text:
Who was/is Martin Denny ? - CDs, Vinyl LPs, DVD and more
Martin Denny
The EXOTIC SOUNDS of MARTIN DENNY
Aloha, hep cats. A question: what do blockbusting novelist James Michener, Fifties America's most influential newspaper columnist Walter Winchell and John Sturges, director of The Magnificent Seven, have in common? Answer: They all wrote sleeve-notes for the albums of 'exotic sounds' released by Hawaiian-based band leader, composer and arranger Martin Denny. 'Martin Denny's music is becoming so famous', wrote Sturges on the cover of the 1958 classic Quiet Village, 'it's a little pointless for me to tell you how wonderful it is. If you've already heard it you know, and if you haven't, stop reading this right now....put on the record and play it' For, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the 'exotic sounds of Martin Denny' took Cold War America by storm. Denny released 37 albums for Liberty Records, which sold over 4 million copies. In 1957, his first LP, Exotica, hit number one in both the Variety and Billboard charts, and the single taken from it, 'Quiet Village' (which appeared again the following year on the eponymous album), made number two. A rash of releases followed.
There were often three or four LPs in the charts at one time, all with suitably evocative covers and suitably evocative titles: Exoticas 2 and 3, Forbidden Island, Primitiva, Hypnotique, Afro-Desia. Denny and his band toured all over the United States and the Pacific Basin, playing everything from huge concert halls to small college venues. (He even made it to Western Samoa, although never, sadly, to Europe). Then, as middle America's interest in purely 'exotic sounds' began to wane, so Martin Denny made records that reflected broader, more contemporary tastes: Exotic Sounds of the Silver Screen, Exotic Sounds Visit Broadway and finally Exotic Moog (his last LP for Liberty, released in 1969). In 1990, Denny was tempted back into the recording studio to make an album of old and new tunes for the Japanese market, entitled simply Exotica 90 ; however, he is not in a hurry to repeat the experience. 'When you try to rewrite something, you loose some of the essence,' he admits. 'You can't go home again, you know.' Now aged 84 and living in semi-retirement in Honolulu, Denny still occasionally plays live locally, but that's it. 'The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny' is therefore, a compilation of tracks taken from Martin Denny's early days in the land of the hula. Brimful of fresh ideas, Hawaiian balm and Oriental promise, this album shows how and ihy Martin Denny justly became the uncrowned King of Exotica.
Born in New York on 10 April 1911, Martin Denny was brought up in Los Angeles, California. A child prodigy, e studied classical piano from the age of ten. Then, whilst studying at the Jniversity of Southern California, he and five friends formed a jazz band called the )on Dean Orchestra, which toured around South America for four and a half ears from 1931. Come the Second World War, Denny served in the US Air orce and, after demob, enrolled at the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music to tudy classical piano and composition. )enny arrived in Hawaii in 1954, initially to play solo piano at Don the Beachcomber's bar on the beach at Waikiki. A six-month assignment turned into a lifelong love affair. He formed a jazz trio which later became a quartet: Denny himself on piano and celeste, Augie Colon on percussion, Arthur Lyman on vibes (replaced by Julius Wechter after the first album) and John Kramer on string bass (soon to be replaced, by Harvey Ragsdale). Modestly, Denny says, had some very talented people. I just directed their abilities in the framework that I wanted. They could express themselves as they wished, which they did.' It was while the quartet was playing the open-air Shell Bar of millionaire Henry J. Kaiser's Hawaiian Village nightclub that Denny formulated his unique sound: Martin Denny became the first person to incorporate animal sounds and exotic instruments in popular music. 'There was a park right near our stage,' he recalls, 'in which there were these bullfrogs.
One night, we were playing there and I noticed this croaking all through the performance. Some of the boys in the band got carried away and started doing bird calls. The following day, somebody walked up to me and said, 'Martin Denny, that song you did with the birds and the frogs? Can you do that again?' I thought, 'What are you talking about?', but I suddenly realised he had a point. From then on, obliging band members (Augie Colon in particular) performed extraordinary animal sounds to order. A contemporary film shows the enormous amounts of energy and spontaneity they put into the performance. Next came the exotic instruments. With an unapologetic catholicisism that is characteristic of his work, Denny asked friends to bring back whatever they could find from their travels: a ukelele from Portugal, a 200-pound talking drum from New Guinea, gongs from Burma. 'I utilised these things,' he says, 'how ever I could. For instance, for 'Hello, Young Lovers', instead of using a regular base I would build it around the sound of these big gongs I had. So when you watched us on stage, there was a pure visual entertainment as well as the music. People were elated by that' The musical style has developed mixes Hawaiian Sounds with Latin rhythms, Oriental nuances with good ol'American apple pie, all overlaid with strange and wonderful noises. It proved an unusual but powerful mix. 'When my music first emerged,' admits Denny, 'some people thought it bizarre. If you have ever tried half a papaya and put a scoop of passion fruit in it, it's a marvellous taste. It's different but it's pleasurable. My music is like that, an exotic fruit salad.'
Many theories have been postulated as to the undoubted commercial success of the Martin Denny sound. Its release on vinyl coincided with the introduction of stereo systems - bird calls make such a refreshing change from trains screaming through tunnels. At the time, America was also going through a craze for Tiki culture and all things 'primitive' - a little bit of Paradise in its own backyard. Some have even suggested that, with its hints of weird goings-on among the 'natives', 'Quiet Village' in particular provided excellent music to make out to. None of these reasons, however, explains the way Martin Denny's music has endured into the 1990s, while many of his imitators sound merely kitsch and MOR. The answer is simple: Martin Denny's Music is both highly sophisticated (that classical training was not wasted) and totally original. It can be appreciated on many different levels by many different people.
Said John Sturges back in [958 : 'I've given up trying to figure out how Martin thinks up this fabulous music, and I'm not sure he knows himself. It sounds and feels the same every time, yet it is always bran( new...fresh and exciting as if you've never heard it before.' The same is true today. Don't analyse; just listen and enjoy.
Sally Holloway, May 1995


