5-1. The win reinvigorated an exhausted Maverick bunch.
"Obviously these weren't conference games, but it was huge for our confidence," Vizenor said. "To get a couple wins and to do some things pretty well and score eight goals, I think it's a big positive for us."
Minnesota State returns to WCHA action next Friday and Saturday against St. Cloud State. Both games from the National Hockey Center face off at 2:05 p.m. Wayne State continues nonconference action with a Saturday-Sunday series at Cornell.
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TC TO MARGARET A. CARLYLE; 27 December 1846; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18461227-TC-MAC-01; CL 21:120.
Chelsea, 27 Decr, 1846—
My Dear Mother,
I am very anxious about you in this new arrival of frost; John's last Letter told me you had begun to suffer by the former hard weather; and now after the glar [mud] and thaw, we have got a Northwind and a very sharp temperature again. It is very severe on poor weak people; indeed I myself, in spite of all that I can dress and wrap, find it hurtful to the wellbeing of the body. Much more may it be to my poor Mother, who is neither so strong nor so well-kept as I am. Pray tell the Doctor to write me again some small word as to how you are, that I may at least not keep figuring it worse than the reality. You should put on an additional flannel-shift; I have done the like, and find it an excellent scheme. There is also another that I do with regard to feet; namely wear a pair of huge cloth-boots (a monstrous pair I was lucky enough to discover) and two pairs of stockings, which keep my feet quite hot all day. I am afraid you did not get any pairs of snow-boots at all, tho' there was a pair intended for you: but Jack can easily get you a pair, and I wish he would; two pairs of stockings and these, would really be of service. Good fires, I suppose, you do not neglect. We will hope this fit of frost may finish it for the present year.
Here we are decidedly looking up again; beginning to see the issue from these times of darkness. Jane has been out of her room for nearly a week now; spends the day regularly in this room (the Library); is quite well of her cold; only dare not yet, for a moment, expose herself to the naked air out of doors or even in a cold room. Or rather she dares, but I dare not, and will not let her: this fit of hers, coupled with Slow-Coach and Company, is a thing I can have no wish to see repeated! Further we have at last got a servant; a really eligible-looking smart little woman; has been 3 years in a family near us; well recommended;—is to come home, and oust Slow-Coach, on Thursday Night:1 may it be lucky! Miss Welsh thereupon is going home; we shall get all into our old course again; and like it the better for this foul tumult. My own health too, which had suffered a little for about a week, is now near its usual figure again.— Last night we made some capital porridge in this room: thank Jamie! Isabella's butter too gets daily praises, and deserves them. Take care of yourself dear Mother; my blessing on you all!


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(Japanese: アイリスVSイブキ!ドラゴンマスターへの道!! Iris VS Ibuki! The Road to Become a Dragon Master!!) is the second spin off of the Best Wishes series of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 27, 2014 as a one-hour special with XY021.
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Iris and Axew can be seen walking through the streets of Johto when all of a sudden some people begin to panic because a Gible is using Dig randomly and destroying everything including a fountain that can be found in the middle of the city, and the people are angry at Gible for what he is doing, and they assume he is bad, but Iris defends him saying there isn't such a thing as a "bad" Dragon type and she tells everyone she will try and reason with Gible.
Sometime later, Gible can be seen stuck on a clock tower, and Iris recalls the time from Team Rocket's Shocking Recruit when she was able to become one with Axew and connect with his heart, and she attempts to do the same with Gible now, although she's unable to. It isn't until Iris saves Gible from falling off the clock tower that she's able to fully connect to his heart and realize he only ended up in the city because he got lost from his home, and that he's not really attacking the city, he's just confused and wants to find his way back home. Just then Clair shows up and takes Iris to a field of flowers where she and her Dragonite are. Gible is happy to once again be back home. Clair then asks Iris to come to the Blackthorn Gym and have a match against her, which Iris excitedly excepts, so she and Clair bid farewell to Gible and head for the Gym.
