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Song Johnny Foreigner Gives Away Gratis Better Than 99.9% Of The Crap That People Want You To Pay For
Fans may recall that Johnny Foreigner briefly blitzkrieg-bopped their way through South Africa in late winter, playing some shows and a festival and generally -- based on the photographic evidence -- having a grand time in a stunningly beautiful country. The Birmingham, England-based indie giants had such a fine time, in fact, that they are considering recording their third full-length record there, according to this blog post what you already read. A return to South Africa to record a full-length will not be Johnny Foreigner's maiden recording effort there, however. During the band's jaunt earlier this year it laid down at least one track with a fellow named Peach, and this track is awesome, and Johnny Foreigner put it up for free downlizzle over the weekend right here.
The synth-tastic "With Who, Who And What I've Got" is a gorgeous number that downplays guitars while at the same time overdriving the 8bit production sound to approximate the band's desperate guitar pop attack. The song, incidentally, also fulfills the requirements of our Indie Axiom for Awesomeness no. 3. We doubt "With Who, Who And What I've Got" was written entirely in South Africa, but to the extent that country had any positive influence on the material, we'd be thrilled to hear what the band can do recording a full length "down" "there." Check it out for yourself.
Johnny Foreigner -- "With Who, Who And What I've Got" -- South Africa
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Posted by Unknown at 5/31/2010 09:43:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: Johnny Foreigner
Soccermom | House Of Blues, Boston | June 3
Your biggest problem next week will be trying to juggle your schedule so you can see Soccermom AND The Hush Now play House Of Blues, Boston, Thursday despite the fact they are playing in different rooms at potentially the same time. Maybe cloning will become a reality by then. One can only hope. Soccermom's show is free, and The Hush Now's is RSVP, so make sure to get your plan straight.
Labels: Soccermom, The Hush Now
And Then Some Days We Get Awesome Mail 2
London-based (via Manchester) noise-pop sensations Sir Yes Sir's thrilling cassette-only debut EP Not Excited arrived today. The collection was released March 1 in the UK and remains available for purchase -- until the limited edition of 200 copies peters out -- from Rough Trade here. We first wrote about Sir Yes Sir right here in January; since then the band has shared the stage with Clicky Clicky faves Johnny Foreigner; released said EP; played the big Pavement tribute show in Brixton earlier this month; and recorded a radio session with Huw Stephens. Late word from the band is that it will appear on a forthcoming compilation put out by London-based indie concern Fierce Panda. Fierce Panda will release June 14 the Licensed To Drill six-track compilation EP, to which Sir Yes Sir have contributed the song "Your Recent Hits." Apparently a Sir Yes Sir full-length recording is in the works. These are exciting times.
Labels: AndThenSomeDaysWeGetAwesomeMail, Johnny Foreigner, Pavement, Sir Yes Sir
The Hush Now | House Of Blues, Boston | June 2 +3
Labels: The Hush Now
Today's Hotness: The Radio Dept., Sunvisor, The Hush Now
>> [PHOTO CREDIT: Max Weiland] Despite liking very much specific tracks ("A Window" from the 2006 collection Pet Grief immediately jumps to mind), only now are we fully appreciating the wonderful Swedish dream-pop concern The Radio Dept. The band, which has been around for an impressively long 15 years in one form or another, issued April 21 its heart-felt, wistful third record Clinging To A Scheme on Labrador. This most recent Radio Dept. record, four years in the making, is filled with great tracks, our favorite being the cleverly titled "The Video Dept." In typical fashion Labrador has been promoting Clinging To A Scheme with free MP3s, and the latest is for the odd and pretty "Never Follow Suit." The reggae-tinged track is underpinned by firm beats and lashed to chords slanted on the upbeat, but a pretty synth line and understated vocal are the true focal points. "Never Follow Suit" will be issued as a single June 16 with two b-sides on CD and digitally, but you can download the A-side for free right now because that is how Labrador rolls.
The Radio Dept. -- "Never Follow Suit" -- Clinging To A Scheme
[buy Clinging To A Scheme from Labrador here]
>> Long Island, New York-based electropop duo Sunvisor sent us a delightful preview track from the band's planned debut EP, which is due this summer. The song is called "Sky Dive," and we expect those among you who are proponents of Ulrich Schnauss or Morr Music-styled dreaminess will find "Sky Dive" quite appealing. The tune was Forkcasted yesterday, and for good reason: "Sky Dive" touts a perfect balance of effervescent beats and blissed synths that pleasantly pushes and pulls the buoyant track toward a conclusion that sadly comes too soon.
Sunvisor's "Sky Dive"
>> Word from Boston dream pop titans The Hush Now is the quintet began tracking a planned forthcoming EP this past weekend. The band was cutting basic tracks live all in one room of a house studio in Malden, MA. Ryan's Smashing Life had a photographer on the scene to snap this picture Sunday. No word on when we can expect to hear the finished product, but The Hush Now will apparently be playing certain of the new material at one of its numerous pending live dates. The band is slated to play two after-parties in the front room at the House Of Blues June 2nd and June 3rd as soon as The National finish its headlining set. The Hush Now is also scheduled to play McGann's Pub in Boston June 11. The band's most recent set Constellations was self-released earlier this year; we reviewed it here.
Labels: Sunvisor, The Hush Now, Ulrich Schnauss
And Then Some Days We Get Awesome Mail
Philly-based emo heroes Everyone Everywhere's self-titled full length debut is out now on Tiny Engines. The quartet plays O'Brien's Pub this Saturday night in Boston. Read all of our Everyone Everywhere coverage at this link.
Labels: AndThenSomeDaysWeGetAwesomeMail, Everyone Everywhere
Review: The Henry Clay People | Somewhere On The Golden Coast [MP3]
Making rock music about making rock music is a dangerous game, and a band that attempts it best have the goods lest they be relegated to dung heaps still piled high with '70s cock rock and the output of faceless '80s metaltards. Fortunately the young and exuberant Los Angeles-based rock concern The Henry Clay People has the right amount of hooks, attitude and self-awareness to succeed brilliantly, and -- despite songs about selling guitars to pay rent; about crashing on couches; about Saturday night -- the quartet's forthcoming sophomore full-length Somewhere On The Golden Coast just might save rock 'n' roll from itself for a little while longer (as the similarly 'Mats-inspired The Hold Steady's earth-shaking Separation Sunday did five years ago).
The Henry Clay People's precedent full-length, EP and single hinted at great things, but Somewhere On The Golden Coast exceeds expectations by showing the band, fronted by the wonderfully shouty Joey and Andy Siara, can shift gears and offer more than boozy mid- and uptempo rockers. The opening prologue "Nobody Taught Us To Quit" skips rhythm tracks altogether while aggrandizing the sort of foot-shooting favored by Paul Westerberg. The ballad "A Temporary Fix" similarily ditches the drums in the first verse, and Mr. Siara's aching murmur floats among hair-raising feedback and noise and tremeloed organ. It's a surprising turn for an act best known for foot-stomping bar anthems, which, of course, Somewhere On The Golden Coast touts in spades. In addition to the ace single and EP cuts "This Ain't A Scene" and "Working Part Time," the red-hot "Your Famous Friends" and "Keep Your Eyes Closed" memorably rock with abandon.
To borrow a phrase, the greatest bands create their own mythologies, and The Henry Clay People's Somewhere On The Golden Coast boasts neccessarily short-handed tales whose genesis may or may not be founded in fact. The emphatic expostulation "we got drunk and called in sick whenever we felt like it!" tidily sums up a glory of slackerdom; "If your fancy school put you back in debt, I'd sell my favorite guitar so you can pay your rent" romanticizes trials of the rocker class. By our (unscientific) calculations, the last cool band to come out of Los Angeles was Jane's Addiction, so The Henry Clay People actually aren't only saving rock 'n' roll, but they are also restoring legitimacy to a town whose contributions to indie rock grow ever more remote. Somewhere On The Golden Coast will be issued by TBD Records June 8.
The Henry Clay People -- "Your Famous Friends" -- Somewhere On The Golden Coast
[pre-order Somewhere On The Golden Coast from Amazon right here]
06.08 -- Spaceland -- Los Angeles, CA
06.15 -- Hard Rock Live -- Orlando, FL
06.16 -- Sunset Cove Amphitheater -- Boca Raton, FL
06.18 -- Ritz -- Tampa, FL
06.19 -- The Tabernacle -- Atlanta, GA
06.20 -- The Ritz Theatre -- Raleigh, NC
06.21 -- The National -- Richmond, VA
06.23 -- DAR Constitution Hall -- Washington, DC
06.24 -- Wellmont Theatre -- Montclair, NJ
06.25 -- Williamsburg Waterfront -- Brooklyn, NY
06.27 -- House Of Blues -- Boston, MA
06.28 -- Penn's Landing -- Philadelphia, PA
06.29 -- The Sound Academy -- Toronto, Ontario
07.02 -- The Fillmore Detroit -- Detroit, MI
07.03 -- Aragon Ballroom -- Chicago, IL
07.04 -- Summerfest -- Milwaukee, WI
07.16 -- Hard Rock Hotel -- Las Vegas, NV
07.17 -- Marquee Theater -- Tempe, AZ
07.19 -- Stubb's -- Austin, TX
07.20 -- Warehouse Live -- Houston, TX
07.21 -- Palladium Ballroom -- Dallas, TX
07.24 -- Live on the Levee -- St. Louis, MO
07.26 -- The Fillmore Auditorium -- Denver, CO
07.27 -- The Rail -- Salt Lake City, UT
07.29 -- Crystal Ballroom -- Portland, OR
07.31 -- The Paramount Theatre -- Seattle, WA
08.07 -- Soma -- San Diego, CA
10.09 -- Austin City Limits -- Austin, TX
The Henry Clay People: Internerds | MySpace | YouTube | Flickr
Posted by Unknown at 5/24/2010 08:00:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Paul Westerberg, The Henry Clay People, The Hold Steady, The Replacements
Today's Hotness: Lower Dens, Concord Ballet Orchestra Players
>> Bullet points for Jana Hunter that we keep at the ready in the unlikely event we are engaged in conversation about the haunting/haunted songwriter: first, the compelling voice -- it's in the same register as Chan Marshall, but perhaps a tad more desperate and poignant; second, the unsettling quality of her gothic Americana gets under your mental skin, and stays there; and third; she once toured via sailboat, but then there was some sort of boating mishap, and then the tour had to finish by land. We can now add a fourth, which is that Ms. Hunter recently formed the band Lower Dens. The Baltimore-based quartet, commissioned in 2009, significantly fills out Hunter's compositions with a standard rhythm section and second guitar. The aural heft does much to enhance her songs, at least based on the pulsing, reverberant promo track "Hospice Gates." The tune will feature on Lower Dens' forthcoming, 11-song full-length Twin-Hand Movement, which the label Gnomonsong will release July 20. The long player, which was to have been Hunter's third solo set, will be preceded by the single "I Get Nervous" b/w "Johnssong,"; the single is available for pre-order now and will be issued May 31. We first wrote about Hunter here in 2005, where we reviewed her Gnomongsong debut, the collection Blank Unstaring Heirs Of Doom. Hunter subsequently released the additional solo sets There Is No Home (2007)and Carrion EP (2007).
Lower Dens -- "Hospice Gates" -- Twin-Hand Movement
[pre-order Twin-Hand Movement from Gnomonsong here]
>> Scene-maker and radio DJ extraordinaire Jeff Breeze's long-running improvisational space-rock project Concord Ballet Orchestra Players is back with a fifth record, Palindromes. The set, which features Mr. Breeze abetted by a quintet including our former Junkmedia colleague Martin Pavlinic, is officially released June 1, but you can download the thing for free at Bandcamp right here right now. You're wondering why you need improvisational space-rock in your life. We understand, believe us. But Palindromes is quite engaging, in a non-singles Pink Floyd circa 1966 kind of way. Take, for example, the organ-heavy (and, we'd venture, Richard Wright-indebted) psych-out "Serif Fires," which we are posting below. The composition meanders, but with a purposeful tunefullness that maps structure and indicates the CBOP cohort has well-developed, collaborative instincts, and/or an ear for the interesting. Have a listen to "Serif Fires" below, and download all of Palindromes right here. Concord Ballet Orchestra Players has two pending gigs, the details of which we are posting below the embed.
