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mtools.conf - mtools configuration files
This manpage describes the configuration files for mtools. They are called '/usr/local/etc/mtools.conf' and '~/.mtoolsrc'. If the environmental variable MTOOLSRC is set, its contents is used as the filename for a third configuration file. These configuration files describe the following items:
* Global configuration flags and variables
* Per drive flags and variables
* Character translation tables
Location of the configuration files
'/usr/local/etc/mtools.conf' is the system-wide configuration file, and '~/.mtoolsrc' is the user's private configuration file.
On some systems, the system-wide configuration file is called '/etc/defaults/mtools.conf' instead.
General configuration file syntax
The configuration files is made up of sections. Each section starts with a keyword identifying the section followed by a colon. Then follow variable assignments and flags. Variable assignments take the following form: name=value
Flags are lone keywords without an equal sign and value following them. A section either ends at the end of the file or where the next section begins.
Lines starting with a hash (#) are comments. Newline characters are equivalent to whitespace (except where ending a comment). The configuration file is case insensitive, except for item enclosed in quotes (such as filenames).
Default values
For most platforms, mtools contains reasonable compiled-in defaults for physical floppy drives. Thus, you usually don't need to bother with the configuration file, if all you want to do with mtools is to access your floppy drives. On the other hand, the configuration file is needed if you also want to use mtools to access your hard disk partitions and dosemu image files.
Global variables
Global flags may be set to 1 or to 0.
The following global flags are recognized:
If this is set to 1, mtools skips most of its sanity checks. This is needed to read some Atari disks which have been made with the earlier ROMs, and which would not be recognized otherwise.
If this is set to 1, mtools skips the fat size checks. Some disks have a bigger FAT than they really need to. These are rejected if this option is not set.
If this is set to 1, mtools displays all-upper-case short filenames as lowercase. This has been done to allow a behavior which is consistent with older versions of mtools which didn't know about the case bits.
If this is set to 1, mtools won't generate VFAT entries for filenames which are mixed-case, but otherwise legal dos filenames. This is useful when working with DOS versions which can't grok VFAT longnames, such as FreeDos.
In a wide directory, prints the short name with a dot instead of spaces separating the basename and the extension.
If this is set to one (default), generate numeric tails for all long names (~1). If set to zero, only generate numeric tails if otherwise a clash would have happened.
If 1, uses the European notation for times (twenty four hour clock), else uses the UK/US notation (am/pm)
Example: Inserting the following line into your configuration file instructs mtools to skip the sanity checks:
Global variables may also be set via the environment:
export MTOOLS_SKIP_CHECK=1
Global string variables may be set to any value:
The format used for printing dates of files. By default, is dd-mm-yyyy.
Per drive flags and variables
General information
Per drive flags and values may be described in a drive section. A drive section starts with drive "driveletter" :
Then follow variable-value pairs and flags.
This is a sample drive description:
drive a:
file="/dev/fd0" use_xdf=1
Disk Geometry Configuration
Geometry information describes the physical characteristics about the disk. Its has three purposes:
The geometry information is written into the boot sector of the newly made disk. However, you may also describe the geometry information on the command line. See section mformat, for details.
On some Unices there are device nodes which only support one physical geometry. For instance, you might need a different node to access a disk as high density or as low density. The geometry is compared to the actual geometry stored on the boot sector to make sure that this device node is able to correctly read the disk. If the geometry doesn't match, this drive entry fails, and the next drive entry bearing the same drive letter is tried. See section multiple descriptions, for more details on supplying several descriptions for one drive letter.
If no geometry information is supplied in the configuration file, all disks are accepted. On Linux (and on Sparc) there exist device nodes with configurable geometry ('/dev/fd0', '/dev/fd1' etc), and thus filtering is not needed (and ignored) for disk drives. (Mtools still does do filtering on plain files (disk images) in Linux: this is mainly intended for test purposes, as I don't have access to a Unix which would actually need filtering).
If you do not need filtering, but want still a default geometry for mformatting, you may switch off filtering using the mformat_only flag.
If you want filtering, you should supply the filter flag. If you supply a geometry, you must supply one of both flags.
initial geometry
On devices that support it (usually floppy devices), the geometry information is also used to set the initial geometry. This initial geometry is applied while reading the boot sector, which contains the real geometry. If no geometry information is supplied in the configuration file, or if the mformat_only flag is supplied, no initial configuration is done.
On Linux, initial geometry is not really needed, as the configurable devices are able to auto-detect the disk type accurately enough (for most common formats) to read the boot sector.
Wrong geometry information may lead to very bizarre errors. That's why I strongly recommend that you add the mformat_only flag to your drive description, unless you really need filtering or initial geometry.
The following geometry related variables are available:
The number of cylinders. (cylinders is the preferred form, tracks is considered obsolete)
The number of heads (sides).
The number of sectors per track.
Example: the following drive section describes a 1.44M drive:
drive a:
cylinders=80 heads=2 sectors=18
The following shorthand geometry descriptions are available:
high density 3 1/2 disk. Equivalent to: fat_bits=12 cylinders=80 heads=2 sectors=18
high density 5 1/4 disk. Equivalent to: fat_bits=12 cylinders=80 heads=2 sectors=15
double density 3 1/2 disk. Equivalent to: fat_bits=12 cylinders=80 heads=2 sectors=9
double density 5 1/4 disk. Equivalent to: fat_bits=12 cylinders=40 heads=2 sectors=9
The shorthand format descriptions may be amended. For example, 360k sectors=8 describes a 320k disk and is equivalent to: fat_bits=12 cylinders=40 heads=2 sectors=8
Open Flags
Moreover, the following flags are available:
All i/o operations are done synchronously
The device or file is opened with the O_NDELAY flag. This is needed on some non-Linux architectures.
The device or file is opened with the O_EXCL flag. On Linux, this ensures exclusive access to the floppy drive. On most other architectures, and for plain files it has no effect at all.
General Purpose Drive Variables
The following general purpose drive variables are available. Depending to their type, these variables can be set to a string (file, precmd) or an integer (all others)
The name of the file or device holding the disk image. This is mandatory. The file name should be enclosed in quotes.
Tells mtools to treat the drive as a partitioned device, and to use the given partition. Only primary partitions are accessible using this method, and they are numbered from 1 to 4. For logical partitions, use the more general offset variable. The partition variable is intended for removable media such as Syquests, ZIP drives, and magneto-optical disks. Although traditional DOS sees Syquests and magneto-optical disks as 'giant floppy disks' which are unpartitioned, OS/2 and Windows NT treat them like hard disks, i.e. partioned devices. The partition flag is also useful DOSEMU hdimages. It is not recommended for hard disks for which direct access to partitions is available through mounting.
Describes where in the file the MS-DOS filesystem starts. This is useful for logical partitions in DOSEMU hdimages, and for ATARI ram disks. By default, this is zero, meaning that the filesystem starts right at the beginning of the device or file.
The number of FAT bits. This may be 12 or 16. This is very rarely needed, as it can almost always be deduced from information in the boot sector. On the contrary, describing the number of fat bits may actually be harmful if you get it wrong. You should only use it if mtools gets the autodetected number of fat bits wrong, or if you want to mformat a disk with a weird number of fat bits.
On some variants of Solaris, it is necessary to call 'volcheck -v' before opening a floppy device, in order for the system to notice that there is indeed a disk in the drive. precmd="volcheck -v" in the drive clause establishes the desired behavior.
This parameter represents a default block size to be always used on this device. All I/O is done with multiples of this block size, independantly of the sector size registered in the filesystem's boot sector. This is useful for character devices whose sector size is not 512, such as for example CD Rom drives on Solaris.
Only the file variable is mandatory. The other parameters may be left out. In that case a default value or an autodetected value is used.
General Purpose Drive Flags
A flag can either be set to 1 (enabled) or 0 (disabled). If the value is ommitted, it is enabled. For example, scsi is equivalent to scsi=1
Instruct mtools to not use locking on this drive. This is needed on systems with buggy locking semantics. However, enabling this makes operation less safe in cases where several users may access the same drive at the same time.
When set to 1, this option tells mtools to use raw SCSI I/O instead of the standard read/write calls to access the device. Currently, this is supported on HP/UX, Solaris and SunOs. This is needed because on some architectures, such as SunOs or Solaris, PC media can't be accessed using the read and write syscalls, because the OS expects them to contain a Sun specific "disk label".
As raw Scsi access always uses the whole device, you need to specify the "partition" flag in addition
On some architectures, such as Solaris, mtools needs root privileges to be able to use the scsi option. Thus mtools should be installed set uid root on Solaris if you want to access Zip/Jaz drives. Thus, if the scsi flag is given, privileged is automatically implied, unless explicitly disabled by privileged=0
Mtools uses its root privileges to open the device, and to issue the actual SCSI I/O calls. Moreover, root privileges are only used for drives described in a system-wide configuration file such as '/usr/local/etc/mtools.conf', and not for those described in '~/.mtoolsrc' or '$MTOOLSRC'.
When set to 1, this instructs mtools to use its set-uid and set-gid privileges for opening the given drive. This option is only valid for drives described in the system-wide configuration files (such as '/usr/local/etc/mtools.conf', not '~/.mtoolsrc' or '$MTOOLSRC'). Obviously, this option is also a no op if mtools is not installed setuid or setgid. This option is implied by 'scsi=1', but again only for drives defined in system-wide configuration files. Privileged may also be set explicitely to 0, in order to tell mtools not to use its privileges for a given drive even if scsi=1 is set.
Mtools only needs to be installed setuid if you use the privileged or scsi drive variables. If you do not use these options, mtools works perfectly well even when not installed setuid root.
Instructs mtools to interpret the device name as a vold identifier rather than as a filename. The vold identifier is translated into a real filename using the media_findname() and media_oldaliases() functions of the volmgt library. This flag is only available if you configured mtools with the --enable-new-vold option before compilation.
