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The picture shows the comprehensive supply ship Kekexili Lake (Hull 968) attached to the North China Sea Fleet under the PLA Navy.
By Li Yinchuan
QINGDAO, Mar. 26 --On the afternoon of March 25, the 33rd escort taskforce of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, consisting of the guided-missile destroyer Xining (Hull 117), the guided-missile frigate Weifang (Hull 550), and the comprehensive supply ship Kekexili Lake (Hull 968), returned to a military port in Qingdao after successfully completing its escort missions in the Gulf of Aden.
On August 29, 2019, the 33rd Chinese naval escort taskforce set sail for the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia to perform escort missions. The taskforce has consecutively worked for 210 days and escorted 24 batches of 41 ships from China and other countries, ensuring the safety of the escorted ships and the taskforce itself.
During the missions, the taskforce took part in the Multinational Maritime Exercise with Russia and South Africa, which enhanced the friendship and military cooperation between the three countries, demonstrating the determination of all parties to work together to address maritime threats and challenges and maintaining maritime security.
On its journey home, the taskforce also made visits to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bangladesh, and Thailand, fully demonstrating the good image of the PLA and helping strengthen and develop the friendly relations with relevant countries. | http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/view/2020-03/26/content_9778165.htm | 1,660,765,477 | null |
Patch notes for Season 5 of Street Fighter 5: Champion Edition have been released by Capcom. As a result, the entire roster has essentially been buffed or nerfed.
General
• Health and stun parameters were adjusted for each character to be in line with their overall functionality. Health adjustments have been made as high as 25, while stun numbers have been adjusted as high as 50.
• Previously, if you blocked a projectile and transitioned straight to a CA against some characters, a V-Reversal is no longer possible and CA chip damage occurs. It was very powerful to take advantage of this situation when a character’s health was low enough to be chip KO’ed, so it has been fixed so that this cannot be taken advantage of anymore.
• During the down to wake-up animation, the size of the collision box for all characters was set the same. However, some characters had different collision boxes during specific down states or wake-up animations. This affected certain wake up attacks and setups, so the collision box in the down state has been standardized across all characters.
• Several light fixes have also been made.
Abigail
• Abigail’s adjustments are based on getting more benefits through the action of utilizing the EX meter.
• “EX Abigail Punch” made the opponent float higher, allowing the state after the float to be more beneficial and allow Level 2 version of “Metro Crash” to hit multiple times.
• Stomping motion of “EX Nitro Charge” hits multiple times to both ground and airborne opponents, making his ability to push the opponent to the edge stronger than the previous state. Although the situation to apply it inside the combo is limited, Abigail can drain an opponent’s health when used properly.
Akuma
• We looked into the performance of basic and special moves for Akuma.
• We increased the pushback distance on block for “Crouching MP” and added 3F of recovery on “Goshoha (Forward Throw).”
• Regarding the adjustments on hitbox/hurtbox, here are the major changes we made:
・Standing MK – Expanded the hurtbox.
・Standing HP – Expanded the hurtbox during recovery on whiff.
・”EX Hyakkishu” – Reduced the hitbox and expanded the hurtbox.
• We made changes to many moves that were used frequently to rebalance Akuma so players can look for new ways to play him.
• Another major change we made is that you can no longer activate V-Trigger I “Dohatsu Shoten” from cancelling “Gohadoken” and “Sekia Goshoha” on whiff. If the fireball is on hit or being blocked, it can still be cancelled with V-Trigger I activation.
Alex
• His mid-range and unique attacks have been improved, as well as his damage output after successfully reading the opponent and landing a melee attack.
• Attacks with long range such as his Standing MK, Crouching MP and Crouching MK have modifications with reduced start up frame, and reduced hurtbox for more effective mid-range control. Players also have more combo opportunities such as linking “Lariat” to an “H Flash Chop” or chaining a Standing MP to an “M Slash Elbow.” Reading the opponent correctly will return more on the investment.
• By strengthening these capabilities, his throws and moves becoming far more threatening as he jumps or steps forward towards the opponent. By improving his close-to-mid range battles, he will have far more opportunities to drop the opponent’s health.
Balrog
• Balrog’s update is mainly focused on close range combo through the upper adjustment on L attack and V-Trigger II.
• Reach of Standing LP got slightly increased, making it easier to connect it from Crouching LP and Crouching LK. So, combos like Crouching LP ⇒ Crouching LK ⇒ Standing LP are executable. With this adjustment, Balrog can bring the game to his favorite level and be the aggressor.
• Furthermore, we allowed more moves that can cancel into No Mercy and made it more useful.
Birdie
• We made adjustments on his basic moves that can be used for distance control. His risk/reward for some of the moves got balanced by expanding the hurtbox and disadvantage on recovery when whiff.
• For his Special Move, adjustments were made on “M H Hanging Chain,” which was not used as much, by reducing the recovery on hit. We rebalanced the performance of Special Moves that were easy to use for combo and slight backward adjustments were made.
Blanka
• Made adjustments on “Surprise Forward” and “Raid Jump” so that Blanka can move around the stage more aggressively. Since the opponent needs to fight Blanka with that in mind, it gives extra pressure when facing his jump and “Rolling Attack.”
• We also adjusted the “EX Vertical Rolling” by increasing the hitbox when used in a combo from “EX Rolling Attack,” making it easier to hit the opponent from behind.
Cammy
• We’ve expanded Cammy’s attack capabilities by allowing her to chain combos after an aerial hit, utilizing moves like her “Knee Bullet” and “Reverse Edge (V-Trigger II).”
• The positive net upon a Reverse Edge hit has been slightly reduced, but there’s less chance of being countered upon guard due to decreased disadvantage frame on block. In the past, damage upon hit was higher, but there was far more risk upon getting blocked. It was very much a high risk, high reward attack. By making this adjustment, players can use it more freely against projectiles and throws.
Chun-Li
• Chun-Li is a character that has attacks that are efficient for any situation, but the overall damage is low and resulted in situations where players often were not able to win the match.
• Through this adjustment, her overall power has been increased:
・Upper adjustment to middle range move, which is her signature distance
・Increase of combo damage and combo that allows more chance to execute normal throws in close range
・Increasing opportunity to follow up by making an adjustment to some states after move
• “Hyakuretsukyaku.” Changed the V-Trigger and CA cancel timing to latter motion state to increase damage within that combo.
• In addition to that, “H Hyakuretsukyaku” will make the opponent knockdown on hit.
• “Crouching MK” while moving forward makes it easier to continue attacking without using EX Gauge, allowing more pressure to the opponent in ground combat.
• Furthermore, the below adjustments have also been incorporated:
・Preventing accidental execution of special move when using air throw as anti-air
・Allowing priority input when connecting “Yosokyaku” to “Airborne Hyakuretsukyaku”
Cody
• Multiple adjustments were made for Cody. For example: -Improvements to his basic moves. -Adding a level 2 to “Zonk Knuckle.” -Adjusting “Ruffian Kick” to make it easier to use on its own without incorporating it in combo.
• Holding down the P button for over 300 frames with “Zonk Knuckle” now activates an improved Level 2 version of it. Cody can combo afterwards from both the normal and EX version, and the EX version has higher frame advantage on block. There is a downside that the P button is unavailable for use while holding it down, but we believe the positives of the move outweigh the negatives.
• His less-frequently used “Side Arm (V-Trigger I)” has gone through multiple adjustments to be far more effective when in the effective distance from the opponent. Basic attacks with the knife have also been improved to be more effective at close-to-mid range combat. The “Reload” cost has also been reduced and can be utilized after a Tornado Sweep, to extend out the overall time that the knife can be out to widen Cody’s breadth of attack opportunities.
Dhalsim
• While maintaining his patented long-range fighting style, adjustments have been made to his anti-air capabilities.
• “EX Yoga Fire” recovery frames have been slightly reduced and the stagger time for the first hit has been increased to drastically change comboing it together with his regular long-range attacks.
• Anti-air attacks such as Crouching MP and “Yoga Anvil” can now cancel into “Yoga Float (V-Skill).” Basic jumping moves can also cancel into “Yoga Sansara (V-Trigger II)” to allow for even more unique movements.
E. Honda
• Certain updates have been made to E. Honda, such as his “vertical jump HP” increasing in distance, and his special moves getting enhanced, making his movements more Honda-esque.
• Except for the L version, his “Sumo Headbutt” has increased in the amount of damage it inflicts. Specifically, the beginning of the move deals a lot of damage now. Since each variation has a different role (where M is used for combos, H is used for anti-air, and EX can change the tide of the battle), the amount of damage you can inflict in each scenario has been increased.
• His “Oni-Daikaku,” which can only be used while his V-Trigger I is activated, consumes less of his V Timer when used, and has more of an opportunity to hit the opponent multiple times. Even if this is blocked, the risk of getting punished is low. When this powerful move does hit, it allows the player to easily push forward offensively and end the match quickly.
Ed
• Ed’s concept is simple control, so we made adjustments on usage of basic and special moves to make him slightly easier to play.
• Since Ed had difficulty attacking through opponent’s blocks, we made adjustments on his Crouching LK by reducing the pushback on hit so that there are more ways to connect each attack. This offered more risk for the opponent to move back or back step, making Ed’s normal throw and other actions easier to hit.
• Ed’s Special Moves received a lot of adjustments and “Psycho Flicker” got major updates. For example:
・changed input command priority to prevent the phenomenon where Ed performs “Psycho Upper” when cancelled from other attack.
・increased forward movement distance of moves.
• Other basic and special moves have been updated, so there will be more chances to utilize them during battle.
F.A.N.G
• Modifications have been made to strengthen F.A.N.G’s unique and tricky movement in keeping distance from the opponent and taking advantage of any openings.
• F.A.N.G has powerful anti-air capabilities, but had difficulty dealing with any opponents that were able to change trajectory in mid-air. His jump attack was designed as an air-to-air counterattack, but it was difficult to use due to its movement. His Jumping MP now has a blowback knockdown and is now cancellable into “Nikyoushu” to raise the reward of a successful counter. It’s an addition to F.A.N.G’s strategy of utilizing his reach to keep opponents at bay.
• The first hit of the long-range attack “Nirenko” can be canceled into a special move, widening the breadth of attacks that F.A.N.G can shift into. Normally, it is difficult to cancel into a special move, especially with movement restrictions when charging. However, with Dokunomu (V-Trigger I), F.A.N.G does not need to charge up to cancel into a special move. By pairing these abilities together, there will be large variances in his movement between his normal state or when V-Trigger II is active.
Falke
• We made improvements to moves of all range for Falke and made her stronger overall than her previous state.
• Her signature move with the rod now has less charge time. Specifically with “Pshycho Kugel,” the staff’s hurtbox became invincible to projectiles when hit as counter. “Standing MK” can be followed up as well. This change makes this move useful to control the range.
• For close range combat, we reduced the pushback on block for Standing MP and allowed Crouching MK to be cancelled into CA, making her aggressiveness pay off.
• Furthermore, adjustments were made to connect “Psycho Kugel” and “Katapult” from Standing LP. This allows Falke to change back to the aggressor and punish then, when an opponent whiffs their attack.
G
• No major adjustments were made to alter G’s playstyle, strategies or movement. Aside from allowing a successful Crouching MK to connect into a Standing or Crouching LP, most of his adjustments are based around “Dangerous President (V-Trigger II).”
• As one of the Special Moves that can be used during “Dangerous President,” “G Explosion” can now be executed after canceling from a “G Smash Under” for easier combo opportunities.
• “G Rage” is one of the throwing moves with armor. The V-Timer consumption has been reduced during it, making the situation far better upon hit. As a character that doesn’t have any three-frame attacks or invincibility moves, this becomes an effective means of withstanding opponent attacks and switching roles to the offense.
• By improving and differentiating between two of his special moves, his overall functionality and flexibility has been improved.
Guile
• Guile does not have any significant changes, with only slight changes to his basic and special moves.
• Similar to Chun-Li, his “L Sonic Boom” and “L Somersault Kick” have been adjusted so that an incorrect input won’t occur when attempting an aerial throw.
Ibuki
• Ibuki is all about speed and being aggressive. However, we found that the length of time she would stay aggressive was relatively long. We assessed the continuity of her attacks. Once she’s on the offensive, attacks that can continue her offense now come with a risk that opens her up to being countered unless utilized at the right distance or timing.
• “EX Airborne Kunai” is an incredibly powerful offensive attack, so we increased its recovery frame when the explosion is not hitting the opponent. If it’s utilized too close to the opponent, it heightens the likelihood of being countered, so it should now be used more from a distance.
• The hurtbox of “Tenrai (V-Skill)” was expanded soon after she takes action. This was done to stop taking advantage of her relatively smaller hurtbox to charge in. It’s easier to fall victim to opponent attacks at long range when hitting each other at the same time as well.
• “Fuma Shuriken – Haku (V-Trigger II)” has combo strength and good risk vs reward after a block, so we modified it so that it’s easier to get countered upon being blocked. Players will no longer be able to activate it easily regardless of a hit or block, so they must be more methodical and calculated when utilizing it.
Juri
• Mainly adjusted her Special Moves in order to make it more convenient to use in situations like combo and anti-air etc.
• When you cancel Standing or Crouching LP to her signature move, “Fuharenkyaku,” her forward hitbox got expanded. It can still reach the opponent after 2 L attacks if performed at an extremely close range.
• “EX Fuharenkyaku” now allow the first and the second hit to be staggered damage and also the second hit can be cancelled to V-Trigger. This is useful as a combo when you do not have any stock of “Fuharenkyaku” or you wish to forcefully attack.
• Regarding her V-Trigger II “Feng Shui Engine beta,” these adjustments were made:
・Expanded the range at which she can absorb EX meter.
・V-Timer will not get consumed when getting hit right after activation.
Karin
• The stun of each Special Move has been reduced and the separation distance of a successful Hajotsui (Forward Throw) in a corner has been increased. By making this change, it maintains the character’s defining close-to-mid range fighting style, while increasing the frequency of risk vs reward situations.
• The Crouching MK has a long range with potential big returns, so its motion during recovery and hurtbox have been adjusted accordingly. Upon attack, the duration that her leg is out is extended and her hurtbox is also extended, so whiffing is far more punishable.
• As for other adjustments, Karin’s hurtbox pointing down during jumping attacks was relatively big, making her vulnerable even against attacks which weren’t necessarily applicable as anti-air attacks. It’s not a significant change, but her Jumping HP and Jumping HK hurt boxes have been slightly reduced.
Ken
• Close-range basic moves have been adjusted to improve the use of his rushdown.
• Ken’s appeal is being able to close the distance and deal damage up close. So, we looked into increasing the chance to execute a combo with “Chin Buster,” attacking an opponent outside of their throw range. Also, we’ve made it easier to execute Special Moves off a Crouching MK to punish opponents who shy away from close-range battles and keep backing off.
• We found that Shinryuken (V-Trigger II) wasn’t utilized much, so we improved all levels of it to make it a more viable tool.
Kolin
• We looked into the performance of moves used for distance control and strengthened V-Trigger I “Diamond Dust.”
• Both Standing HP and “Sniping Kick,” which had low risk on whiff, got their backwards hurtbox expanded during recovery, adding more risk on whiff. However, the reward for these moves is still high, so it can still be used as a strong move to pressure the opponent.
• V-Trigger I “Diamond Dust” can now be executed through cancelling “EX Silver Edge.” With this, Kolin can keep and increase an opponent’s Stun Meter through her combo and by countering their projectiles. This allows Kolin to aim Stun + Freeze state more than before.
• Furthermore, we reduced the startup of Special Move version of “Diamond Dust” from 19F to 17F, so this can be connected from Crouching MK.
Laura
• Changes have been made to accentuate Laura’s signature fast-paced attacks and close-range combos.
• The cancel window for a Crouching MK has been increased, to allow cancelling into Special Moves to be executed upon hit confirming. “L Bolt Charge” is easier to execute without being consecutively blocked, so it’ll be easier to counter opponents hoping to take advantage of “Linear Movement – Avante.”
• Start up for “L Sunset Wheel” has been increased, but the throw range has been widened to grapple enemies that previously would have been out of range.
Lucia
• Her moves during her standard state have not been touched much, and the majority of her updates have been applied to her V-Trigger I, “Burning Fight,” which wasn’t being utilized much. Alterations have been made so her footsies are enhanced when “Burning Fight” is activated, and to make it easier to put the strength of her short-range attacks to good use.
• Her high class projectile, “V Flipper Shot,” has decreased in consumption of her V Timer, making it easier to use and easier to limit the opponent’s moves. With a lower cost, it is now easier to approach the opponent from a long distance and utilize tactics that involve both the projectile and Lucia herself.
• Now, the distance that the opponent flies back when hitting with her V-Skill, “V Tap-Kick” has been reduced so that Lucia can keep the situation working in her favor, without consuming V-Timer any more. By using this after hitting the opponent with a basic move from a mid-range distance or her “V Fire Spinner,” it creates more opportunities to perform hard hitting combos while conserving her V Timer.
M. Bison
• We adjusted the basic attacks and unique attacks associated with control and distance.
• Standing HP was utilized relatively often to control distance, so the hit box was reduced so that there’s a higher change of whiffing. In addition, the hurt box was expanded so that there is a higher risk when whiffing or blocking up close.
• “Psycho Axe” was the basis of creating a lot of attack opportunities and has been adjusted with an expanded hurt box, reduction of the size of the box that triggers the opponent’s block, and increase in recovery time on whiff to limit its use as a means of closing distance with the opponent.
• In addition, we reduced the pushback on hit for the first attack of the “Double Knee Press”, so that it becomes harder to whiff your CA upon activating it through a “Double Knee Press” cancel.
Menat
• We believe that Menat has been adjusted just the way we wanted her to be, so this update is mostly done to make her V-Trigger II “Prophecy of Thoth” more useful.
• By allowing other Special Moves to cancel into “Judgement of Thoth,” there are many opportunities for combos whether the players has the Crystal Ball or not.
• “Judgement of Thoth” allows the Crystal Ball to fire out in different directions, based on L,M,H inputs, so players can try it with other Special Moves to find the most effective action.
Nash
• Adjustments have been made to strengthen anti-air capabilities and ground attacks including projectiles.
• There was some difficulty properly using different anti-air options against characters who were able to change their trajectory mid-air. As a result, “H Sonic Scythe” and “EX Sonic Scythe” are now invincible against airborne attacks from its active frame. If players are able to react to the jump animation at an early timeframe, they’ll be able to counter most jump attacks.
• Basic anti-air normals were difficult to follow up after hitting the opponent in the air. Now, the duration that the opponent is left in the air increases after being hit by a Standing MK or Standing HK, allowing Nash to follow up with a forward dash attack to keep the pressure.
• By combining these improved anti-air capabilities and the strengthened “Sonic Boom,” it will allow players to utilize familiar strategies and dish out more damage.
Necalli
• Adjustments have been made on follow-ups after combos or crush counter activations.
• It was difficult aiming for a combo without utilizing the EX gauge from a light attack. M Raging Light was a less frequently utilized attack, so by expanding its hitbox range, players have an additional weapon to utilize in their combos. This also allows players to hold onto their EX gauge during a match.
• The frame disadvantage of “EX Valiant Rebellion” on block has been alleviated to make it a more viable option to consume EX gauge. Even if the opponent is guarding, it’ll be easier to keep being aggressive and backing them into a corner.
• If a crush counter occurs during a Standing HP, it was difficult to follow-up without cancelling into a Special Move. Based on the circumstance, follow-ups have been made easier. We adjusted the crush counter so that players are not forced to cancel into Special if they want to attempt a follow-up attack.
Poison
• By updating the startup of her basic moves and increasing the hitbox of her “Avant Line,” Poison’s proficient mid and long range attacks have become enhanced and can apply more pressure.
• In order to give her more options in the mid-to-long range distances, her “EX Love Me Tender” has been updated to become a quicker overhead Special Move. In addition to it being a way to counter projectiles, its usage has been enhanced so that it can also be a surprise attack, differentiating it from other EX moves like “EX Heart Raid.” While it’s more powerful, it’s now easier to get punished when blocked, so players need to be cautious of this.
• Also, the frame disadvantage has been updated when “EX Avant Line” is blocked, making it so she can no longer get punished. While she is powerful to use when leveraging her fast, long-range attacks, her short-range tactics have also been enhanced by reducing risk when cancelling from her L attacks.
