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A NURSERY used by young parents studying at a Wirral college is set to close its doors due to "serious challenges" caused by cuts in public funding.
Waterside Nursery, based at Wirral Met's Twelve Quays campus, is used mainly by students but from July, they will have to find alternative provision.
Sue Higginson, principal of Wirral Met, said the college is working closely with trade unions to support staff as they work through the consultation process, blaming changes and cuts in public funding for adult learning for the closure.
She said that while most students choose childcare provision closer to home - providing continuity of care for their child when they progress from college into work or university – some choose to pay for a place at Waterside.
Those parents have described the closure as a "travesty".
Elizabeth Spencer, from Bromborough, told the Globe: "Wirral Met have just increased their tuition for higher education to £9,000. They're making a lot more money but now they're taking away the nursery which is used by younger parents doing NVQs."
The 32-year-old former Wirral Met student, whose husband Thomas currently studies there, added: "My daughter is on the autistic spectrum and she really struggles to settle.
"I can honestly say the staff have been absolutely amazing and have gone out of their way to make sure she is happy.
"She has gone from screaming and not wanting to be left to toddling in quite happily.
"A number of children with special educational needs go to there and get a lot of support.
"It's a travesty - they're looking to close on July 25 which doesn't give a huge amount of time for parents.
"We are not happy about this. We are not happy about the lack of notice."
"The impact will be felt not just by those who currently attend the college, but also by parents who are currently working, who will struggle to find alternate provision in such a short period of time."
An online petition set up on Thursday against the closure has already received 390 signatures.
Principal Higginson said: "Sadly, it is no longer possible for us to retain the Waterside Nursery and so we will close this facility at the end of the current academic year, in July.
"This decision in no way reflects the quality of provision provided, which is very good.
"It is regrettably a reflection of the changes to public sector funding and the reality that we must focus on our core business of further and higher education.
"The financial subsidy for parents, and students who qualify to secure childcare provision, will remain unchanged and this will be paid to support them in seeking alternative childcare provision."
She added: "We are providing information about alternative childcare provision to parents who use the nursery and will continue to provide advice and financial support, to students who qualify for this, which they can use to secure alternative childcare provision."
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A TEENAGER needed hospital treatment after being attacked and theatened with a knife in Downley this month with police releasing an E-fit of a suspect.
At 9pm on June 5, a 15-year-old boy and his girlfriend were walking in the park near St James Church, Downley, when they were approached from behind by two men.
One of the men punched the boy several times and demanded his mobile phone.
The second man claimed he had a knife and demanded both of the victims give him their mobile phones, but no property was taken.
The boy was then assaulted again before the two attackers walked away.
The victim was taken to Stoke Mandeville Hospital where he received treatment for bruises and a broken tooth.
Police have released this E-fit image of one of the attackers in the hope of tracking him down.
If you have any information about the robbery, please contact PC Kimberly Barletta from High Wycombe police station via the Thames Valley Police Enquiry Centre on 101.
If you don't want to speak directly to the police you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111
- Previously, the date of the crime read June 25. Police have now confirmed the date as June 5,

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HOUMA, La. - A small town southwest of New Orleans isn't take any chances with Hurricane Isaac.
Residents boarded up their homes and businesses before Isaac makes landfall.
Sand bags were stacked along the coast to help keep floodwaters at bay.
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"If you're going to stay, just prepare yourself. Get everything you need. If you're staying here past 3 or 4 o'clock, you better have everything you need," resident Richard Boone said.
"We've boarded up. We have extra supplies in the store. We have ice. We are trying to get the gas now," said Virginia Smith, a gas station manager.
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The boss of a scrap metal business is to face trial by judge and jury accused of operating without a permit.
Lee Hazel, 45, who owns Melksham Metal Recycling, is accused of operating a regulated facility where there was no environmental permit in force.
Hazel and his company also denied of disposing of controlled waste without a permit at a farm off Woodrow Road, Forest.
And the farmer, Richard Bourne, 66, is also accused of running waste operation at the premises without a permit.
Both men and the company pleaded not guilty to the charges when they appeared at Swindon Crown Court on Friday and are to face trial by jury.
Hazel is accused of having a waste operation at Station Yard, Melksham, in January 2012 with no environmental permit in force.
He and the company are charged with disposing of controlled waste at Queensfield Farm on or before September 6, 2011, without a permit.
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- genn jene said...
from which Dylan borrowed to go electric
- January 06, 2013 8:05 PM
- estiv said...
Bishop, Bloomers, and Butters.
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There's a great account of the whole "Dylan goes electric at Newport" moment by producer Joe Boyd, who I only recently learned was technical director for the event, in his book White Bicycles.
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Newport was definitely an early punk rock kind of moment.
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The Bridge at Remagen
March 7, 1945 — Remagen, Germany
Ralph Chiccarelli served in the Company A, 27th Armored Infantry Battalion. He was the 12th man across the Ludendorf bridge in the town of Remagen. It is said that the unexpected taking of this bridge brought the final defeat of Germany weeks closer - at a savings of thousands of American and British lives.


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SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Saint Leo softball team (17-27, 2-12 SSC) dropped a Sunshine State Conference twin bill to the Florida Tech Panthers (23-21, 9-8 SSC) by the scores of 3-2 and 5-1, Thursday evening from University Softball Stadium.
The Lions were dealt a narrow one-run loss in the opener as Florida Tech scored three unanswered runs to claim the win. Meanwhile, a Florida Tech three-run seventh inning highlighted the Panthers nightcap victory.
The Lions posted 13 hits on the evening, including Alex Garris who led the club with three base knocks. Four other Lions also registered two hits apiece with three, Rachelle Gremo, Danielle Moreda, and Brittany Yates, collecting doubles.
The Lions' offense got rolling early in game one as they scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the first inning. After a passed ball gave the Lions a 1-0 advantage, Moreda roped an RBI double down the left field line scoring Ali Lamb and putting Saint Leo up 2-0.
Florida Tech chipped away at the lead, scoring one run in the third inning, while capitalizing on a fielding miscue in the fourth, which led to a pair of Panthers' runs.
The 3-2 Florida Tech advantage proved to be sufficient enough, despite Saint Leo's best efforts of getting back into the game. The Lions loaded the bases in the fourth, in addition to positing two more base runners in the seventh, but clutch Panthers' pitching kept the Lions off the board at each crucial juncture.
Megan Still (7-16) took the narrow for the Lions as she struck out five batters while going the distance. Panthers' hurler Brianna Barth registered the win for the visiting Panthers, in addition to Taylor Smith collecting her second save of the season.
In game two, pitching controlled the scene again for the Panthers as they made their 1-0 lead stick until the sixth inning when they added a second run. Still, the Lions refused to quit as McKenzie Burns sliced the lead in half on an RBI single in the bottom of the inning. The Lions couldn't produce any more out of the bases loaded situation as they went into the final frame down 2-1.
However, a three-run outburst by the Panthers in the seventh inning clinched the game for Florida Tech as they made the 5-1 lead stand as the eventual final.
In total, the Lions left 19 runners on base while leaving the bases loaded four times.
Lions' freshman Ashley Ehlers (4-4) was saddled with the loss as she tossed 6.1 innings. The Panthers saw a repeat of game one as Barth posted the win and Smith recorded the save.
The Lions will return to the field on Friday, April 6, when they close-out their SSC series with Florida Tech. First pitch single game is scheduled for noon from University Softball Stadium.
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I cobbled together these House Allegiance userboxes for the factions in the War of the Five Kings, so users can show who they're rooting for. I.e. I'm a staunch House Targaryen loyalist.
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Simply add the appropriate template from the following list into your User Page:
{{user Targaryen}}
{{user Stark}}
{{user Lannister}}
{{user Greyjoy}}
{{user Tyrell}}
{{user NightsWatch}}
Note that "House Baratheon" has been broken up into four separate choices:
- {{user Baratheon}} - generic "House Baratheon", really representing King Robert or earlier. With the outbreak of the War of the Five Kings, the house split into three separate factions:
- {{user KingRenly}} - King Renly I. He didn't bother to form his own "cadet branch" but just claimed the whole house...but changed his personal heraldry to use the Tyrell gold/green color scheme in honor of his marriage alliance.
- {{user BaratheonOfDragonStone}} - House Baratheon of Dragonstone, that is, King Stannis I's faction.
- {{user BaratheonOfKingsLanding}} - the cuckolded result of Cersei's incestuous relationship with her brother Jaime, this is "King Joffrey's faction" which is essentially just an extension of House Lannister.