If this is set to a non-zero value, mtools also tries to access this disk as an XDF disk. XDF is a high capacity format used by OS/2. This is off by default. See section XDF, for more details.
Tells mtools to use the geometry for this drive only for mformatting and not for filtering.
Tells mtools to use the geometry for this drive both for mformatting and filtering.
Tells mtools to connect to floppyd (see section floppyd).
Supplying multiple descriptions for a drive
It is possible to supply multiple descriptions for a drive. In that case, the descriptions are tried in order until one is found that fits. Descriptions may fail for several reasons:
because the geometry is not appropriate,
because there is no disk in the drive,
or because of other problems.
Multiple definitions are useful when using physical devices which are only able to support one single disk geometry. Example:
drive a: file="/dev/fd0H1440" 1.44m
drive a: file="/dev/fd0H720" 720k
This instructs mtools to use /dev/fd0H1440 for 1.44m (high density) disks and /dev/fd0H720 for 720k (double density) disks. On Linux, this feature is not really needed, as the /dev/fd0 device is able to handle any geometry.
You may also use multiple drive descriptions to access both of your physical drives through one drive letter:
drive z: file="/dev/fd0"
drive z: file="/dev/fd1"
With this description, mdir z: accesses your first physical drive if it contains a disk. If the first drive doesn't contain a disk, mtools checks the second drive.
When using multiple configuration files, drive descriptions in the files parsed last override descriptions for the same drive in earlier files. In order to avoid this, use the drive+ or +drive keywords instead of drive. The first adds a description to the end of the list (i.e. it will be tried last), and the first adds it to the start of the list.
Character set translation tables
If you live in the USA, in Western Europe or in Australia, you may skip this section.
Why character set translation tables are needed
DOS uses a different character code mapping than Unix. 7-bit characters still have the same meaning, only characters with the eight bit set are affected. To make matters worse, there are several translation tables available depending on the country where you are. The appearance of the characters is defined using code pages. These code pages aren't the same for all countries. For instance, some code pages don't contain upper case accented characters. On the other hand, some code pages contain characters which don't exist in Unix, such as certain line-drawing characters or accented consonants used by some Eastern European countries. This affects two things, relating to filenames:
upper case characters
In short names, only upper case characters are allowed. This also holds for accented characters. For instance, in a code page which doesn't contain accented uppercase characters, the accented lowercase characters get transformed into their unaccented counterparts.
long file names
Micro$oft has finally come to their senses and uses a more standard mapping for the long file names. They use Unicode, which is basically a 32 bit version of ASCII. Its first 256 characters are identical to Unix ASCII. Thus, the code page also affects the correspondence between the codes used in long names and those used in short names
Mtools considers the filenames entered on the command line as having the Unix mapping, and translates the characters to get short names. By default, code page 850 is used with the Swiss uppercase/lowercase mapping. I chose this code page, because its set of existing characters most closely matches Unix's. Moreover, this code page covers most characters in use in the USA, Australia and Western Europe. However, it is still possible to chose a different mapping. There are two methods: the country variable and explicit tables.
Configuration using Country
The COUNTRY variable is recommended for people which also have access to MS-DOS system files and documentation. If you don't have access to these, I'd suggest you'd rather use explicit tables instead.
COUNTRY="country[,[codepage], country-file]"
This tells mtools to use a Unix-to-DOS translation table which matches codepage and an lowercase-to-uppercase table for country and to use the country-file file to get the lowercase-to-uppercase table. The country code is most often the telephone prefix of the country. Refer to the DOS help page on "country" for more details. The codepage and the country-file parameters are optional. Please don't type in the square brackets, they are only there to say which parameters are optional. The country-file file is supplied with MS-DOS, and is usually called 'COUNTRY.SYS', and stored in the 'C:\DOS' directory. In most cases you don't need it, as the most common translation tables are compiled into mtools. So, don't worry if you run a Unix-only box which lacks this file.
If codepage is not given, a per country default code page is used. If the country-file parameter isn't given, compiled-in defaults are used for the lowercase-to-uppercase table. This is useful for other Unices than Linux, which may have no 'COUNTRY.SYS' file available online.
The Unix-to-DOS are not contained in the 'COUNTRY.SYS' file, and thus mtools always uses compiled-in defaults for those. Thus, only a limited amount of code pages are supported. If your preferred code page is missing, or if you know the name of the Windows 95 file which contains this mapping, could you please drop me a line at alain AT linux DOT lu.
The COUNTRY variable can also be set using the environment.
Configuration using explicit translation tables
Translation tables may be described in line in the configuration file. Two tables are needed: first the DOS-to-Unix table, and then the Lowercase-to-Uppercase table. A DOS-to-Unix table starts with the tounix keyword, followed by a colon, and 128 hexadecimal numbers. A lower-to-upper table starts with the fucase keyword, followed by a colon, and 128 hexadecimal numbers.
The tables only show the translations for characters whose codes is greater than 128, because translation for lower codes is trivial.
0xc7 0xfc 0xe9 0xe2 0xe4 0xe0 0xe5 0xe7
0xea 0xeb 0xe8 0xef 0xee 0xec 0xc4 0xc5
0xc9 0xe6 0xc6 0xf4 0xf6 0xf2 0xfb 0xf9
0xff 0xd6 0xdc 0xf8 0xa3 0xd8 0xd7 0x5f
0xe1 0xed 0xf3 0xfa 0xf1 0xd1 0xaa 0xba
0xbf 0xae 0xac 0xbd 0xbc 0xa1 0xab 0xbb
0x5f 0x5f 0x5f 0x5f 0x5f 0xc1 0xc2 0xc0
0xa9 0x5f 0x5f 0x5f 0x5f 0xa2 0xa5 0xac
0x5f 0x5f 0x5f 0x5f 0x5f 0x5f 0xe3 0xc3
0x5f 0x5f 0x5f 0x5f 0x5f 0x5f 0x5f 0xa4
0xf0 0xd0 0xc9 0xcb 0xc8 0x69 0xcd 0xce
0xcf 0x5f 0x5f 0x5f 0x5f 0x7c 0x49 0x5f
0xd3 0xdf 0xd4 0xd2 0xf5 0xd5 0xb5 0xfe
0xde 0xda 0xd9 0xfd 0xdd 0xde 0xaf 0xb4
0xad 0xb1 0x5f 0xbe 0xb6 0xa7 0xf7 0xb8
0xb0 0xa8 0xb7 0xb9 0xb3 0xb2 0x5f 0x5f
0x80 0x9a 0x90 0xb6 0x8e 0xb7 0x8f 0x80
0xd2 0xd3 0xd4 0xd8 0xd7 0xde 0x8e 0x8f
0x90 0x92 0x92 0xe2 0x99 0xe3 0xea 0xeb
0x59 0x99 0x9a 0x9d 0x9c 0x9d 0x9e 0x9f
0xb5 0xd6 0xe0 0xe9 0xa5 0xa5 0xa6 0xa7
0xa8 0xa9 0xaa 0xab 0xac 0xad 0xae 0xaf
0xb0 0xb1 0xb2 0xb3 0xb4 0xb5 0xb6 0xb7
0xb8 0xb9 0xba 0xbb 0xbc 0xbd 0xbe 0xbf
0xc0 0xc1 0xc2 0xc3 0xc4 0xc5 0xc7 0xc7
0xc8 0xc9 0xca 0xcb 0xcc 0xcd 0xce 0xcf
0xd1 0xd1 0xd2 0xd3 0xd4 0x49 0xd6 0xd7
0xd8 0xd9 0xda 0xdb 0xdc 0xdd 0xde 0xdf
0xe0 0xe1 0xe2 0xe3 0xe5 0xe5 0xe6 0xe8
0xe8 0xe9 0xea 0xeb 0xed 0xed 0xee 0xef
0xf0 0xf1 0xf2 0xf3 0xf4 0xf5 0xf6 0xf7
0xf8 0xf9 0xfa 0xfb 0xfc 0xfd 0xfe 0xff
The first table maps DOS character codes to Unix character codes. For example, the DOS character number 129. This is a u with to dots on top of it. To translate it into Unix, we look at the character number 1 in the first table (1 = 129 - 128). This is 0xfc. (Beware, numbering starts at 0). The second table maps lower case DOS characters to upper case DOS characters. The same lower case u with dots maps to character 0x9a, which is an uppercase U with dots in DOS.
Unicode characters greater than 256
If an existing MS-DOS name contains Unicode character greater than 256, these are translated to underscores or to characters which are close in visual appearance. For example, accented consonants are translated into their unaccented counterparts. This translation is used for mdir and for the Unix filenames generated by mcopy. Linux does support Unicode too, but unfortunately too few applications support it yet to bother with it in mtools. Most importantly, xterm can't display Unicode yet. If there is sufficient demand, I might include support for Unicode in the Unix filenames as well.
Caution: When deleting files with mtools, the underscore matches all characters which can't be represented in Unix. Be careful with mdel!
Location of configuration files and parsing order
The configuration files are parsed in the following order:
compiled-in defaults
'/etc/mtools' This is for backwards compatibility only, and is only parsed if 'mtools.conf' doesn't exist.
'$MTOOLSRC' (file pointed by the MTOOLSRC environmental variable)
Options described in the later files override those described in the earlier files. Drives defined in earlier files persist if they are not overridden in the later files. For instance, drives A and B may be defined in '/usr/local/etc/mtools.conf' and drives C and D may be defined in '~/.mtoolsrc' However, if '~/.mtoolsrc' also defines drive A, this new description would override the description of drive A in '/usr/local/etc/mtools.conf' instead of adding to it. If you want to add a new description to a drive already described in an earlier file, you need to use either the +drive or drive+ keyword.
Backwards compatibility with old configuration file syntax
The syntax described herein is new for version mtools-3.0. The old line-oriented syntax is still supported. Each line beginning with a single letter is considered to be a drive description using the old syntax. Old style and new style drive sections may be mixed within the same configuration file, in order to make upgrading easier. Support for the old syntax will be phased out eventually, and in order to discourage its use, I purposefully omit its description here.


