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The world suddenly went dark. What the fuck just happened? My mind reeled at the events. How Ghost saw me I didn't know, but he was ready, catching me off guard. He shouted to the reporter, taking off into the prison. Gunfire echoed through the building sending me diving for cover. Ghost had taken a few quick shots at me, trying to escape.
"Shit!" If a direct shot didn't hit me, a ricochet would. Two guards bolted past my hiding place. There is no way in hell, I'm letting Ghost escape. Moving behind the guards, I snapped off two shots. Their heads exploded as I pushed past their empty husks. The gunfire grew louder as I sprinted to a door way. Grabbing a spoon from the ground, I peaked it around the corner. A single round smashed into the utensil and drove it from my hand, into a near by wall. Quickly I checked my pistol, full clip with one in the chamber.
"What now?!" The reporter screamed, obviously she had never been a war zone. Out of my pocket, I pulled a grenade. A cacophony of beer bottles and knocked over tables, signaled the reporter's hasty exit. I would have to get her later.
"You get out of here, I'll find you after! Just go, go!" Ghost yelled as I chucked the grenade around the corner. Chew on this! The small explosive soared through the air in slow motion. Retreating behind a nearby I waited for the explosion. BOOM! The grenade detonated with a concussive force, metal and glass shards smashed into the wall. Ghost screamed out, the noise of his gun clattering to the ground caught my ear. I took my chance, spinning around the corner, I leveled my gun at his forehead. Ghost had other ideas, kicking an open bottle of beer in my face. The frothy alcohol, blinded me momentarily. My legs tensed as I heard a him near. On instinct I kicked, hard, catching Ghost in the chest and tossing him to the messy floor.
I wiped the beer from my face, glaring at the Australian, he was bleeding from a shrapnel wound in his arm. It ends here! Bringing my silenced pistol to bear, it lined up with between his eyes. Time seemed to fall into slow motion. Finger tensed on the trigger, Ghost shoved himself up from the floor slamming a heavy foot into my chin. Grunting in pain, I collapsed to floor with blood dripping from my lips. The pistol I had held moments ago, bounced across the floor landing only a meter away. Shooting a quick glare at Ghost, I moved to grab the weapon. He jumped and brought a knee into my head. That's when it all went dark.
As I reveled in my anger and shame, the sound of voices reached my ears.
"Are you sure.....yes....ok. Roberts come here." Footsteps echoed as if on hard marble flooring. Then there was silence, I took a deep breath and waited.
"He looks like hell," a familiar voice chimed in. My eyes shot open as I sharply sat up. Roberts stood before me along with two other suit and tie men.
"Where the hell am I?" I snarled in Russian, forgetting where I was. Roberts furrowed his brow while the other men just exchanged nervous glances. Remembering my English, I repeated my question. "Where the hell am I?" Roberts nodded, waving his men away.
"Your in the morgue, in the embassy. One of the locals brought you here. When we saw you...we thought you were dead. Lucky for you, we had a doctor on staff to look you over. She said you had taken few a nasty blows to the head,plus some bruising and lacerations." Shutting my eyes, I placed a hand on my pounding head, it was bandaged. Ghost had beaten me! My blood boiled at the disgusting thought, I had to find him and the reporter.
"How long was I out?" My voice was filled with acid as I looked to Roberts. The American shrugged, a hint of fear flashing behind his brown eyes.
"As far as we know about seven hours. That's how long ago the locals brought you in. You should be happy that they just didn't dismember and burn you." Wincing in pain, I stood.
"I'll be happy when Ghost's blood is on my hands and I have my revenge." I snarled. Roberts took and uneasy step backward, then turned and grabbed a black duffel bag.
"We had one of the agents grab your equipment, if there's anything else you need just let us know." He haded me my equipment. Pulling out my rifle, I racked back the bolt and returned my attention to Roberts.
"I'm gonna need a pistol, silenced, and Ghosts location." Roberts just stood there staring. "Yesterday!" I barked at the man, nervously, he nodded and scrambled from the chilly morgue. I slung my rifle over my shoulder and checked my pockets, sighing in relief when I felt my phone. Pulling it out, I clicked through the contacts eventually landing on one. Smiling I pressed the call button. It only took one ring for him to pick up.
"Yuri, here. Who's this?" A man asked in Russian.
"Yuri, this is Reaper. I 'm calling in that favor you owe me." I replied, my voice stern.
"What do you need?" he asked inquisitively. I grinned.
"Get me one of your Mil MI-35's over to Mogadishu, now!" Yuri laughed.
"Pretty big favor eh? Alright, what'd you want for the load out?" Grabbing my bag; I headed out of the morgue, up the stairs, and out into the embassy's lobby.
"Load it down with everything she'll hold."