06.01 -- P.A.'s Lounge -- Somerville, MA
07.31 -- AS220 -- Providence, RI
>> Our practice is to let our reviewers have the last word on the records and shows they assess. Even so, we are compelled to echo Mr. Piantigini's rave here about the latest album from Dutch indie veterans Bettie Serveert. The record is simply a joy to hear, wherein fronter Carol Van Dyk and her cohort find the perfect balance of sentiment, atmosphere and edge, over and over again. While we waited for Pharmacy Of Love to show up in the racks of our local Newbury Comics outlet, we spent an ample amount of time with the Deny All digital EP from ITunes. And we admit being apprehensive when we dropped the disc next to the cash register that perhaps we were buying a bunch of filler, that said EP was going to have all the hits. But we were wrong. Pharmacy Of Love is lean, not-quite-mean, but wholly compelling, and the non-EP tracks "Love Lee," "The Pharmacy" and "Change4Me" stand among the best of the album. What we are saying is this: buy this record. It is not Palomine, to be sure (nor does it have the amazing dynamic range of Palomine), but in terms of songwriting and consistency, it may be as strong.
Labels: Concord Ballet Orchestra Players, Jana Hunter, Lower Dens, Pink Floyd
Awesome Art For Forthcoming Johnny Foreigner 10" Unveiled
Rejoice! Above is the front and rear art for the Every Cloakroom Ever fan-funded, self-released 10" EP from Birmingham, England-based noise-pop goliaths Johnny Foreigner (as first posted here Thursday at the Johnny Foreigner Facebook corral). Yes, those are the names of every person who pre-ordered the collection. A new blog post from the band Friday indicates the 45RPM records will ship in the next couple of weeks, and that fans who ordered the EP will soon receive a bonus track of sorts via email titled "Kelly Watches The Coast," which we assume is some sort of take on the terrific closer from Grace And The Bigger Picture, "The Coast Was Always Clear." The post also indicates that the band hopes to tour the U.S. in the fall and then record album number three in South Africa by the end of the year. Exciting news.
Review: Travels | Robber On The Run [MP3]
We were smitten with the band's sophomore set The Hot Summer, and in particular the swirling album cut "Buzzard's Bay," but seeing Travels live in October made us confirmed believers. That The Hot Summer and the Somerville, Mass.-based duo's forthcoming set Robber On The Run will both have been released in the springtime seems to do them a small disservice, as the duo's sparse, smoldering songs evoke not re-birth, but rather a beautiful stillness and decomposition that are distinctly autumnal. Seasonal anachronism aside, Travels' forthcoming third full-length Robber On The Run proves the band's continued success at creating spell-binding, if somewhat unsettling, records.
The music of guitarists/singers Anar Badalov and Mona Elliot manifests like dreams scrolling across the backs of eyelids in detached sheaves of varying psychic weights and densities. Drop the needle anywhere within Robber On The Run and one encounters melodic, meticulously architected songs that urgently whisper like the inner workings of a(n analogue) wrist watch. While drum machine renders the songs rhythmically stiff, the music breathes with the drift of layered guitars and vocals that hang suspended in the air like heavy smoke. The sum total is a ghostly record shot through with shimmering energy, from the solemn instrumental opener "Swimming" to the dazed, piano-studded but otherwise almost transparent rendering of the standard "My Funny Valentine." The relatively up-tempo "Burr Song" is an album highlight that foregrounds melodic feedback over prickly picked guitar and tidal piano, while the multiple layers of guitar in the otherwise understated rumination "Smile" add substantial weight to Mr. Badalov's vocals.
Own Records will release Robber On The Run June 10; preorders are available here. Those who pre-order will receive codes to immediately download the record, and will receive a copy of The Hot Summer along with Robber On The Run when the new set ships June 10. You want these records.
Travels -- "Smile" -- Robber On The Run
[buy Robber On The Run from Own Records right here]
Travels: Internerds | MySpace | YouTube | Flickr
Labels: Metal Hearts, Travels, Victory At Sea
Today's Hotness: Ringo Deathstarr, Johnny Foreigner, Big Science
>> On a whim we checked in with Austin-based shoegaze titans Ringo Deathstarr to see if we could learn anything about the quartet's planned full-length debut. And we can tell you that the record has been recorded, and it is being mixed and mastered. The set will be called Colour Trip, and it is slated for release in the fall in the UK on Club AC30 and in Japan on Vinyl Junkie. Band fronter Elliot Frazier tells us there is currently no U.S. label attached to the record, which is insane, but it's a crazy, mix-up world out there, people. The Deathstarr is working on music videos now and plans to tour in support of the record around the time of its release. Awesomes!
>> Fans who are turning blue and near expiration from holding their breath waiting for the arrival of the now near-mythical Every Cloakroom Ever 10" EP from Johnny Foreigner will soon be rewarded. According to Facebook chatter, test pressings of the record arrived within the organization yesterday, and records could ship to fans as soon as next week, although we've heard that the ship date could be two weeks out. Either way, exciting stuff. Every Cloakroom Ever features art by Lewes Herriot that contains the name of every single person who pre-ordered what was originally to be a single self-released by the band; after orders were taken Johnny Foreigner decided to upgrade the release to a four-song 10", the digital files of which were distributed to pre-order purchasers earlier this spring. The band is otherwise "plotting, recording and working on other, non UK show stuff." We're hopeful this comment is referencing Johnny Foreigner's efforts to throw together a crowd-sourced DIY tour of the States, an idea the band first floated here last month. While the Birmingham, England-based noise-pop trio casts its gaze across the Atlantic, it does have a summer of festival and other dates upon which to focus as well. Here are the band's live commitments as best as we could gather from various crevices of the Interzizzles:
06.05 -- The Harley -- Yorkshire
06.13 -- Sellindge Festival -- Hope Farm, Gibbons Brook, Sellindge
06.26 -- The Playground @ 93feeteast -- London
07.01 -- Wellington College -- Berkshire
07.15 -- Wichita Party @ The Garage -- London
07.17 -- Cockermouth Rock Festival -- Cumbria
08.13 -- Leefest -- Bromley
08.20 -- Castle Calling Festival -- Richmond
>> It's been more than a year since Chicago-based futurepop savants Big Science released to the Interwebs the free EP The Coast Of Nowhere. The EP is awesome, and you can still download it here. Twitter stalkers have been fed regular updates about the recording of a full-length record, and then suddenly recently there was chatter about an EP that will precede the full-length. According to the Internet Home Page of AEMMP, the band's newish label, the EP is titled Skyscraper Sound and it will be issued next week on 25 May. Big Science plays a record release show Saturday. Have you seen the awesome art for this thing? We still haven't any idea what songs are on the EP or how one goes about buying it (hey AEMMP, get on that), but two apparently new songs "Basement Lights" and "Burn All Night" popped up on the band's MySpace player in the last couple weeks. But you can be assured that it is likely worth whatever they will be asking.
Labels: Big Science, Johnny Foreigner, Ringo Deathstarr
Five More Reasons To Follow Us On The Twitterzez
This is a true story about how a rep at LiveNation gives us tickets to give away, and then we give them away, and then someone wins them, and then that persons goes to a rock show for free, and then the world spins around, and then birds sing, and then love blooms, and... well, you get the picture. When we were an up-and-comer we dug the free stuff, still do, as a matter of fact, and the only thing we like more than getting free stuff is giving free stuff. And so we were pleased when our friendly neighborhood corporate ticketing person offered us the opportunity to give tickets away. And the latest batch is hot stuff: we have a pair of free tickets to the already-sold-out Stars show June 1 at Paradise Rock Club. We have tickets to see Psychedelic Furs at House Of Blues; we saw the band there -- well, at Avalon -- so very long ago it isn't in the archives of this blog, and they were fantastic, even then, some five thousand years into their career. And then we've got tickets to The Futureheads at the Paradise June 7, New Pornographers at House Of Blues June 18, and way off in the distance for Wolf Parade July 12. We think you'll agree that is a fine slate of shows. But the only way you can win tickets from us is to follow us on the Twitterzez, where you'll find us @clickyclicky. So start following.
Labels: New Pornographers, Psychedelic Furs, Stars, The Futureheads, Wolf Parade
Today's Hotness: Lilys, The Secret History, Cannons
>> In our opinion the best half-hour of music broadcast every weekday is the first quarter of WMBR's long-running, completely crucial radio program Breakfast Of Champions. We typically capture a chunk of said half-hour whilst commuting, and therein we encounter songs pre-filtered for awesomeness by trustworthy sources. Allow us to digress further by directing your attention to the fact that this week Breakfast Of Champions' band of the week will be the Lilys, one of this blog's all-time, top-five favorite acts; you can hear the band of the week segment at 8:30AM US east coast time every day, and we strongly suggest you check it out.
>> The true purpose of the item above was to set up this one, in which we tell you about one of the acts we recently encountered on Breakfast Of Champions, The Secret History. Perhaps named for one of our favorite books, perhaps not, the curiously hyper-sartorial Brooklyn-based indie pop septet issued in March a full-length debut The World That Never Was on the label Le Grand Magistery. The Secret History's primary songwriter is a fellow named Michael Grace, Jr., formerly of the act My Favorite. Mr. Grace is abetted by a large cast, but apparently vocals are handled by Lisa Ronson, the daughter of the vaunted Bowie sideman Mick Ronson. The new collection is packed with somewhat theatrical narratives, but there is enough rock to keep things focused. The lead track seems to be the strongest: it's an upbeat, heavily Brit-pop influenced (think The Primitives; were they considered Brit-pop?) gem called "Johnny Anorak." Oh the beautiful guitars in this track, oh the terrifically hooky chorus. Have a listen.
The Secret History's "Johnny Anorak"
>> We've spent a lot of time recently listening to Philly-based post-hardcore quartet Cannons' debut long-player Friendly Muscles. The record reminds us of those years in the early '90s when everybody you knew had a band, and a lot of those bands were heavily influenced by D.C. hardcore generally, and Fugazi specifically. Of course, part of the magic of Fugazi was the band's visionary blend of hardcore, reggae and hip-hop, and it remains to be seen if Cannons will find a unique sonic identity and aesthetic that can similarly unify a nation of spiritually dispossessed youth. But the act has an energy and sound that fans of vintage D.C. sounds will find immediately palatable. The year-old Cannons self-released Friendly Muscles in early March, and they were cool enough to consent to our offering the awesome rocker "In Times Of Crisis, People Direct Traffic" below. Cannons has cycled through a series of bass players but has finally settled on a chap named Marcus, and the foursome aims to record five new songs for a planned EP later this year. There are two upcoming shows in Philadelphia, and we've listed those dates below.
Cannons' "In Times Of Crisis, People Direct Traffic"
05.12 -- The Khyber -- Philadelphia, PA
05.22 -- JR's Bar -- Philadelphia, PA
Labels: Cannons, David Bowie, Fugazi, Lilys, Mick Ronson, My Favorite
Review: Walter Schreifels | An Open Letter To The Scene [MP3]
