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The First Edition, fronted by Kenny Rogers a full decade before he drifted towards mainstream country mega stardom, was a genre-bending band responsible for seven Top 40 hits, including "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)", "But You Know I Love You," "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town," "Reuben James," "Something's Burning," and "Tell It All Brother."
Featuring co-leader Terry Williams on lead guitar, former Bob Dylan drummer Mickey Jones, Mike Settle on rhythm guitar [replaced by Kin Vassy and later Jimmy Hassell], Thelma Camacho on vocals/tambourine [replaced by Mary Arnold Miller], piano virtuoso Gene Lorenzo, and Rogers on bass, the group was certainly difficult to categorize during their eight-year sojourn.
The band was adept at delivering contemporary pop with socially conscious messages, hard rock, folk, ballads, or country at the drop of a hat. There were multiple lead singers, and the band composed and performed much of its own material. And who could forget the psychedelic image of "Hippie Kenny" – resplendent with long hair, bushy brown beard streaked with gray, groovy clothes, pink sunglasses and earring.
A record deal with Frank Sinatra's hip Reprise Records [coincidentally owned by Rogers' new Warner Bros. label] signaled a band at the forefront of the late '60s rock movement. "Just Dropped In", written by the underrated Mickey Newbury, made the group a household name. Though sometimes seen as a parody of a drug song, it actually was about Newbury's strange psychedelic experience. It hit the Billboard Top Five in March 1968.
Did the band recognize the song's commercial appeal? In a brief interview with Williams, the lead guitarist admitted that "we knew it was special but never thought about the iconic hit it would become. Our debut album had several potential singles, including 'I Found a Reason', which enjoyed some regional success.
"The second single off the album was 'Just Dropped In.' Our arrangement, plus the creative production of Mike Post who turned Glen Campbell's guitar around up front and put the background voices through a Leslie speaker, made the production as unique as the song."
The hits kept on coming as the group showcased their remarkable songwriting, production and musicianship on many seminal recordings, including the acclaimed Ballad of Calico album. The First Edition also landed a popular variety series, entitled Rollin' on the River. Rollin' spotlighted such legendary artists as Rick Nelson, B.B. King, B.J. Thomas, Al Green and Tina Turner.
Declining sales, new musical trends and creative differences eventually undermined the band in late 1975. Within a year, Rogers had his first number one solo single, the narrative-driven "Lucille." Jones continued to hone his acting skills, finding a huge audience in the '90s on Tim Allen's Home Improvement. Arnold married genius country songwriter Roger Miller and toured with his stage show. Vassy and Williams appeared on multiple Rogers' albums, while the latter also operated Rogers' Lion Share Recording Studio in the '80s.
On Wednesday, Sept. 25, Rogers makes another stop on his acclaimed "Through the Years" World Tour at the hallowed shrine of country music – the Ryman Auditorium. The singer will be playing a prestigious benefit for the John Hiatt Fund for Adolescent Treatment at Cumberland Heights. Visit Rogers' official website for the full details.
The remainder of the year will be busy and rewarding for the legendary gambler, as his first major label album in years, You Can't Make Old Friends, arrives in October on Warner Bros. A reunion on the title cut with "Islands in the Stream" duet partner Dolly Parton is especially generating buzz.
It is debatable whether Rogers would have become a chart-topping solo artist had he not honed his musical technique as a member of The First Edition. Despite eventually billing Rogers up front, The First Edition was a bona fide democracy which relied on the sum of its parts.
Unfortunately, the band's legacy isn't given much respect today. They continue to be unjustly passed over for inclusion into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Fans wishing to track down First Edition music have to filter through countless public domain releases. For MP3's on iTunes/Amazon, only select greatest hits can be found, and those are mistakenly located under Rogers' name. In a good omen of things to possibly come, the group, minus Rogers, has been holding rehearsals at Williams' Nashville home.
Mike Eder, author of Elvis Music FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the King's Recorded Works, is prepared to wage battle over his favorite band's long-neglected status in '60s pop rock. Currently interviewing band members for their first authorized biography, the author graciously took time away from his busy schedule to speak at length regarding his remarkable fascination with The First Edition.
- The Mike Eder / First Edition Interview
Many Kenny Rogers fans have no idea that he was once a member of The First Edition. Why has the band been nearly forgotten?
The band is the most neglected of what I consider the great groups in rock and roll, and it's largely not their fault. They just never got picked up on by the so-called critics of the day in any proper fashion.
The First Edition aimed at all age groups and attempted a lot of different things. They were very early in combining a blend of rock, folk, country, and even a little jazz. Clearly their music was distinctly progressive, but being entertainers was a full part of who they were at a time when many of those "hipper than thou" considered that a crime.
Why they were so good comes down to musical quality and the way they blended their diverse talents. Harmonically, they were especially impressive, and it should be noted that a younger Kenny naturally had a greater harmonic range. They had the ideal career from a creative standpoint in that they were together long enough to create a body of work, but not together long enough to let it get stale.
Conversely, with a solo career as long as Kenny's, not everything is going to be of the same quality. The commercial and creative success of the best of his solo output speaks for itself. Having said that, it might be fair to say that "Love Woman" may appeal to a different audience than "Through the Years.
Since Kenny has gained so many millions of fans, some of his material is not necessarily going to appeal to the same audience that would potentially like the First Edition. Thus they remain uninvestigated by audiences who I know would love their work.
Their records have not been reissued in their original form, and compilations that come out often don't credit let alone pay them. Most of these reissues only credit Kenny, despite the fact that he didn't sing lead on a third of the songs.