R. Mika
• She went through minimal change, with some adjustments made to her melee attacks.
• The frequently utilized “Stomp Chomp” can now combo into “H Shooting Peach” to make it easier to dish out combo damage and back opponents into the corner.
• V-Trigger I and II have been modified so that if Nadeshiko’s attack and Mika’s throw hit the opponent at the same time, Nadeshiko’s attack will take priority.
Rashid
• We took a look at moves associated with keeping mid-range control and distance and made whiffing much more punishable.
• The Crouching MP has been greatly modified so that it is easier to execute combos that chain L Whirlwind Shot and Wing Stroke (V-Skill II) together. For his bigger attacks, the “L and M Spinning Mixer” parameters and post-attack opportunities have been slightly reduced.
Ryu
• His main close to mid-range basic moves have been enhanced to make his ground fighting more solid. Also, by altering the specs of his “Denjinrenki (V-Trigger 1),” which makes it easier to incorporate his special move into a combo, the amount of damage that can be inflicted in a single opportunity has increased.
• Ryu’s well known “crouch MK” has been updated to adjust its disadvantage when blocked, making it easier to use.
• His “EX Jodansokutogeri” can now combo into his “L Tatsumakisenpukyaku,” and his M & H version is easier to combo from a standard move, allowing him to continue to be the aggressor.
• His V Trigger 1 has been altered so it doesn’t decrease his V Timer when using his enhanced special moves. While his V Timer length has been slightly reduced, it allows tactics that utilize his enhanced special moves to be more powerful.
Sagat
• Much of Sagat’s playstyle leaned too heavily on his mid-range control, so we revised his basic attacks that were less frequently used to widen the range that they would be effective.
• For example, the frame disadvantage of his Standing HP and Crouching HK on whiff have been reduced, making them more effective distance control tools. By combining these improved attacks with “Tiger Shot” and “Grand Tiger Shot,” Sagat’s strategy of keeping opponents at bay has been improved.
• Since his “Tiger Assault (V-Trigger II)” was an all-purpose move that could be used in various situations, “Tiger Cannon (V-Trigger I)” was increased to be more usable as well.
Sakura
• For Sakura, we adjusted and added parts for her combo and made updates to moves derived from her V-Skill “Haru Kaze” and V-Trigger I “Haru Arashi.”
• Standing LP and “EX Shunpukyaku” can now be connected as combo and can now be aimed to execute from Standing HK crush counter ⇒ front step or “Chin Buster Kick.” At the corner, you can continue to follow up, making it a surprising strong combo that starts from L attacks.
• In order to offer more variety during the activation of V-Trigger I “Haru Arashi,”we increased the hitbox for “V Tengyo Hadoken” and also adjusted the blowback distance for “Hogasyo.” Sakura players will get maximum reward by choosing the most efficient combo for each situation.
• All three derived moves from V-Skill “Haru Kaze” are improved. “Kashinfu,” for example, reduced the recovery on hit and can continue to attack the opponent.
Urien
• We made some changes on his basic moves and unique attacks, which can be used to control distance, but the overall usability has not changed much.
• Standing HP did not have much risk when whiffed, so we expanded the hurtbox during recovery, making it vulnerable unless used wisely.
• On the other hand, we increased the pushback distance on block and reduced the hurtbox at the foot for “Quarrel Kick” and reduced some usage risk.
Vega
• We’ve made the claw easier to use, in order to highlight upon the difference in playstyle between having the claw equipped or not. We also added a new move called “Sky High Claw” as a long-range opportunistic move effective against projectiles.
• We also overhauled and improved “Bloody Kiss” to make it a more effective combo tool, such as being able to cancel into from other Special Moves and improving Vega’s movement after a hit or block.
Zangief
• His mid-range control attacks have gone through some fine-tuning.
• Much of his mid-range control was determined by his Standing MP, so we delayed the timing at which the hurtbox disappears during recovery. On the flip side, the less frequently utilized Standing MK has a smaller hurtbox now. With these changes, the idea is to be able to balance the effectiveness of both moves depending on the opponent or how they may be maneuvering.
• In addition, “Knee Hammer” now has increased movement with a reduced backwards hit box for active frames to make it a more effective attack in creating more advantageous situations.
Zeku
• Some of the moves for Young form got rebalanced, but his basic strategy of getting in close range of the opponent to execute high damage combos has not changed.
• For the Old form, we’ve made Crouching MK cancelable into Special Moves. This will give players different ways to engage the opponent in close combat.
• Furthermore, we noticed that his V-Trigger 2 “Karura Tenzan” was not used as much, so it can now cancel into EX Special move. By connecting them, Zeku can aggressively do high damage through his anti-air or combo. | https://www.pvgf.org/news/street-fighter-5-champion-edition-season-5-patch-notes/ | 1,660,806,370 | null |
The party continues to explore the ruins. The very well hidden door reveals a secret room with a number of very old magical weapons and artefacts. Gthe grabs these and heads onward to explore the rest of the ruin.
They have some trouble with a fire breathing dragons head trap, but other than that they manage to comb through the ruin peacefully.
They do find a crystal from a dead creature that Shambula manages to decipher. It plays a recorded message.
"En-Taro-A-Dun Whoever may be listening to this, this is the sad accounting of the failure of our mission. I am Praetor Fenaris of the 2nd Templar Expeditionary Force sent to this world to establish a series of outposts as a fallback point in case our war with the Scourge turns for the worst.
We were transported to this world several cycles ago. The local inhabitants seem primitive with swords and arrows. Some seem to be able to wield powers similar to the Templars, bending the psionic energies, which the locals call magic, to their will. We decided to steer clear of them whenever possible. After a while we discovered these ruins and repurposed them to house our outpost.
We established the gateway and were preparing to set up the defences and head back to home when the floating creature and it’s cohorts set upon us. It took us a moment to understand the danger we were in and by then it was too late. Many of my brethren had already entered their psi chambers and the few still out were no match for the beast. I managed to activate the defences and have it destroy anything approaching to prevent them from escaping this place.
One by one my brothers became his slaves, minds stripped of all reason.They are using the gateway to lure additional Protoss to their doom. I am all that is left, powerless to do anything as long as this collar is upon me. Soon it shall most likely be my turn I fear. I pray that whoever finds this recording, destroy my mindless form and ensures the gateway is destroyed as well along with the wretched fate of my brethren."
The party eventually leaves Shambula to continue to investigate the ruins, and to see where the portal or gateway as the creature called it leads to... | http://mekanismi.sange.fi/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/PathfinderSociety/Verkkopeliarkisto?n=PathfinderSerpentsSkull.Game39 | 1,660,482,913 | null |
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Let me put it on the record that I’m not proud of wearing non-thrifted non-vintage. Sometimes it just happens. Sometimes you buy a Hell Bunny dress because Old Gold is having a 50%-off sale and you’ve just gotten new ink and you realize you don’t own any blue, like at all. And then sometimes you need to be screamingly blasphemous. So you hock a loogie on the vintage gods and pull out your best petticoat. (And somewhere in there you change your hair color. Pink just wasn’t right for the season. Fall is for feeling like a bombshell, not a pixie.)
I’m not apologizing for wearing a fast-fashion dress. That’s silly – who would I grovel to? Besides, I’ve come to think of fast fashion, unsustainable and shoddily made as it is, as junk food. One donut won’t clog your arteries; one dress won’t kill the planet. The perfect is the age-old enemy of the good, and I think my almost-entirely-thrifted wardrobe is just that: good enough.
And, I mean, I feel really freaking cute.
Author skyePosted on October 15, 2014 Categories circuswear, hat porn, hurting your eyes, i actually wore thisTags art, fashion, fast fashion, hell bunny, photography, retro, retro fashion, vintage, vintage fashion2 Comments on rockasilly
slowing it down
First of all, let me announce far and wide that I haven’t forgotten about y’all, or this blog, or even (perish the thought) Halloween itself. I lost my $%&*$#& tripod, probably thanks to seasonal gremlins. Although I could probably wheedle some photos out of my loved ones, it’s just not the same as manning the shutter myself. Prepare, though, for a massive backlog of posts (including my excruciatingly belated Halloween costume) when I either find it or suck it up and shell out for a new one. In the meantime, I’ll be filling this blog with writing, non-fashion photography, and maybe a few pretty pictures from elsewhere on the web. And today I’m unveiling something I’ve been pondering for a while now.
You’ve seen this picture before, but look – it’s an entirely vintage/thrifted outfit!
Starting on January 1st, I will no longer be participating in fast fashion. I’ve been disappointed for some time with fashion blogging’s emphasis on consumption over creativity. I’m tired of same-old-same-old editorials with brand names in full, obnoxious view, as though the price tag were the end-all of a garment. I’m tired of uninspired outfit posts with no story to tell, just a label to flaunt. The way I see it, fashion blogging is supposed to be about bringing the art of clothing to a wider audience. Taking it into our own hands and pioneering new styles. I’m all about the democratization of high fashion (and high art in general). There are so many talents out there whose work might never see the light of day were it not for the internet and blogging culture. So it kinda bums me out when I see post after post about endless acquisition of off-the-rack basics. Where’s the fun in that? Where’s the creation of something the world has never seen before?
On its face, I don’t really have a problem with this. Hell, I’m not immune to attention-whoring when I find a really excellent vintage hat. But I’m tired of pretending that the glorification of status and materialism has no cost. I want to acknowledge that much of American culture’s pursuit of beauty ascends at the expense of human rights and environmental preservation. Yes, I know that Forever 21 dress is cute. But what’s that cuteness worth? Exploited children, shoddy factories, erasure of real craftsmanship? Not to mention that it’ll fall apart after three or four washings, and you’ll be left browsing the racks once again, perpetuating the cycle. I’m done with it.
Starting on January 1st, I will be buying exclusively vintage, thrifted, and handmade clothing. Admittedly, that isn’t much of a statement, coming from me. The clear majority of my clothes already fall into at least one of those categories. But I do occasionally cave in and go nuts at Charlotte Russe or Urban Outfitters. In two months, it stops. As a fashion blogger, I sit in a uniquely advantageous position: I can prove, with visual evidence, how awesome secondhand clothes can look. There’s so much clothing in the world. Why should it fall to ruin because predominant mores decided it’s no longer relevant?
So much of the activism in the fashion world is ultimately superficial. Yes, it’s great that so many people are pushing for a more inclusive perspective of beauty. It’s great that more companies are expanding their audience by marketing to different sizes and economic brackets. But if your definition of “inclusive” includes only those who have the privilege of contemplating fashion in the first place, it’s fundamentally flawed. Compared to the other flaws in the fashion industry, it’s one big ol’ first-world problem. How about including the often indigent workers, the local communities displaced by factories and urban sprawl, the children asthmatic from pollution, in the global discourse on fashion? How about finding balance between luxury and sustainability?
Beauty is tainted when its production is ugly. I am not okay with seeing my art propped up by corrupt, ozone-frying industries. I’m not going to pretend the gobbling of shoddy resources isn’t just another tick of the metaphorical time bomb. And on a more personal level, I care about the fashion world. I love its glitz and grotesquerie, and I damn well want its art to last. It’s the very least I can do to support ethical production and earth-safe materials. We have to lift this metaphorical house from the sand and plant it firmly on solid ground.
Starting January 1st…
I will buy primarily from local secondhand/vintage stores. Not only does that recycle the old, it supports the local economy.
I will also buy handmade artisanal garments when I can. Etsy is my friend here.
No more box stores or fast fashion franchises. No Urban Outfitters, Charlotte Russe, etc. I will, however, keep doing my research, and if certain box stores are particularly ethical, I will continue to patronize them.
I will begin making my own clothes more often. I’d like to find sustainably produced fabrics, too, but that will be a later project. I’m easing in.
I will keep what I already own. Poorly produced though some of it may be, I find it ultimately disrespectful to throw it out for some grand ideological reason. It was made, I’ve bought it, and I might as well get all the use from it that I can.
I will consult Annika’s ethical clothing directory as often as I can. That girl is doing great work.
I’m undecided about what to do if someone gifts me a fast-fashion item. Family and friends know about my pledge, and I have no qualms about reminding them of it when holidays and birthdays roll around, but what about acquaintances? Distant relatives? Family friends? Handing it back or asking for the receipt seems like such a cringingly awkward thing to do. Has anyone else who’s made a similar pledge figured out a good system for this?
Author skyePosted on November 5, 2013 May 23, 2014 Categories miscellany, wordy word wordsTags art, clothing, environmentalism, essay, essays, ethical fashion, ethics, fashion, fast fashion, politics, secondhand, secondhand clothes, slow fashion, slow fashion movement, sustanability, thrift shop, thrift shops, thrift store, thrift store fashion, thrift store shopping, thrift stores, thrifting, vintage, vintage clothes, vintage clothing3 Comments on slowing it down | https://colormebrazen.wordpress.com/tag/fast-fashion/ | 1,660,085,424 | null |
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We might pass off the answer to this question by saying, "Nothing like anything we know." But various terms have been used in Scripture to describe heaven in ways that show its grandeur, glory and majesty. There are no words adequate to define heaven so we could grasp the fullness of its greatness.
We know heaven is where God is. It is a real place; a place of rest, blessedness, reward, security and a better place than anything this world affords. It is an inheritance that God gives to those who are His faithful children. This means those who believe and obey the gospel and live accordingly will, in God's good pleasure, hear the words, "Well done," and enter heaven with all the saved of every age for eternity.
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"thats O" Robbie cried aloud, suddenly he felt himself grow back a little bit, his clothes a fitting a little better now.
robbie made his shot from the free throw line again, it went in. Ty shot, but missed on purpose.
"R!" robbie exclaimed again. "dude ty, i hope there isnt hard feelings or anything, you know..."
"no hard feelings im sure" ty replied with a grin.
Robbie could feel his body expand back out, growing back to its original size. his clothes finally felt normal again, and his dick lengthened back to its normal size.
Nervous Sweat dripped from his forhead as Robbie shot again. It went in. Robbie breathed a sigh of relief. Ty shot, and missed, again.
Robbie looked down between his legs to feel his pants tighten slightly, feeling his memeber elongate. Even his shirt felt a little smaller with just 10 pounds more mass. Robbie stood up straight to see how being 1 inch taller felt. not much different.
more sweat dripped across his forehead as robbie took another shot. Ty watched it go in, again. Ty took his turn, and the ball went in with ease. Robbie shot again and made it, and another sigh of relief. Ty made his shot, and it missed.
"i guess thats a S" Robbie said nervously. "go ahead" ty replied in a confedant tone.
Robbie could watch in awe as his muscles expanded and his manhood grew, little did he notice the extra inch in height. Now 20 pounds heavier, two inches longer and two inches taller. His perspective was a little altered now. That shirt was now starting to feel great around him, loosly hugging his now more muscular chest and arms. Even his neck felt thicker, but that wasnt the only thing getting thicker.
Robbie made his shot, hoping it would be the last of this stressful endevor. In bounced off the rim. Ty made a shot, actually trying to get it in, but it missed. Robbie made another shot, but this time, it went in, ty went, and missed.
"thats an E Ty" Robbie said.
"well here is your fifty pounds and 5 inches" Ty replied.
With that Robbie began to sweat, his arms grew thicker, his shoulders more broad, his crotch was burning. His chest pushed outward as he gained more mass. His dick lengthened, and he grew taller. Suddenly Robbie realized he was as tall as Ty now, then taller, and still taller. "what the..." was all he could make out in his dazed state.
"i said you would gain 50 pounds of muscle and 5 inches both ways... on top of what you allready have. And you have allready gained 30 pounds, bringing it to a grand total of 80 pounds and 8 inches."
Robbie was in a dazed state, he could feel the cloth of his shirt now tightly rapped around his chest and neck, and his biceps were growing so large they felt as if they were going to rip apart his sleaves.In fact his whole shirt was becoming tighter with every moment, it almost felt as if he was going to burst right out of his shirt.
Not only his shirt though, his legs no longer had room in his pants,(not to mention his growing manhood)and the pants felt like they were at the ripping point. His crotch was now getting so tight, it was becoming painful, his manhood expanding out to a full 14" hard, and at the moment, it was hard as a rock. But just when it seemed his streaning clothes couldnt take it any more, Robbie stopped growing. His body, now eight inches taller, would have loomed over his old self, his muscles large and built like an young bodybuilder.
Ty was pleased with what he had done, more than pleased though, Even Ty was a slight bit aroused. Meanwhile Robbie was in a state of shock, and Ty decided to leave him there, amused by the idea, Ty nonchalantly walked off the court, leaving Robbie right there... • | https://archive2007.musclegrowth.net/stories/3281.html | 1,660,363,093 | null |
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My presentations are fun and interactive, bringing literature alive for students, and as an award-winning author, I can pass on writing tips and skills with students, in an effective and engaging way, for them to be able to carry over into their own work.
My books fit nicely with the NSW Department of Education’s Wellbeing Framework, they touch on resilience and understanding yourself and others, as well having curriculum links to English, HSIE and PDHPE. My picture books are highly awarded and on the Premier’s Reading Challenge.
My writing workshops use The Scared Book as a launch pad to discuss aspects of character and writing technique, as students interact with and examine elements of my picture-book character. The hands-on workshops involves readings, discussion, drawing, writing exercises and role plays. Students will develop their own, unique character as a way to finding plot and exploring many essential story elements and narrative devices.
My author talks are playful and lively, celebrating the joy of books and engaging students' imagination.
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With both the developing technology and the increasing population in the world, the need for energy approaches the level that cannot be overcome. In line with these needs, state policies are formed and many regions of the world are witnessing energy wars. The damage caused by fossil fuels used to obtain energy is very dangerous. In order to get rid of this negative situation, studies on renewable energy sources are becoming increasingly widespread. Bioenergy, which is one of these sources, will enter our lives more in the near future and will be used as one of our main energy resources. Bioenergy is both used in electricity production and as fuel in vehicles. In this study, it has described the situation in Turkey and in the world of bioenergy. Basic raw materials of bioenergy; oilseed and waste oils. This study was conducted using a quantitative assessment oilseed production in Turkey amounts in different years. Turkey’s bioenergy capacity in 2008 had been 102 megawatts while in 2017 increased to the level of 450 megawatts. In order to increase these values to higher levels, the cultivation areas of oilseed plants, which are one of the raw materials of biodiesel, should be increased and evaluated in biodiesel production. The data used in this study consist of statistical figures from the literature. In this study, only the literature was evaluated.
Key words: Renewable energy sources, bioenergy, oilseed, oilseed production.
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Kepekci, H (2019). Bioenergy Potential for Energy Generation from Agriculture in Turkey. European International Journal of Science and Technology, 8(3), 1-14.
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A few years ago, the Barna Research Group conducted a national survey on “biblical literacy.” Some of the results may surprise you…or maybe not.
Fewer than half of all adults can name the four gospels
60 percent of Americans can't name even five of the Ten Commandments
82 percent of Americans assume "God helps those who help themselves," is a Bible verse
12 percent of adults believe that Joan of Arc was Noah's wife
Over 50 percent of high school seniors thought that Sodom and Gomorrah were husband and wife
A considerable number of respondents to one poll said that the Sermon on the Mount was preached by Billy Graham
Many of the people who gave those responses were undoubtedly intelligent and, on other subjects, well-educated. But all of those answers are just plain wrong, and also very sad.
It’s sad, not because those respondents will never know the joy of winning a thrilling game of Bible Trivia. Nor is the point that a person’s relationship with God depends on whether or not he knows who Noah’s wife was, or when the Bible was written. It doesn’t, of course. God loves you freely and unconditionally, and Jesus’ suffering on the cross for you has made you infinitely precious and loveable. God’s love for you has nothing to do with how much or how little you know.
It’s in the Bible, though, that God brings you the message of His love. There He recounts for you all the great things He’s done for His people from the foundation of the world, through the history of Israel, right down to His greatest deed of all: the life, death and resurrection of His Son, Jesus. In the Bible, God explains how that great deed of His changed everything about your life and your eternal future. And as you read, through those very words of His, God is in constant contact with your soul, drawing you closer and closer to Himself.
Of course, a person doesn’t automatically lose out on all those benefits if he doesn’t know who preached the Sermon the Mount. Deep down that person may still trust in the Lord Jesus and have a basic understanding of what God, in Christ, has done to make him His friend. In the same way, it’s true that being friends with someone isn’t a matter of knowing all kinds of facts about them, or even their name or phone number. But if you don’t know their name or their phone number, are you really going to get a lot of enjoyment from your friendship? And are you likely to stay friends for long?
