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Rick Porcello Allows One Run over Six Strong Innings as Red Sox Halt Losing Streak at Eight Games with 7-5 Victory over Royals
At long last, the Red Sox have won a baseball game, as they opened a seven-game homestand on Monday with a 7-5 win over the Kansas City Royals to halt their losing streak at eight.
Making his 23rd start of the season for Boston to begin the new week was Rick Porcello, coming off a month of July where he went 4-1 despite allowing 25 earned runs over his last five starts and 28 1/3 innings pitched.
Tossing six full innings in this one, the right-hander surrendered just one earned run on four hits and two walks to go along with five strikeouts on the night, marking the first time since Friday that a Sox starter had made it to the sixth.
That lone Kansas City tally came in the top half of the sixth inning, when with two outs and the bases empty, Porcello served up a solo home run to Cheslor Cuthbert off a 1-2, 84 MPH slider on the outer half of the plate.
The New Jersey native had retired nine of the the last 10 hitters he faced before giving up that bomb to make it a 4-1 contest, but Porcello did not falter, as he got Ryan O'Hearn to pop out to first to end the frame and thus end his evening on a more positive note.
Finishing with a final pitch count of 99 (67 strikes), the 30-year-old hurler relied on his four-seam fastball more than 31% of the time he was on the mound Monday, inducing three swings and misses and topping out at 93.2 MPH with the pitch while Sandy Leon was behind the plate.
Rick taking care of things on the hill. 💪 pic.twitter.com/laxgA1fPdz
— Red Sox (@RedSox) August 6, 2019
Ultimately improving to 10-8 while lowering his ERA on the year down to 5.54, Porcello now has quality starts in two of his last three outings, both of which have come at Fenway Park. He'll look to keep that trend going in his next time out, which should come against the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday.
In relief of Porcello, Nathan Eovaldi entered the seventh with a three-run lead to protect, and he, in his first action since Friday, saw that lead shrink to two by giving up a one-out solo homer to Meibrys Viloria off an 0-2, 97 MPH heater at the top of the zone.
That made it a 4-2 game, but Eovaldi rebounded well enough to strand another runner at first following a two-out walk and get out of the inning with the two-run lead still intact.
Matt Barnes came in right after his team had gone up 7-2 in the bottom of the seventh only to give all three of those runs back on a three-run homer off the bat of Bubba Starling. Granted, it was a bit of a Fenway Park special, as it only traveled 332 feet and had an expected batting average of .040, but it was good for three runs nonetheless, and that cut Boston's lead down to 7-5.
Like Eovaldi, Barnes was also able to recover by punching out Viloria on five pitches, making way for Brandon Workman in the ninth.
There, Workman allowed the tying run to come to the plate following a Whit Merrifield one-out double, but ultimately finished things off by getting Alex Gordon to ground out to first before striking Dozier out on six pitches to secure the 7-5 victory and notch his sixth save of the season.
Finishing it off with a ꓘ. pic.twitter.com/jCdUQ2PD7I
On the other side of things, the Red Sox lineup was matched up against left-hander Mike Montgomery, someone who had surrendered 10 runs in his first three starts as a Royal since being acquired from the Chicago Cubs last month.
Kicking the scoring off in the bottom half of the third after Xander Bogaerts was called out at home for the final out of the first, Bogaerts made up for his earlier mistake by lacing a hard-hit grounder to Nicky Lopez over at short, one hit so hard that the rookie infielder could not field it cleanly, and that allowed Mookie Betts to score from third for his side's first run.
Two batters later, with two outs in the frame and Rafael Devers at third, Sam Travis unloaded on a 2-1, 92 MPH sinker from Montgomery and sent it a booming 429 feet over the Green Monster to make it a 3-0 game.
💋 it goodbye! pic.twitter.com/KzrqsN44Y5
Fast forward to the fifth, Rafael Devers put his opposite field power on display, as he deposited a one-out, 1-0, 77 MPH curveball 364 feet to left for his 23rd big fly of 2019. 4-0.
🚨 Devers Dinger 🚨 pic.twitter.com/XFqNuXABs3
And in the seventh, Sandy Leon and Betts both greeted new Royals reliever Tim Hill by reaching base on a leadoff walk and single, allowing Devers to move Leon up to third on a fly out to right field.
Another Kansas City pitching change saw right-hander Scott Barlow take over for Hill, and he proved to be pretty wild, as he let Leon coast in from third in the process of walking Bogaerts on four straight pitches.
With runners at first and second now, Andrew Benintendi came to the plate having faced off against Barlow on three separate occasions before Monday, and he came through by dropping to one knee and ripping a two-run double through the right side of the infield.
Take a knee and drive 'em in. pic.twitter.com/a5AyeiLQlq
That two-RBI double put the Red Sox ahead 7-2, and after the Royals made things a bit interesting in the eighth, 7-5 would go on to be Monday's final score.
Some notes from this win:
Mookie Betts had to be removed from Monday's game before the start of the eighth inning after taking a foul ball off his left shin in the bottom of the seventh. He was later diagnosed with a left shin contusion and has been ruled day-to-day, but is expected to be good to go for Tuesday. This comes on the same night that J.D. Martinez was scratched from Boston's starting lineup due to back soreness.
Betts says everything is perfectly normal and he will be ready to play tomorrow.
— Jason Mastrodonato (@JMastrodonato) August 6, 2019
From Red Sox Notes:
Rick Porcello allowed 1 run in 6.0 innings tonight. The Red Sox are 31-11 (.738) when they receive a quality start this season, including 14-1 in their last 15.
— Red Sox Notes (@SoxNotes) August 6, 2019
Rafael Devers is the first Red Sox player to hit as many as 23 HR in a season at the age of 22 or younger since Tony Conigliaro (28 HR) and George Scott (27 HR) both did so in 1966.
The Red Sox have homered in 18 consecutive games at Fenway Park, their longest streak in the venue's history. The previous record of 17 had been held since 1969 (source: @EliasSports).
The Sox have homered in 12 straight games overall, their longest streak of the season.
Andrew Benintendi's last 15 games: .415/.433/.785 with five homers and 17 RBI.
With the Red Sox winning on Monday night and the Cleveland Indians, Oakland Athletics, and Tampa Bay Rays all losing, the Sox are back to within 5 1/2 games back of the Rays for the second American League Wild Card spot.
Now that that eight-game nightmare is done and over with, the Red Sox should adopt a one-game-at-a-time kind of mentality for the remaining two months of the 2019 season.
As things stand right now, the defending World Series champions are viewed as long shots to make it back to the postseason. That much is evident by how Fangraphs is giving the Sox just a 20.4% chance to get back to October baseball.
With that, Boston needs to take advantage of all the doubt surrounding them.
It starts with this soft spot in their schedule, but picks up next week when they head to Cleveland for a pivotal three-game series against the Indians.
Many have said that the Red Sox are done. I'm saying that they are 1-0 in their last one game.
Anyway, this series against the Royals picks up again on Tuesday night, with right-hander Andrew Cashner getting the ball for Boston and fellow righty Jakob Junis doing the same for Kansas City.
This will be Cashner's first start as a member of the Red Sox where he is not facing off against a division rival.
In his career against the Royals, the 32-year-old owns a lifetime 3.29 ERA and .271 batting average against over five prior starts and 27 1/3 innings pitched.
Junis, meanwhile, has surrendered 11 earned runs over 26 innings in four starts since the All-Star break. That's good for an ERA of 3.81.
In one prior start at Fenway Park, Junis took the no-decision while allowing two runs on seven hits over six quality innings in a game the Royals eventually won back on May 1st, 2018.
First pitch Tuesday is scheduled for 7:10 PM EDT on NESN. Red Sox looking to make it two wins in a row.
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Link Madness
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Why the Yahoo! Search Revenue Gap Won't Close
In spite of Yahoo! accepting revenue guarantees for another year from Microsoft, recently there has been speculation that Yahoo! might want to get out of their search ad deal with Microsoft. I am uncertain if the back channeled story is used as leverage to secure ongoing minimum revenue agreements, or if Yahoo! is trying to set the pretext narrative to later be able to push through a Google deal that might otherwise get blocked by regulators.
When mentioning Yahoo!'s relative under-performance on search, it would be helpful to point out the absurd amount of their "search" traffic from the golden years that was various forms of arbitrage. Part of the reason (likely the primary reason) Yahoo! took such a sharp nose dive in terms of search revenues (from $551 million per quarter to as low as $357 million per quarter) was that Microsoft used quality scores to price down the non-search arbitrage traffic streams & a lot of that incremental "search" volume Yahoo! had went away.
There were all sorts of issues in place that are rarely discussed. Exit traffic, unclosible windows, forcing numerous clicks, iframes in email spam, raw bot clicks, etc. ... and some of this was tied to valuable keyword lists or specific juicy keywords. I am not saying that Google has outright avoided all arbitrage (Ask does boatloads of it in paid + organic & Google at one point tested doing some themselves on credit cards keywords) but it has generally been a sideshow at Google, whereas it was the main attraction at Yahoo!.
And that is what drove down Yahoo!'s click prices.
Yahoo! went from almost an "anything goes" approach to their ad feed syndication, to the point where they made a single syndication partner Cyberplex's Tsavo Media pay them $4.8 million for low quality traffic. There were a number of other clawbacks that were not made public.
Given that we are talking $4.8 million for a single partner & this alleged overall revenue gap between Google AdWords & Bing Ads is somewhere in the $100 million or so range, these traffic quality issues & Microsoft cleaning up the whoring of the ad feed that Yahoo! partners were doing is a big deal. It had a big enough impact that it caused some of the biggest domain portfolios to shift from Yahoo! to Google. I am a bit surprised to see it so rarely mentioned in these discussions.
Few appreciate how absurd the abuses were. For years Yahoo! not only required you to buy syndication (they didn't have a Yahoo!-only targeting option until 2010 & that only came about as a result of a lawsuit) but even when you blocked a scammy source of traffic, if that scammy source was redirecting through another URL you would have no way of blocking the actual source, as mentioned by Sean Turner:
To break it down, yahoo gives you a feed for seobook.com & you give me a feed for turner.com. But all links that are clicked on turner.com redirect through seobook.com so that it shows up in customer logs as seobook.com If you block seobook.com, it will block ads from seobook.com, but not turner.com. The blocked domain tool works on what domains display, not on where the feed is redirected through. So if you are a customer, there is no way to know that turner.com is sending traffic (since it's redirecting through seobook.com) and no way to block it through seobook.com since that tool only works on the domain that is actually displaying it.
I found it because we kept getting traffic from gogogo.com. We had blocked it over and over and couldn't figure out why they kept sending us traffic. We couldn't find our ad on their site. I went to live.com and ran a site:gogogo.com search and found that it indexed some of those landing pages that use gogogo.com as a monetization service.
The other thing that isn't mentioned is the longterm impact of a Yahoo! tie up with Google. Microsoft pays Yahoo! an 88% revenue share (and further guarantees on top of that), provides the organic listings free, manages all the technology, and allows Yahoo! to insert their own ads in the organic results.
If Bing were to exit the online ad market, maybe Yahoo! could make an extra $100 million in the first year of an ad deal with Google, but if there is little to no competition a few years down the road, then when it comes time for Yahoo! to negotiate revenue share rates with Google, you know Google would cram down a bigger rake.
This isn't blind speculation or theory, but aligned with Google's current practices. Look no further than Google's current practices with YouTube, where "partners" are paid different rates & are forbidden to mention their rates publicly: "The Partner Program forbids participants to reveal specifics about their ad-share revenue."
Transparency is a one way street.
Google further dips into leveraging that "home team always wins" mode of negotiating rates by directly investing in some of the aggregators/networks which offer sketchy confidential contracts < ahref="http://obviouslybenhughes.com/post/13933948148/before-you-sign-that-machinima-contract-updated">soaking the original content creators.:
As I said, the three images were posted on yfrog. They were screenshots of an apparently confidential conversation had between MrWonAnother and a partner support representative from Machinima, in which the representative explained that the partner was locked indefinitely into being a Machinima partner for the rest of eternity, as per signed contract. I found this relevant, informative and honestly shocking information and decided to repost the images to obviouslybenhughes.com in hopes that more people would become aware of the darker side of YouTube partnership networks.
Negotiating with a monopoly that controls the supply chain isn't often a winning proposition over the long run.
Competition (or at least the credible risk of it) is required to shift the balance of power.
The flip side of the above situation - where competition does help market participants to get a better revenue share - can be seen in the performance of AOL in their ad negotiation in 2005. AOL's credible threat to switched to Microsoft had Google invest a billion Dollars into AOL, where Google later had to write down $726 million of that investment. If there was no competition from Microsoft, AOL wouldn't have received that $726 million (and likely would have had a lower revenue sharing rate and missed out on some of the promotional AdWords credits they received).
The same sort of "shifted balance of power" was seen in the Mozilla search renewal with Google, where Google paid Mozilla 3X as much due to a strong bid from Microsoft.
The iPad search results are becoming more like phone search results, where ads dominate the interface & a single organic result is above the fold. And Google pushed their "ehnanced" ad campaigns to try to push advertisers into paying higher ad rates on those clicks. It would be a boon for Google if they can force advertisers to pay the same CPC as desktop & couple it with that high mobile ad CTR.
Google owning Chrome + Android & doing deals with Apple + Mozilla means that it will be hard for either Microsoft or Yahoo! to substantially grow search marketshare. But if they partner with Google it will be a short term lift in revenues and dark clouds on the horizon.
I am not claiming that Microsoft is great for Yahoo!, or that they are somehow far better than Google, only that Yahoo! is in a far better position when they have multiple entities competing for their business (as highlighted in the above Mozilla & AOL examples).
Published: May 14, 2013 by Aaron Wall in pay per click search engines
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Tomasz Maciej Świątek (ur. 26 lipca 1964 w Warszawie) – polski wioślarz, olimpijczyk z Seulu 1988. Zawodnik AZS-AWF Warszawa.

