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10:35 Dec 31, 2009 292
The Honours
I was never greatly exercised about the availability or otherwise of the titles "Sir" and "Dame" in our honours system. I was pleased, naturally, when the Labour National government replaced the creaking honours of empire with a national system, but there seems little harm in allowing the few souls we have accorded the highest honours enjoy a recognisable title.
We should not, of course, expect to be hearing about "Dame Helen Clark" now that the former Prime Minister has been appointed to the Order of New Zealand. Indeed, her response to the whole thing has been speleologically low-key. You can almost hear her mutter between the lines, "Look, for goodness sake, Mike Moore got one of these. And I'm really a bit busy running the United Nations right now."
The Herald editorial offers the standard, managerial assessment of her decade in power (as usual, treating the radical fall in public debt during this time as a sort of accidental footnote, rather than something that saved our sovereign arse when the credit crunch hit), ignoring social policy altogether, while Garth George, bless his heart sees her as the steward of a mob of "hyperactive ideologues".
Meanwhile Fran O'Sullivan finally gets to stop reminding us that Doug Myers does not, as is sometimes supposed, have a "Sir" before his name. He does now, and to judge by his comments on the radio, he's jolly pleased with himself. As O'Sullivan points out:
In 2004, Sir Doug sponsored historian Michael Bassett and biographer Paul Goldsmith to write a Myers family biography so his three children, Jessica, Laura and Campbell, "could be inspired by the knowledge of their family's origins, lives and contributions to society".
Paid, Fran. The word is paid. He paid a friendly historian and biographer to write a book about how important his family was.
The Myers story is headlined 'New knight fixed on making NZ competitive':
He is particularly proud of Lion Nathan, the Kiwi company he forged to become the top player in the Australasian brewing industry before selling out to Japan's Kirin Breweries in 1998.
"We're probably 'one of one' who went to Australia and got to the 'top of the pops ... Lion's done much better than Foster's. That from the business perspective is the best feeling ..."
Actually kinda not true. As a useful backgrounder by Brian Gaynor points out, Myers' time as a director and major shareholder in Lion in the 1990s was characterised by disappointing earnings, declining Australian market share and failure to meet profit forecasts.
The Lion ship, Gaynor notes, "has performed much better since Myers and most of his fellow directors jumped into the life boat."
The jump was, of course, the 1998 part-sale to the Japanese brewer Kirin, a hugely controversial deal in which Myers and his fellow directors put themselves at the front of the queue and left other Lion shareholders in the cold.
Ten years before, Lion acquired L.D. Nathan in a deal structured so that Fay, Richwhite received 64% more than other Nathan investors for its shareholding.
Gaynor notes claims that Fay, Richwhite was "effectively warehousing shares for Myers," and Myers' contention that small investors were mere freeloaders. Anyone who wonders why it's been so hard to get New Zealanders to invest in the share market rather than in housing should look at that sorry little episode.
But there has certainly been some sweet justice for the small shareholders left out of the 1998 Kirin deal. The Japanese company this year hoovered up the remaining holdings in Lion at far better price than Myers and his fellow directors got for themselves when they took the money and ran in 1998. Myers alone missed out on $865 million.
But that assumes that the company would have fared as well with Myers and his chums still around the boardroom table. In the circumstances, it appears that Sir Douglas's most useful contribution to New Zealand's competitiveness may be to continue to stay away.
But let's not end that way when the Honours themselves embrace so many people who have given of themselves in so many ways. It's right and proper that we recognise them, their achievements, their commitment and work, their bravery and charity. Here's to them, and I'm not really bothered what we let them call themselves.
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DPF, 10:54 Dec 31, 2009
Actually it was National under Jim Bolger that ditched that MBEs and replaced them with MNZMs etc.
All Labour did was change the top two classes of the NZ Order of Merit from titular to non titular - which was reversed this year.
Wellington, New Zealand • Since Nov 2006 • 78 posts Report Reply
Idiot Savant, 10:56 Dec 31, 2009
So, how much do you think Myers paid for his knighthood?
Palmerston North • Since Nov 2006 • 1713 posts Report Reply
Craig Ranapia, 10:59 Dec 31, 2009
Here's to them, and I'm not really bothered what we let them call themselves.
Good to see I'm not the only one. Seriously, there's always a few "wtf?' names on the list and inexplicable omissions. But that's pretty much the same reaction I expect to have when the Oscar nominations are announced next month. It's not as if we're seeing this kind of cash for honours corruption.
Still, I will enjoy watching the usual suspects have a brain melt over "Dame" Helen Clark,. :)
How much do you think Peter Jackson paid for his? I imagine a stake in Weta Workshops/Digital and Wingnut Films (they must be pulling in some tasty District 9 cash) would be the graft that keeps on giving.
Geoff Lealand, 11:28 Dec 31, 2009
Sir Peter Jackson? hmmm! There goes the image of 'I'm just an average Kiwi bloke from Pukerua Bay'. Let's hope he now doesn't build himself a castle.
Screen & Media Studies, U… • Since Oct 2007 • 2539 posts Report Reply
...and I think Russell better deserves a gong for "service to broadcasting" than Judy Bailey.
Let's hope he now doesn't build himself a castle.
TOO LATE! BWAHAHAHAHA! (Sidebar: You've got to love the fusion of house porn and the property envy. The papers would be a lot thinner if we all lived in caves.)
Shut up, or Russell's going to start poncing around chanting "Who's the daddy of the nation? I'm your daddy!" :)
Pdogge, 11:40 Dec 31, 2009
I'm not being uncharitable but this guy Myers is just one of the greedy bunch of Ak biz men who bought the present government and historically happened to be just another very selfish drug dealer albeit a legal drug that he made and sold. Little to admire ........
Tauranga • Since Feb 2008 • 14 posts Report Reply
Evan Yates, 11:42 Dec 31, 2009
If there are really obvious omissions, you can do something about it.
Fill in one of these forms and then convince (in whatever form and means you find capable) these people that it is a good idea.
It is probably not socially acceptable to game the system in a grassroots/astroturfing 'Net campaign style, but with enough support from eloquent and driven PAS readers we could probably have Sir Russell Brown in time for Queen's Birthday. (although all nominees have the right to refuse)
Hamiltron, Te Ika-a-Māui • Since Nov 2006 • 197 posts Report Reply
TOO LATE! BWAHAHAHAHA!
Does he rent it to larpers? I can think of a couple of uses for a castle...
3410, 11:59 Dec 31, 2009
To add insult to injury, it's Sir Doug, for services to business and the community.
AndrewD, 11:59 Dec 31, 2009
Arise Duncan Page. Takaka. For services to brass bands. I like that.
And the QSM for the Hamilton couple Heather May and James Tuhoro who have fostered 380 children and teens over 16 years (probably a few who have been victims of Doug Myers drug of choice)
Judi Lapsley Miller, 12:11 Dec 31, 2009
I think we need a special PA word for when Craig makes coffee come out your nose... roflsnorti perhaps?
steven crawford, 12:12 Dec 31, 2009
Thats the same Doug that said he didn't like how the public gets to borrow books from the community libraries.
Graeme Edgeler, 12:15 Dec 31, 2009
It was a Labour Government that instituted the Order of New Zealand, however.
Russell Brown, 12:27 Dec 31, 2009
To be honest, my unkind feelings towards Mr Myers stem somewhat from an opinion piece he once wrote for the Herald, in which he declared that libraries were not a public good, and that it was of no benefit to him that some poor bastard read a book.
I declared him an "arsehole" on the radio, which led to him mistakenly bailing up Bill Ralston one evening. But I've told that story before ...
Hilary Stace, 12:39 Dec 31, 2009
Any disability activists or awards for services to the disability sector on the list?
recordari, 12:42 Dec 31, 2009
...he declared that libraries were not a public good, and that it was of no benefit to him that some poor bastard read a book.
Did he really say that? Guess we should wait for Witi's forthcoming Knighthood then. The Plagiarists and Pugilists New Zealand Disorder of Demerit.
Some of the others I didn't mind so much.
PS 100th post. Are there prizes? Guess with all the 1000+ people on this thread, probably not.
AUCKLAND • Since Dec 2009 • 2607 posts Report Reply
100th post. Are there prizes?
Ah... no. I didn't even get anything for my 1000th. If I get nothing for my 10,000th I'm outta here.
If I get nothing for my 10,000th I'm outta here.
If you want your bunnies to hop, we need carrots!
I didn't even get anything for my 1000th. If I get nothing for my 10,000th I'm outta here.
I reckon we need something like scout badges;)
Russell as Scout Master. Can I get a tie with a toggle? Sorry, I see a thread Jack on the horizon.
Back to the honours list...
Having benefited in a very tangible sense from the work they have done, Dr Richard Fisher and his colleague are extremely worthy recipients, IMhO. We had healthy, beautiful twins, so he can get all the awards he likes, thank you very much.
Sacha, 13:38 Dec 31, 2009
I'd rather focus on the hundreds of our fellow citizens on that list who have done good things. However, including pricks like Myers leaves a sour taste.
My own unkind feelings towards him stem from his sub-human conduct and born-to-rule braying over the years. Fair enough, honour his contribution to business leadership through the Roundtable and suchlike. However, I'd love to know just what 'services to community' he has provided - especially given the "there is no society" dolts he hangs with who actively oppose things like public libraries as mentioned.
And it's a bit rich for him to declaim from his London home:
We've just got to create an environment here where people want to stay here and live here and be part of New Zealand - and yet still be part of the world.
Slashing tax rates for silver-spooners ought to do it, right?
Guess we should wait for Witi's forthcoming Knighthood then
He got the equivalent in 2004 and was one of the few to turn down Key's knighting last year - not surprising considering the backdrop of The Trowenna Sea is our shameful colonialist history.