That’s why the apostle Peter encourages us to continue to grow in our knowledge of the Bible and its message of Jesus and His saving work. As we open up those Bibles (or that Bible app!), the Holy Spirit will focus our attention on what’s most important: the forgiveness of sins God gives us in Jesus. But as we read, we also learn when the books of the Bible were written. And that the Sermon on the Mount was actually delivered by Jesus. And that it was actually Algernon Sidney, a 17th century English politician, who first came up with the phrase, “"God helps those who help themselves," in its present form.
Let’s use this unprecedented time of quarantines and social distancing as an opportunity to spend some quality time listening to Jesus speak to us through His Word. He will calm our fears and ease our sorrows as He once again assures us of His forgiveness and abiding presence. He will strengthen our confidence in Him, that He is leading us in ways that are best for us. And, we’ll also be doing our part to help stamp out Biblical illiteracy. | http://www.jordanwels.org/site/blogview.asp?sec_id=140007939&forum_id=140004393 | 1,660,392,714 | null |
In his role, Wilkinson will lead the review and expansion of the Route 66 premium beer brand in the USA and internationally. As CEO he will work with the brand owners to grow the team, expand the portfolio and broaden distribution.
A veteran of the brewing industry he has a wide breadth of experience, including senior roles with Guinness, Pilsner Urquell and SABMiller.
Andre Levy, chairman, Protégé International, comments: “I am delighted to announce the immediate appointment of Steve Wilkinson, veteran industry brew master, as CEO of the Beer Division within Protégé International. “
“Given the recent consolidation of brand ownership in the beer world, where over 40% of all beer now sold is made by one group, the potential for our beer portfolio, spearheaded by Route 66 Premium Beer, becomes ever greater in offering real choice and quality to the consumer.”
“Through his experience, energy and passion for great quality beer, Steve will bring an immediate new dimension to the Route 66 brand and to the other beers due to be introduced later this year.”
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The Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin was established in the 1982/83 session and had its foundation Dean in the 1983/84 session. Its main building comprises the Dean’s, Sub-Dean’s and Faculty Officer’s offices. Also in the same complex are Departments of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development; Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management; and Department of Crop Protection. The Faculty has five-degree programmes of five (5) or four (4) or three (3) academic years for the GCE ‘O’ Level and ‘A” Level holders respectively, leading to the award of Bachelor of Agriculture (B. Agric.) degree with a limited specialization in the final year in any of the following options: Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Agronomy, Animal Production and Crop Protection.
The policies adopted and practised by the Faculty in pursuit of academic standards and maintenance of academic atmosphere derives largely from laid down policies of the University. These include encouraging staff/student seminars, attendance at University inaugural lectures and other special lectures and attendance at symposia and learned conferences, which are also hosted, by the Department and Faculty when the fund is available.
Annually the Faculty organizes a Faculty Lecture and a Faculty Seminar where students are made to attend. Each Department also ensures that students attend the seminar presentations on project by undergraduate final year and postgraduate students. The seminars are organized twice each semester.
Departments (Academic Programme, Admission Requirements, General Information)
There are currently eight (8) Academic Departments in the Faculty viz:
Agricultural Economics and Farm Management
Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
Agronomy
Animal Production
Crop Protection
Home Economics and Food Science
Forest Resources Management
Aquaculture and Fisheries
A B.Sc. Agricultural Extension and Community Development programme also commenced during the 2010/2011 Academic Session. This is a three-year special programme supported by the Sasakawa Africa Fund for Extension Education (SAFE) Japan, with emphasis on enhancing the capacity of Extension Agents with H.N.D. qualifications. The programme is to train middle-level Extension Agents in the ADPs and MANR in value-addition Agriculture. The mandate covers the middle-belt and southern zones in Nigeria. It is different from the Faculty B. Agriculture Degree which has a five-year duration for candidates.
Admission Requirements
UTME Candidates
Five ‘O’ level credit passes to include English language, Mathematics, Biology/Agric. Science, and any two of Chemistry, Physics, Geography and Economics.
Direct Entry Candidates
At least two ‘A’ level passes in Chemistry and one from Science, Economics, Physics, Geography and Geology/Mathematics (Pure & Applied)
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N.. Basov , G.. Hager , A.. Ionin , A.. Kotkov , A.. Kurnosov , J.. McCord , A.. Napartovich , L.. Seleznev , N.. Turkin
№ 15 Multiline and single line pulsed first-overtone co laser frequency tuned within spectral range of 2.5-4.2мкм
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Output characteristics of a pulsed e-beam controlled discharge laser operating on the first-overtone (FO) transitions (AV=2) of CO molecule have been studied both experimentally and theoretically. Various sets of dielectric mirrors with high reflectivity in the range of the overtone sncctnim have been used for the laser resonator. Multiwaygiensith iasins has been obtained in the wide spectral range of 2.5 — 4.1 urn on vibrational transitions from 6?И up to 37??35. Amaximum output efficiency of 11%, the highest ever published for а БО CO laser, has been experimentally obtained for the broad band muitiiine FO CO iaser. Maximum specific output energy (SOE) is 50 J/1 Arnagat. Output efficiency of the laser operating on a few vibrational bands within the relatively narrow spectral range 2.5-2.7 urn comes up to 5% at entirely suppressed fundamental band (ДУ=1) lasing. FO CO lasing was observed within an initial gas temperature interval of 100-220 K. Spectral characteristics of the overtone iaser operating on a selected set of vibrational bands have been analyzed theoretically. Theoretical calculations based on the experimental data predict that multiline FO CO laser efficiency can be increased up to 20%. Experiments with a pulsed FO CO laser using a diffraction grating as a frequency selective element demonstrated the feasibility of developing a frequency tunable smgie line pulsed FO CO laser. Tunable FO CO lasing on wavelengths from 2.74 up to 4.15 urn corresponding to vibrational transitions from 13?>11 up to 38->36 was obtained. The maximum SOE came up to 2.8 J/1 Amagat, with single line output efficiency being up to 0.6%.
V.N. Ochkin , S.N. Tskhai , E.F. Shishkanov , F.J. Blok , W.J. Witteman
№ 40 Life time tests of the RF pumped atomic xenon lasers
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N.V. Markova
№ 42 On the neutron quantum liquid in pulsars
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The neutron stars investigations’ results taking a place at the today arc presented in the given work. The two alternative scenarioos of the superfluid neutron liquid behaviour are described: the neutron Rose — liquid and the neutron Fermi — liquid. For trie present moment the question about which of these scenarioos take a place in fact is remained open. It is not excepted that both versions are realized. The general formulation of relativistic many — particle theory of the neutron matter of high density with taking into account of the gravitational field is given in the article. So, the possibility to take into account the gravitational field influence on the state equation of the neutron matter appeares. The tensor of energy — moment which is the source of metric tensor curvature in the Einstein equations can serve the equivalent replacement of the state equation. There is considered the cold condensed neutron matter so that the temperature is supposed effective — zero. It is clear that the deflexions from the general relativity, if any, must be displaied for the neutron stars in first turn.
B.. Stern , Ya.. Tikhomirova , D.. Kompaneets , M.. Stepanov , A.. Berezhnoy , R.. Svensson
№ 43 A search for Non-Triggered gamma ray bursts in the BATSE continuons records:Preliminary results
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We present preliminary results of an off-line search for non-triggered gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in the BATSE daily records (obtained with 1024 ms time resolution) covering about 7 years of observations. We found 1353 non-triggered and 1581 triggered GRBs. The scan was done with artificial test bursts added to the data which allowed us to measure the efficiency of the search and to extend the log N ? logP distribution down to P ~ 0.1 ph cm~2 s_1. Previous indications of a turnover of the log N ? log P distribution at small P are not confirmed. The distribution cannot be fitted with a standard candle model with a non-evolving GRB source population. The most probable interpretation of the shape of the log/V ? logP distribution is that the intrinsic luminosity function of GRBs is wide.
P.S. Baranov , A.S. Belousov , A.M. Fomenko , A.I. Lebedev , I.A. Lebedev , E.I. Malinovsky , S.V. Rusakov , Yu.V. Soloviev
№ 53 Radiation hardness of heavy monocrystals KRS, NBW, OWO
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The comparative study of radiation hardness of KRS, NBW and PWO crystals used in the calorimetry of high energy particles is performed. Their spectral transparency is measured before and after irradiation by a big doses (к lOOMrad) frornCo60/—source. The scintillating crystal PWO did not lose practicaiy its transparency whereas among cherenkov radiators KRS and NBW the last one had better radiation resistance. The influence of irradiation of KRS and NBW crystals by high energy (up to 25 GeV) photons and electrons on their transparency was also investigated at doses 10-100 Mrad.
Yu.A. Merkul
№ 57 Deuterium-tritium exchange in polystyrene microsheres
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More than 40 years researches with organic substances marked by a radioactive isotope of hydrogen — tritium are conducted. The Wiizbach method or its modification is applied to derive substances containing tritium. The method consists of the following. The substance is withstood in an atmosphere of gaseous tritium by several days or weeks. For this time under the influence of an exposure by tritium p»-particles in substance the exchange reactions between atoms of hydrogen in substance and gaseous tritium flow past. Surplus of gas is then removed. Compound marked by tritium is cleaned using crystallization, distillation, sublimation and other techniques. Wiizbach method was supplemented by various ways of acceleration of exchange reactions by using of various radiation (electrical discharge in gas, ultra?violet and x-ray radiation, microwave excitation and so on.). Last years the attempts were undertaken to replace a significant part of a deuterium with tritium in shells — laser targets from deuterited polystyrene, using Wiizbach method or its modification connected to an additional exposure by ultra?violet light. But it was not possible to reach 50 % of substitution, that is connected with degradation of polymer under the effect of radiation of high energy in comparison with an energy of carbon — carbon or carbon — hydrogen connections. In the given work the attempt to describe mathematically the process of exchanging of hydrogen isotopes, taking account of connections degradation is undertaken. The results of calculations allow us to explain the available experimental data and to give recommendations for the further work in that field. The polymer degradation at p-particles irradiation from tritium limit a possibility to use polymer shells — laser targets in experiments with large time of expectation.
A.. Voronin , G.V. Margagliotti , G.. Pauli , L.. Santi , S.. Tessaro , E.. Zavattini
№ 59 Antiproton transfer from antiprotonic He to noble gas contaminants
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The state dependent quenching mechanism of metastable antiprotonic Hejitom by contaminants is suggested to explain existing experimental data. The effect о antiproton transfer from the antiprotonic He to noble gas contaminants is showi to play a significant role. Preliminary estimations have been done in the frame work of the coupled channels model. The obtained results support the idea о strong dependence of quenching cross-sections on the antiprotonic states quan turn numbers and enable to explain qualitatively existing discrepancies betweei experimental results, obtained for different contaminant densities. New observabl effects axe predicted.
N.G. Borisenko , A.I. Gromov , S.Yu. Guskov , V.M. Dorogotovtsev , Yu.A. Merkul»ev , Ya.E. Markushkin , N.A. Chirin , A.K. Shikov , V.F. Petrunin
№ 62 Research of target fabrication possibility for new direct smoothing laser irradiation
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We discuss new fabrication methods for the production of ICF capsules with ablators composed of low density beryllium and beryllium hydride doped with high Z elements. In these targets the high Z doped, low-density beryllium or beryllium hydride ablator foams, which are near the critical plasma density, absorbs the direct drive laser energy and converts it to X-rays. The fabrication technology [1] allows us to radially control the dopant concentration, and thus realize a new target design for direct drive implosions with a controllable level of conversion to x-ray radiation [2]. In comparison with direct-indirect target [3] new target allow to reach 90% level of conversion to x-ray (in [3] 12%-24%). This level considerably weakly depends from optical thickness of layer and from laser pulse duration up to 30 nsec at Be(Au) density in the range 0.005- 0.05 g/cm3 (Au concentration in Be is 2%-5% atomic). The target with low concentration of the gold can be used in the experiments on direct implosion or direct-indirect .compression (the direct compression with partial conversion of laser light into X-ray which is need to smooth the nonuniformity of laser beam energy deposition). In the case of direct implosion the target must contain more higher concentration of doped Au in inner Be layer to protect compressible part of target from x-ray preheating.
S.. Potashov , V.. Kozlov , V.. KORBEL , l.. JOENSSON , E.. DEVITSTN , A.. BLOERCLUND , A.. Terkulov
№ 63 THE BEAM TEST OF A PbWO4 CRYSAL CALORIMETER AT DESY
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The performance of a prototype calorimeter based on four PbWO^ crystals doped with lanthanium has been investigated in the energy range of 1 to 6 GeV. The measurements were carried out at a DESY electron test beam. Results concerning the energy resolution and the spatial characteristics of shower development in the prototype are reported.
R.M. Graves , A.A. Ionin , Yu.M. Klimachev , A.P. Mukhamedgalieva , D.G. O’Braien , D.V. Sinitsyn , Yu.V. Terekhov , V.D. Zvorykin
№ 67 Interaction of pulsed CO and CO2 laser radiation with rokcstypical for the oil fields
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Experiments on laser — rock — fluid interaction have been carried out by using pulsed CO and C02 lasers which irradiated rocks typical for oil field: sandstone, limestone, shale and granite. Energy fluence and laser intensity on rock surface were up to l.OkJ/cm» and 10 W/’cm2, respectively. The dependencies of specific energy consumption (i.e. energy per volume needed for rock excavation) on energy fluence, the number of pulses, saturated ?lUici, iocK material ami irradiation conditions have uccn obtained for various rock sarnpics. The dependencies of momentum transferred to the rock on energy fluence for dry rocks and r/v*Wc with сигнал*? cptiire*<?H hi/ wratpr nr mi?*?i4il r?il h&\/e hu>pn mpacnr^H Mioh-cnppH photography procedure has been used for analysing laser plasma plume formation on a rock surface. Infrared spectra of reflectivity and absorption of rocks before and after irradiation have been measured. Microhardness before and after laser irradiation of rock surface has been analysed.
M.A. Chernyakova , A.F. Illarionov
№ 68 Non-pulsed radio emission from the binary system PSR B2159-63
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PSR B1259-63 is the only known binary system with a radio pulsar from which the non-pulsed radio and X-ray emission was detected. The companion star in this system is a Be star SS 2883. A rapidly rotating radio pulsar is expected to produce a wind of electromagnetic emission and relativistic particles. Be stars are known to produce highly asymmetric mass loss. Due to the interaction of the pulsar wind and the Be star wind the system of two shocks between the pulsar and the Be star forms. In this paper we show that the observed non-pulsed radio emission from the system is a result of the synchrotron emission of the relativistic particles in the outflow beyond the shock wave.
A.A. Ionin , Yu.M. Klimachev , Yu.B. Konev , A.A. Kotkov , A.K. Kurnosov , A.P. Napartovich , L.V. Seleznev , D.V. Sinitsyn , Yu.V. Terekhov
№ 70 Experimental and theoretical study of multiquantum vibrational kinetics in active medium of co laser
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An experimental methodology and theoretical model for studies of vibrational exchange between highly excited CO molecules are described. The history of researches in this field is reviewed showing evolution of theoretical understanding. A detailed description of the experimental methodology allowing for studies of effects of relaxation of the vibrational distribution after a sudden disturbance is given. The disturbance of the vibrational distribution is produced by Q-switched short pulse of single line radiation in fundamental band. The relaxation is studied by measuring laser pulse energy of the second pulse initiated by resonator Q-switching produced with variable time delay relative to the first pulse. In contrast to traditionally used kinetic theory based on approximation of single-quantum vibrational exchange, more realistic model is developed accounting for multi-quantum exchange processes. A set of kinetic constants accepted in the model for different gas temperatures, vibrational level numbers and number of exchanged vibrational quanta from 1 to 4 is presented. The model formulated is employed for description of experimental measurements. Results of comparison between experimental data, the developed theory and traditional theory clearly demonstrate that the traditional theory is inapplicable for accurate predictions of results for vibrational levels higher than the 14-th. Good agreement between experimental data and results of the advanced theory confirms for the first time that kinetic constants of multi-quantum exchange calculated in work of Billing et al allow adequate description of evolution of vibrational distribution on high-lying levels. Besides, in the paper the results of comparison of experimental and theoretical data on characteristics of pulsed single-line overtone CO laser are presented. The conclusion is drawn about satisfactory agreement between the advanced theory and the experiments. | http://preprints.lebedev.ru/?p=2127 | 1,660,503,960 | null |
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In this interview, Stan Coutant talks about the history of the microphone and provides background information for vintage mic collectors. Based in Sierra Madre, California, Stan can be reached through his vintage microphones website, Coutant.org, which is a member of our Hall of Fame.
I started my website on vintage microphones in 2001, for a couple of reasons. One was for the benefit of my students. I taught audio controls and master control operations for radio broadcasting and our textbook didn’t cover many of the older microphones, especially the older RCA microphones that were used in the 1930s, and are still used today in broadcasting and music recording studios. The second thing that inspired it was my 90-year-old mother who said, “I thought all microphones were alike.”
I focus on broadcasting and music recording (studio recording) microphones, not so much home entertainment or movie making, although a lot of the microphones could be used for that.
Collectors Weekly: What’s the story of the microphone?
Poly-directional ribbon RCA Type 77-DX that was made during the late 40s.
Coutant: In the beginning, radio was used for communication purposes only, like ship to shore, and when someone played music over the radio, people said nobody would ever want that. But eventually they came around, and a transducer was needed to convert acoustic energy (sound) to electric, so it could be sent over wires, and when radio came out over the air. A transducer is anything that converts energy from one form to another.
Different experiments were made with various vibrating media, plates and carbon granules and other things that could be set in motion by waves. Eventually processes were developed where you could use a vibrating, thin metallic ribbon, a vibrating circular membrane kind of like our eardrum. You could use a coil of wire with a vibrating diaphragm in the center. That was one of the most popular techniques and still is, because when sound waves impinge upon the diaphragm in a magnetic field, it makes an electrical current that can go down the wire.
A microphone is very much like our ears, it does the same job, converting acoustic energy to electric energy. When sound waves strike the eardrum it vibrates back and forth in patterns that match the original sound and that vibration pushes on three microscopic bones in the ear which push on the inner ear, which turns the vibrations into mechanical motions and then into hydraulic pressure. That stimulates the nerve endings in our ears and produces little electrical signals that go to our brain. Microphones work the same way.
There are three basic types of microphones that are used professionally: moving coil, ribbon, and condenser. There are also others such as, crystal, carbon, and ceramic, but the sound quality is insufficient for broadcast or recording.
One of the best known microphone manufacturers is a German company named after the owner, George Neumann, an electrical engineer who strove for years to get perfection in electrical recording. Accuracy is the key to getting that real-life sound, and that’s what he was able to achieve. His company, Neumann, produced some of the finest and most expensive mics in the world and was recently acquired by Sennheiser. Other current German manufacturers include Beyer, Schoeps, and the American manufacturers are Electro-Voice and Schure. There’s an Australian company called Royer. All these companies are still producing. RCA no longer makes mics; they quit doing that in the 1970s.
Collectors Weekly: What’s the difference between the bulky microphones and the skinnier mics?
Amperite RBHG ribbon microphone
Coutant: The big heavy ones with the grills are the older ones and some of them are pretty good. Their big drawback is they’re so huge and heavy that they can be very fragile. The old ribbon mics can be ruined simply by blowing in them, never blow into an old mic. The new, smaller mics are lighter weight, which makes them easier to set up in a studio, and they don’t obscure the face of the singer or actor.
Broadcasters tend to use microphones that are more rugged and can handle abuse, especially in the field; where they handle their microphones a lot. Musicians generally don’t touch the mic, because it’s important there’s no handling noise. Performers are told never to touch the mic.
The original mics were huge because they put big funnels inside, people thought you needed that funnel to get sound. In less than 10 years manufacturers figured out that you didn’t need to use a big funnel, all that was needed was a little piece, like the inside of our ears. The 1920s and 30s is when companies started making microphones that worked well, and in the last 70 years they’ve made a lot of improvements.
Collectors Weekly: What are the charts on your site all about?
Coutant: They show the mic’s frequency response, how well it can hear high notes, in-between notes, and low notes. Also, its sound acceptance pattern. Does it hear noise from one direction, two directions, or all around?