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A troubling phenomenon is occurring in large, emerging economies: the gates are closing. Governments, skittish about global economic trends, are introducing new policies to limit imports and exports. The aim is to protect domestic industry in tough times, but the tools governments are using threaten to make their economic problems worse.
A December World Bank analysis documents a trend of creeping protectionism in countries such as Argentina, Brazil and Indonesia – all countries with burgeoning industry. Instead of tariffs, other more indirect policies are being used to hinder free commerce between countries. The Bank analysis, based on World Trade Organization (WTO) monitoring reports and data from the Global Trade Alert, a network of think tanks around the globe, found that the number of non-tariff measures (NTMs) –including quotas, import licensing requirements and discriminatory government procurement rules –showed an increasing trend in the first two years post-2008, and rose sharply in 2011. India, China, Indonesia, Argentina, Russia, and Brazil together accounted for almost half of all the new NTMs imposed by countries world-wide.
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'Incredible amount of ministry' under way in superstorm's wake
HARRISBURG, Pa. (BP) -- Hundreds of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers continued to provide ministry in the wake of Hurricane Sandy Friday, Nov. 1. More than 450 volunteers with some 45 units from nine Baptist state conventions were working in at least six states affected by the storm.
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"There is an incredible amount of ministry taking place," SBDR area response commander Mark Gauthier said. "We have four kitchens feeding in New York, four in New Jersey and one in West Virginia. There are another half dozen en route to New York now," said Gauthier, who serves as mobilization director for the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia state convention.
Three Kentucky Baptist kitchens were serving at Aqueduct Racetrack, on Staten Island and at Deer Park on Long Island, all in New York. A Baptist General Association of Virginia kitchen was feeding at Rockaway, N.Y.
Volunteers from Pennsylvania-South Jersey were serving in Hammonton, N.J., where they were joined by a kitchen and team from South Carolina. Georgia volunteers also were serving with their kitchen at Waretown, N.J. Two North Carolina kitchens and their volunteer teams were serving in New Brunswick and Tom's River, N.J.
The mobilization of another half dozen kitchens and 250 volunteers was in full swing Friday with teams from Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Southern Baptist of Texas, Texas Baptist Men and Tennessee on their way to New York.
Fritz Wilson, executive director for disaster relief for the North American Mission Board, said he expects most of the teams to be serving in the New York City area by Monday, with a capacity to produce 450,000 hot meals each day. Potential requests for additional meal-per-day capacity could take the number well above 450,000 meals per day provided by SBDR volunteers.
Video of a North Carolina feeding unit at Rutgers University is available for download at namb.net/sandy_rutgers_video. NAMB President Kevin Ezell released a video on the SBDR response to Sandy this week. The video may be downloaded at namb.net/sandy_video.
From its disaster operations center in Alpharetta, Ga., NAMB coordinates Southern Baptist responses to major disasters through a partnership between NAMB and the SBC's 42 state conventions, most of which have their own state disaster relief programs.
SBDR assets include 82,000 trained volunteers, including chaplains, and some 1,550 mobile units for feeding, chainsaw, mud-out, command, communication, childcare, shower, laundry, water purification, repair/rebuild and power generation. SBDR is one of the three largest mobilizers of trained disaster relief volunteers in the United States, along with the American Red Cross and The Salvation Army.
Southern Baptists and others who want to donate to the disaster relief operations can contact their state conventions or go to NAMB's disaster relief fund site at namb.net/disaster-relief-donations. Other ways to donate are to call 1-866-407-NAMB (6262) or mail checks to NAMB, P.O. Box 116543, Atlanta, GA 30368-6543. Designate checks for "Disaster Relief."
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The view from the port. Photo by Judith Brin Ingber.
This is a guest article by Judith Brin Ingber.
The sea was stormy today as I walked along the seashore to get to the Suzanne Dellal Dance Center from Jaffa where I'm staying. It's the first full day of the extraordinary International Dance Exposure, in its 19th year of bringing dance presenters, producers, performers too from all over the world to see Israeli dance. I wondered what kind of dance gales or becalmed ideas would I see?
According to last night's audience barometer the dance that swept everyone off their feet was Hillel Kogan's We Love Arabs. In reality John Kerry has traveled again from DC to Tel Aviv for negotiations, but we heard a different kind of story told with spoken text. "I'm not really into text," said Hillel chatting non-stop as the audience roared, hardly interrupting his musings about how he feels certain parts of the space reject him as he works, about how hard it is to occupy one's space and keep one's identity….the dance duet played out with humor for the wrong assumptions we make, for the naïveté of politics, for what a choreographer takes and demands from the dancer — is there a metaphor here? Two of the funniest images? Hillel says there should be outside symbols of who was the Arab and who the Jew and gives his young charge a black pen. The obvious Magen David symbol with its two interlocking triangles is drawn on Hillel's blue t-shirt. But where to put a symbol on the young Arab dancer's black shirt? Hillel goes for his forehead and the Arab dancer asks, "What did you draw?" Hillel holds up his fingers in a half moon shape, "You know, the ummmm, the crescent…" "Yes but I'm a Christian." The audience roared at the confusion. Text and dance interlocked as the two flipped into and sashayed out of each other's supposed sides. A bowl of hummus appeared and Hillel slathered their faces with it, beard and all, since it's something in common both cultures love. Then he hopped off the stage and sardonically passed out pita with hummus to the audience members sitting down in front.
Hillel Kogan's We Love Arabs. Photo by Gadi Dagon.
All 135 guests from 28 countries plus 8 cultural attaches and perhaps some of the diplomats who attended the opening of International Exposure were bused to a new performing space in the old Jaffa fishing port the first afternoon. We saw seven different choreographers' works before busing back to the dance center. Clearly the International Exposure is one of the reasons for the interest in Israeli dance all over the world — I have spoken to presenters from Senegal, Russia, Rumania, Bulgaria, Germany and that dance country known as New York, plus words of Korean, Swedish, Chinese, Italian and many others swirl around as we wait to get into studios and theatres big and small.
This doesn't count all that we might see today and tomorrow… Countless rules and expectations are upended in this Festival as the storm of dance pours over us.
Judith Brin Ingber lives in Minnesota but returns often to Israel to teach dance history and to catch up on dance performances. She lived in Israel from 1972-1977 teaching apprentices for the Bat Dor and Batsheva Dance Companies. She also choreographed a program for young audiences for Batsheva, assisted Sara Levi-Tanai at Inbal Dance Theater, and co-founded the first dance magazine with Giora Manor called The Israel Dance Annual. Her recent book, Seeing Israeli and Jewish Dance, was published by Wayne State University Press.


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Live the charmed life of a Southern California local at a beachfront Santa Barbara rental.
This seaside cottage's doormat should read "Welcome to paradise." Facing one of Santa Barbara's prettiest beachfront parks, the home has it all: panache (sea-colored tile on the kitchen backsplash), character (built-in cabinets and benches everywhere), and coastal charm (a surfboard strapped to one bedroom wall). When the weather is warm and sunny―nearly all the time―visitors fold back twin sets of lanai doors, press a button to open the long central skylight, and let Southern California breezes freshen the rooms.
"We tried to create the perfect coastal cottage: open, airy, beachy, casual-but-elegant," says owner Brian Coryat, "so people can come down and live our life for a while." And what a life it is: days spent surfing, kayaking, and biking, and evenings sipping margaritas at the nearby Shoreline Beach Café. Brian supplies four bikes, a kayak, boogie board, and surfboard with the 1,200-square-foot house. An always-at-the-ready hot tub waits out back. "The cottage is only two houses down from mine, but when I go over there I feel like I'm on vacation," he laughs. "It makes me want to start the blender."
Brian and his wife, Chari, bought the house two years ago and recently finished a stunning remodel. Throughout the design-and-build process, the couple knew they would rent the house, and yet they spared no expense. Stylish, durable bamboo covers the floors. Rustic boards line the walls. The kitchen―raised a step to give the cook a commanding view of the ocean―boasts sandy-gold granite countertops, custom cabinetry, a six-burner Dacor stove, and a Sub-Zero fridge. Next to the kitchen, a giant flat-screen TV and sound system hide inside a cabinet. The couple thought of everything. Skylights in the two bedroom suites have remote-control blackout shades for guests who want to sleep late.
Much of the home's beachy appeal comes from local designer Jennifer Taylor's soothing palette. "What inspired me for the whole house was the backsplash tile in the kitchen," says Jennifer of the mosaic of blues. "I started there and worked out." White walls and woodwork give the house a shipshape serenity. Light blue accents, including a duvet cover, throw pillows, and a ceiling painted a hue called "Cloudless," add a cool touch. A cobalt couch and freestanding stove for winter warmth (also operated by remote control) punctuate the rooms. Jennifer chose the same dark blue for one of the bathroom floors, a glowing glass mosaic tile that "is like stepping in deep, cool water."
If the house is paradise, so is its location. Across the street, novice surfers paddle out from a family beach known for its forgiving breakers. A mile down the shore in Santa Barbara Harbor, boats chug away from the docks, bound for Channel Island excursions, fishing trips, or sunset cruises. Here, $2 buys a seat on the yellow water taxi, Lil' Toot, a 26-foot Crosby tug with a smile on the bow and a bubble-machine smokestack. It runs between the harbor and Stearns Wharf, which juts a half mile into the sea.
Once you get to the wharf, the laid-back dazzle of Santa Barbara awaits. You can people-watch from a park bench on Cabrillo Boulevard. Stroll State Street, peeking into shops such as Chari Coryat's boutique, Charisma. Visit the sunken gardens and climb the tower at the historic Spanish-style county courthouse for a view of the city's red-tile roofs. When you're famished, eat where the locals go―La Super Rica Taqueria. Here, the seating is picnic-style and the tacos are hot-off-the-grill. Then head back to your cottage, where you can live like a local―at least for a week or two.
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This is a followup to a series of posts concerning my Company. You can visit the original at http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=257742.