Kariera sportowa
Uczestnik mistrzostw świata w:
 Kopenhadze (1987) w czwórce podwójnej (partnerami byli: Mirosław Mruk, Sławomir Cieślakowski, Andrzej Krzepiński). Polska osada zajęła 5. miejsce,
 Bled (1989) w czwórce podwójnej (partnerami byli: Marek Gawkowski, Sławomir Cieślakowski, Andrzej Krzepiński). Polska osada zajęła 5. miejsce,
 Barrington (1990) w czwórce podwójnej (partnerami byli: Sławomir Cieślakowski, Marek Gawkowski, Andrzej Krzepiński). Polska osada zajęła 11. miejsce.

Uniwersjada
W 1987 zdobył złoty medal Uniwersjady w czwórce podwójnej (partnerami byli: Mirosław Mruk, Sławomir Cieślakowski oraz Andrzej Krzepiński).

Igrzyska Olimpijskie
Na igrzyskach w Seulu wystartował w czwórce podwójnej (partnerami byli: Sławomir Cieślakowski, Mirosław Mruk, Andrzej Krzepiński). Polska osada zajęła 7. miejsce.

Życie prywatne
Żona Dorota jest ortodontą. Mają dwie córki: Agatę oraz Igę.

Odznaczenia
 Krzyż Oficerski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski – 2020

Przypisy

Bibliografia

Polscy olimpijczycy (Seul 1988)
Polscy wioślarze na igrzyskach olimpijskich
Medaliści Letniej Uniwersjady 1987
Wioślarze AZS-AWF Warszawa
Ludzie urodzeni w Warszawie
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Oficerskim Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (III Rzeczpospolita)
Urodzeni w 1964

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Poland's winter drought hits an already parched economy.
By Eric Bourne Special to The Christian Science Monitor
April 4, 1984 | Warsaw
A winter drought is serious in its own right. In Poland, it could spell social unrest. The drought is an added threat to an already very serious economic situation in Poland - one that is in many ways graver than at any time since the Solidarity crisis erupted four years ago.
If there is no substantial and visible improvement and no relief for ordinary consumers soon, this situation could easily become political and create a new dimension of social unrest.
Since October, rainfall and snow in vital agricultural areas have been less than half of normal. Thirteen of the country's major water reservoirs are only 37 percent full.
The government is making contingency plans for water rationing. It says that unless there are bounteous rains this spring, at least 2 million tons of autumn sown grains could be lost.
Not all of the blame can be pinned on nature. There are persistent and unresolved faults in the Polish system. Though last year saw some economic growth after several years of recession, the underlying causes of deficiencies in almost all branches of the economy remain.
These have more to do with the economic system than with the effects of sanctions - even if Polish estimates of the sanctions' cost are accurate. But these fundamental problems are still not sufficiently recognized, as the slow progress with the economic reform suggests.
The government is calling for a tremendous export effort. But low productivity, quality, delivery, and other problems make Polish exports uncompetitive in the markets that matter most - the West. And it is unlikely that Poland can regain markets lost in the crisis years.
The Ministry of Labor reports that still little more than 60 percent of working time is utilized. It cited an International Labor Organization study showing that Poles work on average only 34 hours in a supposedly 42-hour week, while in countries like Japan and France and even one of Poland's allies, Czechoslovakia, actual working time reaches 40 to 43.5 hours.
Many enterprise managements think only of the domestic market and allow wages to rise regardless of poor and even declining productivity. Overtime on the supposedly ''free Saturdays'' and on Sundays doubled last year, adding as much as 50 percent to wage bills.
But how can the workers be blamed, when incentives remain so limited and their economic prospects so bleak? The average monthly wage is up to 16,000 zlotys (after the recent devaluation, about $150). But inflation is unchecked and living costs rising.
Food shortages are not so bad, relatively speaking, but there are still shortages of many ordinary essentials. For example, people must queue for hours before a store opens to get the textile goods they need.
Any apparent easing of the situation is still superficial. At the recent Communist Party conference, it was stressed that economic reform needed to be implemented more quickly. But it is still a slow, piecemeal operation.
In major sectors, anti-reformers contrive, often successfully, to thwart the process. The labor minister may insist that better work must be rewarded with better pay. But there is still a strong lobby for egalitarianism. It was an ill-judged Solidarity demand in 1980. But many workers stick to it, even though it is obviously against their own interests in the longer term.
Economic recovery is still at an emergency stage. Few independent observers here believe that recovery can continue much further unless the West lifts its economic sanctions or international agencies provide some help.
By the end of this year, Poland's debts to Western governments and banks could top $29 billion, the Finance Ministry said recently. Commercial banks are well into talks about further rescheduling. And creditor Western governments engaged in a second round of preliminary talks in Paris late last month.
This time, the United States may take the European view that sanctions are increasingly counterproductive for the West itself, as the banks have already concluded.
Polish officials insist they have met US preconditions for ending the sanctions by lifting martial law, freeing almost all of the political detainees, and legislating for the Roman Catholic Church's agricultural aid plan. The remaining political prisoners have been offered ''temporary'' exile abroad, but they have rejected this option so far. It is said they may be released if they promise to stay out of politics. Presumably, either option - provided it was ''voluntary'' - would satisfy the US.
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Scientists are closing in on an answer to the question of why some icebergs exhibit a distinctive green tinge.
Despite the detection of methane in 2003 and 2014, the latest findings have revealed no evidence of it at all.
NASA's long-lived rover has come across an intriguing object that almost looks like a small gold nugget.
NASA engineers have switched over to the rover's secondary computer to help resolve a technical fault.
NASA is investigating the possibility of sending a probe to Mars that could directly seek out alien life forms.