text:
Lara Ferroni
Editor's note: The recipe and introductory text below are excerpted from Crescent Dragonwagon's book Passionate Vegetarian. Dragonwagon also shared some helpful cooking tips exclusively with Epicurious, which we've added at the bottom of the page.
This is my favorite Thanksgiving stuffing — in fact, this is my only Thanksgiving stuffing. I've made it for at least twenty-five years, and it's always pleased me, friends, family, and inn guests. To my taste, it wouldn't be right with margarine or oil, just butter. But probably it wouldn't be bad with less fat or a different one. I make the vegetarian version with vegetable stock, for use in a pumpkin; when I cooked at the inn, where the majority of the guests were meat eaters, I also did a batch with turkey stock.
I dedicate this recipe to the memory of Sondra Krecker, a friend from my earliest years in Eureka Springs. Every Thanksgiving as I make it I hear her telling me again, earnestly, "You have to toast it dry, bone dry, hard dry." You'll need to do a lot of tossing and tasting to get the seasonings just right. Stuffing can be made ahead of time, but don't stuff it into the pumpkin until you're ready to bake it.
- Yield
- Makes 1 medium-large stuffed pumpkin
- 1 cup dried apricots
- 1 cup dried pitted prunes
- 1 cup apple juice
- 1 loaf good-quality commercially made presliced whole wheat bread
- 1 large onion, diced
- 1 to 2 stalks leafy celery, diced (leaves included)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons to 1 tablespoon dried leaf (not ground) sage
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- Vegetable stock (see tip, below) as needed
- Tamari or shoyu soy sauce to taste
- A small amount of dried leaf basil and oregano to taste (optional)
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- Cooking spray (optional)
- 1 medium-large pumpkin, preferably one of the buff-colored pumpkins, prepared as follows:
- Pumpkin prep:
- Cut off and reserve a lid, as you would preparatory to carving a jack-o'-lantern. Scoop out all of the seeds and fibers. Put an inch or two of water in a large pot. Place the pumpkin, cut side down, in the water, cap wedged in near it. Bring to a boil over high heat. Cover tightly and team for 10 to 15 minutes to precook slightly. Remove the pot from the heat and let cool. When cool, remove from the pot. Since the pumpkin will be eaten with the stuffing, I like to season the inside with salt, pepper, a little tamari, Pickapeppa, and brown sugar, rubbing this into the exposed interior flesh after steaming.
- 1. Place the apricots and prunes in a small, heatproof bowl. Place the apple juice in a small saucepan over high heat and bring to a boil. Immediately pour the juice over the dried fruit. Let stand for at least 2 hours, but overnight or a day or two in advance is fine. Drain the dried fruit, reserving both the fruit and the soaking liquid. Coarsely chop the fruit and set aside.
- 2. Preheat the oven to 375°F, then turn down to 200°F.
- 3. Set a wire rack on a baking sheet and place a single layer of bread slices on the rack. Place in the preheated oven and bake, slowly, turning once, until the bread is hard, crunchy, and dry all the way through, but not browned. This is a fairly slow process — it might take 45 to 60 minutes, but set the timer at 20-minute intervals to remind you to check. You with either need to do 2 sheets' worth of bread (in which case, reverse their positions in the oven halfway through), or repeat the toasting process again until all bread is prepared. Remove the dry bread from the oven and let cool.
- 4. Coarsely crumble the bread into a large bowl. Add the onion and leafy celery and toss to combine. Measure the sage (starting with the smaller amount) into your hands and rub the leaves back and forth in your palms until they crumble (this releases the volatile essential oils). Add the sage to the bread mixture. Pour the melted butter over the mixture and toss well to combine. Add the soaked dried fruit and toss again. The dressing should still be dry. Begin adding the liquid, a combination of vegetable stock and the reserved fruit soaking liquid. Use more stock than juice, and use just enough to moisten the dressing without making it soggy. Keep tossing, adding stock as needed. Add tamari, starting with about 1 tablespoon. Taste for salt and add it and plenty of pepper to taste. More sage, maybe? This is also the point at which you can add a little dried basil and oregano, too, if you like. The stuffing can be prepared up to this point and stored, covered and refrigerated, overnight.
- 5. On the day you plan to stuff the pumpkin, preheat the oven to 375°F.
- 6. If not using nonstick, spray a baking dish large enough to accommodate the pumpkin with cooking spray.
- 7. Stuff the dressing into the cavity of the prepared pumpkin, topping with the pumpkin's cap. Place the stuffed pumpkin in the prepared baking dish. Place in the preheated oven and bake until the pumpkin is slightly brown and looks a bit collapsed in on itself, or, as Ned says, like a plump European duchess, about 40 minutes. Serve whole, at the table.
Reprinted with permission from Passionate Vegetarian by Crescent Dragonwagon ©2002 Workman Publishing Company, Inc.

subset: commoncrawl


text: Here at CatholicTV, we are eagerly preparing for the August 24 Mass of Ordination for Bishop-elect Mark O'Connell and our own Bishop-elect Robert Reed as Auxiliary Bishops of Boston. The Archdiocese of Boston will be blessed to have these two devoted servants of God assisting Cardinal Seán O'Malley in their new roles as Auxiliary Bishops. Those roles are certain to be busy ones, but fortunately, for Bishop-elect Reed, that will include staying on at CatholicTV.


text:
The Developing Mind
Second Edition: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are
This bestselling book put the field of interpersonal neurobiology on the map for many tens of thousands of readers. Daniel J. Siegel goes beyond the nature and nurture divisions that traditionally have constrained much of our thinking about development, exploring the role of interpersonal experiences in forging key connections in the brain. He presents a groundbreaking integrative framework for understanding the emergence of the growing, feeling, communicating mind. Reflecting significant scientific and technical advances, the second edition incorporates new discussions of cutting-edge topics, plus an epilogue describing specific pathways to well-being and therapeutic change.
Using a wealth of illustrative examples from clinical practice and everyday life, Siegel traces the interplay of human and neural connections in early childhood and beyond. The book reveals how difficulties with attachment to caregivers can result in problems with memory, self-organization, and emotional regulation. Implications for adult states of mind, emotional competence, and the ability to cope with stress are considered, as are links to such clinical problems as dissociation and depression. Siegel offers compelling insights into how therapeutic and personal relationships can promote healing and integration as the mind continues to develop throughout the lifespan. The second edition provides expanded discussions of neuroplasticity, epigenetics, mindfulness, the neural correlates of consciousness, and more. It also includes useful pedagogical features: pull-outs, diagrams, and an extensive glossary.
Illuminating how and why interpersonal neurobiology matters, this book is essential reading for clinicians, educators, researchers, and students interested in promoting healthy development and resilience. It has been widely adopted as a text in advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in developmental psychology, child development, and clinical practice.
"Siegel describes his book as 'a journey into the developing mind,' and no one is better equipped to invite psychotherapists and other students of human impulses to share this remarkable adventure. In clear and inspired prose, he reviews facts and theories about the human brain that can be difficult to grasp. He explains how the brain differentiates and enables the creative and passionate mind of a child to share meaningful intentions, experiences, imaginative beliefs, relationships, community, culture, and language. He puts this understanding in the service of a humane and respectful psychotherapy that can give integrity to young lives that have become anxious, chaotic, and rigid."
- Colwyn Trevarthen, PhD, FRSE, Professor Emeritus of Child Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
"Why can't we remember what we did at age three? Why are some children unusually shy? What is the biochemistry of humiliation, and how can it be 'toxic to the developing child's brain'? New and plausible answers to these questions emerge from Siegel's synthesis of neurobiology, research psychology and cognitive science...his subject--how we become the people we are--deserves to hold many readers spellbound."
- Publishers Weekly (on the first edition)
"...brilliant....It should probably not be read at one sitting, but sifted slowly as you would a 20 year old port....This is not just a book for bright psychiatric residents or child fellows, but child psychiatrists young and old, over-worked or under-paid. It offers a glimpse of new horizons in the profession, and may be the harbinger of a fresh archetype for child psychiatry as it enters the next millennium."
- The Canadian Child Psychiatry Review (on the first edition)


