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No-confidence motion debate: France clears air as charges fly over cost of Rafale, its secrecyhttps://indianexpress.com/article/india/rahul-gandhi-n-sitharaman-monsoon-session-france-rafale-deal-defence-ministry-air-force-5268532/
No-confidence motion debate: France clears air as charges fly over cost of Rafale, its secrecy
French foreign ministry said, "France and India concluded in 2008 a security agreement, which legally binds the two states to protect the classified information provided by the partner, that could impact security and operational capabilities of the defence equipment of India or France."
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After signing the deal with France in September 2016, top defence ministry officials had given the breakdown of the Euro 7.9 billion deal for 36 Rafale fighters (Source: Rafale Aviation)
Hours after Congress president Rahul Gandhi said in Parliament that French President Emmanuel Macron told him there is no secrecy pact between India and France, the French government countered his claim with an official statement confirming that a secrecy pact exists between the two countries.
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also contradicted Rahul and cited Article 10 of the Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) between the two countries on the purchase of Rafale aircraft, which calls for the protection of classified information and materials exchanged under the pact.
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In a statement issued from Paris, the French foreign ministry, which found itself dragged into a domestic political controversy, said: "We have noted the statement of Mr Rahul Gandhi before the Indian Parliament. France and India concluded in 2008 a security agreement, which legally binds the two states to protect the classified information provided by the partner, that could impact security and operational capabilities of the defence equipment of India or France. These provisions naturally apply to the IGA concluded on 23 September 2016, on the acquisition of 36 Rafale aircraft and their weapons. As the President of the French Republic indicated publicly in an interview to India Today on March 9, 2018, 'In India and in France, when a deal is very sensitive, we can't reveal all details'."
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also contradicted Rahul and cited Article 10 of the Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) between the two countries. (Express Photo by Prem Nath Pandey)
When Macron visited India in March this year, the two sides signed a new confidentiality agreement, replacing the 2008 pact, that shields the government from sharing classified information on defence deals, including the Rafale fighter aircraft deal. The pact, signed by NSA Ajit Doval and the French President's diplomatic advisor Philippe Etienne, relates to the exchange and reciprocal protection of classified or protected information.
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Rahul, however, said he stood by his statement in Parliament. "Let them deny if they want. He (Macron) said that before me. I was there, Anand Sharma and former prime minister Manmohan Singh were also there," he said.
Earlier in the day, Rahul, while speaking in the Lok Sabha, said: "The defence minister is sitting here. She had initially said she will disclose to the nation the price of the aircraft. Later, the defence minister clearly said she cannot divulge the details because there is a secrecy pact with France. I met the French President. I asked him is there any such pact between India and France. And the French President told me that there is no such pact between the Indian government and French government. That is the truth… Nirmala Sitharaman has spoken untruth, under pressure from Narendra Modi… Nirmala Sitharaman and the Prime Minister must inform the country."
Rahul Gandhi raised the issue of Rafale in Lok Sabha on Thursday. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
Sitharaman, who was allowed to speak after Rahul's hour-long speech, said: "On the secrecy clause, I would like to show it before you, and I have submitted it for your consideration. It is an agreement which was signed during the previous government on January 25, 2008. The agreement of secrecy is an umbrella agreement, which was signed by then defence minister, A K Antony."
Waving the agreement, she said, "This agreement clearly mentions… (that) 'as per Article 10 of the Inter-Governmental Agreement between Government of India and Government of France on the purchase of Rafale aircraft, the protection of the classified information and materials exchanged under the IGA shall be governed by the provisions of the security agreement signed on 25 January 2008'."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also referred to the issue in his speech. "Just because of one careless allegation in the House on Rafale, both the nations had to release statements. One should not indulge in such childish behaviour," he said.
The controversy first broke out on February 5, when Sitharaman told Rajya Sabha that the cost of Rafale aircraft could not be shared since it was "classified information" under the security agreement between the two countries. In a statement issued two days later, the defence ministry said that "in not revealing the item-wise details of the contract, the government is merely following in letter and spirit the confidentiality provisions of a bilateral India-France agreement of 2008, signed by the previous government."
Article 18(3) of the "Agreement between The Government of the Republic of India and The Government of the French Republic concerning the Protection of Classified Information and Material in the field of Defence", signed in New Delhi on January 25, 2008, states that it will "remain in force for a period of 10 years", and can "be renewed by tacit consent for a new five-year period".
According to Article 11(3) of the agreement, "For any contract or sub-contracting contract that includes classified information and material, a security annex shall be drawn up. In this annex, the competent security authority from the party forwarding the information or the material, shall specify what has to be protected by the receiving party, as well as the corresponding classification level, applicable to it."
However, as per law, the government is bound to provide full information to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence, and the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).
At a press conference conducted in the defence ministry in 2017, Sitharaman, flanked by the defence secretary and the deputy chief of air staff, had stated that her ministry "had nothing to hide" and would share the full price details of the deal.
In November 2016, Dr Subhash Bhamre, MoS (Defence), in a written response to a question in the Lok Sabha, had said that the "cost of each Rafale aircraft is around Rs 670 crore". After signing the deal with France in September 2016, top defence ministry officials had also given the breakdown of the Euro 7.9 billion deal for 36 Rafale fighters, as reported by The Indian Express. The basic cost of 36 aircraft was Euro 3,402 million (approximately Rs 670 crore per aircraft), the weaponry cost Euro 710 million, spare parts Euro 1,800 million, weather and terrain compatibility fits Euro 1,700 million, and performance-based logistics support Euro 353 million.
Meanwhile, Congress communication department head Randeep Surjewala said "a frustrated BJP is playing a 3D game on Rafale — diversion, damning lies and deception."
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Cook the channa dhal in a pressure cooker for two whistles,put the cauliflower florets in hot water with a pinch of salt and turmeric powder.Cook it till it is 3/4 th done.Drain the water and set it aside.
Grind the ingredients given to a fine paste and keep it.
Heat a pan with oil and crackel the fennel seeds and add the bay leaf,saute the onion,green chilly and curry leaves.Add in the ground paste and fry it till the raw smell goes off.Now add 3/4 cup of water.
Let it boil,once the mixture becomes thick add the cooked cauliflower and channa dal.Mix it well and keep it in a medium flame and stir it in between.Finally sprinkle the coriander leaves and put of the fire.
Cauliflower curry is ready.Serve it with rice or roti.
After adding the ground paste fry it in a medium to low flame for 2-3 minutes otherwise the raw smell of ginger and garlic will be there.
Instead of red chilly powder 2-3 dried red chillies can be added while grinding.
Green peas can be used instead of channa dhal,if it is fresh peas then cook it microwave for 3-4 minutes and add.
Cauliflower curry looks superb. Nice presentation.
Very different curry, adding ground chana dal is a nice idea..
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MILPITAS, Calif., March 30, 2006 -- LSI Logic Corporation (NYSE: LSI) today appointed Badar Baqai as Vice President Engineering of the IP Products and Solutions organization within Custom Solutions Group Marketing. As part of the company's initiative to become a market-focused provider, Baqai will lead the IP Products and Solutions organization to internally develop differentiating silicon, robust intellectual property (IP) and establish a network of third-party IP providers to develop the industry's most comprehensive IP portfolio. Baqai reports to Jeff Richardson, executive vice president, Custom Solutions Group.
Previously, Baqai was CEO of Cautella, a Silicon Valley-based start-up company that addresses the emerging need of mobile enterprise workforce to access corporate applications securely. He has more than 25 years of experience in designing and managing in both semiconductor and system development. Baqai has also held executive positions at Silicon Image, Fujitsu Microelectronics and Sun Microsystems.
"Badar's extensive design and management experience in both the consumer and storage markets will help us focus our business on these growth markets, enabling us to leverage our silicon-to-systems expertise," said Richardson. "His diverse understanding of technology and market needs will also help us deliver silicon building blocks from cell libraries to complex processor cores within these markets."
Baqai will be responsible for integrating IP into a comprehensive set of applications to enable LSI to engage with customers at the system level.