The other day, our corporate person in charge of loss prevention came by for a couple day analysis of our store. Earlier, when I first reported my findings on the company computer network, I was told to report to this guy. I did, but he never replied. This was my chance to get him in person. I told my manager that I needed to speak with him, and she said it was a good idea, but that he was in a conference call and probably wouldn't have time. He had his laptop set up in our back office, next to my primary "network access workstation" (my "0wn3d" computer...). When he stepped out to take a leak or something, I went in. He had his laptop logged out.
I went over to the other computer and used my method to get a command prompt (see above link for explaination...). I did a "net view" to see if he was on the network under a netbios name, and he was. I then did a "net send" and sent him a "Hail the Loss Prevention Person" message. It wouldn't show up until after he logged back in...so I stepped back outside the office and continued my work.
Not ten minutes later, I hear a "How'd ya do that, ya little hacker?" Offending? Maybe. He and I mean different things when we say the word. I offered to explain how, and he nodded. I went back into the office and, without a word, went through my trick of getting a command line. "You delved into the E: drive," he says. Actually, no I didn't, numbnuts, I was in the C: drive...(If you're reading this John, don't fire me). Then I typed "explorer Z:" and showed him where I could, "in theory" get the password for the VNC servers all around the network. Before I told him that I already had it, and could get on his laptop or anyone else's on the network, he said, "You shouldn't even be on this computer. It's to check benefits only." That was a contradiction in itself. We can't be on it, but we can. Never mind the fact that it's next to our normal terminals... and that it's always on and never logged out... and that the default page is the corporate website, which has employee manuals and open positions.. never mind that... I shouldn't be on the "Employee Computer". I quickly shut my mouth about the rest of what I'd found, like the fact that I printed off the password list from the kiosk on the sales floor...
The funny part is that instead of saying, "We'll fix it", or "I'll bring it up at the next board meeting", he says, "You shouldn't be on there." Do you think that anyone else who would be doing what I was doing would have "permission" either? Since when does a cracker have authorization to exploit a system. Granted, I am an exception, along with all the inside-exploiters... but I still don't think it makes any sense. He could have at least humored me and said "We'll see what we can do."


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In Evin prison in northwest Tehran, three Americans languish while awaiting trial on espionage charges after their hiking trip along the Iran-Iraq border ended in a well-publicized arrest.
Half a world away, in a Minnesota federal prison, an Iranian arms dealer lives in a similar cell. He never went to trial but instead pleaded guilty in December to charges he tried to procure missile and radar parts, among other things, for the Islamic Republic. His case has been less publicized but is no less bizarre.
The two cases are intertwined, say U.S. intelligence and Homeland Security officials, who agreed to discuss the case on condition of anonymity. If the Iranian government does eventually yield to mounting international pressure to free the three Americans — Shane Bauer, 27, Sarah Shourd, 31, and Josh Fattal, 27 — it may do so only to get its hands on the imprisoned Amir Hossein Ardebili, 36, they say. (The mothers of the three hikers have been granted visas and are hopeful that they will be able to visit with the trio in prison this week in Tehran.)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has suggested an exchange, naming 11 Iranians believed to be in U.S. custody. But it is Ardebili (pronounced AR-deh-BELL-ee) that the Iranians most want, the officials say.
"He's the prize," said one Homeland Security official.
So far, the U.S. has rejected a possible exchange.
"There really is no equivalence at all," State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said recently of the American hikers and the 11 Iranians — not all of whom are acknowledged as being in U.S. The Americans, he stated, are not spies, while a number of the Iranians have admitted to crimes, including Ardebili.Video: Visits in Iran
Why Tehran sees Ardebili as the "prize" remains a mystery. The other Iranians include a scientist who tried to buy nuclear technology and another accused of smuggling some of the same materiel that Ardebili tried to procure back to Tehran.
"It could be that he is a bigger deal than we think he is," said one law enforcement official who worked the case. "Or it's just a big deal to them that he was lured out of Iran. Normally this stuff goes through Dubai, but when you catch a guy the way we did, it completely exposes them and exposes their network."
Ardebili's lawyer, Edmund "Dan" Lyons of Wilmington, Del., disagrees with the officials' assessment of his client's importance.
"He's a little guy in all of this, one of a number of people the Iranian government has tasked" with procuring arms.
Iranian officials declined to comment on Ardebili's case.
Ardebili also isn't talking, having declined media requests for interviews. But during a secretly recorded meeting with U.S. Customs agents posing as renegade American arms dealers, he spoke of Iran's rationale in upgrading all its military aircraft.
"If the United States come to war," he said matter-of-factly during the meeting in a hotel room in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. "The government of Iran could defend (itself). They think war is coming."
The Ardebili case shows how extensively the Iranians are trolling the world's arms markets — and the lengths the U.S. is going to in order to stop them. But it's a tale about far more than the arcane business of acquiring restricted military equipment.
As laid out by U.S. officials, it involves cloak-and-dagger operations on three continents, the rare capture of an arms dealer's laptop, secret negotiations between the U.S. and the Republic of Georgia, an accusation that Iranian operatives tried to poison Ardebili to stop him from talking, and a successful extrication of Ardebili's wife from Iran via a friendly embassy in Tehran.
The story dates to late 2004, when Ardebili fell into a trap laid by Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement division.
The then 30-year-old engineer from Shiraz, Iran, contacted an arms-dealing firm that was actually a Customs sting operation in Philadelphia. He had already sent thousands of solicitations to U.S. companies, requesting quotes on tens of thousands of components — many if not most restricted for export to Iran. He later admitted to undercover Customs agents that the Iranian government was his only customer.
For the next two years, working from a list provided by the official Iranian Electronics Institute, he asked for missile and radar equipment, specifically components for use in missile gyroscopes and for phased-array anti-missile radar that Iran is trying to develop. He also sought on-board computers for the F-4 fighter bombers that Iran purchased while under the rule of the late Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and that the Iranian Air Force still uses. He used email accounts, Yahoo Messenger and the telephone.
"I assure you," Ardebili told undercover agents in one taped conversation, "this is a very urgent inquiry because … (of) the F-4."
At that point, the U.S. decided to move on Ardebili. Believing he wasn't likely to go to a European city to discuss arms deals, the Customs agents and the U.S. Justice Department decided to try luring him to Georgia, just a short plane ride for Ardebili. But first, they had to get Georgian officials to agree to the operation, since the U.S. and Georgia have no extradition treaty.
"The Georgians supported us with surveillance and supplied officers posing as bodyguards for our undercover agent," said one U.S. official, referring to a Customs agent code-named "Darius." "His legend (cover story) was that one of our guys had a warehouse in Georgia. 'So I want to meet you there.'"
That meeting, the U.S. officials say, set in motion a series of events that would be at home in a script for "24."
The Iranian didn't suspect he was meeting with U.S. undercover agents — in full view of hidden cameras. He freely discussed the Iranians' needs, his business and the state of the Iranian military. He admitted that even when the Iranian institute didn't tell him its rationale for an acquisition, he researched it.
He hemmed and hawed about the down payment he needed to wire to a bank in Wilmington, Del., first agreeing to $10,000 and then, after hours of discussion, bargaining his "clients" down to $6,000 and finally $3,000.
Finally on the afternoon of the second day, the undercover team felt they had enough evidence to prosecute Ardebili and asked the Georgians to pick him up.
"He was arrested by Georgian authorities, not us," said a U.S. law enforcement official. "He was deflated and dismayed. He was sent to a prison in Georgia on a provisional arrest warrant based on U.S. smuggling statutes."
Ardebili's father, who had traveled with his son to Tbilisi, was permitted to return to Iran, where he informed authorities of his son's arrest.
That was when the U.S. officials realized Ardebili's value to the Iranians — dead or alive.
According to multiple U.S. officials and his lawyer, the Iranians strongly protested the arrest. There were several meetings between Ardebili and Iranian officials in the Georgian prison, and a meeting about the case at the ambassadorial level. Iran's foreign minister even threatened to cut off natural gas supplies to Georgia if Ardebili wasn't freed, according to the U.S. officials.
Then, during one of the prison meetings, the Iranians tried to kill Ardebili, according to one U.S. law enforcement official's account, which was confirmed in part by two other officials familiar with the case.
According to the U.S. official, an Iranian official visiting the arms dealer outlined an elaborate plot to free him, giving him a pill that he said would make Ardebili so ill that he would have to be taken to a nearby hospital. En route, the Iranian promised, an Iranian security team would intercept the ambulance, rescue him and then take him back to Iran overland.
Ardebili was suspicious, however, and later gave the pill to his jailers, the U.S. official said. Later, they told him that it had contained a fatal dose of poison.
"He certainly didn't know what to believe at that point," said the law enforcement official. "He didn't know who to trust. Was it now in his best interest to go back to Iran? Probably not."
Finally, in January 2008, after a public hearing covered by the Georgian press, Ardebili was extradited from Tbilisi to Delaware to stand trial.
"He had an initial appearance before the federal judge in Wilmington sealed to keep his whereabouts secret," said a U.S. official involved in the Tiblisi operation.
Ardebili feared he was going to be sent to the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo, Cuba, and waterboarded, said Lyons, who became hiscourt-appointedlawyer in Delaware. Instead, Ardebili was placed in the "Special Housing Unit" of the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia and given a new identity, so that anyone trying to find him using the federal prison locator system would come up empty.
Later, Ardebili would claim the confinement — 23 hours a day of solitary, with no access to the general population — was meant to break him. His only human contact was frequent interrogations, he said.
Much of the evidence against him came from his laptop.
"We got six years of business data, files … emails, RFQ's (requests for price quotes), contacts, spreadsheets on Iranian requirements … just a huge amount of information," said a U.S. official.
Investigators also were receiving information from CIA intelligence officers, who had been given copies of the laptop's hard drive within days of its arrival in the U.S.