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LSAC Announces its Inaugural Award Winners
30 May 2017 9:30 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)
The Learning Specialists Association of Canada would like to announce the inaugural winners of its LSAC National Awards. These awards recognize the contributions of our members to their institution, the profession, and to LSAC. The awards were presented during the gala event of the LSAC 2017 national conference held at John Abbott College in Quebec, Canada.
Mynt Marsellus of Wilfrid Laurier University was awarded the Student Award for their work as an SI leader, an SI senior mentor, as a time management coach, and as a writing tutor over the past three years.
The LSAC Student Award is presented to a student who has had a positive impact on learning skills programming, services, or research at their institution.
Emerging Professional Award
Caryle Vroom of Simon Fraser University was awarded the Emerging Professional Award for her work supporting student learning through the development of first-year transition programming, including, the redevelopment of resource material; through providing instruction in learning strategies; and, through helping students in the development of individual learning plans.
The LSAC Emerging Professional Award is presented to an individual who has worked in the learning specialist industry between two and six years at the time of nomination and who has demonstrated a novel or unique approach to learning skills programming, services, or research that resulted in a substantial impact at their institution.
Distinguished Professional Award
Michael Lisetto-Smith of Wilfrid Laurier University was awarded the LSAC Distinguished Professional Award for his work in developing an infrastructure to launch a study skills centre, including supports for supplemental instruction, varsity athletes, Aboriginal students, online programming, and course embedded programs. He is also being recognized for his ongoing commitment and support for the learning specialists' profession and LSAC through his work on the Board of Directors of the Learning and Study Skills Association (LASSA), his work in the creation of LSAC, and his work as the inaugural president of LSAC.
The LSAC Distinguished Professional Award is presented to an LSAC professional member who has worked in the learning specialist industry for six or more years, has demonstrated either leadership or innovation that resulted in an impact to further student success, and has been actively involved in LSAC through presentations, volunteering, sitting on committees, or serving on the Board of Directors.
The LSAC Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to an LSAC professional member who is either close to retirement or who has retired at the time of nomination. The nominee must have contributed significantly to the profession through ongoing distinguished contributions to the development of learning skills programming, services, research, or the profession. LSAC recognized two members with this award.
Maryann Kope
Maryann Kope of the University of Guelph was awarded the LSAC Lifetime Achievement Award for her over 25 years of experience in the learning support profession. In that time, Maryann has developed an award-winning webshop, developed an award-winning graduate student learning initiative, oversaw the implementation of a student-athlete mentorship program, and has led a team of learning strategies professionals.
Maryann has also dedicated time to LSAC through serving as the Eastern Regional Chair, the Chair of the LSAC 2015 National Conference, and the International Relations Director on the LSAC Board of Directors. As the International Relations Director, Maryann also sat on the Steering Group of the Consortium of Academic Languages and Learning Developers where she organized the inaugural Online Symposium.
Richard "Zack" Zajchowski
Richard "Zack" Zajchowski of Camosun College was awarded the LSAC Lifetime Achievement Award for his 45 years of experience in the learning support profession. In the time, Zack pioneered the embedding of learning strategies instruction into Physics courses, co-authored the book Learning for Success: Effective Strategies for Students, developed learning skills courses, and completed research on the professional nature of learning specialists.
Zack has also dedicated time to the profession through his involvement on the Board of Directors with the Learning Specialists Association of British Columbia, through his involvement in the creation of LSAC by sitting on the initial creation committee and in sitting on governance committee, and through sitting as the inaugural Pacific Regional Chair on the first LSAC Board of Directors.
The Learning Specialists Association of Canada (LSAC) is a voluntary, national association for professionals who focus on the application of learning theory in higher education. By offering instruction in learning strategies and study skills, LSAC members support and further the educational goals of students, faculty, staff and school administrations. LSAC's purpose is to develop, encourage, and model sound professional and ethical standards among its members while facilitating the dissemination of current and emerging trends and research in learning. More information about LSAC can be found online at www.learningspecialists.ca.


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Q: Print inconsistency when booting linux kernel I am trying to port kernel 4.12 to my board, but I'm facing a very weird issue.
Some context: I am using u-boot as bootloader, booting from a zImage with device tree support. The board has a Sitara AM3352.
What happens is that sometimes the kernel will start printing stuff, but most often it does nothing.
Situation 1:
U-Boot# bootz $kloadaddr - $fdtaddr
## Current stack ends at 0x83ee8bf8 Kernel image @ 0x80007fc0 [ 0x00000000 - 0x002d9430 ]
## Flattened Device Tree blob at 88000000
   Booting using the fdt blob at 0x88000000
using: FDT
using: FDT
   Loading Device Tree to 83edd000, end 83ee7337 ... OK
## Transferring control to Linux (at address 80007fc0)...

Starting kernel ...

Situation 2:
U-Boot# bootz $kloadaddr - $fdtaddr
## Current stack ends at 0x83ee8bf8 Kernel image @ 0x80007fc0 [ 0x00000000 - 0x002d9430 ]
## Flattened Device Tree blob at 88000000
   Booting using the fdt blob at 0x88000000
using: FDT
using: FDT
   Loading Device Tree to 83edd000, end 83ee7337 ... OK
## Transferring control to Linux (at address 80007fc0)...

Starting kernel ...