At the Gym, Clair sends out her Druddigon, whom Iris is excited to see as she recalls her times traveling in the Unova Region. Iris knows to use a Dragon type Pokemon as well, and she chooses Dragonite. The battle begins and at first, Iris and Dragonite seem to have the upper hand. Just then, in the middle of the battle, Gible shows up and uses Bite on Axew and Iris pulls the two of them apart and then continues her battle. She knows Ice type moves are super effective so she has Dragonite use Ice Beam on Druddigon, who dodges and then uses Dragon Tail at Clair's command. Just then, Dragonite becomes annoyed and reverts back to the way he was back when Iris first caught him, not listening to any of her commands and just attacking willy nilly. Iris worries for Dragonite because she doesn't understand what's getting into him. She then is able to connect to his heart and realize he's feeling frustrated and overwhelmed, and she tells him she's able to understand, but he's not the only one battling and that the two of them need to work together as a team to win. Dragonite agrees and Iris orders him once more to use Ice Beam which Druddigon dodges and then Druddigon uses Dragon Tail and Dragonite is hit hard, and he ends up getting smacked against the wall. Clair then instructs Druddigon to use Dragon Rage at full power, and Iris instructs Dragonite to use his Ice Beam at full power. Druddigon's Dragon Rage overpowers Dragonite's Ice Beam knocking out Dragonite, thereby resulting in Clair winning the match.
Outside the Gym, Clair asks Iris where she's going next, and Iris responds she doesn't know yet, and that she'll go wherever the wind takes her. Just then Gible shows up again and Iris realizes he wants to go with her, so she catches him inside a Pokéball. She then lets Gible out and lets him walk on her shoulder with Axew. As Iris walks she remembers Ash, Pikachu, and Cilan as she wonders how they're doing on their journeys. Just then Iris sees the Legendary Pokémon Rayquaza which excites her and she decides to follow it to see where it ends up.
Major events
- Iris arrives in Blackthorn City and meets up with Clair again.
- Iris has a battle with Clair and loses.
- Iris catches a Gible.
- Iris sees a Rayquaza and decides to follow it.
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the timeline of events.
Pokémon debuts
Who's That Pokémon?: Gible (Japan)
- Pikachu (Ash's; fantasy)
- Axew (Iris's)
- Dragonite (Iris's)
- Gible (Iris's; new)
- Dragonite (Clair's)
- Druddigon (Clair's; Shiny)
- Rayquaza
- Nidoran♀
- Ponyta
- Vulpix
- Wigglytuff
- Doduo
- Marowak
- Machop
- Pidgeotto
- Skarmory (flashback)
- Iris reads the title card.
- This episode was first previewed in a trailer at the end of BW138 along with the last episodes of the Best Wishes series and SS027.
- The title of this episode was first revealed when it was briefly listed on the official Japanese Pokémon website as an episode that had already aired, placed after SS027.
- This is the second side story episode where a main character obtains a new Pokémon, after Cerulean Blues.
- The title is a reference to BW027's.
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- Episodes in which an alternately colored Pokémon appears
- Episodes in which a Legendary Pokémon appears
- Episodes written by Shōji Yonemura
- Episodes storyboarded and directed by Fumihiro Yoshimura
- Episodes storyboarded by Fumihiro Yoshimura
- Episodes directed by Fumihiro Yoshimura
- Episodes animated by Miyuki Katayama
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|Hewitt's Skater Spider
Learn the correct way to tie
a classic pattern that catches
trout almost anywhere.
by Ed Shenk
Edward Ringwood Hewitt, who is widely associated with trout and salmon fishing from the late 1800s to the 1930s, was responsible for designing a number of flies. His Skater Spider is one pattern that has stood the test of time.
2 Start the thread on the hook. Wrap a layer of thread on the shank, stopping just short of the bend. Tie on the hackles with the shiny sides facing the hook end. Allow short sections of the bare stems to show.