You can even make new House Allegiance userboxes by reverse-engineering these ones, if you have a particular allegiance to a specific House (Frey, Bolton, etc.)
Time to choose a side. Enjoy. --The Dragon Demands 02:47, May 15, 2012 (UTC)
- Technically, the targaryens do not participate in the War of the 5 Kings... And Joffrey and Stannis are different branches of Baratheons.--Gonzalo84 03:52, May 15, 2012 (UTC)
- Indeed; more accurately its for "factions in the TV series, Game of Thrones so far. I.e. even the HBO official site lists "The Queen Across the Narrow Sea" etc.--The Dragon Demands 06:04, May 15, 2012 (UTC)
- Good job, thank you. I've placed a link to this topic on the main page poll as it dovetails nicely with the choosing a house theme this week.--Opark 77 10:43, May 15, 2012 (UTC)
- Enjoying them right now.Great job!
- Commander19907 08:24, May 19, 2012 (UTC)
Well it looks like people are only choosing House Stark or House Lannister so far. Surprising, I thought we'd at least get some Renly fans, if not Night's Watch fans.--The Dragon Demands 18:58, June 5, 2012 (UTC)
- Seems that way, but maybe it will change over time or as we grow. About the category thing, did you see my message on your talk page? Do you need a hand fixing that? Should we introduce something like "Category:User: House HOUSENAME"?--Opark 77 22:13, June 5, 2012 (UTC)
- Need to get around to fixing that eventually, but right now I want to focus on digesting the Season 2 finale info. I'm surprised because I personally know a lot of people who outright prefer and root for Renly, or even the Tyrells after his death, to anyone else. Or even Tyrion fans supporting the lions.--The Dragon Demands 22:22, June 5, 2012 (UTC)


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Almost every newborn creature is weak and helpless, unaware of the dangers that surround it. It is very unlikely that it could survive and grow on its own. From the moment it is born it will always have adults nearby to feed it, protect it from danger and, if necessary, sacrifice their own lives for it.
Young animals can survive only if they are looked after by strong grown-ups. A gazelle abandoned at birth or bird's eggs left uncared for have no chance of survival. But young animals usually can survive because they have careful parents who do not neglect their responsibilities, even before their young are still in the egg or the womb. Many creatures go to a lot of trouble to protect their eggs, hiding them where they will not get broken, keeping them warm and when necessary, protecting them from too much heat. They will guard over their eggs for weeks and even carry them around in their mouths without harming them in any way.
But why do these creatures work so tirelessly on behalf of their young? Why don't they leave them on their own, instead of dutifully attending to all their needs? Do they do so consciously? For example, is it reasonable to think that a bird can be consciously determined to risk its own death to protect its young? Of course not! An animal cannot possess such feelings of tenderness and compassion on its own. The plain fact is that God has inspired in these creatures a wondrous sense of tenderness and parental love. And one of creation's greatest wonders is the self-sacrifice of parents for their babies.
Another wonder is how cute all young animals are. Babies of most species usually have big eyes and round faces; and an expression that we humans interpret as innocent, helpless, and bewildered. Also, their behavior makes them loveable and awakens in us the instinct to protect them.
These qualities in young animals are manifestations of God's gentle artistry (gentle in this sense also includes the ideas of "lovable," "friendly," "tame" and "docile"). As with everything else in the universe, these animals are submissive to God, as He reveals to us in the following verse:
… when everything in the heavens and Earth, willingly or unwillingly, submits to Him and to Him you will be returned... (Surah Al 'Imran, 83)2009-06-26 15:15:44


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Arththy, her husband and two young children were struggling to make ends meet in a small house they inherited from her father-in-law. Her husband was working irregularly as a carpenter and they barely had enough money to buy food on a day-to-day basis.
Their situation was made even more desperate when they were forced to flee the civil war in Sri Lanka and sought refuge at a rehabilitation camp where they had some momentary respite and food.
When it was time to return to their village, they discovered that their house had been destroyed. World Vision helped them construct a temporary home until the Lebara Foundation learned of their situation and built them a permanent house in the Lebara Village.
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Cricket Canada announces squad for Namibia tour April 5th to 12th, 2012. Canada will play both a 4 day Intercontinental cup fixture and two World Cricket League Championship matches from Wanderers in Windhoek, Nambia.
Canadian coach Michael Dighton looked positively toward the challenges of facing an inform Namibia side:
"By the time we land in Namibia the squad will have had some time at home and away from the merry go round that has been the last 5 months. I expect that we make the transition into the longer forms of the game quickly against an opposition that greatly impressed during the qualifying tournament and one that is reaping the benefits of being involved in the South African domestic competition. It will be a tough test away from home but one that we are looking forward to."
Canada Squad:
Rizwan Cheema (Captain), Jimmy Hansra, Rustam Bhatti, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Hiral Patel, Nitish Kumar, Manninder Aulakh, Henry Osinde, Zahid Hussain, Usman Limbada, Junaid Siddiqui, Zeeshan Siddiqui, Durand Sorraine, Tyson Gordon.


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Validation! Google Wireless planned as data-only VoIP service in late-2013
34 Comments
1. MartyK (Posts: 949; Member since: 11 Apr 2012)
SIgn me up, please
5. MeoCao (unregistered)
Wow, this is real REVOLUTION!
Google Fiber, Google Wireless the pieces come together and suddenly there will be no more cutthroat data plans.
Bye bye Verizon.
32. MpowerSkills (Posts: 46; Member since: 19 Feb 2011)
Why won't they by cuttthroat?
And wont Verizon network still be needed for a long time to come? I assume Google won't have a data coverage map thats very big for a while yet.
33. MeoCao (unregistered)
Google has different business model, they are in advertising business so they need people to use their services as much as possible. We see that everything Google offers is very cheap or free including Google Fiber, Nexus 4... And I expect the same thing with Google Wireless.
Of course Verizon will be there to stay, but Google is pushing hard to make the internet access more affordable and if Google wireless is successful Verizon must change or else.
2. ajac09 (Posts: 1482; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)
best have unlimited data , use phones that work on WIFI and cellular using GSM and CDMA LTE ( and wimax just to cover all the bases but wont happen lol) and you can sign me up! (and unlocked phones to)
14. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
Why CDMA AND GSM? Having both would add uneeded cost and complication. I would guess Google would use GSM so it would be worldwide
3. ghostnexus (Posts: 96; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
Yes woot!!!
4. cncrim (Posts: 911; Member since: 15 Aug 2011)
Google you have my support.
6. dsDoan (Posts: 234; Member since: 28 Dec 2011)
I love the idea, but if it's from an anonymous source, then it's not validated.
7. ZEUS.the.thunder.god (unregistered)
Google is really changing the world for Good.
8. BadAssAbe (Posts: 465; Member since: 22 Apr 2011)
Google Voice + Groove + Google Wireless = Satisfied Customer
9. shuaibhere (Posts: 1986; Member since: 07 Jul 2012)
Google, there is country named india. Just have an eye in it.....
10. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
the only problem is that with google voice there is no MMS unless your talking between 2 sprint customers.
If they can get that figured out and talk about national roaming agreements, they will have my ear. I rarely make calls, so a data only service + VoiP is really up my alley.
12. LamaFc (Posts: 2; Member since: 17 Nov 2012)
I doubt they will let that go unchanged. Google is smart and tactical. remember Gmail beta? If you do you'll remember that they said it was apart of a "larger project" and so here we are. G Voice may have very well been just that.
17. DaNTRoN (Posts: 135; Member since: 23 Jul 2012)
+1 for both of you.
One question i just thought of. If it is VoIP can you talk and surf
Never mind. I thought about it. I can play Pandora and look at this site so one would imagine you could
20. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2720; Member since: 26 May 2011)
I'm on T-Mo and I have been getting MMS via Google Voice. It's weird though, because the text comes as an SMS, and the attached picture gets forwarded to e-mail.
11. LamaFc (Posts: 2; Member since: 17 Nov 2012)
I love Sprint but I worship Google. Sign me up!
13. Kronic (banned) (Posts: 321; Member since: 11 Sep 2012)
15. akhi216 (Posts: 61; Member since: 01 May 2011)
Google may be a little too late to make their own wireless service with players like Verizon and AT&T readying to do the same thing with VoLTE. With that said, Google's pricing will actually give the companies a run for their money as Google will almost certainly offer cheaper prices. Will these players match Google's wireless offerings or will they bleed subscribers left and right until they get with the program? Time will tell. Currently with VZW' and AT&T's shared data plans one has to pay for unlimited talk and text in addition to paying for data, if they move to having everything done over LTE will they risk charging for talk and text and get undercut by Google or do they stop raping their subscribers and acknowledge that they have competition?
