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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:51 am Post subject: Joe Cocker's concert!!!
Last night I went to Nice (France) to see Joe Cocker's concert.
In spite of his age, he is very energetic.
It has been a great concert!
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:40 am Post subject: Re: Joe Cocker's concert!!!
What great pictures! Thanks. I love Joe. One of my favorite artists. I'm glad you enjoyed the concert...and it looks like you had great seats too!
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:36 am Post subject: Re: Joe Cocker's concert!!!
Yes, we were close to the stage, about 5th/6th row.
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:46 am Post subject: Re: Joe Cocker's concert!!!
WOW! Great shots Simy!! I like him too. How lucky you got such great seats. Thanks for sharing.
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:10 am Post subject: Re: Joe Cocker's concert!!!
I hope to be closer to the stage during next concert... someone here does know which concert I'm referring to...!!!
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:21 am Post subject: Re: Joe Cocker's concert!!!
We're keeping our fingers crossed for you!
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:33 am Post subject: Re: Joe Cocker's concert!!!
I bet I can guess!!! Is he an Italian-American formerly of a band that starts with S?
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 1:52 pm Post subject: Re: Joe Cocker's concert!!!
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 8:15 pm Post subject: Re: Joe Cocker's concert!!!
Hey Cathy, how can you know that???? Are you a clairvoyant?!??!?!?!?!
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 8:52 pm Post subject: Re: Joe Cocker's concert!!!
Simy, that is amazing you got to see him!
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:34 pm Post subject: Re: Joe Cocker's concert!!!
And who knows..perhaps you will get to see your "favourite" very soon..with company of course!
(You know I can't keep secrets that involve great news) so remember folks..
I can keep a secret..its the people I tell who can't!
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:01 pm Post subject: Re: Joe Cocker's concert!!!
Ok Nuccia, next time I won't tell you my plans! Okay?!?!?
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:27 pm Post subject: Re: Joe Cocker's concert!!!
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 5:38 am Post subject: Re: Joe Cocker's concert!!!
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 8:42 pm Post subject: Re: Joe Cocker's concert!!!
Is it still a secret???? I think sometimes secrets are made to share..like maybe now???


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Guy Explains Why Equal Pay For Male And Female Actors Doesn't Make Sense
Other2 years ago
You may or may not be aware that there is, at this point, a petition with over 25,000 signatures on it calling for 'The Crown' actor Matt Smith to give up part of his salary, and donate it to the legal defense fund for the Time's Up Movement.
This came after revelations by the show's producers that Smith, renowned actor and former 'Doctor Who' star, earned more while working as a support actor on 'The Crown' than lead actress Claire Foy, who played the Queen.
With the gender pay gap being a hotly debated issue at present, the petition, which originated from the Care2 organization, has already an effect. "Going forward, no one gets paid more than the Queen," producer Suzanne Mackie has said about the issue, while explaining that Smith was previously paid more due to his previous 'Doctor Who' fame.
It is right at this point that Imgur user YurgenGrimwood steps in with a simple and clear argument. According to this argument, Smith's heftier paycheck doesn't come down to sexism at all, but is rather just the realities of show business economics. He is more recognizable and therefore creates more value to the show than the highly talented, but previously unknown Claire Foy.
So while the gender pay gap is certainly a pertinent issue in the overall fight for gender equality, YurgenGrimwood believes that this particular petition may have missed the target. What do you think? Should lead actors always be paid more, regardless of previous fame? Should Matt Smith donate the difference in his salary to the Time's Up movement? Let us know in the comments below!
This petition began after it was revealed that co-star of 'The Crown' Matt Smith was paid more for his role than lead actress Claire Foy
Image credits: Robert Viglasky/AP
This guy, however, disagreed with the petition and decided to explain his opinion
Many people seemed to agree with this perspective
What do you think? Let us know in the comments below!
Cactuar Jon
I have to agree. When there are both men and women doing the exact same job, but there is a difference in pay - THAT is where the problem is. The issue above is similar to if someone who's got 10+ years experience in their field with evidence of high performance and another who has 4yrs experience in the same field with very little evidence of high performance. The latter is obviously going to get paid less. Gender here doesn't even come into it. People need to stop being so ready to jump on every tiny little thing and turning it into a problem!
Jeremy Rankin
You pay your dues like any industry. He's a marquis actor and she is not (yet). I'm sure Winston Churchill and her father in season 1 didn't make nearly what Matt Smith made.
Greg Hoggarth
Oh, and he won an Emmy for the role, too.
MammaG
Marquee. He's not a Marquis.
You realise that John Lithgow, who played Churchill, is an even bigger name than Matt Smith? I wouldn't be surprised if he was paid the same, despite having much less screen time.
Pol Macqueron
Well John Churchill Lithgow was quite famous so...
Ingrid Tsai
Exactly. Pay gap is a problem when there is 2 people of different gender doing the exact same job, bringing the same quality or adding the same value to the work. In this case, it is different because they have different amount of work experiences.
Inservio Letum
Meritocracy would be nice, wouldn't it? Wrong industry, kitten. A fresh face that happens to be popular despite only one series done, can be paid exponentially more than someone with baftas oscars and what have you. It's not about equality, it's just about money. More likes, more money. More experience, nobody cares.
Michał Jastrzębski
if she does not do the job as well, or is not as available, as him, why should she be paid the same? And thats just one example.
Alextrónica
Let's thing on oposite version. I want to make mate a show starring Jennifer Lawrence and some John Doe. Of course, I am going to pay more money to Lawrence than to the other guy.
Oscar Goytia
That's what happened in passengers... Jennifer Lawrence was paid a lot more than Chris Pratt... he became world famous thanks to Guardians of the Galaxy and Jurassic World Bad luck for him... but at the moment she was a bigger star
John Ashley
Reply to Kate: Maybe she has a better agent. It's also possible he wanted to work with Lawrence so he chose to work for less so they could get Lawrence what she (or her agent) wanted. Also possible his pay was part of a guaranteed, pay-or-play, multi-picture deal for him. Part of the "equal pay issue" (that goes unsaid) is that equal pay seldom exists even for those of the same gender doing the same work within the same company. Also, seniority and/or tenure rules affect "equal pay".
Actually Pratt ahd already been in those movies and was famous at the time of Passangers, he also had like twice the screen time of Lawrence. I never got why she was paid more, her feminist pushing maybe?
Think*
Cherie O
Personally, I think the Queen's corgis should be paid the most....
Bored Bear
lazy_panda
care2,
claire foy,
gender inequality,
gender pay,
gender pay gap,
Matt Smith,
The Crown,
time's up,
yurgengrimwood