It hasn't helped that much of their work has only been reissued on cheap public domain LP's and CD's, and it has been mistreated badly. The public domain releases totally make a mess of The First Edition's artistic intent, and frankly butcher their work. Their post-1972 Calico material has never been reissued in any form or format, save for one song on a Kenny box set and a track used on a 1985 compilation.
When Kin Vassy [rhythm guitar/vocals/songwriter] and Jimmy Hassell [he replaced Vassy in 1972] passed away, there was very little coverage outside of perhaps a brief note in Billboard. The First Edition hasn't had the accolades nor credit they deserve, and I feel too many people under 40 don't consciously know who they are.
That said, when I have played people their music it goes over well in most cases, even with college age listeners. Especially when I mention "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" being in The Big Lebowski [1998], then it clicks. Their music is heard and enjoyed, but usually not in a form that really showcases the group in any clear way.
The fact that The 13th Floor Elevators (produced by Lelan Rogers, Kenny's brother) who were indeed cool, but much more obscure, get full reissues and a plethora of articles really says something to me about how much The First Edition get unjustly ignored.
What is the best way to introduce non-fans to The First Edition?
For someone with no knowledge or who might be mislead stylistically by the adult contemporary direction Kenny eventually went in, I recommend reading a biographical article I did with The First Edition's help on Wikipedia.
Then I would either show them video clips or play them their greatest hits. If they like those songs and wish to pursue it further, I would have them listen to their first self titled LP (1967), First Edition '69, Something's Burning (1970), Ballad of Calico (1972) and Monumental (1973).
How would you rate the group's essential albums?
Their debut album is good because it gives you an idea of Mike Settle's songwriting talent at its very best, all four of the original members get to sing strong leads, and it has a cool L.A. '60s vibe to it. Thelma had an unusually passionate voice, and a very charismatic seductive presence. The early press was largely about her.
First Edition '69 was the last LP with the original lineup, and it shows a musical progression. The members seem to have each found their niche, and the writing and playing is all top notch.
Something's Burning shows the second phase of the band to its best advantage. Settle and Camacho had left by this point and were replaced by Kin Vassy and Mary Arnold.
While Kenny was pretty much in the forefront for this release, there are a lot of well chosen covers including a version of "Elvira" that comes 10 years before the Oak Ridge Boys made it a hit.
Kenny, Kin, and Terry wrote a few great songs, Vassy's fantastic vocals sharpened the harmonies, and even Mike gave them a new song. It was their most successful LP and captures them at the height of their popularity, and they sound on top of the world.
Calico was a very special album that saw a studio return to more democracy within the band. It's a country/rock concept LP done several years before Willie Nelson and the like popularized those type of releases.
All the songs are based on real people and events that happened in the silver mining town of Calico back in the late 1800's. It stands as their greatest creative statement and most rewarding piece of work. The First Edition never sounded pretentious while doing serious material.
Mary does some great harmonies and sings a few leads acting out some of the more distinct female characters. Kin and Terry really get to shine as vocalists right alongside Kenny showing themselves to be as uniquely individual as he was. Every member blended well together but Kenny, Terry, and Kin developed this really cool blend. For proof outside Calico, listen to "Heed the Call" (a top 40 hit in 1970) or Kenny's 1981 track, "Blaze of Glory."
Monumental has Kin gone and singer/songwriter/guitarist Jimmy Hassell taking his place. Jimmy was a hard edged vocalist like Kin, but less country influenced and more funk oriented. Also added to the lineup by this point was Gene Lorenzo who was and is a brilliant piano player/keyboardist.
It has the hardest rock of their career, something Kenny and Terry were very adept at. It integrates the new members extremely well with Hassell's "Something About Your Song" being a highlight.
The centerpiece of the record was a great Dr. John inspired medley, "The Hoodooin' of Miss Fanny DeBerry"/"The Ritual" (written by Alex Harvey), that is very dark and theatrical. Besides, it is funky as hell.
Kenny later rerecorded much of this LP solo but added polish didn't replace the spark captured in the original recordings. In retrospect it's largely because he no longer came off as comfortable with the harder rock that seems so natural in the context of the group setting. They all brought out creative sides of each other that were lost after they broke up.
What were some of the group's best singles during their early years?
Most of their singles were very well chosen. It's hard for me to choose but here are my 11 favorites. Their first 45 was "I Found a Reason" (1967), which was written and sung with a lot of fire by Mike Settle. The harmonies are terrific, and it's very commercial. A great '60s pop record [a video is included at the top left of this article].
"Just Dropped In" (1967) is intense acid rock with a very strong performance from Kenny on lead and Terry on guitar.
"But You Know I Love You" (1968) is a great Mike Settle love song that has not aged one day since it came out. Kenny and Mike sing the lead together, and it is the best mix of their folk roots and their current pop/rock sound.
"Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" (1969) is a brilliant three minutes of country-tinged music. Mickey Jones' drumming is amazing, and Terry's guitar licks, Thelma and Mike's harmonies, and Kenny's nuanced, passionate lead, make for a fantastic listening experience. It also was quite timely. Mel Tillis wrote it about Korea, and it was brave and daring to come out with a record that sympathized with veterans returning from Vietnam. Because of the fact that it can be applied to any war, "Ruby" remains a very important song.
"Something's Burning" (1970) is a sexy rock song with a lot of cool melodic shifts. It was quite a vocal challenge for Kenny and shows him holding the notes and singing with a clarity and power that arguably reflects the apex of his vocal career. It's very tight and grabs your attention.