"As a market leader in both the consumer and storage markets, I believe LSI will bring more value to customers by strengthening investments in these two growing markets," said Baqai. "I look forward to helping LSI make this strategic change. LSI has demonstrated that we can provide differentiated market solutions that incorporate IP in silicon, systems and software to bring innovative market solutions to our customers."
Baqai holds a master's of science in Electrical Engineering Technology from the University of California Los Angeles and an executive master's in business administration from Stanford University.
LSI Logic Corporation is a leading provider of silicon-to-system solutions that are used at the core of products that create, store and consume digital information. LSI offers a broad portfolio of capabilities including custom and standard product ICs, host bus and RAID adapters, storage area network solutions and software applications. LSI products enable leading technology companies in the Storage and Consumer markets to deliver some of the most advanced and well-known electronic systems in the market today. More information is available at www.lsi.com.
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Alan Pardew's side have been one of the busiest in the transfer market this summer, adding seven players to his squad, but the spending spree may not be over for Newcastle. Following a 3-1 win over Schalke, Pardew told Chronicle Live that his side are still active in the transfer market. "We've always maintained that we will watch the window until the last hours". True to his word, Newcastle look set to sign Nottingham Forest pair Jamaal Lascelles and Karl Darlow. So who could be next through the door for Newcastle? Will they bring in a marquee striker to lead the line?
Last season, Newcastle relied heavily on Loic Remy and his goals. During a loan spell from QPR, Remy scored 14 goals in 26 games for the Magpies. However, it seemed as though Remy's future lied elsewhere, due to his Champions League ambitions. A move to Arsenal failed to materialise, while a transfer to Liverpool collapsed when the Frenchman failed a medical. As news of a failed medical filtered through, Newcastle seemed to be back in the hunt for Remy. However, Pardew stated that a deal is unlikely as the player has had "plenty of chances to come to us". Newcastle would have to pay more than the £8m fee that Liverpool were going to pay, due to their lack of involvement in Europe. If a move did materialise, you would have to question Remy's commitment to the club that he turned down to join QPR. On the contrary, if he were to get amongst the goals again, would the fans really be too worried about his commitment to the club? My guess is no.
Another target for Newcastle is Lyon forward Alexandre Lacazette. Newcastle reportedly had an enquiry for the 23 year old striker rebuffed by Lyon, who are believed to have offered Lacazette a new deal to stay in France. Lyon have put a price tag of £16m on Lacazette, who scored 15 goals in 36 games in Ligue 1 last season. Liverpool are also reportedly interested in the striker, with the lure of Champions League football giving them an advantage over Newcastle.
A surprise target emerged for Newcastle this weekend, with reports that Sunderland striker Connor Wickham is a target for their north east rivals. Wickham is currently in the last year of his contract on Wearside and Gus Poyet has told the forward that he must either sign a new contract or leave the club. Wickham has spent a lot of his Sunderland career on loan, but returned late last season to help save the club from relegation, scoring 5 goals and winning a Player of the Month Award. Newcastle have already signed Jack Colback from their rivals this summer, therefore it doesn't rule out a move to St James' Park for Wickham. A £6m fee has been reported for the 21 year old, making him a much cheaper option for Alan Pardew.
Which of these three strikers should Newcastle look to sign? Alexandre Lacazette appears to be the least likely. A large fee would be required for a player that is untested in the Premier League, and only scored one more goal than Loic Remy last year in ten more games. Loic Remy would be the obvious candidate, having played for the club last season and being a huge success. It may still be a large transfer fee, but surely a worthwhile investment for a man who averages a goal every other game in the Premier League. The stumbling blocks would be wages and his desire to play for Newcastle. Connor Wickham is the curveball. A much cheaper option, but his current allegiance to Sunderland appears to make this deal unlikely. Then again, no one thought Jack Colback would the move from Wearside to Tyneside…
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PhD, DSc, Eng. Aleksandra Mielewczyk-Gryń, professor at GUT, has been working on thermal properties of ceramic materials for seven years. This year, as part of the EUROPIUM program - thanks to the funds from the IDUB program, she will continue her research work, among others at the Arizona State University in the United States. Another trip waiting for her is the one to the university in Kyushu, Japan.
At the University of Arizona, prof. Aleksandra Mielewczyk-Gryń will conduct research at the Navrotsky Eyring Center for Materials, under the supervision of prof. Alexandra Navrotsky, one of the world's most eminent specialists in the field of ceramics.
– I have already had the opportunity to work with professor Navrotsky on another project, at the University of California in Davis – explains the researcher – My trip to Arizona will be a continuation of my work on ceramics at the Ceramics Group. The innovation here, however, is the type of these materials. These are high-centropic oxides, materials with very interesting properties, discovered only a few years ago. Research work under the supervision of prof. Navrotsky is concerned with the thermodynamics of the formation of these oxides. As a result, data will be obtained that will allow to better understand the properties of this very interesting group of materials.
These are not all the plans for this year. After arriving from Arizona, prof. Mielewczyk-Gryń will continue research on ceramic materials at Kyushu University in Japan. She has just received a scholarship as part of the Bekker Program of the National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAAE). Scholarships under this Program cover the costs of stays in renowned research centers abroad. Prof. Gryń is among 126 scholarship holders who will conduct research, among others in the field of natural, social, engineering and technical sciences, as well as medical sciences and humanities. Almost five hundred scientists from all over Poland applied for the scholarship.
–In Japan, I will work at the International Institute of Carbon-Neutral Energy Research. Together with other scientists under the supervision of prof. Aleksandar Staykov, we will try to find materials with the best electrical properties, which are stable and can be used to produce ready-made fuel cells containing hydrogen. Many industries around the world are interested in such research because it is the near future for alternative energy sources. There are hydrogen-powered cars in California already, and a network of hydrogen stations is being built in Germany.
Until now, prof. Aleksandra Mielewczyk-Gryń cooperated with research centers in the United States, Brazil, Spain, Norway, Great Britain, Israel, India, France and Romania.
–I really like working in various research teams and at various universities. The last year was not good for travelling. I hope that the coronavirus will not thwart my plans for this year - adds the scientist.
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Defending IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon has claimed a sensational victory at Mid-Ohio from the back of the grid. It was the New Zealander's fifth win here – undoubtedly his best – with the result coming off the back of canny pit strategy by his Chip Ganassi Racing team.
Polesitter Sébastien Bourdais finished second, while James Hinchcliffe held on to finish third.
Dixon started at the rear of the field after spinning in Saturday's damp qualifying session and having his two best lap times removed under the series' tough rules, leaving with a seemingly impossible task to claw his way through the field on a narrow circuit not always known for its overtaking.
His stroke of fortune came with a mid-race Safety Car interruption; team strategist Mike Hull ordered his driver to stay out while much of the field took the chance to pit for fuel and tyres. That gave him track position, and when racing resumed on Lap 42 he was able to skip away from the pack courtesy of his much lighter fuel load.
He did hit the pits later on for his final service, and had done the hard work to keep him in contention for the team's tenth victory at the circuit where they have dominated.
It still wasn't completely certain, however, and as the final lap started, Dixon's low fuel warning light triggered but he had just enough in the tank to get across the finish line, five seconds clear of Bourdais.
Hinchcliffe claimed his first podium finish of what has been a (thus far) horrible 2014 campaign in the Andretti Autosports entry; he finished two seconds ahead of rookie teammate Carlos Muñoz.
Fellow Andretti stablemates Marco Andretti and Tony Kanaan didn't enjoy the same fortune, as both were punted out just seconds into the race as the pack jostled for position on the opening lap.
Kanaan was up to third and challenging front-row starter Josef Newgarden for second into Turn 2, but was forced onto the karbing as Newgarden turned for the corner apex. That destabilised the back end of Kanaan's car, and he looped into a spin exiting the corner which triggered mayhem behind. While many runners took to the grass in avoidance, Andretti in the mid-pack was completely unsighted, hit the Brazilian's car and in turn was hit from behind by the luckless Takuma Sato.
The accident was to Hinchliffe's benefit. The Canadian brilliantly read the unfolding drama in front of him and picked his way through the mess, gaining eleven positions.
Also suffering drama was championship leader Hélio Castroneves, who finished four laps adrift in last place with an incurable engine mapping issue. That played to the benefit of his chief title rival and teammate Will Power, who finished sixth and regained top spot in the Drivers' Championship standings – a 13-point deficit was now a 4-point buffer.
The field regroups in two weeks' time for the penultimate oval race of the season at the historic Milwaukee Mile.