text:
We use cookies to make your experience better. To comply with the new e-Privacy directive, we need to ask for your consent to set the cookies. Learn more.
Elegant 760mm Walk-In Shower Panel 6mm Tempered Glass Shower Screen
✅Dimensions - 760mm
✅15mm Inwards Adjustment
✅Height - 1850mm
✅6mm Safety Tempered Glass
✅Elegant Walk-In Shower Panel
Elegant 760mm Walk-In Shower Panel 6mm Tempered Glass Shower Screen
This luxurious glass screen features a beautiful minimalist design that will look fantastic in any bathroom. The Aluminum chrome panels hold the glass securely in place and bring an added touch of style to your wet room. The screen is made from 6mm toughened safety glass that provides outstanding strength and durability, making it ideal to cope with the demands of a busy family bathroom.
◊ Walk-In Shower Panel Features
♦ Size - 760mm
♦ Height - 1850mm
♦ Glass Type - 6mm Tempered Glass
♦ Adjustment - 15mm Inwards Adjustment [760mm (745-760mm)]
♦ Support Bar - 1000mm (Can Be Cut As Per Needs)
♦ Support bar which can only be fitted as showing in the picture
♦ Universal fitting design-Left or right
♦ The Corrosion-resistant polished aluminium frame creates a steady and safety structure
♦ Passed multi waterproof test, waterproof guaranteed
♦ Concealed fittings, top cover caps to give a perfect clear look
♦All screws are made of stainless steel, rust-resistant and long-lasting
◊ Optional Shower Tray
♦ Stone Resin Shower Tray + Waste
♦ Slimline - At just 40mm high
♦ Made of the patented 'Pearlstone Matrix' making the range one of the strongest and lightest available.
Please Note - This Shower Screen Is Designed To Be Installed With Or Without Shower Tray
|15mm Inwards 760mm (745-760mm)
|Glass Thinkness
|6mm Tempered Glass
♦ Made in "UK"stone tray.
♦ Include 90mm free waste trap.
♦ Easy to clean and maintain.
♦ All trays have a flat underside making installation and levelling even easier.
♦ Slimline - At just 40 high, Our stone trays are amongst the sleekest on the market.
♦ Perfect for a modern and contemporary bathroom design.
♦ Patented Technology - Made of the patented 'Pearlstone Matrix' making the range one of the strongest and lightest available.
♦ All trays are acrylic capped and constructed from a polyurethane resin mixed with filler including volcanic ash.
Delays Are Expected
Please Note - Due to the current COVID-19 Restrictions in place in the UK, Major delays are expected, however, this can be subject to potential change & we are not offering collection at this stage until further notice. It can take up to 2-6 working days for delivery.
|Free postage to mainland UK
|Areas we don't post to
|Cross Domain Store
All products eligible for warranty are guaranteed for the lifetime of that particular product (25 years) (exclusions apply), whilst we hope you live a long and healthy life, we don't mean your lifetime unfortunately. We are confident in our product quality and therefore provide warranties for a reasonable period of time, after purchase, based on the product type.
♦ Manufacturing Faults
All our products @ elegantshowers are designed by some of the top designers around the globe and been delivered to its highest standards, so if you notice any manufacturing faults please update us within 30 days of purchase and we will send replacement without any further delays.
♦ Need Parts
While for some items we have a lifetime warranty, the parts in all of our items are offered with a 6 months Limited type of a Warranty. But you are always welcome to buy the part simply by calling us @ 0121 448 0880, but do make sure to have the part number handy as mentioned in the instruction manuals.
♦ Warranty Exceptions
All goods reported as faulty will be tested by manufacturers, if it is determined the goods are not faulty or if the faults are deemed to be caused by damage or abuse this will void any warranty, goods will be returned to you at your expense and no refund or replacement issued.


text:
New Delhi , Oct 11 : Amidst a stable Indian stock markets outlook, the developments in the United States are affecting the markets across the world, said a top Finance Ministry official on Thursday.
"The US companies fear their competitiveness to be hit due to the US-China tariff war," the Finance Ministry official said while elaborating on the higher rates that are affecting the profitability of the US companies, thereby impacting US markets.
The ministry official added that India stands to gain in the future despite the global meltdown. "Indian equity market down only 2.5 percent today, which makes the markets reasonably stable," he added.
He added that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) projections of the US and China.
However, the IMF on Wednesday said that risks to the global financial system have risen over the past six months and could increase sharply if pressures in emerging markets escalate or global trade relations deteriorate further.
Talking about the Indian Rupee, which touched a fresh record low of 74.46 per dollar on Thursday, the Ministry official said that Rupee should now start strengthening from the current levels.
"Our main worry is on Rupee, Current Account Deficit (CAD) balance of payment. The government has a strategy in place to deal with Rupee, CAD if need be," he added.
"National Housing Bank has rightly decided to increase refinance window," he added while commenting that the move has helped ease liquidity among housing finance firms.
Find any Critical Errors? Please Report It!


text:
Meet local girls who are looking to meet someone just like you. When you hookup with a younger girl, you can be sure of excitement. When you choose our site, you will be free to chat online and speak to other naughty locals. Using our site to find hot girls who are looking for a good time will enable to find all different types of girls which includes naughty girls. There is so much excitement when you start looking for naughty girls that you will be amazed at how many women are looking to have fun and meet you today.
Horny women in Atlanta just want to have a good time dating with men they find attractive. Do you like to go for the younger woman? If so, there are many naughty women online who want to get to know you better and feel the thrill of meeting a hot, sexy guy. It has never been easier to meet sex younger women because online dating makes it so much easier. When you chat to other single women, you will instantly realize just how easy it is to hookup and meet other like-minded women who want the same as you.