Perhaps the most surprising thing about Walter Schreifels' new record is that it sounds completely effortless, like the hardcore/post-hardcore luminary is not even breaking a sweat, like the music simply exists out there in the universe waiting to flow through whenever Mr. Schreifels picks up a guitar and opens his mouth. There are, of course, other surprises: for example, sometimes when Schreifels here picks up a guitar and opens his mouth the music sounds like Squeeze, or John Cougar, or Maritime. But these surprises do not eclipse Schreifels' startling ease with acoustic pop in the wake of decades in which he helped define New York Hardcore with Gorilla Biscuits and then mapped successive escape routes from the genre beginning with the incendiary post-hardcore act Quicksand. More years and more bands followed, and now, finally, Schreifels released last week a record under his own name.
Let's reiterate: it is odd -- at least for those of us who have only anecdotally followed Schreifels' career for the last decade -- to hear one of the most important figures in hardcore music release a record of beautiful acoustic pop. Schreifels' web site contains a note stating this is the sort of material he has been playing in acoustic sets in recent years; the note also states the songwriter had been looking to The Beatles, The Byrds and Donovan for inspiration as he was writing An Open Letter To The Scene. But it is not the influence of classic rock bands that makes the record special, it is the synthesis of those bands and others, and a synthesis of that music and Schreifels' facility with hooks and emotive lyrics.
The addictive album opener "Arthur Lee's Lullabye" is perhaps as much about the legendary fronter of Love as it is about Schreifels himself proclaiming his own freedom from his musical past ("the scene, you don't need them"). The title track may be, as friend and Daily Buzzard scribe Jim suggests, Mr. Schreifels' eulogy for the hardcore scene or CBGB's (or both). Our take is the tune is a light-hearted shot at those who have taken hardcore and Schreifels so seriously that he is compelled to write a song that closes a chapter in his life. In that context, An Open Letter To The Scene is a classic Dear John letter. It's not you, reader, it's Walter. Even so, discussion of the larger themes at play does a disservice to the sublime moments scattered across the record: the da-da-da's in "She Is To Me;" the world-weary drawl of the first line in the second verse of "Save The Saveables;" the poignant, soft electric piano in the tragic "Wild Pandas;" the explosion of hooks that is the smile-inducing "Ballad of Lil' Kim." Because, in the end, it is about great songs, and not about where Schreifels has been or where he is going. An Open Letter To The Scene certainly summarizes Schreifels' musical past -- so much discarded snake skin -- but more importantly it frees him from its confines once and for all.
Walter Schreifels -- "Arthur Lee's Lullabye" -- An Open Letter To The Scene
[right click and save as; MP3 via Schreifels' promo co. Okay! Okay!]
[buy An Open Letter To The Scene from Dine Alone here or Big Scary Monsters here]
Walter Schreifels: Internerds | MySpace | YouTube | Flickr
05.14 -- The Tower -- Bremen, DE
05.15 -- Gruner Jager -- Hamburg, DE
05.16 -- Bunker Ulmenwall -- Beilefeld, DE
05.17 -- Schlachthof -- Wiesbaden, DE
05.18 -- Blue Shell -- Köln, DE
05.19 -- St. Gallen -- Gabenhalle, CH
Labels: Gorilla Biscuits, John Cougar, Maritime, Quicksand, Rival Schools, Squeeze, Walking Concert, Walter Schreifels, Youth Of Today
Pavement Ist Rad, Brixton, 8 May
Featuring the exceedingly promising Sir Yes Sir, about whom we first wrote words here, and the one-time-only supergroup (featuring at least one member of the wholly terrific Johnny Foreigner) Kannberg 1664. England, you're doing it right.
Labels: Kannberg 1664, Men Called Him Mister, Pavement, Sir Yes Sir
YouTube Rodeo: A Weather's "Untitled"
We've been posting a lot of videos this week, haven't we? We're streaky like that. Here we have a new, unrecorded A Weather tune as performed during the waning days of the Portland, 0re.-based slowcore outfit's recent tour supporting its sophomore set Everyday Balloons. The song was one of many highlights of the band's intimate set at P.A.'s Lounge in Somerville, MA last month. The performance above is from A Weather's April 28 show at Off Broadway in St. Louis, and the song gets a little lost among the crowd noise of the larger venue. But we can assure you the performance at P.A.'s was riveting [review here], although we were completely unfamiliar with the track when we heard it. We got in touch with singer and guitarist Aaron Gerber a few days after the P.A.'s show, and he told us the band has been working on the track for a few months, and also that he wrote the song around the time of the recording sessions for Everyday Balloons, but it wasn't ready in time for those sessions. So for the time being, this video is the only way you can hear this beautiful, affecting new song. Team Love released Everyday Balloons March 2; we reviewed it here. Readers will recall we published an interview with Mr. Gerber here last month just prior to the show in Somerville.
Labels: A Weather
Behold! The Eldridge Rodriguez Residency!
[Poster by Ian "EEE" Adams]
Labels: E.R., Scuba, Soccermom, The Beatings
YouTube Rodeo: Walter Schreifels' "Arthur Lee's Lullabye"
Wonderful lead track from musical journeyman/New York hardcore legend Walter Schreifels' forthcoming solo set An Open Letter To The Scene. Mr. Schreifels has been releasing music -- much of it capital I Important -- with various bands (Quicksand, Rival Schools, Walking Concert, etc.) for an astonishing 22 years; Revelation Records issued his first release, Gorilla Biscuits' debut 7", in 1988. Toronto-based Dine Alone Records releases An Open Letter To The Scene Tuesday; Big Scary Monsters issues the set in the UK May 10. The limited-edition vinyl version of the record is bright, translucent green and features as a bonus track My Bloody Valentine's "When You Sleep." Schreifels recently wrapped a strand of shows in the U.K., but he has numerous live engagements inked for the U.S. and Germany in the coming weeks.
05.05 -- The Studio @ Webster Hall -- New York, NY
05.07 -- North Star Bar -- Philadelphia, PA
05.08 -- Town Ballroom -- Buffalo, NY
Labels: Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand, Rival Schools, Walter Schreifels
YouTube Rodeo: Travels' "Smile"
Video for the slow-burning album cut from Boston (well, Somerville) duo Travels' forthcoming third full-length Robber On The Run, which is due June 10 on Own Records. Pre-orders for the set are slated to begin May 10. The video for "Smile" was directed by Travels' singer/guitarist Mona Elliot; Ms. Elliot also created this video for the track "City Lights."
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Texans Leave Field, Chiefs Stand Arm-in-Arm for National Anthem, 'Black National Anthem'
The Houston Texans could not decide, as a team, how to handle the playing of the Star-Spangled Banner and the "Black National Anthem." Therefore, they decided as a team to remain in the locker room. The Chiefs, however, elected to stay and stood arm-in-arm during the playing of both songs.
The NFL highlighted social justice themes throughout the NBC pregame show. A show which featured several social justice themed songs by Alicia Keyes.
#Chiefs staying on the field for the playing of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" which is considered the black national anthem. The #Texans left the field. #NFL pic.twitter.com/mg79t2baF6
— Andy Scholes (@AndyScholesCNN) September 10, 2020
The NFL also unveiled its social justice messaging in the end zones. On the white line at the back of the end zones, were written: 'End Racism" and "It Takes All Of Us."
End racism. #ItTakesAllOfUs pic.twitter.com/IU4G626FvQ
— NFL (@NFL) September 10, 2020
After the playing of the national anthem and Lift Every Voice and Sing (the black national anthem), the players joined in the center of the field for a "Moment of Unity."
A moment of silence dedicated to the ongoing fight for equality in our country. #ItTakesAllOfUs pic.twitter.com/srC0SlnWdh
The Texans decided to remain in the locker room to avoid any "misinterpretation" of favoring one anthem over the other.
"NBC's sideline reporter Michele Tafoya reports that the players made the decision so there would be "no misinterpretation" of celebrating one song and not the other," Pro Football Talk reported.
According to Pro Football Talk:
The Chiefs locked arms along one end zone during Lift Every Voice and Sing and the accompanying video. They headed inside after that, leaving to a smattering of boos from the small crowd, Mike Jones of USA Today reports.
The Chiefs returned to the field for the national anthem, though. Defensive end Alex Okafor was the only player who took a knee. Some Chiefs, including quarterback Patrick Mahomes, locked arms.
The rest of the NFL Week 1 slate will get underway Sunday, September 13.
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NEW OPENING: Deliveroo's 'Restaurant Of The Year' Oowee Vegan coming to Manchester
The entirely plant-based menu offers a range of American diner-style vegan dishes...
By Manchester's Finest | July 22nd '21
Bristol-based Oowee Vegan has launched its first ever site in Manchester, following its successful expansion into London and Brighton last year.
Oowee Vegan bagged the prestigious title of 'Restaurant of the Year' at Deliveroo's first ever Restaurant Awards in 2019, beating out tens of thousands of restaurants and takeaways across the UK.
Despite what has undoubtedly been one of the most challenging years for the restaurant industry to date, Oowee Vegan has coupled the UK's huge (and growing) demand for delicious vegan food with new approaches to launching sites in the Covid landscape, which has enabled them to continue with their fast-growing expansion plans.
Oowee's founders Charlie Watson and Verity Foss made the decision to launch in their fourth UK city, Manchester, through Deliveroo's delivery-only Editions kitchens.
Oowee Vegan's entirely plant-based menu offers a range of American diner-style vegan dishes such as beyond meat burgers, vegan fried 'chick'n' and sriracha 'shrimp' loaded fries. Their dish 'The Big Oovee', made up of a beyond meat patty, signature dirty sauce, american cheese, hash browns, gherkins and lettuce, was recently listed in the top five most popular Deliveroo orders in Bristol over the lockdown period.
The vegan restaurant started off as a 'virtual brand' of burger joint Oowee Diner in a Bristol based Deliveroo Editions site, with the aim of recreating its menu but with entirely vegan ingredients. However, its success on Deliveroo meant that it soon earned its own bricks and mortar site providing vegan burgers to Bristolians. Oowee Diner has now decided to only open vegan sites moving forward.
In April 2019, the restaurant made front page news, as a giveaway of free Oowee burgers organised to celebrate Deliveroo's 5th birthday in Bristol city, turned into a 'Burger Apocalypse' drawing crowds of thousands of people awaiting one of the restaurant's infamous burgers. ITV footage shows police called to College Green to calm the crowds of hungry Oowee fans.
Charlie Watson, Founder of Oowee Vegan said, ""With a huge uptake in veganism, eating less meat and a focus on the environment over the last few years, now is the perfect time to be making meat-free food something that is accessible, interesting and delicious, and that's where we come in. We've had amazing success in our hometown of Bristol, which has a really warm and welcoming vegan scene (as well as an incredible food scene!), which has allowed us to expand to Dalston and Brighton in 2020. We're excited to move on to Manchester as we've had a big demand from our community!"
A spokesperson from Deliveroo said, "We're incredibly proud to see how far Oowee Vegan has come over the space of a short few years. What originated as an experimental plant-based virtual brand in Bristol, has moved from success to success, and we have no doubt their launch in Manchester will follow the same trajectory. It's been quite the journey so far for our Restaurant of the Year 2019 winner, and we're proud to be with them every step of the way!"
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Charlene Langfur is an organic gardener, a southern Californian, a college teacher. Her publications include writing in The Adirondack Review, Literal Latte, Poetry East, most recently in The Stone Canoe, Ninepatch, The Sydney Hampden Poetry Review, Pinyon, Stones Voices and Assisi. A Syracuse University Graduate Writing Fellow, her writing also includes two e-books.