Masca is a mountain village placed in a volcanic crater in the north-west of Tenerife with round about 100 inhabitants.
The most important place of this beautiful village is the small plaza at the church. The whole hamlet is devided into parts and distributed to several mountain sides.
Masca is well-known for its tasty onions, potatoes and garlic but also the yame-fruit, plam juice, citrus fruits and goat chees are delicacies.


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The Deva provides lots of support for heavy loads and has an updated and excellent feature set.
Similar to the previous version of this pack, the new Gregory Deva's strong suit is its ability to carry substantial loads. Everything about this pack is burly. It has large zippers, a hefty waist belt, and large, durable buckles. The wide shoulder straps and overall size make it more suitable for an athletic build than a petite frame. The hinging hip belt moves as you move, keeping the shoulder straps and upper body steady as you hike. This backpack also features a removable lid design that works as a daypack. The Osprey Ariel and Arc'teryx Bora offer this feature as well. It's a convenient option when planning side trips or day hikes from camp while on a multi-day trip in the backcountry. Though Gregory worked to slim down the most recent iteration of this pack to make its size and weight more manageable, it still feels a bit bulky and heavy.
While the fuschia color we tested is no longer offered by the manufacturer, this pack is still available in a few other shades, like the turquoise pictured above.
We definitely enjoyed the new and improved Deva, though the pack still has room for improvement.
Overall, the Deva is an incredibly comfortable backpack. With a women's specific pre-curved harness and hip belt, the backpack carries exceptionally well. Even though the shoulder straps are wide, ladies with narrower shoulders didn't seem to have a problem with them.
The back and shoulder straps are well padded, more so than many of the other backpacks in the review. The Osprey Ariel 65 has a similar amount of padding on the shoulder straps, whereas The North Face Terra 55 has minimal shoulder padding.
This padding and the pack's bomber suspension remain comfortable under heavy pack loads. We found this pack much more comfortable than the Gregory Jade with a similar sized load. The waist belt is stiff and well padded with multi-density EVA foam and PreCurve technology. These extra features add bulk, but definitely add comfort and protection to areas that are prone to chaffing.
The Deva is more supportive for heavy loads than its sibling, the Gregory Jade 63.
Unfortunately, all that comfortable padding adds lots of extra weight, which is the downside to the Deva's excessive comfort. We weighed it at 5.44 pounds. On the plus side, the newer model is lighter than the previous version we tested, making it comparable to the Osprey Aura 65.
The Deva's heft is noticeable. The benefit is that it handles a heavy load with superb stability. The downside is that its weight makes it suitable for only a narrow range of adventures. This backpack feels too heavy to carry with a lighter load, and we wouldn't recommend it for long distance trips or lightweight gear. Due to the weight, we found the Deva to be highly comfortable on short to moderate distance backpacking trips.
The Deva's new A3 suspension system improves its weight distribution and carrying comfort. Both the shoulder straps and hip belt panels pivot independently, allowing the backpack to remain stable even when you're moving over uneven terrain.
The Deva has a much more substantial suspension system than the Gregory Jade. We do not think the Deva's suspension is ideal for lighter backpacking. We found the Deuter AirContact Lite to provide a similar amount of support, but with less bulk than the A3 suspension on the Deva.
The Deva's suspension is similar to the Arc'teryx Bora 61's system. We think the Bora has the best suspension that utilizes a stabilizing waist belt. It operates true to its design and keeps weight distributed while avoiding sway in the shoulders or hips. The Deva's version of this system doesn't pivot quite as easily as the Bora's and feels much bulkier on the body. The hip belt is stiff and cumbersome, lacking the flexibility, and thus the effectiveness, of the Bora hip belt.
We did not like the duel pockets in this pack's lid. They do not connect and made storing anything bulky in the lid nearly impossible.
We found the Deva fairly streamlined and easy to adjust. The side compression, shoulder, and bottom straps adjustments are all in logical places. This makes the pack easy to adjust on the fly. This newest version of the Deva has fewer straps overall, which improves the pack's ease of use. The Jade pack is even simpler though, which we appreciate. You can access all of the compartments easily while hiking, including the side pockets, which hold water bottles.
Due to its more substantial weight, the Deva is not suited for a diverse range of backpacking trips. It doesn't carry light loads comfortably.
Again, the Gregory packs have a useful U-Shaped zipper to access the interior with ease.
We are happy to see that the newest version of the Deva has simpler features than its predecessor. The two large outer pockets featured on the previous model are replaced by one streamlined mesh pocket. Though this pocket is smaller, it is stretchy and less bulky, which we like. This pocket is similar to the one found on the Gregory Jade and the Osprey Aura AG.
The Deva has only one side water bottle pocket that fits a small bottle. The slimmed down outer storage makes this pack lighter and simpler overall, which we are grateful for. One minor complaint is the size of the waist belt pockets, which seemed exceptionally bulky.
This mesh back pocket lacks stretch that most other packs have, that said, it does seem more durable than most.
The spacious size and variety of organizational options make this backpack ideal for heavy loads. We like it for short to mid-distance travel. Though it would work for longer distances if you're willing to carry more weight. For women who prefer to bring more, not less, the Gregory Deva is a great option. The suspension is substantial, and the pack can carry lots of weight while still providing comfort, making this a workhorse of a pack.
This waterproof pocket is a neat idea, but we found it to be bulky and not super useful.
The Deva is comparable in price to our award-winning packs. At $300, the Deva is a good value for the woman who wants a lot of space and appreciates comfort and capacity. It offers space and exceptional stability when fully packed.
Considering the Gregory Deva's weight and sturdy suspension design, it's ideal for shorter distance trips with mid-to heavy-weight loads. With plenty of space to pack everything you could desire on a backpacking trip, the Deva is one of the most luxurious models in our review. If luxury is what you seek, and you can endure the weight for shorter distance backpacking, then this contender is beyond compare in design features and spaciousness.
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"United Airlines" operates 141 aircraft Boeing 737-800. Boeing 737 is the most popular in the world narrow-bodied jetliner.
Boeing 737 is the most production jetliner ever in passenger aircraft construction. Boeing 737 is the common name of more than 10 types of airplanes.
Passenger aircraft Boeing 737-800 is representative of Next Generation of the family of airplanes Boeing 737. This aircraft was constructed to replace 737-400 model and differs from it in new wing, empennage, digital cockpit and more modern engines.
Boeing 737-800 is used by airline companies from April 1998 and continues to be mass produced. And Boeing 737-800 is the most popular model among all Next Generation aircrafts.
On the base of this airplane were also constructed and are produced: business variant Boeing Business Jet 2 and military modification Boeing 737-800ERX.