“A microphone does the same job as our ears.”
Microphones have names: unidirectional, bidirectional, and omnidirectional. Omnidirectional mics are used when you want to capture all the sound in a room or area. Bidirectional picks up sounds from opposite directions; you can put them between two people who are talking back and forth, without also getting the background noise. And unidirectional is only from one direction, like if you’re on the sidelines at a football game and want to pick up the voices in the huddle, but not the cheering crowd.
On talk shows like Leno, they usually have an old-looking microphone on their desk for show. In most cases they also have a modern mic overhead. The mics used above them are the shotguns, which only pick up the sound of the speaker. When you hear the crowd laugh, that’s coming from other mics called crowd noise mics.
Collectors Weekly: What are some of your favorite manufacturers and mics?
Coutant: I use different mics for different situations. My collection contains quite a few Electro-Voices, a Neumann, many Shures, and AKGs, which is an Austrian manufacturer, I also have some Audio-Technicas.
Vince Lombardi was the coach of the Green Bay Packers and somebody at Electro-Voice fixed him up a public address system, you know like the megaphones these days. He was so pleased with it that he told the guy, “you’ve given me an electric voice.” So that’s the slogan they used, and they became very popular because of that publicity.
Collectors Weekly: Anything else you’d like to mention?
Coutant: The big microphone society is called The Audio Engineering Society. They’re worldwide and have their annual convention this year in Korea. They’re like a world fair for audio. The society is made up of professionals still working in the industry plus some collectors. They’re the pros.
(All images in this article courtesy of Stan Coutant of Coutant.org)
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September 3rd, 2008 at 11:13 am Collin Dupuis Says:
“There’s an Australian company called Royer.”
Correction, Royer is an American company.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:36 pm Dixie Peyton Says:
Interesting article. What a great site! I’ve never seen so many mics. Thanks for the information.
September 14th, 2009 at 12:44 pm Jay Lucy Says:
Does anyone know where I may acquire either an original or copy of one of the vintage (circa 1950-1970) RCA radio studio microphones?
August 27th, 2010 at 4:32 am sdady Says:
I recently acquired an RCA KU-3A and an RCA Varacoustic and am wondering if there is any way to tell what year the mics were made.
October 9th, 2010 at 4:44 pm Joseph W. Schuler Says:
I am looking for information (Make and Model) concerning a microphone I had required twenty something years ago, it has a pole style stand adaptor with a three pin cable hook up and a on & off switch on it’s front, it’s connected to the back of the mike head which allows it to tilt up and down, the mike measures three inches wide by four and a quarter high by one and three quarter thick, the grooves in the face front of the mike are run vertical and in the upper left hand corner of the face there is a quarter by quarter inch square insignia marking that resembles an arrow. I would appreciate any help you can provide. Thank You
November 9th, 2010 at 1:21 pm randy mccauley Says:
i have a rca 77-dx microphone. what is the rough value?
March 4th, 2012 at 1:52 pm decosound Says:
Jay Lucy: The easiest place to get the RCA mics are on Ebay. I guess you’re looking for the RCA 44 or 77 models, since they’re the most famous and synonimous mics associated with the RCA brand name. These were some of the most used studio mics in the 50’s, and you’ll find a lot of photos online with famous singers like Elvis, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, as well as many famous radio DJs and announcers at the time.
Randy McCauley: If your 77-DX is in great aesthetic shape and working, it will probably be worth between $1.500-2.000. | https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/an-interview-with-vintage-microphone-collector-stan-coutant/ | 1,660,731,366 | null |
Front: Deeply incised cross with three incised circles at the end of each arm and top/bottom of upright. Deeply incised hinge line. Highly polished except for incised decoration which remains rough. Chamfered edges. | https://americanstonebooks.com/portfolio/cross-4/ | 1,660,137,950 | null |
Para teqball continued its global growth in Warsaw at the end of July, where an introductory talent identification training programme was held during the capital city’s Beach Challenger Cup (23-25 July). Para teqball was launched in March 2021 and has made impressive progress since then, with a number of National Paralympic Committees from multiple continents recognising the world’s newest parasport.
The para teqball training programme and the Beach Challenger Cup were covered by national media in Poland and was broadcast on local television channel TVP3 Warsaw and on the radio. Players from Polish amputee football champions Legia Warsaw participated in the para teqball training programme after which were presented with a Teq Lite table for further development use.
In the Beach Challenger Cup men’s singles, World Number 2 Apor Gyorgydeak from Romania defeated Hungary’s rising star Balazs Katz 2-0 (12-6, 12-4) in the final. Hungary took gold in the women’s singles, men’s doubles and mixed doubles to cap a successful weekend in Poland. Zsanett Janicsek took home the women’s singles title before teaming up with reigning doubles world champion Csaba Banyik to secure a mixed doubles gold, whilst Banyik and Katz won the men’s doubles. Romania’s Kinga Barabasi and Katalin Dako prevented Janicsek from taking home three titles, winning the women’s doubles final 2-1 (12-9, 8-12, 12-10).
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This article was written and first posted more than a year ago, before Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip (an act of state terrorism by another name). With Fatah about to meet and the discredited PNA still in being, this article is, I suggest, worth a second reading (or a first for new visitors to this site). In my view, the fact that President Obama has become positively engaged does not change the essence of the analysis below.
With Israel seriously considering how best to destroy Hamas (and Hizbollah and possibly Iran) and bolster the stooge leadership of Fatah’s Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian friends have been asking me what I think the Palestinians could and should now do to improve their prospects for obtaining an acceptable amount of justice.
I thought my answer would not go down well with some of them but, in fact, it went down very well with all of them (including, for example, Bishop Riah Abu El-Assal, the former Bishop of Jerusalem).
My view is that the Palestinians would be well advised to wind-up(close down) the discredited Palestine National Authority (PNA), and put policy making and implementation into the hands of a reconstructed Palestine National Council(PNC). The latter, which used to be called the “Palestinian parliament in exile”,. would be re-constructed, refreshed and re-invigorated, by elections in every place where there are Palestinians– the occupied West Bank including East Jerusalem, the Gazaconcentration camp and the diaspora. This, it seems to me, would provide the Palestinians with what they most desperately need now – UNITY.
When it came into being in May 1964, the PNC (as I explained in my book Arafat, Terrorist or Peacemaker?) was intended to be nothing more than a puppet of the frontline Arab states, with Eygpt’s President Nasser the puppet master.
The documented truth about Nasser and Israel – one of many truths denied by supporters of Israel right or wrong – can be simply stated. From the moment he came to power in a bloodless coup in 1951, Nasser wanted, and in secret seriously explored the prospects for, an accomodation with Israel. On the matter of how to deal with the Zionist state, he was, in fact, a pragmatist. Despite stupid Arab rhetoric to the contrary, rhetoric which enabled Zionist and imperial Western spin doctors to paint him as the “Hitler of the Nile”, Nasser had no intention, ever, of fighting Israel to liberate Palestine.And the major Western powers knew that. (So why did he take arms from the Soviet Union? He wanted Eygpt to be strong enough to prevent Israel imposing its will on him by brute force, and the Americans refused to supply him. When, after much hesitation and still with great reluctance, Nasser turned to the Soviet Union for arms, his message to Israel was, in effect, “I want you to know that attacking Eygpt and other Arab states will not be a cost free option.”)
The documented truth about the stance of the rest of the Arab regimes prior to the creation of the PNC in 1964 can also be simply stated. None of them had any intention of fighting Israel to liberate Palestine. The Palestinefile had been closed, mainly by Zionist terrorism and ethnic cleansing, in 1948/49 and, in their minds if not their hearts, they shared Zionism’s hope that it would remain closed. Put another way, the Arab regimes, more by default than design, were requiring the Palestinians to accept their lot as the sacrificial lamb on the altar of political expediency. If the Palestinefile was ever re-opened – if there was a regeneration of Palestinian nationalism – a confrontation with the Zionist state and its Western backers would one day be inevitable. And that was to be avoided at any and all costs.
So the PNC was brought into being not so much as it actually happened to prevent a regeneration of Palestinian nationalism – that process was already underway, but to prevent it resorting to armed struggle which would give Israel, in the name of fighting “terrorism”, the pretext it wanted to strike at the frontline Arab states and take more Arab land. (Arab leaders didn’t have to be mind readers. Zionism’s ambition, the creation of a Jewish state from the Litani River in Southern Lebanon to the Jordan River, was a matter of record). | http://www.alanhart.net/unity-or-annihilation-%E2%80%93-the-real-choice-for-the-palestinians-again/?wpmp_switcher=mobile | 1,659,900,295 | null |
New Year's Day coincides with the anniversary of this blog, which I started on my day off on January 1, 2007, first in Dutch, then adding English two weeks later, then dropping the Dutch version somewhere in September, just because it took too much time. You can see from the graph above how the number of visitors increased, and this without any promotion (click on the chart to have a clearer picture).
Here are some interesting statistics :
Page loads : 63,783
Unique visitors : 37,635
Returning visitors : 10,275
That means that we now have around 400 unique visitors daily.
Thank you all for the interest, that's what keeps me going.
During the European tour with his quartet, William Parker said the following prophetic lines:
"In 2008 we'll be moving into Cosmic Music, that we're just preparing now, because deep things are going to happen in 2008, there will be a shift in the access of power, here on earth and in other places, in the other world. You'll be hearing a lot about that in the future, as we'll be moving, switching to the cosmic music system, which is a different kind of system of music than they teach you in music schools. So, just look out for that in the near future from a lot of musicians".
Keep you ears and minds open, is all I can wish to everyone.
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Saturday, December 29, 2007
Top 10 Free Jazz Albums of 2007
It's very hard to compare CDs with each other. What I like or don't like very often depends on external circumstances, such as the time of the day, my mood, etc. Nevertheless, here is a list of the records which I enjoyed most this year. I listened to most of them again, and for the MacDonald/Sommer album I changed my opinion in their favor. This album is truly great. At the very last minute I also added Tony Malaby's Tamarindo. For some albums you may argue whether or not it's free jazz (or free fusion, or avant-garde, or modern creative, ...) ...
Top 10 in random order (and as said before, I am not good at maths)
Raymond MacDonald & Günter "Baby" Sommer - Delphinius & Lyra : raw, expressive, creative
Tony Malaby - Tamarindo : raw, deeply emotional, sensitive, creative
Larry Ochs & Drum Core - Up From Under - powerful, creative, expressive
Exploding Star Orchestra - We Are All From Somewhere Else : an absolutely unique listening experience
Louis Sclavis - L'Imparfait Des Langues : a wonderful integration of many styles
Padmanabha & Daniel Carter - Nivesana : the essence
Wadada Leo Smith & Günter "Baby" Sommer - Wisdom In Time : the essence too
Dennis Gonzalez - Dance Of The Soothsayer's Tongue : emotional and sober jazz
Mark O'Leary - On The Shore : superb and sober creativity
Other Dimensions In Music - Live At Sunset : this is free jazz
Marc Ribot - Asmodeus : power guitar with subtlety
Brian Groder - Torque : subtle creative
Henri Texier - Alerte à L'Eau : Texier, himself
Special mentions
David Torn - Prezens : boundary shifting
Darren Johnston - Reasons For Moving : avant-garde ... and moving
Ludwig Hübsch -Primordial Soup : deep and ... primal
Die Enttäuschung - subtle and powerful
Evan Parker & Matthew Shipp : sublime musicianship
Best re-issues (or first issues of archives)
Norman Howard - Burn, Baby, Burn : a must for all free jazz fans
Dewey Redman - The Struggle Continues
Bennie Maupin - The Jewel In The Lotus
The Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Fundamental Destiny
Alan Skidmore, Tony Oxley, Ali Haurand - S.O.H. Live In London
Bitter Funeral Beer Band - Live In Nurnberg 84
Bitter Funeral Beer Band - Live In Frankfurt 82
Ornette Coleman - To Whom Keeps A Record
There is of course a lot I haven't listened to. CDs for which I have high expectations, but are not yet in my possession are : Tim Berne's "Seconds", Phil Gibbs's "Blown Away", François Carrier's "Kathmandu", Joe McPhee's "Soprano", Adam Lane's "Buffalo", Satoko Fujii's "Bacchus", ... so I may add them to this or next year's list.
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Friday, December 28, 2007
Tony Malaby - Tamarindo (Clean Feed, 2007) *****
The end of the year still held a serious contender for the best albums of 2007. Tony Malaby is an absolutely exquisite saxophonist, whose first records "Sabino", "Apparitions" and "Adobe", offered a modern creative kind of jazz, but then he moved into free-er territory with Angelica Sanchez (his wife) and Tom Rainey (two albums which are easy to recommend), but what he brings here exceeds all expectations. This is free music of the highest levels, with three musicians at the top of their skills, with William Parker on bass and Nasheet Waits on drums. It seems after several listenings that for each of the tracks the only anchor point is a wonderful melody that Malaby keeps up his sleeve for a long time into the piece, while the trio builds up to its release. And the build-up is extreme, moving over the whole emotional range humans can have, from anger and fear to joy and happiness, with everything in between, captivating from beginning to end, with all three musicians exceeding themselves : Malaby can play hesitantly, sensitively, he soars, sings, stutters and screams, Parker too is sensitive, playing his raw arco, but every so often falling back on powerful vamps, then releasing tension again for more pointillistic efforts, and Waits is stunning too, creating wonderful accents, impacts and depth into the music, counteracting with violence when the melody is soft, or being very subtle in the harder moments. And all three play with melody, sound, rhythm and tempo as if it's the easiest thing on earth, changing them, playing them, changing them again, ...
On the first track "Burried Head", Malaby's playing is sensitive, hesitant, while the rhythm sections just offers support, without rhythm, acting as a sounding board rather, then Parker starts a fast bass run, followed by Waits, pushing Malaby to some high rhythmic stutters, evolving into a repetitive theme conjured up from nowhere, leading into a powerful, fast and mad solo in the middle section, then breaking down again in plaintive and melodic resignation, while Waits plays in different tempo, with counter-rhythms, yet Parker brings them all back together, Malaby ending with a soft melody, a precursor to the albums main theme coming up later.
"La Mariposa" is a softer piece, more abstract in its harmonic development, with Malaby on soprano soaring high like a butterfly. The most beautiful piece is the title track, which starts with a great melodic theme, evolving into some more free expansion of it, then repeating the theme in a whailing, lamenting kind of way, somewhere between jubilant admiration, joy and pain, evolving into screeching fear and utter chaos of the whole trio, until they find their footing again, repeating the theme, resigned, somehow still in jubilant wonder.
On the intro to "Mother's Love", Malaby creates flute-like sounds on his sax, gentle, moving, inviting Parker in to the music with some subtle arco, Waits adding raw percussive accents, flowing the whole into some ambiguous environment of beauty and emotional strain.
The last track "Moving Head" starts with a nice Parker ostinato bass, Waits lightly propulsing the track forward, while Malaby flies above this, not really playing a melody, but talking really, speaking, crying, ... lightly touching upon the theme of the title track, ending in a plaintive long whail.
What they play here is so free, so open, so melodious, yet at the same time so coherent in its sound, its structure and execution, that you wonder how they did it. I've listened to it more than ten times now, I think, yet it's a revelation again with each listen. It's broad, deep, rich, intense, beautiful. This album is superb. Not to be missed.
Listen and download from eMusic.
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Top-10 World Jazz albums of 2007
This year brought some nice world jazz albums, but not that many. The genre is of course very broad, and there is no comparison between the intimistic setting of the two solo cello records here on the list, and the extravert Archie Shepp & Dar Gnawa on the other extreme. The mediterranean world jazz is well-represented with Rabih Abou-Khalil, Myriam Alter, Paolo Fresu and Gato Libre. You can find reviews for each of these albums by clicking on the title.
In random order (and as said before, I'm not a great mathematician):
Erik Friedlander -Volac, Book Of Angels, Vol. 8
Ned Rothenberg - Inner Diaspora
The Cracow Klezmer Band - Remembrance
Myriam Alter - Where Is There?
Andrea Centazzo - The Voyagers
Rabih Abou-Khalil - Songs For Sad Women
Ravish Momin's Trio Tirana - Miren
Joachim Kühn - Kalimba
Archie Shepp - Dar Gnawa
Rufus Cappadocia - Songs For Cello
Gato Libre - Nomad
Paolo Fresu, Galliano, Landgren - Mare Nostrum
Two special mentions
Bitter Funeral Beer Band - Live In Nurnberg - best re-issue of the year
Tom Chess -In The Beautiful Future - because he brings something new (and I like the combination oud + trumpet!)
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Thursday, December 27, 2007
Stephen Gauci Trio - Substratum (CIMP, 2007) ****
Some guys are a little more productive than others, and Stephen Gauci is certainly among the former, and less than two weeks after my review of his other album released this year, here is another one. "Substratum" is his third trio record with Michael Bisio on bass and Jay Rosen on drums. It seems like Gauci has so much to tell, that he's catching up for the first 35 years of his life which went unrecorded. And it's a pleasure for all of us that he gets the possibility to play and make records. Stephen Gauci has what it takes to be a great musician : a clear and distinct voice, both in his tenor playing as in the music he creates, which is open, melodic, dramatic, intense and tender at the same time. As Robert D. Rusch, the boss of CIMP describes it : "And, indeed, in much of Stephen’s solo approach there is the element of structural primal scream. On the other hand there is the near-lullaby side of Stephen’s music. But, scream or dream, when watching Stephen play it is visually evident that there is a great energy surging through which appears to gather within him a bellows-like release—through his mouth into his horn. That balance of pressures gives his work the tension that marks his improvisations". And on top of this, both Bisio and Rosen are stellar musicians, both to a large extent responsible for the overall sound of the album, which is a real trio date, with everyone contributing on equal footing. That's also to Gauci's credit. This is free jazz with a great sense of lyricism, not unlike Trio X, relatively accessible, with some real free bop passages - rhythm, theme, structure and all - alternating with slow emotional and exploratory excursions. Again : here is a guy who has something to tell. And again a winner, two in one year already. I hope he can continue like this in 2008.
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Saco Yasuma - Another Rain (Leaf Note Productions, 2007) ***
Saco Yasuma is a New-York based saxophonist, who assembles for her debut recording some of free jazz finest musicians, including Roy Campbell on trumpet, Ken Filiano on bass, Andrew Bemkey on keyboards and Michael T.A. Thompson on drums. And with such a band, there aren't many things that can go wrong. "Another Rain" symbolizes "the movement between darkness and light, bitterness and sweet. The same rain cleanses and muddles up, quenches and drowns. The balance is in our hands". The music illustrates this dichotomy quite well, and Yasuma is sufficiently familiar and comfortable with the various idioms of jazz to build these contrasts. Yasuma is a true composer, building the pieces with clearly delineated parts, themes and developments of the themes, adding complexities and functional layers of music (in that way she reminds me a little of Rob Reddy), yet this makes the overall concept too locked in, like sailing on a pond, the end-point is always clear, limiting the surprise element a little. Sure, the musicians get ample opportunity to improvize, and Yasuma is an excellent player herself, but a little more adventure would have made this album even better. The free-est parts, as on the superb "Calm Water" on which Yasuma plays the Xaphoon, a bamboo sax, or the intense "Straight Upward", are in my opinion the best. They contrast a little too much with the more composed parts, with melodies that are a little too sentimental to my taste, to offer the album unity. Golda Solomon recites some poetry on one track, and I'm not a fan of spoken word or poetry in jazz. So, in sum, great musicianship, there nice pieces of music, but overall a little too mellow and reigned in to my taste.
You can download from Music Is Here or from CDBaby.
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Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Steve Swell - Swimming In A Galaxy Of Goodwill And Sorrow (Rogueart, 2007) ****
Trombonist Steve Swell's band is called "Fire Into Music", which is a good moniker for the band and the music, with Jemeel Moondoc on alto sax, William Parker on bass and Hamid Drake on drums. And as I've said earlier, these guys know what music is all about, with technical mastery of the instrument serving just as the foundation from which to start building the music. Skills are here at the full service of the music, an instrumental conduit to turn the fire of their passions into musical language. And their passions are wide : the album's title may lead you anywhere "a galaxy of goodwill and sorrow", life itself, including the best and the worst in man, but also musical tradition itself, which is blues, swing, bop, free, all culminating in this music, which is melodic, structured and free. The title track is certainly one of the highlights, with a beautiful theme, but so is the very long and slow "For Arthur Williams", composed by Jemeel Moondoc, offering Swell the right speed to bring the trombone's plaintive tones to their most eloquent level. The music on the whole record is very rhythmic, with probably the best rhythm section you can have nowadays, but it's above all melodic, open and creative at the same time. Swell wrote most of the material, with lots of slow melodic build-up, creating a real coherent album of very solemn, grave and long-spun themes, with the exception of the more abstract opening track, yet adding a fun rhythmic pulse, hence creating a kind or mixed mood, which perfectly corresponds with the title. He is also sufficiently experienced to let the whole band shine and indeed, all four musicians contribute to the album's success. As it should be.