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The Dean of Manchester is based in Manchester, England and is the head of the Chapter of Manchester Cathedral. The current dean is Rogers Govender MBE.

List of deans

1840–1847 William Herbert
1847–1872 George Bowers
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1884–1890 John Oakley
1890–1906 Edward Maclure
1906–1918 James Welldon
1918–1920 William Swayne (afterwards Bishop of Lincoln, 1920)
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1924–1931 Hewlett Johnson (afterwards Dean of Canterbury, 1931)
1931–1948 Garfield Williams
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Hendrick Jansz. ter Brugghen of Terbrugghen (vermoedelijk Den Haag, 1588 – Utrecht, 1 november 1629) was een Nederlands schilder, die gerekend wordt tot de Utrechtse caravaggisten.

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Over het leven van Hendrick ter Brugghen is weinig bekend. Wat door onderzoek naar boven is gekomen laat zich door het onderstaande samenvatten.

Ter Brugghens ouders waren woonachtig geweest in Utrecht, maar zijn vader Jan Egbertsz. ter Brugghen was sinds 1585 een deurwaarder in dienst van de Staten van Holland. Daarom wordt meestal verondersteld dat Hendrick in Den Haag is geboren. Hij kwam in de leer bij Abraham Bloemaert in Utrecht. Nadat hij rond 1607 mogelijk als soldaat had gediend, maakte hij een studiereis naar Italië. Daar gaven op dat moment de werken van Caravaggio de toon aan. Het is onwaarschijnlijk dat de twee schilders elkaar hebben ontmoet, aangezien Caravaggio in 1606 uit Rome was gevlucht en op Sicilië leefde. Van zijn verblijf in Italië zijn geen documenten of schilderijen overgeleverd.

In de vroege herfst van 1614 keerde Ter Brugghen terug naar Utrecht en in 1616 werd hij daar ingeschreven als lid van het Sint-Lucasgilde. In hetzelfde jaar trouwde hij met Jacomijna Verbeeck, de stiefdochter van zijn oudere broer, de herbergier Jan Jansz. ter Brugghen. Uit dit huwelijk zouden acht kinderen geboren worden. Het gezin vestigde zich in een huis aan de Snippenvlucht, het bebouwde stukje Oudegracht tussen Stadhuisbrug en Bakkerbrug. Hier zou Ter Brugghen in 1627 zijn bezocht door Rubens tijdens diens korte verblijf in Utrecht. Ter Brugghen overleed op relatief jonge leeftijd, waarschijnlijk aan de pest. Hij werd begraven in de Buurkerk te Utrecht.