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I have been working with the American Red Cross for the past seven years doing leadership development. I feel so lucky to even be a small part of such an incredible organization. When I coach people here, I often begin with asking the staff what they are doing successfully in their lives to keep them going in such a hard work environment. One thing I have learned here is the tremendous amount of resiliency present, particularly from the disaster relief people.
Here are some of the beautiful lessons I have learned from the disaster relief people.
1. Focus on the greater purpose of what you are there to achieve. For them it's obvious, but for everyone else it might be harder to see. In our daily lives we are all part of a greater purpose. Look at the context of your specific situation–even if you sell janitorial supplies, you are part of people keeping a clean environment.
2. Keep a compassionate perspective. Many people who come to the Red Cross for assistance are seeking medical, financial, or mental help or trauma counseling from trained therapists. Most people coming to them for help are not in the best mental state. The disaster relief team frequently encounters people who are stressed, looking for a loved one, or are yelling or complaining because the meal is not what they wanted. This work environment can easily make the team feel unappreciated. The teams realize that the people they are helping are going through a hard time, so they focus to give them extra compassion.
It is important to remember that everyone you are dealing with has some conflict in their life–fear of losing a job, a sick child, divorce, etc. Understand that when you're dealing with someone who has a bad attitude and bad behavior it's probably not about you.
3. Nourish your personal life. Even though your job can be extremely stressful and time consuming at times, make sure to nourish good experiences such as going to yoga, hiking, or spending time with your family. Include enough time in your schedule to get adequate amounts of sleep. Make sure you find some way of nourishing yourself both physically and emotionally, so you are recharged and able to give.
4. Support each other at work. Supporting your co-workers sets up a network of trust and reliability among the team. You are all dealing with some of the same things and your co-workers can be your biggest allies in stressful times.
5. Finally, eat well, drink plenty of water, and relax when you get a chance.
Back in the late '80s I began to dabble in meditation and other mindfulness practices. (I also had phenomenal hair and some wicked dance moves, but that is a story for another blog post.) Over the years, I continued to develop and use these techniques to become more self-aware. Mindfulness, in its many forms, also helped me save my own life. I suffered from severe PTSD due to childhood trauma, and the techniques helped me become more aware that what I felt was not me; it was passing. It gave me an awareness that was transformational.
I was also able to use mindfulness to shift from an autocratic leader to a high-engagement, more positive leader. I even used these methods to change my relationships. At one time I was fairly insensitive, a terrible listener, and not that good at praising or celebrating the women I dated. Practicing mindfulness helped me to savor the beautiful things about them. I was able to have deeper, more meaningful relationships by being present and listening deeply.
There are many different kinds of mindfulness techniques. Last month we talked about creating a MeTube playlist, which is the mindfulness method of choosing what to focus on and using that focus to guide you.
I want to guide you through creating a helpful mental video to add to your MeTube playlist. It's a calming video designed to help out when you're about to walk into a high-stress situation where you want to be your best.
I've been using this particular "MeTube video" for decades. It has helped me gain more positivity, think clearly in stressful situations, and to support others during difficult circumstances.
Start by sitting upright with your feet shoulder-width apart. Sit as straight as you can while still being comfortable. Place your hands on your lap and close your eyes.
Begin to play in your mind a memory of the most relaxing situation you've experienced in your life. It can be a time playing with a puppy, witnessing a beautiful sunset, or spending a moment with your significant other. It can be anything, and you never have to tell anybody about this place.
Start to slow and deepen your breathing. Now begin to immerse yourself and focus on the most relaxing parts of this memory. Observe your senses during the memory: what you hear, what you feel, what you smell, what you see. Do this for 2-3 minutes.
Now notice how you feel differently than you did before you started. Most people will feel more relaxed. You've literally changed your biochemistry.
In the next few days, reflect back on and cultivate this feeling multiple times. It's far easier to do this exercise before a stressful situation to prime yourself into a peaceful state of mind. Then during the situation, continue the deep breathing and recalling your senses to help you feel as relaxed as possible.
The good news is that after doing this mindfulness exercise just one time you will notice a small difference. The great news is the more you do it, the better you will get at it. If you practice this daily it will become a habit and a neuro-network that you can come back to and use quickly.
If you're interested in more mindfulness techniques, for yourself or your team, I teach mindfulness workshops, both virtually or in person. Feel free to reach out to me if you have questions.
And if you use this technique, let me know how it goes. I'd love to hear about it.
We've all spent time on YouTube—maybe watching adorable puppy or kitten videos, funny blooper videos, or other mindless entertainment. The fact is that most of us turn to YouTube for the mood-altering benefits it offers.
These kinds of videos are escapism, and they can be an understandable go-to when situations at work get stressful or you experience failures—even to avoid a project that seems intimidating. Simply put, zoning out to pleasant videos is one way to soothe a bad mood into a happier one. I'll share how to alter your mood even more powerfully, and wherever you need it.
Stress and emotions from tough days can be a significant influencer, especially for a leader. Leadership starts from within, so your mental and emotional state, attitude, unconscious biases, and your beliefs about yourself and others influence your leadership tremendously.
It's also important to remember that people can pick up on your actual feelings and attitudes, regardless of the pep talk you try to give. Before you know it, your bad day has spread to the rest of your team.
Our brains have what is called "negativity bias", which causes us to pay more attention to threats than to opportunities and to feel the negative far more strongly than the positive. When you're deep in the negativity bias, you may even see negatives where they don't exist. While the negativity bias is very helpful from a survival standpoint, it really gets in our way at work and home.
This is why it's extremely important to understand how to influence your own internal landscape (or prime yourself) to be as effective as possible. This allows you to energize your employees and others you need to influence. There are a variety of ways to prime yourself, all of which help you reach your best emotional state as a leader. From that state, you can also positively prime those you need to lead.
Create a "MeTube" playlist in your mind. This is a playlist full of videos of your past successes and of great life moments, even mental videos of someone else's success that inspire you.
The easiest way to do this is to reflect back on your past achievements. Think of a time where you not only achieved your goals, but also had a team that was enthusiastic and engaged. Think about the mindset that you had at the time, the attitude you had towards the people you worked with, and the behaviors you exhibited towards them. Notice what parts of that memory are the most gratifying to think about; the most uplifting, and maybe even the most exciting. Take those best moments and coalesce them into a short MeTube video that you can play at any time.
Notice how you feel after playing back that MeTube video. Most people say that they feel more energized and more confident. Replaying the MeTube video also primes you to bring up the strengths that you used in the past, and to be more confident to take on new tasks.
Research in neuroscience and Positive Psychology have shown that using this kind of priming can help you both enjoy your days and be more effective. Studies also show that if done regularly, positive priming can even improve your health!
Take some time to start your MeTube playlist today. You'll be amazed at the difference it makes.
After you do, I invite you to share your experience with me. I love to hear stories of people using those tools. Speaking of tools, I have quite a few more positive priming tools under my belt. If you want more ideas, simply email me at bob@matchboxgroup.com and I'd be happy to share. It's one of my favorite topics to speak about!
The facts. A recent Gallup poll showed that companies with high employee engagement outperform other companies by 22% in profitability and 21% in productivity. Not only that, but they also see significantly lower turnover (65%), absenteeism (37%), and quality defects (41%) than competing companies.
Why is this? Because engaged employees are Energized employees!
Let me start out by saying that Energizing Culture is my absolute favorite topic. The change that results from Energizing initiatives is tangible (exemplified by the stats above), and witnessing the shift that comes with employee engagement is the reason that I am a Chief Energizing Officer.
Ironically, part of what helps energize a culture is helping people understand the natural negative biases we all have, so that we can counteract them to create an engaged culture.
Even though we are all one company, there is a natural bias that occurs in most organizations, pitting one department or group against another. Marketing versus production, sales against shipping, the list goes on. Whether competing for resources, time, or money, this type of rivalry isn't healthy for creating a collaborative culture.
Who wins when your employees compete against each other? Your competition!
So often we see employees who fear change, when in reality it is the fear of uncertainty. Especially if the change is not communicated adequately, employees may wonder, "Why are we making this change? What negative actions will the change bring? How will it change what I currently enjoy about my job?" If we help employees understand these different dynamics, they will be more engaged and can use their knowledge to instead build bridges between teams.
Celebrate the heroes. Institute employee recognition, not only by managers, but among colleagues as well. Try printing your company's core values (or valued team behaviors) on index cards, and handing them out to the team. Then when they see a colleague excelling at one of those values, encourage them to circle the value on the card, write a bit about what they saw, and give it to the employee.
Then at your weekly staff meeting or some other public forum, take a moment to recognize employees who exemplify company values and briefly share these short stories with the team. Afterward, keep these examples visible by creating a Hero Wall where these cards can be posted and seen throughout the year.
This will cultivate your team's ability to focus on what doeswork. And having recognition from all directions is more effective than the traditional parental model of the leaders motivating the team by themselves. Use peer pressure positively. Give your team the tools and encouragement to help energize one another!
Get team input. If you want people to be energized, get them involved with decision-making. I'm not talking about creating pure consensus around every idea. That just bogs down progress. Instead come up with a clear system that helps people feel like their voices are being heard, but still gives management the authority to make clear and quick decisions. Make sure to follow-up and tell them what ideas are being used, and why they were chosen over other ideas. It helps to start with concepts that are easy to implement, so that people can quickly see you're serious about their input… before their negativity bias tells them you don't care about their ideas.
Get rid of rotten apples. Even if a person is the world's best at performing the duties of a job, they can still be toxic to the culture. If you have employees who are gossiping, putting others down, and constantly on a negative bent about the company, address that behavior with them and give them an improvement plan and timeline. If they don't improve, help them realize why they don't fit, and let them go. Ultimately, this type of pruning will help the rest of team feel better and engage more. Comparing an employee's value to the cost of their bringing others down helps you see that you are likely losing value over all.
Look for what's right. As a leader, make it a goal to tell at least one person per week what they are doing right. It is easy for leaders to identify what is wrong and what needs to be fixed in an organization, and while this is a necessary part of leadership, it can keep you in a negative mindset. You would be surprised at the transformation that you will have personally as a leader by just looking for what is going right. This action helps leaders become more balanced and more realistic about the team—seeing both the positives and negatives.
Want to Energize your culture? Contact Bob (bob@matchboxgroup.com) to do a culture evaluation. You'll receive ideas to talk about your culture and jumpstart moving things in the right direction.
In every area of life positive priming is very helpful. It is particularly powerful in sports.
"My daughter Emily is a competitive figure skater. She's very talented technically. Yet the area she struggles with is "musicality"–emotionally expressing the music and her passion during her performances. She was getting really down from getting this feedback from coaches and others. They'd tell her, "Express! Show emotion!". But like most people, this is not an easy thing for her to do on command. She was even beginning to lose some of her enthusiasm for the sport!