3 Wrap the first hackle to the middle of the hook. Tie off and clip the excess tip.
4 Wrap the second hackle up the hook. Wrap using a slight back-and-forth motion to weave the second feather through the first; this will help prevent binding down any of the fibers on the first hackle. Tie off the second feather in front of the first, and clip the surplus tip. The shiny sides of both hackles should be facing toward the end of the hook. Force the hackles tightly together using your thumbs and forefingers. Do not attempt to force the hackles together using a tool, because this might break the stems.
5 Prepare and tie on two more hackles with the shiny sides facing forward, again leaving a little of their bare stems showing.
6 Wrap one hackle forward, tie off, and clip the surplus. Wrap the next hackle forward, again using a back-and-forth motion to weave the feather through the first. Press all the hackle together, and tie off the thread head. Clip the thread.
7 Here's our spider with four wrapped hackles. The shiny sides of the feathers should be facing the back and front of the fly.
8 Check out the Skater from the front. All those hackle fibers give the fly a lot of buoyancy.
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After eight years of research, rehabilitation and restoration, South Carolina's only presidential site, the Woodrow Wilson Family Home: A Museum of Reconstruction in Columbia and Richland County, will reopen to the public on Saturday, Feb. 15, just in time for Presidents Day.
Beginning that weekend, visitors will see the Woodrow Wilson Family Home like never before. Professionally-designed exhibits, hands-on interactive displays, audio and video components and exterior signage will explore the Wilson family's life in Columbia while tackling the charged social, political and economic issues of Reconstruction.
"This is not your traditional presidential site," said John Sherrer, Historic Columbia's director of cultural resources, who led the project since the site temporarily closed its doors in 2005. "When we re-open these doors, we open a portal to the time a 14-year-old future president was living in Columbia, taking a look at his experience, what life was like for his family and friends, and the cultural, social and political landscape that shaped those experiences."
Benefiting from countless hours of research on the part of contemporary scholars and staff, Historic Columbia delves into Reconstruction in the only home owned by the parents of the man who became the 28th president of the United States and the world's first modern international statesman.
"So many years of Richland County's history are encompassed at the Woodrow Wilson Family Home," said Richland County Councilman Greg Pearce. "As the owner of this historic building, Richland County takes great pride in the years of research, planning, and hard work that have led us here. We can't wait to open these doors to share our story with visitors from all over our great country."
Historic Columbia will celebrate the reopening of the Woodrow Wilson Family Home with a preview gala on Friday, Feb. 7, and will officially open the house and museum to the public on Presidents Day Weekend, Saturday, Feb. 15 through Monday, Feb. 17.
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The restoration of the Woodrow Wilson Family Home would not have been possible without the support of Richland County, the Department of the Interior's Save America's Treasures grant program, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, The Humanities Council SC, Columbia Garden Club, NBSC, Southeastern Freight Lines, AgFirst, Childs & Halligan, the Lucy Hampton Bostick Charitable Trust, Keenan Energy Company, The Osceola Foundation and many private donors. The Party Like a President preview event is sponsored by the Pope Zeigler Law Firm, The Hobbs Group, Cyberwoven, Huss Construction, Hay Hill Garden Market, The Inn at USC Wyndham Garden and Southeastern Freight Lines.
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My dear Mother,
Yesterday I sent you a small Book, the Life of Elliott, which I hope may amuse you for a few hours in your winter imprisonment. I suppose you are wise to keep your bed mainly, and I ought not to repine at thinking of you there; I will entreat you to take all care of yourself, for all our sakes;—and let us all be thankful for what blessings we have left to us! I know you will be patient, hopeful and pious-minded, dear Mother, wherever you be; and that certainly is a lasting comfort to me, which nothing can take away.— We have better weather now today again, after a week of the rainiest muddiest desolation you could well conceive as coming from the elements. They sweep the streets diligently by their "pauper labour" here; but the dirt that comes out of these muggy sooty rains here is a thing beyond belief; and one is right glad to see the face of the sun again. Perhaps with you the bad weather still continues: but one's imagination is flattered by the clear sky, and one hopes you too may be getting good of it.