"Tell It All Brother" has some universal truths that are delivered without punches. It came out right around the time of the Kent State shootings [May 4, 1970] and when they premiered it that week, it got a standing ovation. The harmonies are terrific, the issue of how you really feel about your fellow man, and Kenny's ability to deliver very harsh lyrics with a degree of compassion makes this one not only a classic of the period, but it resonates even more strongly today as none of these issues have gone away. The song was covered by obscure reggae artist Lascelles Perkins, bringing home just how wide ranging and applicable The First Edition's music really was to all sorts of people and backgrounds.
"Heed the Call" (1970) is a Kin Vassy rocker similar in scope to "Tell It All Brother" but altogether different musically. The percussion is very sharp, Mary Arnold's harmonies, Kin's fantastic shout in the coda, and the groove Kenny hits on all come together to make another song that transcends yet typifies the era. Plus, there's a nice gospel feel to it. This was covered by Maori artist Prince Tui Teka in New Zealand, and it has really cool tribal sounding percussion. Again, how far The First Edition's music reached is incredible.
Post-1970, what were some of The First Edition's best singles?
"What Am I Gonna Do" (1971) was released as Kenny Rogers and The First Edition featuring Terry Williams. They tried that on stage for a while too, but as much as Terry deserved it, that's an awfully long billing. The record should have by all means been a huge hit. His vocal swings wildly from intimate to intense, and it has plenty of harmonies layered on it that really give this ballad a rich full sound not unlike that of The Beach Boys circa 1971. It's Terry's calling card.
"School Teacher" (1972) is from the The Ballad of Calico and is sung by Kin Vassy. Kin's voice is probably one of the best I've ever heard. Kenny said repeatedly that he didn't know why Kin wasn't a star. He certainly sounded like one whenever he took center stage. It's a funky track with a great solo by Terry, and the only reason I think it may not have connected is that the 1800's styled misogyny may have been misunderstood outside the concept of the LP as a whole.
"Lena Lookie" (1973) is a simple but catchy Kenny penned rocker that has a really great sound to it. The lyric is very pop, but the sound is strictly FM rock. It definitely hints at an exciting direction they could have gone in had this been a success in more than just New Zealand. It was a tremendous hit for them there, and their performance of it on The Midnight Special in July 1973 may show them at their very coolest.
"I'm Not Making My Music for Money" (1974) was their last single. It's a quirky, jaunty track complete with a banjo, but it also rocks and has a great delivery from Kenny and some fine harmonies.
It is very ironic in how even in the late '70s Kenny's interviewers focused more on his wealth, possessions, and success, rather than his music. That Kenny was unjustly treated less as a musician and more as a celebrity later on speaks volumes about what happened and why the First Edition don't get the recognition they well deserve.
I had no idea the group covered The Beach Boys.
Terry Williams loved The Beach Boys, knew them, and wanted to cover them on Rollin', a television variety series hosted by the group. The show's arranger, Larry Cansler [also co-writer of Calico], often came up with creative variations on a wide variety of different songs, and he helped put a Beach Boys' medley together. It was based on Pet Sounds, which in 1971 did not have the status in the USA it does today. A cover from that Beach Boys' era was anything but common then.
Another notable moment is the cover of "Disney Girls" Terry performed later that year. He considers it his favorite thing he ever did. The First Edition was always tremendous boosters of The Beach Boys at a time when it wasn't cool.
In fact, today the First Edition hold up so well because they didn't care about transient things that the underground seemed to demand of its favored stars. That they didn't care about what was "cool" can now be seen to have benefited them creatively over and over again [Author's Note: Incidentally, Eder has granted multiple Beach Boys interviews with this column. Always honest to a fault, you can visit the first installment here ["I Can Hear Music..."] and begin the fascinating journey].
Has Kenny let his feelings be known regarding the band's legacy?
Since I have never spoken to Kenny, I don't know exactly how he feels. He talks positively about them in his autobiography, though Mickey noticed some details are wrong. He has recently been performing more of their songs at his shows (e.g. "Just Dropped In," "Ruby," "Something's Burning," and occasionally "Reuben James").
About a quarter of his 2006 documentary, The Journey, had the band featured in archival footage and new interviews. Kenny did invite them to his First 50 Years TV special in 2010 where they were just used in the background with other musicians and singers for one song. Sadly, the media took next to no notice.
How does the rest of the band view their legacy?
Terry Williams is the most selective as far as what he thought came up to standard, but loves the group as much as anything outside of his spiritual beliefs. The First Edition is still something that is a great part of who he is, and he loves the group almost like you would a child.
Mike Settle really seems to be really getting back into what he did then. I think over the time I have known him these last five years, he has gained a real appreciation – not that he didn't have pride before. He seems to possess a deeper awareness of how special the group was on all levels.
Like Terry, he was in on the ground level of their inception and though he left after a few years, his presence remained in their music. He continued to write for them a bit, and Kenny, Mickey, Kin, and Terry all recorded his songs in their solo careers and he helped produce Kin and Mickey as well.
Thelma Camacho had been away from the others since moving to Europe in the late eighties and performing under the name of Tess Ivie. She came back to California about fifteen years ago, runs a home jewelry shop, and is happy to be back in touch with them. She's proud of most of what she did with them and has overall good feelings about her career as a solo artist later.
Mary Arnold was married to the brilliant country artist Roger Miller and was involved with touring with him. Since he passed away in 1992, she has done a fabulous job in keeping his legacy alive and making sure his career is treated with respect. She was inducted into the Iowa Rock Hall Of Fame in 2009. That really reinforced to her how interesting and successful her own time in the spotlight was.