[    0.000000] Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x0
[    0.000000] Linux version 4.12.0R01-Beta (guilherme@epoch) (gcc version 4.9.3 (crosstool-NG crosstool-ng-1.22.0) ) #4 Thu Aug 3 14:30:16 BRT 2017
[    0.000000] CPU: ARMv7 Processor [413fc082] revision 2 (ARMv7), cr=10c5387d
[    0.000000] CPU: PIPT / VIPT nonaliasing data cache, VIPT aliasing instruction cache
[    0.000000] OF: fdt: Machine model: Test Board
[    0.000000] earlycon: omapserial0 at MMIO 0x44e09000 (options '')
[    0.000000] bootconsole [omapserial0] enabled
[    0.000000] Memory policy: Data cache writeback
[    0.000000] CPU: All CPU(s) started in SVC mode.
[    0.000000] AM335X ES2.1 (neon)
[    0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 16256
[    0.000000] Kernel command line: console=ttyO0,115200n8 root=/dev/mtdblock10 rw rootfstype=jffs2 noinitrd earlycon
[    0.000000] PID hash table entries: 256 (order: -2, 1024 bytes)
[    0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
[    0.000000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
[    0.000000] Memory: 56952K/65536K available (4096K kernel code, 179K rwdata, 1484K rodata, 1024K init, 438K bss, 8584K reserved, 0K cma-reserved, 0K highmem)
[    0.000000] Virtual kernel memory layout:
[    0.000000]     vector  : 0xffff0000 - 0xffff1000   (   4 kB)
[    0.000000]     fixmap  : 0xffc00000 - 0xfff00000   (3072 kB)
[    0.000000]     vmalloc : 0xc4800000 - 0xff800000   ( 944 MB)
[    0.000000]     lowmem  : 0xc0000000 - 0xc4000000   (  64 MB)
[    0.000000]     pkmap   : 0xbfe00000 - 0xc0000000   (   2 MB)
[    0.000000]     modules : 0xbf000000 - 0xbfe00000   (  14 MB)
[    0.000000]       .text : 0xc0008000 - 0xc0500000   (5088 kB)
[    0.000000]       .init : 0xc0700000 - 0xc0800000   (1024 kB)
[    0.000000]       .data : 0xc0800000 - 0xc082cd90   ( 180 kB)
[    0.000000]        .bss : 0xc0831794 - 0xc089f2c8   ( 439 kB)
[    0.000000] SLUB: HWalign=64, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1
[    0.000000] NR_IRQS:16 nr_irqs:16 16
[    0.000000] IRQ: Found an INTC at 0xfa200000 (revision 5.0) with 128 interrupts
[    0.000000] OMAP clockevent source: timer2 at 24000000 Hz
[    0.000020] sched_clock: 32 bits at 24MHz, resolution 41ns, wraps every 89478484971ns
[    0.008003] clocksource: timer1: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 79635851949 ns
[    0.017467] OMAP clocksource: timer1 at 24000000 Hz
[    0.022622] clocksource_probe: no matching clocksources found
[    0.028583] Calibrating delay loop... 599.04 BogoMIPS (lpj=1198080)
[    0.059960] pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301
[    0.064987] Mount-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.071729] Mountpoint-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.079579] CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok
[    0.085216] Setting up static identity map for 0x80100000 - 0x80100060
[    0.095211] devtmpfs: initialized
[    0.107961] VFP support v0.3: implementor 41 architecture 3 part 30 variant c rev 3
[    0.116265] clocksource: jiffies: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 7645041785100000 ns
[    0.126579] futex hash table entries: 256 (order: -1, 3072 bytes)
[    0.132888] pinctrl core: initialized pinctrl subsystem
[    0.139759] NET: Registered protocol family 16
[    0.145433] DMA: preallocated 256 KiB pool for atomic coherent allocations
[    0.165036] omap_hwmod: debugss: _wait_target_disable failed
[    0.171060] Unhandled fault: external abort on non-linefetch (0x1028) at 0xf9e3e078
[    0.178849] pgd = c0004000
[    0.181618] [f9e3e078] *pgd=44e11452(bad)
[    0.185740] Internal error: : 1028 [#1] ARM
[    0.190019] Modules linked in:
[    0.193157] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper Not tainted 4.12.0R01-Beta #4
[    0.199760] Hardware name: Generic AM33XX (Flattened Device Tree)
[    0.206019] task: c3830000 task.stack: c382e000
[    0.210684] PC is at _update_sysc_cache+0x2c/0x94
[    0.215494] LR is at _enable+0x240/0x2a8
[    0.219517] pc : [<c0120b24>]    lr : [<c0121314>]    psr: 40000013
[    0.219517] sp : c382fe98  ip : c0124774  fp : 00000000
[    0.231311] r10: c0721838  r9 : 00000045  r8 : c08317c0
[    0.236673] r7 : c080abf0  r6 : 00000000  r5 : c0831c68  r4 : c080a5a4
[    0.243377] r3 : f9e3e078  r2 : c080b084  r1 : f9e3e000  r0 : c080a5a4
[    0.250083] Flags: nZcv  IRQs on  FIQs on  Mode SVC_32  ISA ARM  Segment none
[    0.257409] Control: 10c5387d  Table: 80004019  DAC: 00000051
[    0.263307] Process swapper (pid: 1, stack limit = 0xc382e210)
[    0.269296] Stack: (0xc382fe98 to 0xc3830000)
[    0.273768] fe80:                                                       00000000 c0121314
[    0.282173] fea0: 00000000 a0000013 c08092a8 c0803048 c080a5a4 c080a5d4 c080a5e8 c0709328
[    0.290574] fec0: c382fed4 d3053b52 c080ae5c d3053b52 c080a5a4 c0807808 c0709240 00000000
[    0.298975] fee0: c08317c0 c0121718 0000100c c0803048 00000002 c07099c8 00000000 c0709a6c
[    0.307377] ff00: 00000000 c0101794 00000154 c3ffed09 c0671b34 c0147200 000017c0 c0228d30
[    0.315777] ff20: c0803048 c05edd2c c07005dc 00000000 00000002 00000002 00000000 c0803048
[    0.324179] ff40: 00000000 c3ffed09 00000000 d3053b52 00000000 d3053b52 00000002 c072c0f8
[    0.332580] ff60: 00000002 c0721820 c08317c0 c08317c0 00000045 c0700dc8 00000002 00000002
[    0.340981] ff80: 00000000 c07005dc 00000000 c04a7cc0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[    0.349382] ffa0: 00000000 c04a7cc8 00000000 c010dd98 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[    0.357783] ffc0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[    0.366184] ffe0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000013 00000000 ffffffff fffffffb
[    0.374609] [<c0120b24>] (_update_sysc_cache) from [<c0121314>] (_enable+0x240/0x2a8)
[    0.382637] [<c0121314>] (_enable) from [<c0709328>] (_setup+0xe8/0x4e8)
[    0.389516] [<c0709328>] (_setup) from [<c0121718>] (omap_hwmod_for_each+0x38/0x60)
[    0.397378] [<c0121718>] (omap_hwmod_for_each) from [<c0709a6c>] (__omap_hwmod_setup_all+0xa4/0xac)
[    0.406676] [<c0709a6c>] (__omap_hwmod_setup_all) from [<c0101794>] (do_one_initcall+0x50/0x18c)
[    0.415708] [<c0101794>] (do_one_initcall) from [<c0700dc8>] (kernel_init_freeable+0x140/0x1dc)
[    0.424650] [<c0700dc8>] (kernel_init_freeable) from [<c04a7cc8>] (kernel_init+0x8/0x10c)
[    0.433052] [<c04a7cc8>] (kernel_init) from [<c010dd98>] (ret_from_fork+0x14/0x3c)
[    0.440815] Code: e3110c01 e5901054 e6f13073 1a00000c (e5933000)
[    0.447075] ---[ end trace 396cebd12b8145f9 ]---
[    0.451867] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x0000000b
[    0.451867]
[    0.461190] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x0000000b
[    0.461190]
[    1.373583] random: fast init done

This is my .dts file:
/dts-v1/;

#include "am33xx.dtsi"
#include <dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/irq.h>

/ {
   model = "Test Board";
   compatible = "guilherme,test_board", "ti,am33xx";

   memory@80000000 {
      device_type = "memory";
      reg = <0x80000000 0x04000000>; /* 64 MB */
   };

   chosen {
      stdout-path = &uart0;
      bootargs ="console=ttyO0,115200n8 root=/dev/mtdblock10 rw rootfstype=jffs2 noinitrd earlycon";
   };

};

While I was expecting to run into a kernel panic, what bugs me is this printing inconsistency. Also I can't see a way to pinpoint if this issue is due to some weird u-boot config, or something related to the kernel itself.

A: So, found out the problem! As I was working with a previously configured u-Boot, I tried to keep the u-Boot modifications to a minimum. Among these previously existing configurations, was a setenv bootargs = .... This bootargs definition overrides the definition in the .dtb file, causing conflicts. Once I removed this variable definition, the printing issue was resolved.
The reason the system was printing seemingly at random is because the bootargs definition was dependant on the state of a pin the is used to boot from images in a SDCard.