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Monday, December 24, 2007
I Heart Lung - I Heart Christmas (Sounds Are Active,
My apologies, even if I try to avoid the christmas activities around me as much as possible, there's no escaping it. Hence a small gift also from my part, carefully selected and spirited away from the Sounds Are Active website. I Heart Lung, consisting of Chris Schlarb on electric guitar and bells, Anthony Shadduck on acoustic bass and bells, and Tom Steck on acoustic drums (and no bells!), I reviewed earlier. Bizarre, open-ended guitar music, more a question-mark than a statement, brings well-known Christmas carols in their own approach, irreverent yet not unrespectul, tongue-in-cheek yet also interested in the musical dimension of the pieces. Their self-penned last track is surely not an existing carol, but has all the potential of becoming one.
Listen and download tracks.
Let It Snow
Carol Of The Bells
Little Drummer Boy
Silent Night, Holy Night
Santa Claus vs Dracula
You can also download the entire album with artwork here.
Enjoy!
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Sunday, December 23, 2007
Trumpet Piano Duo
To my knowledge the first full records of piano-trumpet duets were recorded by Oscar Peterson. He teamed up for duets with Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Clark Terry, Jon Faddis and Harry "Sweets" Edison. Most of these albums are pure joy, with bluesy pieces or standards, played seemingly effortless, without artistic pretence, just made for the fun of the music and the interplay itself. And if duets weren't enough, Gillespie, Eldridge, Hubbard and Terry teamed up with Peterson to form the Trumpet Kings. Yet over the years, changes took place. Today, piano-trumpet duets have become less rhythmic, less swinging than in the 50s or 60s, and evolved into the ideal line-up for very intimate, emotional and creative explorations of various moods. And there is of course also Chet Baker's duo with Paul Bley ("Diane"). There aren't that many records with this line-up anymore, which is unfortunate, because the combination works extremely well, I think. The absolute masters of the piano-trumpet duo today are Satoko Fujii and Natsuki Tamura for the more avant-garde, and Enrico Rava and Stefano Bollani for the more intimistic mainstream genre. Both have produced superb albums this year.
The contemporary trumpet piano duets :
Tom Arthurs & Richard Fairhurst - Mesmer
Uri Caine & Paolo Fresu - Things
Satoko Fujii & Natsuki Tamura - In Krakow In November
Satoko Fujii & Natsuki Tamura - How Many?
Satoko Fujii & Natsuki Tamura - Clouds
Matthew Goodheart & Wadada Leo Smith - Interludes Of Breath And Substance
Enrico Rava & Ran Blake - Duo En Noir
Enrico Rava & Stefano Bollani - Rava Plays Rava
Enrico Rava & Stefano Bollani - The Third Man
Enrico Rava & Renato Sellani - Radio Days
Russ Johnson & Mick Rossi - New Math
Kenny Wheeler & John Taylor - Where Do We Go From Here?
Paul Bley & Kenny Wheeler - Touche
Martial Solal & Dave Douglas - Rue de Seine
Hugh Ragin & Marc Sabatella - Gallery
György Szabados & Miklós Mákó - A Szépség Szive
Tomasz Stańko & Andrzej Kurylewicz - Korozje
Ruby Braff & Roger Kellaway - Inside & Out
Jerry Gonzalez & Federico Lechner - A Primera Vista
Suggestions are welcome.
Thanks
Stef
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Saturday, December 22, 2007
Evan Parker & Ned Rothenberg - Live At Roulette (Animul, 2007) ****
Back to some serious stuff now - though with moments of great fun too. The album brings one hour of free improvization between some of the best improvisers on sax and clarinet. We know of each of those two musicians what their capabilities are, but when they join forces, the effects are absolutely astounding. Don't expect swing or strong rhythmic expansion, but what you get instead is so much stronger : two virtuosi playing with sound, with melody, interacting, respectfully, joyfully, intimately, creatively. When one of them changes direction, the other one follows, copying, echoing, then playing the freshly created phrase together, then moving away again, and this in all possible variations. There are rhythmic parts in it, especially when Rothenberg or Parker move to passages of circular breathing, with deep-toned repeated patterns, allowing the other one to soar freely above them, or in high flustering tones, one against the other in counterpoint, spinning like dancing Dervishes, until your head starts spinning too. But they can play up against each other in moments of great intensity and raw virile outbursts, like roosters fighting, as in "On Alto On Tenor". The overall effects are beautiful, strange at times, hypnotic, captivating.
I haven't heard their previous duo album "Monkey Puzzle" (Leo Records, 2000), but if it's half as good as this one, it's still worth looking for.
The video below gives a good picture of their unbelievable skills.
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Into the groove - some fun albums
Time for holidays and celebrations. Let's be a little less formal, spiritual, serious and high-brow, here are some fun records, guaranteed to lift the spirits and make you get up from you lazy chair. Compact rhythmic music with a smile.
Happy Apple - Back On Top (Sunny Side Records, 2007) ***
This is the seventh release by the Happy Apple trio, consisting of Erik Fratzke on acoustic bass, Dave King on drums and Michael Lewis on saxophone and keyboards. Their hard-driving energetic rock-influenced jazz has not changed over this period of twelve years. Eleven tracks clocking around five minutes on average, fresh, melodic and fun. It's not boundary-shaking, but it's fun.
Lucien Dubuis - Le Retour ( Unit Records, 2007) ***
This is the second album by the Swiss-based Lucien Dubuis Trio, with the leader on sax, Roman Nowka on guitar and bass, and Lionel Friedli on drums. The arrangements are minimal, the 19 tracks of about 3 minutes long all riff-based as in rock music, straight-forward, intense and powerful. It's light, creative and fun.
Soil & Pimp Sessions - Pimpoint (Viktor, 2007) ***
Crazy Japanese jazz-band does it again, continuing on the same track of their previous albums. Crazy in their hyper-energetic approach, yet with lots of technical skills in the musicianship and in the arrangements. The album consists of 14 tracks of about 4 minutes, including Freddie Hubbard's Red Clay, which is a welcome point of rest in between the unbridled funky power the band unleashes, varying between a television car chase soundtrack, cinematic triumphant horn parts over more motown-influenced rhythms to current dance beats. There are more electronics to be heard than on the previous ones, but otherwise they keep repeating themselves, only with new songs. Considering the novelty of their approach, that's maybe not a bad strategy. With Shacho as "Agitator", Josei on piano, Akita Goldman on bass, Tabu Zombie on trumpet, Motoharu on sax and Midorin on drums.
Mostly Other People Do The Killing - Shamokin!!! - (Hot Cup Records, 2007) ***
Mostly Other People Do The Killing is a New York band, consisting of Moppa Elliott on bass, Kevin Shea on drums, Peter Evans on trumpet and Jon Irabagon on saxes. Moppa Elliott wrote all the material : 10 tracks of about 6 minutes long. The band's intention is to bring back fun into jazz, and that is what they do : building on the tradition, but with an open mind, rough and hard. As Elliott writes "I like my jazz with some dirt on it, sometimes a lot of dirt. Jazz has started to take itself too seriously and is in danger of falling into the same stagnant condition that so-called “classical music” is in now."
On this album, the arrangements are more complex than on the albums reviewed above, with room for short and compact improvizations, except for the last track, a long rendition of "Night In Tunesia" on which drums, sax and trumpet get the chance to play long solos.
Listen to Shamokin!!! below (and don't ask me how the visuals relate to the music...).
Enjoy!
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Friday, December 21, 2007
Nassim Maalouf - Improvisations Orientales (Club Du Disque Arabe, 1994) *****
My recent review of Ibrahim Maalouf's "Diasporas", made me search for his father's Nassim Maalouf's "Improvisations Orientales" from 1994, the first solo trumpet CD with his quartertone trumpet, and of which I now found a copy. For this trumpet he added a fourth valve, half the length of the second valve, which is played by the index finger of his left hand. On this CD he demonstrates how Arabic scales or "maqamat" can be played with the trumpet. But the record brings more than just a demonstration. It brings music of a purity seldom heard. If you like Frank London's Invocations, you may like this one even more; it does with Arabic music what London did for jewish prayer songs, turning it into a moving solo trumpet incantation. Most of the music is very spiritual, slow, melancholy and sad, but luckily some dances are included as well, breaking the monotony. On some tracks he is accompanied by Adel Chams Eddine on frame drums. His playing is exceptional, and so is the music.
Download here.
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Thursday, December 20, 2007
Andrea Centazzo - Voyagers (Ictus, 2007) ****
Unreal ... I don't think there is another word for this new album by Andrea Centazzo, and I must apologize for writing a review about him some days after the previous one, but well .... what the heck. So, this album is unreal because it does not sound like anything you've heard before. Master percussionist Centazzo (all percussion and vibes) sets the tone for a voyage to a variety of places on earth : Australia, Japan, Senegal, Norway, UK, India, Seychelles, Indonesia. He is accompanied on this journey by Polish singer Sylwia Bialas and German trumpeter Hans-Peter Salentin. Centazzo's playing sounds remote, as if you're listening to him from a distance, a large concert hall or something, and so do both other musicians, who play with lots of reverb and chamber effects, creating an effect of open spaces. Salentin furthermore uses every electronic possibility available today to make his trumpet create sounds previously unheard, without relinquishing the basic sounds. His playing and improvising are excellent, with some Miles references in it, also indebted to Nils Petter-Molvaer or Markus Stockhausen. As I said, Centazzo sets the tone and the pace for each track, from meditative pieces, over polyrhytmic complexities to tribal drumming, adding accents where needed. The real star of the album is the singer though. Bialas's voice is not only exceptional, both in timbre and range, but her improvizations are stunning. She uses her voice like an instrument, wordless, powerful, soaring, ... The greatest thing is the overall effect : the pure voice, the trumpet, the percussion. Pure jazz afficionados should abstain, this is nu-jazz, fusion, ambient, avant-garde new-age jazz or whatever you call it, but it's genuine, it's authentic, it's cinematic, it's dramatic, the search for expressiveness and the result are not fake, no plastic. It's real. So, well, in conclusion : it's both real and unreal.
Listen and download from Allaboutjazz or eMusic or Klicktrack.
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Cuong Vu - Vu-Tet (Artistshare, 2007) ***½
Cuong Vu is a young trumpeter with a clear musical vision. His integration of rock-influenced rhythms and melodies with a jazz line-up and electronic transformations leads us indeed into new territory. It's not jazz, it's not fusion, it's not rock. On Vu-Tet he is joined by his regular band members Ted Poor on drums and Stomu Takeishi on electric bass, but also by Chris Speed on sax and clarinet. The music is at times very close to Speed's musical approach without the "Balkan" influences, or not too far away from Jim Black's albums either, with long melodic unisono lines between trumpet and sax, supported by a hard-hitting pumping rhythm section, which is capable of complex rhythm changes and high speed deliveries. It's all very well done, nicely orchestrated, yet to my taste a little too polished, which goes at the expense of the spontaneity you expect from jazz. Especially the slower pieces could have had some more roughness, some claws, more emotional outbursts. After the "spacy" intro, the album really starts with some magnificent musical agitation on "Accelerated Thoughts", which really demonstrates the capabilities of the four musicians and of Vu as a composer, it moves over some slower pieces to the real highlight of the album "Never, Ever, Ever", wich will certainly appeal to fusion fans, but then it dwindles down to soft, even mellow melodies in the last two tracks, all nice and beautiful. Cuong Vu should maybe listen closely to Tomasz Stanko - his sense of melancholy leads him to create nice and beautiful melodies too, yet Stanko always manages to get some superior deeply-felt raw emotions in his music. Stanko lays himself bare, naked and vulnerable, and that's probably the toughest challenge in music. If Vu can take this hurdle, he can become really great, because he has loads of talent (or maybe he should just stop playing with Pat Metheny).
His CD with all the extras can be downloaded since December 17 from Artistshare.
The Artistshare website is certainly one to check out. The concept is that the musicians directly release their music through the site, offering even possibilities for interaction during the creative process. Apart from the music itself, you get sheet music, commentary by the musicians on the music they create, e-mail exchange and other insights.
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007
McPhee, Trzaska, Rosen - Intimate Conversations (Not Two, 2007) ****½
Mikolaj Trzaska is, together with Adam Pieronczyk, without a doubt the best of modern Polish or even European saxophonists. I called him earlier the opposite of Peter Brötzmann, in the sense that his tone is warm and elegant, and that he does not need to shout or scream in order to be adventurous or move boundaries. And his style of playing comes close to the efforts made by Joe McPhee in the previous years, in whose tone anger has been gradually replaced by compassion, though not completely. It's no surprise they met and played together, assisted by the great Jay Rosen on drums. "Intimate Conversations", the title of the album, is well-chosen, because that's exactly what this CD brings. The first two tracks are duets between McPhee and Rosen, fierce, anguished, powerful. On the third track the tone melts down to more melancholy regions for a duet between McPhee and Trzaska. On "Did God Forget About Darfur/What God?" the first trio track can be heard. While McPhee sticks to his tenor on the whole album, Trzaska alternates between alto, bass clarinet and the rarely used C-melody sax. That difference makes it easier to identify the musicians, although their differences in style are easily recognized. The interaction, the common language they find, the call-and-response, are all excellent, especially in "Intimate Conversation # 2" on which they move to the higher registers of the instruments, playing very controlled and shrill tones, like birds. Jay Rosen brings a solo drums tribute piece to Max Roach, called "North Star" and although I'm not a real fan of drum solos, this one is captivating, with some one-handed drum rolls, played with power and subtlety as Roach did himself. The most intimate conversation is the third one, on which Trzaska brings some rhythmic and hypnotic circular breathing on bass clarinet throughout the track, over which McPhee plays some eery light lines, sparsely accompanied by Rosen, moving into a more intense blaze in the middle, yet falling back in their initial routine at the end : a bizarre and impactful piece of music. One of the greatest feats of the album is the space the musicians offer each other, creating great openness. The best example of this can be found in "Snowflakes on flowers", on which the music expresses exactly that, with all the trembling lightness and softness of touch it entails, including a little over 15 seconds when nothing can be heard at all. A great, explorative and sensitive album.
You can listen and download from :
Allaboutjazz or Not Two.
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Larry Ochs - Up From Under (Atavistic, 2007) *****
In order to improve his diction (clear, loud, persuasive ...), the ancient Greek orator Demosthenes used to walk down to the beach, then put some pebbles in his mouth, and with this impediment he started perorating against the roar of the crashing waves, just to make sure that the expressiveness and force of his speech could overpower the limits of the human body and the worst of natural obstacles. This is the image that comes to mind with saxophonist Larry Ochs's playing with (or against) two drummers, especially on the first track. Both drummers, Scott Amendola and Donald Robinson, hit as hard as they can (yet intelligently) and Ochs's tenor roars up against the storm. The sheer power coming out of this is hard to describe and the overall effect is gigantic, especially because of Ochs's skill at overpowering the drums and taming them with melody and emotional expression, despite the drums' unrelenting unleashing of all the energy they can muster. The title track alone is worth the price of the album. But then on the second track, the trio shifts gears, and moves into a very sensitive piece, with soft drumming, middle-eastern melodic explorations by an almost hoarse and painfully emotional sax. The structure is the same as on "The Neon Truth", the previous CD by the same band, on which all pieces start with free improv, then the drums join until the trio finds its basis, then the two drums move on without the sax, and at the end they all come back together, wherever that is. The band's original intention, ie to reflect the traditional blues-shouters in an instrumental form, is best illustrated by the third track, in which sax and both drummers are engaged in a fierce conversation, with immediate call-and-response. The variation on this record is great, soft pieces and fierce moments alternate, with "And Nothing But" offering probably one of the most beautiful free sax moments of the year, starting slowly but then gaining momentum ending again in a great finale. Yet it's not all powerplay or sweet emotions, there are some joyous moments, moments of great interaction, just for the joy of making music together, and the two drums really do some great things together, rolling and thundering at times, subtle and sensitive at others. An album with a high level of "woohaa", bringing everything great music should offer : true emotions, adventure, variation, interplay, tension, surprise and entertainment. From the "Out Trios" series at Atavistic, this is definitely the best one.
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Monday, December 17, 2007
Andrea Centazzo - reissue of Ictus records
I chose this cover, as it is probably the most appropriate and least expected in the Andrea Centazzo reissue series. Centazzo is an Italian master percussionist and musical visionary, whose collaborations with Steve Lacy on the highly recommended CDs "Clangs" and "Tao" are probably best known, as is his collaboration with the Italian Mitteleuropa Orchestra. His whole catalogue is now available again, but you will have to browse carefully through it, because his range of activities is so wide, that not everything will be to everyone's taste. Hence the Christmas CD as a kind of token and warning : it contains the percussion part for christmas carols such as "Jingle Bells" and "Silent Night". He has written music for chamber ensembles, for dance, symphonic pieces for classical orchestra even, world music, fusion too, but his modern jazz free improv CDs are the ones of interest here. Next to his work with Lacy, his duo collaboration with Italian trumpeter Guido Mazzon are more than worth checking out, as is his work with saxophonist Lol Coxhill or trumpeter Franz Koglmann. Not everything works, but the man's search for new musical form and his stubborn ambition of seeing this vision through are laudable. One of his best records is to my opinion his collaboration with Gianluigi Trovesi on "Shock!", as reviewed earlier. His entire catalogue was already available, and parts of it can now be downloaded via iTunes or (but be careful : does not always have the complete recordings, just parts of it). You can also order through Polish distributor
Listen here to some of his work :
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Sunday, December 16, 2007
Myriam Alter - Where Is There (Enja Records, 2007) ****
Although Myriam Alter is a fine piano-player, she prefers to leave the piano chair to someone else on this album, as on her previous one "If". This time Italian Salvatore Bonafede receives the honor. The other band members are as before : Greg Cohen on bass, Joey Baron on drums, and John Ruocco on clarinet, but adding Brazilian Jacques Morelenbaum on cello and Belgian Pierre Vaiana on soprano. With this band, she brings us again into beautiful melancholy territory, with lots of attention to musical detail, aesthetic subtleties, slight rhythm changes, and above all : a fragile and authentic sensitivity which is rare these days. The music itself is jazz, no doubt, chamber jazz to be more precise, but influenced by the whole tradition of European music, with Italian, Spanish, jewish, French elements in it.
Like on my review of her previous album the immediate comparision which also now came to mind is indeed Belgian chocolate : compact craftmanship, the result of centuries of tradition, with a sweet flavor, but deep, with each time a subtle surprise taste in bitterness.
The true difference with the previous album, is that here the melancholy is pushed even further, although there still are some joyful melodies to be hear as on "It Could Be There", but the addition of the Morelenbaum's wonderful cello gives even this joy a shade of melancholy. If you like the music of Anouar Brahem, you will also like this. It's the kind of music that for once will not chase the family members out of the room, it may even attract them.
You can buy from Enja Records or download from iTunes.