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Traditioneel wordt de Aanbidding van de koningen uit 1619 beschouwd als het oudst gedateerde en gesigneerde schilderij van Ter Brugghen. Sommige kunsthistorici beschouwen het schilderij Berouwvolle Petrus als zijn oudst bekende werk, maar hierover is geen consensus. Hij schilderde met name zogenaamde historiestukken, in zijn geval vooral Bijbelse taferelen. Opvallend daarbij is dat hij soms expliciet katholieke onderwerpen uitbeeldde, hoewel hij in een gereformeerde kerk trouwde. En in elk geval vier van zijn kinderen (alleen van vier is de registratie bewaard gebleven) zijn daar ook gedoopt. Daarnaast zijn er vele genrestukken van zijn hand, vaak eenfigurige muzikanten en drinkers, zoals die veel door de caravaggisten werden uitgebeeld.

Ter Brugghen moet in Italië niet alleen de invloed van Caravaggio hebben ondergaan. Van diens navolger Orazio Gentileschi lijkt hij een iets koeler palet en een minder dramatische lichtbehandeling overgenomen te hebben, en van Bartolommeo Manfredi de voorliefde voor het uitbeelden van muzikanten ten halve lijve. Kort na 1620 wordt zijn werk merkwaardig genoeg uitgesprokener caravaggistisch. Voor een tweede reis naar Italië, die weleens als verklaring is aangevoerd, bestaan geen aanwijzingen. Mogelijk werd hij beïnvloed door de terugkeer uit Italië van Gerard van Honthorst en Dirck van Baburen rond die tijd.

Uit de werken van Ter Brugghen en Baburen blijkt een opvallende verwantschap in schildertrant. Dat heeft de indruk gegeven dat ze mogelijk een atelier deelden. Hiervoor ontbreekt echter elk feitelijk bewijs. De overeenkomsten in hun werk kunnen ook een gevolg zijn van het gegeven dat ze niet alleen door Caravaggio werden beïnvloed, maar met name ook door Jusepe de Ribera.

Toch behield Ter Brugghen steeds een zeer persoonlijke stijl, duidelijk geënt op de Nederlandse traditie. Soms zijn in zijn werk merkwaardige, middeleeuws aandoende elementen aanwijsbaar. Zijn beste schilderijen vallen op door een subtiel kleurgebruik, waarin weinig gebruikte combinaties voorkomen. Hoewel Ter Brugghen bewust variatie aanbracht in zijn schilderstijl, is er van een duidelijke lineaire ontwikkeling nauwelijks sprake. Dit maakt het moeilijk ongedateerde werken chronologisch te plaatsen.

Reputatie
Ter Brugghen schijnt tijdens zijn leven een goede reputatie te hebben gehad. Constantijn Huygens roemt hem als een van de beste Nederlandse historieschilders, en men veronderstelt dat Vermeer door zijn kleurgebruik werd beïnvloed. Toch zal hij in Utrecht in de schaduw van de zeer succesvolle Honthorst hebben gestaan. Later in de zeventiende eeuw liet Joachim von Sandrart zich kritisch over hem uit in zijn boek Teutsche Academie der Edlen Bau-, Bild- und Mahlerey-Künste (1675):
"Weil er aber nach seiner eignen Inclination zwar durch tiefsinnige, jedoch schwermütige Gedanken in seinen Werken die Natur und derselben unfreundliche Mängel sehr wohl, aber unangenehm gefolgt, so hat auch ein unfreundliches Glück seine Wolfart biss ins Grab zu seinem Schaden verfolgt."
(Daar hij echter, naar zijn eigen geneigdheid, weliswaar door diepzinnige, maar toch zwaarmoedige gedachten, in zijn werken de natuur en haar onvriendelijke gebreken heel goed, maar onaangenaam heeft gevolgd, heeft ook een onvriendelijk lot zijn welvaart tot in zijn graf tot zijn nadeel achtervolgd.)

Om iets aan de tanende reputatie van Hendrick ter Brugghen te doen, liet diens enig overgebleven zoon Richard ter Brugghen rond 1707 een pamflet verschijnen waarin hij fel uithaalde naar Von Sandrart, en propaganda voor zijn vader maakte. Zo schreef hij dat Rubens bij zijn bezoek aan Utrecht
"heeft verklaart, de Nederlanden nu te hebben dorreist, en een schilder te hebben gesocht, en maar een, met name Henrik ter Brugghen te hebben gevonden: 't welk noch huydendaags, altijd [...] onder de schilders en groote kunstkenders tot sijn eer en lof werd verhaalt."

Toch raakte Ter Brugghen in de volgende eeuwen in de vergetelheid. Tegenwoordig is Hendrick ter Brugghen echter de meest gewaardeerde zeventiende-eeuwse schilder uit Utrecht. Schilderijen van hem bevinden zich in musea verspreid over de hele wereld.

Grafschrift

Volgens Arnold Houbraken bevond het volgende grafschrift zich in de Utrechtse Buurkerk:
Hier leit TER BRUGGEN, door de DoodtVerrast en overrompelt,
Van 't dierbaar levenslicht ontbloot,In 't duister graf gedompelt
Daat 't vleesch vergaat tot stof.Doch egter blyft de lof
Van 't geen hy heeft bedreven,Ten spyt der Afgunst, leven.

Schilderijen van Hendrick ter Brugghen

In Nederlandse musea
Utrecht, Centraal Museum:
 De roeping van Mattheus, 1621
 De rijke man en de arme Lazarus, 1625
 De vrolijke drinker, ca. 1625
 Slapende Mars, 1629

Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum:
 De aanbidding der koningen, 1619
 De ongelovige Thomas, ca. 1621/24
 De treurende filosoof Heraclitus, 1628
 De lachende filosoof Democritus, 1628

Den Haag, Mauritshuis:
 De bevrijding van Petrus, 1624

Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen :
 De heilige Hiëronymus, 1625(?)