"Give me 36 hours and she'll be there. Good luck Reaper." The line went dead. I looked back at the phone. Thomas is gonna be pissed if he learns I committed without any authorization. Pocketing the phone, I sat in one of the embassy's cushion chairs. Thomas wouldn't have to find out yet, I'd just wait a bit. That would give Yuri the time he needed to get me the gunship. By then I would be cleared and Ghost was gonna receive one hell of a surprise. Revenge was the only thought on my mind.


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It's hard to believe anyone would fall for it, but John Cho did. The cast and crew of Star Trek Into Darkness, the newest iteration of the blockbuster franchise, which opens Thursday, was filming at the National Ignition Facility. That's a laser-based fusion-research facility in northern California, home to the largest and most powerful laser in the world. (Hey, why build a futuristic set when real-life geniuses have done it for you?) Chris Pine, who plays Captain James Kirk, and Zachary Quinto (Mr. Spock), concocted a prank to play on Cho (Sulu, the senior helmsman) and Karl Urban (Bones, the ship's doctor), and enlisted everyone else to help.
"Chris and Zach convinced me that it was radioactive there, and I was stupid enough to believe it," Cho said in an interview in Toronto on Tuesday, heaving a self-deprecating sigh. "Then I was stupid enough to walk on-set anyway." They told him he had to wear a white cream on the tip of his nose and his prominent cheekbones, to ward off the radiation. They also told him he had to jump up and down often, shaking his hands as he did so – "to shake the neutrons out," Cho continues, miserably.
As if that wasn't enough, the pranksters gave Cho and Urban a fake script, and set them up to film a public-service announcement the duo believed was real – "while wearing our neutron cream," Cho makes sure to remind me – in front of the entire cast and crew. "That's when it was revealed to us that we were the butts of a joke," he concludes.
He thinks he's done with this anecdote. But I am alight with questions, so he's stuck here for a while. Did Pine and Quinto wear cream and shake their hands, too? "No," Cho says, "but they had other people join in intermittently." Is Cho usually an easy mark? "Well, I, uh," he stammers, trying not to admit what he finally has to: "Yes. Yes I am. I accept what people say. I don't have time to dissect it. But I didn't realize I was that gullible." I assume we'll see this fake PSA eventually, in the – "DVD package?" Cho finishes for me. "Probably." And he's okay with that?
He sighs again, deeply. "It happened," he says, shaking his head at himself. "I'm not okay with it, but it happened."
Meeting Cho, it's easy to see why the pranksters chose him as their mark. He comes off like an ideal straight man. He's slim, elegant. He looks about half his age, which is 40. He's sincere and seems sweet, but without being particularly emotive. Born in Seoul, he moved to Los Angeles as a child, graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and caught a break when his then-unnamed character in 1999's American Pie coined the term MILF. (His role grew with each sequel.) The stoner comedy Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle hit big in 2004, also followed by several sequels.
Cho says he's always surprised when something he's in succeeds – "I really do mean that" – but he's particularly surprised about Harold & Kumar's popularity. "It seemed so bizarre to have Korean and Indian characters as potheads. I never thought it would catch on," he says. "But I think it doubled the underdog factor, and people hadn't seen that pairing before." I ask him if acting stoned gives him a contact high. "I guess I feel high," he says, then smiles mischievously. "But all I'd have to do here is walk around downtown Toronto." O-ho, our citizens are fragrant? Cho nods, lifting his brows tellingly.
And now here he sits, not just in one of the most popular, generation-spanning film franchises of all time, but literally, for a few scenes in the new movie, in the captain's chair. "The chair feels good," Cho admits. "It feels good. Everyone takes turns sitting in it. In fact, we got in trouble on the last film [2009's Star Trek ] – we actually broke it. Too much funny business. But it's got a great vantage point. It's up higher than my chair. You'd think having the controls would make you more authoritative, but actually it's the absence of stuff that does it. The biggest boss has the clearest desk."
The new film is "pretty intense," Cho says, featuring a heightened focus on the Spock/Kirk bromance, and so many countdowns to imminent disasters that I lost count. But director J.J. Abrams is a master of keeping things light between takes, Cho goes on: "We're all real friends at this point – we see each other off-campus and everything – so we're constantly laughing." To master his jargon-jammed dialogue – complicated swirls of co-ordinates – Cho listens to podcasts about mechanics. "Typically, actors overplay jargon, or toss it away in an extravagant display of casualness. Real people hit the important parts hard. So that's what I try to do."
