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PROVING THINGS 186: WHEN THE ONE WITNESS IN THE CASE HAD LITTLE KNOWLEDGE OF HOW THE FIGURES IN THE SCHEDULE HAD BEEN REACHED – THERE IS TROUBLE AHEAD…
November 20, 2020 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Damages, Witness statements
In Crazy Bear Group Ltd v Patel & Anor [2020] EWHC 3023 (Ch) Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Jones (sitting as a Judge of the High Court) considered whether defendants in an action had proven that they had suffered damages as a result of a trespass. This is another case where the evidence in support of a claim for damages fell woefully short of the necessary standard. It is a particular feature of the case that the claimants had no real knowledge of the schedule of damages put forward.
"… despite his statement that the Schedule of Loss and Annexures were true and that he could not afford an expert, it became clear not only that this document had been prepared by his son and the partnership's accountant but that he had little knowledge of how the figures proposed had been reached. Yet he was the only witness."
The defendants in the action were entitled to damages because the claimant had trespassed on their land (using a cellar) and on the basis that undertakings obtained by the claimant led them to suffer loss. The issues related to a delay the defendants suffered in expanding the defendants' shop premises and the delayed ability to rent out a flat that would have been available.
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THE JUDGMENT ON DAMAGES
Returning to the Crazy Bear case, the judge held that the defendants' evidence to support their losses was both inadequate and contradictory. Despite the courts indicating that a liberal view could be taken in relation to the assessment – no damages were awarded.
Unfortunately, Mr Patel was not a good witness. His credibility suffered from the beginning because of his defence that the works begun on 8 October 2018 were only exploratory and deteriorated further during the trial because of the Compliance Explanation. For reasons which will appear further within my findings of fact, that defence and explanation are plainly untrue. Indeed, Mr Patel accepted during cross-examination, as he had to do when the evidence was presented to him by Ms Read, that the 8 October 2018 works were the beginning of the performance of a contract to complete the whole of Phase 1 and Phase 2, starting with the extension and a week later with Phase 2's works to the shop and flat. In addition, there is the problem, as mentioned above, that he did not disclose that the Phase 1 Planning Conditions had not been met when work started on 8 October 2018 under a contract for the Phase 1 works to be completed. There is also the late disclosure of the building contract.
The troubling features of his evidence do not end there. I will not list every matter but draw attention to three further points in the context of the loss of profits being claimed:
a) First, despite his statement that the Schedule of Loss and Annexures were true and that he could not afford an expert, it became clear not only that this document had been prepared by his son and the partnership's accountant but that he had little knowledge of how the figures proposed had been reached. Yet he was the only witness.
b) Second, when Ms Read took him to figures for the future cost of employees and put to him that they did not include the wages for additional employees needed because of the increase in turnover, his answer was that the figures were for those wages because his son's wage was excluded on the basis that he is a partner. The problems with this are both that he did not know how the figures were compiled and that his son is still not a partner. It is true Mr Patel said at the beginning of his evidence that his son is now a partner but he retracted that evidence having later referred to his son still receiving a wage. Mr Patel subsequently accepted that his son was not yet a partner but will become an equity partner at some time in the future. His son remains an employee paid a wage. The reference to three parties in Annexure 3 is also noted in this context (see paragraph 26(b) above).
c) Third, the claim for loss of rental from the flat was based upon it being a 2-bedroom flat and valuation evidence of loss of rental from a 2-bedroom let was presented. Yet, the planning permission was for a 1 bedroom flat. That is a poor reflection upon his credibility. His purported explanation that as a retailer for the last 20 years he knew the rental would be the same because the size of the flat was the same smacks of a witness willing to say anything for the benefit of their own case. That is of particular concern when it arises for the purpose of obtaining financial benefit through an award of damages.
None of that necessarily leads to the conclusion that all his evidence will be unreliable. It means that it must be approached with caution taking into consideration the finding of unreliability in respect of the matters referred to above.
The decision to be made, therefore, is whether in all those circumstances Mr and Mrs Patel have satisfied the burden of establishing causation by Mr Patel stating in cross-examination that Phase 2 stopped because of the expense of this litigation when: (a) there is evidence of significant litigation costs to support the belated evidence of Mr Patel; but (b) the belated presentation of this new reason for termination of Phase 2 means it could not be properly tested; (c) there are many reasons to doubt this evidence without it having been tested; and (d) caution must be exercised when addressing Mr Patel's evidence because of his unreliability when dealing with other important aspects of the claim.