I thought about the positive priming I learned from you and suggested to Emily that she create an imaginary story that goes along with the moves and the music to her next performance. She was inspired! She created a story in which exciting things happened during exciting music, and sad things happened during sad music, etc. She even created an imaginary cat friend (coincidentally) named Bob to make it more emotionally engaging. When skating, now she'd play her story ("inner movie") in her head as she skated and she then expressed the right emotions and energy authentically and in great timing.
Well, dear reader, where can you use positive priming to ignite your passion and performance?
Think of a company culture you've experienced that inspired you to work at your best. What was that culture like? Come up with at least five words to describe it.
When I do this exercise during workshops and trainings, most people say similar things: high standards, ample resources, employee appreciation, input is valued, and so on. These are the basic tenants that motivate people over the long haul.
For people to work hard and do their best you can't just push them to work hard. You have to create an environment where working hard is fulfilling—a culture where they have some autonomy to make decisions and a chance to feel masterful at a task they enjoy.
You may have heard the phrase, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast." It's true that if you don't have a healthy culture, then the best-laid strategy will likely fail. But to turn the odds in your favor, make sure your culture supports your strategy.
Strategy and culture are often seen as independent factors but they are completely dependent upon each other. Ignore one at the peril of the other. In reality, 1% of strategy is planning, and 99% is daily decisions and actions. Culture effects these daily decisions and actions far more than the plan itself. The most successful companies have a mix of good strategy and supportive culture.
Begin with your Best DNA. Your Best DNA is what your company excels at, your people have passion for, and your customers value about your. Building on your company's Best DNA is a powerful way to guide culture and strategy goals. Goals should be aligned with your strengths and the best value you add to customers. Your brand is your DNA seen from the outside, and should resonate throughout the company and the market.
Involve your team. Together discover where you're supporting your Best DNA well. Then evaluate where your current culture needs a change to support the strategy better. Collectively work together to figure out how to build a bridge from your current strengths to where you want to be. Use this process to engage your team in the culture and strategy planning. Most people contribute powerfully when they are invited to do so and are given enough information. Support your team in taking healthy risks to adapt and implement strategy quickly and easily. Good decision-making and high employee engagement create a vital cycle of great business results.
Develop culture and strategy simultaneously. Create strategy that builds on the core of your culture, energizing vision, and the strengths of your organization. As you progress, redesign systems to enable you to fulfill your vision. Developing your people and enhancing momentum propel both strategy and culture.
Want to learn more about Culture and Strategy?
Watch this short video: on "Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast".
Book a Culture Workshop, presentation or keynote with Bob.
I once worked with a bank president who wanted to make the organization bigger, add technology, and increase services. But his employees were resisting the change; they weren't making any extra effort and weren't following through on the change tasks he was asking them to do.
So I asked him, "What's in it for the employees?" And he looked at me with complete surprise.
Here is the key to guiding change that actually sticks: People must be invested in the change.
Guiding change is different than forcing change. When you guide change, there is transparency during the process so the people who are involved will have a sense of what's happening. This allows people to be involved in a meaningful way.
Many times clients will bring me in to help their employees feel like they are part of a change initiative. I say, "Do you want them to just feel it or actually be part of it?" This is the key! You can't just tell people to make the change; you have to get them productively involved in making the change.
Look for the passion in resistance. Many people who fear change are simply afraid of losing what they value about the organization. If you are able to guide change so that the Best DNA of the organization is protected, people will be much more likely to accept the change.
The bank employees felt like the Best DNA of their organization was that they were a great community bank. They would be willing to participate in the change if they felt like the changes improved that.
We took the approach of finding out what people loved and building on that, versus rooting out the resistance and attacking it. If you attack resistance, guess what, people become more resistant!
I worked with the organization to identify its core values and vision, which were centered around community engagement. We then got all 200 employees into one room, seated at round tables, to brainstorm meaningful ways to continue and build engagement as they grew. It was a combination brainstorm, celebration of the good stuff about them, and a fun party. This generated the energy we needed to really take off.
Purposefully, we set up each table with a mix of employees: a security guard, a teller, management, a VP, etc. We did skills exercises to identify what would be needed as the bank grew, and shared best practices from branch to branch. The diversity at the tables helped people understand other departments and see what was valuable to everyone.
We started by identifying what they were already doing well. Soon everyone was sharing stories of how their coworkers were already living the core values. We created a Hero Wall, where people wrote these stories on large index cards, and throughout the event people stopped by the wall to read the examples. This process builds confidence in the ability to change, and a sense of momentum (being able to see how much they're already doing well). Then they came up with hundreds of creative ideas on how to keep getting even better. They helped us prioritize the top ideas, and gave ideas on how to accomplish it.
This whole process was kick-started, and within six years they had grown from having $1 billion in assets to $17 billion, while actually making their culture stronger.
If you are working through change or have change on the horizon, I'd love to talk to you about it. Feel free to send me an email, no obligation!
Or check out more on our Guiding Change programs.
And six ways to fix those mistakes!
Communication can be tough. It's often hard to communicate important or difficult messages in a way that achieves the desired result.
Leaders often inadvertently use communication that scares people off, turns them off, or pisses them off.
Are you making any of these common communication mistakes?
Overusing fear as a motivator—A small amount of fear is actually a helpful edge to have, such as the natural fear of the consequences of not meeting a goal or deadline. But leaders sometimes make the mistake of using too much fear, which causes people to freeze up, and can even cause apathy or despair.
Focusing overly on failures—When a leader talks about current or past failures, this almost invariably starts the blame game. When everybody is pointing fingers, communication is stifled because people fear the finger will be pointed at them.
Talking only about what matters to you—When leaders talk only about their concerns, for example market share or stock prices, and not about the things that matter to their people, they see that you don't care about them.
Using too much corporate jargon—When you use too much corporate speak, you alienate your listeners because it doesn't have as much meaning to them. This type of communication often seems inauthentic.
Doing it all digitally—Digital communication is a necessity in the modern workplace, but doing all of your communication this way eliminates personal connection, which makes your message less relevant and easier to ignore.
Compelling communication is important and ultimately effective! When leaders focus on moving the hearts and the minds of their teams, they will see amazing results. One of the hardest parts of compelling communication is finding authentic reasons that your audience should care. It takes some thought!
Focus on a common goal—Find something that both you and the audience care about. This part takes some real work. In fact, it may take conversations with people in advance to help you frame the common goal so that it appeals to everyone involved.
Build on successes—This communication strategy builds confidence with people by reminding them of past successes that can help them accomplish the task ahead. It also reminds people of the practices, attitudes and ideas that you want to see them use again.
Define what's in it for them—You need to find out how what you're trying to convey will be useful to the people you're talking to. It's okay to draw parallels to some of your own goals, but only mention them after you've laid the groundwork for why your audience should care.
Use their language—You will be much more successful as a communicator if you relate to your audience on their terms and in their words. Audiences respond to messages that feel tailored to them and that meet them where they are at.
Be there in person—By far the most effective way to communicate important messages is in person. This isn't always possible; in these cases, a medium such as video is a great option so that your audience can see your facial expressions and read your body language.
One of the most important aspects of compelling communication is that it takes you from the Golden Rule to the Platinum Rule: Focusing on what your audience needs instead of centering on what you want. And isn't that where we all want to be anyway?
We train people in Compelling Communication!
Did you know that your brain is like any other system of muscles in your body? You can train it to function optimally. You can actually mold the way your brain works through habits and the things you do every day.
Because your brain has a natural negativity bias, giving bad emotions more weight than good ones, it's easy to get into a negative state. This is why we have to be able to positively prime ourselves on purpose to focus on solutions to the problem instead of just the problem itself.
A solution-focused mindset is a critical part of a purpose-driven life.
Today I'm going to give you a tool to train your brain to be more solution-focused. If you do this activity once, you will feel better in that moment. If you do it every day for a week, you have a skillset that you can easily apply to your life. If you do it every day for a month, it becomes habit. Then you can start using that habit in all areas of your life.
If you do this long enough, it changes your personality. You will be the same person, just with some of your rough edges polished. You will also be more able to create positive solutions versus getting caught up in complaining about the things that are bad.
When you are solutions-focused, you tend to be more optimistic, to bounce back from calamities more easily, and even to get knocked down less often. It literally makes you physically healthier as well, and less likely to get stress-related disorders and some cancers, according to research.
I used to be very negative and very sarcastic. (Insert "gasp" here!) This is a true story! I started to develop solution-focused habits about three decades ago, and now most people tell me that I'm very positive person. (Don't worry, it doesn't take that long to master!) Every day doing this makes life better!
I'm sure you can think of times in your life when people tried to change you and you didn't want to be changed. Or if you've ever tried to change another person, how often did it result in them saying, "Yes, I would love for you to point out the ways I'm defective!" Criticism like this undermines our sense of autonomy. A solution-focused approach helps incorporate someone's sense of autonomy instead of violating it.
When a problem comes up, we generally ask who did it, what they did wrong, and look for the negatives. This type of approach doesn't work well with people. They get defensive and start playing the blame game. Very rarely do we get people to say, "Yes, I blew that $2 million deal. I'm so glad you pointed that out, here in front of everyone." Instead they blame other departments and other people for their part in the problem.
To Reframe, focus not on the problem but instead on the future opportunities. Essentially shift from problem-solving to solution-generating mode. You may be asking yourself right now, "How in the world do you do that, Bob?" That's a great question!
What is the common goal that we all want? Instead of focusing on the problem, focus on the outcome that everyone is looking for. This helps to unite the team for the future.
What is already working toward that goal? It might be counterintuitive, but it's very powerful. Instead of focusing on what is wrong, instead start with what is right. Have the group help you brainstorm what is working: maybe relationships, skillsets, financial resources, whatever you have already in place. This improves the overall outlook and helps people feel safe, heard and confident. It builds a sense of momentum, and allows you to build on best practices instead of starting from scratch.
What else can we do to build on what is working? This helps create a plan to get to the common goal, starting from a place of momentum instead of starting from defeat. People are far more creative when they are brainstorming using best practices, versus brainstorming about the gaps (which often starts the blame game again).
You can practice this brainstorm with your team, or with others you trust. If the problem is yours alone to tackle, enlisting others to help can help you see things you don't see, and even encourages their investment in the success of the project.
Side note: Another great use for this activity is to help coach someone who is struggling, whether it's a colleague you are mentoring, a family member, or even a child.
This is transformational for kids! If you want to help your kids to be resilient, strong and creative, this is a great tool to use with them. It trains their brains to look for the things that work. As parents we often want to solve problems for our children, but this process helps them solve problems on their own. And by having these conversations with them, you will be able to more deeply understand what is happening in their lives, and how you can help them in the future.
And if you want to learn more, here are some more positive focus resources.