text:
Effects of Adding Motivational Interviewing to Antidepressant Treatment for Hispanic Adults With Depression
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00564278
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : November 27, 2007
Results First Posted : March 10, 2016
Last Update Posted : March 10, 2016
- Study Details
- Tabular View
- Study Results
- Disclaimer
- How to Read a Study Record
|Condition or disease
|Drug: Standard antidepressant therapy (SADT) Behavioral: Motivational antidepressant therapy (MADT)
|Not Applicable
Depression is a serious illness that affects a person's mood, thoughts, and physical well-being. There are multiple types of depressive disorders, with major depressive disorder being one of the most common. The following symptoms may be signs of major depression: persistent feelings of anxiety, guilt, or hopelessness; irregular sleep and appetite patterns; lethargy; disinterest in previously enjoyed activities; excessive irritability and restlessness; suicidal thoughts; and inability to concentrate. Despite the widespread use of drug treatment for major depression in the United States, it continues to be underutilized in the Hispanic population. The retention rate in antidepressant therapy (ADT) among the Hispanic population is half that of the Caucasian population. It is believed that cultural factors and ambivalence toward seeking treatment interfere with ADT retention in Hispanic adults. Motivational antidepressant therapy (MADT) involves the use of motivational interviewing (MI) to discuss treatment with patients. This study will compare the effectiveness of culturally-specific MADT versus standard antidepressant therapy (SADT) in treating Hispanic adults with major depression.
Participants in this single-blind study will be randomly assigned to receive either MADT or SADT. A psychiatrist will conduct all medication visits and will recommend an initial antidepressant for each participant. Depending on treatment assignment, psychiatrists will use either the MADT or SADT approach in the medication visits. During the visits, participants will complete questionnaires, undergo vital sign measurements, and receive medication. Medication visits will occur weekly during the first two weeks, every 2 weeks for the next 6 weeks, and then on a monthly basis until the end of the study. In addition to visits with the psychiatrist, participants will complete 15-minute individual interviews with a clinician from the Hispanic Treatment Program. Individual interviews will take place every 2 weeks in the first month of treatment, monthly until the third month, and then every other month thereafter. The association between treatment, retention, and response will be assessed after 3 months of treatment. Preliminary outcome data will be obtained after 6 more months of continued treatment. After the end of treatment, participants may randomly be asked to participate in a small "focus group" to discuss personal experiences with study treatments.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|217 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Single (Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Health Services Research
|Official Title:
|Motivational Antidepressant Therapy for Hispanics
|Study Start Date :
|February 2008
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|August 2013
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|August 2013
Active Comparator: Standard antidepressant therapy
Participants will receive standard antidepressant therapy, including selecting among 9 FDA-approved antidepressants from several classes.
Drug: Standard antidepressant therapy (SADT)
Treatment with medication will follow the Texas Medication Algorithm (TMA) for Depression. Antidepressant medications may include the following: citalopram (Celexa), escitalopram (Lexapro), paroxetine (Paxil CR), sertraline (Zoloft), venlafaxine XR (Effexor XR), bupropion SR (Wellbutrin SR), duloxetine (Cymbalta), nortriptyline (Pamelor), and mirtazapine (Remeron).
Experimental: Motivational antidepressant therapy
Participants will receive motivational antidepressant therapy, including selecting among the same list of 9 FDA-approved antidepressants from several classes as in the control arm.
Drug: Standard antidepressant therapy (SADT)
Treatment with medication will follow the Texas Medication Algorithm (TMA) for Depression. Antidepressant medications may include the following: citalopram (Celexa), escitalopram (Lexapro), paroxetine (Paxil CR), sertraline (Zoloft), venlafaxine XR (Effexor XR), bupropion SR (Wellbutrin SR), duloxetine (Cymbalta), nortriptyline (Pamelor), and mirtazapine (Remeron).
Behavioral: Motivational antidepressant therapy (MADT)
The same medication treatment for depression will be offered and supplemented with techniques from motivational interviewing.
- Number of Days in ADT (Retention) [ Time Frame: Measured at Months 3 and 9 ]A continuous measure of the total number of days in treatment, based on visit attendance. At each kept visit, patients will be credited as having been in treatment for the number of days since their last scheduled visit. For example, patients attending sessions on weeks 0, 1, and 12 would have been in treatment for 35 days (7 [week 0 to week 1] + 28 [week 8 to week 12]).
- Mean of Depressive Symptoms Over 36-week Follow-up Using Hamilton Depression Scale -17-item Version (Symptoms) [ Time Frame: HAMD-17 assessed at follow-up weeks 2, 4, 8, 12, 20, 28, and 36. ]
Depressive symptoms were assessed using the 17-item standard clinician-administered version of the Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD-17). We analyzed the HAMD-17 score, calculated as the sum of the individual items and ranging from 0 to 35 with higher numbers indicating more symptoms. HAMD-17 was assessed at baseline and the follow-up visits specified below.
We calculated the model-estimated mean of the HAMD-17 over 36 weeks using repeated measures.
- Mean Disability Over 36-week Follow-up Using Sheehan Disability Scale (Impairment) [ Time Frame: SDS at follow-up weeks 2, 4, 8, 12, 20, 28, and 36. ]Psychosocial functioning was assessed using the Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS), a self-report instrument composed of three visual analog subscales assessing degree of disruption caused by symptoms in three domains: work, social/leisure activities, and family/home life. We analyzed the 3 subscale scores for the 3 domains separately which ranged from 0 to 10 with higher scores indicating worse functioning. The SDS was assessed at baseline and the follow-up visits specified below. We calculated the model-estimated mean of the SDS over 36 weeks using repeated measures.
- Mean Perceived Quality of Life Over 36-week Follow-up Using Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (QLESQ) [ Time Frame: QLESQ at follow-up weeks 2, 4, 8, 12, 20, 28, and 36. ]Quality of life was assessed using the 16-item Short Form of the Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (QLESQ), a self-reported measure of quality of life in 8 domains that is sensitive to depressive symptom severity and treatment response. We analyzed the QLESQ total score as a percentage of the maximum possible score (ranging from 0-100) to facilitate comparisons across areas of functioning. It was calculated as such: % Max = (Raw score - minimum possible score) / (maximum possible score-minimum possible score) where raw score is the sum of the first 14 items. Higher numbers indicate better quality of life, greater enjoyment, and satisfaction. The QLESQ was assessed at baseline and the follow-up visits specified below. We calculated the model-estimated mean of the QLESQ over 36 weeks using repeated measures.
- Mean Patient Satisfaction Over 36-week Follow-up Using Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ) [ Time Frame: CSQ at follow-up weeks 2, 4, 8, 12, 20, 28, and 36. ]Patient satisfaction was assessed using the 8-item Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ) which assesses patients' satisfaction with the services received. CSQ total score ranges from 8-32 with higher scores indicating greater satisfaction. The CSQ was assessed at baseline and the follow-up visits specified below. We calculated the model-estimated mean of the CSQ over 36 weeks using repeated measures.
- Proportion of Fully Adherent Days [ Time Frame: Measured at each visit, up to 36 weeks ]We used the Composite Adherence Score (CAS) described in our grant application to calculate medication adherence levels from all data sources (electronic caps [eCaps], pill count, self-report) and compare these across arms. Calculated via a statistically calibrated algorithm, the CAS relied first on eCaps data, secondarily on pill count, and the adherence questionnaire if eCaps data was missing due to an eCap malfunction. We calculated the number of the days the patient was fully adherent, number of days of partial adherence (e.g., opened the eCap fewer times than prescribed), or number of days of nonadherence when they did not take any prescribed pills. Patients who dropped out of the study and provided no further follow-up data were considered nonadherent for the remainder of the study period. We calculated the therapy-adherent period as a proportion of the total intended treatment period or proportion of days of full adherence, # of fully adherent days / # of days in treatment.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 79 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Self-identifies as Hispanic
- Meets Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 4th edition criteria for major depressive disorder (MDD)
- Score of 16 or higher on Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM-D17) at study entry
- Willing to abstain from other psychotropic medications not included in the Texas Medication Algorithm (TMA) for depression, as clinically indicated, for the duration of the study. Zolpidem for insomnia will be allowed.
- Fluency in English or Spanish
Exclusion Criteria:
- Acute suicidality
- History of schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, schizoaffective disorder, depression with psychotic features, or organic brain syndromes
- Alcohol or other substance abuse or dependence (except nicotine) within 6 months prior to study entry
- Clinically unstable medical disease, including narrow-angle glaucoma or increased intra-ocular pressure
- Systemic blood pressure of 140/90 mm Hg or less
- Liver function test values two times above the normal level
- Pregnant or breastfeeding
- Sexually active women not using an effective method of birth control
- Current or past history of seizure disorder (except febrile seizure in childhood)
- Receiving effective medication for MDD
- Unable to tolerate or unwilling to accept drug-free period of varying length: 1 week for benzodiazepines taken as needed; 2 weeks for buspirone, lithium, anticonvulsants, stimulants, barbiturates, opiates, and regular-use benzodiazepines (except clonazepam); and 5 weeks for clonazepam
- Received electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) within 3 months prior to study entry
- Parkinson's disease, dementia of any type, or cognitive impairment
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00564278
|United States, New York
|New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive
|New York, New York, United States, 10032
|Principal Investigator:
|Roberto Lewis-Fernandez, MD
|New York State Psychiatric Institute
|Responsible Party:
|New York State Psychiatric Institute
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R01MH077226 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|November 27, 2007 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|March 10, 2016
|Last Update Posted:
|March 10, 2016
|Last Verified:
|August 2014
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
Hispanic Americans
Major Depressive Disorder
Antidepressant Therapy
Motivational Interviewing
Treatment Retention
Treatment Adherence
Depressive Disorder
Behavioral Symptoms
Mood Disorders
Mental Disorders
Antidepressive Agents
Psychotropic Drugs