When he's not saving the galaxy on screen, Cho is home in L.A. with his wife, the actress Kerri Higuchi, and their son, 5, and daughter, three months. "That takes up a lot of my time, especially being a modern father," he says. "My own dad, he wasn't even in the country when my brother was born. I don't think he ever changed a diaper. He thinks babies are cute, but he doesn't know what to do with them." Cho's parenting advice is simple, though: "You being around is all that they want," he says. "Ninety per cent of being a parent is just being present and available."
But when the final frontier calls, Cho is happy to answer. "Being part of this franchise is a gift," he says sincerely. "It's part of the American cultural canon, so I'm honoured. Without sounding corny, I think Star Trek is good for the world. It's a positive message, with positive imagery, people of different backgrounds going on a scientific mission."
He's happy that, despite all its explosions, this instalment has an anti-war message. "In rehearsals, we talked a lot about the nature of good, and who we designate as good versus bad, and what those assumptions are," Cho says. "The Enterprise is not supposed to be a vessel of war, yet the captain takes it on an aggressive mission. It shows you what the chain of events can be when one begins retaliation. That's a welcome note of caution right now." And that's no joke.Report Typo/Error
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"There are 44 crore people living below the poverty line in India which is very unfortunate. So it will be shameful if we conceive any project like the Bullet Train in this type of a scenario," TDP's P Ravindra Babu said in the Lok Sabha.
Bullet Train is a pet project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a deal for this project was inked with Japan during Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit here last week.
Participating in the discussion on Supplementary Demands for Grants, Babu said that everybody knows where India stands economically at the international level.
"Let us not conceive any grandiose schemes like the Bullet Train and other things just to attract international attention," he said.
Emphasising that the government should prioritise its strategies, Babu suggested that budgetary provisions for defence sector could be diverted and the money be utilised for welfare of poor people.
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Consistent McRae keeps Ford Martini on the attack Colin McRae and Nicky Grist set a hard-charging pace during today's second leg of the Tour of Corsica rally to move their Ford Focus World Rally Car into fourth with one day remaining of this...
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Colin McRae and Nicky Grist set a hard-charging pace during today's second leg of the Tour of Corsica rally to move their Ford Focus World Rally Car into fourth with one day remaining of this sixth round of the FIA World Rally Championship. The Ford Martini World Rally Team pairing were the fastest four-wheel drive competitors over today's six asphalt mountain special stages and quicker even than leader Philippe Bugalski.
The lightweight two-wheel drive cars set a fierce pace at the top of the leaderboard. But 30-year-old McRae, his confidence in the Ford Focus increasing with every twisty kilometre after overnight changes to the car's set-up, refused to be daunted. Second fastest time on one stage, third quickest on four more and fourth on the other enabled him to climb from an overnight fifth and reel in Carlos Sainz ahead of him.
McRae's pace was matched by his bravery. When torrential rain on the longest stage of the rally trapped all the top competitors on dry-patterned tyres, making driving treacherous, it was a true test of nerve and courage.
The Scot delivered a crushing performance, more than seven seconds faster than Sainz, over 23 seconds quicker than Didier Auriol and 31 seconds clear of championship leader Tommi Makinen.
"We've enjoyed another good day," said McRae. "We managed to slash Carlos' advantage by almost 10 seconds and if I hadn't spun on the last stage, I think we would have moved ahead of him. We had some really big 'moments' on that last stage in the rain. Any car on slick tyres and a dry set-up in those conditions is going to be really unpredictable and we had a couple of big sideways incidents. It was more like driving on gravel than asphalt," he added.
Huge crowds turned out in the mountains to watch the world's top drivers and the sheer number of spectators wanting to see the action forced organisers to delay the start of one stage by almost an hour until they were satisfied with the level of safety.
Ford Martini team director Malcolm Wilson was in confident mood as the cars returned to Ajaccio this evening. "It's been a very good day for us. It was a shame Colin lost time with a spin on the final stage but he's still been the quickest four-wheel drive car today and he's also halved the overnight time gap between himself and Carlos Sainz.
"If the weather is dry tomorrow, we have to accept we will not catch Bugalski or Puras but we will still push to try to overtake Carlos. If the weather stays wet, I see no reason why we cannot take the lead. We've changed the rear dampers and the geometry on Colin's car at every service to improve the handling and balance of the car. We've been learning things in competition which you never discover during testing and that's so valuable on a new car like the Ford Focus," he added.
Simon Jean-Joseph and Fred Gallagher, who retired yesterday in the other Ford Martini Focus, will return to tackle the final televised stage. Team engineers diagnosed a fault in the crank sensor which failed to send information to the car's engine management system, causing the engine to shut down. Repairs have been made and the 29-year-old Martinique driver will be the first to start the TV spectacular.