Reliance on the litigation produces the third potential problem. Namely, whether it can be established that the Basement Trespass was a causative link when the litigation relied upon by Mr Patel to explain why Phase 2 stopped concerns many other issues. Mr and Mrs Patel need to establish a real and substantial chance that the Phase 2 work would not have been stopped in any event because of the cost of the litigation still dealing (in the absence of the Basement Trespass) with: (i) the claim for a final injunction to restrain Phase 1 for non-compliance with Phase 1 Planning Conditions and/or the Act; and (ii) the issues over the use of the right of way; and/or (iii the other trespass claims.
The fourth potential problem assumes causation is established and concerns quantification. Mr and Mrs Patel assert that once Phase 1 and Phase 2 were completed, they would have increased turnover by the sale of additional goods, from the sub-post office franchise and from the flat's rental. That being so, one would expect to see, at least as a guide to explain the projections, evidence of: (i) the intended use of the additional selling areas within the shop identifying the bases for the belief that the additional products, as described, would sell and their gross margins; (ii) a description of the sub-post office services to be provided and the bases for the belief that the sales projected and the resulting gross profit margins would be achieved; (iii) allowance for the loss of turnover from the previous sale of goods in the area now being used by the sub-post office; (iv) an explanation of the type of additional expenses which would have resulted from the increased business (from loan repayments to wages etcetera) and for their quantification; (v) evidence of market rental for the 1 bedroom flat and of the likely letting periods during a financial year (obviously depending upon the type of tenancy); and (vi) the effect of tax upon the additional profits.
Obviously, it may not be practical or necessary to provide all that evidence/information and the list may be improved. However, the point is that Mr and Mrs Patel's evidence does not explain the projected figures to the extent required. The projections are unreliable for all the reasons appearing within paragraphs 68-73 above. In addition, Mr Patel's attempt to mislead CBG and the court in respect of the loss of rental for a 2-bedroom flat in particular demonstrates and supports not only the need for caution when considering his evidence but that his evidence of projected loss cannot be accepted in the light of all those reasons.
Ms Read submits that this means the claim should be dismissed and relies upon the judgment of Lady Justice Arden in Ramzan v Brookwide Ltd (above) at [31-32] (see paragraph 81 above). However, the judgment emphasises that the Court should do its best to reach an assessment which will evaluate the chance that those profits would have been made. A liberal approach is to be adopted. There is other information available potentially to do that. Namely the partnership accounts and the fact that completion of Phase 1 and 2 would have resulted in new facilities and services offering the chance of increased turnover and net profit. The assessment would have to be extremely conservative because of the lack of reliable evidence but rejection of Mr and Mrs Patel's projections does not necessarily mean an assessment should not be made if it can produce a bottom-line figure.
A starting point would be the net profits before tax for the financial year ending 31 March 2018. An "educated" estimate based on the nature of the plans for the business would be an increase in net pre-tax profit in the first year of between, say 10-15% and in the second year of between, say 15-20%. There would need to be a loss of chance discount of between, say 25 and 33%. All plans carry risk and an investment of £100,000 will not automatically lead to increased profit. Using a previous net pre-tax profit of £60,000 this would lead to an award over two years of some £21,000 at rates of 15 and 20% but be subject to a deduction of 25% for loss of chance. Consideration could then be given to increasing the resulting figure because of the reduced profits of subsequent years when compared with those for the 2018 financial year end, albeit excluding the costs of litigation. There would then be the issue of tax.
However, it must be recognised that this would be only the starting point. There are other matters to consider and any such assessment will be fraught with difficulty. It is all very well looking at existing turnover and adopting a broad-brush figure for increased net profit based upon the fact that the store is larger and includes a sub-post office but there is no guidance to assist in assessing most, if not all, of the matters referred to in paragraph 104 above. In addition, there would be the issue as to when Mr and Mrs Patel would have been able to carry out Phase 1 and complete Phase 2 but for the Building Trespass. They would need to have complied with the Phase 1 Planning Conditions and with section 6 of the Act. They would need to have restarted Phase 2. None of this is addressed (at least not properly) in their evidence.
Further, the failure to address the decision to stop Phase 2 also raises problems for the issue of mitigation. In addition, there would also be the claim for loss of rent and the issue whether it should be rejected in the context of the misrepresentation that there would be a 2-bedroom flat. If it were necessary to decide this, I would conclude that Mr and Mrs Patel have failed to provide evidence of loss of rental based upon the letting of a 1 bedroom flat. They chose to present evidence of an alternative 2 bedroom letting, which would not have occurred. That evidence must be rejected and Mr Patel's proposal that he can provide evidence during cross-examination based upon his experience in retail is unacceptable. In addition, the doctrine of "clean hands" would apply when Mr and Mrs Patel have sought to lead the court to an award of compensation based upon a false fact.