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IN THIS SECTION TECH4 Comments Links List Biometrics Body Cameras COMMENTS Including Weapons Usable With Hostile Surveillance: This section is purposely brief and is meant to only highlight some of the technology available to watch, stalk, harass and kill people. Notice that surveillance on a target and weapons against that person can go hand in hand. LINKS LIST Biometrics https://www.aclu.org/issues/privacy-technology/surveillance-technologies/biometrics https://demandprogress.org/ https://www.eff.org/issues/biometrics https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/09/little-fanfare-fbi-ramps-biometrics-programs-yet-again-part-2 Body Cameras - Police https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/12/15768920/police-body-camera-state-secret http://wkrg.com/2017/07/18/police-chief-releases-body-cam-video-to-counter-abuse-claims/ http://www.govtech.com/public-safety/Domestic-Abuse-Victims-Call-For-Police-Body-Cameras.html https://thinkprogress.org/why-body-cameras-alone-wont-solve-our-police-abuse-problem-26d098a6602e/ BIOMETRICS BIOMETRICS, FACIAL RECOGNITION SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY, ETC. ACLU Biometrics https //www aclu org/issues/privacy-technology/surveillance-technologies/biometrics Excerpt: A biometric is a way to identify someone based on physical characteristics: fingerprints, DNA, retinas, voice, face, or even gait, among others. These simple measurements add up to an extraordinary threat to privacy when they are collected, analyzed, and stored in readily researchable databases. Every day, federal, state, and local law enforcement authorities add new data to the vast and growing databases of Americans' biometrics. The FBI, for its part, calls its biometrics database the Next Generation Identification System, and the goal is clear: to allow every police officer in the country to be able to instantaneously identify any individual in their crosshairs. From ACLU, link below: https //www aclu org/issues/privacy-technology/surveillance-technologies/biometrics Demand Progress Copy from email received July 2016 from Demand Progress on data gathering, NGI https //demandprogress org/ Letter: Stope the FBI's New Biometric Database The FBI is stockpiling the fingerprints, faces, tattoos, and more from millions of people – including those not suspected of any criminal activity. And they're doing so with essentially NO oversight from Congress or our courts. The FBI has repeatedly failed to tell the public even the basics about this massive database1 – called the Next Generation Identification (NGI) system. Now it's pushing to make the system secret and exempt from standard privacy laws. We have the chance to stop this outrageous power grab by the FBI. The DOJ is accepting public comments until July 6th to decide whether or not to block the FBI's request. Tell the FBI: We have a right to know what information the government collects about us! The FBI and other law enforcement use this massive database to search for "suspects" of any crime without warrants. But a government watchdog just found high levels of inaccuracy with the system's facial recognition software.2 These inaccuracies have led to misidentifying innocent people as criminals, and have kept thousands from getting jobs due to faulty background checks.3And if the FBI gets its way and gets to exempt this database from standard privacy laws, it will have NO legal obligation to correct this inaccurate data. Tell the FBI: We won't let you make your secret database exempt from our privacy rights! An FBI expert has publicly acknowledged that the system tends to be least accurate on the groups it affects the most4 – people of color, women, and young people. Even worse, the FBI and other law enforcement has even started using the database to track peaceful political activists instead of just criminals. The FBI has used NGI documents to track activists at Obama and Clinton political rallies,5 and the Department of Homeland Security has been tracking Black Lives Matter activists since Ferguson.6 And now the FBI wants an exemption from the exact law – the Privacy Act – that allows us to hold them accountable for illegally targeting us based on our First Amendment activities? Hell no. Tell the FBI: We won't let you exempt your surveillance tools from our privacy protections!Thanks for standing with us. https://demandprogress.org/ EFF Biometrics - Description and Implications of Usage https://www.eff.org/issues/biometrics Excerpt: Biometrics systems are designed to identify or verify the identity of people by using their intrinsic physical or behavioral characteristics. Biometric identifiers include fingerprints; iris, face and palm prints; gait; voice; and DNA, among others. The government insists that biometrics databases can be used effectively for border security, to verify employment, to identify criminals, and to combat terrorism. Private companies argue biometrics can enhance our lives by helping us to identify our friends more easily and by allowing us access to places, products, and services more quickly and accurately. But the privacy risks that accompany biometrics databases are extreme. Biometrics' biggest risk to privacy comes from the government's ability to use it for surveillance. As face recognition technologies become more effective and cameras are capable of recording greater and greater detail, surreptitious identification and tracking could become the norm. https://www.eff.org/issues/biometrics 2015/09/18 FBI Plans to Populate its Massive Face Recognition Database with Photographs Taken in the Field. By Jennifer Lynch. https //www eff org/deeplinks/2015/09/little-fanfare-fbi-ramps-biometrics-programs-yet-again-part-2 Excerpt: In the last few years, the FBI has been dramatically expanding its biometrics programs, whether by adding face recognition to its vast Next Generation Identification (NGI) database or pushing out mobile biometrics capabilities for "time-critical situations" through its Repository for Individuals of Special Concern (RISC). But two new developments—both introduced with next to no media attention—will impact far more ordinary Americans than anything the FBI has done on biometrics in the past. Read about the second development below and the first here. https //www eff org/deeplinks/2015/09/little-fanfare-fbi-ramps-biometrics-programs-yet-again-part-2 BODY CAMERAS The Verge 2017/06/12 Police body camera state secret. By Matt Stroud North Carolina, Louisiana, Kansas, and other states are writing laws to keep police videos out of public hands https //www theverge com/2017/6/12/15768920/police-body-camera-state-secret Excerpt: This opaque state of affairs was not how body cameras were originally pitched. Body cameras have been available to police since at least 2007 when Steve Ward, a salesman for Taser International, broke off from the company, now known as Axon Enterprise. He then formed his own body camera company, Vievu. But body cameras weren't considered a necessary police tool until the aftermath of Michael Brown's killing by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014. https //www theverge com/2017/6/12/15768920/police-body-camera-state-secret Updates: 2021/02/07 PAGE STARTED sometime in past 30-60 days, moved from rivergold dot net; previous updates from rivergold dot net--Biometrics section updated 12/21/2016
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Naming of Roads will be possible together with road adjustments and route info view with transport types. Players will receive visual aids for road building and new intersection settings: Yield Rules, Traffic Lights and priority road. Toggling between local and intercity train stations is available and there will be new public transport info view additions.
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George Robert Aberigh-Mackay (25 July 184812 January 1881), Anglo-Indian writer, was the son of the Reverend James Aberigh-Mackay D.D., B.D. and his first wife Lucretia Livingston née Reed. He was educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford and St. Catherine's College, Cambridge. Entering the Indian education department in 1870, he became professor of English literature in Delhi College in 1873, tutor to the Raja of Rutlam in 1876, and principal of the Rajkumar College at Indore in 1877. On 8 January 1881 he developed symptoms of tetanus after playing polo and tennis on the previous 2 days, and died on 12 January 1881 in Indore.