Gene Lorenzo gets a lot of positivity out of that time in his life. He had a lot of fun playing with the group and touring the world with them, and he seems to value their friendships quite a bit. I haven't been in contact with keyboardist John Hobbs yet, but that will hopefully change soon.
Mickey Jones and I have addressed his legacy in detail, and he truly enjoys the music he took a part in and this very much includes The First Edition. Talking to him is almost like talking to another fan.
He loves to collect vintage records and films, not only because he has pride in his work, but also because he feels their catalog is of high quality. He takes a lot of pleasure in playing The First Edition's records and watching their footage.
I think they all enjoy that really, though Mickey is certainly the most unabashed fan. He knows they were good, and in his 2007 book, That Would Be Me: Rock & Roll Survivor To Hollywood Actor, he says if they hadn't been one of the best groups he ever heard, he would have went into acting full time in 1967.
How did you become a fan of The First Edition?
I became a fan in 1981 of Kenny's, and even at age five I wanted to hear everything an artist ever did. The First Edition stuff was hard to get but it was my favorite stuff he ever cut and still is.
I lost interest for awhile but saw a clip of them on TV in the late nineties and was stunned by how good it was. By this point I knew how to use the Internet and mail order for my vinyl buying, and I discovered just how great they were as I picked up their albums.
What led to me meeting the group is that an early draft version of my article for Wikipedia was brought to Terry's attention. He liked that I focused on them as more than a footnote to Kenny's later success.
Terry helped me rewrite it, and we have been great friends ever since. I now have met all who are still with us except Kenny, and they are all wonderful to me. At their 2011 reunion at Terry's house we all agreed that a book should be done. They have never in all these years had a proper book (save portions of Kenny and Mickey's respective memoirs) or even an article strictly about them since they broke up.
What is your progress on the official First Edition biography?
Now that I have finished my Elvis Presley book – Elvis Music FAQ – I am conducting interviews for the project. Ultimately I hope my book brings their story and music to light. I would love to see them in The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame and have their entire catalog reissued on vinyl, CD, and MP3. It is a very rewarding catalog with very little filler.
They all had such talent. Mike Settle was a terrific songwriter, Kin Vassy had one of the best voices I have ever heard, and Mickey Jones was the drummer on Bob Dylan's infamous 1966 tour. All of them knock me out.
DON'T GO ANYWHERE YET! Don't forget to browse the whopping 18-image slideshow tracing The First Edition's brief but memorable musical career. Entitled "Tell It All Brother", rare album covers, photos from the set of the "Rollin'" variety series, a visit from legendary blues guitarist B.B. King, and a recent reunion of the original members at Terry Williams' Nashville home are sure to bring back plenty of rose-colored memories.
Did you know? Along with Kenny Rogers, blind pianist Ronnie Milsap ruled country radio during the '80s with jewels ranging from "Any Day Now" to "Stranger in My House." In a rare interview with yours truly ["More Thunder on the Piano: Ronnie Milsap Relives Memphis Days with Elvis Presley"], Milsap offers anecdotes about recording "Kentucky Rain" at American Sound with Elvis Presley, playing two highly coveted New Year's Eve parties for the King, why he ultimately left Memphis, how he learned about Elvis' shocking death, and the dilapidated World War II-era plane that nearly cost him his life while en route to a concert.
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Exclusive Interview No. 2: Although their enduring popularity eclipsed The First Edition, The Monkees began their incredible chart run just two years prior in 1966. In a brand-new feature entitled "A Piercing 'Mommy and Daddy' Conversation with Monkee Micky Dolenz", the drummer waxes poetic on such diverse subjects as the origin of his sense of humor, how his mother guided his career, a surprising fondness for country music, his first musical instrument, an inability to write prolifically, his most underrated composition, and whether he is an Elvis Presley fan.
Further Reading: An esteemed member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's sophomore induction class, "Garden Party" singer Rick Nelson was on the verge of a mini comeback when his plane tragically caught on fire en route to a New Year's Eve gig on December 31, 1985. A rockabilly-themed album was in the final recording stages, and Nelson had found a new record label in Nashville named Curb Records. Unfortunately, the project was promptly placed in the dustbin whilst various figureheads argued over rights, whether the singer's vocals were satisfactory, and if the project deserved to see the light of day. Wrangling beyond the so-called myths revolving around the project, an in-depth feature ["True Love Ways: A Glimpse Inside the Tangled Web of Rick Nelson's Final Album"] sheds light on the ill-fated Curb sessions nearly 30 years later.
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December 16, 2010
Road Rage
I guess all of the nice people go to work early. So when I leave after 7:30 like I have been doing, I get to share the road with inconsiderate idiots. First let's talk about the red light runners. Why do these people think that they are so important that they don't have to follow stop lights? My main gripe is the people turning left from one major road onto another major road. When I have a green light and can't go because one person (or five) decides that they don't want to sit through another light cycle and continue to make that left turn right in front of me, I just want to gun my truck and ram into the side of them. (I have an Armada…who do you think will win?) Who in the hell do they think they are? I have to get to work too, you know. Orlando started installing red light cameras a couple years ago, and I am ALL FOR THEM! I think they should be on every single intersection in the whole Orlando-metro area!
And how about those people that don't want to wait in line for an exit ramp or a turn lane? You know, the ones that drive up to the front of the line in the next lane over and then block traffic in that lane until they are able to force themselves over? Again, why do they think they are so important that they can just stop traffic in the middle of the interstate with a speed limit of 55 or more? I'm usually in the lane they are trying to force themselves in, but if I were in that center lane and they made me stop, I would be equally as mad. I used to stay super close to the car in front of me so that those jerks couldn't get in front of me, but then they will just drive up further and scoot in even further up the line, so lately I have been just letting them in. WAIT YOUR TURN LIKE EVERYONE ELSE!!!