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MARTYN WARE: The HEAVEN 17 Interview
October 23, 2010 / electricityclub / Comments Off on MARTYN WARE: The HEAVEN 17 Interview
History Will Repeat Itself
The HEAVEN 17 renaissance continues…
Following a well received collaboration with LA ROUX for BBC 6Music and not one, but two TV specials featuring the triumphant concert at Sheffield Magna and 'The Story Of Penthouse' and Pavement, Glenn Gregory and Martyn Ware are about to embark on a full UK tour celebrating their landmark debut album after a successful European excursion earlier this year.
Martyn Ware of course was a founder member of THE HUMAN LEAGUE before leaving with Ian Craig Marsh to form the production company BRITISH ELECTRIC FOUNDATION (BEF). With its pop subsidiary HEAVEN 17 featuring Glenn Gregory, the success of 'Penthouse & Pavement' and 'The Luxury Gap' with its international hits 'Temptation' and 'Come Live With Me' led to it becoming the priority project over at BEF Head Office.
Simultaneously though, Ware was able to maintain a successful production career which over the years has taken in artists such as Tina Turner, Terence Trent D'Arby and Marc Almond as well as ASSOCIATES and ERASURE.
He later founded Illustrious with Vince Clarke to exploit the creative and commercial possibilities of 3D sound technology.
Through Illustrious, he also conceived Future Of Sound, a not-for-profit organisation to provide a forum for the discussion of new and convergent art forms.
Among those involved are HEAVEN 17's guitarist/programmer Asa Bennett and artist Malcolm Garrett, best known for his album artwork for DURAN DURAN and SIMPLE MINDS.
As part of the 30th Anniversary celebrations, the homecoming show at the Magna featuring the 'Penthouse and Pavement' album and the extended cut of 'The Story Of Penthouse and Pavement' are released as a double DVD package.
Featuring additional BEF cover gems 'Perfect Day' and 'Wichita Lineman' alongside 'Ball of Confusion' sang by Billie Godfrey and 'These Boots Are Made for Walking' featuring PROPAGANDA's Claudia Brücken, Strong Films have successfully captured the evening's vibrant performance including the futuristic LED screen projections where a variety of visual artists were given free reign to interpret HEAVEN 17 and BEF's music of distinct quality. These digital videos have been included as bonuses along with rehearsal footage to give a unique multimedia insight into this special live presentation.
Also being released is a deluxe 3 disc collector's edition of 'Penthouse & Pavement' featuring a CD demos from 1980 with versions of songs from the 'Pavement' side predating the Linn Drum Computer.
These showcase a unique hybrid funk driven by crashing early HUMAN LEAGUE style rhythm sounds. In addition, there are alternate mixes of instrumentals like 'Music To Kill Your Parents By', 'Uptown Apocalypse' and 'A Baby Called Billy' from the BEF 'Music For Stowaways' sessions.
In the midst of a busy promotional schedule for the 'Penthouse & Pavement' tour and its related artefacts, Martyn Ware took time out to talk to The Electricity Club about his career and the resurgent interest in HEAVEN 17.
How was it playing Back To The Phuture night at Bestival in September? I understand you played 'And That's No Lie'?
It was an amazing event actually. We did an hour with Elly from LA ROUX on Radio Bestival or whatever, so that was before we even went on stage, that was quite fun. It was in a big top, we headlined that night. It's kind of a warm-up because the main days are Friday, Saturday and Sunday but there was like 8500 people there. The big top was completely full but more to the point, it was about 90% people under 30 and they all got it. It was not a shock as such but very heartening to see that people were digging it and presumably, most of them weren't familiar with a lot of the songs!
Elly from LA ROUX joined you on stage for 'Sign Your Name'. Are there any plans to work together in the studio?
We're constantly talking about doing stuff. It's not so much us. Elly, she's writing a new album and I think she's trying not to be too distracted. But we are intent on working together. Obviously at some point, we've still got an intention of possibly re-releasing 'Temptation' with her singing the lead part.
I spoke to your backing singer Billie Godfrey earlier this year and she suggested that 'Are You Ready?' from 'Before After' might be good as a LA SEVENTEEN collaboration?
She would do cos she co-wrote it! We love Billie. *laughs*
I do like that song; we've only performed it live once I think at The Scala in 2005, so we may revisit that. We've got seven albums worth of stuff to pick from so you can't fit everything in, it's impossible!
You have a UK tour this November playing the whole of 'Penthouse & Pavement'. Have you arranged anything different for the forthcoming shows?
Me and Glenn were discussing the tracklisting for the new tour and he put a provisional one together. I looked at it and it was two hours long! Even hardened HEAVEN 17 fans would find it a bit wearing! We do have a lot of stuff and we will do a couple of interesting new things on the tour.
Anything you can give away?
Not yet, we haven't really narrowed it down but we are planning to do at least one track HEAVEN 17 track that we've not done before and then another BEF track.
How did you find touring Europe in your own right earlier in the year?
Tremendous, it was a lot of fun. It was great touring on a sleeper bus, everyone loved it.
Not particularly comfortable, but Glenn liked it because he could hold court and it was like being in his own pub travelling around!
Of course, I've given up drinking now which is not a good thing when you're touring. It's good fun for us, not a chore and I'm sure we'd think differently if it was like 50 odd dates. A short tour, we look forward to very much. Also, the people we work with are all so professional, a lot of them work with other bands and say they enjoy working with us a lot. It's a nice vibe. It's driven by a love of music and everybody gets on. Isn't that the ideal kind of job to have?
I was at the Cologne show and it was a mad evening that went on for ages due to a few technical hiccups but you really rose to the occasion with Glenn doing a few acoustic renditions. What are your personal memories of that night?
Is that the one where the drum kit fell apart?
Yes, and someone threw some underwear at you!
Oh, I loved that! The underwear was great! The one I particularly remember was Hamburg at Fabric. It was astonishing, just doing loads of encores until we ran out. The reception that we received generally in Germany was just outstanding, we weren't really expecting it. We thought we'd be well received but as a curious pleasure rather than in some cases, ecstatic! So if we get that kind of response on the British shows, we'll be very happy.
Which song did you find the most challenging to recreate for the live environment?
'I'm Your Money', it's difficult because it's such a particular sounding record that. We weren't writing songs with the anticipation of playing them live so 'I'm Your Money' is very… say for instance we waved a magic wand and it was exactly the backing track that we did… we can't do because we don't have the original tapes.
But if it was exactly the same backing track as we did in the 1981, I think it would really jar on the ear! It's incredibly repetitive and monotonous but on record, it sounds great. So you kind of have to back off on the frequencies that really hurt and really make it work in a different way. What's made it work for us is the brilliance of Julian Crampton on the synth bass; he's given it all sorts of funky inflections. It's leaning toward that FUNKADELIC thing which is great. It wasn't difficult in terms of programming; it was more in terms of vibe.
I've noticed Glenn has a habit of missing his cues live. What's the thing you always hope you don't do during a gig?
Losing my voice towards the end is a big issue because I do a lot of singing, probably more than people realise. The focus is on Glenn obviously and Billie but when are only touring with one girl, which is what we're doing with the 'Penthouse & Pavement' line-up, what we normally use the second girl for plus all the unison and harmonies stuff with Glenn is me and it's tough on the voice. What's particularly tough is the whole monitoring set-up is for Glenn which is fine for him because he's got in-ear monitoring and he's the lead singer so he can have what he wants basically… I normally have to put up with what's left! *laughs*
So you can easily strain your voice if you're not careful. It doesn't matter on one-off gigs particularly but on a tour you've really got to be careful.
Have you had any voice training or anything?
No, but I know how to breathe and how to achieve what I want economically and when to do chest and when to do falsetto, what my break point is; and I've learnt through just literally being streetwise about it, what works and what doesn't. Like Glenn, my voice has got more powerful over the years… if we were to sing acappella, I'd out-sing Glenn in terms of volume! Also, I've got a tendency in winter to get chest infections if I'm not careful so it's always an issue for me… it's happened on two tours so far and it's a horrible thing when you have to sing through that! *laughs*
HEAVEN 17's profile had been enhanced by the LA ROUX collaboration and the two 'Penthouse & Pavement' programmes on the BBC including the documentary…
That was amazing! It's an endorsement of the idea that you should just do stuff rather than think about it too much because a good friend of ours, Joe Strong of Strong Films had wanted to do proper HEAVEN 17 documentary about that period of our development for a while.
He'd heard all the stories when we were out getting p*ssed and thought it would make a good story. So we did it for our own reasons and we were just going to release it on DVD.
It was just one of those fortunate coincidences. Joe has a lot of contacts in the BBC and at the time, he mentioned to somebody that he just finished editing and this person said "that's good because we're just doing an 80s season on BBC2, would you like to launch it?".
Originally, the idea was to have two solid hours of HEAVEN 17 on BBC and we were going "this is insane!", you couldn't buy that kind of exposure!
The only other band that's got that kind of exposure this year as a legacy act is THE ROLLING STONES!
Of course, it cost quite a lot of money to push it though and get it all edited and we're still trying to make the money back but the point is, if you show faith in quality material and it's shot well and the story's interesting, it creates a virtuous circle of people having confidence that you're doing things for the right reason. That means a lot in the BBC in particular because they're not so commercially driven, they just want good quality stuff.