He is best known for his book Twenty-one Days in India (1878–1879), a satire upon Anglo-Indian society and modes of thought. This book gave promise of a successful literary career, but the author died at the age of thirty-three. Aberigh-Mackay wrote also an extensive manual giving first-hand data about the princely states and their rulers.

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George Robert Aberigh-Mackay married Mary Ann Louisa Cherry on 13 October 1873 at Simla, Bengal, India.
Children of George Robert Aberigh-Mackay & Mary Ann Louisa Cherry
 Mary Livingston (Miss Patty) Aberigh-Mackay (1874–1952)
 Frances Lilian Aberigh-Mackay (1875–?)
 Beatrice Georgiana Aberigh-Mackay (1878–1948)
 Katharine Madeline Aberigh-Mackay (1879–1945) married 1st Montague Tharp 2nd James Herbert Everett Evans.

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I invited them to put down their weapons and garden with me, on Saturday.
I expressed (legality) concerns about their demands to "stop volunteering and get out of town" on Sunday.
On Monday, they threatened, harassed, arrested, and finally beat me and gave me a concussion by slamming my head repeatedly against the pavement.
This is NOT FECKING OVER.
Power for the people, destroy the abusers.
I need to cover some medical bills now.
The total is multiple thousands of dollars.
I'd be happy if I can just get enough to replace the stuff they destroyed while "performing a takedown" on my unresisting self.
Anything helps, but sharing on all the social media helps most.
He orchestrated it and is using the others as scapegoats to escape the consequences.
Legal fees are going to be over $10k and if the instigators involved (Derick Ramseyer, et al) continue pushing for criminal charges against me, who knows how much "justice" will cost.
Drown the Marion County (Oregon) police department in phone calls and paperwork.
That's how we beat this without money.
I could really use a boost.
Lend me your pennies, and I'll make them into shields against the abusers who are literally killing our most vulnerable children.
Pay me in exposure if you have nothing else to give.
Knowledge is power, share the knowledge of my existence with your friends.
Hack their feed by asking them to share.
We're strong, but only if we act together.
Here's my initial response to all of the shyte being said about me in the context of the June 4th incident.
You have time to read the whole thing.
@eryn Your Mountain Lion Foundation link is messed up. Looks like you pasted twice?
If you're at all interested in those events, I do recommend reading the whole thing.
...and there's a call-to-action near the end, right above "Miscellaneous".
The "Miscellaneous" section talks about Tessa's difficulties as an autist interacting with NTs; also recommended.
Oops, forgot to hashtag that update (attached) with #Tessa so it's findable.
Wiki pages will be happening.
And somehow I need to get in 3.3 hours of coding time before EoD Wednesday, so I can get paid properly.
You'd think this wouldn't be too difficult, right?
Also... the GoFundMe from Sessha is, as I feared, full of highly questionable statements. We'll be getting into those issues as well, oh yes.
@eryn I'm so sorry this happened to you. Sent in a citizen complaint.