23. AWiseGuy (Posts: 68; Member since: 30 Oct 2012)
"if they move to having everything done over LTE will they risk charging for talk and text and get undercut by Google or do they stop raping their subscribers and acknowledge that they have competition?"
It's for this very reason why I don't think that Google's too late to make their own wireless service. If you've got the money, it's never too late to enter the market. Google's pricing will probably be extremely competitive. Compared to current plans, it'll seem like free, I'm sure. This alone will attract a HUGE number of customers early on, including my family I'm sure. As they build up their network, the holdouts who wanted better coverage will likely be swayed by the better pricing. Again, I don't think it's too late for Google.
16. lyndon420 (Posts: 5017; Member since: 11 Jul 2012)
Hope it happens soon.
18. The_Innovation (Posts: 632; Member since: 18 Jul 2012)
The reign of the greedy wireless companies will soon be at end.
19. carlosechev07 (Posts: 39; Member since: 16 Oct 2012)
Sign me up, please... it's unacceptable the price that Vullyzon and AT&T force the user to pay for voice+data packages..
21. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
a little spontaneous given the fact that it came from an anonymous source, but im also inclined to believe this is real because I really dont see why the "anonymous" person would give that much info and be lying about it......Unless he is a little spontaneous as well and would just want to see this come to pass.......but Im gonna doubt that and go with what seems to be true..........hopefully it is and we all can make america a better place by freeing up peoples wallets a bit for doing what is pretty basic in the first place......making phone calls!
22. JaiCameron (Posts: 4; Member since: 05 Sep 2012)
Google I can't say this enough but shut up and take my money.
24. freemarketeer (Posts: 28; Member since: 05 Jun 2010)
There are a couple reasons that I don't think this will happen or that it will and flop. First and foremost are the two key resources to delivering wireless phone service: bandwith and infrastructure. While Dish may have some spectrum, it pales when compared to the amount held other wireless carriers and if they are doing a data only network, they are going to need as much as they can. Then of course you have to build a network out from scratch. That means securing leases, running fiber, erecting towers, configuring antennas, building your switching system and NOC; the whole deal which means that a launch date within 12 months is highly unlikely. All this with capital costs in the billions of dollars. Then of course you have Google directly competing with its domestic carrier partners who more than likely will not be too happy and put as much money and resources into promoting their platform. Now some of you would say "So what? People will just use Google's service instead if they want Android." This is assuming that Google, with a marginal coverage footprint to boot, is able to recapture 100% of the existing Android base from other carriers and these users wouldn't simply switch to a competing platform. This would ultimately undermine the growth of their platform in the US.
This all plays into doing a simple cost benefit analysis of such an idea. Google along with Dish would take on the operating expenses of a wireless network, which for any quality, will run north of $10 billion per year. While Google has been known to do certain things at a loss as it helps their more profitable segments, I doubt they would see enough of an increase to offset that kind of expenditure.
Google is about creating capture points for the data they mine, not the connection to them. If anything, I see possibly a partnership of Dish with Google TV, which makes far more sense rather than taking on the massive task of building out a nationwide wireless network.
28. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
they can do it bro.........
25. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
I still think they should buy T-Mobile, but I guess Google knows what they're doing.
27. VictoriaBrownberry (Posts: 11; Member since: 17 Nov 2012)
Oh cool. Brighter and faster speeds ahead :)
29. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
Give me unlimited data and good coverage and I'm sold.


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The State of Qualcomm's Modems - WTR1605 and MDM9x25by Brian Klug on 1/4/2013 9:48 PM EST
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wavetrex - Friday, January 04, 2013 - linkWell, my mother didn't make me smart enough so I understand all this electronics stuff... but what I get from the article is that new technology will enable future phones to download porn faster. Yay ! Reply
iwod - Sunday, January 06, 2013 - linkThat is true, I think for most Anantech reader where we could understand a High Level details of Node, Fabs, ISA, x86 / ARM, Decoder, Pipeline, GPU Compute etc, Wireless Spectrum, transceiver, Modem and Baseband are something we have hard of but know not much about it. I admit i had to look up a lot of things just to get along with this article when a lot of these wont previously explained in Anand's article at all.
Would be great if Anand could do a Basic explanation 101. Reply
ImSpartacus - Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - linkThat's what I love about Anandtech. Anand does spectacular explanatory articles and the other writers aren't too shabby. Reply
Belegost - Saturday, January 05, 2013 - linkSo, first, that initial slide showing the Modem SS block and mod/demod with links to VPE and QDSP6 is painful. Even at a high level that is so inaccurate it hurts.
Second, 4 layer MIMO in r9 is lip service. The necessary spec information to support a 4 Rx configuration is missing, r9 effectively caps out at 4x2 2layers, which is being actively deployed in Korea right now.
Finally, the Cat3 limitation is not on the usable number of Resource Blocks (RBs) but on the number of information bits (uncoded bits) that can be transmitted in a single transmission instance (subframe) and the number of soft bits that are stored in the coded buffer for rate matching. 9615 and 8960 devices can use all 100RBs available in 20MHz, provided the amount of information to be sent is kept within the limit on information bits. This prevents the highest coderates from being used with that many RBs, but there is no limitation on how many (or few) RBs that can be allocated. Reply
Wwhat - Sunday, January 06, 2013 - linkThat powerpoint presentation is generally full of twisted non-information and about the same level of detail and accuracy as a wrinkle cream ad.
But that's exactly what it is, an ad. Reply
Brian Klug - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkObviously parts of that are just marketing, but this is a first step to getting them to disclose a much more comprehensive high level block diagram. Also I'd love to know how you'd draw the diagram as well.
-Brian Reply
Kogies - Saturday, January 05, 2013 - linkStepping away from the more sexy discussion points of a smart-phone is always going to be tough, yet you have done so. With LTE, as you mention, being far from a simple "is this phone LTE capable," specifications such as ports/bands are in greater need of proliferation.
I have a question, if the carriers are refarming the existing bands for LTE, what is stopping a device which is LTE capable using that band, if it is available in the 2G/3G spectrum? One doesn't require different filters for different modulations, do they?
Now if only I could crack open one of these base stations... Reply
watersb - Saturday, January 05, 2013 - linkI've enjoyed listening to the podcasts and hope to have this article assimilated before the CES deluge. (Humor me. January and I'm feeling aspirational...)
Brilliant stuff. Reply
jaysns - Saturday, January 05, 2013 - linkMany months ago in a conference in Atlanta where the CTO was present I remember hearing about if how the Metro merger goes through and once their spectrum is consolidated with ours that in areas where the have 40 Hz available we will be deploying 148 Mpbs; though I do not expect handsets that can support those speeds to be available as we light up the first few cities. How quickly the merger goes through will determine that as much as our ability to deploy it though. Reply
Drazick - Saturday, January 05, 2013 - linkWill You, Please, Update Your Google+ Page?
It would be much easier to follow you. Reply
name99 - Saturday, January 05, 2013 - link"The last real remaining black box from my point of view is the cellular connectivity side of things."
There is the 4GAmerica's site which has a large number of very up-to-date and extraordinarily good white papers on the technical details of past and future GSM releases. That's one way to keep up but, like you say, it doesn't tell us what the chip vendors (or the telcos) are doing.
I expect Qualcomm would not answer this, but is their willingness to start being a little more open a fear of Rosepoint in the future? Intel is presumably headed for their turf, and that must scare the bejesus out of them...
I wouldn't be surprised if, as Rosepoint becomes more real, Qualcomm starts becoming a lot more flexible about just how it's willing to sell off its IP, allowing you, if you want, to buy blocks you can stick on your SOC (rather than Qualcomm branded chips), and even designing custom such blocks for you if you provide the specs on exactly what you want. Reply
SydneyBlue120d - Sunday, January 06, 2013 - linkI second the question: What Qualcomm thinks of Intel full digital radio approach?
Another question, they added Beidou support, what about European Galileo system? Reply
DanNeely - Sunday, January 06, 2013 - linkBeidou has been operational in China since 2011, and across the asia pacific region since last month; Galileo isn't expected to reach initial operating capacity until the middle of the decade. Until last October there weren't even enough sats in orbit to begin testing it; so while Qualcom is probably working on something they couldn't've put something known to work in the current silicon. Presumably when it's closer to IOC in a year or three they'll add support for it. Until then it'd be a waste of silicon for devices that will largely be retired before it's usable. Reply
toyotabedzrock - Saturday, January 05, 2013 - linkThe WTR1605 looks like a baby step that didn't really move anything forward, unless you want to get into the Chinese market a little bit.