Ardebili was alternatively combative and cooperative during questioning, so his interrogators allowed him to talk by phone to his mother and his young wife to try to encourage him to talk. When he expressed concern that his wife had been visited by Iranian security, the agents had an idea that they thought would win him over — bringing her to the U.S.
But how could they spirit her out of Iran, with the government already keeping an eye on her?
"In December '08, she did leave Iran with some element of subterfuge," said another U.S. official familiar with the case. "We approached her through an intermediary. She readily agreed to come through Europe, then on to the U.S."
The subterfuge, according to a second U.S. official and a source close to Ardebili's family, involved her traveling from her home city of Shiraz to a friendly European embassy in Tehran, where she was outfitted with a U.S.-provided disguise and false identification and then hustled onto a plane at Imam Khomeini International Airport bound for the European country.
"He didn't know she was on her way. His actual concern was her safety," said the first official. The two were permitted a visit and then she traveled on to California, where she is living with relatives "under a special dispensation from the government," according to the family source. She recently received a temporary work permit.
Ardebili became more cooperative, and U.S. authorities began pumping him for more information and using what he provided to go after U.S. companies that had been assisting him in trying to procure prohibited weapons and technology components.
"We adopted his identity and contacted people in the U.S. based on the laptop," said the law enforcement official. "He had often used aliases. So we used the same aliases. ... we brought some charges ... and more are on the way."
In the only case completed so far, an Arizona-based associate of Ardebili's, James Larrison, pleaded guilty to attempting to send electronics to Ardebili without the required authorization from the Treasury Department.
Finally, late last year, the U.S. officials felt that they had exhausted Ardebili's value as a source and moved to tie up the case against him.
Ardebili agreed to plead guilty in federal court, anticipating that he would be sentenced to time served — essentially two years — in prison as a result of his cooperation, according to Lyons, his lawyer. But prosecutors asked for seven years.
After pleading guilty, Ardebili pleaded for leniency at a sentencing hearing on Dec. 17, telling the judge that he was a small cog in Iran's arms buying machinery and had exaggerated his importance to the undercover agents. He cried as he described the conditions he had been subjected to in the Philadelphia lock-up.
He even suggested the judge could strike a blow for better Iran-U.S. relations. "Turn on your light and wisdom," he asked U.S. District Judge Gregory M. Sleet. "May you bring the real good change for two great nations or even the world."
But Assistant U.S. Attorney David Hall argued that Ardebili was not deserving of the court's mercy.
"He is about invoices and spreadsheets, but what he is doing is very serious," he said. "He might not be the one with the gun in his hand, but he is the one who put the gun in somebody else's hand."
The judge found a middle road, sentencing Ardebili to five years, with credit for time served. The reduction from the federal sentencing guideline of seven to eight years apparently was related to his cooperation with the investigation.
Lyons claims his client's poor treatment continues, saying Ardebili has been moved five times since December before landing at the federal penitentiary in Rochester, Minn.. Purportedly the moves are for the sake of security, but Lyons doesn't think the Iranians are interested enough in him to try anything in the U.S.
Lyons said the Iranian Interest Section in Washington has called once to inquire about the case, but did not requested visitation. Ardebili, he said, feels abandoned.
"The question is whether he was big guy or a little guy," said Lyons. "It came out that Iranians are hurting for key pieces of equipment. They send a hundred of these guys out and turn them loose on the Internet. They get caught."
Ardebili, he said, is no longer cooperating and won't talk to him when he calls. When he is released from prison, as early as October 2012, he will face a decision on whether to go back to Iran.
Lyons thinks he's likely to return to his homeland despite the alleged assassination attempt, rather than applying for asylum in the U.S.
"He sees the United States as the Great Satan," he said.
Robert Windrem is an investigative producer for special projects at NBC Nightly News in New York and a fellow at the NYU Law School Center for Law & Security.


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Part 2: Continued from The Cortez Journal, Jan. 3, 2014
In her interview, Allie Meadows Baer talked about an interesting visitor to her father Billy Meadows' trading post in the summer of 1902.
Earle R. Forrest, a Pennsylvania youth of nineteen, approaching college that fall, had longed to visit the Old West and hoped to meet and photograph some cowboys and Indians. In June he got the chance for some authentic "cowboying" on the Beaver Creek range of Jim Trimble and Henry Morgan in Dolores County.
After learning the basics of cow camp life, Forrest asked Trimble how he could meet some Indians. It was arranged that Forrest would go to Henry Morgan's ranch in the Montezuma Valley, with Morgan's son Harry. The two of them would go the Navajo Springs Agency on the Ute Reservation for "Ration Day".
After that he and Harry would follow wagon tracks south into New Mexico to the Billy Meadows' Trading Post on the San Juan River, where Trimble said there were plenty of Navajos.
Forrest published a book of his early adventures in the West:
With a Camera in Old Navaholand, 1969. He said when they arrived at the Morgan ranch he found Charley Prather, a friend who had lived near his uncle's farm in Missouri. Charley said he wanted to go with them to Navajo Springs. Jim Trimble had told them to get Morgan's 'democrat' and a team to drive down to the agency the next day.
Trimble said they didn't need to pack any grub but to take along their blankets, a frying pan plus a coffee pot. Prior to departing, the "democrat" had to be greased and made ready for travel. This was a vehicle very popular in the west. No ranch was without the "democrat". It was a cross between a buckboard and a spring wagon, and a surrey. It had the bed of a spring wagon, a front seat like a buckboard plus two other seats that could be lifted out when not needed. It had a regular surrey top – no fringe – and made a good shade. It was a strong vehicle that could stand the worst bumps on a rough road or trail. We left the "democrat" and the team of horses at the Navajo Springs Agency and headed out by horseback the next day and just followed the wagon tracks headed for the San Juan.
In his book he describes the Meadows Trading Post on the San Juan "as primitive a building as I had ever laid eyes on. Built of logs set in the ground in stockade fashion, it was long and narrow. The roof of the house was flat, made of two layers of poles covered with brush and about six inches of dirt."
There was a crank operated type washing machine by the kitchen door, "a luxury in the wilderness " – better than the backbreaking wash board in a tub.
Forrest and Morgan were greeted by the excited group that included Billy Meadows and helpers, several small children and a woman holding a baby. They said they hadn't seen a white man in two years. The woman was Mrs. Meadows and the baby was Alice (Allie) Meadows.
Billy Meadows told Forrest that most Navajos were suspicious of the white man's cameras, fearing the lens might steal their spirits. He advised Forrest the best way to get his photographs would be to stay for a while and be patient until the Navajos knew and trusted him. Forrest built a primitive darkroom from a large packing crate that was covered with a Navajo blanket to keep out the light.
Forrest could not lift the blanket to ventilate it, so endured smothering temperatures in the summer heat while developing his photographs.
The Navajos slowly got acquainted with Forrest and his camera, and many would pose while visiting the Meadows Trading Post.
Harry Morgan was needed back at the cow camp, so the young men returned north to the ranch and range.
When Jim Trimble was assured that Earle Forrest could properly cinch his own mount, tie a diamond hitch to secure loads on his packhorse plus secure his camera to the saddle horn Earle Forrest headed south alone to spend out his summer at the Meadows Trading Post and surroundings before he reluctantly had to return to his home in order to begin college.
Forrest's photo taken at Trimble Cow Camp nearBeaver Creek, courtesy of Frank W. Pyle.
"With a Camera in Old Navaholand" by Earle Forrest is available at local libraries or can be purchased.
Next month
Part 3 will continue in March. Mrs. Baer describes the life of Earle Forrest while living at the post.
Article written by Joyce Lawrence, Board Member (882-2636) and June Head, Historian, (565-3880). Please direct questions or comments to the authors.


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Sex Machine" "Mr Dynamite" "Soul Brother Number One" "Original Disco Man" "The Godfather of Soul"
James Brown, the "hardest working man in show business," inspired almost as many honorific titles as he did devotees.
From his first hit "Please Please Please" in 1956, "The King of Funk" and his high-octane transformation of gospel fervor into the explosive intensity of rhythm & blues redefined the destiny of black music in America.
A child of the Great Depression, Brown picked cotton, shined shoes and spent three and a half years in a Toccoa, Georgia, reform school. It was there he first met Bobby Byrd, band leader of the Gospel Starlighters, a group that Brown would later join before being lured to the secular scene by the slamming live sound of rock 'n' roll legend Fats Domino.
As flamboyant front man for the James Brown Revue, Brown reportedly shed up to seven pounds a night in sweat as he whirled around stage, theatrically donning and doffing his cape and feigning the occasional heart attack.
The Elvis Presley of R&B
The Elvis Presley of R&B, according to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Brown racked up an astonishing 114 entries on Billboard's R&B singles chart and amassed a total of 800 songs in his repertoire.
Also like Elvis, he's inspired a legion of tribute ensembles — among them Supabad, a Bangkok-based ménage of mostly music teachers dedicated to the "super heavy, gritty funk" sound now synonymous with the ultimate Sex Machine. Supabad plays the FCC Phnom Penh on Nov 4 and 5.
A Big Band For a Big Man
A big band for a big man, the touring ten-piece's horn-rich homage to a musical and cultural revolutionary cuts it with the best of them.
"James Brown completely revolutionized the world of modern music," said guitarist, percussionist and vocalist David "DJ Kermie" Cameron. "We're just starting to see that. Michael Jackson wouldn't exist if it wasn't for JB. So many dance moves, beats and riffs have been lifted off JB that it's just impossible to imagine what any kind of modern music would sound like without his influence."
What would JB make of today's R&B?
"He'd dig the more underground stuff no one hears, such as Goodie Mob, but he'd be appalled with all the processing and artificiality of much of today's music. James liked it loud, hard and dirty – not too neat and clean, if you know what I mean."
Loud, Hard and Dirty
Loud, hard and dirty are precisely the JB elements that Supabad embodies.
"We're really focused on the 'larger than life' aspect," said Cameron (who by his own admission likes to jump around a lot and pinch bums). "The sequined suits, jump suits, hairy chest, big hair — JB's time in the '70s, when he was truly becoming the Number One Soul Brother, that seems to work best for us. And the hairy chest and tight suits seem to work best for Craig."