My favorite of all of these reckless, inconsiderate drivers are the ones that don't stop for school buses. Trust me, I absolutely HATE getting behind a school bus, but I would NEVER endanger a child's life because I am in a hurry. I drive on a very busy six lane road to get from the interstate to my office. It does not have a median. There is a school bus that stops on the opposite side of the road every morning to pick up kids. Do the people on my side of the road stop? NO! And if I stop (because that is the law, you know) I get honked at, cussed at, etc.
Does anyone live in a city where there are polite drivers? Does that even exist? Between the crime here and these rude, inconsiderate people, I am so ready to just get the heck out of this area! The crime seems to be getting so much worse lately. We have had several break ins in our neighborhood, and I live in a pretty nice section of town. Oh, and there was a cop killed about two miles from my office last week. But a murder in the area where I work isn't generally big news…it happens often. Gotta love it!
It's Christmas, people. Stop rushing. Stop being rude. If people drove with just a little more consideration, traffic wouldn't be near as bad as it is.
7 comments:
- Carol said...
You should totally move here. Although, here, the biggest gripe is OLD drivers that run red lights because of their cataracts, although the running red light thing is seriously a HUGE PROBLEM. I drive on a 6 lane road to the girls' school and the same thing happens with the school bus. I stopped one day and got honked at and flipped off, which prompted me to look up the law, and I was right NO MEDIAN = STOP FOR BUS.
I think road rage and inconsiderate drivers are a problem anywhere you go. I just try to keep a smile on my face and when people really tick me off, I roll down the window and yell "Jesus Loves You" and then mutter "a-hole" under my breath. - December 16, 2010 at 12:19 PM
- Me said...
LeeAnn I know all too well what you're talking about since I live here too. =) Driving even 10 miles is such a chore at the wrong time in the morning. It could bring me to tears on a bad day! I'm really glad about those red light cameras too.
- December 16, 2010 at 1:09 PM
- Amanda said...
I left that last comment under an old email somehow. It is Amanda from Alligator Lane that shows as "me". =)
- December 16, 2010 at 1:09 PM
- Jennifer said...
If you think the drivers are bad in Florida (which we view as a 'slow' state..LOL), you should live here in NY!! It is crazy...people are nuts. I feel your pain. And like you said, it is Christmas. You would think people would be nicer :)
- December 16, 2010 at 10:22 PM
- Amy said...
Drivers have their days here I guess (in WV)...when they are bad, they are really bad though...lol
Following you from Friendly Friday. Please stop by Harvest For Tomorrow if you get a chance.
Amy at http://www.harvestfortomorrow.blogspot.com - December 17, 2010 at 12:05 AM
- Ashley said...
Nope no nice drivers here! Sucks!
- December 17, 2010 at 12:40 AM
- Colleen (Shibley Smiles) said...
OH you have got to be kidding about the school bus!!!! I have never seen that, but that would tick me off enough to get their license plate number and call them in.
The exit ramp people are definitely my biggest issue, I get so angry that they think THEY can basically cut in line like the lunch line in school.
I use to have a huge problem with this before they fixed the exit I take to work I use to have to leave about 20 minutes early just to get off the turnpike and those people would just make my blood boil! - December 17, 2010 at 11:20 AM

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McGuire, John (b. June 27, 1942, Artesia, California). American composer of orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, piano, and electroacoustic works that have been performed throughout Europe, the USA and elsewhere.
Mr. McGuire studied composition with Robert Gross at Occidental College, where he earned his BA in 1964, with Ingolf Dahl at the University of Southern California and with Seymour Shifrin at the University of California at Berkeley and there earned his MA in 1970. He later studied composition privately with Karl Kohn, studied composition and orchestration with Krzysztof Penderecki at the Folkwang-Hochschule Essen from 1966-68 and studied composition with Karlheinz Stockhausen at Darmstadt in 1967-68. He then studied computer composition with Gottfried Michael Koenig at the Institute of Sonology of the University of Utrecht in 1970-71 and electronic music with Hans Ulrich Humpert at the Musikhochschule Köln from 1975-77.
His honors include First prizes in piano and French horn in the Young Artists Competition in Long Beach (1953, 1960), the Eleanor Remick Warren Prize in Composition from Occidental College (1964) and the Nicolò de Lorenzo Prize in Composition from the University of California at Berkeley (1965). In addition, he received three Alfred E. Hertz Traveling Scholarships from the University of California at Berkeley (1965-66, 1966-67, 1967-68), a Fulbright Traveling Scholarship (1966-67, for studies in Germany), two scholarships from Nordrhein-Westfalen (1967-68, for studies at Darmstadt), and First Prize in the Gaudeamus competition (1971, for Decay). He has received six commissions from WDR, one from Radio Bremen, one from pianist Herbert Henck, one from Dartmouth College, and one from the Ministry of Culture of Nordrhein-Westfalen. His music has been performed in Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, The Netherlands, South Africa, the UK, and the USA.
Mr. McGuire is also active in other positions. He worked as a pianist with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken from 1972-75 and as an organist at the Kirche St. Nikolaus von Tolentino in Rösrath from 1979-82 and later as an editor for Carl Fischer in New York City in 1998. In addition, he served as composer-in-residence at the Akademie Schloss Wiepersdorf in Brandenburg in 1995.
He has taught advanced composition and 20th-century music as a part-time Visiting Adjunct Professor at Columbia University since 2000.
He lived in Germany from 1966-98 and has lived in the USA since 1998.