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The lightweight two-wheel drive Citroens again dominated, leader Philippe Bugalski setting three fastest times and Jesus Puras two, although Bugalski lost 30 seconds during the final stage in the rain. Neither Toyota duo Carlos Sainz and Didier Auriol nor Subaru pairing Richard Burns and Bruno Thiry had any problems, a lack of grip on the cooler asphalt of today's stages the only complaint from the latter two. Peugeot's Francois Delecour was fastest on the first stage but transmission difficulties cost much time this afternoon and he slipped to seventh. Team-mate Gilles Panizzi retired in the final stage with an engine management system problem. It was another trying day for championship leader Tommi Makinen and Mitsubishi team-mate Freddy Loix, troubles with the brake cooling system costing time and a poor tyre choice on stage nine not helping. Harri Rovanpera and Piero Liatti struggled with their Seats, although reliability was not a problem and Liatti brought some joy with fourth fastest time on the last test.
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The final leg is similar to the opening day - the first four tests were used during the first leg. The difference is the final stage, which will be broadcast live on international television with extra championship points awarded to the fastest cars and drivers. This innovation, being tried for the first time in Corsica, is planned to be a part of all championship rallies in 2001. Competitors leave Ajaccio at 06.45, returning to the finish at 17.00 after six more asphalt stages covering 109km.
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Leaderboard after Leg 2 1. P Bugalski/J-P Chiaroni F Citroen Xsara 2hr 35min 07.0sec 2. J Puras/M Marti E Citroen Xsara 2hr 35min 13.3sec 3. C Sainz/L Moya E Toyota Corolla 2hr 35min 34.8sec 4. C McRae/N Grist GB Ford Focus 2hr 35min 44.3sec 5. D Auriol/D Giraudet F Toyota Corolla 2hr 36min 28.3sec 6. R Burns/R Reid GB Subaru Impreza 2hr 37min 17.9sec 7. F Delecour/D Grataloup F Peugeot 206 2hr 37min 23.6sec 8. T Makinen/R Mannisenmaki FIN Mitsubishi Lancer 2hr 37min 4.8sec 9. B Thiry/S Prevot B Subaru Impreza 2hr 38min 20.2sec 10 F Loix/S Smeets B Mitsubishi Carisma 2hr 39min 08.6sec


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LIONEL MESSI won a record-breaking FOURTH Ballon D'Or — then told defeated
Andres Iniesta: I couldn't have done it without you.
Messi, 25, saw off Barcelona team-mate Iniesta and Cristiano Ronaldo to the
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And the Argentina superstar — who becames the first man EVER to
win four of the gongs — insists he owes it all to Barca pal Iniesta.
He said: "It is incredible to receive this prize once again and it's
impressive it makes it four in a row.
"Each one is special. You never come here thinking you are going to win.
"I would like to share this with my Barca teammates — particularly with
Andres, who is here with me.
"I am proud to be able to train alongside him every day. I am also thinking of
my teammates in the Argentina squad.
"Thank you to all those who voted for me, skippers, coaches and national
"Thank you too to my family, my friends and of course my wife and son, who is
the best thing that ever happened to me."
Messi won his record fourth award on the back of a goal-drenched year of
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The forward netted 91 goals in 2012 — beating Gerd Muller's record for strikes
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And his Barcelona boss Tito Vilanova added: "Leo's great quality is that he
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The European Ballon d'Or, last won by the Argie in 2009, merged with FIFA's
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To cycle from Lisbon to Baku, promoting the inaugural European Games along the way. That is the challenge proposed by Jorge Cristóvão, a 53 year-old cyclist and adventure athlete, and the Portuguese National Olympic Committee (NOC). His journey began today at Lisbon's Torre de Belém, in a ceremony attended by more than 100 people, including athletes and coaches who will represent Portugal in Baku, National Sport Federation representatives, and Mr Cristóvão's family and friends.
Mr Cristóvão was given the Portuguese flag by the NOC's Chef de Mission, José Garcia, to whom he will return it on 10 June when he arrives in Baku, in order for the flag to be used by the Portuguese delegation's flag bearer at the Baku 2015 European Games Opening Ceremony on 12 June.
Mr Cristóvão was also presented with the electric bike that he will ride for close to 7,000 kilometres, and the President of the Olympic Committee of Portugal, José Manuel Constantino, handed him letters addressed to presidents of NOCs in the countries he will visit on his route to Baku. Mr Cristóvão will deliver the letters to the NOCs of Spain, France (Côte D'Azur office), Monaco, Italy, Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan, as well as the EOC headquarters in Rome and the Olympic Museum in Thessaloniki, Greece.
These letters from the Portuguese NOC President and Chief Operating Officer of Baku 2015 Simon Clegg will encourage the other NOCs to participate in the European Games with their best athletes, thereby promoting the event throughout Europe and the rest of the world.