And it's led to all sorts for us. It's led to a massively increased amount of live work because we've just signed to William Morris Agency who are huge. And at the very outset from when we signed to them, we said "there's no point in getting signed to a bigger agency if we're going to get lost in their vast slate of artists but we want establish ourselves as credible artists from that period and we want top perform as credible artists, not just some trixy 80's pop band! That's where we want to go, can you help us?" And they said "That's fine, then if you do it properly, we can get you into all sorts of festivals".
We've hardly scraped the surface in terms of festivals across the world, we've done a couple in Europe but the rest have been in the UK. We've never yet played properly live in America which is amazing frankly seeing as we had a No1 record in the Billboard Dance Charts in the 80s with 'Let Me Go'.
So we have a vision for the future for the first time in a long, long time. We have a structured plan and we got David Stanbury who's our new manager… we're really putting some effort and money into it. For the first six months of this year, we were running at a loss. But now it's paying back. It's a big thing to do when you don't have the support of a record company, much harder. There's lots of things you can do that don't require big time logistic support like The Electricity Club and lots of other blogs around the world. We've put a lot of effort into it, we believe in what we're doing and we believed what we were doing in the past was really good and we believe that we're good at performing it. So do fortunately, the audience.
How did you convince Phil Oakey to discuss the break-up of the original HUMAN LEAGUE on the documentary?
What it was, we were going up to Sheffield to perform at a charity gig for a friend of ours Dave Kilner from Radio Hallam who unfortunately died. We'd done some filming when Glenn and James said "can't you just ring up Phil?" cos we're mates now.
But he's notoriously difficult to contact, let alone get him to approve anything! So they kept bugging me and bugging me. I said I'd give Phil a call and see what happens! I said "we're in Sheffield City Hall… it will take about quarter of an hour, would you come down?". And he said yes! I couldn't believe it! So I took my little flip HD camera, set it up on my home tripod… it came out looking like CCTV footage in an interrogation room which I quite like because we didn't have any proper lighting or anything! But we didn't have anything planned. He didn't say "don't ask me about this", I just asked him as a mate what he thought and he was very candid.
You're working a lot with Mark Jones and his Back To the Phuture brand. Of course, his Wall Of Sound label have signed THE HUMAN LEAGUE… you know what I'm going to ask? Any chance of you and Phil Oakey writing or recording together again?
I don't know, I personally would love to do it. I don't have any issues left. Some of the best creative work I've ever been involved with was writing with Phil, he's a brilliant lyric and leadline writer. What can I say? The first two HUMAN LEAGUE albums 'Reproduction' and 'Travelogue' have some genuinely fantastic moments on them. Still 'til this day, I think things like 'The Black Hit Of Space' and 'Marianne' are unsurpassable in that genre to be honest. I'd love to work with Phil, it might be a bit strange after all these years but I personally would love it.
I understand Phil might be doing a solo album in parallel with THE HUMAN LEAGUE so I don't know if…
… there's an opportunity possibly! Yeah, he seems a lot more open to collaboration now. He's always done a bit before, he did 'Together In Electric Dreams' and that stuff with ALL SEEING EYE at one point but it's good for him to spread his wings a bit because he's got an iconic voice and songwriting style. It's not for me to say but there is a possibility he could work in different environments other than THE HUMAN LEAGUE. Sometimes it's just good to free yourself to do something with no expectations.
So have you got anything going on outside of HEAVEN 17 at the moment?
I'm doing the new BEF album 'Dark'. I'm a bit nervous about saying which tracks I'm doing in case anyone nicks the idea but I suppose I could tell you one of them… last week I just finished 'Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time' by THE DELFONICS. It sounds amazing even though I say so myself, I'm so pleased with it. It's done in a kind of darker fashion.
Are you able to say who's singing it?
I don't know, I haven't got any singers yet, I've just done the backing tracks. I'm still open to suggestions if you've got any ideas! But it has to be either established artists or contemporary artists who are quite high profile, that's the only thing! I've got plenty of people suggesting complete unknowns to me and I just haven't got room for that because I've got to sell some albums. Talent we're not short of but I need to get some famous people on board.
The concept works and I'm really pleased with it. Glenn's obviously going to do it and Martin Fry from ABC's agreed to do one. I've not asked Elly from LA ROUX but I'd be surprised if she said no… and so on and so forth. There are various people, contemporary singers that I like. I really like the singer from EVERYTHING EVERYTHING, I like his voice a lot. I think he might be suitable for something quite dark. I'm thinking about getting some actors in as well. I quite like the Rod McKuen kind of direction or William Shatner, depending on how you look at it *laughs*
'Penthouse & Pavement' is being reissued in a 3 disc package with a CD of demos. How different do these sound compared with the recorded versions? As different as the two versions of 'Temptation'?
Some of them are… some of them are very similar and we just polished them up. But the biggest revelations are the demos that we found that were lost for 30 years literally of 'Play To Win', 'Penthouse & Pavement' and 'Soul Warfare' which are awe inspiringly different and funky. They sound like rare groove versions of HEAVEN 17. Both myself and Glenn had completely forgotten they existed. Just for those three tracks alone, I was so vibing on that… I think that's worth the purchase price alone. But there's a whole bunch of half baked/half finished experiments, there's about half an hours worth of different experimental tracks that never turned into anything which we found as well which was really exciting. That CD is pretty damn good actually, I must say! And it was all made 'round about this time thirty years ago.
With those three 'Pavement' demos you just mentioned, can I just ask what you were using rhythmically on those because I'm assuming you didn't have the Linn Drum Computer at that point?
No, it was just immediately prior to us getting the Linn Drum so those original demos we'd have been using the Roland System 100. If the whole album had sounded like the 'Penthouse' side, then it would have been based on these demos if you know what I mean.
But the guitar and bass playing, this was when we first met John Wilson and there was no pressure on him, he was pouring out… very relaxed playing and super funky! He was a very young guy bear in mind, so we go into a professional studio… he still great on the album but now you can hear the difference. He was very relaxed in Sheffield, kind of loose in that great way but down in Townhouse when we recorded him, he was more pin sharp but not quite as loose.
Can I ask whatever happened to John Wilson?
Yes, you can. He recorded with us for three albums and then he just kind of disappeared. He worked with various people as a session player for a while but he was always incredibly shy, he wasn't made for the rough 'n' tumble of the music business. And I think what happened if I remember rightly is somebody didn't pay him for a bunch of sessions he did. These are the sort of things you have to roll with the punches or else you'll never have a music career, disappointment happens on a weekly basis! But he just couldn't handle it, he was very religious and I think he just thought "I don't want any of this" and went back to his bedroom… I think! For all I know, he might be out there playing, we'd love to contact him and offer him some work.
You were harnessing a lot of new digital technology like the Linn Drum Computer at the time which was one of the distinguishing features of HEAVEN 17 at the time. How did that open up your horizons as to what you could achieve musically for the album?
The Linn Drum became within a day, the new direction… that and discovering John Wilson were the two things that defined 'Penthouse & Pavement'. I just got on well with programming it. It appealed to my mentality because you had to approach it from breaking the song down into bars and then at the end of a section you fill, it appealed to the logical part of my brain very much. It got to the point where I could programme really complex stuff in an hour for a 4-5 minute song. That would be the definitive thing, it's not like "it kind of sounds alright, what shall we do?" because the sounds were very solid and good. They responded to an experienced engineer or producer toughening them up or compressing them.
It was our idea of heaven after subjecting ourselves to desistitudes of live players. Suddenly, we controlled something that sounded kind of real so it was the ideal bridge for us from the purely electronic world to the apparently real world. But it was rhythmic surrealism because there was loads of stuff I could do with the Linn Drum that was physically impossible for a drummer… and that I got criticised by various drummers saying "you couldn't even play that!" But well, that's good because then we're doing something no-one else has ever done before!
So how does Joel McFarland, your live drummer find doing all this stuff?
He regards it as an amazing challenge. He's got a first class degree in percussion from The Royal Academy of Music, he's one of these dudes who could do the Evelyn Glennie thing with multiple mallets and stuff. He can play Stockhausen, all that sh*t! His favourite thing is Linn Drum programming so we've got the actual original sounds and we just put them into his Yamaha brain, the central processing unit for his drum kit and we just wind him up and let him go!
What did you use for percussion on the more electronic 'Penthouse' side, was it an analogue drum machine?
I think it was all System 100 although we did have a Roland TR606 but the sounds were so terrible! And the only other drum machine we had was a Doctor Rhythm.
The subject matter in 'Penthouse & Pavement' is still relevant in the current climate. Musical trends are cyclical but so it seems are politics and economics. What are your thoughts on that?
Incredibly sad! But I've got a funny story for you… somebody on Facebook today said "Can't believe it! Miners are celebrating, Liverpudlians are celebrating! Is Margaret Thatcher dead?" It just made me laugh, it's very good isn't it?