He is married to the soprano Beth Griffith.
Edition Johannes Fritsch publishes five of his early works.
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While one must not under estimate or ridicule what the AAP has achieved in the Delhi elections, I feel that the Party is still very immature and very inexperienced to play any significant role in the national politics (if they survive that is).
It is time for Indian sports to have its own AAP movement
Just like a good player doesn't automatically become a good coach, there is no guarantee that sports administration will improve by putting a sportsperson at the helm.
BJP boost: Market hope is fine but don't expect speedy recovery
The function of the markets is to believe what it wants to believe. A bear market factors in only the worst even if there are some signs of turning around. A bull market factors in the best, even if the signals are unsustainable.
AAP has disproved the cynics, but lets not get swept away
As more statistics roll in, I cannot help but feel a little less cynical about the voters of Delhi.
Just chill! Fed taper is more positive than negative for India
The reason is that a stronger US economy will lead to the Fed lowering and stopping its $85 billion a month bond purchase programme in the coming months.
Congress needs to be saved from Congressmen
How can a national party with 100+ years of history , great credentials in terms of contributing to India freedom's struggle be led by a person whose only claim to fame is he is his mother's son? The mother, in turn, is there only because of her husband.
Seven reasons why Arvind Kejriwal is not incompetent
Here are reasons why Arvind Kejriwal of the Aam Aadmi Party stands out from other politicians.
Lifeless pitches ensure India's ordinary batsmen look very talented
We are making a laughing stock of ourselves all over by preparing lifeless pitches at home which makes ordinary batsmen look very talented.
Article 370 debate is Modi's way of appeasing the hardline Hindu
The comment makes the point that the BJP seems to be mixing 'inclusive' chatter with steps clearly meant to appease the party's hardline Hindutva voterbank.
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Lakers GM Option Bynum, The formula stays pretty simple. If the Lakers don't win a championship, the team's front office becomes busier. Oh, off-season changes still take place after the Lakers host a championship parade in downtown Los Angeles. After all, the only calm off-season General Manager Mitch Kupchak said he felt happened in 2002, when the Lakers won their third consecutive NBA title and the reserve Devean George marked the team's lone free agent.
Still, on the heels of the Lakers losing in the Western Conference semifinals for the second consecutive season, Kupchak made one thing abundantly clear.
"There will be some change," he said.
Here are a few glimpses of what that might entail.
1. Pau Gasol was given no assurances about his future. After playing through most of the 2011-12 season unsure if the Lakers would trade him, it looks like the Lakers forward has returned to Square One. Kupchak hasn't given Gasol any clarity regarding his future, partly because Kupchak hasn't met with owner Jerry Buss and executive Jim Buss, but it's also because Gasol is the team's most tradeable asset because of his talent and two-year, $38 million contract.
"He and I are on the same page," Kupchak said of Gasol, after praising him for how he handled the ongoing trade speculation with professionalism. "I have not met with ownership. I do not know what direction the team is going to go, what the parameters are going to be going forward, so there wasn't really anything additional to share with Pau."
2. The Lakers plan to exercise Andrew Bynum's $16.1-million player option, but then what? The Lakers have until June 30 to make that official, but Kupchak said at Wednesday's exit interview that it's a foregone conclusion. As far as Bynum's long-term future, it's uncertain whether he will mature as the Lakers hope. Bynum said he's open for his agent, David Lee, to start negotiations for a long-term deal, but Kupchak said the front office isn't ready to do that yet.
"That's Step One," Kupchak said of exercising Bynum's option. "Anything beyond that we'll discuss internally and precede if that's the course that we're going to take." (Los Angeles Times)
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In an interview, CliffyB explained that the stance taken by industry leaders such as Activision, AMD, Intel, NVIDIA, Microsoft, and even Epic Games to form an alliance is what will bring PC gaming back.
"I think everybody coming together in that kind of way will essentially kind of help re-glue things back together and kind of help fix the market," said CliffyB. He added, "I have a big PC gaming heritage and I love playing games with a keyboard and a mouse, as well as a console, and I'd just love to see it."
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CIA's DARPA working on human-brain-mimicking tech
Company that built the first internet node hired
The company which built the first ever internet nodes back in the 1960s – and which gave the world the "@" symbol in email, among other things – has been hired by the US intelligence community to work on technology which could mimic "the brain's ability to make sense of large amounts of haphazard, partial information".
Back in the late 1960s, Boston-based BBN technologies was hired by the US military Advanced Research Projects Agency (later renamed DARPA) to develop the first nodes of the ARPAnet, which later became the internet we all know and love. DARPA's various successes for the military over the decades since have inspired the CIA and allied US intelligence agencies to start up their own version of the famous bureau, dubbed the Intelligence Advanced Research projects Agency (IARPA).
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Like its military counterpart, IARPA focuses on high-risk research: that is, on research which is unlikely to deliver anything (and if it does, as in the case of the internet, what it delivers may be something quite other than what was expected). Thus there's no great likelihood that we'll see brain-like computers able to interpret information as well as a human can in a few years as a result of yesterday's deal.
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- Paton, Alan Stewart 1903-1988. South African writer noted for his novels Cry, the Beloved Country (1948) and Too Late the Phalarope (1953). He was a founder and leader (1953-1968) of the Liberal Party of South Africa.