It really has no advantage for the US market with the single mid band diversity port since the major carriers use both the low and mid bands, while the small carriers have only mid band spectrum. Reply
ishbuggy - Saturday, January 05, 2013 - linkThis is way off topic I think, but does anyone know what they use for staking on that board? The layer looks to be perfectly around each SMT component near the chip, and I am curious what they use. Reply
dealcorn - Sunday, January 06, 2013 - linkAfter reading the article I have a better understanding of why Anand hired you. I am not surprised that Qualcomm wants to service multiple markets with a single chip so incremental improvements to increase the number of markets the chip may address is typical market leader behavior. I do not know whether a sidebar or pod cast is the best vehicle, but a rant providing some compare and contrast between the Qualcomm baseband strategy vs the Intel strategy would be helpful. Also, it would be a good place to incorporate your preliminary read on how the digital radio stuff Intel recently demonstrated may affect the marketplace and the block diagrams.
You must go into the weeds to establish credibility. However, once you got it, few care about the weeds. Everybody wants more red meat in the ARM vs Intel thing and this is a lovely opportunity to serve some up. Kindly share the benefit of your insight. Reply
iwod - Sunday, January 06, 2013 - linkInteresting, i was late to the article and there is only 10 comments, compared to 3 page on ARM vs Atom. People not interested in LTE / Baseband at all??
Anyway, so do LTE UE 4 offer better bandwidth efficiency then UE 3? Since both only required 20Mhz, but UE 4 gives up to 150Mbps.
Apart from Beidou and TDS-CDMA, WTR1605 seems like a small step, no size reduction?
Are there any power improvement with 9x25? LTE seems to be draining battery a lot.
So i gathered all current Qualcomm already support VoLTE, we are only waiting for carrier to support it, right? And may be off topic, why aren't carrier doing it / Faster?
I am not sure if i am right, the more port there are, the more supported band / wireless spec there will be. It seems to be one of the reason iPhone 5 could not come with world wide LTE supported. So wouldn't ditching GSM help? ( 4G is here.... time to ditch 2G right? )
How do WiFi and Bluetooth fits into the scenario? They are all wireless tech, why do they requires another chip? Couldn't Qualcomm fits those in?
I remembered there was a article about Intel Digital Radio. I admit i still do not understand much of it. Any relation to this? Or is Digital Radio more on the antenna side of things. Reply
DanNeely - Sunday, January 06, 2013 - linkVoLTE increases the load on their 4g networks by reducing the load on 2g/3g; since 4g is only going to get more crowded with time while 2g is becoming a ghost town and 3g will become one in the next few years as LTE deployments are completed, VoLTE does nothing beneficial for the carriers in the short term.
Long term it's needed to let them shut down their legacy networks; but that's at least 4-5 years out according to occasional talking points they make (and if Sprint/iDEN is any indication even farther out in the real world) which makes it not worth enabling for handsets that will probably be junked well before it happens. Reply
thm82 - Monday, January 07, 2013 - linkYou forgot one point: Efficiency also matters for Voice, as long as the network is robust enough.
In terms of efficiency: LTE is by far more spectral efficient than 2G. GSM for example needs 5 to 7 frequencies to operate one network, UMTS and LTE only 1. The carrier modulation and coding of LTE is 1.5 to 2 times more efficient than UMTS.
In terms of robustness: LTE is as robust as GSM from a modulation and coding point of view (something UMTS is not).
That means the same bandwidth voice codec can run on much less spectrum on an LTE network compared to GSM, while still being almost as robust against interference. In consequence, VoLTE should be very desirable for the carriers. Even in the short term. They should be able to re-farm some of their 2G frequencies even faster in case the speed up the VoLTE introduction. Reply
jhh - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkCarriers have the harder part of implementing VoLTE. Since no carrier has a strictly 4G network, and generally have a larger 3G footprint than 4G, the voice traffic has to be able to be dynamically switched between the 3G and 4G networks. While this is happening for data, voice handovers are less forgiving. While the equipment to do this is all available now, to integrate it into the existing network with the same level of service requires integration testing and bug fixing. Reply


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Criminal Procedures
Criminal Case Procedure Prior to Trial
- First Appearance: This step applies only to felony cases; skip to number three if you are interested in misdemeanor cases. At the first appearance, the defendant will be formally notified of the charges and may be advised of his/her rights by a magistrate. A date is set for a preliminary hearing, which the defendant may waive. In felony cases, no plea is entered at this stage.
- Preliminary Hearing: The purpose of a preliminary hearing is to determine:
- whether probable cause exists to show the crime was committed, and
- whether probable cause exists to show the defendant was the person who committed the crime.
At the hearing, the judge listens to witnesses' testimony and evidence. If the judge finds probable cause that the defendant committed the crime, the defendant is then bound over for trial. If the judge concludes there is insufficient evidence, the case is dismissed. Charges may be amended at the preliminary hearing.
- Arraignment: The judge reads the information to the defendant, who must enter a plea. If the plea is "guilty," the defendant will be scheduled for sentencing. If the plea is "not guilty," a pretrial conference and trial dates are usually scheduled. A "not guilty" plea preserves all of the defendant's options. There are also two other types of pleas:
- No Contest: This has the same procedural effect as a guilty plea, but rather than admitting guilt, the defendant admits that the prosecutor would likely prevail at trial. Some judges will not accept this plea.
- Alford plea: This plea may be used when the defendant wants the advantage of a plea bargain, but cannot or will not admit guilt. Instead, the defendant pleads to avoid the potential consequences of going to trial, and pleads without admitting guilt. Some judges will not approve this type of plea.
- Pre-Trial Motions: Before a trial begins, the prosecution and defense may file any number of motions with the court. A motion is a formal request to a judge to issue an order. These may include motions to suppress a defendant's prior convictions, motions to suppress evidence, or requests for discovery. If a defendant would like to file a motion, it must be done five days before the trial and must be in writing. All motions should be heard and decided by the judge before a trial can proceed.
- Pre-Trial Conference: At its discretion, the trial court may hold a pre-trial conference in which the prosecutor and defense attorney attempt to negotiate settlement of the case. A judge may refuse to approve a proposed settlement. Cases not settled are set for trial.
- Plea-Bargaining: In this process, the prosecutor and defense attorney negotiate a mutually satisfactory disposition of the case. The judge does not participate in the plea bargaining process, but must approve the proposed disposition. The defendant also must approve the plea bargain. If all parties accept the plea bargain, and the defendant enters a guilty plea, the next step is the defendant's sentencing.
Trial Procedure
Depending on the type of action, a case may be tried before a judge (bench trial) or before a jury with a judge presiding. Whether the case is civil or criminal, or tried by a judge or jury, the procedure is essentially the same.
- Jury Selection: At the trial's beginning, the clerk calls a panel of prospective jurors. The judge or, in some cases, the lawyers, ask the potential jurors questions about their background and general beliefs to determine any biases or prejudices. This process is called "voir dire." If any attorney or judge feels that a juror is not qualified for the case, the juror is excused for cause. There is no limit to a party's challenges for cause. Both sides are also entitled to a certain number of peremptory challenges, which means they may excuse some prospective jurors without stating any reasons (unless the motives appear racially motivated).
- Opening Statement: Attorneys for each side make statements to inform the court and jurors of the nature of the case, the evidence they will present, and the facts they expect to prove. The defense may choose to wait to make an opening statement until after the prosecution has rested its case, or may choose not to make one.
- Prosecution Evidence/Witnesses: Each side makes its case based on testimony from witnesses and physical evidence. The prosecutor/plaintiffs call their witnesses for direct examination to state what they know about the alleged crime or injury. The defense may ask questions of the same witnesses (cross-examination). Then the prosecutors/plaintiffs may re-examine their witnesses (re-direct). Physical evidence, such as documents, pictures and other exhibits, is also introduced.
- Defense Evidence/Witnesses: After the prosecution has rested its case, the defense may call witnesses to give testimony to disprove the prosecutor's/plaintiff's case and to establish the defendant's case. The prosecutor/plaintiff may cross-examine the witnesses. The defense may then re-examine its witnesses.
- Rebuttal: When the defense has presented all its witnesses, the prosecutor/plaintiff may again call witnesses to rebut any new information introduced by defense witnesses. The judge may allow surrebuttal (a rebuttal to the rebuttal) by the defense.