I think what is doubly ironic is one of the lines on the first song of 'Penthouse & Pavement' is "History will repeat itself"… and it has! And oh my god, we've got some suffering to come! I mean morally and conceptually, I fear for the working classes in Britain. I think there will be civil insurrection. And I've lost count of the number of people who say we should reissue '(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang'!
Are there any plans to take 'The Luxury Gap' out live in the future?
Yes! Glenn in his traditional role as sceptic is um-ing and ah-ing while in my traditional role as 'bull in a china shop' is going "of course we're going to do it"! So it's somewhere between the two. It's looking quite likely that we'll be doing another European series of dates in late Autumn next year. And we almost certainly will do 'The Luxury Gap' there as a trial before we bring it over to Britain. It's a different kind of album to do live because I think it's going to require an extra keyboard player because of all the brass and the strings.
We don't really like putting too much on the backing track, you can end up sounding a bit karaoke if you're not careful. But then it's a cost issue, it's all difficult. For instance, the European tour we did… even though it did very well at the box office, it just about broke even because of the production we were carting around with us. It's a bit more economical in Britain because we'll be selling more tickets anyway. It's fine here but in Europe, you have to show faith and spend a bit of money to break the market.
'The Luxury Gap' sold a lot more than 'Penthouse & Pavement', it was more directed at the general public rather than the cognoscenti. That's the definition of popular music, if you can do it intelligently then you've got the best of both worlds. I'm very proud of 'The Luxury Gap', it a very good album. Musically it's very intelligent, there are certain elements that are superlative frankly like having THE PHENIX HORNS ESQUIRE, 'Temptation' etc. Some of the lesser known tracks work really well, you've got Simon Phillips on drums…
… 'Lady Ice And Mr Hex' is one of my favourites
Yeah, I mean it's a brilliant piece, certain elements of it are serendipitously brilliant but then I'm a big fan of 'How Men Are' looking back on it. I think it's an under rated album and that was when we were probably in our most daring and creative phase. I regard 'Penthouse & Pavement' is the most groundbreaking of the albums, but that's primarily because of what was going on around it at the time.
Looking back on the 'Pleasure One' and 'Teddy Bear, Duke & Psycho' period after that, what do you think now?
I think after 'How Men Are', several things happened. There was an overall moving away from daring music that was going on in the British music scene towards a more structured marketed thing. We weren't new anymore so the only path we had to go down was carrying on writing good pop songs.
And during 'How Men Are' when we were trying to get on Top Of The Pops to do 'Sunset Now', Glenn exploded his cartilage in his knee on the day we were meant to film that and he had to go to hospital. And nobody but nobody f***ed off the BBC in those days! If you ever f***ed up their schedules, you never got on Top Of The Pops again and that's exactly what happened! Which is really wrong but that's just the way it was! That kind of killed the promotional activity on that album which is a real pity… not abroad but just in Britain.
So consequently when it came to making 'Pleasure One', we'd lost our confidence a bit because it felt like we were slipping. So we started employing more session players and moving towards a more traditional rock sound. And that wasn't a deliberate decision. We lost confidence not in our songwriting but in the sound that we had, so it like really lost a bit of identity…
… yes, it happened to THE HUMAN LEAGUE, OMD, ULTRAVOX; it happened to the whole lot of you!
We wanted to move on but there wasn't anywhere to move on to from a sound point of view. We couldn't go back to being all electronic, it seemed like we had to keep trying new stuff but in the end, it sounded a bit more old fashioned. Having said that, I think 'Contenders' is one of my favourite tracks we ever did, I really like that. But generally, the album wasn't fantastic I have to say!
And 'Teddy Bear, Duke & Psycho' was the nail in the coffin; we'd completely lost our way by then as far as I was concerned! We were retreading some ideas and some of the things we were doing were not working. I think we all knew it had run its course at that point. But ironically, it wasn't that we'd run out of musical ideas, it was just that vehicle because at that time, I was doing Terence Trent D'Arby's album which showed myself, Glenn and Ian that we'd still got creative ideas but we'd lost focus on what HEAVEN 17 should be at that point.
The break did you good as you came back with 'Bigger Than America' in 1996.
I really like that album, it was our attempt to get back to the electronic sound.
I said we've only got one chance to do this retro thing and show people because everyone was in the middle of that dance thing at that time.
We thought we'd show them what these original sounds are like in a song context and things like 'Dive', 'Bigger Than America' and 'We Blame Love', they're really good.
But you had a setback almost straight away. Any thoughts about how that album disappeared off the radar?
It was bad timing, we signed to an imprint that was owned by the guys who did SNAP! They then basically lost interest in their label about a month after our record came out and it reverted back to Warners in Britain who'd got no interest whatsoever in the album so they just killed it!, They were just terrible, they'd got no idea and didn't particularly like it. It was just marking time really. Which was a pity because there was some good things on that album, it could have been more successful. I think we might re-release it on our website.
You've re-released your last album 'Before After' through the website as a limited edition of 100, each in unique artwork. How did this idea come about ?
What happened was we originally couldn't find anybody to put it out so we pressed some up ourselves to sell it and then it got picked up by another label. But we'd forgotten there were 100 that we'd pressed up that were just sitting around in a box. So these albums are still in the wrapper, we might as well sell these. And then we came up with the idea from seeing an exhibition of an artist who had done 50 different covers for a 12 inch single. And I thought wouldn't it be great to do 100 different album covers and do it as an art piece, signed with a letter of authenticity.
It'll help pay for the next album that we make or whatever. And so we did it and it came out really well. They're all excellent, the great thing is people have started going when they get their copy "oh, I've got Number 43 and this is what it looks like… " and because they're all completely different, they post them up on line. It's really nice. We'll sell them at the gigs as well and it'll sell out once we start touring.
What's next for yourself? Will you do another ambient project with Vince Clarke?
We're not going to do anymore new stuff on Mute but there is ten years of Illustrious output which I've never released. So I might do a big boxed set in some interesting format which I've yet to determine.
I love 'Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle'…
… it's good isn't it? We've got seven or eight hours of this stuff, some of it's really good. I'm sitting on it really because I know somebody will want to buy it eventually.
'Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle' is not facile stuff, some thought went into it and it's beautiful… it's not whale song or terrible spa music! And that album was rendered in binaural so it does mess with your head when you listen to it on headphones.
I'm just negotiating doing a Future Of Sound event in Sydney Opera House next June which is going to be called Future Of The Centres. I'm probably going to compose a new piece for that together with various other artists. I've been talking to The British Film Institute about doing a soundtrack to a quite important Russian science fiction film from the 1920s which I can't reveal what it is. That would almost certainly be on at the BFI in the middle of next year. I'm looking at various other compositional stuff with the BFI where they're re-examining what was new over the years. I'm hoping to be the music curator for that. There's quite a lot of stuff coming up.
The Electricity Club gives its warmest thanks to Martyn Ware
Additional thanks go to Peter Noble at Noble PR and Kayleigh Watson at Name PR
The deluxe 3 disc collector's edition of 'Penthouse & Pavement' is released by Virgin Records on 22nd November 2010
The 'Penthouse and Pavement Live in Concert' with 'The Story Of Penthouse And Pavement' double DVD is released by Blink TV on 15th November 2010 and will be available at the merchandise stand during the tour.
HEAVEN 17's 30th Anniversary Penthouse and Pavement Tour
Dates include: Edinburgh HMV Picture House (22nd November), Glasgow O2 ABC (23rd November), Manchester Ritz (25th November), Birmingham HMV Institute (26th November), London HMV Forum (28th November), Oxford O2 Academy (29th November), Brighton Corn Exchange (30th November), Bristol O2 Academy (1st December)
www.heaven17.com
www.illustriouscompany.co.uk
www.futureofsound.org
Text and Interview by Chi Ming Lai
Photos by Tracy Welsh and Virginia Turbett
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The story of Marybeth Tinning and her nine deceased children goes down as one of the most puzzling and fatal cases of Munchausen's Syndrome by proxy in the history of the disorder. Between the years of 1967 and 1985, Tinning, a wife and mother in upstate New York, gave birth to and buried every single one of her young children, often within months.
The story of Marybeth Tinning and her nine deceased children goes down as one of the most puzzling and fatal cases of Munchausen's Syndrome by proxy in the history of the disorder. Between the years of 1967 and 1985, Tinning, a wife and mother in upstate New York, gave birth to and buried every single one of her young children, often within months.
Robert "Bobby" Cosgrove Greenlease, Jr. Greenlease was kidnapped and immediately murdered. The murderers demanded and were paid a $600,000 ransom by the boy's father, a wealthy automobile dealer. Notable in the case was the fact that more than half of the ransom money was stolen by a corrupt police officer and never recovered.
Erin Caffey, in the early morning hours of March 1, 2008, two men burst into the Caffey home in Alba, Texas, and embarked on a killing spree.The young children age 13 and 8 and their mother were brutally murdered. The father survived, suffer multiple gunshot wounds but managed to drag himself from the house after being set on fire. The mastermind, their daughter because her parents disapproved of her boyfriend. Sentenced to two consecutive life sentences, plus 25 years, on January 2, 2009.