text: Dead Poets Society is a 1989 American drama film written by Tom Schulman, directed by Peter Weir and starring Robin Williams. Set at the conservative and aristocratic Welton Academy in the northeast United States in 1959, it tells the story of an English teacher who inspires his students through his teaching of poetry. The film received critical acclaim and box office success; it was also BAFTA's best film and best foreign film in France and Italy. Schulman received an Academy Award for ... more on Wikipedia


text:
Protecting Kids From Skin Cancer
Pediatric Melanoma's on the Rise: Protect Your Kids!
As POPSUGAR editors, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you'll like too. POPSUGAR has affiliate and advertising partnerships so we get revenue from sharing this content and from your purchase.
Pediatric Melanoma's on the Rise: Protect Your Kids!
We're more than halfway through the Summer, so you've had plenty of opportunities to get into the sun and soak up some vitamin D. But have you been soaking up more than you bargained for out there? Melanoma's on the rise, and a recent article in the journal Pediatrics reports that incidences of pediatric skin cancer have risen two percent each year on average, a scary statistic if you think about the number of children playing in the sun each day. Harder to detect in kids than adults, signs of pediatric melanoma include tumors that are symmetrical and lacking pigmentation, rather than abnormally shaped dark bumps on adults.
The surest way to protect kids from the deadly disease is to shield them from the sun whenever possible. Lucky for you, it's easy and more fashionable to do than you think! Click through for our complete guide to keeping little ones safe all Summer long.


text:
Main Menu
Member's Area
Featured Module
To have a featured module like this, please type -featured in Module Class Suffix field. This will make the module to be marked as more important.
Easy Serving Templates
- Details
- Written by Super User
Hot Coffeine is Joomla template with smell of coffee! If you like to drink espresso, you probably know how complicated it could be to prepare it. Coffee companies often use term "Easy Serving Espresso" for new methods of making a delicious cup of espresso at home, with ease. With Joomla templates from HotJoomlaTemplates.com you can "prepare" your eye-catching website in less than hour. That's why we are calling our templates "Easy Serving Templates".
Target users of this template are coffee companies, cafe bars, restaurants, internet cafes, coffee resellers. But, with 5 pre-defined styles and infinite color selections, you can use it for any other purpose.
Featuring 9 Effects Rotator
- Details
- Written by Super User
Brand new module HOT Effects Rotator is included with this template. It's simple, yet powerful image slideshow module. This module makes slideshow presentations with selection of 9 transition effects. It's fully configurable, simple image rotator, based on jQuery 1.4. In module parameters, you have control over module display. You can change width, height, and select effects parameters. It's possible to add internal or external link for each image in rotation. Also, if you like, you can write description text for any image in rotation.
- Articles View Hits
- 32019
Who's Online
We have 64 guests and no members online


text:
New SawFly Eyewear System
The new Sawfly Eyewear features a redesigned frame, Comms Compatible arms, new Comfort Nosepiece, an extended lens and new retention system. The result is a superior eye protection product that provides optimal comfort, fit and gear compatibility without compromising ballistic performance, optics or durability.
The system's multiple changes provide significant end-user gains; the Sawfly Eyewear's redesigned frame not only features an aggressive new look but it facilitates lens changing with the new quick-change lens system. New Comms Compatible arms are leaner and longer for the utmost comfort, equipment compatibility and retention; their overmolded undercarriage provides shock absorption and grip while their thinner profile ensures that hearing protection works as designed. The eyewear's new Comfort Nosepiece has been reengineered for enhanced comfort, retention and durability; it features a softer durometer nosepad which provides added grip and cushioning. The Sawfly's new extended lens provides greater lateral lens coverage for full side-impact protection—without compromising airflow and anti-fog performance. Finally, the system's new Secure-Snap retention band clips firmly into the frame, keeping eyewear in place, even during high activity missions.
Like its predecessor, the new Sawfly Military Eyewear System provides the same superior ballistics, exceeding ANSI Z87.1-2010 and military ballistic impact requirements MIL-PRF-31013, clause 22.214.171.124 and MIL-DTL-43511D, clause 3.5.10; the same flawless optics for distortion-free vision; and the same rugged durability to protect and perform through all the rigors of combat.
The two-lens Sawfly U.S. Military Eyewear System makes its debut at the 2010 AUSA Annual Meeting with a retail price tag of $89.99 MSRP—the same best-value price as the previous model. The three-lens Sawfly Eyewear Deluxe Kit retails for $119.99 MSRP, also with no price increase. Available December 1, 2010.
For full product details visit www.revisioneyewear.com


text:
Hi everybody,
I just did a clean install of Debian Stretch, everything went smooth, nVidia drivers installed without a hitch. Very stable!!
However when trying to theme her I noticed the window borders will not change and the default looks terrible, font looks funky and the border has a slight transparency to it and a white line around the borders.
I'm not sure how to go about fixing it or is it supposed to be like that or a bug?
Anybody else encountered this and can it be fixed.
Thanks in advance


text:
Vodafone has become the first carrier to say that it'll sell Dell's newly announced Inspiron Mini 9 little laptop.
And it'll be the only carrier to do so. It has the European carrier exclusive on sales of the Small, Cheap(ish) Computer with a built-in HSDPA modem.
That's an accessory notably absent from Dell's own website this morning, despite the fact that the vendor's own support site reveals the SCC has a user-accessible slot for just such a device.
Dell said this afternoon that it too will sell the HSDPA-enabled Mini, presumably with Vodafone airtime.
Dell's been working with Vodafone for years to offer a range or regular laptops with integrated 3G and, later, HSDPA network connectivity.
Unfortunately, that long-running partnership hasn't enabled the two to work out yet what the carrier is going to charge for the 9 - if, indeed, it doesn't entirely subsidise the £299 the Dell wants punters to pay for the machine.
It's not hard to imagine the 9 being offered for free on top-of-the-range monthly airtime packages, for example.
Vodafone said it will spill the beans in the "coming weeks". It'll sell the HSDPA-equipped Mini from "late September".