- Jury Instructions: Before closing arguments, the judge will instruct jurors carefully as to what law they are to follow. In civil cases, the jury must determine that a preponderance of the evidence favors one party. In criminal cases, the defendant must be found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt to be convicted.
- Closing Argument: After jury instructions are given, both attorneys summarize the evidence and testimony in an effort to persuade the judge or jury to decide the case in favor of their client. The prosecution makes its closing argument first, then the defense, and then the prosecution responds to the defense's closing argument. Either side may waive closing arguments.
- Jury Deliberations: After closing arguments, the court orders the jury to retire to the jury room for deliberations.
- Verdict: In criminal cases, a verdict must be unanimous and must be given in open court with the defendant present, unless he chooses not to be.
- For criminal cases there are four possible verdicts: guilty, not guilty, not guilty by reason of insanity, or guilty and mentally ill. If the jury cannot agree on a verdict, the judge may declare a "hung" jury, declare a mistrial, and order a new trial.
- For civil cases, two types of verdicts are rendered - general and special. The verdict does not have to be unanimous; at least three-fourths of the jurors must agree to the verdict. In general verdicts, the jury has decided the case either in favor of the defendant or the plaintiff. In special verdicts, a general decision is not announced. Rather, the jury has answered certain factual questions, leaving the "total" decision up to the court.
- Sentencing/Judgment:
- In a criminal case, after a verdict of guilty or a plea of guilty, the defendant has the right to be sentenced in no fewer than two nor any more than 45 days following conviction. If the defendant chooses, he or she may waive that time and may be sentenced on the day of conviction.
- In a civil case, after the verdict or after the court has decided the facts in a bench trial, a judgment will be rendered. The court will award money damages or injunctive relief.
The Utah State Courts mission is to provide the people an open, fair, efficient, and independent system for the advancement of justice under the law.


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There's so much going on in Talk week to week that we almost can't keep up. If you're in the same boat, here's a small selection of topics and responses that have piqued our interest this week.
How to Make Rummy Bears and Other Drunken Gummies
"What, no Whiskey Sour Patch Kids?" —benska
"lime bears and tequila. must try. this article is solid, solid gold." —tea-and-syncope
"Alcoholic Aviator Bears. Squeal." —fast_asheep
"Thank you in advance for tomorrow's horrific Rummy Gummy hangover." —cherrow414
Outtakes from AHT Pat LaFrieda Burger Tour, McD Rejection, and More
"I think there should be more pixels of Pixel (i.e., more cat pictures!). That's how the internet runs--on cat pictures--right?" —cookiedash
Poll: Which Pizza/Bread Hybrid is Best
"I clicked on "french bread pizza" and suddenly received a horrible burn to the roof of my mouth." —thesteveroller
"For low-carb people, Lou Malnati's here in Chicago serves a sausage crust instead of bread. Sausage is bread, right?
...I didn't do too well in school. " —Dennis Lee
What to Get a Recent College Grad
"I must have been the only college kid whose wish list included an immersion blender, a cast iron skillet, and a mortar+pestle. Sigh." —berzerkeley


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Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed[1] (born March 2, 1942) is a Jewish American rock musician best known as the guitarist, vocalist and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground as well as a successful solo artist whose career has spanned several decades. The Velvet Underground gained little mainstream attention during their career, but became one of the most influential bands of their era.[2] As the Velvet Underground's main songwriter, Reed wrote about subjects of personal experience that rarely had been examined so openly in rock and roll, including a variety of sexual topics and drug culture. As a guitarist, he was a pioneer of many guitar effects including distortion, high volume feedback, and nonstandard tunings.
Reed began a long and eclectic solo career in 1971. He had a hit the following year with "Walk on the Wild Side", although for more than a decade he evaded the mainstream commercial success its chart status offered him.[3] Reed's work as a solo artist has frustrated critics wishing for a return of The Velvet Underground. The most notable example is 1975's infamous double LP of recorded feedback loops, Metal Machine Music, upon which Reed later commented: "No one is supposed to be able to do a thing like that and survive." By the late 1980s, however, he had garnered recognition as an elder statesman of rock.
On April 12, 2008 Lou Reed married longtime companion Laurie Anderson in a private ceremony in Boulder, Colorado.
Early life
Lou Reed was born into a Jewish family at Beth El Hospital in Brooklyn, New York City and grew up in Freeport, New York. Contrary to some sources, his birth name was Lewis Allan Reed, not Louis Firbanks[4] (that name was a joke started by Lester Bangs for Creem magazine). Having learned to play the guitar from the radio, he developed an early interest in rock and roll and rhythm and blues, and during high school played in a number of bands.[5] His first recording was as a member of a doo wop-style group called The Shades.
Reed received electroconvulsive therapy in his teen years to "cure" homosexual behavior; he wrote about the experience in his 1974 song, "Kill Your Sons". In an interview, Reed said of the experience:
|They put the thing down your throat so you don't swallow your tongue, and they put electrodes on your head. That's what was recommended in Rockland County to discourage homosexual feelings. The effect is that you lose your memory and become a vegetable. You can't read a book because you get to page 17 and have to go right back to page one again.[6]
Reed began attending Syracuse University, studying journalism, film directing and creative writing before finding his true calling when he began hosting a late-night radio program on WAER called "Excursions On A Wobbly Rail".[5] Named after a song by pianist Cecil Taylor, the program typically featured doo wop, rhythm and blues and jazz, particularly the free jazz developed in the mid-1950s.[7] Many of Reed's guitar techniques, such as the guitar-drum roll, were inspired by jazz saxophonists, notably Ornette Coleman. Reed graduated from the Syracuse College of Arts and Sciences with a B.A in June 1964.
Noted poet Delmore Schwartz taught at Syracuse and befriended Reed, who in 1966 dedicated to Schwartz the song "European Son", from the Velvet Underground's debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico.[8] In 1982, Reed recorded "My House" as a tribute to his late mentor: "My Dedalus to your Bloom was such a perfect wit." He said later his goals as a writer were "to bring the sensitivities of the novel to rock music" or to write the Great American Novel in a record album.[9]
Early musical career
Staff songwriter at Pickwick Records
In 1963, Reed moved to New York City, and began working as an in-house songwriter for Pickwick Records. In 1964, he scored a minor hit with the single "The Ostrich", a parodic novelty song of popular "dance songs" such as "The Twist" that included lines such as "put your head on the floor and have somebody step on it." His employers had felt the song had hit potential, and arranged for a band to be assembled around Reed to promote the recording. The ad hoc group, called The Primitives, included Welsh musician John Cale, who had recently moved to New York to study music and was playing viola in composer La Monte Young's Theater of Eternal Music along with Tony Conrad. Cale and Conrad were both surprised to find that for "The Ostrich" Reed tuned each string of his guitar to the same note. This technique created a drone effect similar to their experimentation in Young's avant garde ensemble. Disappointed with Reed's performance, Cale was nevertheless impressed by Reed's early repertoire (including "Heroin"), and a partnership began to evolve.
The Velvet Underground
Reed and Cale lived together on the Lower East Side, and, adding Reed's college acquaintances guitarist Sterling Morrison and drummer Maureen Tucker to the group, they formed The Velvet Underground. Though internally unstable (Cale left in 1968; Reed in 1970) and never achieving significant commercial success, the band has a long-standing reputation as one of the most influential underground bands in rock history.[10]
The group caught the attention of notable artist Andy Warhol, who raised their profile immeasurably, if not improving their immediate fortunes. One of Warhol's first contributions to the band's success was securing them a steady spot as the house band at Max's Kansas City.[11] Warhol's associates inspired many of Reed's songs as he fell into a thriving, multifaceted artistic scene. Reed rarely gives an interview without paying homage to Warhol as a mentor figure. Still, conflict emerged when Warhol had the idea for the group to take on as "chanteuse" the European former model Nico. Reed and the others registered their objection by titling their debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico to imply that Nico was not accepted as a member of the group. Despite his initial resistance, Reed wrote several songs for Nico to sing, and the two were briefly lovers (as were Nico and Cale later). At the time, this album reached #171 on the charts.