At the end of the ceremony, the new Mayor of the City of Lisbon, Fernando Medina, gave Mr Cristóvão a letter addressed to the Baku mayor, Hajibala Abutalybov.
Last year, Baku 2015 set an innovative challenge to develop a promotional strategy for the European Games, with invitations to the spectacular Opening Ceremony on offer for the best proposal. The winning idea was Bike to Baku. This idea has now been brought to life by the Portuguese National Olympic Committee in the form of Lisbon2Baku, which will see Mr Cristovão travel the breadth of the continent.
Mr Simon Clegg, Chief Operating Officer of Baku 2015, said: "We are delighted to see the Bike to Baku idea come to life through the Lisbon2Baku initiative. Jorge's journey will contribute to raising awareness of the inaugural European Games across the continent, and is a great example of the enthusiasm that Baku 2015 is inspiring amongst National Olympic Committees in Europe. We look forward to welcoming Jorge to Baku in June, and wish him the best of luck on his travels."


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|The Flying Circus
|Sydney, Australia
|Pop, country rock
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|Columbia, Capitol, Harvest, Warner, EMI
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|Doug Rowe[1]
James Wynne
Bob Hughes
Colin Walker
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The Flying Circus was a pioneering Australian country rock band who had a number of pop hits in Australia from 1968 to 1971 and then re-located to Canada from 1971 to 1974 where they also achieved a degree of success.
The Flying Circus were formed in August 1968 in Sydney starting out as a country/folk-rock band. They performed "harmony-rich covers of Byrds, Dylan and Dillards country songs". Like The Byrds, a prominent part of their early sound came from the featured use of a 12 string Rickenbacker guitar. They were brought together by lead guitarist Doug Rowe who had been a member of New Zealand band, The Castaways, before coming to Australia. The original line-up was Doug Rowe [lead guitar, vocals], James Wynne [lead vocals, rhythm guitar], Bob Hughes [bass, vocals] and Colin Walker [drums].Bob Hughes left in early 1969 and went on to become a well known screen actor with credits including the hit TV sitcom Hey Dad..!, ABBA: The Movie, but in 2014 he was found guilty of sexually molesting girls on the set of Hey Dad...! and was sentenced to a jail term. He was replaced by bassist Warren Ward, an experienced musician.
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They signed to EMI records in late 1968 and made one of their first major appearances at an outdoor concert in Sydney's Domain on Australia Day 1969. After recording, with the original line-up, a cover of the song, "Shame Shame" (which was not put out at that time), they had their first chart success soon after with their debut single, a cover of the Buzz Cason – Mac Gayden song, "Hayride", in early 1969. As the song was firmly in the bubblegum pop genre (e.g. the Chipmunks sounding intro), this resulted in the band being branded with a bubblegum image, although their stage performances and later recordings were in the country rock vein.
Nothwithstanding its trite nature, "Hayride" was initially banned from release in New Zealand because of the lyric "...making love in the hay..." The song gained vital Australian national exposure thanks to a pioneering promotional film-clip which was shown on nationally-screened TV pop shows such as Uptight!. Their second single, another Cason-Gayden song, "La La", was an even bigger hit, and arguably a more sophisticated performance, but this only served to reinforce their image as a bubblegum band.
The group recorded their self-titled debut album around this time, produced by Mike Perjanik. The album was an odd mixture of styles. Alongside the band's original country-rock numbers they included their pop hits and a medley of songs from the popular musical Hair.
Greg Grace left in June 1969 (to form Hot Cottage); Warren Ward left in September, to form Stonehenge and later performed on the hit "Boppin' The Blues" by Blackfeather). Ward was replaced as bass player by Terry Wilkins (ex-Starving Wild Dogs, Quill).
"Run Run Run", released in December 1969 was their last "bubblegum pop" release. It sounded much like the first two Cason-Gayden hits although this one was actually written by Doug Rowe.
Prepared in Peace – Changes[edit]
With their next release, the EP Frontier, the band returned to their country-rock roots; it featured four pure country songs, including Terry Wilkins' "When Will I See You As You" and covers of Bob Dylan's, "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight", and Merle Haggard's, "The Day The Rains Came Down".