text:
Thanksgiving turkey stuffing Cuban style
Marta I. Quintana, owner/executive chef of Havana Road Artisanal Foods/Cuban Cafe
Serves 2-4
2 t. olive oil
1/2 c. chopped green bell pepper, minced
1/2 c. chopped yellow onion minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 of a Spanish chorizo cut into ¼ inch thick cuts
1 c. uncooked long grain rice
15 oz. can black beans (don't drain)
1 1/2 c. water
1 t. salt
1 t. garlic powder
1 t. onion powder
1/2 t. cumin
1/2 t. black pepper
1/2 t. oregano
1 bay leaf
In a heavy medium sized pot, heat oil on medium heat. Add onions, peppers and garlic , chorizo and saute until soft, about 5-6 minutes.
Add rice, beans, water, cumin, bay leaf, oregano, garlic powder, onion powder and salt and pepper.
Simmer on medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until the rice absorbs most of the water and just barely skims the top of the rice.
Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer 20 minute (don't peek). Make sure you have a good seal on your cover, the steam cooks the rice. After 20 minutes, shut flame off and let it sit, covered another 5 minutes (don't open the lid).


text:
Texas Gov. Perry signs 'Merry Christmas' bill into law
AUSTIN, Texas (Fox News) – Surrounded by sleigh bell-ringing Santa Claus impersonators, Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday signed a law protecting Christmas and other holiday celebrations in Texas public schools from legal challenges – but also stressed that freedom of religion is not the same thing as freedom from religion.
It was a serious tone for an otherwise fun bill-signing and should bolster the governor's Christian conservative credentials before he travels to Washington for the Faith & Freedom Coalition's "Road to Majority" conference with the likes of tea party darlings and U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida, Kentucky's Rand Paul and fellow Texan Ted Cruz.
Dubbed the "Merry Christmas" bill, the bipartisan measure sailed through the state House and Senate to reach Perry's desk.
It removes legal risks of saying "Merry Christmas" in schools while also protecting traditional holiday symbols, such as a menorah or nativity scene, so long as more than one religion and a secular symbol are also reflected.
"I realize it's only June. But it's a good June and the holidays are coming early this year," Perry said. " It's a shame that a bill like this one I'm signing today is even required, but I'm glad that we're standing up for religious freedom in this state. Religious freedom does not mean freedom from religion."
During the last Sunday of the legislative session on May 26, Rep. Donna Howard, an Austin Democrat, gave the Texas House's daily prayer.
"We are fortunate to live in a country where we have the freedom to exercise the religion of our choosing while also being free from having any religion imposed upon us," said Howard, herself a Unitarian Universalist.
Her words prompted some conservative lawmakers to hold their own, separate prayer session moments later.
Perry did not mention Howard or her prayer, but invited to the signing ceremony cheerleaders from Kountze High School in East Texas. They were briefly barred by their school district from displaying banners with bible verses at football games. Perry decried the ban and a judge eventually ruled it violated students' free speech rights.
The governor said Thursday that the law was for believers like the Kountze cheerleaders, who wore red "I cheer for Jesus" T-shirts.
The Faith & Freedom Coalition is a conservative, grass-roots advocacy group whose conference runs through the weekend. Perry heads to Washington on Friday.
The bill's sponsor, Republican Rep. Dwayne Bohac of Houston, said he drafted it after discovering that his son's school erected a "holiday tree" in December because any mention of Christmas could spark litigation.
"We hope that this is a fire that will take off and become laws in the other 49 states," said Bohac, who said his bill has attracted national attention.
He added of Perry: "This is not a governor that shirks away from the tough issues. And this should not be a tough issue, which is what's even amazing about all this. But this is just political correctness that's run a-muck and our brains have been completely fallen out as a result."
As Perry signed the bill, 10 members of a group called the Lone Star Santas – with long white beards but wearing colorful summer garb rather than their traditional red suits – cheered and rang bells. Standing behind Perry's desk was Glenn Westberry, or "Santa G" from Houston, and Rabbi Zev Johnson of the Rohr Chabad Jewish Center at the University of Texas.
Both cheered the bill, with Westberry saying he has been "persona non grata in Texas schools for too long." Johnson joked, "I thought this was the 'Happy Hanukkah' law."


text:
MINNEAPOLIS - As his 23rd season as an NBA coach entered the home stretch, Rick Adelman looked tired.
Tired of trying to wring a few more wins out of a talented, defensively deficient roster. Tired of getting on an airplane at midnight after a game and landing somewhere across the country at 3 a.m. Tired, most of all, of putting his wife Mary Kay and her lingering health issues second to a job that, when done right, is all-consuming.
So when he finally decided to step away, announcing his retirement from the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday, he did so with mixed feelings about the pressure-cooker life he is leaving behind and the one that awaits him.
"It becomes your life, your family's life, an everyday routine," Adelman said of the NBA. "It's a real grind. You get some time off in the summer but it's pretty much on your mind all the time, so there's some sadness but there's also a relief. I'm ready and my wife's ready to move on to another phase. We're looking forward to that."
Adelman and the Timberwolves had a mutual option in place in the four-year contract he signed in 2011. His announcement did not come as a surprise after the Wolves finished a disappointing 40-42, but it nevertheless marked an unceremonious end to a career that includes 1,042 victories, putting him eighth on the NBA's career list. He coached Western Conference powers in Portland and Sacramento and also had stops in Golden State and Houston.
Adelman said the time is right for him to step aside and spend more time with Mary Kay, who has been treated for seizures over the last two years. He also thinks the Wolves need a fresh voice to help them try to persuade star power forward Kevin Love to remain in Minnesota.
"If anything, I felt if I coached another year and then his future comes up and my future is gone, that makes it even harder," Adelman said. "I think it's best for the organization to have somebody else coaching the team, give them a year to see what they can do and hear that voice. I think that's a much more positive situation for the organization. I feel strongly about that."
After missing the playoffs for the third straight season, the 67-year-old Adelman decided it was time to walk away from one of the most quietly influential coaching careers in NBA history. The introverted coach worked below the radar for most of his career, but his impact on the league is unquestioned.
Adelman won at least 50 games in a season 11 times in his career, led the Portland Trail Blazers to two NBA Finals appearances and then developed a post-passing offence in Sacramento that continues to influence the league. He had more modest success with Houston and Minnesota, but walks away with his fingerprints all over the league.
While with the Kings, Adelman worked with assistant and former Princeton coach Pete Carril to fine-tune his famed "corner" offence, a precision system that maximized the talents of big men Chris Webber, Vlade Divac and Brad Miller, all of whom were gifted passers from the elbow of the lane.
"A lot of people have run the elbow action, but no one's run it like him," Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. "He started doing it in Portland and then in Sac, everywhere he's gone he's won for the most part. He's one of the better coaches that we've ever had in the league and a lot of people don't realize that. And I think that's too bad. But he's been good for the game. He's brought a lot to the game."
"I've stolen from him, very honestly," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said.
Adelman's final season in Minnesota was a frustrating one, with Nikola Pekovic missing 28 games, Chase Budinger never fully healthy after off-season knee surgery and a team that beat the Thunder, Heat, Spurs, Grizzlies, Rockets and Pacers but also lost to the Kings, Magic and Jazz.
Now the team heads into a precarious summer, with President Flip Saunders needing to find the right coach and make the right personnel moves to keep Love, who can opt out of his contract after next season.
Michigan State's Tom Izzo, a friend of Saunders for years, ESPN analyst George Karl and former Memphis coach Lionel Hollins are among the candidates likely to be considered to take over a team that has the longest-running playoff drought in the league at 10 years. Saunders himself could also take over, though owner Glen Taylor has said he prefers to keep Saunders in the front office.
Saunders hinted Monday that a coach who has experience running the show is the preference.
"Be demanding, hold players accountable, just like any good coach, everyone has the same formula what you are looking for," Saunders said. "We are more geared toward bringing someone who has a track record, who's had some success."
Adelman said he had "a sour taste" with how this season finished, especially with a lacklustre effort in a season-ending home loss to the Jazz. He's not sure what he's going to do with all his free time. Probably play a lot of golf, definitely spend Christmas at home with his family and just maybe — "You never say never" — listen to another coaching offer down the road.
Adelman said a return is very unlikely, and it sounded believable when he was asked what it was going to feel like to wake up on Tuesday morning without the job to worry about. He smiled and his face brightened.
"It's going to be good," he said.
Follow Jon Krawczynski on Twitter: http://twitter.com/APKrawczynski