Today, however, it is considered one of the most influential rock albums ever produced, influencing glam rock, punk, post punk, gothic rock, shoegazing and more. Rolling Stone has it listed as the 13th-best album of all time. Brian Eno once famously stated that although few people bought the album, most of those who did were inspired to form their own band.[12]
By the time the band recorded White Light/White Heat, Nico had quit and Warhol was fired, both against Cale's wishes. Warhol's replacement as manager, Steve Sesnick, convinced Reed to drive Cale out of the band. Morrison and Tucker were discomfited by Reed's tactics but continued with the group. Cale's replacement was Doug Yule, whom Reed would often facetiously introduce as his younger brother. The group now took on a more pop-oriented sound and acted more as a vehicle for Reed to develop his songwriting craft. The group released two more albums with this line up: 1969's The Velvet Underground and 1970's Loaded. The latter included two of the group's most commercially successful songs, "Rock and Roll" and "Sweet Jane". Reed left the Velvet Underground in August 1970; the band disintegrated as core members Sterling Morrison and Maureen Tucker departed in August 1971 and early 1972, respectively. Yule continued until early 1973, and the band released one more studio album, Squeeze, under the Velvet Underground name.
After the band's move to Atlantic Records' Cotillion label, their new manager pushed Reed to change the subject matter of his songs to lighter topics in hopes of resulting in more accessible and mainstream music. The band's album Loaded had taken more time to record than the previous three albums together and was written and produced to be "loaded with hits", but had not broken the band through to a wider audience. Reed briefly retired to his parents' home on Long Island.
Solo career
After quitting the Velvet Underground in August 1970, Reed took a job at his father's tax accounting firm as a typist, by his own account earning $40 a week. A year later, however, he signed a recording contract with RCA and recorded his first solo album in London with top session musicians including Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman, members of the progressive rock group Yes. The album, simply titled Lou Reed, contained smoothly produced, re-recorded versions of unreleased Velvet Underground songs, some of which were originally recorded by the Velvets for Loaded but shelved. This first solo album was overlooked by most pop music critics (although Stephen Holden in Rolling Stone called it "almost perfect") and it did not sell in significant numbers.
In 1972 Reed released the glam rock record Transformer. David Bowie and Mick Ronson co-produced the album and introduced Reed to a wider popular audience (specifically in England). The hit single "Walk on the Wild Side" was both a salute and swipe at the misfits, hustlers, and transvestites in Andy Warhol's Factory. The song's cleverly transgressive lyrics evaded radio censorship. Though musically somewhat atypical for Reed, it eventually became his signature song. The song came about as a result of his commission to compose a soundtrack to a theatrical adaptation of Nelson Algren's novel of the same name, though the play failed to materialize. Ronson's arrangements brought out new aspects of Reed's songs; "Perfect Day", for example, features delicate strings and soaring dynamics. It was rediscovered in the 1990s and allowed Reed to drop "Walk on the Wild Side" from his concerts.
Though Transformer would prove to be Reed's commercial and critical pinnacle, there was no small amount of resentment in Reed devoted to the shadow the record cast over the rest of his career. A public argument between Bowie and Reed ended their working relationship for several years, though the subject of the argument is not known. The two reconciled some years later, and Reed performed with Bowie at the latter's 50th birthday concert at Madison Square Garden in 1997. The two would not formally collaborate again until 2003's The Raven. Reed followed Transformer with the darker Berlin, which tells the story of two junkies in love in the titular city. The songs variously concern domestic abuse ("Caroline Says I", "Caroline Says II"), drug addiction ("How Do You Think It Feels"), adultery and prostitution ("The Kids"), and suicide ("The Bed").
As he had done with Berlin after Transformer, in 1975 Reed responded to his glam rock success with a commercial failure, a double album of electronically generated audio feedback, Metal Machine Music. Critics interpreted it as a gesture of contempt, an attempt to break his contract with RCA or to alienate his less sophisticated fans. But Reed claimed that the album was a genuine artistic effort, even suggesting that quotations of classical music could be found buried in the feedback. Lester Bangs declared it "genius", though also as psychologically disturbing. The album was reportedly returned to stores by the thousands after a few weeks.[13] Though later admitting that the liner notes' list of instruments is fictitious and intended as parody, Reed maintains that MMM was and is a serious album. He has since stated though that at the time he had taken it seriously, he was also "very stoned". In the 2000s it was adapted for orchestral performance by the German ensemble Zeitkratzer.
By contrast, 1975's Coney Island Baby was mainly a warm and mellow album, though for its characters Reed still drew on the underbelly of city life. At this time his lover was a transgender woman, Rachel, mentioned in the dedication of "Coney Island Baby" and appearing in the photos on the cover of Reed's 1977 "best of" album, Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed. While Rock and Roll Heart his 1976 debut for his new record label Arista, fell short of expectations, Street Hassle (1978) was a return to form in the midst of the punk scene he had helped to inspire. But ironically Reed was dismissive of punk and rejected any affiliation with it. "I'm too literate to be into punk rock... The whole CBGBs, new Max's thing that everyone's into and what's going on in London — you don't seriously think I'm responsible for what's mostly rubbish?"[14]''The Bells (1979) featured jazz great Don Cherry, and was followed the following year by Growing Up in Public with guitarist Chuck Hammer. Around this period he also appeared as a sleazy record producer in Paul Simon's film One Trick Pony. Reed also played several unannounced one-off concerts in tiny downtown Manhattan clubs with the likes of Cale, Patti Smith, and David Byrne during this period. Cale later wrote the song "Woman" about Reed on his album BlackAcetate.
In 1980, Reed married British designer Sylvia Morales.[15] They were divorced more than a decade later. While together, Morales inspired some of Reed's best known love songs, particularly "Think it Over" from 1980's Growing Up in Public and "Heavenly Arms" from 1982's The Blue Mask. After Legendary Hearts (1983) and New Sensations (1984) fared adequately on the charts, Reed was sufficiently rehabilitated as a public figure to become spokesman for Honda scooters.
On September 22, 1985, Reed performed at the first Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois, USA. He performed "Doin' The Things That We Want To", "I Love You, Suzanne", and "New Sensations" from "New Sensations", and "Walk on The Wild Side".
In 1986, he joined the Amnesty International A Conspiracy of Hope Tour and was outspoken about New York's political issues and personalities on the 1989 album New York, commenting on crime, AIDS, Jesse Jackson, Kurt Waldheim, and Pope John Paul II.
Following Warhol's death after routine surgery in 1987, Reed again collaborated with John Cale on 1990's Songs for Drella (Drella - Warhol's nickname - is a blend of the words "Dracula" and "Cinderella"). The album marked an end to a 22-year estrangement. The album took the shape of a Warhol biography; on the album, Reed sings of his love for his late friend, but also criticizes both the doctors who were unable to save Warhol's life and Warhol's would-be assassin, Valerie Solanas.
In 1990, following a 20-year hiatus, the Velvet Underground reformed for a Cartier benefit in France. Reed released his sixteenth solo record, Magic and Loss in 1992, an album about mortality, inspired by the death of two close friends from cancer. In 1993, the Velvet Underground again reunited and toured throughout Europe, although plans for a North American tour were cancelled following another falling out between Reed and Cale. In 1994, Reed appeared in A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who, also known as Daltrey Sings Townshend. This was a two-night concert at Carnegie Hall produced by Roger Daltrey in celebration of his fiftieth birthday. In 1994, a CD and a VHS video were issued, and in 1998 a DVD was released. Reed performed a radically rearranged version of "Now And Then" from Psychoderelict.
In 1996, the Velvet Underground were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. At the induction ceremony, Reed performed a song entitled "Last Night I Said Goodbye to My Friend" alongside former bandmates John Cale and Maureen Tucker, in dedication to Velvet Underground guitarist Sterling Morrison, who had died the previous August. Reed has since been nominated for the Rock Hall as a solo artist twice, in 2000 and 2001, but has not been inducted.[16]
His 1996 album, Set the Twilight Reeling, met with a lukewarm reception, but 2000's Ecstasy drew praise from most critics, including Robert Christgau. In 1996, Reed contributed songs and music to Time Rocker, an avant-garde theatrical interpretation of H.G. Wells' The Time Machine staged by theater director Robert Wilson. The piece premiered in the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, Germany, and was later also shown at The Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City.[17]
In 1998, the PBS T.V. show, American Masters aired Timothy Greenfield-Sanders' feature documentary "Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart". This film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. and at the Berlin Film Festival in Germany went on to screen at over 50 festivals worldwide. In 1999, the film and Lou Reed as its subject, received a Grammy Award for best long form music video.