In April 1970 they added a fifth member, noted lead guitarist & pedal steel player, Red McKelvie, (ex-Starving Wild Dogs, Quill). McKelvie's arrival steered the group towards straight-ahead country music and the change was evident on their second LP, Prepared in Peace, released in July 1970, consisted entirely of original songs in folk and country styles. Despite uneven production and (at times) under-rehearsed performances, the result was one of the best Australian albums of 1970: many of the songs are outstanding and, over forty years later, it is hard to fathom the fact that tracks like "One Way Out," with its magic refrain 'All aboard,' and "It's So Hard," a masterpiece of the 'crying in my beer' genre, have not become Australian standards. Despite being critically well received, the album was not a major commercial success. This was chiefly attributable to the fact that no single was released off it, which greatly restricted its exposure over the airwaves. It is also likely that the album's lack of success was also partly due to the effects of the 1970 radio ban, a controversial 'pay-for-play' dispute between Australian commercial radio and an alliance of major record labels, which saw singles from the affected companies (including EMI and its subsidiary imprints) banned from airplay on commercial radio across Australia for six months between May and October 1970. However, also in July that year, the band scored a dramatic victory over teen favourites Zoot in the Grand Final of the prestigious Hoadley's National Battle of the Sounds band competition.
In October, Flying Circus released the single, "Israel" written by Red, backed with "Giselle." Red McKelvie, however departed the band the same month. He went on to form the country-rock groups Powderhorn and Third Union Band and played with Richard Clapton's band – he is responsible for the distinctive slide guitar work on Clapton's breakthrough hit "Girls on the Avenue".
Red McKelvie's departure marked a shift to a rockier but still country-tinged style. This was emphasised by the adding of a keyboard player, Sam See (formerly with Sherbet and subsequently with Stockley See and Mason) and reflected in the next album, a much more straight-ahead rock LP, although there was still some country, such as "The Longest Day", which chronicled the events surrounding the band's Hoadley's competition win. This album, with the joking title Bonza, Beaut & Boom Boom Boom, again consisted of all original material by the group. Two singles, "Turn Away" and "It Couldn't Happen Here", were released from the LP, but they only charted modestly. The band had a penchant for writing and recording songs about steam trains, with titles such as "Kempsey Mail", "3667", and "The Last Train", mainly due to the presence of James Wynne, a lifelong train enthusiast who later became an artist noted for his paintings of steam trains.
Canada – "Maple Lady"[edit]
As result of the image problem that followed them from their early days and, that in Australia at that time, they were too country for rock audiences and too rocky for country audiences, they became frustrated by the lack of serious recognition in Australia.[citation needed] This led them to use their Hoadleys prize to head for North America, basing themselves in San Francisco. Lead singer Jim Wynne left the band, ultimately for good. They ended up in Toronto as they were unable to attain US working visas. The trip to Canada met with some success and they gained a deal from Toronto music agency Music Factory for a $10,000, two-month tour. The single "Turn Away" was also released in the USA but to no success.
July 1971 saw them back in Australia where they released their next single, the Crosby, Stills & Nash influenced track, "The Ballad of Sacred Falls" which was released in September. They headed off back to Canada in late 1971 where they worked regularly for most of 1972. During the brief time in Australia in 1971, Sam See left to join progressive group Fraternity (which included Bon Scott as lead singer) and Greg Grace rejoined to replace him. Flying Circus found Canadian audiences much more receptive to their style than in Australia and from then on they effectively became part of the Canadian rock music scene. After scoring a reputed million-dollar contract with Capitol Records, they cut their highly regarded Gypsy Road LP, which consolidated all their past hard work. The single "Old Enough (To Break My Heart)" reached No. 19 on the Canadian charts and the follow-up, "Maple Lady" made the lower end of the Billboard Hot 100.
They returned to Australia for the second Sunbury Pop Festival in January 1973, but their local popularity had waned by then, and the band received a less than enthusiastic reception. They returned to Canada, where Sam See rejoined the group (having left Fraternity while in England). Greg Grace again left the band (for the final time), later becoming the roadie for Canadian band Wireless, which included three ex-members of Australian band, Autumn. Greg Grace continued his roadie career as sound/stage tech for Canadian rock band, Glass Tiger. Toured extensively throughout Canada and with Tina Turner in Europe in 1987.
The Last Laugh[edit]
The Flying Circus went on to put out one more rock album, Last Laugh, in 1974. The line-up on this album was Doug Rowe, Terry Wilkins, Sam See and Colin Walker. However by the end of 1974 the group had run its course. Sam See and Terry Wilkins toured and recorded with Canadian band Lighthouse. Doug Rowe remained in Toronto, where he set up his own studio and lived for some years before eventually returning to Australia. By 1982 he had returned to Australia where he joined the country-rock band, Grand Junction, which went on to win a Golden Guitar at Australia's annual Tamworth Country Music Festival for "Married Women", although the track was recorded using Peter Johnson on vocals, who left the band prior to it winning the Golden Guitar.