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Songs From Black Mountain
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Live is continuing to grow into their ambitions, as "Love Shines (A Song for My Daughters About God)" indicates, but they remain invigorated on their seventh studio recording. They deserve some credit for that as they've b... more »een at this rock thing for awhile now, forming in 1988 and releasing debut Mental Jewelry in 1991. Although there's nothing as epic here as 1994's fist-pumping anthem "I Alone," Songs from the Black Mountain still reaches for the skies--or at least the back row of the arena. Frequently taken to task for their idealism and "preachiness," the Pennsylvania quartet isn't likely to convert any non-believers this time around. Then again, the very qualities that some find precious and silly, like brow-crinkling seriousness, strike others as passionate and spiritual. Live aren't taking any risks on this outing, unless the pro-soldier "Home" is considered a risk, but nor are they phoning it in. Well, not exactly. As always, Ed Kowalczyk sings it like he means it, but his songwriting relies too heavily on clichés and the occasional space-filling "Ooo baby" ("the River") and "Oh, yeah" ("Where Do We Go from Here?"). Rather, Live has produced a solid, respectable effort, which neither advances nor jeopardizes their cause. Can you say "holding pattern"? --Kathleen C. Fennessy « less
All Artists: Live
Title: Songs From Black Mountain
Label: Epic / Red Ink
Re-Release Date: 6/6/2006
Styles: American Alternative, Adult Alternative
Live is continuing to grow into their ambitions, as "Love Shines (A Song for My Daughters About God)" indicates, but they remain invigorated on their seventh studio recording. They deserve some credit for that as they've been at this rock thing for awhile now, forming in 1988 and releasing debut Mental Jewelry in 1991. Although there's nothing as epic here as 1994's fist-pumping anthem "I Alone," Songs from the Black Mountain still reaches for the skies--or at least the back row of the arena. Frequently taken to task for their idealism and "preachiness," the Pennsylvania quartet isn't likely to convert any non-believers this time around. Then again, the very qualities that some find precious and silly, like brow-crinkling seriousness, strike others as passionate and spiritual. Live aren't taking any risks on this outing, unless the pro-soldier "Home" is considered a risk, but nor are they phoning it in. Well, not exactly. As always, Ed Kowalczyk sings it like he means it, but his songwriting relies too heavily on clichés and the occasional space-filling "Ooo baby" ("the River") and "Oh, yeah" ("Where Do We Go from Here?"). Rather, Live has produced a solid, respectable effort, which neither advances nor jeopardizes their cause. Can you say "holding pattern"? --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Label: Geffen Gold Line Sp.
Ou812
Kettle Whistle
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock, Metal
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Genres: Alternative Rock, Special Interest, Pop, Rock
Label: Fontana Geffen
Label: Wind-Up
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Label: Mca
Familiar sound produces a love it or hate it disc for Live's
A. G. Corwin | 06/06/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Live are back with their new studio album, their seventh, entitled Songs From Black Mountain. Delivering another familiar slice of Live's version of modern rock, Black Mountain sticks directly to the formula that has worked for them on past albums like Throwing Copper, Secret Samadhi, and V. Patrick Dahlheimer's rollicking bass work and Chad Gracey's thumping drums combine tightly with Chad Taylor's strong guitar work to create a nice sonic palette that is both familiar and pleasing, but may be boring to some. Singer Ed Kowlczyk offers up more of his usual soaring choruses and spiritual lyrics, and the result is a familar sounding record.
The first half of the album is its strength. It kicks off strongly with a standard Live kick-off track entitled The River, a gentle opening that bursts into an anthemic chorus backed by strong rhythm guitar. Mystery is more of the same, but with some orchestral touches joining the guitar. Get Ready is acoustic based with lyrics like "the future is now, the past is gone forever" and a growled repetitive chorus of "get ready" that showcases Kowlczyk's vocals perfectly. Show is a typical arena rock song, starting off slow but delivering a fist pumping hard rock chorus. Wings is an upbeat rocker that weaves hard rhythm guitar work with spacey sonic interludes, with a strong harmony laden chorus "it could be the Waves.." The track Sofia is like a harder version of Santana, a slinky and funky ode to a woman, "Sofia I need you like a junkie needs a vein." A very cool track and my favorite on the record.
The second half seems to trail off in quality, like a marathoner getting exhausted close to the finish line. Love Shines(A Song For My Daughters About God) is an introspective track about religion and faith that is good but not remarkable. Where Do We Go From Here is a simple, cleanly produced, classic rhythmic rock song that is the strongest track on the album. Home is a good rock song that attempts to evoke the issue of war and the desire for peace, but falls prey to cliched lyrics. All I Need basically defies description; I can't decide to love it or hate it, but after more listens I'm leaning towards dislike. You Are Not Alone is just plain bizarre, and should have been relegated to a B-side. Closing track Night of Nights is full of random time changes, with no musical coherency allowed to build, ending the album on a down note.
Produced by Incubus and Hoobastank producer Jim Wirt, Songs From Black Mountain was recorded in only three weeks, which may have helped restrain most of Live's usual tendency to over experiment but supressed some of their energy. Every song clocks in around 4 minutes, for a shade over 42 minutes total. If you disliked Live before, nothing about this album will change that viewpoint. Fans seem to have a love or hate it reaction so far, with bland being a common adjective. To me its a consistant record rather than a bland one. Borrow a friend's copy first before buying, make sure its your cup of tea before dropping a Hamilton.
A.G. Corwin
St Louis, MO"
Another stab in the chest
Jason | CaLiFoRNIA | 06/23/2006
"The most apt way to summarize this album -- and it bemoans me to say this -- is that I have absolutely no inclination to play it.
I didn't expect a great deal after 'Birds of Pray', which I thought was hands down their weakest release. For what it's worth, I do find 'Black Mountain' to be one small notch above that album, but really that doesn't mean a thing if you got in my head and magnified the word associations I have with 'Birds'. I think I repressed all the Amazon-appropriate words for that review, so I'm pretty sure a clouded rage lingers around it.
Basically this is light, relatively asinine and completely disposable pop-rock. If it does one thing right, it's the regression to a more flowing pop-natured album than the rigid, static 'Birds'. In this sense I find the album's songs constructed quite a bit like the pop-ballads of 'V', which I never minded in the first place. Sorry to say, however, even the highlights on this album can't much compare to the highlights on that album. Very few of the songs on here are unlistenable -- and a few are really quite enjoyable -- but virtually all of them are pretty lifeless. It's the kinda stuff I except to hear when I'm at a grocery store, which isn't ALL that surprising because I heard 'Birds'' "Run Away" at the local corporate grocery store more times than I'm comfortable with. I mean, this is the band that I cherished with 'Mental Jewelry' and 'Throwing Copper'... raw, biting albums of energy and thought. For shame.
Again... there are some nice songs here. When I first saw the video for the album's single, 'The River', I'm sure my face mutated into a vile, disgusting alien of awkwardness for a split second. The song and video shot through my brain like a nasty tab of LSD. GOD DAMNIT -- why can't Live just write a mother f8)#@;ng rock album again? The video was a disgrace in itself, but the tone of the music was quite literally softer and more timid than I'd heard. And not like, in a sensitive, precious light; more like a weak, lame light. Whatever. This song ultimately is an accurate sign of what the rest of the album comes to be -- breezy, well-natured songs that sound like they could have come from a benign Christian Rock group. I.E. mostly utter sh*#.
Yeah so "Sofia" is a pretty rockin' piece. Ditto with "Where Do We Go From Here". I actually like "Get Ready", which I've already read some people lambast with satanic-fueled anger. The harmony between guitar, drums, and strings near the end of "Mystery" is one of the highlights of the disc... good stuff. But you know what? They're mearly good. The best song on here isn't as good as the worst song on any of Live's releases pre-'V'. Every song on the arena-rock oriented 'The Distance to Here' rapes 'Black Mountain' in a way that I'd turn my head if I had to bear witness to it. I mean, defiles. And sure, "it's a pop album", but you know what? I am a freakin' pop freak. LOVE good pop. ADORE great pop. This isn't good pop. 'V' in my opinion wasn't good pop either, but it was admirable enough for a band trying something new. This isn't pop music worth touching.
Whew. Basically, don't get it. Still love Live for their first four albums, and yet again, don't mind the maligned fifth, 'V'. So despite two bombs, 'Birds of Pray' and now 'Black Mountain', I still really do consider myself a Live fan. I just hope that, if they even do make another album, it gets........ better."
Fred | Chicago, IL USA | 06/21/2006
"Even the most ardent fans of Live must admit that this is possibly the most lame effort the band has made in their entire career. Every artist/band has missteps in their career, and here it is in all its shining non-glory. The problem, though, is that releasing your most boring album at a time when your popularity is already pretty much in the cellar is career suicide. This is a time when a band should sound refreshed, re-energized and ready to play. Unfortunately, "Songs From Black Mountain" may be an indication that the boys just don't have it anymore. All the songs drone on with mediocrity, a lack of melodic hook and missing the raw energy that we've grown accustomed to hearing on every Live album. It sounds as though they've taken the unreleased studio throwaways from previous albums and lumped them together on this disc. This is truly a shame, as I have loved these guys since the beginning.
If you want a lesson on how to do it right, you need to turn to Pearl Jam. After a couple of mediocre, career-threatening albums, they came roaring back with a a re-invigorated and truly inspired effort. The public loves a comeback, and these guys did it right. They ended up debuting at #1 on iTunes and #2 on the Billboard charts. Their first single shot to #1 on modern rock radio. I was so excited to hear that both Pearl Jam and Live had new releases this year, only to be blown away by one and disappointed by the other.
Someone argued that Ed Kowalczyk's having a daughter may have dragged them down somewhat. Guess what? Lots of rock bands have families and still know how to write great songs. It's not Ed's daughter that is the problem here...it's Ed!"
A New Sound and Another Brilliant Album
Sam Y | 06/06/2006
"It took me a couple days for this album to grow on me, but I have to admit, so did Throwing Copper. I stuck with it, gave it more listens, and now I'm addicted to it. Every time I get in the car, I have to play it. I think it flows better than any of their previous albums, and it's a great album to listen to from start to finish without skipping any tracks. That's how this album should be listened to.
The thing I love about Live is their ability to completely change their sound from album to album. Every new album is like a 180 from their previous, so you don't know what to expect. This one is more of a pop record, with more emphasis on songwriting, melodies, and flows. That was not a disappointment to me because I enjoy pop, and I know that Live will eventually release a heavy dark album in the future.
"Songs From Black Mountain" captures the acoustic sound, turning down Chad and Pat's guitars to bring out Ed's vocals and especially Chad's incredible drumming. The drums are all over the place in this album.. and you also notice new sounds with every listen. I've listened to this album every day since I bought it, and I'm still hearing new things I had never noticed before. Highlights of this album are the great music and melody in "Where Do We Go From Here?", the dramatic acoustic sounds of "Get Ready", and the haunting vibes of "Night of Nights".
All the songs are great, and just get better with each listen. Out of all 7 Live albums, this is currently my favorite."
Songs from Phil Collins
Edgy Eel | Indiana, USA | 06/26/2006
"No imagination and no creativity makes Live a dull band these days. Boring lyrics and boring guitar work make this record unlistenable. This is actually worse than V, which is incredibly bad. I will always be grateful for the great songs("Lakini's Juice", "White, Discussion", "Waitress", "Gas Hed Goes West", "Beauty of Grey") and great albums(Throwing Copper, Secret Samadhi, MJ, Distance)but I'm convinced Live's creative juices have run out. Giving this record more than 1 star just wouldn't be accurate. It happened to the Stones after Tattoo You and to U2 after Achtung Baby, so I guess it's normal to "lose it". Nevertheless, these guys put on a great show and hopefully I'll get to see them again soon."