Since the late 1990s, Reed has been romantically linked to the musician, multi-media and performance artist Laurie Anderson, and the two have collaborated on a number of recordings together. Anderson contributed to "Call On Me" from Reed's project The Raven, to the tracks "Rouge" and "Rock Minuet" from Reed's Ecstasy, and to "Hang On To Your Emotions" from Reed's Set the Twilight Reeling. Reed contributed to "In Our Sleep" from Anderson's Bright Red and to "One Beautiful Evening" from her Life on a String. They were married on April 12, 2008.[18]
In May 2000, Reed performed before Pope John Paul II at the Great Jubilee Concert in Rome. In 2000, a new collaboration with Robert Wilson called Poe-Try was staged at the Thalia Theater in Germany. As with the previous collaboration Time Rocker, Poe-Try was also inspired by the works of a 19th-century writer: Edgar Allan Poe. Reed became interested in Poe after producer and long-time friend Hal Willner had suggested him to read some of Poe's text at a Halloween benefit he was curating at St. Ann's Episcopal Church in Brooklyn.[19] For this new collaboration, Lou Reed reworked and even rewrote some of Poe's text as well as included some new songs based on the theme explored in the texts. In 2001, Reed made a cameo appearance in the movie adaptation of Prozac Nation. On October 6, 2001 the New York Times published a Lou Reed poem called Laurie Sadly Listening in which he reflects upon the 9/11 terrorist attacks.[20]
Incorrect reports of Reed's death were broadcast by numerous U.S. radio stations in 2001, caused by a hoax email (purporting to be from Reuters) which said he had died of a drug overdose. In 2003, he released a 2-CD set, The Raven, based on "Poe-Try". Besides Lou Reed and his band, the album featured a wide range of actors and musicians including singers David Bowie, Laurie Anderson, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, The Blind Boys of Alabama and Antony Hegarty, saxophonist and long-time idol Ornette Coleman, and actors Elizabeth Ashley, Christopher Walken, Steve Buscemi, Willem Dafoe, Amanda Plummer, Fisher Stevens and Kate Valk. The album consisted of songs written by Reed and spoken-word performances of reworked and rewritten texts of Edgar Allan Poe by the actors, set to electronic music composed by Reed. At the same time a single disc CD version of the albums, focusing on the music, was also released.
A few months after the release of The Raven, a new 2-CD Best Of-set was released, entitled NYC Man (The Ultimate Collection 1967-2003) which featured an unreleased version of the song "Who am I" and a selection of career spanning tracks that had been selected, remastered and sequenced under Lou's own supervision. In April 2003, Lou Reed embarked on a new world tour supporting both new and released material, with a band including celliste Jane Scarpantoni and singer Antony Hegarty. During some of the concerts for this tour, the band was joined by Master Ren Guangyi, Lou's personal Tai Chi instructor, performing Tai Chi movements to the music on stage. This tour was documented in the 2004 double disc live album Animal Serenade, recorded live at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, California.
In 2003, Reed released his first book of photographs, Emotions in Action. This work actually was made up out of two books, a larger A4-paper sized called "Emotions" and a smaller one called "Actions" which was laid into the hard cover of the former.
After Hours: a Tribute to the Music of Lou Reed was released by Wampus Multimedia in 2003. In 2004, a Groovefinder remix of his song, "Satellite of Love" (called "Satellite of Love '04") was released. It reached #10 in the UK singles chart. Also in 2004, Lou Reed contributed vocals and guitar to the track "Fistful of love" on I Am a Bird Now by Antony and the Johnsons. In 2005, Reed did a spoken word text on Danish rock band Kashmir's album No Balance Palace.
In 2003, Reed was also a judge for the third annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.[21]
In January 2006, a second book of photographs called "Lou Reed's New York" was released.[22] At the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, Reed performed "White Light/White Heat" with The Raconteurs. Later in the night, while co-presenting the award for Best Rock Video with Pink, he exclaimed, apparently unscripted, that "MTV should be playing more rock n' roll."
In October 2006, Lou Reed appeared at Hal Willner's Leonard Cohen tribute show "Came So Far For Beauty" in Dublin, Ireland, beside the cast of Laurie Anderson, Nick Cave, Antony, Jarvis Cocker, Beth Orton, and others. According to the reports, he played a heavy metal version of Cohen's "The Stranger Song".[23] He also performed "One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong" and two duets — "Joan of Arc", with Cohen's former back-up singer Julie Christensen, and "Memories" — in a duet with Anjani Thomas. The tracks are available on bootleg releases.
In December 2006, Lou Reed played a first series of show at St. Ann's Warehouse, Brooklyn, based on his 1973 Berlin song cycle. Reed was reunited on stage with guitarist Steve Hunter, who played on the original album as well as on Rock 'n' Roll Animal, as well as joined by singers Antony Hegarty and Sharon Jones, pianist Rupert Christie, a horn and string section and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. The show was being produced by Bob Ezrin, who also produced the original album, and Hal Willner. The stage was designed by painter Julian Schnabel and a film about protagonist "Caroline" directed by his daughter, Lola Schnabel, was being projected to the stage. A live recording of these concerts was also published as a film (directed by Schnabel) which was released spring 2008. The show was also played at the Sydney Festival in January 2007 and throughout Europe during June and July 2007. The album version of the concert, entitled Berlin: Live At St. Ann's Warehouse, was released in 2008.
In April 2007, he released Hudson River Wind Meditations, his first record of ambient meditation music. The record was released on the Sounds True record label and contains four tracks that were said to have been composed just for himself as a guidance for Tai Chi exercise and meditation. In May 2007 Reed performed the narration for a screening of Guy Maddin's silent film The Brand Upon the Brain. In June 2007, he performed live at the Traffic Festival 2007 in Turin, Italy, a five-day free event organized by the town.
In August 2007, Reed went into the studio with The Killers in New York City to record "Tranquilize", a duet with Brandon Flowers for The Killers' b-side/rarities album, called Sawdust. During that month, he also recorded guitar for the Lucibel Crater song "Threadbare Funeral", which appears on their full-length CD The Family Album. In October 2007, Lou Reed gave a special performance in the Recitement song "Passengers". The album combines music with spoken word. The album was composed by Stephen Emmer and produced by Tony Visconti. Hollandcentraal was inspired by this piece of music and literature, which spawned a concept for a music video On October 1, 2008, Reed joined Richard Barone via projected video on a spoken/sung duet of Reed's "I'll Be Your Mirror," with cellist Jane Scarpantoni, in Barone's "FRONTMAN: A Musical Reading" at Carnegie Hall.
On October 2 & 3, 2008 he premiered his new group, which later was named Metal Machine Trio, at REDCAT (Walt Disney Concert Hall Complex, Los Angeles). The live recordings of the concerts were released under the title The Creation of the Universe. The Trio with Ulrich Krieger (saxophone) and Sarth Calhoun (electronics) plays free improvised instrumental music inspired by Reed´s 1975 album Metal Machine Music. The music ranges from ambient soundscapes to free rock to contemporary noise. The trio played further shows at New York's Gramercy Theater in April 2009 [24] and appeared as part of Reed's band at the 2009 Lollapalooza, including a 10 minute free trio improvisation.
On August 9, 2009, Lou Reed performed as a subheadlining act at Lollapalooza in Chicago's Grant Park.[25]
On October 30th, 2009, Lou Reed performed the songs Sweet Jane and White Light White Heat with Metallica at Madison Square Garden as part of the 25th-anniversary celebration of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.[26]
Lou Reed is the voice of Maltazard, the villain in the next Luc Besson animated film, Arthur and the Vengeance of Maltazard, to be released in winter of 2009.
In 2009, Reed became an active member of The Jazz Foundation of America[27] (JFA). Reed was a featured performer at the JFA's annual benefit A Great Night in Harlem in May 2009;[28] A gala concert at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York celebrating The Jazz Foundation of America's 20th Anniversary of saving Jazz and blues… one musician at a time.[29]
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- ↑ Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side: The Stories Behind the Songs, Chris Roberts and Lou Reed, 2004, Hal Leonard, ISBN 0634080326
- ↑ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2000). "The Velvet Underground". http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=204. Retrieved 2006-09-15.
- ↑ Richie Unterberger & Greg Prato (2005). "Lou Reed Biography". http://search.mercora.com/v6/ArtistMetaData.jsp?name=Lou+Reed. Retrieved 2006-09-15.
- ↑ Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side: The Stories Behind the Songs, Chris Roberts and Lou Reed, 2004, Hal Leonard, ISBN 0634080326
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Lou Reed and Julian Schnabel". Spectacle. 2008. No. 2, season 1.
- ↑ Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk (1996)
- ↑ David Fricke, liner notes for the Peel Slowly and See box set (Polydor, 1995)
- ↑ "Velvet Underground and Nico" (1967), album cover notes and record label.