Deventer, Historisch Museum Deventer:
 De evangelist Lucas, 1621
 De evangelist Mattheus, 1621
 De evangelist Marcus, 1621
 De evangelist Johannes, 1621

In Belgische musea
Diest, Stadsmuseum De Hofstadt:
 De annunciatie, 1629

Enkele meesterwerken wereldwijd
 Fluitspeler, 1621 (Kassel, Staatliche Museen, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister)
 Sebastiaan verzorgd door Irene, 1625 (Oberlin, Ohio, Allen Memorial Art Museum)
 De kruisiging met Maria en Johannes, ca. 1625 (New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art)
 Musicerend gezelschap, ca. 1626 (Londen, National Gallery)
 Esau verkoopt zijn eerstgeboorterecht, ca. 1627 (Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza)
 Jacob, Laban en Lea, ca. 1628 (Keulen, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum)

Zie ook
 Utrechtse caravaggisten
 Schilderkunst in Utrecht

Externe links
 Centraal Museum: kijk onder Collectie in de Collectiedatabase
 Ter Brugghen in het Rijksmuseum
 Allen Memorial Art Museum in Oberlin: klik via Collection/Master Works/Dutch and Flemish door naar Ter Brugghen
 Metropolitan Museum in New York: zoek naar Ter Brugghen
 National Gallery in Londen: zoek naar Ter Brugghen
 Hendrick ter Brugghen op Artcyclopedia met veel links
 Vensters: Utrechtste Caravaggisten

Literatuur
 Benedict Nicolson, Hendrick Terbrugghen. Londen, 1958
 Albert Blankert, Leonard J. Slatkes e.a., Nieuwe Licht op de Gouden Eeuw: Hendrick ter Brugghen en tijdgenoten. Tentoonstellingscatalogus Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 1986
 Marten Jan Bok, Jan de Vries e.a., Masters of light: Dutch painters in Utrecht during the Golden Age. Tentoonstellingscatalogus The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 1997
Leonard J. Slatkes y Wayne Franits, The Paintings of Hendrick ter Brugghen, 1588-1629. Amsterdam/Philadelphia, 2007