- "Hayride"/"Early Morning" 1969 (#3 Sydney, No. 1 Brisbane, No. 23 Nationally (Go-Set))
- "La La"/"Last Train" 1969 (#5 Sydney, No. 1 Brisbane, No. 1 Adelaide, No. 4 Melbourne, No. 9 Nationally (Go-Set))
- "Run Run Run"/"All Fall Down" 1969 (#9 Sydney, No. 36 Brisbane, No. 5 Adelaide, No. 25 Melbourne, No. 21 Nationally (Go-Set))
- "Giselle"/"Israel" 1970 (#15 Brisbane)
- "Turn Away"/"Longest Day" 1971 (#27 Brisbane,#51 Adelaide)
- "It Couldn't Happen Here"/"Somerville" 1971
- "Finding My Way"/"Ballad of Sacred Falls" 1971
- "Old Enough (To Break My Heart)"/"Train Ride" 1972 (#19 Canada National Charts, No. 19 Toronto CHUM AM charts)
- "Maple Lady"/"Green Patch" 1972
- "Jabber Jabber"/"Gypsy Road" 1974
- Frontier – "I Remember Joanne"/"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"//The Day The Rains Came"/"When Will I See You as You"
- Flying Circus (self titled) 1969
- Prepared in Peace 1970
- Bonza Beaut & Boom Boom 1971
- Gypsy Road 1972
- Last Laugh 1974
- Steam Trains & Country Lanes 1977 ("Best of" album)
- Flying Circus 1969–71 ("Best of" album)
- ^ Cashmere, Paul. "R.I.P. Doug Rowe of The Flying Circus". noise11.com. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop – Ian McFarlane – Allen & Unwin, Sydney – 1999
- Noel McGrath's Australian Encyclopedia of Rock & Pop – Rigby Publishers – 1978
- The Who's Who of Australian Rock – Chris Spencer – Moonlight Publishing
- Gavin Ryan's Chart Books
- The Tamworth Country Music Festival – Monika Allen – Horowitz Grahame Pty Ltd, Sydney – 1988
- An Australian Rock Discography 1960–1989 – Chris Spencer – Moonlight Publishers – 1990 – ISBN 0-7316-8343-9


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GOP leader Rep. Tom Price explains why he wants to start negotiations with Senate Democrats over how to strike a budget deal. Tea partyers in the Senate are blocking talks.
Obama slams Republicans for 'unprecedented' obstruction of his judicial nominees, and Sen. Harry Reid vows no compromise on a student loan deal, as Democrats take a page from the Republican playbook.
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R) of Minnesota said Wednesday she will not seek reelection to a fifth House term. The tea party standard-bearer and former GOP presidential hopeful did not disclose her future plans.
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Runs cool (~50 C), occassionally hits 55 C but will drop right back down when the fan picks up. I used the Radeon software, and it easily overclocks from 770 to 800 with no noticeable temperature changes. A great improvement from my last card's 75-85 C range.
It's quite large, but it fits my case. Also, they didn't supply any power adaptors, so I need to find and order some separately when I go for crossfire. The fan is also loud for a moment on startup while things are initializing, and brief moments where the gpu breaks 55 C and has to cool down. I'd say it's about 25dB cruising at idle, but jumps to 35dB when it's under load and had to drop temps. It does that about...every 10 minutes for 5 seconds maybe while gaming. I like my case quiet (under 25dB), so anything over 30dB bothers me. Still though, the cooling looks better than everything else in the price range, so I'd rather a peep here and there than overheating.
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Not sure if it's a noticeable improvement from my last card, a 8800GTS with 640mb. Framerates seem about the same. I'm averaging about 50fps in Left4Dead, which jumps to 120 or so in empty spots. Lowest is 40 maybe. I never recorded framerates with my old card, but it feels about the same. World of Warcraft is also about the same as my old card, but I think I'm limited by my cpu/ram/mobo now. So, performance is about average for the price. Everything is smooth for gaming, but it's still not the increase I expected from the upgrade. If you're running a single card, I'd go for 1GB.
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If you can afford the Wilson, I can't think of a good reason to buy one of the other two.
This is a discussion on Best over all bang for the buck? within the General Firearm Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; So, I just got a sizeable check from my grandfather for Christmas. I was thinking about making a new purchase with part of it. I ...
So, I just got a sizeable check from my grandfather for Christmas. I was thinking about making a new purchase with part of it. I have been wanting a 1911 pattern gun for a while to shoot ESP.
I am going to stay in 9mm as I don't want to have to stock up on another calibre of ammo. So, please, no "You should get it in .45ACP." replies.
I was looking at the Kimber Custom Stainless Target II even before this gift.
I even posted a thread about the Kimber a little bit ago.