I knew today was going to be a strange day when I woke up with a helter-skelter on my head. I am used to a dunce's cap and a convoy of marching spiders moving slowly into the distance. I spent some time on the record player until I was giddy enough to go to work. The evening was a crane holding a fork lift truck. I walked out of the window and looked out of the door.
After a brief period swimming on my studio floor, June and I took the slime mould machine to a medieval city on a rain cloud. Rain dropped from the fish plates that shone in the artificial sun illuminating a facial map of Australia and a procession of country bumpkins on their way to the lost isle of Avalon. I came home with a picture of a girl swimming on her living room floor.
I traipsed around the engine room until the bells tolled for the morning. I went to noon town inside a cage I made myself. The demon fairy was dressed in an extremely bright pink top and I answered the phone to an octopus in blue stockings. I was pressed within the book I was writing and the flower princess knew every sentence before I uttered it - the ginger girl was dressed only in belts.
It was as wet as washed clothes all day. I sucked up the water from the moat and climbed the winding steps to the grey magical turret so that the doves could be released - they flew off in coats of many colours. After several pirouettes on a penny farthing I walked to the shining dungeons with Quasimodo on my back and pigeons flying overhead. The music had teeth and claws that dripped red.
I pulled a picture of myself off the wall and challenged it to a duel (knowing I would lose!). I eventually replaced the picture with a landscape which I walked into to pick some flowers. The flowers were put in a vase on top of a young girl's head - I pulled out my cross bow but, not reading the script, accidentally shot myself in the foot. I hopped home.
Another busy day in the hive. I talked in tongues to the circus animals and sold wooden figures on a sawdust floor. I flew home to my conceptual bird cage and while sitting on a perch talking to the birds of fire I invented a set of clothes based on dog bones. Poppy the dog has got too fat so we both had long walks on the plank protruding from a pirate ship.
I was out in the morning; fired by a bow into a haystack. I got out clutching a handful of needles and sped home by centipede bus. I spent the middle of the day in a whirlpool; getting giddy and pulling an unknown Shakespeare play out of a hat. I wore the hat home.