Nederlands kunstschilder
Persoon in de Nederlanden in de 17e eeuw


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At the national level, the Swedish people are represented by the Riksdag (Swedish parliament) which has legislative powers. Proposals for new laws are presented by the Government which also implements decisions taken by the Riksdag. The Government is assisted in its work by the Government Offices, comprising a number of ministries, and some 400 central government agencies and public administrations.
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Sweden has 290 municipalities. Each municipality has an elected assembly, the municipal council, which takes decisions on municipal matters. The municipal council appoints the municipal executive board, which leads and coordinates municipality work.
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On entering the EU in 1995, Sweden acquired a further level of government: the European level. As a member of the Union, Sweden is subject to the EU acquis communautaire and takes part in the decision-making process when new common rules are drafted and approved.
Sweden is represented by the Government in the European Council of Ministers, which is the EU's principal decision-making body.
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The Swedish Constitution contains provisions defining the relationship between decision-making and executive power. The 1992 Swedish Local Government Act regulates division into municipalities and the organisation and powers of the municipalities and regional councils. It also contains rules for elected representatives, municipal councils, executive boards and committees.
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Guatemalan immigrants are searched at an airport in Mesa, Ariz., before being deported to Guatemala City in 2011.
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By Molly O'Toole
July 22, 2019 2:35 PM PT
Immigration officials will be able to more quickly arrest and deport undocumented immigrants anywhere in the United States without going before a judge under a new policy released by the Trump administration Monday.
The move aggressively expands a process known as "expedited removal" — quick deportations that generally aren't subject to judicial review. The expanded process is set to take effect Tuesday.
Opponents of the new policy warned that even American citizens could be at risk of being swept up in fast-track deportation procedures that aren't overseen by a judge and don't provide people a right to an attorney. Immigrant advocates promised to rapidly challenge the new policy in court.
Under current policy, immigration officials can apply expedited removals to speed deportations of people apprehended within 100 miles of the border and for those who've been in the country up to two weeks. Those who arrived in the U.S. by sea, rather than at U.S. land borders, can be subject to expedited removal for up to two years.
Under the new policy, officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection will be empowered to use the fast-track procedures anywhere in the U.S. and for anyone who cannot show "to the satisfaction of an immigration officer, that they have been physically present in the United States continuously for the two-year period immediately preceding" arrest, regardless of how they arrived, according to the notice published Monday.
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A notice published in the federal register notes Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers will be able to more quickly arrest and deport immigrants without legal status.
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Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU's national Immigrants' Rights Project, said the expanded expedited removals increase the concern advocates already had that the quick deportations have been violating immigrants' rights to due process. The ACLU said Monday that it will "speedily challenge" the new policy.
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Make room for another REIT
By: April Lee-Tan - @inquirerdotnet
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 04:00 AM August 23, 2021
Robinsons Land (RLC) will be listing its real estate investment trust (REIT) RL Commercial REIT or RCR on the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) in September.
Despite being the fourth REIT to debut in the local bourse, there are compelling reasons why RCR deserves a spot in investors' portfolios.
RCR will be the biggest and most diversified REIT in the country.
It owns 14 office projects with total gross leaseable area (GLA) of about 425,000 square meters (sq m). Upon listing, RCR will have a market capitalization of around P64 billion, which is almost 70% above the market capitalization of the next biggest REIT AREIT.
RCR's large size is an advantage as the REIT is expected to be more liquid, making it attractive to a larger group of investors including foreign funds.
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RCR also boasts of other qualities that make it an attractive REIT. In 2020, its projects had an average occupancy rate of 98.8%. Companies in the BPO sector also account for bulk of its occupied space at 75.4 percent while traditional companies occupy 15.8%. Although RCR has POGO tenants which are considered riskier, its exposure is minimal at only 3.1%. Moreover, even if its POGO tenants leave, RCR's buildings are all PEZA accredited, reducing the risk that it cannot find new tenants.
Finally, RCR has a strong potential for growth. RCR's sponsor RLC has a healthy inventory and pipeline of office projects that it intends to slowly inject into the REIT. Outside of the REIT, RLC still has 10 office buildings with a GLA of around 188,000sqm. It also has five office buildings in the pipeline with a total GLA of 108,000sqm. Note that the combined GLA of these fifteen office buildings is almost 70 percent of RCR's current portfolio.
RCR also has no debts and can borrow up to Php20.7 billion to fund future acquisitions if opportunities arise.
Like most other REITs, RCR does not own land. However, the land on which its offices are built on are on a long-term lease of 98-99 years with its sponsor RLC. Although the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) owns the land where Cyber Sigma in Taguig is built, RCR has a 25-year lease on the property, renewable for another 25 years. These long-term leases reduce the sustainability risk that comes with projects that are built on land that is owned by other parties.
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Angel McCoughtry and the 2009 Louisville women's basketball team were honored Saturday at the KFC Yum Center as the program's first Final Four team.
The halftime buzzer had sounded at the KFC Yum Center, but Louisville women's basketball coach Jeff Walz kept his players on the court.
"I want them to see who started all of this," he said.
"All of this" being the three Final Four banners hanging from the rafters, the glint of bright arena lights and the crowd of nearly 8,000 fans who stood to applaud members of the 2009 Louisville team honored at halftime of Saturday's game.
Eight of the 12 players on the 2008-09 roster, along with former team staffers and assistants, reunited to celebrate what many still describe as their greatest achievement, an improbable run as a No. 3 seed to the program's first Final Four.
As a tribute video played on the video board overhead, Tiera Stephen and Candyce Bingham filmed the scene with their cell phones. Deseree' Byrd and Chauntise Wright howled in embarrassment at the 10-year-old roster photos that flashed across the screen. One by one, they ran out onto the court in between two rows of current Cards players, the successors to their legacy.
Angel McCoughtry, Louisville's all-time leading scorer and five-time WNBA All-Star, was last, pausing for a long embrace with Walz before joining her teammates at center court.
They've since gone on to play basketball professionally, coach, run nonprofits and become mothers.
But among the other identities they will always be Cardinals at the core, underdogs who against all odds took the program's first steps into the upper echelon of women's basketball.
"Everyone said, 'Oh, they just have Angel. They can't win with one player,'" Walz said. "Well, we didn't just have one player. We had Des and Candyce and Becky. I don't think people really got it, and these kids thrived off it."
"That was the most ultimate career goal, going to the Final Four, because nobody believed in us," McCoughtry said. "Nobody thought we would be there. So to accomplish that, it's amazing."
Each player and staff member was presented with a framed plaque and a rally towel before they posed for a group photo on top of the Cardinal Bird logo.
"It's like we never left," said former forward Keshia Hines. "These are my long-distance family members."
Former guard Becky Burke said that Saturday was the first time the team had been mostly reassembled since players graduated. The only players unable to attend were Janae Howard, Mary Jackson, Brandie Radde and Monique Reid, but Burke described the reunion as "super emotional."
"We have a forever bond with this group, with what we were able to do and what we experienced here together," Burke said. "Blood, sweat, tears, everything."
"I got goosebumps up and down my body," Byrd said.
After catching up and posing for photos in the arena's practice gym, the players settled back into end-zone seats in Section 111 to watch Louisville take down Northern Kentucky, 92-59.
McCoughtry said wistfully that she hopes her team, the Atlanta Dream, find a way to take Louisville guard Asia Durr in the WNBA draft (the Dream don't have a pick until No. 11 in the first round). Burke said she enjoys watching forward Sam Fuehring's "hard-nosed" style of play.
This year's Louisville squad, ranked No. 3 in the country and coming off a Final Four trip, is not an underdog. But regardless of outside expectations, the current players still share an unmistakable bond with the women who represented the Cardinals nearly a decade earlier: they reached a peak few in college basketball will ever experience.
"It was pretty neat for me to see everybody come back and the joy on everybody's faces," forward Kylee Shook said. "We did that last year and it's a great moment, so I know how they feel."
Louisville (11-0) players are hoping for a fourth Final Four appearance this season and looking to capture the national title that has eluded the program thus far.
"I think they can go all the way," McCoughtry said, before issuing a warning to UConn's Hall of Fame coach. "Hey, Geno! Watch out. We're coming."
Asked if they had thought about returning to Louisville in 10 years from now to celebrate their own Final Four appearance, Shook and sophomore guard Dana Evans smiled and nodded but admitted the idea seemed so far in the future. To Burke and the 2009 Cardinals, however, it feels like just yesterday that they were making history in St. Louis.
"It's cool to be a trailblazer and have paved the way, and watch teams continue to keep that tone set," Burke said. "They play some similar sets. I recognize the stuff. I think every year you have a new identity but all in the all, just the toughness and the grit and the competitiveness, that's what we are here at Louisville women's basketball and I think they definitely carry that."