I now come to the question. What one would you recommend for best quality for the price? I could get a Springfield Loaded in 9mm, the afore mentioned Kimber or I could go whole hog and check into a Wilson Classic ESP type. I would have to get a fibre optic front sight and a mag well put on any of them. I figure the lowest cost would be the Springer. the Kimber would be next and the Wilson the highest. I'd have to buy the sight and mag well and get a smith to put them on either of the Springfield or the Kimber. For the Wilson, they,of course, all come with the bulletproof Wilson parts. And since you basically have to call Wilson and order it from them, I could have the mag well and the sight put on at the factory. For reliability and craftsmanship Wilson will always come out on top in this choice. But, would the Wilson really be worth the extra bucks? Would it be that much better?
I have never had a custom gun, not even the semi custom type like a Kimber Custom series. It would be cool to have one but it isn't near the main reason for me to choose one over the others.
Bend the knees, smooth is fast, watch the front sight.
If you can afford the Wilson, I can't think of a good reason to buy one of the other two.
Just kidding!
Any of those would be fine guns. Wilson or Springfield have the best reputation.
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IMHO Springfield.......and you will have money left and they are famous for making things better.....I had one of e/a and wish I had save the money the 1st time.......go to a store and put them next to e/a other
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This one time, ask youself which one do you really, really want. I would think it would be very nice to have a custom made pistol, made just for me just the way I want it and could say for the rest of my life 'my grandfather got that for me'.
I think my Springfield Loaded Champion was a lot of gun for the money spent!
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Wilson, Springer,Kimber. In that order. The only drawback to the Wilson is price. The Springer? None that I can think of,except you may wish you had bought the Wilson. The Kimber? Every single one that I have had has required a trip back to the factory for various reliability reasons. Some folks dont seem to hve the problems with Kimber that I do, but then, some folks probably dont get to send as many shots downrange as I do.
Your title says best bang for your buck, In my opinion none of the guns you mention would qualify. Not that they are fine firearms because they are, but they aren't the best deal out there. In my opinion one of the best deals to be had is the Stoeger Cougars, copies of the Beretta's, for $350-$400 it is a very hard deal to pass on. If I had the extra coinage I would be adding one to the safe.
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As far as which 9mm 1911, I am not much help as I only own .45's but my kimber has never let me down so far. I do hear that with the 9mm 1911's the gun is not usually what will give you the problems, it will be the mags. Dont skimp when buying them for sure!
In these days/times,WHATEVER ya buy, make sure to leave some money for ammo....lots and lots of ammo!
For the record, I already have several Glocks and a nice new M&P Pro. They are all SSP guns. The Cougar that someone mentioned are the same, and are not something I'd really want or need.
I plan on trying the new Wilson ETMs and some Cobramags. I hear those are probably the best two out there.
I have been reading multiple forums and been asking many question on this topic and I have finally decided on the Springfield. I just can't afford the Wilson. They start around $2500 for the Classic line. That is just more than I can afford, or justify to myself.
Thanks for all your comments!
EDIT. Now I just have to find one! LOL
Bend the knees, smooth is fast, watch the front sight.
Argh! I called all over and nobody locally has one. So, I look again at the auction sites for those I've been keeping an eye on. There are a couple out there that have been up there for a while. This evening, I see a new one listed. This place had over 2000 A+ feedback and I decide to bid on it. None of the other ones, and they were all about the same price, have moved so i figure I'm pretty safe to win this auction. Blast it all. Someone outbids me anyway.
Bend the knees, smooth is fast, watch the front sight.
Those hi dollar guns are nice...too nice IMO. At least a Springfield champion gives you alot of bang for the buck and you can customize the way YOU see fit.
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On International Workers Day, May 1st, members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 10 in San Francisco will be calling for a "National Day of Mourning" for Black and Brown unarmed victims of police killings. The ILWU was established after the West Coast Waterfront Strike in 1934, where maritime workers faced police violence. Derrick H. Muhammad is Local 10 Secretary Treasurer:
[Derrick H. Muhammad]: "Police brutality is a big issue that mostly communities of color have had to deal with historically. The current situation with police brutality in America, there has certainly been an increase, and since we are a union that has historically sided with the marginalized, the underprivileged, we felt it necessary to raise our voices in opposition to what's going on as it relates to police brutality and terror."
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[Derrick H. Muhammad]: "Historically, police were defenders of the status quo, and to this day still are. The status quo is the business man's interests, or the rich man's interests on top. That's what police have historically been utilized for, so I think working class people and people of color have a great interest, great, great, great interest in seeing that it's curtailed."
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[Derrick H. Muhammad]: "When folks are locked out of opportunity, they're locked into poverty, or into crime, essentially. When you deny a person the ability to become gainfully employed, where do they go? They engage in criminal activity, or they're just criminalized. If there was economic justice, then perhaps we wouldn't see the disproportionate amount of persons of color in the criminal justice system. Because of the lack of economic justice, you see a huge increase in the criminalization of blacks and other persons of color."
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