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Another C-17 Delivered
The Air Force's 221st C-17 transport touched down at JB Charleston, S.C., its beddown location, after a flight from Boeing's C-17 assembly plant in Long Beach, Calif. Gen Paul Selva, head of Air Mobility Command, piloted the factory-fresh C-17 from Long Beach to Charleston on April 25. With this delivery, Boeing has supplied all but two of the C-17s that the Air Force has ordered, company spokeswoman Cindy Anderson told the Daily Report on Wednesday. Boeing is expected to deliver the service's two remaining C-17s later this year, also to Charleston, according to AMC. The Air Force has ordered 224 C-17s in total, one of which the United States supplied to the multinational consortium of NATO and partner nations that operates three C-17s out of Papa AB, Hungary. That leaves 223 meant for the Air Force, said Anderson. Boeing supplied the previous C-17, the 220th in the series, in late March. The Air Force's first C-17 entered the inventory in June 1993. (Includes Charleston photo caption by SrA. Dennis Sloan)


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Q: Bibliography with biber backed has weird dot, and first author name has an extra comma I am using Overleaf, and this is my preamble for the bibliography setup:
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}
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some text here \parencite{vaswani2017attention}.

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heading=bibintoc,
title={Bibliography}] %Prints the entire bibliography with the title "Whole bibliography"

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In my .bib file:
@inproceedings{vaswani2017attention,
  title={Attention is all you need},
  author={Vaswani, Ashish and Shazeer, Noam and Parmar, Niki and Uszkoreit, Jakob and Jones, Llion and Gomez, Aidan N and Kaiser, {\L}ukasz and Polosukhin, Illia},
  booktitle={Advances in neural information processing systems},
  pages={5998--6008},
  year={2017}
}

I have to use the authoryear style, however I notice something strange in the output, the first name of the first entry in the Bibliography always has this black dot (see the attached image).
And also for the items, why is the formatting for the first author like lastname,firstname? Example:

Vaswani, Ashish, Noam Shazeer, Niki Parmar, Jakob Uszkoreit, Llion Jones,Aidan N Gomez,   Lukasz Kaiser and Illia Polosukhin (2017). "Attention is all you need". In:Advances in neural information processing systems,pp. 5998–6008.

But I would like it to be like this:

Ashish Vaswani, Noam Shazeer, Niki Parmar, Jakob Uszkoreit, Llion Jones,Aidan N Gomez,   Lukasz Kaiser and Illia Polosukhin (2017). "Attention is all you need". In:Advances in neural information processing systems,pp. 5998–6008.

This is how I print the bibliography :
\printbibliography[
heading=bibintoc,
title={Bibliography}]

Any fixes for this?

A:

The bibliography seems to work well. Maybe it is related to Overleaf.
To change how names are typeset in the bibliography entries just issue the following
\DeclareNameAlias{sortname}{given-family}

In your preamble
MWE
\begin{filecontents}{sources.bib}
@inproceedings{vaswani2017attention,
    title={Attention is all you need},
    author={Vaswani, Ashish and Shazeer, Noam and Parmar, Niki and Uszkoreit, Jakob and Jones, Llion and Gomez, Aidan N and Kaiser, {\L}ukasz and Polosukhin, Illia},
    booktitle={Advances in neural information processing systems},
    pages={5998--6008},
    year={2017}
}
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It's another very special production from my The Feel Sessions show. Mix and special effects created on the live performance by me. You can feel free to download and share your thoughts below. I created very unique inspiration package for this production, don't miss the "Pleasure Wallpaper Pack" at the end of this post.
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Day by day, Americans have been getting fatter and sicker. This works out great for the food industry as the demand for their products increases with American appetites. It works out equally great for the Pharmaceutical industry as sicker Americans pop more pills daily. Unfortunately, this combination is now bankrupting the system, while making for some unhappy, angry citizens.
Americans already have a form of universal health care, but it is of the dumb kind. As a society, Americans don't let people keel over and expire on their sidewalks. They summon an ambulance, have the person taken to an Emergency Room to get fixed up. If the person doesn't have health insurance and cannot pay, the premiums on the rest of us increase to make up for the cost of the ER visit. There are now 45 million Americans getting by on such Emergency Room Health care, courtesy the rest of us.
Is this going to make Americans fitter and slimmer year by year?
In other words, are there incentives to convince Americans to consume differently? If not, the plan is probably just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, which is sinking due to the sheer weight of the passengers.


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