Enclosed here is a Draught for £8, which is in John's name, and for which he will give you the cash,—to be disposed of as follows, if you please. First a five pound for yourself, to buy something, whatever it may be, that you like, or think will be of any use or pleasure to you at the New Year; that is the main part of the Affair. The remaining 3 sovereigns I will beg you to give to Isabella1 for me, with many kind wishes, & thanks to her for all her goodness and attention at all times: I meant to write to her myself but she will excuse me in this hurry. It will gratify her also to say that the Butter, this year was really admirable, now that we are fairly got into it. The broken Pitcher had a something of wrong quality, a kind of under-taste ("taste of the knife," some call it), perceptible to finer palates, for a while;—the breaking of the Pitcher, I suppose, had been the reason;—but that is now altogether gone, and it is all perfectly right and excellent. And so we will go on, and diligently eat it; which is the only other duty now to be done to it. We have almost given up porridge in the evenings this good while; but Jane sometimes gives us a treat of oatcakes to cheese, which are a great dainty; and whenever porridge is wanted, here it can be had, of proper quality,—when we will take the trouble to attend to the making of it.— — I have Jamie's Book (Sterling 2d editn) ready here, and Mary's;2 and only wait for some good opportunity of sending them. Let this be known, with my New Years wishes.
Jane has got pretty well out of her cold, but is still rather tender and feckless in the dirty weather;—ill off for sleep chiefly. She went out yesterday in the Omnibus, during our blink of dry weather, and will likely do the same today.
When you, and the rest that care for it, have done with the Book on Elliott, you can send it on to Dumfries where Jean3 will be glad of it. I send the Critic direct to her today (tell John),4 as I have not written anything to that quarter this long while; but I will tell her to forward it to Scotsbrig directly:—a most small prize when it does come!
All manner of rumours arrive from France, about horrid tyrannies there, banishment to yellow fever and Cayenne of thousands witht trial; soldiers drunk on the streets and elbowing passengers &c &c: a dangerous-looking state of things indeed!— — Bid John write me a word how you all are. My blessings on you dear Mother.—
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More April showers for our first 7am start of the year. This turned out being a short, 54 miles, but hilly route. Out via West Byfleet, Pyford then up to Newlands Corner then down to Shere. Then over the hill to Ewhurst and then looping back via Peaslake and back up Pitch Hill to the Lucky Duck in Shere for breakfast and a discussion of the Times Magazine article that is now online here. I'm still smarting about being "John the Goat". I have to put up with being called "The Goat" which is somewhat embarrassing esp.ecially as everyone and their dog can go up hills faster than me.
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The college student who was found beaten to death in a New Jersey backyard on Saturday morning is remembered by his friends at Rutgers today. 22-year-old William McCaw, who is identified as a college student by "Fox and Friends" live on Monday morning Feb. 17, was found dead in the snow with injuries that suggest he received a horrendous beating that ended his life.
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A couple days ago I was getting really high in Panama, on the top of the mast of my sailboat of course! I had ordered new rigging for the entire boat, but they sent the wrong size pins (too big) so I had to drill bigger holes in the stainless pieces that hold them in place. What a bitch to do on the deck of the boat, even harder at the top of the mast swaying back and forth! At least I know I can get up there and perform major surgery if I have an emergency at sea…. though now that I have new rigging I'm kindof solving that potential problem anyways.
The boat has become more and more bulletproof the more I continue to work on it over this past year. It is time to officially state that I am ready to set sail. Outer islands here I come.
I am fascinated by the Caribbean side of Panama. There are hundreds of islands that receive quality swell, most all of which require a multiple-day voyage by boat. The surf breaks are generally heavier reef breaks that push you to surf harder. The water is crystal clear, the scenery is breathtaking, and the people are very nice. The San Blas Islands have great potential for surf, and I like the fact that the Kuna Indians that live there consider themselves a separate nation from Panama with their own native language, currency, and traditions that haven't changed in literally hundreds of years. I have started learning words in Kuna so I can ask the village "Sahila" permission to surf their waves. Otis has already learned to say "te gui te, an nuga Otis, be todo bie?"