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Three items were on the agenda The first regarded whether to continue to allow cameras, camcorders, and other photographic equipment in the meetings. The discussion was about whether the presence of the equipment was a disruption to the meeting and the type of coverage the media gives to meetings. Board member Anne Henning Rowan expressed her concerns on several occasions telling the other committee members she is concerned that not enough good news is reported, and that the media seems to focus on the negative and not the positive things that happen in meetings. Committee members stated they did like the JEA coverage because it showed the entire meeting whereas other media just took the bad news. After discussion about what to do or whether to do anything board secretary Linda Cearly suggested wording from TSBA which states: "
If someone should bring a camera, camcorder, or other photographic equipment to the board meeting the board reserves the right to ask the person to leave if they disrupt the meeting."
Carol Carter Estes asked the secretary to "work up the language and get it to her". The committee took no action but said it would revisit the issue. In other action The committee discussed language regarding the sick policy: Sick Leave Bank for Education Support Personnel The discussion centered on wording in the policy relating to the difference between elective and necessary. Policy wording only allows for leave to be drawn from the sick bank when the need is necessary, however there are times the procedure may be elective (you will live) but necessary if you are to perform your duties. Carol Carter Estes said "we need to find a way to help our dedicated employees" Anne Henning Rowan and Becky Gordan were in agreement. The committee sent the policy back to the HR Director Greg Bethel for revision The Substitute Teacher Policy was changed to read "Retired teachers may substitute 120 days a year without loss of retirement benefits" this is a change from 100 days Being no other business the meeting adjourned
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With Dr. Sara Hart, ND, MSOM, LAc of Stillwater Healing Arts Clinic, Lyons
One moment you're sitting in a meeting having a conversation with a colleague and you're able to present yourself as a professional, intelligent person. Before you can blink, your mind turns to Jell-O, you can't remember the last word you said nor the poignant message you were trying to convey, your body temperature seems to be going through the roof, and you're sweating profusely.
As if this weren't enough, ankle pain from an injury 20 years ago has come back with a vengeance, you're waking six times a night, gaining weight, and feeling completely unhinged.
This experience in many variations is increasingly common today, as women move through the menopausal transition with a laundry list of complaints. "What is happening to me?" is the phrase repeated again and again in Doctorss offices by the 50 something female crowd (or much younger with surgical menopause). Menopause is traditionally known simply as the cessation of the menstrual cycle. Yet for the majority of women, the transition can be extremely uncomfortable and result in a myriad of symptoms.
When a female is born, she has as many eggs in her ovaries that she will ever have. By the time she reaches puberty, less than half of the eggs remain. Menopause is the experience of the ovaries releasing their last eggs and the hormone cascade that is associated with this process. The most dramatic hormonal change is the decline in estrogen and treatment is often directed here. This is just one aspect of menopause and while it seems to "cause" the symptoms, the root goes much deeper.
While western science has drawn the association to estrogen decline, there still is not a concrete explanation in biochemistry as to why the symptoms result as they do. A close look into immunology illustrates one relationship that impacts multiple systems, recognizing inflammation as the root of the imbalance.
Estrogen has a unique relationship with the immune system. Interleuken 8 (IL-8) is a chemical messenger in the body that interacts with white blood cells and is an important mediator for the body's expression of inflammation. Estrogen potentiates IL-8 and these two aspects of the human body act as a blockade to the expression of the inflammatory cascade. It's as if a dam were in place to prevent inflammation from being experienced. When estrogen begins to decline in peri-menopause, the dynamics of IL-8 on the immune system changes. Essentially, the dam breaks and the backlog of inflammation that the body has been living with is now experienced.
Chinese medicine has another take on menopause. Physiology is a continuous balancing act of yin and yang energies and while this is a theme for the whole of the system, we can also look at each part of the system and see the balance portrayed separately as well. Chinese medicine recognizes a myriad of different patterns possible during menopause, each accounting in detail for the symptoms that manifest.
A common pattern of imbalance during menopause is known as yin deficiency. The yin energy acts as the container and is restored through sleep, meditation, and peaceful living. This container needs to be strong enough in order to contain the active yang energy. When we live high stress lifestyles, compromised sleep and self-care, yin deficiency is a common result. Menopause is a particularly delicate time because we come to exhaust the reproductive energy, which serves as a sort of storehouse of energy for the body's activity. If a woman goes into this phase with a degree of yin deficiency, she is likely to experience the full gamut of symptoms.
The menopause transition presents a new challenge to the body with the limitation of tolerance to inflammation that was otherwise easily ignored as well as the disruption in equilibrium of yin and yang. It is a time when the body demands to be better cared for and the results of improper lifestyle are more dramatically present. The path of greatest ease through this time often requires very conscious consideration of what a person truly needs and a close examination of how energy is expended.
Shift gears gently through menopause with natural medicine support. While hormone therapies can provide symptomatic relief, they are not solving the underlying problems that are causing the symptoms and long-term use can be detrimental. Stay tuned for specific information on the collection of symptoms common during menopause with three more upcoming articles, every other week. (Part 2: hot flashes and night sweats, Part 3: mental clarity and fatigue, Part 4: aches, pains, and weight gain)
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- Political Umpire said...
Yep, good on Prince Charles for telling his staff to ride bikes, and saying that he himself might get the odd train. Still he's kept his Aston Martin and Bentley .... But then again maybe he'll have a word with his brother, Prince 'Air Miles' Andy
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I'm sure Prince Charles "carbon footprint" dwarfs Al Gores. What with palaces and vacation cottages, Bentleys and private royal jets and the like he makes Al Gore look like a pauper with his three little 'ol mansions and his hitchhiking rides on his Hollywood pals' private jets.