British-born Craig "James Brown" Chambers, trained classical singer and fellow music teacher, is "calm and quiet at school," but he "transforms into a lewd, crude funk machine on stage," according to Cameron. "Craig's dancing is a sight, that's all I can say."
As for the rest of the band, the semi-unofficial official history reads with similar outlandish verve.
Founder Mark Bourgeouis, from New Zealand, has toured Eastern Europe with a pop group. Fellow Kiwi Paul "Pablo" Romaine, guitarist and songwriter, is known for "looking cool when he plays (you'll know when you see him)."
"Tama from another Mama"' Karena moonlights in global competitions playing the organ to silent films in old movie houses. Laidback "Tricky Dicky" Trurer (just don't touch his gear) takes drums. On trumpet is "Moi Cowboy" Litchfield, the only woman in the band ("I don't know how she puts up with us"). Supong "T-Bone" Soravit brings in the trombone. Saxophone is Ralf "Saxmeister" Gabriel, a German who "doesn't allow for any tomfoolery at rehearsals." And an extra dash of class comes courtesy of US-born tenor sax "Big Mac" Tony.
Supabad – a "good bunch of guys that are mature enough players to cut through all the crap and just make good music; at the same time, we're immature enough to… well, you'll see when Mr James Brown starts to do My Thang" – plays live at the FCC on Tuesday March 25th and 26th.
The band intends to "start getting nasty right from the get-go, so people should get their asses down there early!"


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Because nothing says "Merry Christmas" like standing in one's backyard in 70 degree weather on December 2nd, and picking a fresh watermelon off the vines for lunch. (And, as often mentioned on here, yes, I really am Canadian, I just really hate cold weather & snow.)
I've been just waiting to do a Christmas bento, but had to make myself wait at least till the calendar turned to December. And, being that I started prepping for Christmas ideas right after Halloween was over, I managed to lose one of the adorable sets of picks that I bought at Target specifically for Christmas bentos. I'm sure I'll find it eventually, likely the second week of January. ;o) But I digress ...
For lunch today, Faith had a turkey and chive cream cheese sandwich, on Nature's Own Multigrain Sandwich Rounds, topped with a little orange cheddar Christmas tree. Since I was feeling extra creative, the tree is decorated with Swiss cheese ornaments. She also has half a boiled egg and some carrots, plus grapes and freshly picked and freshly sliced watermelon.
This is our second to last watermelon of the season, I still have one more on my vine, then that's it till next year. I do, however, have a multitude of tomatoes (picked about 10 beautiful red ones last week) and about 75 habañero peppers that I'm hoping get even spicier if I wait longer. We haven't had freezing temperatures or frosts yet in Dallas, so I'm trying to hold out as long as I can on picking the rest of the garden.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
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I think it might just be those picks. I bought and lost the same set of picks from Target: TWICE!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 3, 2010 at 6:51 AM
Lucky you, still having watermelon! I hate the cold and snow too, but in the northeast US, I guess it can't be avoided. I like the little gingerbread person pick.ReplyDelete
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The emergence of the Peninsula
The formation of the Iberian Peninsula was completed following what is called 'the most important process in the geological history of southern Europe', in other words, an Alpine-Himalayan tectonic movement, which occurred in the Tertiary era.
Almost the entire morphology of mainland Spain was formed in the Tertiary era. The Pyrenees, the Andalusian, Cantabrian, Iberian and Sierra Morena mountain ranges, as well as the sedimentary basins of the Ebro and the Guadalquivir rivers were formed. The uplifting occurred by means of faults in the Galician massif, defining the Central Mountains and the Toledo mountains, and therefore, the unevenness that exists between the two plateaux. The marks left by these tectonic movements have fundamentally remained until present day. It can therefore be said that they gave rise to the geography of the peninsula as it is known today.


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"Building a Movement"
This is a photocopied Village Voice article that was used to promote a citywide demonstration on April 25, 1995 that united groups fighting for education, jobs, housing, health care and AIDS care. They also called for an end to police brutality and [...]
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You want to Loop your Music in your Tracks?
No Problem, Its easy, And you need just one, A Track that have a identic Part from the End at the Beginning
First, You need to Download Audacity, From any Page, But without Download manager!
In the first part, You need to Search an Point that is identical to the end...
Simply cut the Identic end off, But warning, No part from the Instruments should be different, Or you will hear it, And wrong loops makes noises and Sounds like it Skips!
This is the new Beginning...
And this is the End!
Now do you have an Track that have the Ending like the Beginning, So should this Loop now Permanent
You can use it for Proffesional Map-Creating.
You need to Upload the Music to an Webspace so that others can hear it.
It works in TM2!
Not tested on TMF, But normally it should work.
And never Forget, No Parts should be different!
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Kanpur is located in the Oudh region of Uttar Pradesh. Situated on the banks of the Ganges, Kanpur attracts tourists all round the year. Kanpur is the largest city in Uttar Pradesh that has its own historical, religious and commercial significance. Though Kanpur primarily is an agricultural hub, it has also become a prominent industrial centre of India.
The history of Kanpur dates back to the period of the Mahabharata. Kanpur was a territory gifted to Karna by Suyodhana. The city was initially known by the name Karnapur 'the land of Karna'. Over the ages 'Karnapur was shortened to become Kanpur.
Kanpur has a well developed tourism industry as well owing to its rich historical and cultural past and the River Ganges. Some of the popular tourist destinations of Kanpur are Shri Radhakrishna Temple, Jain Glass Temple, Allen Forset Zoo, Moti Jheel Park and Gurudwara Banno Sahib. Among other places of interest are Jajmau, the Temple of Lord Hanumanji, Kamla Retreat, Panki, Nana Rao Park, Buddha Park, All Souls' Memorial Church, etc.
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Kanpur experiences extreme climatic conditions. The best time to visit is from October through March, where it keeps off extreme winter and severe foggy days.
The other best time is during the festival of Holi, which is celebrated between February and March.
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Court Vision: Michael Jordan faces paternity lawsuit
Bobcats owner Michael Jordan is the subject of a new lawsuit. (Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
• The Associated Press reports that Michael Jordan is being sued by a woman who claims the Bobcats owner is the father of her 16-year-old son.
An Atlanta woman has filed a lawsuit saying basketball Hall of Famer and Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan is the father of her teenage son. The lawsuit was filed Feb. 6 by Pamela Smith in Fulton County Superior Court. It requests Jordan take a paternity test, pay child support and share medical, dental and hospital costs that are not covered by insurance.
The lawsuit also requests the boy's last name be changed to Jordan, and for a judge to order the Georgia Department of Vital Records to issue him a new birth certificate. Publicist Estee Portnoy says Jordan has no comment and calls to Smith's home and office were not immediately returned Friday afternoon.
• We brought you the Heat's "Harlem Shake" video on Thursday. Ethan Skolnick of the Palm Beach Post has some hilarious quotes in reaction to the dance; Shane Battier's takes the cake.
"Whenever I'm tapped for something like that, I go to the horsehead," Battier said. "It's undefeated. If you need some weird things, I'm your guy. So I was the 'horsetronaut.'"
• Ramona Shelburne of ESPNLA.com wrote a feature on Lakers forward Antawn Jamison, adding this left-over quote on Twitter.
Of the $140 million he's made in his career, Jamison joked: "I had a ski-mask on for a couple of years. I was robbing people."
• Nuggets forward Andre Iguodala reflects on growing up in the NBA in this interview with GQ.com.
You were drafted as a 20-year-old and have been in the NBA for a decade now. What is it like for a person to grow up in the NBA?
It can be a gift and it can be a curse. It's really up to you to try to be as responsible as possible with your surroundings. You've got to find the right guys, because you can really go down either road. You hang with the wrong crowd, you get stuck in that situation, where it seems like there's always something bad happening and you don't know why, so you're like, "Why me? Why me?" Or you can try and surround yourself with the good veterans, the good pros, and that's what I tried to do. I think they helped me out tremendously, as far as hanging around with guys like Kevin Ollie and Aaron McKie and Corliss Williamson. Those guys kind of raised me and taught me how to be a pro. They smoothed everything out.
• Bill Simmons runs down the best bargains in the NBA. LeBron James tops his list.
For the purposes of this column: If the NBA operated with an open market like baseball does, and teams could spend whatever they wanted without any real fear of the luxury tax, then LeBron would earn more than four times what he's making right now. You heard me … $75 million per season. That's not a misprint. The Lakers, Knicks and Nets would pay him that without blinking. Think of what you're getting: He drives up your courtside prices, your suite prices, your cable ratings (Miami's jumped 34 percent last season) and your sponsorship packages; he makes you the league's most relevant franchise; he guarantees you 10-12 playoff home games every year; and oh yeah, you might win a few championships, too.
Anyway, in 2009, Forbes valued the Cavaliers at $476 million and the Heat at $364 million. Four years later, they valued the Cavaliers at $434 million … and the Heat at $625 million. Gee, I wonder what changed.
• Matt Moore of CBSSports.com watches tape with Bucks center Larry Sanders to discover the secrets of shot-blocking. In so doing, he found out Sanders' next goal: taking more charges.
"I think that would take me to the next level as a defensive player," Sanders says. "Sometimes I'm able to move my feet and get in front of guys but I'm not able to block the shot. Usually at that point I may pick up a foul, but I'm in position to pick up a foul. I've only taken one charge in my whole career. I think that's something I can develop, which is about foot speed. "
• J.A. Adande gets Brandon Roy to think back on his triumphs in the 2011 playoffs, which feel so long ago given that he lost the 2011-12 season to an unofficial retirement and most of the 2012-13 to ongoing knee issues.
And while he was out, Roy watched replays of the fourth quarter of Game 4 on his iPad ... well, let's just say more than once.
"It wasn't the same, because nothing will ever be like that moment," Roy said. "I mean, fans were cheering, my teammates ... and I really thought I could make every shot.