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Jeremy has begun a new business based out of Bocas del Toro chartering Captiva, an 80 foot sailboat. I introduced him to Bruce Rocherieux, our past intern from WRSC, and they are launching a website offering tours between Bocas and Cartagena, Colombia. The boat is VERY nice, I spent a lot of time on it since my boat was a mess full of tools. There is talk of a couple of surf trips being organized in the June/July time-frame so contact me if you're interested in joining.
After spending the last ten days solo on my little sailboat, coming back to WRSC is a trip. I realize how special this place is. I have never experienced anything like the surf camp anywhere I have traveled. Besides being busy there is a special vibe that exists here. It is almost supernatural. I am always happy to come home, even if sometimes its tough to live above all of the action.
The new El Vaquero bar is a great new spot to hang out, hard to believe it was a junkyard on the beach just a few months ago. I guess you could call it gentrification. Poco a poco it all gets fixed up eventually. Chances are I'll see you there as the sun goes down.
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Northern Soul is the United Kingdom's underground soul music/record collecting/dance culture, which focuses on American black soul music artists of the 1960's and 70's. Particularly popular in the North of England, this movement acquired the name of "Northern Soul", a name that has stuck to this day and is fed by both popular and rare soul records imported from the United States.
The sound of Black America engendered a love and passion for music that has remained in the hearts of the soul music lovers, dancers and rarities-record collectors. Northern soul goes hand in hand with Motown, Beach Music and R&B. It has developed an appeal to soul music fans throughout the world.
UK enthusiasts of American urban music partied in all-night clubs to unknown soul records and "Northern Soul" has remained an obsession for fans of obscure and long-forgotten recordings in music history ever since. Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin and James Brown may be staples of the Northern Soul music scene, but hardcore fans have discovered a world of music outside of these chosen few. Leave it to inventive DJ's for mixing modern techno sounds with classic ray Charles recordings while introducing this new form of music to dance clubs all over the UK.
These all-night soul music parties became a mainstay of the club-scene throughout the 60's and 70's and reached a peak of popularity during the early 1980's. Landmark UK clubs have included The Twisted Wheel, The Golden Torch, Blackpool Mecca, Cleethorpes Pier, Winter Gardens, The 100 Club and Kings Hall in Stoke on Trent. Still popular, though now an underground culture like so many other forms of music, Northern Soul maintains a following among fans of the genre worldwide.


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They're having an impact as a result. Comcast collected $1.644 billion in Broadcast TV revenue in the third quarter, up 8.8% from $1.511 billion in 2011's Q3. Why exclude 2012? Comcast and NBC had the exclusive rights to broadcast 2012's London Summer Olympics, resulting in abnormally high ad revenue.
NBC is also winning acclaim among critics and awards panels. For example, actor James Spader was nominated for "Best Actor in a Television Series: Drama" at this year's Golden Globes -- the lone entry from a network TV program. Sure, Bryan Cranston took home the statue for Breaking Bad. That still doesn't diminish The Blacklist's growing impact on NBC's (and correspondingly, Comcast's) fortunes.
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- 2 cups uncooked small pasta shells, alphabet pasta or ring macaroni
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- 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, saute garlic in butter. Remove from the heat. Drain pasta; add to garlic butter. Stir in the Parmesan cheese, parsley, salt and pepper; toss to coat. Yield: 4 servings.
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Steve Spagnuolo has a big headset to fill, and not just because there were times when Gregg Williams' ego seemed to stretch to his 10-gallon size. Williams won a Super Bowl as Saints defensive coordinator, and there was justification for, and supporting evidence of, his swagger in New Orleans.
Spagnuolo has won a Super Bowl ring as defensive coordinator, too, with the New York Giants.