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By Rebekah Denn from The Christian Science Monitor
Zachary R. Wood came into the public eye through "Uncomfortable Learning," a Williams College club that invited controversial speakers to campus. The 2018 graduate insisted students should hear and debate opposing views – even those considered misogynistic, homophobic, racist to the point of white supremacy. He knew the exercise might or might not change anyone's mind, but believed it would show students the merits and weak points of their own beliefs.
It was an assured, intellectual position for a college sophomore, at a stage where many contemporaries were still forming their core beliefs. Wood had already been forged far beyond that point, though, shaped by pain and hard lessons.
The Williams blowup is actually one of the less engaging sections of Wood's new memoir, Uncensored, subtitled "My Life and Uncomfortable Conversations at the Intersection of Black and White America." The more telling parts are all the years leading up to it.
Wood grew up poor, with an abusive mother and other relatives who couldn't save him from her mistreatment any better than social agencies could. He recounts his mother's terrifying humiliations, but also accepts her as a complicated woman who fought against mental illness, and as a fiercely sharp guide to life.
Teachers in Michigan complain Wood is "disruptive" – a red-flag word for disciplining black students – with his brainy questions and outside readings. His mother intervened, moving him to a top-notch private school that provided a 90% tuition scholarship (his father, through great sacrifice, made up the rest.) She drilled him in public speaking and other ways to code-switch into a privileged life.
"Make sure you tell them that your grandmother was an educator and that your grandparents are well traveled," his mother says his first day of school. "Make sure they know you can swim."
Wood later moves in with his father in the poorest ward in Washington, D.C., taking on a 2-hour bus commute to prep school. A 24-7 work ethic and a maniac-level drive for knowledge bring him success – but not happiness.
He's an observant outsider in the school's upper-class world, working so hard to prove his worth that he leaves in disgrace his senior year for probably the oddest reason on record: When wealthy friends are interested in applying to colleges, Wood forges encouraging emails from professors at their chosen schools rather than admit he can't follow through on the connections he'd promised. He switches to an online high school and makes it to college, which he knows is "a hard-won means to what would inevitably, no matter where it led, be an even harder-won end."
There, ravenous for knowledge and "sick of living in an echo chamber," he invites controversy by writing conservative articles on racism and police brutality. The twist: The pieces not only go against typical campus attitudes, but against his own true beliefs. Wood recalls that the "exercise" was meant to encourage debate, and that he considered the stunt's risks: "Namely, that if I had one ounce of political success in the future, people would come back to those articles and use them against me." He doesn't seem aware of more real-time risks, such as squandering his peer group's trust, and maybe our own. A richer discussion would also have helped when he gets to his involvement with Uncomfortable Learning and his decision to keep inviting inflammatory speakers to school. Wood learns that "some of my critics weren't merely as hypersensitive and intolerant as I'd assumed," but the meaty questions get listed more than developed.
Throughout the book, Wood is a cerebral analyst – he introduces his mother by commenting on her "excellent soft skills" as well as her beautiful smile. The closer we get to the present day, the more his voice shifts from autobiography to a zoomed-in mix of term paper and sometimes-defensive diary. It might be an inevitable consequence of writing about current events, without years to add perspective either to the circumstances or to his own life.
Regardless, he's an effective translator of the two worlds he navigates – four worlds, really, rich and poor as notable as black and white.
In an age where we all seem stuck in the stubborn bubbles of our own backgrounds, Wood's greatest service might be showing how impossible it is to escape issues of race and class, no matter who you are. We need to understand this in order to change it. (Some issues are truly beyond debate.)
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In every area, the book's broadest lesson might be the reality that good intentions aren't enough on their own.
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Exclusive Interview: Deidre Hall Talks Lucky in Love, Days of Our Lives
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Deidre Hall doesn't believe in such a thing as a perfect life.
"It's all about prioritizing, balancing and giving yourself a break," says the actress who originated the role of Dr. Marlena Evans on "Days of Our Lives" more than 30 years ago.
Tonight, she stars in the Hallmark Channel's "Lucky In Love," about a woman, Mira, played by Jessica Szohr, who dreams of a perfect life. When she finally starts getting what she's dreamed of, she realized it's not all it's cracked up to be.
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"Every grown up wishes they had time to work out or even just to call mom. It's a fast-paced world," says Hall, who plays Erin, the CEO of a very large media company and Mira's boss. "There are three important things for me to do when I wake up in the morning – learn my lines, get to work on time and be professional – but I don't have it all. I want to work in my garden, exercise, cook and knit more."
Hall says that she liked the role, but was more concerned that she'd be able to film around her "Days" schedule. Luckily, it worked out and, she says, the experiences with this cast and crew, which also includes Benjamin Hollingsworth as Jonah, was very enjoyable.
"While I was on the set, Jessica asked me what I was doing and, before the end of that day, I had yarn in her hand because knitting is a passion of mine," she says. "The pace at which we shot was fast, and the sense of camaraderie and support for the greater good was everywhere. There were actors helping actors and everybody really pulling together to make this a quality production. There was no temperament and no ego in the piece. We were just glad to be there and, yes, we were tired, but we had a good time."
Fans of Hall's legendary Marlena Evans character will be pleased to know that there's a little bit of Marlena in Erin too. "I'm always going to be some version of Marlena – that is who I am," she says. "That's the body of which I live, and the perspective and voice of which I live. Erin is very much like Marlena too. She's compassionate, kind, patient, and you get to see those qualities coming out of someone who looks and sounds like me. If you're a 'Days' fan, it's very welcoming."
Hall says that playing Marlena is a beloved responsibility. "I play a character that makes me proud every day," she said. "I get to walk on stage and play someone who's kind, considerate, has her priorities straight and, no matter what she's going through, is completely accepting of people."
Sometime this year, Deidre Hall will be awarded her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, an honor she calls 'surreal.' "I didn't know about it right away, my fan club told me," she said. "If you're lucky enough to spend time in Los Angeles, you see the Walk of Fame and you realize who's there, such as James Cagney, and floods of memories and emotions come up when you pass each name. At one point, there will be a time where my children bring their children and they bring them to my star and it's something that will outlive our lives. It's amazing."
Hall admits that, as a young actress, she never even considered the thought that her name would be on a star on the Walk of Fame one day. "Surprisingly, it was never even on my radar," she said.
"Lucky in Love" premieres tonight, Saturday, April 5 at 9 p.m. on Hallmark Channel. The story follows Mira (Szohr), who finds herself promoted to the perfect job, dating the perfect man and living in the perfect home. Mira's newly upgraded life involves working with her CEO (Hall) and her good friend, on a coveted work project.
But when these seemingly positive changes result in big challenges, Mira realizes that the pursuit of perfection is a fool's errand. In order to achieve a life that's perfect for her, Mira must let go of perfection and chase what brings her true happiness.
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Q: what does it mean "I'm in up to my wrist" In seinfeld "The pick" episode,
GEORGE: So the minute I started up the steps to her apartment I knew I made a terrible mistake. Going back with her. So we're in her apartment she goes into the bathroom. I'm cursing myself; now how do I get out of this? Then it hits me like a bolt of lightening. The pick.
JERRY: The pick?
ELAINE: The pick?
GEORGE: She comes out of the bathroom, I'm in up to my wrist. You should have seen the look on her face.
What does George mean by "I'm in up to my wrist", it's not about picking nose, is it? How can picking nose be as deep as up to one's wrist? Then what is it?

A: Instead of telling the woman that he wants to leave, George turns the situation around so that she will ask him to leave. He does this by picking his nose and disgusting her. Using wrist is an exaggeration to show how truly disgusting he made this.

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Q: Submit variable in payload of golang http.NewRequest I'm learning Golang so please excuse what may seem to be a basic question. I have searched for a couple of hours for clues as to how I might achieve sending variable data in my JSON formatted API POST from my golang app, but not found a clue or solution yet. I know the answer will be my lack of syntax knowledge.
So the problem is with the 'lastcontact' field I'm trying to POST. I want to use my 'dt' variable that contains the current datetime.
package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "strings"
  "net/http"
  "io/ioutil"
  "time"
)

func main() {

  dt := time.Now()
  url := "https://fakeapi.io/API/apiActions/update/"
  method := "POST"

  payload := strings.NewReader(`{
    "name" : "Dumpty",
    "saveconfig" : "true",
    "lastcontact" : {dt}
}`)

  client := &http.Client {
  }
  req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, payload)

  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  req.Header.Add("api-key", "gjhgjhgjhg")
  req.Header.Add("api-secret", "jhgjhgjhg")
  req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=UTF-8")

  res, err := client.Do(req)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  defer res.Body.Close()

  body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  fmt.Println(string(body))
}

A: You can use a struct to store your response type if you know the fields beforehand. If you don't, you could use a map[string]interface{} to store arbitrary data.
Then using json.Marshal to convert it to a correctly formatted JSON response.
type myStruct struct {
        Name        string    `json:"name"`
        SaveConfig  string    `json:"saveconfig"`
        LastContact time.Time `json:"lastcontact"`
    }

    dt := time.Now()

    myData := myStruct{
        Name:        "Dumpty",
        SaveConfig:  "true",
        LastContact: dt,
    }

    myBytes, err := json.Marshal(myData)
    // bytes.NewBuffer returns *bytes.Buffer
    // which implements the io.Reader interface
    // that you need for your http.NewRequest call
    payload := bytes.NewBuffer(myBytes)