"Then you hear how the announcers are calling it. That made it a little bit better. When you're going through it, you don't quite know what they're saying about it."
• Darnell Mayberry at The Oklahomanwraps up the Thunder's trade deadline, which included trading back-up point guard Eric Maynor for a trade exception.
Now the Thunder is maximizing its assets and flexibility in order to maintain its stated goal of sustaining success. That's the untold story of what went down last week. The Thunder improved its roster without giving up any of its proven commodities, promising prospects or future picks.
By sending Maynor to the Blazers for a trade exception, the Thunder only parted with a player that in all likelihood would have been on the first thing smoking out of here this summer. The exception, meanwhile, allows OKC to add about $2.5 million in salary via trade without having to send back equal money. It's a move that essentially extends the life of the asset that is Eric Maynor. And the Thunder actually saved money by doing it.
• SB Nation's James Herbert talks to proud father Dell Curry about the 54 points his son, Stephen, dropped on the Knicks this week.
It was amazing. I'm with the Bobcats, we flew in from L.A. yesterday so I got here [Salt Lake City] in time to see the second, third and fourth quarters which were his best. It was unbelievable. I kept waiting for him to cool off or miss and neither one happened [laughs]. It's unbelievable.
When did you start thinking this could be a really special game?
It was late in the third. Second quarter he had a couple of good pull-ups in transition, I thought 'Okay, he's feeling good, he's on tonight' but with halftime you don't know whether that's going to continue or not. So it was somewhere in the third when I said, 'Okay, he's got it going and it doesn't matter who's guarding him.' I mean, the pick and roll, you put [Pablo] Prigioni on him, he gets by him. Even [Raymond] Felton, he's a capable defender, he got him in the air a couple of times, drew a foul, so everybody had to ease up because you can't foul him, he's going to make his free throws. He was a very hard guy to guard.
• Kelly Dwyer of Ball Don't Lie thoroughly breaks down the whole "Dennis Rodman goes to North Korea" circus.


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When Arnold Schwarzenegger announced he was ready to get back into the movie business following his tenure as Governator of California, no one was really expecting him to dive headfirst back into Hollywood. Cut to 2012 and the actor has already shot a substantial role in The Expendables 2, just wrapped his "comeback" starring role in The Last Stand, and is poised to team up with Sylvester Stallone for the actioner The Tomb. Oh yeah, and a Twins sequel. Just last week we learned that Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito are planning to reprise their roles from the 1988 comedy Twins in a sequel called Triplets with Eddie Murphy playing their long-lost sibling.
We got the chance to speak with Schwarzenegger in a recent group interview and the actor talked about the idea behind Triplets, how his personal life has affected the likelihood of a sequel to True Lies, and he also had some choice words for the most recent entry in the Terminator franchise. Hit the jump to see what he had to say.
The interview was conducted before news of Triplets came out, so when asked if he'd like to do another comedy at some point in the vein of Twins, Schwarzenegger brought up the idea of a sequel:
"Yeah, if the story is good, I would love to do another Twins. As a matter of fact, we've been talking about doing one and it's called Triplets. I'd find somebody like Eddie Murphy or someone [laughs] that people would say, 'How does that happen, medically speaking?' and, 'Physically, there's no way.' Then somehow we would explain it. That would be hilarious with what we know about someone like him. You've got to find people that in, real life, people laugh about them and whatever we know about them that makes you laugh."
Schwarzenegger went so far as to come up with a successful marketing campaign for the follow-up:
"I can see a poster, a billboard, with us three…'They found another one. Triplets. Only their mother can tell them apart.' I would do that in two seconds, because that's real entertainment. You come out with that movie for Christmas, like December 5th or something like that, and you're home free, just like with the other one."
His logic is sound, and I have no doubt that folks will line up to see the odd dynamic of Schwarzenegger, DeVito, and Murphy as siblings. The actor also touched on a sequel to True Lies, but candidly admitted that his personal life may keep that one at bay for a while:
"Or True Lies 2, with that we'll probably have to wait a little bit because it's more of a family kind of a movie, the family dynamic works. My personal situation doesn't work so well right now. Until that's settled, then we can go off and do that again, with family subjects. [laughs]"
Between breaking diving records and filming/rendering two sequels to Avatar, I think it's safe to say James Cameron's schedule is solidly booked for the next few years, so maybe once he's done with aliens and oceans he'll fancy a return to a good old fashioned action-comedy.
Finally, Schwarzenegger closed by saying he'd be open to sequels to a lot of his past works if the script is right, but he had a parting shot for McG's Terminator: Salvation:
"[I'm open to] all those things, if it's True Lies, Terminator, a well-made Terminator…the last one was awful. It tried hard, not that they didn't try, the acting and everything. It missed the boat."
Justin Lin was previously attached to direct another terminator entry with Schwarzenegger and had even sat down with Cameron to discuss the franchise, but he left the project to finish out his Fast and Furious series at Universal. Nevertheless, Terminator 5 is still in development, and it sure will be fun to see them bring Schwarzenegger back in an interesting way. In the meantime, I guess we'll have to settle for Triplets as the next Schwarzenegger sequel on the horizon.


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So this morning, I was really craving one of my favorite foods, the McDonald's Fruit and Yogurt Parfait. This delicious little treat is great to pick up on my way to work and I didn't have enough time to eat breakfast. So I pull into the 5 car drive-thru line and patiently await my turn to inch towards the speaker. Once there, I notice the SUV in front of me ordered $15 worth of breakfast foods and I am shocked that someone can even spend $15 at McDonald's. I then ordered my tasty treat and inched forward. I'm now stuck in the curbed area next to the playground about 3 cars from the payment window and 2 car from the pick up window.
The McDonald lovin' SUV wanted to pay so badly they crashed into the car in front of them. Literally just plowed into the little Toyota in front of them. Granted, I know it was an accident, but now I was stuck in the drive-thru lane, and I hadn't even gotten my parfait yet. So I waited, thinking these wise people in the drive-thru line would continue moving forward and take their problems to the parking lot, thus allowing the rest of the McDonald's drive-thru patrons to continue through the line, ordering, paying and getting their food.
Wrong again. Immediately the Toyota driver hops out in the middle of the drive-thru line and walks up to the SUV and demands them to also exit their car, in the middle of the drive-thru. She won't get out. There's yelling through windows. McDonald's employees are coming outside. A cop rolls up. I just sit and wait. I just wanted a parfait! Seriously! I would have not gotten in the drive-thru lane if I knew this whole debacle was going to happen! Oh you golden arches, how you lure many in.
So besides the drama from McDonald's, we have the lovely 26.2 gift!Tthe gift of the day today is all the warm weather wear from Tel-a-Runner. They have tons of super warm weather stuff which is exactly what I need lately! It's been a chilly 40-50 degrees here which, I know, I know! Some of you have it so much worse, and I think you must need this WAY more than me! So check out their site. They also are having a 15% off holiday coupon, which you can find on their site, and you just have to press apply coupon for the discount. Here are some of my personal favorites.
Manzella Wind Stopper Cap
Ear flaps can be lowered for versatile ear protection. Gore windproof membrane blocks wind, by eliminating wind chill you can stay out longer. Pull closure allows for adjustable fit. It's $ 24.99 and can be found here.
Asics Thermopolis – DUOTECH foul weather gloves have a fabric base with denier gradient mesh lining that enhances moisture transfer and the DUOTECH design adds dry comfort. The Terry surface at outer thumbs helps wipe perspiration from your face. Boxed finger design provides excellent fit without causing circulation loss to your fingers. This helps in keeping your hands warm. They are $27.00 and can be found here.
The Brooks Vapor Dry Headband is another fave and I love the colors they have! The moisture transfer headband with a mesh band helps regulate temperature by moving moisture away from the head, keeping you dry and comfortable. It is $14.99 and can be found here.
Check out Tel A Run though for some great products and running gear!


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We've all been sitting on pins and needles to see what's next in the ongoing tale of the big screen version of "Ouija", the classic talk to dead people "game" from Hasbro. Well Juliet Snowden and Stiles White are next in line to write and direct the flick, which has already seen a few names come and go from the production sheet, and Michael Bay is still set to produce. The duo recently worked on the upcoming kid with a demon inside flick "The Possession" in case you were wondering. In contrast Michael Bay recently finished getting a BJ from a Russian stripper who has hopes of being in "Transformers 8: Dry Hump of the Dinobots".
Hail Satan! "Rosemary's Baby" is coming to Blue-Ray on October 30th for all your demon baby Halloween needs. The disc will be chock full of interviews, making of docs and restored goodness. Plus if you buy it you'll be supporting the world's most famous sex offender. It's really a win on all accounts.
"Vamp U" is going to change the way we view film forever. I don't even care what the movie is about. I know from title alone it's going to be a game changer. And thanks to the lucky folks at Level 33 were smart enough to acquire the rights to the film. I'm sure there was a bitter bidding war over this one since it will no doubt blow all box office records away. Wait it's a vampire comedy with a guy named Wayne Gretzky who can throw his teeth? Just close production on every other movie being made in the world, Hollywood people. There's no way you're going to top this one.
It looks like David Letterman may have given away the ending to "The Dark Knight Rises" on a recent episode when he was interviewing Anne Hathaway. So here it is. SPOILER ALERT: I will still hate Anne Hathaway's guts after I see "Dark Knight Rises".
Oh boy oh boy! "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D" is just 9 years away from hitting theaters, give or take 8 years, and today we've got our first look at pictures from the set. At least I think they're from the set. It's either the set or Germany, I still can't tell. Wait it's being filmed in Germany? This worked out perfectly!
Christopher Nolan has confirmed that next installment in the Batman franchise, titled "The Dark Knight Rises" will be filmed in the fine city of Pittsburgh, PA. I'm pretty sure the move from Chicago is happening solely because Nolan saw that same Food Network show I did about that place in Pittsburgh that makes giant sandwiches with fries on them. If I made movies I would base my locations on places I want to eat too.