So although that fact absolutely should carry freight with Saints fans, and his hiring looks like a steal for Coach Sean Payton, it remains a significant footnote that the defense hasn't yet done anything under his tutelage, and he's replacing a guy who demanded an attitude that resulted in a championship.
Yes, the new leader of New Orleans' defense overwhelmingly is being celebrated in Who Dat land. "Spag-nola," Saints fans believe, will be a more effective director than was Williams, who looks a lot more flawed in Saintsland today than anyone ever imagined he might after New Orleans won Super Bowl XLIV.
But in some ways, almost no greater compliment could be paid to Williams in New Orleans than having Saints fans want to fling him out of town, all the way to St. Louis, one frustrated heave at a time.
Stay with me here.
Williams did such a magnificent job with the first Saints defense he orchestrated in 2009 that he and the unit set a standard that probably bordered on unrealistic. And the fact that his swagger never dipped below arrogance (for those who disliked the Saints) or supreme confidence (for those who liked the Saints), allowed him to become a humongous target when his schemes, and his unit, sputtered or caved.
"I'd say that back when we hired Gregg Williams, I remembered a conversation I had with coach Payton when Coach Williams became available," New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees said. "Coach Payton had to make the tough decision to replace (defensive coordinator) Gary Gibbs, who was a very good friend of all of us, with Gregg Williams, and I remember (Payton) telling me how he faced this guy when he (Williams) was in Washington and he (Payton) was in Dallas for three years, and this guy always gave fits.
"If you can't beat 'em, join 'em -- or have him join you. Maybe in a way that's kind of what we're going here with Steve Spagnuolo. We recognize his talent and what a great coach he is, and man, his players play for him. I think he's a very talented, very sharp, very well-respected defensive coach.
"I've always had a ton of respect for him, and I feel like he is going to make us better instantly. His presence, his coaching ability, his scheme, with our players -- not only defensively but offensively, having to face that every day. I think that was what has helped us as an offense the last three years is facing our defense at practice. That's what makes us all better, and in the end that's what gives us the chance at a championship."
That quickly was forgotten about Williams.
Forgotten too, in the aftermath of the New Orleans' 36-32 loss at San Francisco in an NFC divisional playoff game that revived ghosts of Saints' teams past, was the fact that as good as the Saints had been before Williams joined the franchise, they hadn't won the Super Bowl without him.
Conveniently ignored was the merciless beating the Saints administered to Brett Favre in the 2009 NFC championship game win over the visiting Minnesota Vikings, a pummeling from which Favre probably never fully recovered.
And selective memories downplayed Super Bowl XLIV, when the Saints limited the Indianapolis Colts to 17 points in a 14-point win in Miami. The defense sprinkled extra powdered sugar on that beignet with a game-clinching touchdown via Tracy Porter's interception return when he jumped a route using the take-no-prisoners aggression that Williams preaches.
Two years and an Alex Smith-to-Vernon Davis showcase in San Francisco later, Saints fans would've paid Williams' moving expenses to St. Louis.
But if they hadn't been exposed to unprecedented heights, hadn't seen him assume the role of mad scientist and create a defensive monster that forced 39 turnovers in 2009 -- 26 interceptions (five returned for touchdowns) and 13 fumble recoveries -- then the fall wouldn't have been so steep, and ensuing thirst for blood so vocal.
That's not to suggest Williams did it alone or to minimize his warts. He should've been more cautious about storming the gates against the 49ers on their final offensive possession. If he had, that winning touchdown might have been a tying field goal, and the Saints still might be alive.
It's simply to say that his way worked well enough to help the Saints win a lot of games. As spectacular as New Orleans' offense is, it required some help.
Spagnuolo certainly has the résumé and teaching ability to be a worthy successor, but the question is whether he has the players.
He won't inherit defensive linemen as talented as the ones he had with the Giants, when they stuffed the New England Patriots' potent passing attack by battering quarterback Tom Brady in Super Bowl XLII. Michael Strahan, Justin Tuck and Osi Umenyiora don't play for the Saints, and -- so far --no collection of defensive linemen on this team has combined to replicate their level of mayhem.