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On this day: Jones, Sharman born; Pierce leads 21-point rally vs. Nets
On this day, Boston Celtics point guard legend K. C. Jones was born in 1932 in Taylor, Texas.
Jones played his college ball with fellow Celtics legend Bill Russell at the University of San Francisco, and was drafted along with Russell by the Celtics with the 13th overall pick of the 1956 NBA Draft.
The Texan guard would go on to win eight championships with Boston, the only club he played for over a nine season playing career.
He would average 7.4 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game with the Celtics, and would be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 1989.
On this day: Celtic center Robert Parish scores 20k; Tyler Zeller born
On this day in 1992, Boston Celtics legendary big man Robert Parish scored the 20,000th points of his career.
At the time of his achievement, he became just the 16th player in NBA history to reach the lofty scoring plateau. The iconic center -- traded to the Celtics from the Golden State Warriors in 1980 after four seasons with Golden State -- would win three titles with Boston in 1981, 1984 and 1986 as part of the so-called "original" Big Three of himself, small forward Larry Bird and power forward Kevin McHale. Regarded as one of the greatest...
On this day: Celtic Gerald Henderson born; Knight-Robey trade
On this day in 1979, former Boston Celtic small forward Billy Knight was traded to the Indiana Pacers for big man Rick Robey.
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On this day in 1987, Boston Celtics small forward legend Larry Bird was honored with being awarded both Man of the Year by the Sporting News and Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press.
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Harry L. Zeigler, 83 of 350 Clearview Dr., North Sewickley Twp., passed away at the Allegheny General Hospital on Saturday, June 26, 2010. He was born in Evans City, PA on April 4, 1927 to the late Howard and Amy Irvine Zeigler. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Leona Main Zeigler whom he married on September 10, 1949. He retired in 1986 as the Electrical and Maintenance Foreman at the Aetna-Standard in Ellwood City. He had worked there from 1952. He attended Homewood Methodist Church and was a member of the Wampum American Legion Post 749. He was a Veteran of the Army Air Corp from July 28, 1945 through March 10, 1947 where he did maintenance on the P47 Aircraft. Besides his wife, Leona at home Harry is survived by four children and their spouses, Harriet and David Stephenson of West Pittsburg, Judy and Wayne Hall, Charles and Michele Zeigler both of North Sewickley Twp., and Harry and Lisa Zeigler of Perry Twp., 12 Grandchildren, Deanna and Kelly Stephenson, Eric and Lori Zeigler, Wayne, Travis, Colei and Tyrel Hall, Aaron, Trevor, Tyler and Cameron Zeigler, 5 Great Grandchildren, Jason Montgomery, Blake and Ericka Zeigler, Emon Holmes and Keaton Hall. He was preceded in death by 3 brothers and 2 sisters, Howard, Melvin and Seth Zeigler and Mary Steifel and Edna Smith. Friends may call at the Joseph A. Tomon, Jr. Funeral Home and Crematory, 97 Grim Ave., Ellport on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 from 2-4 and 7-9 P.M. and Wednesday from 10 to 11 A.M. Funeral Services will be offered at the Funeral Home on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 11 A.M. by Rev. Pastor Gary Hilton of Homewood Methodist Church. Full Military Rites will be offered by the Veteran's Honor Guard.
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What was the average annual interest rate delivered by the Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks during the 20th century, a rate of return so consistently positive that it all but defines the massive economic expansion that took place over the past 100 years?
Six months ago, one of the most powerful and exclusive clubs in modern history revised its membership, with consequences that effect more or less every human being on the face of the Earth.
On Feb. 19, 2008, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was reconstituted so that a slightly different roster of 30 stocks was used to populate the world's most famous, and arguably most influential, investment index. It sounds a lot less impressive to say that the Dow Jones Industrial Average kicked out the Altria Group and Honeywell and replaced them with Chevron (who had been there before, but was kicked out in 1999) and Bank of America.
How could this possibly affect every human being, everywhere? Simple: The Dow is the most watched barometer of the most influential market segment of the most powerful national economy in the world. What happens to the Dow affects investor and consumer confidence pretty much everywhere, which in turn sends ripples through every economic system on the planet.
Now, whether 30 rather arbitrarily chosen stocks weirdly averaged together should have a profound impact on the world economy is another issue. There's probably a rather cogent argument to be made that the Dow shouldn't be as important as it is and that most of the Dow's influence comes from its notoriety and longevity, rather than its objective fiscal relevance.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was originally just that — an average of the value of a dozen influential stocks chosen for the edification of the readers of Dow Jones & Company's Customer's Afternoon Letter. The average was first published on May 26, 1896 (the stocks and their average values obviously existed before the actual first calculation of the Dow Jones Industrial Average). Of those original dozen indexed stocks, only General Electric — in a vastly different and diversified form — is still a component of the Dow. The Dow is also no longer just an average, as an adjusted divisor was added to its formula to compensate for stock splits and other market vagaries.
Yet, for all its faults, the original Dow and its component stocks were and are a study in long-term value and viability. Of the original 12 Dow component companies, only one — the United States Leather Company — has gone out of business, and that didn't happen until more than 50 years after the first publication of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Moreover, as it spanned the entire 20th century, the Dow Jones Industrial Average offers an intriguing look at the economic growth of that period in history, especially when you consider the average annual interest rate the Dow's component stocks offered over those rather pivotal 100 years.
WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE COMPOUND ANNUAL INTEREST PERFORMANCE OF THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE FOR THE 20TH CENTURY?


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Actually Cool Things to Do in Detroit This Fall
Make the most of it.
By Dorothy Hernandez
Van Gogh Detroit
The pandemic brought many of our beloved fall traditions in the D to a grinding halt, but with many venues, bars, and restaurants reopened, people are out and about again. The temps may be dropping, but autumn in the Great Lakes State doesn't mean it's time to start hibernation early when there's so many things to do, from celebrating spooky season to eating top-notch food to perusing world-class art. Yes, we're still in a pandemic, and some events are still canceled this year (RIP Theatre Bizarre, which has been pushed to next year), but there's still plenty to do. Here's the ultimate list of how to maximize your fall before winter comes.
Celebrate Dia de Los Muertos
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Dia de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is observed on November 1 and 2 to honor the memories of loved ones who have passed on, with many people setting up ofrendas, or altars, full of favorite foods, drinks, pictures, and mementoes. Explore a community celebration at the Detroit Institute of Arts; take the fam to Robert C. Valade Park on the riverfront for food, live music, dancing, and more on October 30; or party in style at Lucha Detroit at the Garden Theatre on October 31. The gritty-meets-glitzy event grew out of the Sanctuary Fight Club, an underground entertainment powerhouse that gathered local and international talent to showcase, support and nurture the scene in Metro Detroit.
Thursdays from October 21
The Film Lab, Hamtramck
The Film Lab is hosting a six-week tango series put on by the Detroit Tango Project. All levels welcome, even if you have two left feet. The first 75 minutes will be class time followed by 45 minutes to put your new skills to the test. Beginners will learn the basics and practice with more seasoned dancers, and intermediate dancers sharpen their skills by helping the newbies. Make sure to wear comfortable kicks like well-worn tennis shoes that provide good support.
Blake Farms
Come for the apples, stay for the cider and donuts
Various locations throughout metro Detroit
Michigan is the third top producing state when it comes to apples, with more than 14.9 million apple trees spanning 34,500 acres on 775 family-run farms. There's no shortage of spots to snag your own, whether you pick them or have someone do the work for you, but just to name a few: Blakes Farms, Erwin Orchards, and Apple Charlies are all solid picks for picking. And bonus for your hard work: cider and donuts. Just want cider and donuts? Check out Detroit Farm and Cider, Yates Cider Mill, and several other Metro Detroit spots to get your fix.
Enjoy the great outdoors
Detroit Riverfront
The Riverwalk and the connecting Dequindre Cut greenway were lifelines during the pandemic, providing much needed escape from the confines of our homes. Start your walk, bike ride or run on the Cut, where you can peruse murals and other artwork before finding yourself along the Detroit River where luscious green parks, cute plazas, and some of the city's signature architecture greet you. Head to the East Riverwalk to Robert C. Valade Park and grab some sushi or barbecue or go west on the Riverwalk to admire views of the Ambassador Bridge.
Michigan Brewers Guild
Cheers to Michigan beers
Michigan's craft beer game is on point, with homegrown breweries such as Motor City Brewing Works (which just opened a second location on the Avenue of Fashion), Eastern Market Brewing Co., Batch Brewing—there are just so many that trust us, you won't go thirsty. Can't make up your mind? Hit up the Detroit Fall Beer Festival at Eastern Market where you can sample brews from scores of Michigan breweries. Fall is also Oktoberfest time, with events throughout the city, from the local staple Atwater Brewery to the iconic Dakota Inn Rathskeller.
Are you ready for some football?
From now until January, a fall tradition for football fans is to get excited about the upcoming season only to have their hopes dashed by the historically hapless Detroit Lions. This year the Lions are on a, er losing, streak as of mid-October, piling up a sad winless record. But our shared disappointment is a bonding activity in and of itself so whether you watch from home, at the bar or at Ford Field, you won't be alone in this fall tradition.
Embrace spooky season
For G-rated fun, put on your Halloween costumes and head to Zoo Boo at the Detroit Zoo on weekends in October until October 24. Enjoy festive pumpkin displays and strolling entertainment, visit with your favorite animals, and snag a goodie bag for the kiddos. There will also be Smashing Pumpkins (no, not the 1990s band). Zoo staff will be treating animals to seasonal goodies in their natural habitats to motivate them to be their natural selves. Advance
tickets start at $13 per person for ages 2 and older. For more mature audiences, head over to the Eloise Asylum in Westland for 30,000 square feet of high-tech horror.
Check out live music
After a year of virtual concerts and spotty livestreams, live performances are back with some high-profile acts coming to town this season. Check out everything from national acts like Nas and H.E.R. to Bugs Bunny and Branford Marsalis at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
Pig & Whiskey
Pig out and drink up
Now in its 11th year, Pig & Whiskey in Ferndale is back Oct. 29-31 featuring some of the best barbecue (the pig) and booze (the whiskey) that Michigan has to offer as well as live music. There will be outdoor and indoor locations at Woodward Avenue Brewers, the Emory, and the Loving Touch.
Peruse art indoors and outdoors
Around Detroit
Not into Van Gogh? Detroit is home to a world-class art scene, from local street artists to nationally renowned names stopping in the Motor City so there's an exhibit for every taste. Hit up the Museum of Contemporary Art and explore the works of John Kørner, Jeannette Ehlers, Jane Jin Kaisen, Hannah Toticki, and Jan Tichy. Right now at the Detroit Institute of Arts, you can see over 40 large-scale color and black-and-white photographs by Kwame Brathwaite in the "Black is Beautiful" exhibit. Reservations for the DIA are required. If you are an enthusiast but not an expert in street art, book a tour with Jason Hall (he of Slow Roll fame) of RiDetroit, who will show you some of the latest and greatest street art around town by electric bike.
Feast on culinary delights or tried-and-true Detroit dishes
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It's been a tough year for restaurants, but many of them have proved incredibly resilient, adapting to the times we're living in. And while some did not survive, many restaurants hung in there by trying some creative things such as setting up yurts and other outdoor structures. In the mood for some local classics? Grab some Detroit-style pizza, coneys, or Middle Eastern in Dearborn or Mexican in Southwest Detroit. Want to try something new? Check out our list of restaurants to eat at right now.
Admire Van Gogh
Secret Detroit location (revealed when you buy your ticket)
Vincent Van Gogh is having his moment, with the "Starry Night' artist being the focus of not one but three exhibits in Detroit. This summer, "Beyond Van Gogh: An Immersive Experience" was on display at TCF Center. "Immersive Van Gogh" opens in mid-October with its location shrouded in mystery. And if that's not enough Van Gogh, next fall the Detroit Institute of Arts will host the "Van Gogh in America" exhibit.
Cost: $40 and up
Catch a movie at the drive-in
Downtown Detroit
The pandemic demonstrated there is a real demand for nostalgic nights at a drive-in, so it's no surprise that the Monroe Street Drive-In returns for the sequel to downtown Detroit. Opening on November 12, the outdoor film venue boasts new open-air seating and updated artwork from Detroit's own Sheefy McFly, whose work graced the outdoor roller rink this past summer. Outdoor seating pods will seat two to four moviegoers who want to get out of the car. Also opening that same week is the Downtown Detroit Markets in Cadillac Square, which will feature 18 local small businesses hawking their wares just in time for the holidays. Tickets will cost $20 per vehicle and can be reserved online at DetroitDriveIn.com starting noon on November 9 at noon or purchased in-person at the Drive-In the night of each show.
Catch a movie at an independent theater
Redford Theatre
Detroit is home to several independently run movie houses, including the historic Redford Theatre, which opened in 1928 as a neighborhood movie house. The theater (and its Barton pipe organ) has stood the test of time, serving as a reminder of the glorious history of movies. This fall take in classics like Steel Magnolias, Poetic Justice, and more.
Lush Yummies Pie Company
Run for pie
Eastern Market and Dequindre Cut
Fall is prime time for runs, from various 5ks to the Detroit Marathon, but let's talk about a real fun run: the first annual Butta Run, a 2k trek where there's pie at the finish line. Hosted by Lush Yummies Pie Co., the November 23 event will also feature live performances, including a special guest appearance by the Cass Tech Marching Band and of course the bakery's popular pies, including Oprah's Favorite Things Peach Butta Cobbler, Original Lemon Butta Pie, and Salted Caramel Butta Pie.
Unwind at the Schvitz
Detroit's original urban health club, The Schvitz in Detroit's North End, is the city's only bath house. Open to members and guests since 1930, this cultural institution (which has quite the infamous reputation as a hotspot frequented by Prohibition-era mobsters followed by swingers years later) offers ancient heat therapies and holistic healing for some serious R&R.
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The time had come. After 10 years of sailing Cosmic Dancer in European and Atlantic waters we decided it was time to dip her keel in the Pacific for the first time!
Having spent last season sailing to what prides itself as the Atlantic's most westerly seagoing port, Duluth in Lake Superior, all that lay between us and the Pacific was a 1,665 mile road journey across Dakota, Montana, Idaho and Washington to Seattle, a mere trifle compared to the 3,000 odd miles we sailed in getting from the outer St Lawrence to Duluth, and an awful lot easier than the alternatives of either a NW passage or a 10,000 mile plus passage via Panama and Hawaii.
Preparing a yacht for a long overland journey is not a trivial task and is at least as time consuming as getting ready for a trans ocean passage. Every last piece of rigging and fittings has to be dismantled and packed, whilst anything that cannot can be has have to be padded so that 4 days of road vibration doesn't end up destroying it.
It took us almost 2 weeks of preparation before Cosmic Dancer was ready to roll, with us following behind in a hire car. We had fondly thought that keeping up with the massive truck, almost twice the length of our yacht, would be no competition. We were mistaken. What the truck may have lacked in speed it more than made up for in endurance and we eventually arrived in Seattle some 24 hours after the yacht.
In the meantime, we enjoyed 4 wonderful days driving across America, a journey that took us across the headwaters of both the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and into North Dakota where we feasted in a succession of Bratwurst diners that would put all but the very best of German Imbis's to shame, whilst passing the oilfields of North America's latest oil boom. Although, the subject of many recent environmental protests, we were amazed at how visually low impact these fracking rigs were, and certainly much less intrusive than many land based windfarms.
From Dakota, we headed into Montana and many of places that filled the "Wild west" stories of our youth. We passed through the "Badlands" and the site of General Custer's last stand, followed the mighty Yellowstone river for many miles, and then climbed up into Yellowstone National park over a pass that even in June had enough snow on it to keep the summer skiers occupied for a few hours. We didn't encounter any cowboys but the Montana hospitality was legendary.
Arriving in Seattle was a step change with the wide open plains and relative tranquillity of the mid-west being replaced by a lively and bustling modern city. We are currently putting Cosmic Dancer back together in a boatyard in Ballad, once the working heartland of blue collar Seatlle, but now home to an eclectic mix of leisure boatyards and funky restaurants and bars. We're not short of work to do on the boat but we're also not short on places to go and have a beer once the work is done!