I haven't seen "Wolf Creek" but Greg McLean who directed it has dreamy eyes so I feel compelled to tell you about "Crawlspace", a new underground "hey what the hell is going on here" flick. Excited? No? What if I told you the movie stars a bunch of people you've never heard of? Still no huh... How about that weather?
"It's like 'An American Werewolf In Paris' meets 'Fight Club.'" Tell me more Katee Sackhoff! I like both of those movies so I'm going to love your movie "Growl" aren't I?! Wolves fighting each other in underground tournaments while Brad Pitt commands them all to do his bidding! I assume Brad Pitt will be in this movie Katee. You can't have Werewolf Fight Club without him!


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Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Meri Bassai is one of the longest and most popular Nepali comedy serials with about 10 Years of broadcasting. Based on rural lifestyle and lower-middle-class people, the series represents many political and social issues on its episodes with educational comedy flavour. It is aired in Nepal Television at 8:45 PM and in YouTube at 9:30 PM every Tuesday. This show is produced by Media Hub Pvt. Ltd.
Kunjana Ghimire and Sitaram Kattel are main characters as husband and wife but now Raju Master and Balchhi Dhurbe perform the main character. Surbir Pandit is acting as Dhurmu's Father. Ramchandra Adhikari is one of the leaders of the village. The story is based on the rural lifestyle and lower-middle-class people. The show represents many political as well as social issues on its episodes with educational comedy flavour. Production: Media Hub Pvt. Ltd. Production Advisor: Som Dhital, Direction: Manraj Shrestha, IT Head and YouTube Manager: Suvash Pokhrel Editor: Rabin Bhatta , Sub-Editor: Ashok Chaudhary, Graphics: Rajendra Manandhar,
Scrip Writer: Kunjan Bhattarai, Camera: Dilip Bista , Makeup: Anju Pandit, Title song Writer: Shankar Adhikari, Music/Singer: Chetan Sapkota, Artists: Surbir Pandit, Ramchandra Adhikari, Sitaram Kattel, Kunjana Ghimire, Surendra K.C, Palpasa Dangol, Suraj Chapagain, Januka Poudel, Niru Khadka,Lekhant Bhusal(Lekharaj),Begam Nepali, Madhu Acharya, Dhanaram Muskan, Diwakar Bhandari, Sarswoti Fuyal and many more.
Guide of the month: January 2018
Traveling gives us the opportunity to disconnect from our regular life. You get to forget your problems/issues for a few weeks, it can also help you figure things out that you would not have understood without the distance traveling can give you. We all have crazy schedules, work and a family to take care of, going away alone or with some friends can give you distance and perhaps even make you realize how important these people are for you. Like the saying says: we never know what we have until we lose it.
Another great benefit is the relaxation you get to do. It's nice to live life to its fullest and enjoy a stress free time with yourself. Going on vacation lets us recharge our "batteries" by disconnecting us from our regular life. When we come back we feel invigorated and we are happy to be back in our day to day routine. It's a very good stress remover that has a lot more to give than most people are willing to accept.
Traveling increases our knowledge and widens our perspective. To view new customs, different ways of living is fantastic for the mind. It gives us a new perspective about life and especially our life, it can help us change some of our habits or even create new ones. When I travel I usually make it a point to try new food, some cultures don't have fries in their diet and they are all skinny, others use spices to give taste and not oils or fats. Discovering different values and ways to get by in life is really interesting. You also need to visit exotic new places and discover what this wonderful world has to offer.


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Who was/is Albert Collins ? - CDs, Vinyl LPs, DVD and more
Albert Collins
They called Albert Collins 'The Master of the Telecaster,' and he was. Thanks to his early 45s, many of which bore frigid titles, it was decreed that his reverb-drenched guitar sound was 'icy.' In reality, a hotter electric blues guitarist never existed. When he strode through an audience, his axe slung low on his shoulder and trailing at least 100 feet of cord, he glowed with a million watts of incandescence. And Frosty was the tour de force he always played in the midst of those crowds.
Born October 1, 1932 in a log cabin in Leona, Texas, Collins mostly grew up in Houston's Third Ward. Piano was his first instrument, but when his music teacher's path was blocked by rain, young Albert decided to switch to guitar. "My cousin's the one that taught me how to play, named Willow Young," said the late Collins. "And I had a very good friend of mine, he's a music teacher name of Henry Hayes, out of Houston, Texas. They taught me quite a bit, you know. But I was listening to John Lee Hooker and Lightnin' Hopkins at the particular time when I first learned how to start playing guitar."
Collins' unorthodox tuning was radically different. "It's a D-minor tuning," said Collins. "From where I come from out of the south, Houston, Texas, they all would call this Spanish tuning." That meant that chords were all but impossible; Albert was by both design and necessity a lead guitarist.He adopted T-Bone and Gatemouth as his idols. "In 1953, I met Gatemouth Brown. I saw him with a new guitar," said Collins. "When the Fenders first came out, he bought the Esquire Fender. So I bought me one." That wasn't Gate's only input. "I started out playing with just my fingers," he said. "I tried to use a pick, but I don't know, it seemed like it was a handicap to me." And like his hero, Collins used a capo. "After I got around Gatemouth, I got hooked on that clamp," he said. "It gave me a good sound."
Collins formed his first band, the Rhythm Rockers, in 1950. He got the idea for those long mid-song walks from sax wildman Big Jay McNeely. "He used to have a creeper that you work on cars on, a creeper that you lay down on," said Albert. "He'd go all out in the streets, blowin' his horn." Collins made his first instrumental 45, The Freeze, in 1958 for Hayes' Kangaroo label, encoring on the Great Scott logo with Defrost. Then he hooked up with Beaumont producer Bill Hall and his partner, ex-Sun A&R man Jack Clement, who ran Hall and Hallway Records. "When I got with Hall and Clement, they told me, 'Well, man, we'll just keep you in the icebox. So everything we put out on you will be pertaining to cold!'" Albert said.
The swinging, intricately conceived Frosty came out in 1964 on Hall. "I was just doing mostly instrumentals at that particular time," Collins said. "I wasn't singing too much then." He was backed by his regular combo: trumpeter Frank Mitchell, Hayes on alto sax, Big Tiny on tenor, organist Walter McNeil, bassist Bill Johnson, and drummer Herbert Henderson. More classic cold-themed instrumentals—Backstroke, the two-part Sno-Cone, Don't Lose Your Cool—followed. Albert moved over to Imperial for three 1968-70 albums that didn't quite have the same pizzazz and looked destined to primarily remain a West Coast phenomenon until his 1978 Alligator album 'Ice Pickin'' catapulted him into the major leagues of bluesdom and belatedly showed him to be a fine, understated singer as well
From then until his November 24, 1993 death of lung cancer, Albert Collins was the most exciting electric blues guitarist in the world, cold as ice and hot as fire.
Bill Dahl
Chicago, Illinois
Electric Blues 1939-2005. - The Definitive Collection!


text: Go through this checklist to cut your travel costs before you hit the road this holiday season. By Stacy Rapacon, Online Editor November 23, 2010 Editor's Note: Cameron Huddleston, the regular author of the Kip Tips column, is on vacation this week. Whether it's due to an old-fashioned wish to head over the river and through the woods or a protest against unwanted intimacy via new airport security measures, more people are expected to hit the road than fly the skies this holiday season. According to AAA, 39.7 million people plan to travel by car for Thanksgiving this year, up 12% over last year, and only 1.6 million will go by air. And the traffic pattern may be similar for the rest of the winter holidays, too. If you're one of those millions, here are five tips to cut your costs before you head out on the highway: Sponsored Content 1. Fill up at low gas prices. You can search for the lowest prices in your area on GasBuddy.com or GasPriceWatch.com before your trip. To find the best prices while en route, you can text GasBuddy at 368266, type "gasbuddy" and your current zip code or city and state, and get a response in a few seconds with stations and prices in your area (standard texting rates apply). And of course, there's an app for that: The GasBuddy application is available for Droids. For iPhones, AAA's free TripTik Mobile application will point you to the nearest gas stations and list the latest price information. It can also give you directions and details on local AAA-approved restaurants, hotels and attractions. See Best Apps for Autos for other helpful driving gadgets. And check out these 5 Ways to Save Gas Money. 2. Check your car's health. To avoid costly (not to mention time-consuming and just plain annoying) car trouble along your holiday road trip, AAA suggests you check your tire pressure and tread, wiper blades and battery connections. Also, Progressive Insurance recommends always keeping some gas in your tank to keep the fuel line from freezing. For long-term car-care tips, see 5 Ways to Extend the Life of Your Car. Advertisement 3. Rent a car. If your wheels aren't road-ready, good news – according to AAA, car rental rates are down 4% from last year to an average $42 per day for a mid-size car. Visit Hotwire.com for the best listed car rental rates, or try bidding lower at Priceline.com (see our picks for Best Travel Sites). But remember to watch out for sneaky fees: You may not need their extra collision damage waiver insurance, and you can skip their charges for gas, a GPS or an EZPass by covering those costs yourself. For more information, see What You Need to Know About Renting a Car. 4. Prepare for the worst. Winter-road trouble is exactly the kind of thing you save for in an emergency fund. Be sure you have easy access to that stash of cash before you pull out of the driveway, so you can avoid putting any crisis charges on your credit card and risk incurring extra fees. If you have to use credit, pay it off as soon as possible. Other supplies Progressive Insurance and AAA recommend for your emergency holiday road kit: an ice scraper, a small shovel, your cell phone complete with emergency numbers, including your insurer, a flashlight with extra batteries, blankets, jumper cables, kitty litter and water. 5. Share a ride. You can find travel buddies to split gas costs with you through sites such as eRideShare.com or CarPoolConnect.com. But if being trapped in a car with strangers makes you nervous, try reaching out for a ride through your social networks either by Facebook, Twitter or word of mouth. Follow me on Twitter