But Spagnuolo is a known, proven commodity as a coordinator. If the Saints' defense only requires a little less brio while it has a lead, he'll be smart enough to figure that out.
And if he helps the Saints win a Super Bowl, his stature only will grow -- and the headset he fills will shrink.


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Tchernov, V (2003). Isomorphism of the groups of Vassiliev invariants of Legendrian and pseudo-Legendrian knots. Compositio Mathematica, 135(1):103-122.
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The study of the Vassiliev invariants of Legendrian knots was started by D. Fuchs and S. Tabachnikov who showed that the groups of C-valued Vassiliev invariants of Legendrian and of framed knots in the standard contact R3 are canonically isomorphic. Recently we constructed the first examples of contact 3-manifolds where Vassiliev invariants of Legendrian and of framed knots are different. Moreover in these examples Vassiliev invariants of Legendrian knots distinguish Legendrian knots that are isotopic as framed knots and homotopic as Legendrian immersions. This raised the question what information about Legendrian knots can be captured using Vassiliev invariants. Here we answer this question by showing that for any contact 3-manifold with a cooriented contact structure the groups of Vassiliev invariants of Legendrian knots and of knots that are nowhere tangent to a vector field that coorients the contact structure are canonically isomorphic.
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The Strunk and White of statistics team up to help the average person navigate the numbers in the news Drawing on their hugely popular BBC Radio 4 show More or Less, journalist Michael Blastland and internationally known economist Andrew Dilnot delight, amuse, and convert American mathphobes by showing how our everyday experiences make sense of numbers. The radical premise of The Numbers Game is to show how much we already know and give practical ways to use our knowledge to become cannier consumers of the media. If you've ever wondered what "average" really means, whether the scare stories about cancer risk should convince you to change your behavior, or whether a story you read in the paper is biased (and how), you need this book. Blastland and Dilnot show how to survive and thrive on the torrent of numbers that pours through everyday life.
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Gainsthorpe is a deserted medieval village site in Hibaldstow parish
located on a minor road west of the A15, south of Hibaldstow and 5 miles south-west of Brigg.
The typical medieval layout of sunken roads and raised rectangular tofts and crofts is clearly seen in the humps and hollows of the field. In the south-east (bottom left) corner is the present day Gainsthorpe Farm.
Photo taken in April 1925
by Dr O.G.S Crawford from 4000ft 1
He had been told that there were Roman remains in the field, but saw at once that this could not be so and remembered an account by the curate of Broughton, Abraham de la Pryme who had described a visit to the site in his diary of 1697.
(above) a photograph of English Heritage's plaque which they have placed at the site.This day I took my horse and went to a place called Gainstrop which lies in a hollow on the right hand, and about the middle way as you come from Kirton to Scawby. Tradition says that the aforesaid Gainstrop was once a pretty large town, though now there is nothing but some of the foundations. Being upon the place I easily counted the foundations of about two hundred buildings and beheld three streets very fair. About a quarter of a mile is a place called the Church Garth............
"Tradition says that that town was, in times of yore, exceeding infamous for robberies, and that nobody inhabited there but thieves; and that the country having for a long while endured all their villanies they at last, when they could suffer them no longer, rose with one consent, and pulled the same down about their ears.
But I fancy that the town has been eaten up with time, poverty and pasturage
- Abraham de la Pryme, 1697 2
Photos of Gainsthorpe in late August 2003
Top left: looking south on the east site of the site. Gainsthorpe Farm in the distance.
Top right: A diagonal view across the site from the south-west towards the north-east.
Left: Looking south near the south-west boundary.
Gainsthorpe lost village was called 'Gamelstorp' in Domesday Book, 1086, where Gamal is an old Danish personal name. The change to Gain- from Gam- , which appears in the sixteenth century, might be due to a simple misreading. The name means, according to Prof Kenneth Cameron 3 , 'Gamal's secondary settlement, outlying farmstead or hamlet' - secondary presumably to Hibaldstow which is 3 km away to the north-east.