Full playground example https://play.golang.org/p/Mc9UXT32Wi1


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St John Baptist
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Church of England Diocese of Canterbury Wittersham
Click on the tags below to learn more about each.
There is a public toilet at the West end of the church, outside, which is unlocked during the day, and during services. It is suitable for disabled people, and has a baby changing facility.
There are baby changing facilities in the toilet which is situated outside the church, by the West door.
Car Park / Parking Available
There is car parking available on the street, and directly outside the church. On school days, especially before 9.00 am and around 3.00 pm the road gets very congested, and is best avoided if possible. With larger services it is sometimes possible to use the village hall car park.
Accessible Toilet
The toilet is located at the West end of the church, outside.
Ramped entrance
The North entrance to the church, facing the road, has a ramp.
Hearing (induction) Loop
There is a full sound system and induction loop in the church.
Large print service leaflets can be provided, and the weekly pew sheet is also enlarged for a few copies.
This Grade I listed building was founded in the twelfth century, extended around the thirteenth century and the bell tower added within the first decade of the sixteenth century. It is an impressive sized church for a rural village, situated on the Isle of Oxney, once surrounded by marshland which is now fertile farmland.
There are eight bells which are regularly rung by local ringers and visitors. Four quarter peels were rung during 2018. Bell ringing practice is on Tuesday evenings, 7.30 pm - 9.00 pm and potential new ringers are welcomed.
Wittersham is fortunate in having a full choir with two junior members. Under the leadership of Mr Giles Ridley the choir have performed a number of concerts to raise funds for the church, and generally sing choral evensongs about four times a year, plus other special services at Easter, Christmas and All Souls.
The church organ was refurbished around 2008 and is in good playing order for concerts.
Book of Common Prayer Services
Wittersham offers the opportunity not only for choral evensong, but, on a monthly basis every third Sunday, a service of Matins with sung responses. Readings are also taken from the King James Bible for this service.
Regular Choir
The choir meet every Friday evening (except in August) 6.45 pm in the Tower Room for rehearsal of the Sunday hymns and anthem. Their repertoire centres on Tudor music, but sometimes moves on to the following centuries. New members are welcome, we have sopranos, altos, tenors and bass. There is a junior choir which meets at 6.15 pm, rehearsing with the adult choir until 7.00 pm.
Groups, Courses and Activities
Brass Rubbing
Every Friday morning 9.00 - 10.30 am there is a Coffee and Toddlers Club meeting in the church. All are invited.
In the summer there are the Open Garden Coffee Mornings, which are very popular. They meet in different gardens on a Tuesday at 11.00 - 12 noon. Check out the pew sheet on the website to see in which garden the event will be held.
Pre-school club
There is a Toddler Group held in the church every Friday morning from 9.00 - 10.30 am. There are plenty of toys and a safe space in the Tower Room for the toddlers to play.
Help for Visitors
Guidebooks / Notes
There are notes on the church in the racks at the back of the church giving some detail about various points of interest.
Church Open
The church is open during daylight hours, 9.00 - 5.00pm.
On Sunday afternoons in August 2.30 - 5.00 pm Cream Teas are served, with the opportunity to have a guided tour up the tower.
The church regularly collects gifts for the local foodbank. A box at the rear of the church is put out during services.


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Tobago has a land area of 300 km and is approximately 40 kilometres (25 miles) long and 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) wide. It is located at Latitude 11° 15′ N, Longitude 60° 40′ W, slightly north of Trinidad. The climate is tropical, and the island lies just south of the Atlantic hurricane belt. Average rainfall varies between 3,800 mm (150 inches) on the Main Ridge to less than 1,250 mm (49 inches) in the southwest. There are two seasons: a wet season between July and November, and a dry season between December and June.
The Tobago Forest Reserve (Main Ridge Reserve) is the oldest protected rain forest in the Western Hemisphere and is biodiverse. It was designated a protected Crown reserve on 17 April 1776 after representations by Soame Jenyns, a Member of Parliament in Britain responsible for Tobago's development. It has remained a protected area since.
The southwestern tourist area around Crown Point, Store Bay, Buccoo Reef, and Pigeon Point has large expanses of sand and is dominated by resort-type developments. Tobago has many idyllic beaches along its coastline, especially those at Castara, Bloody Bay, and Englishman's Bay. Tobago is linked to the world through the Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson International Airport (formerly Crown Point Airport) and Scarborough Harbour. Domestic flights connect Tobago with Trinidad, and international flights connect with the Caribbean and Europe. There is a daily fast ferry service between Port of Spain and Scarborough.
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Court Grants Permanent Injunction For Infringement Of Amgen's Repatha® Patents
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Jan. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced that the United States District Court in Delaware granted Amgen's request for a permanent injunction prohibiting Sanofi and Regeneron from infringing two patents that Amgen holds for Repatha® (evolocumab) by manufacturing, using, selling or offering alirocumab for sale in the United States. The injunction will not take effect immediately as the court has delayed its imposition for 30 days to allow defendants the opportunity to seek expedited review of this decision. The judge's decision follows a jury verdict in March 2016 in Amgen's favor in a trial on the validity of two Amgen patents that describe and claim monoclonal antibodies to proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9).
"We are pleased with today's decision that recognizes Amgen is entitled to an injunction against further infringement of our patent rights. Sanofi and Regeneron admitted that they had infringed our patents, and the jury upheld our patents as valid. Protecting intellectual property is essential to our industry as it reinforces the incentives for the large and risky investments we make in innovation to bring forward new medicines to treat serious diseases," said Robert A. Bradway, chairman and chief executive officer at Amgen. Bradway continued, "Heart disease is the biggest health care challenge for society today and Repatha aims to help address this challenge by providing a profound reduction in LDL-cholesterol."
Amgen has the ability to supply all potential Repatha patients and will work to ensure a smooth transition for patients who wish to switch to Repatha.
About Repatha® (evolocumab)
Repatha® (evolocumab) is a human monoclonal antibody that inhibits proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9). Repatha binds to PCSK9 and inhibits circulating PCSK9 from binding to the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor (LDLR), preventing PCSK9-mediated LDLR degradation and permitting LDLR to recycle back to the liver cell surface. By inhibiting the binding of PCSK9 to LDLR, Repatha increases the number of LDLRs available to clear LDL from the blood, thereby lowering LDL-C levels.1
The FOURIER outcomes trial is designed to evaluate whether treatment with Repatha or placebo on top of optimized statin therapy, reduces the risk of cardiovascular events in patients with clinically evident atherosclerotic disease. The trial completed patient enrollment in June 2015. The primary endpoint for the FOURIER trial is major cardiovascular events defined as the composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, hospitalization for unstable angina or coronary revascularization. The key secondary endpoint is the composite of cardiovascular death, MI or stroke. The trial is planned to continue until at least 1,630 patients experience the secondary endpoint, thereby providing 90 percent power to detect a relative reduction of 15 percent in this endpoint. Top-line results from the approximately 27,500-patient event-driven FOURIER study are anticipated in the first quarter of 2017.
Repatha is approved in more than 40 countries, including the U.S., Japan, Canada and in all 28 countries that are members of the European Union. Applications in other countries are pending.
Important U.S. Product Information
Repatha® is indicated as an adjunct to diet and:
Maximally tolerated statin therapy for treatment of adults with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) or clinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), who require additional lowering of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)
Other LDL-lowering therapies (e.g., statins, ezetimibe, LDL apheresis) in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) who require additional lowering of LDL-C
The effect of Repatha® on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality has not been determined.
The safety and effectiveness of Repatha® have not been established in pediatric patients with HoFH who are younger than 13 years old.
The safety and effectiveness of Repatha® have not been established in pediatric patients with primary hyperlipidemia or HeFH.
Important U.S. Safety Information
Contraindication: Repatha® is contraindicated in patients with a history of a serious hypersensitivity reaction to Repatha®.
Allergic reactions: Hypersensitivity reactions (e.g. rash, urticaria) have been reported in patients treated with Repatha®, including some that led to discontinuation of therapy. If signs or symptoms of serious allergic reactions occur, discontinue treatment with Repatha®, treat according to the standard of care, and monitor until signs and symptoms resolve.
Adverse reactions: The most common adverse reactions (>5% of Repatha® -treated patients and more common than placebo) were: nasopharyngitis, upper respiratory tract infection, influenza, back pain, and injection site reactions.
In a 52-week trial, adverse reactions led to discontinuation of treatment in 2.2% of Repatha® -treated patients and 1% of placebo-treated patients. The most common adverse reaction that led to Repatha® treatment discontinuation and occurred at a rate greater than placebo was myalgia (0.3% versus 0% for Repatha® and placebo, respectively).
Adverse reactions from a pool of the 52-week trial and seven 12-week trials:
Local injection site reactions occurred in 3.2% and 3.0% of Repatha® -treated and placebo-treated patients, respectively. The most common injection site reactions were erythema, pain, and bruising. The proportions of patients who discontinued treatment due to local injection site reactions in Repatha® -treated patients and placebo-treated patients were 0.1% and 0%, respectively.
Allergic reactions occurred in 5.1% and 4.7% of Repatha® -treated and placebo-treated patients, respectively. The most common allergic reactions were rash (1.0% versus 0.5% for Repatha® and placebo, respectively), eczema (0.4% versus 0.2%), erythema (0.4% versus 0.2%), and urticaria (0.4% versus 0.1%).
Neurocognitive events were reported in less than or equal to 0.2% in Repatha®-treated and placebo-treated patients.
In a pool of placebo- and active-controlled trials, as well as open-label extension studies that followed them, a total of 1,988 patients treated with Repatha® had at least one LDL-C value <25 mg/dL. Changes to background lipid-altering therapy were not made in response to low LDL-C values, and Repatha® dosing was not modified or interrupted on this basis. Although adverse consequences of very low LDL-C were not identified in these trials, the long-term effects of very low levels of LDL-C induced by Repatha® are unknown.
Musculoskeletal adverse reactions were reported in 14.3% of Repatha® -treated patients and 12.8% of placebo-treated patients. The most common adverse reactions that occurred at a rate greater than placebo were back pain (3.2% versus 2.9% for Repatha® and placebo, respectively), arthralgia (2.3% versus 2.2%), and myalgia (2.0% versus 1.8%).
Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HoFH): In 49 patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia studied in a 12-week, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, 33 patients received 420 mg of Repatha® subcutaneously once monthly. The adverse reactions that occurred in at least 2 (6.1%) Repatha®-treated patients and more frequently than in placebo-treated patients, included upper respiratory tract infection (9.1% versus 6.3%), influenza (9.1% versus 0%), gastroenteritis (6.1% versus 0%), and nasopharyngitis (6.1% versus 0%).
Immunogenicity: Repatha® is a human monoclonal antibody. As with all therapeutic proteins, there is a potential for immunogenicity with Repatha®.
Please contact Amgen Medinfo at 800-77-AMGEN (800-772-6436 ) or 844-REPATHA (844-737-2842 ) regarding Repatha® availability or find more information, including full Prescribing Information, at www.amgen.com and www.Repatha.com.
About Amgen Cardiovascular
Building on more than three decades of experience in developing biotechnology medicines for patients with serious illnesses, Amgen is dedicated to addressing important scientific questions to advance care and improve the lives of patients with cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.2 Amgen's research into cardiovascular disease, and potential treatment options, is part of a growing competency at Amgen that utilizes human genetics to identify and validate certain drug targets. Through its own research and development efforts, as well as partnerships, Amgen is building a robust cardiovascular portfolio consisting of several approved and investigational molecules in an effort to address a number of today's important unmet patient needs, such as high cholesterol and heart failure.
No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed and actual results may differ materially from those we project. Our results may be affected by our ability to successfully market both new and existing products domestically and internationally, clinical and regulatory developments involving current and future products, sales growth of recently launched products, competition from other products including biosimilars, difficulties or delays in manufacturing our products and global economic conditions. In addition, sales of our products are affected by pricing pressure, political and public scrutiny and reimbursement policies imposed by third-party payers, including governments, private insurance plans and managed care providers and may be affected by regulatory, clinical and guideline developments and domestic and international trends toward managed care and healthcare cost containment. Furthermore, our research, testing, pricing, marketing and other operations are subject to extensive regulation by domestic and foreign government regulatory authorities. We or others could identify safety, side effects or manufacturing problems with our products after they are on the market. Our business may be impacted by government investigations, litigation and product liability claims. In addition, our business may be impacted by the adoption of new tax legislation or exposure to additional tax liabilities. If we fail to meet the compliance obligations in the corporate integrity agreement between us and the U.S. government, we could become subject to significant sanctions. Further, while we routinely obtain patents for our products and technology, the protection offered by our patents and patent applications may be challenged, invalidated or circumvented by our competitors, or we may fail to prevail in present and future intellectual property litigation. We perform a substantial amount of our commercial manufacturing activities at a few key facilities and also depend on third parties for a portion of our manufacturing activities, and limits on supply may constrain sales of certain of our current products and product candidate development. In addition, we compete with other companies with respect to many of our marketed products as well as for the discovery and development of new products. Discovery or identification of new product candidates cannot be guaranteed and movement from concept to product is uncertain; consequently, there can be no guarantee that any particular product candidate will be successful and become a commercial product. Further, some raw materials, medical devices and component parts for our products are supplied by sole third-party suppliers. The discovery of significant problems with a product similar to one of our products that implicate an entire class of products could have a material adverse effect on sales of the affected products and on our business and results of operations. Our efforts to acquire other companies or products and to integrate the operations of companies we have acquired may not be successful. We may not be able to access the capital and credit markets on terms that are favorable to us, or at all. We are increasingly dependent on information technology systems, infrastructure and data security. Our stock price is volatile and may be affected by a number of events. Our business performance could affect or limit the ability of our Board of Directors to declare a dividend or our ability to pay a dividend or repurchase our common stock.
Repatha® U.S. Prescribing Information. Amgen.
World Health Organization. Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) fact sheet. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs317/en/. Accessed August 2016.
To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/court-grants-permanent-injunction-for-infringement-of-amgens-repatha-patents-300386927.html