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Worth a Look: Bill Strickland on Leadership, Creative Arts, and Engaging in Opportunities to Help Others.
Bill Strickland, President & CEO of Manchester Bidwell Corporation, on Leadership, Creative Arts, and Engaging in Opportunities to Help Others.
Bill Strickland's story – From struggling Pittsburgh student to MacArthur grant with a global influence, all because of his dedication to empowering underprivileged youth.
His TED talk, Rebuilding a Neighborhood with Beauty, Dignity and Hope .


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With several Democrats already in the race, a half dozen more are locking down final travel, staffing and strategy to launch White House bids in the coming weeks. While plans may change, the announcements are expected to come in waves, the first featuring a group of ambitious Senate Democrats including New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, California Sen. Kamala Harris and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, who face pressure to join the race after Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren's entrance two weeks ago.
The second wave will likely feature political heavyweights like former Vice President Joe Biden, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg and former Texas Congressman Beto O'Rourke, whose advisers believe they have sufficient financial backing and name recognition to join the crowded field on their terms later in the first quarter should they decide to run.
"It is really starting to heat up," said Deidre DeJear, who lost her bid for Iowa secretary of state last fall, but remains an influential figure in the state's first-in-the-nation Democratic caucuses. She was among a group of Iowa Democratic women who sat down with Warren last week in suburban Des Moines.
"I feel like Warren put people in a place as if to say 'come on, step up,'" DeJear said in a subsequent interview. "If you're in it, you're in it. No reason to wait now."
Sanders, the lone 2020 prospect who ran in 2016, has interviewed close to 20 people to fill senior positions such as campaign manager and directors of policy, communications and his field program. A senior aide said the hiring process has been particularly focused on adding diversity — in both gender and race — that didn't exist in his last presidential campaign.
The aide said allegations of sexual harassment between Sanders' former campaign staff had no impact on the timeline of an announcement, which is not expected before the end of the month. Despite his challenges, Sanders is sitting on a war chest of roughly $15 million and an active nationwide network. In a show of early force, liberal activists hosted hundreds of house parties across the nation on Saturday to cheer on a second Sanders run.
Meanwhile, O'Rourke, 46, is taking steps toward a run, but an aide said he's not expected to announce until next month at the earliest. However, he's traveling outside Texas to introduce himself to voters in the coming weeks. Oprah is scheduled to interview him in New York City next month.
The first states on the primary calendar are not on O'Rourke's immediate itinerary, but that's not stopping supporters in Iowa and South Carolina from launching draft efforts. A leader of South Carolina's "Draft Beto" movement, former Democratic National Committee member Boyd Brown, said he's having conversations with Democratic donors, local officials and potential staffers, to help stave off commitments to other candidates as the field starts to take shape.
"We might be taking a shot in the dark, but we're building an apparatus that we can hand off to an actual campaign should he run," Brown said in an interview. "We're treating this like a presidential campaign until told otherwise."
The first Democratic primary debate will take place in June, while the first primary contest is likely a year away. With a field this big, there's only so many donors and top staffers to go around.
"At this point the cycle, it's a race for money and talent, and unless your name is Joe Biden or Beto O'Rourke, you've gotta get in soon if you want attract either one of those things," said former Obama strategist Stephanie Cutter, who has been offering advice to some contenders.
Gillibrand, 52, joins some of her Senate colleagues on a more aggressive timeline. She's already identified a likely location for a campaign headquarters, added staff and planned trips to key states.
Booker is expected to run his campaign from Newark, where he lives and served as mayor. The 49-year-old Democrat has identified a likely campaign manager, Addisu Demissee. The Democratic operative previously managed Booker's special election campaign in 2013 and subsequently worked for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and most recently led California Gov. Gavin Newsome's successful gubernatorial bid.
The first-term senator and former California attorney general has broadened her national profile in recent days by launching a tour to promote her book, "The Truths We Hold." Like her would-be competitors, the 54-year-old Democrat has not publicly committed to running, but she has said repeatedly that the country needs a leader who "provides a vision of the future of the country in which everyone can see themselves."
"He cannot stop us," Inslee said of the president. "He has not stopped me, either."