text:
Phil Rudd
|Drummer - Politician
|Years Active
|1970something to we dunno
|Cock Stompin' rock n roll - Karaoke Kombat
|AC/DC - That band with Angry Anderson - Bee Gees - The Wiggles
|Turn on's
|Fast cars - boats - Helicopters
|Turn Off's
|Simon Wright, Chris Slade, <insert name here>'s mom
"He sure can hit it hard from behind, I hear he drums well, too"
"I liked him better when he shaved his head in the Thunderstruck video"
"Phills sperm glows in the dark!"
Phillip Huge "19 Incha" Rubbabitch later changed to Phil Rudd, is the current drummer for legendary hard rock act AC/DC, as well as current Prime Minister of Australia. Rudd has thumped out many of the known hits of AC/DC since the days when night clubs where known as roller disco's and gotten kicks out of raising taxes on beer so he can consume more of it for himself while flying pissed (drunk) in his many helicopters he likes to fly down close enough to beaches to blow clothing off of sunbathing women. From an early age Phil loved to bang things, ever since he entered the world by humping his way through his mother's belly button and smacked the doctor in the face while threatening to shove that thermometer up the nurses arse if she didn't piss off with that thermometer and get him a smoke to suck on right away.
Phil grew up in Melbourne Australia where he quoted as, "Beautiful one day, shithouse the rest" to the time he was 17 when he stopped beating up the little old ladies at the bingo hall and decided beating the shit out of a drum kit might earn him more dough (money). He hung with a tough crowed, and always ready for a brawl, and him and his high school sweet heart, Angry Anderson put together a rock n roll band to show the streets how to play like a real rock n roller then the crap that Molly Meldrum was ramming down everyone's necks on Countdown
They called there band "Buster Brown" but is more remembered today as "Ya know that band Phil was in with that bald guy from Rose Tattoo?" to which gets a typical Aussie reply of "Naught" (pronunciation: nut - translation: nope). The name came from there agent telling them to tone down the name as they could not market a group called "I'll break your shitter open if you keep looking at me, cunt". Buster Brown toured the pubs of Melbourne for a short period before they where banned from playing anywhere for always turning up to a gig and gang banging the bouncers before playing a number. Some nights they just gang banged the whole bar and forgot to even play anything before starting brawls and punching on with anyone who wanted to fight with them. One of the biggest riots they caused was the night they burned down the "Star Hotel" and blamed it on Jimmy Barnes & Cold Chisel
It was at that time that authorities had to break the group up, labeling them as misfit degenerates with low self esteem and commitment issues. Angry Anderson went and formed another band called Rose Tattoo while Phil was arrested for assault with a battery which he inserted up a young Steve Irwin's rectum for excessive use of the word "Crikey" which is perfectly understandable in anyone's opinion, but he did do 6 months jail time for it.
Phil did his time in prison, and on release, found that Angry Anderson had been cheating on him, and left him for another drummer in a group called "Rose Tattoo" that Anderson was now the lead singer for. When finding that another man was thumping away from behind the group, Phil's heart broke into a million pieces. Phil became bitter, and angry about it, and vowed he would find a band that he could bang behind that would bang harder then any back banger in a band could.
One day, Phil attended his first drumming class, where he learned how to keep a standard 4/4 beat. He never showed up to class again. This is shown in every AC/DC song, where he demonstrates his intricate drumming knowledge for the whole song, playing the same beat over and over again.
Phil had heard of this group that sounded better then Rose Tattoo named AC/DC, and he turned up to one of there gigs one night halfway through the show, climbed on stage, and kicked AC/DC's current drummer in the head, dislocating his jaw, then kicking his motionless carcass off stage, then sat down and took over on drums saying, "I'm ya new fucking drummer now, ya got a problem with it, i'll gang bang you" in which brothers Angus and Malcolm Young where not going to risk there own heads being kicked in like they just witnessed Phil do to there current drummer. Luckily for AC/DC, Phil was a much better drummer then the dweeb they had, and AC/DC kept Phil on as there official drummer, in both fear for there own safety, and that no one would fuck with them with him around.
Soon complication a rose with there new drummer, as a festival was to be held where AC/DC where to be the headline act in Sunbury (Australia) but got into confrontation when Deep Purple said they where the better band and should headline. Phil didn't even raise an eye brow before he clobbered one of Deep Purples members in the mouth with his foot and threw himself on top of another guy with a Lou thesz press and begun buttering him up to be a potential gang bang victim. Both AC/DC and Deep Purple never got to play that day and the headline act was Billy Thorpe & The Assticks.
Just 4 years later after making himself a member of AC/DC, the band was kicked out of Australia because Phil still hadn't learned to control himself from gang banging bouncers or other bands roadies. So the band headed to the U.K where AC/DC could start a fresh, and gangbanging laws where not as strict as the laws in Australia. When the band landed on European soil for the first time, the band had to convince Phil that he needed to concentrate on drumming, not go seeking out the Sex Pistols because Phil heard a rumor they thought Fords where better then Holdens. Phil kept his side of the promise, and soon enough AC/DC where dominating Europe.
AC/DC's success had led them to start making a name for themselves in the USA and Phil and Bon had become good friends and both enjoyed a good brawl and gangbang from time to time, some days you would even see them tag the other to take over the current gangbang-ee (is that a word? fuck it, it is now) but things where really starting to get out of hand when AC/DC where touring with Black Sabbath and Malcolm had a knife pulled on him by Geezer Butler because Geezer thought it was Malcolm who said to Bon, "Lets gangbang that little emo prick" in which Phil was already sneaking up behind Geezer to butt fuck his arse when Ozzy Osbourne came in and broke it up saying Geezer was just so high on drugs he was imagining things. Geezer then went and took out his frustrations on what he thought was a person, but was actually a statue and tried to head butt it, but ended up laying himself out unconscious. Phil said he would take Geezer back to his room to rest, as he carried him down the hotel corridors with Bon Scott skipping cheekily behind.
In 1979 AC/DC released there biggest album of that time, Highway To Hell, in which Phil tried to write the only piece of known material the band has admitted to, with the title called "Beating Up Bastards And Punching Them In The Cock 100 Times Before I Gang Bang Them" which was later re-arranged by Bon & changed to "Beating Around The Bush" which Phil would always have a cheeky grin on his face as he played the song, knowing that Bon was singing alternate lyrics. Also that same year Phil broke his hand on some guys face and had to sit out for 6 weeks after a dispute he got into with someone over if Little Richard was visitor to Vegemite Vally or not. Phil had to sit in the audience, and promise not to gang bang anyone. But once his hand was better, he jumped up on stage and re-created the same moment he did when he first joined the band... to the same guy too, then he and Bon gang banged him after the show was over.
1980 dawned on the band, and only 2 months later Bon Scott was found dead. That moment brought tears to Phil's eyes, as he had not just lost a good friend, but a heavy weight gang banging tag-team partner. After Bon's funeral, the decision to keep the band going with a replacement singer was official. But Phil knew no one could fill the shoes of Bon as a gang banging contender by his side.
Brian Johnson was elected into the band, and Phil got along well with him, but the frustration of having to gang bang as a solo performer was getting the better of him. Phil tried to show Brian the ways of the backdoor force, but his padawan trainee was just too old to begin the training. It was during the 1983 Flick Of The Switch recording that Phil snapped and grabbed Brian by the hair and threw his face into the ground and began unzipping his pants yelling, "I'LL SHOW YOU HOW IT'S DONE" it was at the moment the rest of the band ran into to find out what the commotion was about had to force Phil off of Brian's rear end. The decision was made that Phil was to finish the drumming for the album, then go home, and get rehab. He was kicked out of AC/DC and replaced by Simon Wright who was hired because he was a eunuch.
Life After AC/DC[edit]
Phil arrived home, but was immediately kicked out of Australia again for gangbanging the customs official when he arrived and they asked if he had any fruit to declare. So Phil moved to New Zealand to seek the guidance and therapy of Dolly The Sheep it took several years sessions before Phil would open up and start talking about his issues, instead of trying to successfully mount the sheep from behind. Phil finally was cured of his disorder in 1993 and turned his attentions to living on a boat, where his therapist recommended taking his sexual frustrations out on things that can't snitch on you, like Dolphins and Penguins, which led to a tragic accident of slapping a Great White Shark in the mouth yelling, "I said deep throat, BITCH" that proceeded to bite Phil's family jewels and tackle line completely off.
Phil went into a dark depression for 6 months before he was able to get over the loss of his genitalia. But with the high levels of testosterone out of his system, and a shitload of Zoloft & Valiums Phil was able to focus on starting his own business by starting up a helicopter company for tourists who wanted to see New Zealand from the sky.
However, by the end of 1993, Phil had grown a little tired of it, and was becoming more depressed by it. He asked his therapist what a man with no balls should do for a living? And the answer was simple, go into Australian politics. So by the time 1994 had come, Phil was already on the campaign wagon to become the Prime Minister of Australia. However, the campaign was cut short for now, as AC/DC where in town, and heard Phil had gotten his shit together.
Back In Black, Behind The Kit[edit]
AC/DC where on the final leg of their tour in New Zealand and had requested Phil come to see them after the show that night. In which Phil obliged to, and Angus and Malcolm could see Phil was a changed man, if he even still was one. They asked Phil if he wanted to come back, because there current drummer Chris Slade was costing them too much in turtle wax and Shaving Cream for his head. Phil said he would be glad to, and almost went to Chris Slade to gangbang him, then stopped, and pleasantly winked at the guys and held up his thumb.
Phil was now officially back behind the drum kit for AC/DC, and soon was recording there next album in 1995 called "Ballbreaker" which they wrote as a tribute to the shark that bit off Phil's nuts. They toured, and released a tribute to Bon in 1997, then recorded Stiff Upper Lip in 2000 that was actually just the Young brothers mocking Phil in secrecy, but Phil could take a joke now, and laughed along with it as it was all in good fun, even tho Phil could no longer have a stiff upper anything.
AC/DC wrapped up the SUL tour in 2001, and only played a couple of gigs from then until 2008 which gave Phil the chance to run for the head of parliament he had intended to.
Prime Minsiter Rudd[edit]
Now that AC/DC where taking a break to work on a new album for 100 years, Phil turned his concentration onto working his way up as a member of the Australian Federal Eunuch Party. Where his policies where welcomed by everyone as he promised to lower taxes on beer, legalize marijuana, bring back "Hey, Hey, It's Saturday", cancel "Home & Away" & put a ban on John Farnham's next come-back tour. These where the kind of policies that Australia had been begging for, for years now. And Phil quickly over the next few years rose higher and higher up the political ranks, and then in 2008 bypassed every government position left as a lynch mob kicked the current PM out of office to swear Phil in as Australia's new Prime Minister when Phil made a new policy to get Richard Wilkins & Julia Morris kicked off Australian TV forever.
However, now that Phil has been sworn in as Australia's Prime Minister, he has yet to execute any of his policies as Angus and Malcolm Young called him just after wards and said, "Oi, right-e-o. Get ya arse ova 'ere to record the new record". So Phil was on the next plane out to meet up with the band to begin recording their new album.
Newspapers in Australia went ballistic that there PM would just get up, leave the country to go play rock n roll. Asking the question, what damage would this do to the country? Phil's reply to that was simply, "Cant fuck it up any worse then John Howard did!"
Currently Phil is banging AC/DC from behind as he does best (even though he's only humping the air now) on there current 2009-2010 Black Ice world tour. Phil will return after the tour to lead Australia into World War III, as he reckons it will be good to have a war started by a country that people can look back in 100 years and have a laugh about it.