UNESCO Almaty launched the Android mobile application for young women and men from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in Russian and English languages.
The app ability to read the content at any time in offline mode, makes it similar to a regular paper magazine. The application menu is more user-friendly, especially for young people.
The main target audience of the "UNESCO Almaty" mobile application is the latest generation of young women and men who are using only the Android mobile technologies.
The app ability to read the content at any time in offline mode, makes it similar to a regular paper magazine.
The application differs from the UNESCO Office website, mainly by the content of the menu and the way to access and store the data.
The new navigation helps in better understanding of current projects and priorities of UNESCO.
Mobile application "UNESCO Almaty" was the first in a series of other software that are planned for a mobile digital library implemented in the framework of the joint project "Improving the welfare and quality of life in the Kyzylorda region through innovative approaches to delivering economic, social and environmental services to the local population, including those most vulnerable."
This project is implemented by the Government of Kazakhstan and the UN agencies in the country: UNESCO, UNDP, UNFPA, UN Women, UNICEF and WHO.
The project started in July 2014 and will last until December 2016.


The Directorate is represented in the Working Group of the African Universities' Research Approaches (AURA) programme. This is a collaborative programme Consortium (involving The Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Loughborough University and Information Training and Outreach Centre (ITOCA). It is funded by the DFID. This is a three year project in nine universities and it is meant to support faculty to nurture strong research and information capabilities as well as innovative teaching practices that will encourage graduates to develop independent learning, problem solving and critical thinking skills. Some of the deliverables from the project will be the development of the following courses: a teaching capacity course; a course on pedagogical theory and curriculum development as well as two research capacity interventions in research communications and at least one faculty curriculum. It is therefore envisaged that the AURA project will build and enhance the capacity of this Centre during the project period.
1. Training of Lecturers in Teaching Methodology and setting of Examinations.
2. Training of school and departmental Exam Coordinators.
3. Use of the Smartboard in teaching.
6. Training in Writing Grant Proposals.
7. Training in CUE guidelines and standards for academic programmes.
13. Information Literacy and Ethics.


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10 tech news to get you started (22/12)
December 22, 2020 by agitated-noyce
Good Morning! We have separated the main news from the world of Science and Technology for you to know everything that happened last Monday (21). To check each news item in full, just click on the links below.
1. Alignment between Jupiter and Saturn: how to observe the conjunction this Monday (21st)?
2. Mod puts 3rd person in Cyberpunk 2077 – and the result is surprising. For those who hate 1st person, modders are already working to change the game!
3. Samsung Galaxy S21 price leaks ahead of time. Some models will be cheaper than their predecessors in the S20 line.
4. Audi prepares autonomous electric car with 'revolutionary' design. The model, codenamed 'Landjet', should be launched in 2024, probably bringing a range of 800 km.
5. Camera phone under the screen is detonated by poor photo quality. ZTE Azon 20 does not have good selfies and the camera sensor can be seen below the display.
6. Paranoid, a horror game from the creators of Agony, gets a terrifying trailer. Paranoid promises a disturbing journey to the protagonist's subconscious.
7. Covid-19: Brazil has the highest moving average of cases of the disease. In addition to registering the highest moving average of covid-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, the moving average of deaths increased by 27%.
8. Cyberpunk 2077: developer can be the target of a collective process. Employees, lawyers and shareholders of CD Projekt Red are already preparing for the lawsuits that the game should receive.
9. Mercedes ends production of cars in Brazil; Audi reduces performance. Economic crisis and pandemic drove the German automaker's decision.
10. Security breach on iPhones exposes Al Jazeera journalists. Governments would be behind a highly targeted attack, but motivations remain a mystery.
How to prepare for the 2021 challenges?
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