Jesus' suffering in the flesh somehow made the resurrection possible, too. It wasn't just him returning from the dead. I think it has to do in part with him learning how to heal every ailment personally, because he would have to heal himself as well.
Jacob shakes himself from the blood and iniquity of his people. Interesting temple references (all-searching eye).


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Epic Soccer Training Pro Bundle is a digital product in the Sports and Soccer categories. It's distributed through the Clickbank payment processor. soccertraining.net is the site where the item is currently sold - a domain that was created on 8th Mar '04. The product has a popularity rank of 1. The web site has for sale 5 standard products, and has 4 specials. The main product, Epic Soccer Training Pro Bundle, is now sold for 49 USD and doesn't have a recurring billing .
David I thought it was worth me commenting on the volume of sales this product's been getting. You can actually more or less work it out from something called the "gravity", and this is a statistic published by the payment processor. The product, Epic Soccer Training Pro Bundle, has got a gravity of 14.7732. Yet what does that tell us? Well, the gravity can range from 0 to 1000+ and is an indication of roughly just how many products have been sold over the past 3 months. So, is a rating of 14.7732 good? Well, it's basically quite low, although at least it's been selling some copies. Don't forget, this info comes from the payment processor so it's impartial data. So, with that in mind I would say that the product is overall maybe a product to steer clear of.


We know that you have a choice. Many teachers and coaches have credentials and relevant teaching experience. So why choose Bel Canto Studios? We offer programs with depth and breadth like few others in the Chicago area. Voice, piano, and theatre studies are all closely related to one another. Let us custom-fit our teaching approach to your learning style and personality so that you can exceed the goals you have set for yourself or for your child.
Many of our students have pursued professional careers by attending top schools like Interlochen Arts Academy, Juilliard, Berklee, Columbia, and Belmont. Younger students have been accepted into well respected summer programs across the country. Our singers perform with community theatre groups, revered choirs, and local opera companies. They take center stage at nightlife hotspots in and around Chicago. Keynote speakers engage audiences across the country with memorable presentations.
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David Dike Fine Art presents a new series of artwork by celebrated Texas Artist, Jon Flaming. The Western Movie series is a collection of new works inspired by the Friday night TV westerns from the 60's and 70's. Viewers will discover a vibrant and fresh new look in Flaming's technique. This is Flaming's 4th one-man show at David Dike Fine Art.
This show will contain works indicative of Flaming's signature style. Many of the paintings mark a turning point in his approach that can be seen through his representation of figures and composition. The self-taught artist's neo-regionalist style has both a folk art and Texas Regionalist look inspired by some of the Dallas Nine artists. Traditionally, the images and sentiment captured in Flaming's work reminds the viewer the of the spirit of a time past; an era when small town Texas was occupied by salt-of-the earth folk who were content with hard work and the simple pleasures of stability and Grace. In his work you will often find signs of this life and work whether it's renderings of a pick-up truck circa late 1950, farm tools leaning on an old farmhouse, a cherished cowboy hat, vacant motel or a cross.
In this new style he still uses bold color, but the strokes and use of color are juxtaposed to create lines and forms for a dramatic thought provoking effect. Not only is the technique vibrant, new and unlike any other, but the inspiration for Western Movie is just that; vibrant – the TV westerns in their time could transport a young mind to gallantly save the town, the girl or just be cool in a cowboy hat with a lit cigarette.
Flaming's Western Movie series includes paintings that convey shadows of a past time. These new pieces not only portray an advance in style for the artist, but also capture nostalgia from his childhood. Flaming is known on a National level and here in Texas as one of the great "neo-regionalists" of his time. Don't miss this opportunity to see the unveiling of this new series of truly great works by the artist.


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Q: AlarmManager not accepting time from timepicker I am making an application and my alarm manager is firing if i provide a fixed time, but it is not working if i am taking time from a timepicker.
The TimePicker:-
tv.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

   @Override
   public void onClick(View v) {
       // TODO Auto-generated method stub
      final  Calendar mcurrentTime = Calendar.getInstance();
       int hour = mcurrentTime.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);
       int minute = mcurrentTime.get(Calendar.MINUTE);
       TimePickerDialog mTimePicker;
       mTimePicker = new TimePickerDialog(MainActivity.this, new TimePickerDialog.OnTimeSetListener() {
           @Override
           public void onTimeSet(TimePicker timePicker, int selectedHour, int selectedMinute) {
            timePicker.setIs24HourView(true);
               //tv.setText( selectedHour + " : " + selectedMinute);
               mcurrentTime.set(Calendar.HOUR,selectedHour);
               mcurrentTime.set(Calendar.MINUTE,selectedMinute);
             l= mcurrentTime.getTimeInMillis();
             tv.setText(String.valueOf(l));
           }
       }, hour, minute, true);//Yes 24 hour tim
       mTimePicker.setTitle("Select Time");
       mTimePicker.show();

   }
 });

And my alarm manager code:-
Intent myIntent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, MyReceiver.class);
    int randomPIN = (int)(Math.random()*9000)+1000;
    pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(MainActivity.this, randomPIN, myIntent,pendingIntent.FLAG_ONE_SHOT);

    AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager)getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
    alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.RTC,l , pendingIntent);

it is working if i do:
    alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.RTC,System.CurrentTimeInMillis()+8000 , pendingIntent);

but not if i do:-
    alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.RTC,l , pendingIntent);

where l comes from timepicker code above.
I think i made my point clear, please reply
Thanks in advance.