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More than 200 gamblers have been registered this year in casinos and sports books may be what voters want.
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Casinos and sports betting companies are doing another big thing this year. They have done it before but no luck. This time, lawmakers and lobbyists are hoping that public opinion has changed enough to move the needle. It was a ride in the 1980s.
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"I want to see a destination-style casino that's great and creates jobs and improves the quality of life in those communities," Phelan said. University of Houston political science professor Brandon Rottinghaus said there are two big differences this year compared to previous years: more states that support gambling and more (more than 200) people who gamble. chaa registered in Texas this year.
"It's amazing that we're seeing leaders in Texas leaning toward legalizing gambling. This is something that the state has been fighting for a long time, "Rottinghaus said. "Many of those things will pay off over time, because they have influence, they have information, they have skills. Whether they believe it or not, whether what they say is true or not is still debatable."
Supporters said Texans would spend more of their money betting on other states, while opponents said the revenue projections were too high and the rise in crime and drug abuse was not worth it.
Senator Democratic. Carol Alvarado of Houston has introduced a bill proposing constitutional changes to legalize casinos and sports betting. This would create the Texas Gaming Commission and license four casinos in the capital city of Texas. Proceeds from the game will be used for education and public safety.
"I am heartened by Governor Phelan's support for giving Texans the opportunity to support destination-style casinos in our state. I look forward to working with both House members to push SJR-17 through the Texas Legislature and onto the upcoming November ballot," Alvarado said.
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Govt. Greg Abbott said in October that he would review the matter based on the proposal. Many people think the biggest problem will be getting the bill through the Texas Senate, which is dominated by the president. DanPatrick.
"He seems to have slowed down on that, but it's going to take more than one session for him to go that way," Rottinghaus said. Any game expansion would require the approval of two-thirds of the House and Senate. Texas voters will have the final say in the constitutional amendment election. KHOU News 11 reached out to Abbott and Patrick's offices for comment on Phelan's comments, but did not hear back.
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Bradley Manning, 25, was sentenced to 35 years in a military prison for leaking classified documents to the website WikiLeaks. Depending on whom you ask, however, the contents of those documents could amount to remarkable disclosures or well-written gossip.
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Three years since the Wikileaks saga began, there will still be plenty to talk about beyond the fate of convicted U.S. soldier Bradley Manning. So, what exactly did Manning reveal? The World's Matthew Bell reports.
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Mahmoud Abbas says Middle East peace talks are in crisis following Israel's refusal to stop building settlements on Palestinian lands. The Obama administration says it is committed to re-starting talks. The World's Matthew Bell reports from Jerusalem.
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I landed at Barcelona on 15th May which is my birthday. I am now at that age where my body doesn't react kindly to flying out all night and missing on sleep. My favorite way to pass time in flights is to watch movies but off late I simply fall asleep.
As I was flying via Munich, the immigration for the Schengen area was already out of the way! I was greeted by Sonia Stark from the tourism board at the airport. That made my life easy. Soon we were heading to my hotel in a taxi.
I had the first day free but I was way too excited to sleep. Early check-in was also not available at the hotel. So, out I went to walk around to the Barcelona Tourism Board's office to collect my press pass. It gave me unlimited access to Barcelona Bus Touristic's Hop On Hop Off bus plus free entry to many monuments.
I partially took both the Red and the Blue route. Due to lack of time, I could not try the green route at all. On the first day I took the Red Route because that bus stop was less crowded. I got down at the National Arts Museum. The view from the area was so mesmerizing that I ended up spending a lot of time walking outside instead of going in.
I also got down at the Olympic Stadium stop. The day was hot and by now I felt thoroughly tired! Sleep was also trying to claim me. After roaming around the stadium for a bit, I went in search for beer and food! I promptly found both near the stadium. It was good to sit in shade and enjoy my meal.
Soon I found myself close to the hotel again and I went in to catch on a few hours of sleep. I was meeting the group in the evening for dinner.
Food is akin to religion in Spain. The people love their food, each meal goes on for hours. As a vegetarian I fared fine. I loved the pan con tomate which is the local way to eat bread with tomato, garlic and olive oil. They could do a veg version of paella for me. Wine flowed in freely and I ate a lot of crema catalana which is the popular sweet dish of the region. I also visited a beautiful vineyard during my trip which I remember for its good food.
The next day we went to the Girona for the Flower Festival. We remained in the region and explored the beautiful town of Cadaques. I came back to Barcelona towards the end of the trip again.
As one of the agenda on the itinerary was ham making experience, I took the opportunity to explore Barcelona and join the group after their experience. I made an impromptu stop at one of the most recognized landmarks of Barcelona, the Sagrada Familia by Gaudi.
You need to plan your visit to the landmark. When I reached the tickets for the afternoon were sold out. It was only because of my press pass I was still able to visit.
Casa Batllo is another landmark building by Gaudi in Barcelona. It is a remodel of a previously built house by Gaudi! His creative genius is visible in every aspect of the building. It is better to visit the place in the early hours, later in the day it gets too crowded.
On the last day I was touring the Blue Route of the Barcelona Bus Turistic. It goes past the famous FC Barcelona. I was severealy taken to task by my nephew (the one known as Brat 2) for only passing by. He is the football player and fan in the family and he was quite unhappy that I did not find time to visit the stadium.
My last activity in Barcelona, other than food, was the Barcelona Genuine Shop Tours conducted by Barcelona Guide Bureau. It is a fun tour which takes you through the local shops of Barcelona. The cost of the tour is 25 Euro. If you like shopping, you should surely give it a try.
Here is a short video of our experience of the shopping tour. I still remember the chocolates I bought from the trip!
Barcelona has a rich street art culture be it a famous mural like the 'world begins with every kiss'or a painting on the local barber shop! I had too little time to do any justice to this rich tradition.
I am a big fan of trams and metros and Barcelona has both. Yet due to the lack of time I could not try either. In all, I have a lot of unfinished business in Barcelona and I would love to go back again.
PS. I was invited by the Catalonia Tourism Board to Visit Spain!


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Thorsten Becker (born 13 May 1980) is a German footballer, who in 1992 moved from Fortuna Schlangen to SC Paderborn and has played in the club's first-team squad from 2001 to 2009. He helped Paderborn gain promotion to the second level of the Bundesliga in the 2004–05 season. He suffered a knee injury in late 2005 which resulted in a long-term absence from the club.