text:
Trip to the US: Stanford Shopping Center
>> Monday, May 13, 2013
One of the few things that you can do if you happen to be in Palo Alto is to pop-by the Stanford Shopping Center. It has all sorts of shops & restaurants, some of which we also have back in Malaysia e.g. Gap, Ralph Lauren, & California Pizza Kitchen, to name a few.
I think these are foxgloves :D SO PRETTY!
Look at the row of flowers....ahhh....shooou naaiiiseee..
More flowers :)
Large rose...isn't it pretty?
They also have the Sigona's Farmers Market, which offers an abundance of fresh & dried fruits, fresh vegetables, wine, nuts, & more!
One of the many brands/shopping areas in the Stanford Shopping Center
There's a shop that sells all sorts of kitchen-related items: my dream kitchen!!
I would LOVE to have my own kitchen with a stove, oven, baking equipment, & a larder full of food items, spices, & sauces that I can use for cooking! *dreams*
Good quality pots & pans would be great!
And not to forget, a good set of knives! Ah...dream dream...
There's nothing really WOW about the Stanford Shopping Center, but it does offer most of the basic things that you'll need if you're there for work/leisure. Up next, I'll share some photos on my little "tour" at the well-known, IV League university, Stanford University! Stay tuned ;)
Just the basics will do,