- ↑ Interview in Rolling Stone Magazine Nov/Dec 1987: Twentieth Anniversary Issue
- ↑ Black, Johnny. Time Machine: Velvet Underground (1997), Mojo Magazine
- ↑ Andy Warhol and The Velvet Underground at Max's Kansas City
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/fq4h/ BBC-Music Review
- ↑ Lou Reed interview with Anthony DeCurtis at the 92nd Street Y New York on Sept 18, 2006
- ↑ Waiting For The Man - A Biography of Lou Reed. Jeremy Reed,1994 Picador p.156
- ↑ Sandall, Robert (9 February 2003). "Lou Reed: Walk on the mild side". The Sunday Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/article860207.ece. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
- ↑ Futurerockhall.com
- ↑ NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL REVIEW/MUSIC; Echoes of H. G. Wells, Rhythms of Lou Reed - New York Times
- ↑ Morning Memo: Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson Make it Legal
- ↑ VH1.com : Lou Reed : Lou Reed's Obsession With Edgar Allan Poe Spawns The Raven - Rhapsody Music Downloads
- ↑ [ http://www.bushwatch.com/auden.htm]
- ↑ Independent Music Awards - Past Judges
- ↑ [http://www.artbook.com/3865211526.html Lou Reed's New York ]
- ↑ "Came so Far For Beauty At The Point Theatre, Dublin, October 4 and 5, 2006", http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/dublin.html
- ↑ Rolling Stone review of the Metal Machine Trio concert at the Gramercy in New York
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- ↑ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=129623
- ↑ jbspins.blogspot.com. 2009-13-10. URL: http://jbspins.blogspot.com/2009/05/great-night-2009.html. Accessed: 2009-13-10. (Archived by jbspins.blogspot.com at http://jbspins.blogspot.com/2009/05/great-night-2009.html)
- ↑ nydailynews.com. 2009-13-10. URL: http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Jazz+Foundation+of+America. Accessed: 2009-13-10. (Archived by nydailynews.com at http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Jazz+Foundation+of+America)
- ↑ jazzfoundation.org. 2009-13-10. URL: http://www.jazzfoundation.org/programs.swf. Accessed: 2009-13-10. (Archived by jazzfoundation.org at http://www.jazzfoundation.org/programs.swf)
External links
- Official Lou Reed website
- Lou Reed at the Internet Movie Database
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Paris and New York-based Urban Distribution International has closed multiple deals on its Berlin slate.
Midway through the market, UDI Head of Sales Eric Schnedecker confirmed that Marjane Satrapi's freewheeling road movie Gang Of The Jotas has gone to the UK (Independent).
Pierre-Yves Borgeaud's Gilberto Gil doc Viramundo has sold to the USA (Cinema Guild), Latin America (HBO), Italy (Nomad), Poland (Gutek), Benelux (Brunbro), UK and Ireland (Soda Pictures), Portugal (Alambique) and Lithuania (Kaunas).
Meanwhile, portmanteau film Centro Historica, featuring contributions by art house legends Manoel de Oliveira, Aki Kaurismaki, Victor Erice and Pedro Costa, has gone to the US (Cinema Guild.)
Cinema Guild has also taken Argentine auteur Paola Hernandez's Un Amor for the US.
Urban's forthcoming titles include 3 x 3D, a new feature pooling the talents of Jean-Luc Godard, Peter Greenaway and Edgar Pera and which explores 3D and its evolution in the world of cinema.
UDI is also pre-selling Diary Of A Young Boy, the latest feature from Taiwanese master Tsai Ming-Liang. The film is the story of a young unemployed father and his two kids who fantasize about an alternative life as they drift through Tapei, struggling desperately to stay afloat.
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The second cricket test between the BLACKCAPS and India ended in a draw at McLean Park.
India, following on after facing a 314-run first innings deficit on day three, were 476 for four in their second innings, a lead of 162, when play was called off with a minimum of 17 overs remaining on the final day.
Jesse Ryder was named man of the match after scoring 201 in New Zealand's first innings of 619 for nine declared.
Opener Gautam Gambhir top scored in India's second innings with 137 while VVS Laxman was unbeaten on 124 and Yuvraj Singh was not out 54 when the match concluded.
India lead the three-match series 1-0 after winning the opening match in Hamilton by 10-wickets. The final test starts at Wellington's Basin Reserve on Friday.
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India were 252 for two in their second innings at stumps on the fourth day of the second cricket test against the BLACKCAPS at McLean Park.
India, asked to follow on yesterday after conceding a 314-run first innings deficit, still require another 62 runs before they get in credit.
Opener Gautam Gambhir batted throughout the day and was unbeaten on 102 from 290 balls -- his fifth test century. Sachin Tendulkar was not out 58.
Rahul Dravid, who scored 62, was the only wicket to fall today after India resumed on 47 for one.
New Zealand made 619 for nine declared in their first innings before India replied with 305 yesterday.
Day 3: India 47-1 following on against the BLACKCAPS at stumps day three
India were 47 for one in their second innings and trail the BLACKCAPS by 267 runs after being asked to follow on at stumps on the third day of the second cricket test at McLean Park.
Gautam Gambhir was not out 14, and first innings top scorer Rahul Dravid was unbeaten on 11.
India were forced to bat again after they were dismissed during the final session for 305 -- 314 short of New Zealand's first innings of 619 for nine declared, and 115 adrift of the follow-on mark of 420.
Captain Virender Sehwag was the batsman dismissed in India's second innings for 22 from the bowling of offspinner Jeetan Patel.
Chris Martin took three for 89 in India's first innings while Dravid scored 83 and VVS Laxman 76.
Day two: India 79-3 stumps day two, trail NZ by 540
India are 79 for three in reply to New Zealand's first innings of 619 for nine declared at stumps on the second day of the second cricket test at McLean Park.
Rahul Dravid will resume tomorrow morning on 21 and Sachin Tendulkar has yet to score when they set about erasing a 540-run deficit. The follow-on mark is 420.
Virender Sehwag made 34, Gautan Gambhir 16 and nightwatchman Ishant Sharma a duck as they all fell in the 23 overs available before stumps.
New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori had figures of two for 16 from five overs and offspinner Jeetan Patel one for six from four.
Earlier, Jesse Ryder topscored for New Zealand with 201 and Brendon McCullum made 115 to follow on from Ross Taylor's 151 yesterday
Day one: BLACKCAPS 351/4 at stumps v India
The BLACKCAPS are 351 for four at stumps on the opening day of the second cricket test against India at McLean Park.
Ross Taylor topscored with 151, his third test century, while Jesse Ryder was unbeaten on 137, his second century in three innings after he scored his maiden hundred at Hamilton during last week's first test.
The pair added 271 for the fourth wicket after New Zealand were in strife at 23 for three.
The stand was a record for the fourth wicket for New Zealand against all nations.
Zaheer Khan was the most successful bowler with figures of two for 94 from 23 overs.
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The butter-laden, brilliantly spiced pastries at Sofra Bakery and Cafe have already been well documented on Serious Eats. But the Boston area's most celebrated Middle Eastern bakery is also its youngest. There's a cluster of local sweets shops that have been pedaling traditional Levantine pastries for decades with an equally loyal following.
Naturally, I was psyched to earn the assignment to check out the scene, but also wary. Temping as those sweets are, I wondered if writing a story about local Middle Eastern bakeries might yield a rather monotonous and competitive collection of baked goods—a battle of the baklavas, if you will.
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When all my guys are fully evolved my team would be:
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I was thinking of Espeon and Jolteon but can't really pick which one, Vaporeon also popped into my mind for a water type
You have two Pokémon that are weak to ground on your team already and nothing that would have a super-effective move against them, so might I suggest Vaporeon, Leafeon or Glaceon? Leafeon would cover the fact that you currently have no counter for Water types, and Glaceon would similarly cover your lack of counter for Flying-types (which is worth considering, as both are extremely common types in-game).
So, I would suggest either Leafeon or Glaceon, though Vaporeon remains an option.
I'd go with Leafeon. You're going to have some problems with Bertha of the Elite Four otherwise (she's a ground-type specialist, and she has a Quagsire that is only weak to grass-type moves).
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Bertha is weak to water for the most part, plus flint and also, there will not be anyone that resists water besides a few of cynthia's pokemon.
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I would go with Vapereon.
I say that because of ES's reason, you kill two birds with one stone, Flint AND Bertha (Mainly).
Well, personally, Ive tried having all eeveelutions on my team at one time or another, and ive had the best experience with Leafeon and Vaproreon, so I would pick one of those.
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One of my favorite setups for Vaporeon is the rain+rest setup. Because of its Hydration hidden ability, it works pretty well (especially in double battles with something else that works well in rain.) Not to mention with left overs, which works great on Vaporeon.
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