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This week's article looks at the HSE's guide to Managers HSG65. This is mainly for leaders, owners, trustees and line managers. It will particularly help those who need to put in place or oversee their company's health and safety arrangements.
The advice may also help workers and their representatives.
The guidance explains the Plan, Do, Check, Act approach and shows how it can help you achieve a balance between the systems and behavioural aspects of management. It also treats health and safety management as an integral part of good management generally, rather than as a stand-alone system.
This week's 2 recent HSE cases look at accidents where there was a lack of H&S management.
An employee's legs were crushed when four one-ton concrete tables toppled over.
Mr Copp's work was classified as "Immediately Dangerous" by a registered Gas Safe engineer and HSE was alerted.
As ever, if you have a subject that you would like us to cover one week, please contact us by phone 01458 253682, email or via our Facebook page or by Twitter.
Managing for health and safety
Businesses have a legal duty to put in place suitable arrangements to manage for health and safety. This article provides a framework to help you do that effectively, in a way that your business can tailor to your own circumstances.
In implementing your arrangements, you should consult with your employees or their representatives, including trade unions where they are recognised.
The framework described in this article is universal but how far action is needed will depend on the size and nature of the organisation, and the risks from its activities, products or services.
The Plan, Do, Check, Act approach
HSE has moved away from using the POPMAR (Policy, Organising, Planning, Measuring performance, Auditing and Review) model of managing health and safety, to a 'Plan, Do, Check, Act' approach.
The move towards Plan, Do, Check, Act achieves a balance between the systems and behavioural aspects of management. It also treats health and safety management as an integral part of good management generally, rather than as a stand-alone system.
The high-level descriptions may vary, depending on the industry or sector you are working in, but a summary of the actions involved in delivering effective arrangements and how they are frequently described is given in Table 1, under the headings of Plan, Do, Check, Act.
Table 1 The read-across between Plan, Do, Check, Act and other management systems
Plan, Do, Check, Act
Conventional health and safety management
Plan Determine your policy/Plan for implementation Define and communicate acceptable performance and resources needed & Identify and assess risks/Identify controls/Record and maintain process safety knowledge
Do Profile risks/Organise for health and safety/Implement your plan Implement and manage control measures
Check Measure performance (monitor before events, investigate after events) Measure and review performance/Learn from measurements and findings of investigations
Act Review performance/Act on lessons learned
Think about where you are now and where you need to be.
Say what you want to achieve, who will be responsible for what, how you will achieve your aims, and how you will measure your success. You may need to write down this policy and your plan to deliver it.
Decide how you will measure performance. Think about ways to do this that go beyond looking at accident figures; look for leading indicators as well as lagging indicators. These are also called active and reactive indicators.
Consider fire and other emergencies. Co-operate with anyone who shares your workplace and co-ordinate plans with them.
Remember to plan for changes and identify any specific legal requirements that apply to you.
Identify your risk profile
Assess the risks, identify what could cause harm in the workplace, who it could harm and how, and what you will do to manage the risk.
Decide what the priorities are and identify the biggest risks.
Organise your activities to deliver your plan
In particular, aim to:
Provide adequate resources, including competent advice where needed.
Involve workers and communicate, so that everyone is clear on what is needed and can discuss issues – develop positive attitudes and behaviours.
Implement your plan
Decide on the preventive and protective measures needed and put them in place.
Provide the right tools and equipment to do the job and keep them maintained.
Train and instruct, to ensure everyone is competent to carry out their work.
Supervise to make sure that arrangements are followed.
Measure your performance
Make sure that your plan has been implemented – 'paperwork' on its own is not a good performance measure.
Assess how well the risks are being controlled and if you are achieving your aims. In some circumstances formal audits may be useful.
Investigate the causes of accidents, incidents or near misses
Review your performance
Learn from accidents and incidents, ill-health data, errors and relevant experience, including from other organisations.
Revisit plans, policy documents and risk assessments to see if they need updating.
Take action on lessons learned, including from audit and inspection reports
The Plan, Do, Check, Act cycle
Plan, Do, Check, Act should not be seen as a once-and-for-all action:
You may need to go round the cycle more than once, particularly when:
starting out;
developing a new process, product or service; or
implementing any change.
Whatever your industry, or the size or nature of your organisation, the keys to effectively managing for health and safety are:
leadership and management (including appropriate business processes);
a trained/skilled workforce;
an environment where people are trusted and involved.
HSE advocates that all of these elements, underpinned by an understanding of the profile of risks the organisation creates or faces, are needed
All organisations have management processes or arrangements to deal with payroll, personnel issues, finance and quality control – managing health and safety is no different.
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require employers to put in place arrangements to control health and safety risks. As a minimum, you should have the processes and procedures required to meet the legal requirements, including:
a written health and safety policy (if you employ five or more people);
assessments of the risks to employees, contractors, customers, partners, and any other people who could be affected by your activities – and record the significant findings in writing (if you employ five or more people). Any risk assessment must be 'suitable and sufficient';
arrangements for the effective planning, organisation, control, monitoring and review of the preventive and protective measures that come from risk assessment;
access to competent health and safety advice, such as The Wilkins Safety Group;
providing employees with information about the risks in your workplace and how they are protected;
instruction and training for employees in how to deal with the risks;
ensuring there is adequate and appropriate supervision in place;
consulting with employees about their risks at work and current preventive and protective measures.
Leading and managing for health and safety
Judith Hackitt, HSE Chair recently said:
'There is a need for a sensible and proportionate approach to risk management, in short, a balanced approach – this means ensuring that paperwork is proportionate, does not get in the way of doing the job, and it certainly does not mean risk elimination at all costs.'
Leaders, at all levels, need to understand the range of health and safety risks in their part of the organisation and to give proportionate attention to each of them. This applies to the level of detail and effort put into assessing the risks, implementing controls, supervising and monitoring.
If you would like any further help or support, please please contact us by phone 01458 253682 or email.
We shall be running new courses again in 2016 and the dates and details of forthcoming courses will be published here each week.
But remember we are still available for running "In House" courses and we have now also added a new training service for our customers.
Site Manager Safety Training Scheme – (Part of Construction Skills "Site Safety Plus" Suite of Courses)
We have formed an association with a local company TQ Excel who are one of the UK's leading providers of accredited training to the highways sector of the construction industry.
AS a result of this we can now offer the SMSTS (Site Management Safety Training Scheme).
The Site Management Safety Training Scheme forms part of the Construction Skills (CITB) Site Safety Plus range of courses which are highly regarded within the construction industry.
The 5 day training course is aimed at site managers wishing to develop a more in depth legal, moral and social understanding of their role and also teaches delegates how to manage on-site health and safety in accordance with current legislation.
We also offer the 2 day SSSTS Training Course (Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme) which is a 2 day course aimed at those with on-site supervisory responsibilities.
We also can now offer NRSWA courses.
These qualifications are for those involved in the Excavation and Re-instatement of the highway and are specified under the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991. They are a legal requirement for "statutory undertakers" (i.e. Utility Contractors) and for those working under "section 50 licenses" (Drainage works etc).
Where works are subject to the Act there must be a minimum of 1 qualified operative on every site that is qualified for the operations being carried out and there must be a Supervisor available to visit the site at least on a daily basis.
The qualifications are also often specified by client organisations and local authorities when appointing contractors for works involving excavation or reinstatement of the highway for other purposes.
Dates for all new courses will follow soon
If you have any questions about these courses or any other training or would like us to run a particular course for you, call Jon Wilkins of the Wilkins Safety Group on 01458 253682 or email him.
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On 1–2 May 2011 DEVGRU's Red Squadron undertook the covert operation codenamed Operation Neptune Spear,under the CIA's authority, and killed Osama bin Laden, leader of the terrorist organization Al Qaeda, at his compound 34°11′15.3882″N 73°14′33.3954″E in the city of Abbottabad, 113 kilometers from Islamabad, the Federal capital of Pakistan..The attack itself lasted 38 minutes. Bin Laden's adult son, a woman, and 2 couriers were also killed..There were no casualties to the team. They had practiced the mission "on both American coasts" and in a segregated section of Camp Alpha at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan in early April 2011, using a one-acre replica of bin Laden's compound..Modified MH-60 helicopters from the U.S. Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment carried DEVGRU operators and paramilitary operatives from the CIA's Special Activities Division. Other personnel supported with tactical signals, intelligence collectors, and navigators using highly classified hyperspectral imagers from Ghazi Air Base in Pakistan...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGhGHxw0mSo
15 members of DEVGRU's Gold Squadron were among the 38 killed on Saturday, 6 August 2011 in Maidan Wardak province, Afghanistan, when a Chinook helicopter flown by B Company, 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, was shot down by a Taliban-fired rocket-propelled grenade; the crash wiped out an entire troop.. The personnel killed in the helicopter crash are said to have belonged to an "immediate reaction force" that were en route to intercept a group of Taliban who were escaping the area following an operation by United States Army Rangers.. It was the largest single loss of U.S. life since the beginning of the 2001 Afghan War, and is the largest single loss ever suffered by the SEALs...
In a mission codenamed Octave Fusion, on 24 January 2012, DEVGRU operators successfully rescued American Jessica Buchanan, 32, and Dane Poul Hagen Thisted, 60, who had been detained by Somali bandits in north-central Somalia..Officials stated plans for a rescue operation had been under development for weeks, but acted after discovering that Buchanan's health was deteriorating due to an undisclosed illness...DEVGRU was prepared to capture the hostage takers but this proved unfeasible and 9 "heavily armed" kidnappers were killed..On Tuesday 28 May 2012, a joint British SAS and DEVGRU operation rescued British aid worker Helen Johnston and three colleagues held captive by the Taliban in Badakhshan, Eastern Afghanistan..The JSO team flew to a pre-arranged rendezvous about 2 miles from where the hostages were being held and patrolled two miles through thick forest, moving into assault positions around the caves.. The SAS team and SEALs assaulted the locations simultaneously rescuing all hostages successfully and killed a number of Taliban insurgents. There were no casualties amongst the rescue team..8 Dec-ember 2012, DEVGRU rescued Dilip Joseph, an American doctor held captive by the Taliban in Eastern Afghanistan. Dr. Joseph, who was working for an aid organization, was kidnapped along with 2 Afghan colleagues at a road block by armed men and were moved to a compound in LP-rovince..2 Afghans were later released after negotiations.. During the operation at least 6 of his T-alinan captors were killed ..On October 5, 2013, United States Navy SEAL Team Six launched a raid against a beachside house to capture (to gain intelligence) a key member of Al-Shabaab..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnOwZMli8qM
6 August 2011, a U.S. Boeing CH-47 Chinook military helicopter, call sign Extortion 17, was shot down while transporting a quick reaction force attempting to reinforce an engaged unit of Army Rangers in Wardak province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan..The resulting crash killed all 38 people on board—25 American special operations personnel,5 US Army National Guard and Army Reserve crewmen,7 Afghan commandos, and 1 Afghan interpreter—U.S. military working dog..It is considered the worst loss of U.S Military life in a single incident in the Afghanistan campaign, surpassing Operation Red Wings in 2005 (Note: during Operation Red Wings, on 28 June 2005, a Chinook helicopter carrying a U.S. Navy SEAL team was shot down by a RPG round as it attempted to X-tract U.S. troops on the ground)..O-peration then became known as "Red Wings II" and lasted approximately 3 more weeks..Several weeks later, Shah's group in Kunar Province was stricken to a point of inoperability and Shah was seriously wounded, during Operation Whalers, in Au-gust 2005...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEAL_Team_Six
http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showp...2&postcount=54You're ghostin' us..I don't care who you are back in the world, you give away our position one more time, I'll bleed ya, real quiet...There's something out there waiting for us, and it ain't no man... http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showp...&postcount=595