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Saturday, December 15, 2007
Stephen Gauci's Basso Continuo - Nididhyasana (Clean Feed, 2007) ****
The Basso Continuo in the title of this album refers to the double "double basses" of Michael Bisio and Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten, with Nate Wooley on trumpet and Stephen Gauci on sax. An unusual line-up, but what what an album! The title track starts with both basses exploring the tune, reacting to each other, as a lead-in for Gauci's wonderfully warm and melodic tenor. The title means "uninterrupted contemplation", illustrating the spiritual elements underlying Gauci's music, which is spacious and open, but intimate, in the moment, in the notes almost. Wooley is the perfect counterpart for this : one of the best avant-garde jazz trumpeters of the moment, versatile, eloquent and creative. In the first track he brings the melody to a staccato rhythm, with one bass changing to arco, and then the whole quartet joins and the music they play is like layers of sound intermingling, fast, nervous, yet focused at the same time. The absense of percussion adds to the intimacy, yet the basses offer each other sufficient support to cover for that absence. The first track ends in some incredible bowed bass duet, over which Gauci plays plaintive emotional tones. The second track is more joyful to start with, with the horns echoing each other in long sustained tones, with a slow walking bass providing the rhythmic basis, but the mood gradually shifts to pumping basses and anxious horn sounds. The third track is my favorite, with some haunting sax-playing by Gauci, unusual experimental stuff by Wooley, evolving a into heart-rending bass-trumpet duet, then the other bass takes over with a simple line over which Gauci plays beautiful sax phrases. The last track is the shortest, starting very agitated by bass and trumpet, and the overall mood is not changing when the other bass and the tenor join. In short, this is very powerful, very open music, with lots of intensity. It shows that all musicians have played together before in one or the other band. Gauci's musical vision is one worth further exploring.
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Friday, December 14, 2007
Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut - The Williamsburg Sessions II (Ayler Records, 2007) ****
Here is another excellent record by Ayler Records, by Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut on guitar and amplifier, Blaise Siwula on alto sax, Brian Osborne on drums. Shurdut is the "inventor" of environmental tuning or "Etuning" with which he is trying to reflect the sounds of every day life. On this album the three environments are the lumber yard, the warehouse and the waterfront. Hence the titles of the three tracks "Etuning The Lumber Yard", "Etuning The Warehouse" and "Etuning The Waterfront". It sounds silly but it shouldn't put you off : the music is great. Jeffrey Shurdut uses his guitar to bring back to life the sounds that he heard at these locations, with or without electronic changes. Osborne carefully plays his percussion around this, gentle and precise, with all the attention going to Siwula's wonderful playing on the alto. "Etuning The Lumberyard" starts with slow blowing and soft-spoken guitar and drums, but gradually the rhythms get more halting, louder and uptempo, industrial if you want, noise if you like, but still focused and rhythmic, then falling away completely for some beautiful solo alto, a little sad that the end of the day has arrived and all activity has clearly stopped in the lumberyard. On the second track Siwula's melodic and bluesy blowing flows like waves over the splintered drone created by guitar and drums, structureless, even-toned. The third track "Etuning The Waterfront" is by far the best. Now drums and guitar create regular sounds but in an irregular way, coming and going, like boats or heavy trucks passing by or power-drills or helicopters, and through those sounds Siwula is playing his plaintive, melancholy notes, adding the emotional contrast to the harsh sounds, then, as the music slowly evolves, all of these background noises coalesce into a wall of noise, and Siwula turns up the volume, playing anguished, painful melodies, and when the wall of noise becomes rhythmic and counter-rhythmic like hell, the sax is being drawn in by the rhythm, generating some hair-raising distress, maybe even terror, and when at the end the rhythm becomes tribal, hypnotic and intense, Siwula starts playing repetitive phrases for the first time since the beginning of the record, and once he does that ... magic emerges, as if he's become totally sucked up by and surrendering to the madness around him, sounding like a self-sacrificing liberation. Stunning!
Downloadable from many sites. Do it.
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Trumpet-percussion duo
This is an update of an earlier topic - I added Lester Bowie, Phillip Wilson, Olu Dara and Max+Dizzy, the latter can be seen on the clip below, taken from the same concert as on the CD.
There are obviously much less trumpet-drums duo albums than sax-drums duos, and comparable in that respect to the trio format. I put the Chicago Underground Duo's CDs between brackets because they also use vibes and electronics once in a while.
Wadada Leo Smith & Günter Baby Sommer : Wisdom In Time
Wadada Leo Smith & Adam Rudolph : Compassion
Dave Douglas & Han Bennink : Serpentine
Don Cherry & Ed Blackwell : Mu
Don Cherry & Ed Blackwell : El Corazon
Don Cherry & Latif Khan : Music/Sangam
Taylor Ho Bynum & Tomas Fujiwara : True Events
Taylor Ho Bynum & Eric Rosenthal : And Only Life My Lush Lament
Taylor Ho Bynum & Eric Rosenthal : Cenoté
Toshinori Kondo & Paul Lovens - The Last Supper
Bill Dixon & Tony Oxley - Papyrus 1
Bill Dixon & Tony Oxley - Papyrus 2
Guido Mazzon & Andrea Centazzo - Double 1; Double 2,
Guido Mazzon & Andrea Centazzo - Double 3; Double 4
Robyn Schulkowsky & Nils Petter Molvaer - Hastening Westward
Rajesh Mehta & Paul Lovens - Orka (solo and duos)
(Chicago Underground Duo - Axis and Alignment)
(Chicago Underground Duo - Synesthesia)
Lester Bowie & Phillip Wilson - Duet
Phillip Wilson & Olu Dara - Esoteric
Max Roach & Dizzy Gillespie - Max+Dizzy
Magnus Broo & Paal Nilssen-Love - Game
Watch the duo performance of Max & Dizzy in Paris in 1989.
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Ibrahim Maalouf - Diasporas (Discograph, 2007) **½
If a master trumpeter like Ibrahim Maalouf releases his first CD, you expect fireworks, yet unfortunately the opposite is true. French-Lebanese Maalouf grew up in a musical family, with his father a famous trumpeter and the inventor of the quartertone trumpet, suited to play traditional Arabic music, his mother a pianist. He's the winner of 15 classical music awards for his trumpet playing. He worked three years on this album, with over 30 musicians, and recorded in Paris and Beirut, mixed it in Montréal and mastered it in New York. And the result is a disappointment. True, his trumpet playing is fabulous, but the music isn't. It often falls into the deep abyss of cheap sentimentalism, electronic and ambient flotsam, horrible sounding electronic drums, mixing lots of influences into one style, but the mix doesn't take, turning into a kind of Erik Truffaz with a middle-eastern tinge. The best parts are the ones which are pure improvisation without any additions, showing what we could have had, if the guys in the studio had only shown some more discipline and restraint ... and the worst thing is : underneath it all, there is some beauty hidden, covered in layers of commercial rubbish which are impossible to scrape off. That makes the dissapointment even bigger.
What you don't get on this CD, is the kind of music which you can see on this video-clip with Ibrahim Maalouf.
Click here for a ater review of Nassim Maalouf's solo trumpet CD.
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Thursday, December 13, 2007
Ferenc Snetberger & Markus Stockhausen - Streams (Enja, 2007) ****
Ferenc Snetberger is a Hungarian master guitarist, classically schooled, fully educated in jazz guitar, but also skilled in the Roma tradition, Brazilian and flamenco guitar. Markus Stockhausen is in that sense very close to him, but then on trumpet. Both musicians can converse in any musical idiom, and that was clearly the basis for this collaboration, for which they first had some free improvization amongst themselves, then they listened to the result together, took out the best pieces, wrote them down and further expanded upon them. Furthermore, the two musicians have recorded and played together many times, and that also led to the closeness you can experience on this very intimate and expansive music. The overall tone is reminiscent of what has been called ECM-style jazz, as created by musicians such as Kenny Wheeler, Jan Garbarek, Bill Connors, Egberto Gismonti. There are no rough tones, there is no sign of anger, violence or agression, no hard feelings, just impressionistic wonder, the search for aesthetic beauty and clarity of execution. And more often than not, in the hands of less skilled artists, this leads to some dull or flat experience, yet on this album the music itself and the musicianship are just too good to let this happen. A real treat.
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Max Nagl - Wumm Zack! Vol. 2 (Rude Noises, 2007) ***
Austrian saxophonist Max Nagl already brought us great joy this year with "Big Four Live", and now he's taking his music a step further in the region of great fun, with this traditional brass band and marching band music. Nagl does with European traditional dance music what Steven Bernstein did with Mexican and American traditional music : rearranged it, turn it into a jazzy version (but without the klezmer approach, of course), while keeping the fun and adding the unexpected ventures into more modern exploratory musical territory. The music was recorded by two line-ups, one in Belgium and one in Austria, with respectively Thomas Gansch on trumpet, Max Nagl on alto, Wilfried Brandstötter on tuba, Patrice Heral on percussion, and Max Nagl, Clemens Salesny on alto, Alex Meissl on electric bass and Herbert Pirker on drums, with ambient sounds thrown in here and there. Nagl's interpretation of the music, and his transformation is respectful and yet I don't think it will appeal to fans of traditional wedding band music, let alone be played at such events. He may squeeze in references to Ornette Coleman, Lol Coxhill and the musicians may screech and skronk in full free jazz blow-out sessions once in a while, but it always moves back into the jolly rhythms (and sudden rhythm changes) of waltzes and polkas, and all that with wonderful arrangements throughout. Yet the question is : what does it offer in the end? Sure, it's fun to hear live, and surely the audience does laugh with the musical jokes once in a while, it's fun to hear on CD, at least once or twice, but it does not have the depth or musical power to listen to it too often, just like Bernstein's music. Light and enjoyable as a side-dish.
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Monday, December 10, 2007
Paul Dunmall - All Said And Dun (Loose Torque, 2007) ***½
British saxophonist Paul Dunmall is a productive musician. Here he is again with a new album, accompanied by Nick Stephens on double bass and Tony Marsh on drums. The album consists of four lengthy pieces, which are totally free improvisation, calmly and gently exploring the sounds and the rhythms. This is indeed not a blowfest, there is no aggression or harshness to be heard, but rather musical openness, tentative explorations and huge amounts of musical feeling. And it's especially the latter which is really becoming Dunmall's trademark, his tone is warm, buttery, rounded, yet the end result and the overall tonality and atmosphere superbly co-created by the rhythm section. Stephens and Marsh are extremely sensitive and precise musicians, contributing to the overall subtlety and expressiveness of this album.
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Sunday, December 9, 2007
Frode Gjerstad - Sound Sight (Ayler, 2007) ***½
Frode Gjerstad is one of the leading sax players in Norway, fond of the trio or quartet format, and always in for the long haul, with tracks as long as one hour (on "Ultima"). On this album, with Wilber Morris on bass and Rashid Bakr on drums, there are three tracks, two close to 30 minutes and one of 5 minutes. Gjerstad is someone who needs time to bring his music to its full potential, not in the sense of Coltrane, who needed time to create magnificent expansive broad visions, but rather in a nervous, in-the-moment kind of way, knitting close notes around the center of his tune, focusing on the raw intensity of the music. Halfway the first track, the energetic power diminishes, for some slow but creative interaction with Morris on arco. The short middle track brings an interesting sensitive mutual exploration, but with Wilber Morris leading the music. The third piece goes on in the same vein, but not for long, because the energy and the nervousness start building up again, with an impressive Rashid Bakr, pushing the other players forward, and again, as in the first piece, about halfway the track, the whole thing collapses again into itself, and Morris starts playing arco with Gjerstad producing hesitant, plaintive sounds over the bass, resulting in some of the finest moments on the album. It's good that Ayler released this live performance from 1997 on CD, and it's nice addition for those interested in Gjerstad's music. For those who don't know him, I would recommend to listen to "Through The Woods" or "The Other Side" first.
You can download from Ayler records, but also from iTunes and Allaboutjazz.
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Saturday, December 8, 2007
Sax piano duo
Regular readers of this blog know that I'm fond of smaller line-ups, chamber jazz, with two or three instruments (and I also like lists, unfortunately). I like these settings because they're direct, unadultered, unfiltered, immediate, true, authentic, intimate - music stripped to its barest essence. True musicianship is needed to bring duos or trios to a good end. So, when someone asked whether I could recommend any piano-sax duets, I drafted the list below. I'm sure there are many more CDs that are worthwhile listening to and I would be glad to hear some suggestions (with thanks to Pim for the question and to Tom for the initial ideas). The reason I used the cover of Aki Takase and Rudi Mahall's "The Dessert" as illustration, is because the music on this album perfectly illustrates the power of the this combination : ranging from joyous unisono melodies, simple swing, over more sensitive romantic passages, to more experimental sonic explorations. And of course because it's nice artwork.
Sax & Piano Duo
Aki Takase & Rudi Mahall - The Dessert
Aki Takase & Rudi Mahall - Duet For Eric Dolphy
Aki Takase & David Murray - Blue Monk
Aki Takase & Silke Eberhard - Ornette Coleman Anthology
Anthony Braxton & Richard Teitelbaum - Live At Merkin Hall
Anthony Braxton & Marilyn Crispell - Vancouver Duets
Archie Shepp & Mal Waldron - Left Alone Revisited
Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan - Reunion
Archie Shepp & Siegfried Kessler - First Take
Armen Donelian & Marc Mommaas - Album Title #1
Dave Liebman & Bobby Avey - Vienna Dialogues
Dave Liebman & Mike Nock - Duologues
Lee Konitz & Allan Broadbent - Live-Lee
Marc Mommaas & Nikolaj Hess - Balance
Ran Blake & Anthony Braxton - A Memory Of Vienna
Rob Brown & Matthew Shipp - Blink Of An Eye
Rob Brown & Matthew Shipp - Sonic Explorations
Matthew Shipp & Evan Parker - Abbey Road Duos
Mike Nock & Marty Ehrlich - The Waiting Game
Marty Ehrlich & Myra Melford - Yet Can Spring
Marty Ehrlich & Myra Melford - Spark!
Rudresh Mahanthappa & Vijay Iyer - Raw Materials
Joe McPhee & John Snyder - Pieces Of Light (synth)
Ned Rothenberg & Slava Ganelin - Falling Into Place
Nicolas Simion & Mal Waldron - The Big Rochade
David Liebman & Marc Copland - Bookends
Mark Copland & Greg Osby - Round And Round
Mark Copland & Greg Osby - Night Call
Evan Parker & Greg Goodman - Abracadabra
Borah Bergman & Evan Parker - Live In Bolzano
Borah Bergman & Evan Parker -The Fire Tale
Borah Bergman & Frode Gjerstad - Rivers In Time
Evan Parker & Agusti Fernandez - Tempranillo
Steve Lacy & Michael Smith - Sidelines
Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron - Snake-out
Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron - Herbe De L'Oubli
Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron - Japan Dream
Tchangodei & Steve Lacy - The Wasp
Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron - Let's Call This
Steve Lacy & Ulrich Gumpert - Deadline
Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron - Sempre Amore
Gil Evans & Steve Lacy - Paris Blues
Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron - Hot House
Steve Lacy & Eric Watson - Spirit Of Mingus
Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron - Let's Call This ... Esteem
Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron - Live At Dreher, Paris 1981 Vol. 1
Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron - I Remember Thelonious
Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron - Live At Dreher, Paris 1981, Vol. 2
Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron - Communiqué
Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron: At the Bimhuis 1982
Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron: Live in Berlin '84
Steve Lacy - Five Facings (with Fred Van Hove or Marilyn Crispell or Misha Mengelberg)
Ran Blake - That certain Feeling (with Steve Lacy or Ricky Ford)
Frank Gratkowski & Misha Mengelberg - Vis-à-vis
Geri Allen & Charles Lloyd - Live At Cully Jazz Festival
Joseph Jarman & Marilyn Crispell - Connecting Spirits
Marilyn Crispell & Stefano Maltese - Red
Marilyn Crispell & Tim Berne - Inference
Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter - 1 + 1
Lol Coxhill & Howard Riley - Duology
Lol Coxhill & Veryan Weston - Boundless
Lol Coxhill & Veryan Weston - Worms Organising Archdukes
John Taylor & John Surman - Ambleside Days
Stan Tracey & John Surman - Sonatinas
Ken Vandermark & Pandelis Karayorgis - Foreground
Marilyn Crispell & Tim Berne - Inference
... and while surfing the internet, I came across this extensive list here which I will not copy because it's too long. Apparently somebody asked the question before...
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Friday, December 7, 2007
Loren Stillman - Trio Alto Vol. 2 (Steeplechase, 2007) ****
Earlier this year I reviewed Loren Stillman's Trio Alto Vol. 1, and I wrote that I looked forward to the second volume, and here it is, but it's another trio, this time with John Hebert on bass and Take Toriyama on drums. And it's even better. The trio plays hard, sensitive, tight, open, structured, free, ... not easy to classify, but fun from beginning to end. The musicians are excellent : Stillman's tone is warm and rich, and his improvizations are absolutely great and inventive : he goes on without ever loosing sight of the basic melody, without needing to abandon the clarity of his tone to keep the attention going. But his calm and restraint are nicely balanced with the power of the rhythm section. Toriyama on drums is really strong, hard-hitting (real hard at times!), energetic and creative, and Herbert holds the center, keeping the core melody, but often reacting extremely well to Stillman's improvizational excursions. The music is well-structured, controlled, but real free. A great balance. A great album.
Loren Stillman - Blind Date (Pirouette, 2007) ***
And then Stillman releases yet another album, this time with a different musical concept, more mainstream, with Gary Versace on piano, Drew Gress on bass and Joey Baron on drums. His tone is still the same, but the overall atmosphere is lighter, more accessible, his playing is more frivolous, joyful, dancing, intimate, ... as you would expect from a blind date. The compositions are of course much tighter, more complex, with much less room for improvisation. Of course, the musicianship is among the best you can get, but there is less adventure, and in the end, also less memorable, at least to me. For fans of post-bop and mainstream, this record will be a treat.
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Lonely Woman - the list (update July 2011)
Well then, here it is : my list (and collection) of Lonely Woman covers. This song by Ornette Coleman is for me one of the most beautiful compositions ever. It is musically so complete, with a wonderful melody, heart-breaking, sad, with a dramatic crescendo, a moment of hope, then back to despair, the music halts at moments like someone unable to speak through her tears, ... absolutely phenomenal how with so few notes such rich emotions can be created, rich in nuance, without being mellow, and I've listened to this song hundreds of times without getting tired of it. And it must be said, you can't kill this song. Even Diamanda Galas is not able to. But let's not get too negative : there are absolutely superb versions of this song. Better than the original, harder, rawer, richer, ... and I even gave five versions the maximum of five stars, two in which Don Cherry performs. And these five versions are all longer than 10 or even 15 minutes. For each performer I indicated also the album on which the song is to be found.
Do you know more of them? Send me a comment with suggestions. I wish you lots of joy and sadness ...