A: You are using 2 different Calendar parts: HOUR and HOUR_OF_DAY:
   int hour = mcurrentTime.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);
   ...
   mcurrentTime.set(Calendar.HOUR,selectedHour);

You might try setting the hour using Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY instead.
NOTE: To check that you are using the correct time, try converting l to a human-readable time and logging it.

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Jason Pierre-Paul won't be stepping into the squared circle after all.
Pierre-Paul was expected to make an appearance on TNA Wrestling on Monday night, according to FOXSports.com, but the Giants defensive end has now reportedly decided against it.
"He declined because he is exhausted," Robert Bailey, the president of Rosenhaus Sports, told FOXSports.com in a text message.
TNA and Spike TV officials reportedly thought a deal was finalized earlier this weekend, which would have entailed Pierre-Paul having an in-ring confrontation with wrestler Kurt Angle during an event on Orlando. The lineman never signed off on the deal, though, and it now appears that he's backed out of it completely.
Pierre-Paul likely wouldn't have wrestled Angle, but the in-ring cameo would have garned some extra media attention for TNA, which reportedly used Jets linebacker Bart Scott in a similar guest role last year.


The power and possibilities offered by Android as a gaming platform have once again been proved with Paper Monsters. An appealing graphical design and a great playability are the two main features of this game that will take us to a world of paper.
Arcade platform games aren't exactly the state of the art, but their formula can carry on being very efficient if they are presented to the public as Paper Monsters has been. 2D action, just like our favorite titles of this genre, combined with appealing 3D settings throughout almost thirty levels that will keep anyone entertained.
Original soundtrack created for the game.
Twenty eight levels shared out among six different worlds.
Secret game areas, special power-ups and bonus mode.
Android's possibilities as a gaming platform have been proved yet again.
We have to point out that the game's graphics are amazing, and as is indicated by its name, we'll feel like we're handling characters and facing monsters made of paper in an environment built with cardboard and a few pieces of cotton. If you're a fan of platform games, Paper Monsters can't be missing on your smartphone.


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Q: How to grab fields in inverted commas I have a text file which contains the following lines:
"user","password_last_changed","expires_in"
"jeffrey","2021-09-21 12:54:26","90 days"
"root","2021-09-21 11:06:57","0 days"

How can I grab two fields jeffrey and 90 days from inverted commas and save in a variable.

A: IFS=","

arr=( $(cat txt | head -2 | tail -1  | cut -d, -f 1,3 | tr -d '"') )
echo "${arr[0]}"
echo "${arr[1]}"

The result is into an array, you can access to the elements by index.

A: while read -r line; do # read in line by line
    name=$(echo $line | awk -F, ' { print $1} ' | sed 's/"//g') # grap first col and strip "
    expire=$(echo $line | awk -F, ' { print $3} '| sed 's/"//g') # grap third col and strip "
    echo "$name" "$expire" # do your business
done < yourfile.txt

A: If awk is an option, you could save an array and then save the elements as individual variables.
$ IFS="\"" read -ra var <<< $(awk -F, '/jeffrey/{ print $1, $NF }' input_file)
$ $ var2="${var[3]}"
$ echo "$var2"
90 days
$ var1="${var[1]}"
$ echo "$var1"
jeffrey

A: May be this below method will help you using
sed and awk command
#!/bin/sh
username=$(sed -n '/jeffrey/p' demo.txt | awk -F',' '{print $1}')
echo "$username"

expires_in=$(sed -n '/jeffrey/p' demo.txt | awk -F',' '{print $3}')
echo "$expires_in"

Output :
jeffrey
90 days

Note :
This above method will work if their is only distinct username
As far i know username are not duplicate


As you would expect from a country as large as India, there are many teaching jobs available throughout the year, although most of these jobs are on a volunteer basis only. If you have a TEFL/TESOL certificate there are several agencies that can organise one of these positions for you. It is possible to find paid teaching jobs in India if you have a university degree in education and a TEFL/TESOL certificate, however, extensive teaching experience can sometimes make up for the lack of these qualifications. If you do apply for paid teaching jobs in India you should be prepared for plenty of competition for each vacancy.
Working conditions do vary from school to school but the average teaching job will involve between 20 and 25 teaching hours per week, usually from Monday to Saturday. As education is highly regarded in Indian culture you can expect a great deal of respect from your students, as well as high levels of motivation in the classroom.
India is a little different to most other Asian countries as English is commonly used throughout the country. Because of this, a large portion of the teaching market is taken by local teachers so it is not always easy for foreign teachers to find work. If you are looking for a job in India you will need to have the necessary legal papers organised in advance and be prepared to commit to a long term contract.
Most EFL Jobs available in India can be found in private language schools which are spread throughout the country. Also, you may find jobs available in state run schools as some of these do operate an English language program. Often the jobs in private language schools will only offer part time hours or early morning and evening classes. It is not unusual for schools to give new teachers limited hours in order to test their ability and commitment to the job. However, if you act professionally and work hard in the classroom you should see your schedule improve.
One other option for foreign teachers in India is to look for jobs within the corporate world. Many companies in India hire native English speakers to provide services such as voice training and interview techniques, although some of these positions may require business qualifications and experience.


There's just under 2 weeks left to enter the 2015 joint photography competition, organised by a number of our Regional Groups!
With a theme of 'Geologica Britannica: Exhibiting the Geology of the British Isles and Applied Geology in the British Isles', the competition is open to all geologists, amateur or professional, living within the postal districts of the Southern Wales, West Midlands and North Western Regional Groups.
The competition is sponsored by Geotechnical Engineering Limited, with a top prize of £200, and a number of other prizes on offer.
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Above & Beyond Acoustic: Giving Up the Day Job was directed by award-winning directors Paul Dugdale and Myles Desenberg. Paul Dugdale with Scheme Engine (Ed Sheeran: Jumpers For Goalposts, The Rolling Stones Olé, Olé, Olé!: A Trip Across Latin America) directed the live concert at The Hollywood Bowl, and Myles Desenberg of BAFTA-nominated production company Archer's Mark, directed the tour documentary.