Before you can make your mark as a cosmetology professional in Wisconsin, you have to meet the licensing requirements set out by the Cosmetology Examining Board. This is part of the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services. Since the state of Wisconsin does allow apprenticeship for cosmetology and barbering licenses, the Cosmetology Examining Board requires you to complete a set amount of training hours (listed below for each profession). You must also pass both a skills exam and a written exam, and go through the final licensure process.
After finishing your training and submitting proof of your education to the Cosmetology Examining Board , you are required to pass a licensing exam issued by the Wisconsin Cosmetology Examining Board. Wisconsin cosmetology exams are administered by Pearson VUE and you must take the exam in English.
Once you pass these exams, you should receive your Wisconsin cosmetology license in the mail and be able to work as a licensed beautician in the state of Wisconsin. As of 2015, Wisconsin now requires continuing education for everyone after their first licensure cycle. Continuing education is available through many sources, including the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services, universities, and beauty schools.
Find Wisconsin beauty schools that can help you obtain a license in cosmetology, esthetics, nail technology and other beauty professions in the state of Wisconsin.
Cosmetology license renewal in Wisconsin happens every two years in March of odd-numbered years. The cost is $82 to renew licenses, or an additional $25 if the license is renewed after March 31.
Starting in 2015, Wisconsin voted to require the completion of continuing education credits. During each two-year renewal cycle, you must complete four hours of continuing education. One hour must focus on cosmetology laws and three hours must focus on safety, sanitation, and infection control.
The Wisconsin Cosmetology Examining Board can help you answer any questions we did not answer above about obtaining a Wisconsin cosmetology license.