*****
8 Bold Souls – Side Show
Ahmed Abdullah’s Ebonic Tones – Tara’s Song
Old & New Dreams – Old & New Dreams
Charlie Haden/Don Cherry/Ed Blackwell – The Montreal Tapes
Hugh Ragin – Metaphysical Question
Guido Mazzon - Other Line
Trio X - Live In Vilnius
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Ornette Coleman – The Shape Of Jazz To Come
Charlie Haden’s Quartet West – In Angel City
Trio X – Roulette At Location One
Trio X – Moods : Playing With The Elements
Stephanie Winters – Through The Storm (classical cello solo)
Double U – The Glands of External Secretion (slide guitar, blues)
Bill Carrothers & Marc Copland – No Choice
Lester Bowie – Fast Last
Assif Tsahar - Open Systems
Branford Marsalis - Random Abstract
Marcin Oles - Ornette On Bass (3 versions of bass solo)
Vandermark 5 - Alchemia
Juhani Aaltonen Trio - Illusion Of A Ballad
Oles/Trzaska/Oles - Danziger Strassenmuzik
Claudio Cojaniz & Gianarlo Schiaffini - War Orphans
Stephan Oliva & Claude Tchamitchian - Huit Femmes
Stephan Oliva & Jean-Marc Foltz - Huit Femmes
João Lencastre's Communion - One
Waclaw Zimpel, Wojtek Traczyk, Robert Rasz - The Light
Aki Takase & Silke Eberhard - Ornette Coleman Anthology
Miroslav Vitous Group - Remembering Weather Report
Gebhard Ullmann and Andreas Willers - Suite Noire
Agustí Fernández, Baldo Martinez & Ramón López - Triez
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John Zorn – Naked City
Larry Schneider Quartet – Ornettology
Natraj – The Goat Also Gallops (world jazz)
Radka Toneff – Live In Hamburg (vocal)
Kronos Quartet – White Man Sleeps (modern classical)
Mark Doyle – Guitar Noir (rock)
Michael Bisio & Joe McPhee – Fingers Wrigglers (1) (free)
Michael Bisio & Joe McPhee – Fingers Wrigglers (2) (free)
Don Cherry – Featuring Ornette Coleman & Steve Lacy
Joe Giardullo & Michael Bisio – Primal Intentions
Dave Goldberg – Jazz Standard
Tango Lorca – Mujer Sola (tango)
Astrosonic - Speeder People
Fred Hersch - Evanescence
Hugh Hopper - Hopper Tunity Box
Gary Bartz & Sonny Fortune - Alto Memories
Hellen Merrill & Dick Katz - A Shade Of Difference
HR Big Band - Plays The Music Of Ornette Coleman
Juhani Aaltonen Trio - Illusion Of A Ballad
Modern Jazz Quartet - Lonely Woman
Marzette Watz - Lonely Woman
Quest - Quest
Terence Blanchard - Simply Stated
Willem Breuker Kollectief - Thirst
Kyle Bruckman - Wrack
Peter Brötzmann - 14 Love Poems
SF Jazz Collective - Inaugural Season Live 2004
Sunny Murray - Perles Noires
Otomo Yoshihide - Lonely Woman
James Blood Ulmer - Music Speaks Louder Than Words
Renaud Garcia-Fons & Gérard Marais - Acoustic Songs (guitar/bass duo)
Denison Kimball Trio - Soul Machine
Charlie Haden & Jim Hall
Jacques Berrocal - Catalogue
Elsner/Räther/Maichel - The Song Is You
Basquiat Strings - Basquiat Strings
Sophia Domancich & Goubert Simon- You Don't Know What Love Is
Renata Friederich Close-Up - Lonely Woman
Ariel - 31 Bars
Kiyoshi Kitagawa - Prayer
Billy Bang - Bangception Willisau 1982
Jay Clayton - All Out
Charlie Haden - The Private Collection
Stephan Oliva & Suzanne Abbuehl - Huit Femmes
Marc Copland & Bill Carrothers - Huit Femmes
Stephan Oliva & Joey Baron - Huit Femmes
Bruno Angelini - Lonely Woman - Huit Femmes
Giovanni Mirabassi - Huit Femmes
Stephan Oliva & Linda Sharrock - Huit Femmes
Michael Bocian - Premonition
Greg Malcolm - Homesick For Nowhere (noise rock)
Denny Zeitlin - Live At The Trident
Sophia Domancich - Tirana Moods + You Don't Know What Love Is
Addax - Pa' Mi Gitana
Taarka - The Martian Picture Soundtrack
Wolfgang Pushnig, Linda Sharrock, Uli Scherer - AM4
Dominick Farinacci - Lovers, Tales And Dancers
Cécile Broché & Etienne Bouyer Duo
Kronos Quartet - White Man Sleeps
Jaki Byard - July in Paris
Jarek Smietana - The Good Life
Panorama Brass Band - 17 Days
Hayasaka Sachi & Stir Up - Straight To The Core
Quest - Redemption Live In Europe
Tied & Tickled Trio and Billy Hart - La Place Demon
Misja Fitzgerald Michel - Encounter
Alain Sève & Yves Rodde-Migdal - Bleu Paris
Cruel Frederick - Birth of the Cruel
Jazz Doctors - Intensive Care
Jay Clayton - All Out
Barney Wilen - Dear Prof. Leary
George Gruntz - St Peter Power
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Ken Peplowski – The Other Portrait (classical symphonic)
Claudine François – Lonely Woman
Borah Bergman & Hamid Drake – Reflections On Ornette Coleman
Cooke Quartet – Searching
John Lewis & Sven Asmussen - European Encounter
Dave Liebman – Ghosts (world)
Joshua Redman – Momentum
Pierre Dorge – Giraf
Guarneri Underground - New World
George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band - The MPS Years
Chris Conner - Free Spirit
Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet
Janka Flachsman - Breath
Nancy Walker - Luminosity
Boel/Emborg/Vinding/Riel - Shadow Of Love
Steve Berrios And Son Bacheche - First World
Sergi Sirvent - Free Quartet
Magos Herrera, Iraida Noriega - Soliluna (vocal)
Amon Duul - Hijack (bizarre rock latin version)
Sheila Cooper - Tales Of Love And Longing (vocal)
Linda Sharrock - And She Answered (vocal)
Silvia Donati - Singing In The Brain (vocal)
Ryan Burns - Live At The Lab
Hanna Boel - The Shining Of Things (vocal)
Brad Cox - Beginners
David Rothenberg & Lewis Porter - Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast
Ombak - Fan Bricks
Joachim Kühn & Archie Shepp - Lonely Woman
Susanne Abbuehl – I Am Rose
Kiyoshi Kitagawa with Kenny Barron & Brian Blade - Prayer
Masayuki Takayanagi – Lonely Woman
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Diamanda Gallas – La Serpenta Canta
Masayuki Takayanagi - Lonely Woman (solo electric guitar)
BB-Band - Odissey On Earth
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Thursday, December 6, 2007
Viktor Toth - Climbing With Mountains (BMC records, 2007) ***½
Viktor Toth is a young Hungarian alto saxophonist, playing here with Hamid Drake on drums, Matyas Szandai on bass and Ferenc Kovacs on trumpet, for a free bop record which has its merits. Some of the tracks are absolutely excellent, like "Autumn In Sicily", or "Snake" with its long-spun melody full of balkan influences, or the more uptempo "Train To Sarajevo", but then at times the band falls back into some more gentle, less adventurous mainstream pieces, such as "Mese" or "R's Day". Even if the compositions leave somewhat lacking, the playing is good : Toth, Kovacs and Szandai are excellent musicians, as is of course Hamid Drake, who is as recognizable as ever, precise as clockwork, creative, supple and supportive, and especially shining in the faster pieces. Nice music, but a little too nice for my taste.
But then again, who am I, if William Parker writes these wonderful words in the liner notes : "Please drop all pretensions and let these sounds dance in your souls, stirring things up to take you to the top of the mountain".
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Wednesday, December 5, 2007
David Haney Trio - Blues Royale (CIMP, 2007) ****
For an avant-garde pianist to set up a program to cover the blues is quite exceptional. Traditional blues are in essence in contradiction to free music, because the harmonic development and chord progression are basically the same for every song. Free jazz or free improv are its exact opposite. And yet ... both genres share unique characteristics : improvisation, emotions and expressiveness. And pianist David Haney does exactly that : to turn the blues into a free format, using the non-formal characteristics as the essence of the music, assisted by two of today's best bass players : Michael Bisio and Adam Lane. And the overall result is impressive. The trio always has the 12-bar blues in mind, but the music evolves and moves to areas never explored in blues music before, into wild areas, of screeching arco basses and eery dissonant piano music, as in "Old Landmark" , yet always falling back onto the core material, or staying even relatively close to it, as in "Cardboard Watchdog" or "Blue Savannah", on which they stick to and improvise on the pentatonic blues scale. And some hold the absolute middle, like "Soul Of A Man", which starts with the saddest low and slow blues by the basses, then Haney takes over the traditional blues chords on piano, while the two basses start pooring their hearts out, in a slow outburst of agony and misery. Who would have guessed the blues contained all this fresh power? Adventurous, authentic and artistic - I like it!
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Monday, December 3, 2007
Amendola/Goldberg/Hoff - Plays Monk (Long Song Records, 2007) ****½
One of the essential elements in great music is the enthusiasm of the musicians. If they're not 100% behind what they're playing, then why would you care as a listener? There are moments when musicians excell at bringing this enthusiasm with the material across very well, and this CD is an example in case. "Plays Monk" consists of Scott Amendola on drums, Ben Goldberg on clarinet and Devin Hoff on bass, and they bring ten pieces by Monk. And what these guys do, is absolutely fabulous : the rhythm section is re-creating the tunes all by themselves, hard-hitting and very creative and modern with Monk's material, while Goldberg is trying to keep the original melodies intact, and lifting them even to unknown territory, his clarinet as fast as the right hand of the absent piano-player. Especially Amendola is fierce at times and Hoff's bass is more often "running" rather than "walking ", because they turn the tempo a notch higher than on the originals. The band's objective is to find the depth and breadth of Monk's music and they do it well, "… always aiming for the distilled truth of the music”, as they say themselves. This is indeed music stripped to its barest essence : melody, harmony, rhythm and interplay. And the material is great, and the musicians are great. Pure joy, pure fun! What more do you want? | https://www.freejazzblog.org/2007/12/?m=1 | 1,659,902,257 | 1,659,888,599 |
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Laire farm is located in the beautiful setting of the "Trulli" of Alberobello, made of olive trees, oak trees called "fragno", cherry orchards, wheat fields and vineyards, divided and fenced stone walls of local stone. You can enjoy Mediterranean foods, including the orecchiette made from durum wheat "Senator hats", and products of the wood-burning oven. The flavours of the traditional cuisine of Puglia are enhanced with oil of the farm's own production. The primitive wine gives the touch of the typical shelf life remembering the tastes of yesteryear and the homemade almond cakes will finish the meal on a sweet note. more
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Businesses have never before been under the financial strain we are seeing in today’s marketplace. The common refrain seems to be to down-size and out-source to save money.
While these practices can and do work, many small to medium-sized business owners either believe this practice won’t save them enough money to make it worthwhile. The truth is, out-sourcing is an extremely effective way for small and medium-sized businesses to save money, especially in the outsourced payroll department.
Here, we will detail five reasons outsourced payroll can and will save your business money.
1. Outsourced Payroll Saves You Money
When a business owner is asked why they don’t outsource their payroll their first answer is always money. The argument they make is that the service is more than the cost to handle it in house, but this isn’t true.
Almost always, when you outsource your payroll you save money. The cost to hire an employee to manage the process is more than just their wages. There are payroll taxes, benefits, and worker’s compensation insurance that must be paid on top of their wages.
2. 100% Compliant
In today’s business, you face ever-changing and evolving payroll and tax laws. If you keep payroll in-house you need to stay abreast of these changes. It isn’t easy to do and if you make a mistake it could cost you hundreds or even thousands in fines and fees.
A payroll company hired to handle your company’s payroll is staffed by industry professionals well versed in the laws surrounding payroll and taxes. It’s their business to stay on top of industry trends and regulations.
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You may trust the person handling your payroll operation, but embezzlement statistics point to a rise in theft, accounting for 13,500 offenses in 2019.
Theft of any kind is only possible when the opportunity presents itself. Someone handling your business’ money presents an opportunity. By outsourcing your payroll you remove the opportunity or temptation for an employee to steal.
You probably don’t have the data security of a professional payroll firm either. Because their business is responsible for handling the sensitive financial data from multiple companies they have better data security.
Hackers might easily enter your system through your free Wi-Fi portal you offer to customers. Once inside it isn’t difficult for a skilled hacker to begin taking money and gathering sensitive information that could lead to identity theft and more.
4. Saves You Time
You may be one of the few companies that can honestly say they won’t save money outsourcing payroll. Even so, you will save time. Small business owners often wear many hats and if payroll is one that’s fine. But what could you do with 20 or so hours every week you commit to payroll?
Time is money and if you can spend your time making money instead of spending it on payroll processing.
5. Employees Love It
You might not think about it but your in-house payroll might not be ideal for your employees. Hiring a firm to handle your payroll processing comes with added benefits for your employees. Benefits like direct deposit and online portals to access pay stub information, make changes to their W-2s and healthcare selection are just a few.
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If you’re ready for outsourced payroll processing with a quality company you should contact us today. Put our team of professionals to work for your company today, and get back to doing what you do best, running your company.
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The Association for Survey Computing specialises in conferences and events that bring research, technology & statistics together. We are a long-standing association, contributing to the industry for over 35 years.
The committee is made up of 14 industry professionals all of whom volunteer their time. Current ASC committee members can be viewed here.
Our programme of events, and other activities which support our industry, are made possible by the generosity of our sponsors.
The ASC is focused on knowledge share and improving the diversity of our discussion.
Further information is below and throughout our website. A history of the ASC, will be available soon.
Conferences:
The ASC is focused on peer-to-peer knowledge share and improving the diversity of our discussion.
We offer two 1-day conferences a year (usually May & November) and try to keep the financial barrier to entry as low as possible.
ASC conferences are part of the Market Research Society’s CPD programme. All attendees are eligible for 6 MRS CPD hours.
Although we pivot around survey data, our overall interests stretch much further.
Our upcoming conference Building Bridges: Connecting survey data to the wider world is a great example of the ASC facilitating discussion around innovation, connectivity, and the development of MR’s position at the heart of businesses intelligence.
We’re also planning a 2-day international conference in 2022.
Other events:
As well as conferences, we organise evening meetups including; quizzes, industry debates and Room 101 style events.
The ASC award
The ASC/MRS Award for Technology Innovation and Effectiveness international award, first presented in 2003, is organised by the ASC in association with the MRS.
This annual award is for outstanding and innovative applications of software or technology which have directly contributed to a demonstrable improvement in the effectiveness of market, opinion or social research.
Recent winners include:
Measure Protocol (2019) – Blockchain-powered marketplace for person-based data.
Kynetec (2018) – MyKynetec™, the online content delivery platform.
Lightspeed (2017) – QuestionArts Suite of Intelligent Survey Design
Other activity:
The ASC offers a platform for networking and knowledge share across the industry, for example:
TSAPI -a new standard for survey data transfer:
The ASC is currently facilitating collaboration among interested parties who wish to develop a new standard for survey data transfer.
The aim is to create a standard relevant to a world which is increasingly defined by inter-connectivity across all platforms and devices. | https://ascconference.org/resources/about-the-asc/ | 1,660,357,458 | null |
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If there are three things Wheaton students should be excited about as we begin the last quad of the year, it is the sun, the men’s tennis team and the women’s tennis teams. The men’s team — which finished last year with a solid 14-8 and a second-place finish behind Carthage College for the conference title — currently stands 5-5 and appears to be continually improving as the CCIW tournament approaches this April.
The remarkable 14-2 women’s team have been quite dominant of late. The team is coming off a sweep in the CCIW AQ Championship and 10th visit to the NCAA Division III Championships, where they fell to Gustavus Adolphus College in the first round.
Much of the two teams’ success thus far is due to the impressive play coming from their upperclassmen. For the men, seniors Justin Ancona — who qualified for the NCAA Division III Individual Championships last year — Matt Steiner and Andrew Torok are all competing at high levels and demonstrating sound leadership to the rest of the team.
Behind the play of senior Emily Jones, junior Katie Park – who earned a singles victory in last year’s NCAA Regional Championships – and juniors Miranda Kay and Kirstie White, the women’s team finished second in the CCIW Women’s Tennis Championships this past October.
Led by cores of hard-working competitors, both tennis teams are in solid positions to continue their impressive starts to the seasons throughout the entire spring leading up to their respective CCIW Tournaments. | https://thewheatonrecord.com/2017/03/26/tennis-preview/ | 1,660,675,366 | null |
Omni, along with the artist’s daughter, Mrs Candace Douwes, look forward to inviting the public to the Keith Alexander exhibition “A passage in Time” running from the 3rd – 14th August at Omni Fine Art Auctioneers’ office in Newlands.
To include several unseen works will be on view, including the last work produced by the artist before his untimely death in 1998. A number of limited edition prints and original works will be for sale during the course of the show.
Keith Alexander, whose paintings have been almost exclusively inspired by the Namib Desert since 1981, has established a reputation as one of the most original and sought after painters of the Southern African Region.
Born in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, Alexander studied art at the University of Natal with a master’s degree in sculpture. His theses was on surrealism, and it was not until 1975 that he changed from sculpture to paintings.
Alexander used a rare technique of combining clear, almost photographic, realism with surreal images to create his masterpieces and is without a doubt, one of South Africa’s most important painters.
With works housed in major collections both locally and internationally, do not miss this opportunity to see works from the family’s private collection.
The exhibition is open daily from 10am to 4pm, including Saturday and Sunday, and open on Tuesday 11 August from 10am to 9pm.
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Integrated Development Environments
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Applications of Code Search
Our work in this area attempts to provide practical interfaces to large code repositories such as GitHub that are capable of returning useful code that meets the programmer's needs. While the searches are inherently keyword-based (due to the underlying search engines), we provide filters that restrict the output based on the semantics the programmer specifies. Our initial effort, S6, used test cases for the semantics specification of functions. Later efforts used sketches for finding user interfaces. We are currently working on retrieiving larger blocks of code using a variety of semantics.
Practical Automatic Bug Repair
Using our experience in code search and environments, we have been looking at automatic bug repair. Our efforts to date have looked into doing fault localization and then using code search to find code that is similar to that of the fault. The differences between the retrieved code and the buggy code are then used to suggest patches which are then validated using the test suite. Our current work looks at integrating automatic bug repair into a development environment and using alternative ways of checking correctness.
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A platform to help understand what kind of plants/trees for a specific region can be beneficial or advisable
People have lands and they were lent to farmers and the farmers does the agriculture based on their past experience and they don't have any new ideas of farming. If a platform is created to help understand what kind of plants/trees can one start planting so that landlords will advise them to the farmers.
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Grigorii Sukhorukov
Jan 23, 2022
I think it is a very good approach. There exists Miyawaki approach which could be used as a reference for that
Jess Allen
Jan 22, 2022
I think this is a great idea. Who is it in each local city that would know this information and how to create an awareness campaign to reach them? In USA we have "nurseys" where we sell plants. I have a contact who works at a nursey and get ideas about this idea. I did see a poster in conscious planet community forum, who is willing to plant her land in new ways. | https://ideas.consciousplanet.org/ideas/PROD-I-312 | 1,660,371,447 | null |
Continuing on the same thoughts with regard to New Year's Resolutions, do you make them? I don't. I never keep them so why set myself up for a fall if I firmly resolve to do something like lose 50 pounds on January 1st and by January 3rd I'm eating an entire bag of M&M's?
But lest you think I'm a person without goals, that isn't true either. Have you heard about the new Morgan Freeman / Jack Nicholson movie called "The Bucket List"? That is what I prefer to do...make a list of things I want to do before I kick the bucket. Hopefully I'll have plenty of time to achieve my bucket list but then, that is part of the fun.
So, you ask, what does a bucket list, hollywood movies and cardmaking have to do with today's card? Well, one of my things on my bucket list is to use all of my stamps. WHAT? I have stamps I've not used? You betcha I do! Hopefully I will remedy that though. So this year I'm going through all of my Stampin' UP! stamp sets that I just HAD TO buy and then never used.
This stamp is from a set called "Garden Collage." I have another card in the making that I'll post later from this stamp set too.
To make this card I stamped the image on watercolor paper with versafine sepia ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. I emboss only to keep the ink from running when I'm watercoloring. I tend to use a lot of water on my brush and work and rework colors so the embossed image is important. I used Tombow markers direct to paper, layering colors and then blend with brush and water.
To the butterfly I added Waterfall Stickles and then once they were dry I put clear dimensional glaze on top of the wings to give them not only a 3-D effect, but also it makes them look more translucent like an actual butterfly.
The background paper is Bo Bunny. I stamped over the subtle daisy pattern on the paper with the Stampin' UP French Script stamp. I punched photo corners and then stitched away on my sewing machine: first the mats to the designer paper and then the photo corners. I wanted a leather bound feel to this so I put some burnished brass eyelets on the photo corners.
Now I love using ribbon but even though I have plenty of ribbon in my stash to match this image, ribbon just didn't seem right. I started to add jute, but wasn't satisfied with the look. Then my big bag of raffia called me. VOILA! My card was complete.
There, not in a nutshell but rather a long epic description is the creative process for making a simple card. Hmmmm...perhaps I should make a resolution...I should resolve to simplify. Oh well, despite the time it took to make the card I thoroughly enjoyed each step. Isn't that the important thing? I think so.
Thanks for stopping by!
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Denise ~ Paper Ponderings January 3, 2008 at 9:56 AM
It's beautiful. I'll be going back to look again!
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Unknown January 3, 2008 at 10:37 AM
Great card! I love the colors, the stitching, and the raffia is the perfect touch!
And I like your approach to the New Year's resolutions! :)
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Anonymous January 3, 2008 at 11:11 AM
This is a beautiful card!!
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pescbrico January 3, 2008 at 11:33 AM
This is beautiful. I like the way stuff blend together!
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BarbK January 3, 2008 at 11:47 AM
Gorgeous card, Jennifer. I need to be able to sew like you do. It's amazing.
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Jacqueline January 3, 2008 at 1:43 PM
Oh my goodness, I can't believe you have never used that stamp - I wouldn't be able not to use it, but it is my style admitted. I love everything you have done here, the colours, the PP and the little spickles on the focal image -it's perfect!