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Creating and publishing reels has become the favourite pass-time of the netizens. Apart from treating it as a hobby, many have used this to earn money as well. So, lets see how to download reels from YouTube, which can be your next inspiration.
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In the meantime, if you're looking for a way to download reels from YouTube, you've come to the right place. Hootsuite's download feature allows you to save reels to your computer and schedule them for posting to your social media channels. You can also schedule and manage Reels so you can monitor their performance.
Reels can be shared publicly or privately. They include editing tools like augmented reality effects, transitions, and the ability to slow or speed up videos. You can also add audio from other users and give credit to the original creator. Depending on your industry and the type of audience you're targeting, you can post Reels whenever you want.
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Two Teams That Could Surprise In The NBA
November 8, 2016 by Hook
Finally, the 71st NBA season is upon us and we can tuck into some action.
Some are forecasting one of the more predictable campaigns in a long time and tipping the Golden State Warriors as sure things for the NBA Championship. The bookmakers are in agreement with Golden State favorites through bet365 NBA betting odds of 5/6 and it's hard to envision any other team lifting the Larry O'Brien Trophy at the end of the season.
That's what happens when you sign a six-time All-NBA Selection and four-time single-season scoring leader in Kevin Durant.
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Those in the know will also tell you that LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers will make it to a third straight Finals this season and it's difficult to argue with that assessment. Forecasting an outcome other than the Golden State Warriors contesting the NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers is therefore a fool's errand, but there are a couple of teams capable of springing a surprise or two.
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Minnesota showed that they are capable of pulling off a huge upset when they were the only team in the West to defeat the Warriors at the Oracle Arena in the regular season.
They possess last season's NBA Rookie of the Year and superstar in the making in Karl-Anthony Towns. Towns brings the whole package and many an NBA General Manager would start a franchise with the 7 foot Dominican-American Centre. With Towns is a nucleus of young talent in the form of Andrew Wiggins, Kris Dunn and Zach LaVine.
After an impressive rookie season, Wiggins made good progress last campaign with modest improvements in his assist and free throw rates. He has work to do this season however, particularly in his defensive awareness, but he could make a large leap and be a critical player for the Timberwolves.
There is some trepidation about what the Wolves can expect from Kris Dunn and moving forward he'll need to be less reckless and improve his decision-making. Yet Dunn possesses all the tools for a standout campaign as point guard with a blend of speed, power and agility.
Zach LaVine bounced back from a terrible rookie season last time out and much will depend on how new boss Tom Thibodeau utilizes the athleticism LaVine offers. Playing in a position he's comfortable at, he could become a potent scorer and give the Timberwolves some much-needed pace in the side.
Ultimately Minnesota hasn't had a winning season since 2004-05 and no matter how scintillating their youngsters are, it's all just potential and they are missing some vital ingredients to make a Championship season. Yet with Thibodeau coming in you'd expect a much-improved defense and just maybe a run at the Championship.
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The Jazz should have been a playoff team last year, but injuries and a few under performing individuals meant it wasn't to be. The Salt Lakers look much healthier coming into this season and should be better equipped to handle any injuries that do occur.
Most opponents will find it tough to deal with the top-notch frontcourt duo of Derrick Favors and Rudy Gobert. Favors has been quiet of late but continues to start as Power Forward, although the Jazz has him on a minute limit. Once he's fully recovered from his IT Band syndrome he should get more time and gradually start to perform to his full potential.
Gobert has recently signed a multiyear extension to remain with the Jazz as a reward for developing into one of the top defenders in the league over the last couple of years. His career average of 2.0 blocks per game ranks him in 3rd best in the club's history behind Mark Eaton and Andrei Kirilenko and has made the Jazz defense one of the best in the league.
Combined with Gordon Hayward's imminent return and a possible breakout season from Australian Dante Exum, there are signs that this could be a good season for Utah. After four years of missing the playoffs, some wise drafting and some better luck with injuries could well see Quin Snyder's Utah Jazz into the playoffs.


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Superflux creates a multi-species banquet for Venice Biennale
May 22, 2021 May 19, 2021 David Magalhaes Design News
All forms of life on Earth are given an equal seat at the table in the Refuge for Resurgence installation by London studio Superflux.
On view as part of this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, which opens on this 22 May, the project encompasses a dinner set-up for an imagined banquet.
A four-metre-long table has been carved from wild oak alongside 14 different stools and table settings that were customised for 12 different species of flora and fauna.
It was designed for a speculative, post-Anthropocene future, in which plants and wildlife have reclaimed our cities and mankind has learned to celebrate its dependence on other lifeforms.
"If we are going to navigate the predicament of the climate crisis with urgency, we will need to change our perspectives and mindset," Superflux co-founder Anab Jain told.
"If we don't consider ourselves in relation to the wider ecology we will continue to degrade the world on which we all depend," Superflux co-founder continued.
"By extending an invitation to dine together with other species, the intention is to start to see other non-humans as equals, and to acknowledge the roles we all play in ensuring that our rich, complex, biodiverse planet continues to thrive."
This idea is translated into a "multi-species dining experience" for three humans – a man, woman and child – alongside 11 other species that represent a cross-section of life on earth.
Among them are mammals, birds, insects and reptiles, as well as farm animals and species such as rats, wasps and fungi that are traditionally considered pests.
Although no live animals will be present at the installation, Superflux is set to bring a taxidermy raven, a wasp nest and a foraged conk mushroom to the table as their proxies.
Each imagined participant is presented with a different food offering, accompanied by bespoke cutlery made from materials such as avian bones or rusted circuit boards that could feasibly be foraged in a post-apocalyptic world.
Ceramic plates, illustrated by artist and Superflux studio manager Nicola Ferrao, depict fable-like scenes showing the different species and their journey of survival.
"Our story is a myth-in-the-making, in which we wanted to give every species at the table the level of love, care and attention we give to ourselves," explained Jon Ardern, who founded Superflux alongside Jain.
"The cutlery was created from found materials and is intended for use by humans to present ceremonial offerings to each species."
"We're drawing on ideas of folklore, mythology, the transformative potential of ritual and ceremony," Ardern added. "This is an invocation and a prayer for a different kind of world."
The installation was presented underneath the arches of the Venice Arsenale from 21 May, accompanied by the sound of a poem that tells the story of the banquet.
A trio of LCD screens will be suspended above the table to form an artificial triptych window, with a view rendered by 3D artist Sebastian Tiew showing a flooded city and ruined buildings that have been taken back by nature.
A sister installation at the Vienna Biennale for Change will open later this month. Called Invocation for Hope, the exhibition will see Superflux erect an indoor forest of 400 burnt and blackened pines within Vienna's Museum of Applied Arts.
In previous projects, which range from surveillance drones to installations envisioning Singapore in 2219, the studio has offered a more practical view of how climate change and future technologies will change the way we live.
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ISLAMABAD: Former national champion Danish Atlas Khan and seven other players won their first games of qualification round in the Pakistan Squash Circuit-I here at the Mushaf Squash Complex on Tuesday.
On the first day of qualifying rounds, a total of eight matches were decided in which Danish Atlas, Zahir Shah, Bilal Zakir, Noman Khan, Mehran Javed, Haris Iqbal, Mohammad Farhan and Iqtidar Khan emerged victorious.
Upon the completion of final qualifying round on Wednesday, four players will join the main round. The tournament offer prize money of $10,000 for men and $5,000 for women players. All top-ranked local players are featuring in the event.
Farhan Zaman, Asim Khan, Tayyab Aslam, Farhan Mehboob, Israr Ahmed, Khawaja Adil Maqbool, Zeeshan Khan, Umair Zaman, Amaad Fareed, Syed Ali Bukhari, Shoaib Hassan and wild card entrant Abbas Zeb are already in the main draw.
Speaking to Dawn, a Pakistan Squash Federation official said the tournament is recognised by the Professional Squash Association and this international championship is a boon for Pakistani players and all of them are participating in it to improve their international rankings.
Mansoor Zaman beat Abdul Malik 15-13, 13-11, 11-8.


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