DESCRIPTION: Rhythmically exciting with intricate counterpoint and a propelling groove, Silver Strand weaves a horizontal thread that is lyrically beautiful and full of suspense. The 7-minute work may be heard as a string of dance variations with intensity and texture flowing as the title suggests. Silver Strand was composed for Kathryn Scarbrough and Tereasa Payne who premiered the work at the 2016 NFA convention in San Diego, just a mile east of the Silver Strand Beachfront on Coronado Island.


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Unpredictable verdict for Mumbai
Vaidehi Taman
Mumbai is ready for polls in the third and final phase of voting in the state. Till last moment candidates in Mumbai were wilting it out through their constituencies by various means to woo the voters. All six constituencies, Mumbai South, Mumbai South Central, Mumbai North Central, Mumbai North West, Mumbai North East and Mumbai North go to polls on April 24 in the third phase of LS elections. A 98.14 lakh strong electorate will decide the fate of 116 candidates including 52 independents. BJP brought Modimany times to convince people across Maharashtra to turn votes in their favourand in a same way,Congress brought Rahul Gandhi.SharadPawar gave a very disappointing show. In their capacity, all candidates tried their level best to impress the voters and media. They were best inpromoting themselves. They campaigned and interacted with people well. Meanwhile,AamAadmi Party also made its debutant entry in a state and city and marked its presence. Efforts are being made to get Mumbaikars out for voting as it has track record of poor voter percentage.
In 2009, 43.4 per cent electorate out of the eligible 95 lakh had exercised their franchise. In five years, the voter population has also increased. In the suburbs, 3.5 lakh pledge forms have been distributed in schools, colleges where students have been asked to get it filled from their parents taking a pledge that they will vote. In addition, 2.5 lakh pledge forms have been filled from citizens during an awareness campaign by BMC. Hoardings have been put up at bus stations/terminals, railway stations, tall buildings, traffic signals, skywalks. Various government agencies are reaching out to various sections of the society to ensure that the voter turnout is good. Announcements are being made at railway stations urging people to vote on April 24.
All six constituencies in Mumbai are set to witness either triangular or quadruple contests, while Congress-NCP will fight to retain its bastions against the Opposition onslaught banking on a "Modi wave". As many as 116 candidates are in the fray, which are currently held by the Congress-NCP. In Mumbai, around 75 lakh people will vote on April 24. One of the most high profile contests is the battle for the South Mumbai seat. Incumbent Congress MP MilindDeora is being challenged by banker-turned politician MeeraSanyal from the AamAadmi Party, ArvindSawant of the Shiv Sena and BalaNandgaonkar of the MNS. Deora has spent most of the time for campaigning.
MilindDeorais hoping to repeat2009, when the MNS cut into the Shiv Sena vote bank helping him to sail through. However, this time ShivSena is seen strong in position due to 'Modi wave' and sympathy for late Balasaheb Thackeray. This time MNS and Shiv Sena may rather cut Congress votes. Traffic congestion, old dilapidated buildings are major issues in this election, whosoever comes they will take time to improve things. Meanwhile, looking at the way AamAadmi Party is being welcomed,MeeraSanyal's chances can't be neglected. In the suburbs, the Mumbai North East sitting NCP MP Sanjay Dina Patil has been accused of being missing. The Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) has ranked him as the worst performing MP in Maharashtra. He was never there to attend people's queries.
AAP candidate and social activist MedhaPatkar, who has worked for the huge slum population and BJP leader KiritSomaiya who lost by 3000 votes in 2009 are biggest challenges to Patil. Last time the division of votes had benefitted the NCP. If MNS, BJP and Shiv Sena come together then this constituency gives 70 per cent votes to KiritSomaiya.
Sitting Congress MP from Mumbai North constituency Sanjay Nirupam has been campaigning non-stop. Almost, every day he has arranged a press conference, met people from morning till night. In 2009, he was pitted against senior BJP leader Ram Naik;Nirupam won by a slender margin of 5000 votes. His attendance is 89 per cent which is more than national average of the Parliament.As far as his working in the constituency is concerned, it is not upto the mark. However, BJP's GopalShetty seems much more relaxed. His focus is on the large Gujarati community as a votebank and on transportation and infrastructure. Meanwhile, the factor which matters here is turnout of voters. Mumbai which has displayed voter's apathy in previous elections will hopefully fare better this time.
Another noteworthy fact is the deployment of MP Local Area Development (MPLAD)Fund within the constituencies by the six MPs. Sadly, the six MPs together could deploy only 49.8 per cent of the funds allocated to them. MilindDeora (INC) from South Mumbai utilised almost 54 per cent of the funds, followed closely by Sanjay Patil (NCP) and Sanjay Nirupam (INC) utilising 48 per cent and 58 per cent respectively. Of the total fund (49.8 per cent) utilised, 25 per cent was utilised on construction of toilets, 22.6 per cent was utilised for constructing community welfare centre (community centre, gymnasium, weather shed, sports complex, cemeteries, library, Open Stage etc.). Education and health witnessed only 2.2 per cent and 1.9 per centutilisation from the MPLAD. EknathGaikwad (INC), the only SSC passed MP from South Central Mumbai – rest are all graduates – is clearly the best performer in the parliament. Sanjay Patil of NCP from North East Mumbai is second in the number of questions, having asked 459 questions during the five-year term. GurudasKamat of INC representing North West Mumbai asked only one question in five years. As Mumbai fixes to go to polls, major political parties have put all their strength behind their candidates fighting on the six LokSabha seats in the city. Let's see who makes it to power.
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The Final Four
Well it sure has been a crazy year, hasn't it?
So many upsets, so many shockers, so many surprises.
But here we are, with only two days left of pro Tour action, and suddenly everything seems right with the world. After six days of battling through the toughest opponents in the game, the four men left standing at the World Tour Finals are those who've been the most prolific champions in the past few years.
The first semi match on Saturday pits two men against each other who, despite their impressive resumés, have never reached the finals at the year-end championships. World #1 Rafael Nadal will face Andy Murray, a man who's beaten him in two of the three matches they've played this year. The Brit is clearly more comfortable on this surface and has the support of his hometown crowd, but Nadal has been unstoppable in his last three matches, more than making up for his dismal performance in London last year. It should be an exciting match, as so many of the match-ups between these two are, and while Murray might be the favorite given the circumstances, Rafa has a bit of a motivating factor that you just cannot ignore.
Four-time champion Roger Federer might just be waiting in the finals, but he still has a semi of his own to win. After sweeping his three round robin matches he returns to the final four for the eighth time in his career. He'll meet 2008 champ Novak Djokovic in the battle of former winners, both trying to regain glory. Of course Roger has the head-to-head edge over the Serb, but Nole does have that one amazing win at the U.S. Open to give him some hope. And while I'm sure the fans are hoping he doesn't again prevent the match everyone wants to see, you certainly can't count him out.
With fifteen titles between them this year, it's hard to argue that anyone else should be playing these last few matches of the year, so it's certainly nice to see all their hard work pay off. As for who stands the best chance of winning the whole thing, well you probably have to give the odds to the men who've been there before -- but I sure have learned better than to count anybody out!
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For decades rock bands have been the staples of 70s & 80s music and culture. Rock bands have brought us legends such as "Queen", "Def Leppard", "Black Sabbath" and "KISS". Since being in the Spotlight, it has influenced many other genres of music and has become loved by many countries, cultures and generations.
Who Are Ask Jonesy & Company?
Ask Jonesy & Company are an L.A. based Rock Band that consists of 3 insanely talented artists. Troy Romzek (25) is the lead singer and what a voice this guy has, he has shown audiences (most recognisably in their second single "stings") that he has a smooth, silky voice of an authentic Rock & Blues singer, he has shown his vocal and musical skills in his previous band "The Dirty Shakes". Troy hasn't failed to impress us today. Leo Howard (20) is the guitarist, he is a charismatic performer, watching him on his guitar makes the audience feel so involved as it looks like he is having the time of his life, Ricky Ficarelli (24) is the bassist of the group and is most recognisable for his videos on YouTube, although his content is mostly his insane skills as a drummer, in the most recent years and videos we as the audience have seen him grow as a vocalist and that he has the talent to play well more than one instrument.
Although the band has not brought us much music YET.. They have given us some fantastic content, their debut single "Burning Fire" was exactly that! It was the perfect way to introduce the band with this bouncy and catchy tune, with some extremely talented backing singers, saxophone player & drummer, with a visually pleasing and bright music video to go with it, this was truly a fantastic way to introduce AJ&Co. Their second single "Stings" was a more slow and personal ballad, about broken love. The video is shown in black and white, setting the tone for the beautiful song, you can hear the pain in Romzek's vocals, giving a real and authentic feel. In the last couple of days AJ&Co have released a new single and we must admit is a personal favourite, this song "Morocco By Midnight" is the most visually pleasing video of the 2 previous, you can just tell the amount of time and effort that has gone into this video, it is fun and fast like Burning fire, and it looks like the guys are having such fun, the chemistry between them is truly a joy to behold for the viewer. If you don't believe this video is pure magic, check it out in the link below!
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