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Bacteria cause inflammation of the tooth — pulpitis, if the caries reaches its cavity. You can be disturbed by tedious, drawing pains during the reception of cold or hot food, at the temperature changes of changeable weather.
Pulpitis can develop without the presence of unpleasant feelings. But if you experience a sharp throbbing pain, if the tooth reacts to temperature stimuli, this is one of the signals that the pulp is inflamed.
Untimely treatment of pulpitis contributes to the fact that the infection will pass into the circumcircular tissues, cause them an inflammatory process — periodontitis.
Sometimes periodontitis causes only minor unpleasant feelings in the area of a diseased tooth. You note a change in the color of the crown or the periodic appearance of a fistula with a purulent discharge on the gum.
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Book of Mormon Central / Archive / For Your Information: The Language of my Father
For Your Information: The Language of my Father
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Title For Your Information: The Language of my Father
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Authors Tvedtnes, John A.
Magazine New Era
Issue Number 5
Keywords Ancient Near East; Language - Hebrew; Reformed Egyptian
A combination Hebrew/Egyptian text was found at Arad, which may contain language similar to the "reformed Egyptian" in which the original Book of Mormon was written.
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Double viny LP pressing. Muhammadunize is a good dense collage atmosphere. From everywhere shoots drums, Palestinian word-scraps give the total radio play-character. One feels when hearing this release as if the Gaza-strip is mastered from an outsize echo-appliance. Muhammadunize, has what could be called a classic feel to it, with a very familiar blend of drones, string instruments, and synths, and varying percussion/break-beat patterns, in turn mixed with a number of hard-to-catch vocal samples. It's a formula used many times in the past by Jones, yet somehow he still manages to keep things just fresh enough, investing songs like the first and second "Khalifate" and especially both slamming versions of "Imad Akel" with enough unexpected touches. He incorporates the basic power of his work in the tracks as well, with both beauty and a nervy, hard-to-define tension as the songs progress.
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School Tour to Manchester
CBS Transition Years participated in a fantastic school tour last week to Manchester, taking in some of the top tourist and tourist sites in the city.
They left the school last Friday accompanied by teachers Ms Staunton, Mr Casey, Ms Buckley and Mr Scollan. They left the school at one thirty in the morning and travelled by ferry from Dublin to Holyhead. They then made the two-and-a-half-hour trip to Manchester, arriving early in the afternoon. They made their way to Old Trafford where they saw the Man United versus Cardiff game. This was a disappointment for the many Red Devil fans amongst the group as they lost two nil to Cardiff. Then they went to the Trafford Centre for some shopping and food before making their way to their hotel.
The second day of the tour, they left the hotel at eight thirty and spent the entire day at Alton Towers. They loved the rides and rollercoaster there, particularly The Smiler and The Oblivion – a vertical drop ride which drew many screams from the CBS crew!
Tuesday morning, they set off from the hotel early in the morning again and made their way to the Etihad stadium where they completed the Manchester City stadium tour. They got to see inside the dressing rooms, walk around the pitch and sit in the manager's seats in the dugouts. Finally, it was time to leave and they made their way back to Holyhead for the journey home, arriving home at approximately eight on Tuesday evening.
Overall, the students loved the trip and were very thankful to all teachers, particularly Ms Staunton the TY co-ordinator for organising the tour.
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Rising ocean acidity along the California coast may wreak havoc in the region's oyster populations.
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A new high-resolution computer model of ocean acidity off the coast of California spells disaster for the local marine ecosystem, according to a new study published in Science last Thursday (June 14). Led by ocean biogeochemist Nicolas Gruber of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zuric, researchers modeled how atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions over the next 4 decades will lead to a rapid rise in ocean acidity in the California Current System—a complex system of currents extending more than 600 miles offshore and stretching from Oregon to Baja California, Mexico.
A rise in acidity will in turn lead to a reduction in carbonate ions in the water, which will lower the saturation rate of a mineral form of calcium known as aragonite. Both carbonate and aragonite are essential components for the shells and skeletons of oysters and other shell-building organisms. If the saturation of aragonite falls below...
The new model predicts that by 2050, the upper water layer of the California Current System—where the bulk of organisms live—will be undersaturated half of the year. Currently, these waters are undersaturated 2 to 4 percent of the time.
"It's dramatic how fast these changes will take place," Richard Feely, a chemical oceanographer at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in Seattle, Washington, told ScienceNOW.
"It shows us that the windows of opportunity for organisms to succeed get smaller and smaller," added George Waldbusser, an ocean ecologist and biogeochemist at Oregon State University, Corvallis.
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Posts Tagged 'Auto-Tune'
"So sa-a-a-ad that you're leaving"*…
It happened exactly 36 seconds into the song—a glimpse of the shape of pop to come, a feel of the fabric of the future we now inhabit. The phrase "I can't break through" turned crystalline, like the singer suddenly disappeared behind frosted glass. That sparkly special effect reappeared in the next verse, but this time a robotic warble wobbled, "So sa-a-a-ad that you're leaving."
The song, of course, was Cher's "Believe," a worldwide smash on its October 1998 release. And what we were really "leaving" was the 20th century.
The pitch-correction technology Auto-Tune had been on the market for about a year before "Believe" hit the charts, but its previous appearances had been discreet, as its makers, Antares Audio Technologies, intended. "Believe" was the first record where the effect drew attention to itself…
And an era was born. We've looked at Auto-Tune before (see here for an example of the difference the technology can make, here, and here); now, from our friends at Pitchfork, an in-depth history of the most important pop innovation of the last 20 years: "How Auto-Tune Revolutionized the Sound of Popular Music."
* Cher, "Believe"
As we pine for authentic imperfection, we might recall that it was on this date in 1901 that the Victor Talking Machine Company was incorporated. A phonograph manufacturer and record company, it operated on disc record patents that it soon licensed to the Columbia Record Company as well (reinforcing Victor's position as the leading phonograph manufacturer). In 1929, Victor was merged into RCA.
"Nipper," Victor's trademarked mascot from the start