But then I'm the problem here in urban America with a four cylinder Toyota and modest 1200 sq ft house burning clean natural gas for heat. I get so tired of you a$$wipes chiding us average Americans simply living our lives, going to work, raising our kids for being the scourge of the Earth. I friggin recycle and take the damn bus everyday for God's sake. Global Warming as a result of my energy usage is a farce. Climate change is a reality and it has been changing long before SUV's and industrial America! Why don't you focus your attention on the filthy communist and former communist nations that are literally toxic waste dumps??? China has more miles of dead rivers than all other countries combined. Why don't you condemn them for that ?
Al Gore is not courageous, he is an opportunist, that all. Why didn't he "fight" for this baloney when he was the flippin Vice President of the United States? - 1:43 PM
America hasn't signed the Kyoto protocol because it would nearly bankrupt the US Economy. Kyoto has cost other nations BILLIONS with very little effect.
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If you've been involved in web work for a while, you've probably accumulated at least a few domain names. These could be for sites you planned to build, but never got around to. Or ones you launched but then dropped when the concept didn't pan out. Or even wacky ones you registered on a whim, just for fun. After all, for just a few bucks it won't set you back much more than a MacLunch to be the proud owner of a shiny new domain name. But as these start to pile up, the renewal costs can become significant. Get those emails often enough from your registrar reminding you that your account has been dinged again and a little voice starts saying, "Just why the heck have you spent the last ten years paying for HarryPotterSucks.com?"
Actually, that's a bad example, since that was a little mini-site I launched back in 2000 when the Potter frenzy had just hit and I felt some gesture to rectify this assault on literature was required. It was fun but I gave it up and let the registration expire after one too many puzzled email from a visitor unable to parse my sarcasm.
No, what I'm talking about are domains like CompetitiveUpgrade.com. Back in 1997 I thought it would be brilliant to build a site that aggregated all current competitive upgrades for competing software applications. That way someone could enter a list of their apps and see all the products providing competitive upgrades. Inspired, right? Well, maybe not. In any case, that one has been on the back burner now for 12 years. Later I thought it might be a great idea to some day build a stock photo site dedicated to French imagery, given that I live here, so I picked up FrenchPhotos.com on the domain resale market. But niche photo sites don't seem to be doing too well, so don't hold your breath to see that one online. Then there is Graemlins.com. You know, graemlins, another word for smileys. You didn't know that? Don't feel bad, turns out no one but me knows that either.
I think you get the idea. Doing something with all these dusty old domains has been on my to-do list for some time, along with getting the USB drive and CD player on my creaky XP box to come back to life (no chance, with Window 7 on the way). So I was galvanized into action, as they say, by a recent blog post by Ivan Raszl on the Graphics.com Network Creative Bits site. He posed the question: if you've got unused domains on your hands, why not park them with your domain registrar and generate some ad revenue? Hmm, why not indeed? Ivan mentioned Go Daddy, which was also my registrar. What could be easier than letting them place ads on my unused domains and splitting whatever they generated. Better than nothing, right? Thus began my initiation into the shadowy realm of domain parking.
I say shadowy, because I quickly realized this was a billion-dollar business, with everyone from little fish to huge players involved, from average folks with one lonely little domain to wily veterans wielding portfolios containing thousands of domains. Just enter "domain parking" into your favorite search engine and the fun will begin, as you discover a whole new world. Clearly, for many this practice is a full-time business. In my case, I didn't want a second career, just a quick way to possibly earn enough to pay for the renewals of my dozen or so domains. Small change. But I've had some fun poking around in the murky domain waters and will share a few of my, admittedly amateur, experiences in this and future posts. I will say this: if you need a hobby, domain parking can easily soak up all your spare time.
First off, I checked out GoDaddy's domain parking plan. I was immediately put off by the necessity to pay for the privilege of having them place ads and other marketing material on my domains, from which they would take a chunk of the revenue. All without providing me with any control over the content. The nail in the coffin was speculation by some that search engines didn't look too kindly on pages parked with registrars, thereby possibly lowering the value of the domain should you choose to sell it in the future.
Further snooping around revealed that Google had extended its AdSense program to include domains late last year. The first advantage here is that there is no fee but more importantly you're working directly with Google. Participating is extremely easy. Just sign up for an AdSense account, list all your domains and you're basically in business. The only potentially tricky part for some will be supplying DNS information, so that Google can "host" your one-page site, but this is made painless by providing specific instructions for major registrars, including Go Daddy. You can supply up to four keywords to help target the ads and also make a few changes to the color scheme, but that's it. Take a look at my Auberges-Bistros.com page (don't ask) to see an example. Ugly, isn't it? But the targeting of the ads for those interested in auberges and bistros isn't too bad at this point, and it should get better in time, given Google's savvy. Add in the availability of detailed stats and it's hard to see using another parking service.
So if you have unused domains on your hands, and want to devote zero time to them, I'd say the AdSense for Domains service is worth a try. I'm testing it with some of my domains but for a few others I've decided to go one step further and see what automatic site generating tools can add. I'll share my experiences about that in a future post.
Chris Dickman
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Sound's useful, but can it actually be implemented in real life. I have about 20 domains and I use 4-5 of them.
The rest is just waiting for "inspiration"


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This paper reviews the evolution in water pinch analysis (WPA) research and development efforts toward a holistic and sustainable management of water resources. The paper provides a critical review of the four key areas related to the development of WPA - setting the minimum water flow rate targets, network design to achieve the targets, improvement of water networks through process change techniques and design of cost-effective water networks. The current gaps in WPA research, the role of the urban water pinch and the holistic minimum water network technique in bridging the water pinch technology gaps are the highlights of the paper
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STUDENTS from Robert Blake Science College have been getting in touch with nature in Huish Woods.
The new intake of Year Seven pupils took part in a three-day residential camp at the woods.
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