Gainsthorpe is not mentioned in the pioneering 1924 list of lost villages by Canon Foster 4, the vicar of Timberland, which he published as an appendix in The Lincolnshire Domesday and the Lindsey survey and this is probably because he regarded it as a Roman site and not a lost village at all.
However, as noted above, Dr O.G.S Crawford of the Ordnance Survey was prompted to take an aerial photo of the site in the following year and realised immediately that this could not be a Roman town. He remembered an account by the curate of Broughton, Abraham de la Pryme who had described a visit to the site in his diary of 1697 which includes the comment '…..I fancy that the town has been eaten up with time, poverty and pasturage'……
In the late 15th century wool production became relatively more profitable than that of corn and in consequence landowners converted fields from arable to pasture so sheep could be grazed. In the process, they enclosed the common fields and often evicted the peasants that had tilled them. Perhaps this is what happened to Gainsthorpe; the peasants were evicted, and they crossed back over Ermine Street and rejoined the larger settlement of Hibaldstow, leaving a deserted village for sheep to nibble and for historians to ponder.
Photos: Judy McLoughlin
1 Reproduced in Antiquaries Journal , ( 1925 ) p 30.
2 C. Jackson, (ed.), The diary of Abraham de la Pryme, the Yorkshire antiquary. Ephemeris vitæ, or, A diary of my own life: containing an account, likewise, of the most observable and remarkable things that I have taken notice of from my youth up, hitherto. Surtees Society Vol LIV, (1870), p.127.
3 K. Cameron, with J. Field, and J. Insley, Place Names of Lincolnshire Vol 6, English Place-Name Society (2001), p.70
4 C. W. Foster, and T. Longley, (eds.) The Lincolnshire Domesday and the Lindsey survey; with an intro by F. M. Stenton ; and appendix of extinct villages by C. W. Foster. Lincoln Record Society (1924) vol. 19
Beresford M.W.'The Lost Villages of England' (1963)
Beresford M.W.'History on the Ground' (1971)
Beresford M.W. and Hurst J.G. 'Deserted Medieval Villages' (1971)
Beresford M.W. and St Joseph J.K. 'Medieval England - an Aerial Survey' (1979)
Hoskins W.G.'The Making of the English Landscape' (1988)
See also Lost villages of Nottinghamshire and Lost village of Wharram Percy
A time there was, ere England's griefs began,
When every rood of ground maintain'd its man;
For him light labour spread her wholesome store,
Just gave what life requir'd, but gave no more:
His best companions, innocence and health;
And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.
But times are alter'd; trade's unfeeling train
Usurp the land and dispossess the swain;
Along the lawn, where scatter'd hamlets rose,
Unwieldy wealth and cumbrous pomp repose,
And every want to opulence allied,
And every pang that folly pays to pride.
Those gentle hours that plenty bade to bloom,
Those calm desires that ask'd but little room,
Those healthful sports that grac'd the peaceful scene,
Liv'd in each look, and brighten'd all the green,--
These, far departing, seek a kinder shore,
And rural mirth and manners are no more.
Oliver Goldsmith - extract from 'The Deserted Village' First Published in 1770.
It has been suggested that Goldsmith was thinking of the Oxfordshire village of Nuneham Courteney when he wrote the poem.
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Boy George recently announced the upcoming release of what he is billing as his first "new studio album of original material in 18 years." Titled "This is What I Do," the set is expected on October 28, and will be followed by live dates in the UK (no word yet on American dates). The tracks were written by George along with collaborators John Themis, Kevan Frost and Richie Stevens (who have worked with artists as diverse as Tina Turner, Simpy Red, Soul II Soul as well as Culture Club). There is one cover, however, and it's an intriguing one — a take on the classic Yoko Ono track "Death of Samantha" from her "Appproximately Infinite Universe" LP.
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