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Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'
– Bob Dylan
Rebecca Black's "Friday" has become a runaway sensation. As Kevin Rutherford, a columnist for Billboard, explained, "Black's video for 'Friday' is one of those rare occurrences where even the most seasoned critics of Internet culture don't know where to begin. From the singing straight out of Auto-Tuned hell to lyrics such as 'Tomorrow is Saturday / And Sunday comes afterwards / I don't want this weekend to end' and a hilariously bad rap about passing school buses, 'Friday' is something that simply must be seen and heard to be fully appreciated."
And "seen and heard" it has been, closing in on 34 million YouTube views at this writing– not counting the scores of parodies floating across the web.
Music industry exec Jay Frank captures the impact of a performance that has been called "bizarre," "inept," and "hilariously dreadful" with a set of a simple comparisons that illustrate the upending of the music business:
WINNER: REBECCA BLACK
As she's shown on her Good Morning America interview, she is making lemons out of lemonades. Make no bones about it, this song is selling (reached Top 20 on iTunes) and is going to be a valuable copyright for years to come.
LOSER: EVERY SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST BAND
At my SxSW panel on Saturday, I did the math. If you combined every view of "Friday" and its parody videos, approximately 62 Million minutes were spent on this song. That's presuming that, on average, the viewers only watched half the video. In the meantime, if the approximately 15,000 SxSW attendees watched 12 hours of music a day for all 5 days, that would only add up to 54 Million minutes spent watching music. All hopes of fame from Austin got upstaged by a 13 year old.
WINNER: YOUTUBE
Their ability for anyone to upload anything produces overnight successes like this. This attracts even more people to their platform. Also, this firmly makes them a broadcaster, probably more than any previous video. 21 million views in a week? That's more than nearly EVERY show on TV (cable or broadcast) receives in a week INCLUDING the DVR play. The fact that they have also successfully conquered with mobile apps and IPTV just increases their reach.
LOSER: VEVO
The music industry's supposed white knight got upstaged in a big way. Turns out quality (of the song or HD transmission) doesn't matter. The viewer goes to what they want to see. Also, Rebecca Black got more views in 9 days of "Friday" than Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" did in 3x the days. Lady Gaga's a huge star. Her new video got massive blog pickup like "Friday." It was also hugely promoted as an "exclusive" on the Vevo site. If "Friday" can beat all that, something is wrong with Vevo and there's some explainin' to do.
WINNER: NEW CHART METHODOLOGY
In Austin, I discussed with Eric Charland of Ultimate Chart about how high Rebecca Black will debut next week. With the numbers she's had, it's painfully obvious that this dominated the entire conversation. Quality of the song was irrelevant. Since it wasn't in heavy rotation on pop radio, it likely won't be at #1 on their chart, but it'll properly debut high. This will give Ultimate Chart even more credibility on truly leading in identifying a song's true popularity.
LOSER: THE ALBUM CHART
When the Soundscan Top 200 album chart is released on Wednesday, Adele will be battling a new album by Rise Against. Nothing against either artist, but this week the battle was Rebecca Black vs. everything else. If you use Google search as a gauge, there's just no competition. The album chart has been irrelevant for quite some time. It no longer reflects our time. This should end the discussion and let's focus on singles where the business IS rather than albums where the business WAS.
[TotH to Bob Lefsetz]
As we recall that unit sales of the best selling album of 2010 wouldn't have made the Top Ten in 2000, we might recall that it was on this date in 1973 that U.S. Immigration authorities ordered John Lennon to leave the US within 60 days… thus beginning Lennon's fight to acquire permanent residency, which he received in July of 1976.
John Lennon's Green Card (source)
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The Jury is In: This Year's Coolest April Fool's Gag…
From Moog Music (Bob Moog's legacy company):
MF-401 Auto De-tune
Do the vocals on your favorite song sound like a vocoded chipmunk? Yes(?). Did you use extreme auto-tune settings in the sensitive ballad you wrote for your girlfriend, who then dumped you because, as Jay Z said, "Auto-tune is Dead". Never fear, you can now recapture the emotive intensity of your original vocal performance complete with the off-kilter, yet somewhat charming intonation for which you are known.
Introducing Moog Music's MF-401 Auto De-tune, featuring Authentic Vocal Imperfection(tm) technology, even a T-Pain vocal can be restored to its complete original character, scrubbing the pitch correction and leaving the untreated vocal in all its wavering sharp or flat glory. Results may vary, and Moog Music in no way bears responsibility for discomfort or irritation caused by the use of the MF-401.
Shipping begins April 1, 2010
(For background, see "All That Glitters…," "Auto-Tuning the Cosmos…," and "Auto-Tuning Infomercials…")
As we rethink our panini preferences, we might recall that it was on this date 1959 that The Coasters' single "Charlie Brown" was banned by the BBC because it refers to "throwin' spitballs." The ban lasted 2 weeks. "Young Blood," "Yakety Yak," "Poison Ivy," and other Coasters' hits were deemed less threatening to the morals of young Britons, and were spared ostracism.
Happy National Chocolate Mousse Day!
Tagged with April Fool's Day, Auto-Tune, auto-tuning, banned records, BBC, Bob, censorshipship, Charlie Brown, Chocolate Mousse, Jay Z, Moog, National Chocolate Mousse Day, Poison Ivy, Robert Moog, spitballs, T Pain, The Coasters, Yakety Yak, Young Blood
In the age of Photoshop and Auto-Tune, it's no real surprise to find that icons don't actually look nor sound as they do in the media for which they are adored (see, e.g., here and here). Still, as this Britney Spears feed reminds us, the reality can be jarring…
Your correspondent has done his best to confirm the legitimacy of the loop. While there's (understandably) been no confirmation from Ms. Spears' camp, it's included here, as he can find no meaningful refutation… rather, mostly just comments expressing no surprise whatsoever that things are not as they are meant to seem. The "T-Pain effect," as it's come to be known, is now so widespread (again, see– and listen– here) that it seems to be taken for granted. Indeed, readers can download a T-Pain iPhone app that will do a similar job for them… all of which must be a frustrating state of affairs for performers like Billy Joe Armstrong and Norah Jones, who actually do their own singing, unaided and beautifully.
In any case, it's a (painful) reminder that too often these days, what glitters isn't even nearly gold… indeed, too often it's tin.
As we reach for the earplugs, we might recall that it was on this date in 2002 (in anticipation of the first anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon) that the TSA "Threat Level" was raised to Orange. It bounced between Orange (high) and Yellow (elevated) from then until mid-August, 2006, when it returned to Orange– where it remains to this day.
source: Wikimedia
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