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Tami Bayer January 3, 2008 at 5:45 PM
Such a beautiful card with just the right amount of embellishments. You really do have an amazing way of putting things together just so. About the bucket list...I love that so much better than resolutions.
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Heather Grow January 3, 2008 at 10:12 PM
First off, I love your rambling post. LOL. Secondly, I love your card. It's beautiful.
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Paula J Atkinson January 4, 2008 at 1:11 AM
I love this, what a gorgeous stamp!! I would use it all the time, people would get sick of seeing my creations..lol!
Perfect composition.
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Mary January 4, 2008 at 9:56 AM
A woman after my own heart...fooey on making New Years Resolutions! Hahaha And Please, DON'T simplify. This cards is absolutely stunning and I thouroughly enjoyed reading your description of how it was made. In fact, I hung on every word of it, going back and forth to the picture of the card to see every detail. Fabulous job dear.
Mary
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Far North January 4, 2008 at 10:48 AM
Beautiful details! The raffia nicely carries one eye to the focal image...and fun work with butterfly! LOVELY!
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Lesa January 5, 2008 at 10:09 PM
I like a bucket list idea! And your card too. Especially the stitching on the photo corners. Another lovely card. I expect nothing less from you. LOL | https://thimblesbobbinspaperandink.blogspot.com/2008/01/garden-collage.html?showComment=1199416320000 | 1,660,451,003 | 1,655,980,072 |
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Continuing the discussion of USB networking from a Raspberry Pi Zero or Zero W (Part 1: Configuring an Ethernet Gadget and Part 2: Routing to the Outside World): You've connected your Pi Zero to another Linux computer, which I'll call the gateway computer, via a micro-USB cable. Configuring the Pi end is easy. Configuring the gateway end is easy as long as you know the interface name that corresponds to the gadget.
ip link gave a list of several networking devices; on my laptop right now they include lo, enp3s0, wlp2s0 and enp0s20u1. How do you tell which one is the Pi Gadget? When I tested it on another machine, it showed up as enp0s26u1u1i1. Even aside from my wanting to script it, it's tough for a beginner to guess which interface is the right one.
Try dmesg
Sometimes you can tell by inspecting the output of dmesg | tail. If you run dmesg shortly after you initialized the gadget (either by plugging the USB cable into the gateway computer, you'll see some lines like:
[ 639.301065] cdc_ether 3-1:1.0 enp0s20u1: renamed from usb0
[ 9458.218049] usb 3-1: USB disconnect, device number 3
[ 9458.218169] cdc_ether 3-1:1.0 enp0s20u1: unregister 'cdc_ether' usb-0000:00:14.0-1, CDC Ethernet Device
[ 9462.363485] usb 3-1: new high-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
[ 9462.504635] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0525, idProduct=a4a2
[ 9462.504642] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 9462.504647] usb 3-1: Product: RNDIS/Ethernet Gadget
[ 9462.504660] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Linux 4.14.50+ with 20980000.usb
[ 9462.506242] cdc_ether 3-1:1.0 usb0: register 'cdc_ether' at usb-0000:00:14.0-1, CDC Ethernet Device, f2:df:cf:71:b9:92
[ 9462.523189] cdc_ether 3-1:1.0 enp0s20u1: renamed from usb0
(Aside: whose bright idea was it that it would be a good idea to rename usb0 to enp0s26u1u1i1, or wlan0 to wlp2s0? I'm curious exactly who finds their task easier with the name enp0s26u1u1i1 than with usb0. It certainly complicated all sorts of network scripts and howtos when the name wlan0 went away.)
Anyway, from inspecting that dmesg output you can probably figure out the name of your gadget interface. But it would be nice to have something more deterministic, something that could be used from a script. My goal was to have a shell function in my .zshrc, so I could type pigadget and have it set everything up automatically. How to do that?
A More Deterministic Way
First, the name starts with en, meaning it's an ethernet interface, as opposed to wi-fi, loopback, or various other types of networking interface. My laptop also has a built-in ethernet interface, enp3s0, as well as lo0, the loopback or "localhost" interface, and wlp2s0, the wi-fi chip, the one that used to be called wlan0.
Second, it has a 'u' in the name. USB ethernet interfaces start with en and then add suffixes to enumerate all the hubs involved. So the number of 'u's in the name tells you how many hubs are involved; that enp0s26u1u1i1 I saw on my desktop had two hubs in the way, the computer's internal USB hub plus the external one sitting on my desk.
So if you have no USB ethernet interfaces on your computer, looking for an interface name that starts with 'en' and has at least one 'u' would be enough. But if you have USB ethernet, that won't work so well.
Using the MAC Address
You can get some useful information from the MAC address, called "link/ether" in the ip link output. In this case, it's f2:df:cf:71:b9:92, but -- whoops! -- the next time I rebooted the Pi, it became ba:d9:9c:79:c0:ea. The address turns out to be randomly generated and will be different every time. It is possible to set it to a fixed value, and that thread has some suggestions on how, but I think they're out of date, since they reference a kernel module called g_ether whereas the module on my updated Raspbian Stretch is called cdc_ether. I haven't tried.
Anyway, random or not, the MAC address also has one useful property: the first octet (f2 in my first example) will always have the '2' bit set, as an indicator that it's a "locally administered" MAC address rather than one that's globally unique. See the Wikipedia page on MAC addressing for details on the structure of MAC addresses. Both f2 (11110010 in binary) and ba (10111010 binary) have the 2 (00000010) bit set.
No physical networking device, like a USB ethernet dongle, should have that bit set; physical devices have MAC addresses that indicate what company makes them. For instance, Raspberry Pis with networking, like the Pi 3 or Pi Zero W, have interfaces that start with b8:27:eb. Note the 2 bit isn't set in b8.
Most people won't have any USB ethernet devices connected that have the "locally administered" bit set. So it's a fairly good test for a USB ethernet gadget.
Turning That Into a Shell Script
So how do we package that into a pipeline so the shell -- zsh, bash or whatever -- can check whether that 2 bit is set?
First, use ip -o link to print out information about all network interfaces on the system. But really you only need the ones starting with en and containing a u. Splitting out the u isn't easy at this point -- you can check for it later -- but you can at least limit it to lines that have en after a colon-space. That gives output like:
$ ip -o link | grep ": en"
5: enp3s0: mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000\ link/ether 74:d0:2b:71:7a:3e brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
8: enp0s20u1: mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000\ link/ether f2:df:cf:71:b9:92 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
Within that, you only need two pieces: the interface name (the second word) and the MAC address (the 17th word). Awk is a good tool for picking particular words out of an output line:
$ ip -o link | grep ': en' | awk '{print $2, $17}'
enp3s0: 74:d0:2b:71:7a:3e
enp0s20u1: f2:df:cf:71:b9:92
The next part is harder: you have to get the shell to loop over those output lines, split them into the interface name and the MAC address, then split off the second character of the MAC address and test it as a hexadecimal number to see if the '2' bit is set. I suspected that this would be the time to give up and write a Python script, but no, it turns out zsh and even bash can test bits:
ip -o link | grep en | awk '{print $2, $17}' | \
while read -r iff mac; do
# LON is a numeric variable containing the digit we care about.
# The "let" is required so LON will be a numeric variable,
# otherwise it's a string and the bitwise test fails.
let LON=0x$(echo $mac | sed -e 's/:.*//' -e 's/.//')
# Is the 2 bit set? Meaning it's a locally administered MAC
if ((($LON & 0x2) != 0)); then
echo "Bit is set, $iff is the interface"
fi
done
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note: they are not saying the wave function itself is physically real/tangible (something of physical substance). rather:
"The argument depends on few assumptions. One is that a
system has a real physical state -- not necessarily completely
described by quantum theory, but objective and
independent of the observer."
The wave function is still thought of as an object in a phase space.
anyway, I wanted to make people aware of this paper.
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Permalink Reply by Michael A. Williams on May 23, 2012 at 12:50pm
Interesting subject, John, to some people at least. Thanks for calling our attention to it. I'll keep an eye out for any articles by metaphysically oriented quantum physicists addressing the issue raised here.
ModeratorPermalink Reply by John on May 23, 2012 at 2:16pm
Hi Michael!
I think this is one case where words fail... tough to describe this. I rather gave up and just posted the results.
I did find:
(note to all readers: psi-ontic and psi-epistemic are greek letter psi and a shorthand for the QM wave funtion = Psi; NOT related to "Psychic".
also - please look up the words ontic and epistemic before tackling this mess. it will help)
Can the quantum state be interpreted statistically?
and:
Quantum times v.6 num 3
and:
Quantum times v.6 num. 4
this may help. may make things worse.... they have a higher word/math ratio. :)
This may help. not sure.
Permalink Reply by Michael A. Williams on May 23, 2012 at 5:16pm
Thanks, John, but these articles are too mathematically technical for me and most other laypersons.
What I had in mind was something putting this new paper on wavefunctions by the trio called PBR, for short, in a philosophical and cultural context accessible to knowledgeable laypersons.
After looking over the original magazine article and scanning what you provided, it seems to me to be the continually age old debate between "Material Realism"(the critics) vs "Philosophical Idealism"(the PBR paper) which may lean toward that.
Or, since the words "mind" or "consciousness" isn't mentioned by either side, it could be a debate between different factions within the Material Realist community.
What do you make of it?
Permalink Reply by Ferran Sanz Orriols on May 24, 2012 at 9:48am
Hi, friends!
Dear Anand is the one to blame, he goaded me into this thread. John, I'd be grateful if you presented your interpretation of this new scientific idea, and why do you think it is important. I subscribe to Michael's questions. ;-)
Have fun today, people!!! :-)
ModeratorPermalink Reply by John on May 24, 2012 at 11:33am
hi -
I have no firm opinion of this yet. I am still thinking about it.
It is a no-go theorem and strengthens (adds to the literature) the completeness argument of QM. However, since it is a theorem, people may disagree with the assumptions. (I am somewhat in that camp until I change my mind).
The theorem's result is actually more of QM is the complete reality in science (an ontology statement) as opposed to an epistemology of nature.
I brought it up because it is important in terms of QM interpretations, and is in the mass media now.
I also expect some Gaga PhD to proclaim that it proves Consciousness is a physical entity in QM. If anything, I think PBR says the reverse is true (or more likely).
It also raises measurement issues (again).
I actually wanted other opinions. What do you guys think? There are some philosophy papers about PBR showing up out there.
Permalink Reply by Ferran Sanz Orriols on May 24, 2012 at 4:21pm
Hi!
Well, l think that ontology and epistemology are different subjects if you are a philosopher or a scientist.
As I understand it, they have proved that assuming QM as real in the universe works well, but some others are working to prove that assuming QM is real only within scientists' minds works as well, so it is still an open question.
But I don't think I understand the whole story and I don't understand why it may be important.
Keep on havin' fun, friends!!!
Permalink Reply by Michael A. Williams on May 24, 2012 at 7:19pm
As I somewhat suspected, an argument among materialist physicists. Let them "slug it out."
If this PBR paper "proves" consciousness is involved in the wave state mathematically or not, I can't say. But, we don't need, I don't think, Ph.Ds, or other people, proving consciousness exists to us. By the very nature of being aware that we're aware and that we exist is a direct knowing of the truth of it.
Of course, I know there are many hardcore, diehard materialists who will deny their very existence if it means keeping consciousness out of quantum physics. Why? That's for another discussion.
I know, though, John, that as a working physicist you have to meet certain protocols within your profession to keep working. Different for us operating in other life areas.
ModeratorPermalink Reply by John on May 25, 2012 at 4:53pm
hi -
If you take a look at Leifer's blog Can the quantum state be interpreted statistically? he breaks out Quantum States and interpretations for this paper as follows: (I edited it some; errors are my own)
"
1.Wavefunctions are epistemic and there is some underlying ontic state. Quantum mechanics is the statistical theory of these ontic states in analogy with Liouville mechanics.
2.Wavefunctions are epistemic, but there is no deeper underlying reality.
3.Wavefunctions are ontic (there may also be additional ontic degrees of freedom, which is an important distinction but not relevant to the present discussion).
I will call options 1 and 2 psi-epistemic and option 3 psi-ontic.
...
The theorem in the paper attempts to rule out option 1, which would mean that scientific realists should become psi-ontologists.
I am pretty sure that no theorem on Earth could rule out option 2, so that is always a refuge for psi-epistemicists, at least if their psi-epistemic conviction is stronger than their realist one.
...
Pretty much all of the well-developed interpretations that take a realist stance fall under option 3, so they are in the psi-ontic camp. This includes the Everett/many-worlds interpretation [jem: Multiverses], de Broglie-Bohm theory [jem: pilot-wave], and spontaneous collapse models. Advocates of these approaches are likely to rejoice at the PBR result, as it apparently rules out their only realist competition, and they are unlikely to regard anti-realist approaches as viable.
"
Relational models (I would call these Jungian in this forum) likely fall into option 2. Option 2 would also include the Copenhagen Interpretation.
So with PBR we are back to the materialist models, option 3 (psi-ontologists):
Everett/many-worlds
de Broglie-Bohm/pilot-wave interpretations,
and spontaneous collapse models.
OR:
Option 2 (epistemologists).
The above might clarify things some.
Permalink Reply by Michael A. Williams on May 25, 2012 at 11:52pm
Thanks, John, for your thoughts on the PBR paper and framing it in the lingo that physicists would use professionally.
I'm aware that materialists are for the time being in the majority of mainstream physics. Never-the-less, if I run across an article by a non-materialist physicist pertaining to the paper in question, I'll be sure to share it here.
ModeratorPermalink Reply by John on May 26, 2012 at 2:05am
well, once it is in words, it can be searched online to get verbal descriptions. A good place is:
Plato Stanford University
The most popular interpretation (still) is the Copenhagen Interpretation. That is not a materialist interpretation, so finding a non-materialist scientist (for QM) should be pretty easy.
Probably, to avoid the people it is best to eliminate people that like the following theories:
Note: Hidden Variables are eliminated (not many of these guys, i.e. hidden variable believers, exist).
1) interpretation
2) de Broglie-Bohm/pilot-wave interpretations,
3) spontaneous collapse models.
That may help also.
(I tend, currently, to gravitate towards a Relational QM interpretation)
ModeratorPermalink Reply by John on May 26, 2012 at 1:11pm
much of what is going on is experimental philosophy/metaphysics. What is "real" is what the question is all about.
you make a good observation. I might add that what is found is not in their control. It is what it is.
Permalink Reply by Ferran Sanz Orriols on May 28, 2012 at 7:17am
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Sorry, I still don't understand it, so I must ask about "experimental philosophy/metaphysics" as these latter are one of my concerns. Of course it's always about what's "real", but I think metaphysical and physical are different approaches, and reading this last post of yours, John, has made me think: "now, I even understand it the less", so please have mercy and tell me what's this all about. ;-) | https://theosophy.net/group/science/forum/topics/quantum-realities-science-etc?commentId=3055387%3AComment%3A111884&groupId=3055387%3AGroup%3A37177 | 1,660,426,606 | null |
As Nazism was leading Germany into a dark age trajectory and as science policy and practice decayed into eugenics and materialism, Max Planck took a stand and remained behind in his homeland to defend the classical humanist traditions which represented everything which Hitler hated.
Planck threw down an epistemological gauntlet to his contemporary scientists who were falling into a demoralization and intellectual decay caused by reductionism and the rise of the Copenhagen interpretation of the quantum which denied the existence of all truth.
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My first camp was in 1968 and I first volunteered as leader at the Double Locks Youth Camp. After many years of leading Youth Camps I then went onto lead craft and then family camps. I have also catered, been musician and warden.
I became Equipment Manager for the Society in 1986 and continued in this post until September 2014.
I play the violin, melodeon and guitar and enjoy the musician workshops at camps. I'm looking forward to working with Simon Reynolds and Paul Weir as we 'go back to the mists of Folk Camps time'.
In 1995, I was particularly pleased to produce a core repertoire tune book for beginner to intermediate musicians who wish to play for dancing. This book 'Play in the Band' was sponsored by Folk Camp Society and I'm pleased that it is still being used and that David Pattenden is now adding second parts to some of the sequences.
My aim as warden is to deal with any problems quickly and efficiently. Over the years I have dealt with a range of situations and am always impressed by the camaraderie of campers and their ability to cope with extreme weather conditions (as long as the meals are served when expected!). I often wonder if some of the youngsters on camp will be wardens of the future as they are always interested in what the warden is doing- especially if it involves rescuing an implement from the washing up pit!
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Kurdish militias in northern Syria continued to clash with Islamic State militants on Monday as coalition forces capped off their first week of airstrikes with fresh attacks on militant positions in Syria and Iraq.
U.S. jets and drones, along with Arab-allied planes, hit a staging area near a Syrian grain storage site, officials said Monday, one of 11 targets hit as part of the effort to rollback Islamic State battlefield victories.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported civilian casualties in the attack on the grain silo near the town of Manbij. Coalition forces appeared to also hit Islamic State targets in Aleppo, Raqqa, Hassakeh and Deir el-Zour provinces, the group said.
U.S. Central Command said in a statement that among the Islamic State sites and equipment Sunday and Monday was an armed vehicle, an anti-aircraft artillery transport vehicle and an airfield in northwest Syria near Aleppo.
The Manbij attack targeted a training camp and vehicles within a staging area adjacent to a grain silo that was controlled by Islamic State, it said.
Coalition Airstrikes Sept. 29
Col. Patrick Ryder, a spokesman for Central Command, told Reuters that military officials had no evidence to corroborate the allegations of civilian casualties in the Manbij attack.
In Iraq, airstrikes hit two vehicles near Kirkuk and another two near Sinjar destroyed two armed vehicles, the military said.
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The airstrikes Sunday and Monday were the latest in nearly a week of daily attacks in Syria, and followed similar strikes that began last month in Iraq. They are part of the effort to stem the tide of the extremist militants from the Islamic State, who control vast territory in Iraq and Syria.
The U.S.-led coalition includes Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Jordan. Several European countries are also contributing in targeting sites in Iraq, including France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium and Britain.
More raids Monday struck the town of Tel Abyad on the Syria-Turkey border, The Associated Press reported. Mehmet Ozer, who lives on the Turkish side of the border told AP that the raids hit an empty school and an abandoned military base Islamic State fighters cleared out of the base about four months ago, he said.
Human Rights Watch said Sunday it had confirmed the deaths of at least seven civilians from apparent U.S. missile strikes on Sept. 23 in the village of Kafr Derian in Idlib province. Two men were also killed in the strikes, but that they may have been militants, the U.S.-based group said.
Rise of Islamic State
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Not only is it battling Shiite-backed governments in Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State is fighting other Sunni groups in both countries, part of a complex multisided civil war in which nearly every country in the Middle East has a stake.
The head of Syria's al-Qaida branch, the Al-Nusra Front, which has also been targeted by U.S. strikes, said Islamists would carry out attacks on the West in retaliation for the campaign.
“Muslims will not watch while their sons are bombed. Your leaders will not be the only ones who would pay the price of the war. You will pay the heaviest price,” Abu Mohamad al-Golani said in an audio message posted on pro-Nusra forums.
The air war has failed to halt an advance by fighters on the Kurdish town of Kobani in northern Syria. This past week's battles near the town, also known as also known as Ain al-Arab, has sent 140,000 people fleeing over the border in Turkey.
Reuters reported that Turkish tanks and armored vehicles took up positions on hills overlooking Kobani on Monday as shelling by Islamic State insurgents intensified and stray fire hit Turkish soil.
Turkey's Reaction
At Mursitpinar, a border crossing near Kobani, scores of young men were returning to Syria, many saying they would join the fight.
Turkey, which has tried to walk a fine line in responding to the crisis, has not permitted its own Kurds to cross to join the battle, only Syrians.
Meanwhile, Turkey's government said Monday it was moving forward to get parliamentary approval to join the coalition against the Islamic State militants, Agence France-Presse reported.
Obama TV Interview
President Barack Obama said that the United States underestimated the rise of the Islamic State and other Syria-based militants, and overestimated Iraq's ability to fight them.
In an interviewed aired Sunday on the CBS TV news program 60 Minutes, Obama said it was a myth that Syria would fine today if the United States had armed the moderate rebels two years ago, as some in Washington had urged.
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Scientists today are in closer contact with the public than in any other period. At the same time, the distrust in science has risen considerably.
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