All those matters affecting quantification mean that the underlying point of Ms Read's submission, namely that there cannot be a fair assessment, will remain to be addressed if causation is established.
L) The Decision
I have reached the following decisions taking into consideration the findings of fact, the matters and reasons set out above. For convenience I will start from the beginning even though that repeats decisions already made above.
The starting point is, as decided above, that CBG has established that the works required for Phase 1 and Phase 2 were started by Mr and Mrs Patel's builders under contract on 8 October 2018. This was a breach of the Phase 1 Planning Conditions and the Act. Therefore, the Phase 1 works should not have been started that day. CBG, having received the letter dated 4 October 2018, which with its enclosures gave notice that Phase 1 and Phase 2 would start, was entitled to begin its claim for a final injunction based upon non-compliance with the Act. They would have been entitled to also rely upon breach of the Phase 1 Planning Conditions had that been disclosed by Mr and Mrs Patel (see the facts at paragraphs 45-55 and paragraph 85 above).
In those circumstances, as also decided above, the claim that the Patel Undertaking resulted in the consequential loss must fail. CBG remained entitled to claim its final injunction because the Phase 1 Planning Conditions were not met until March 2020 and no notice has been served under section 6 of the Act. The reasons set out in paragraphs 85-86 above apply and need not be repeated.
The claim for consequential loss must depend, therefore, upon the claim for damages resulting from the Basement Trespass. However, as decided above, the Basement Trespass cannot have caused any consequential loss resulting from the stoppage of the 8 October 2018 work when there should never have been any work to stop in the first place without prior compliance with the Phase 1 Planning Conditions and section 6 of the Act (see paragraphs 48-55 and 87-88 above). It also follows that there can be no claim for consequential loss resulting from the Basement Trespass in respect of any of the steps taken in preparation of the works before 8 October 2012. The reasons set out in paragraph 89 above apply.
Potentially, however, as explained at paragraphs 90-91 above, there can be a claim for consequential loss as a result of events after 8 October 2018 if discovery of the Basement Trespass led to the breaking of the chain of causation between non-compliance with the Phase 1 Planning Conditions and the Act and their inability to carry out Phase 1. This may be because of compliance with the requirements of the Phase 1 Planning Conditions and section 6 of the Act or because the Basement Trespass prevented compliance (see paragraphs 90-91 above).
However, their evidence does not really address that issue. Their evidence does not proceed from the premise that the work should not have started in any event. It does not address in that context whether Phase 1 would have started at or around a particular date or period after 8 October 2018 but for the Basement Trespass. There is no evidence from Mr and Mrs Patel to establish the above-mentioned break in the chain of causation either from the facts that occurred or applying a real and substantial chance test. They have not established that the Basement Trespass caused the consequential loss claimed (see paragraphs 92-94 above).
In any event, their decision to stop the Phase 2 work in late November 2018 was also highly material. There would be no alteration to their business as planned without Phase 2. No consequential loss could have resulted from the Basement Trespass if it was not the cause of the decision to stop Phase 2.
Mr and Mrs Patel's evidence does not address the circumstances and reasons for that decision. Pre-trial, it was asserted in Annexure 2 to the Schedule of Loss that the stoppage was caused by the injunction. That is wrong in fact. Neither the interim injunction nor the Patel Undertaking prohibited Phase 2. They changed their case at trial with Mr Patel's statement during cross-examination, for the first time and without any particulars, that it was attributable to the cost of this litigation (see paragraphs 95-97 above). However, this belated alternative explanation was presented without detail and it produces too many issues which they have not addressed in their evidence (see paragraph 97 above). Those issues are derived from the findings of fact at paragraphs 59-67 above.
I will also take into consideration that this belated assertion by Mr Patel that the decision to stop Phase 2 because of the cost of litigation does not appear on its face to make sense (see paragraphs 98-100 above). In addition, not only does their evidence not address this (at least not adequately), it does not consider the possibility that Phase 2 could have been completed and the "new" business started without Phase 1. This is a matter of causation and of mitigation, if causation is established (see paragraphs 109 above).
The matters at paragraphs 118-119 above counter and outweigh the limited evidence which can be identified to support Mr Patel's oral evidence that Phase 2 stopped because of the cost of this litigation. It can be inferred from the quantum of the profits made by the partnership before November 2018, in particular for the financial year end 31 May 2018 and the quantum of the legal expenses incurred during the financial year end 31 May 2019 that it will have been difficult to finance the litigation (see paragraph 102 above). However, that is insufficient evidence. I reject Mr Patel's evidence. First because of the circumstances in which the new explanation was advanced. Second because of the lack of evidence in support. Third because of all the factors which weigh against his evidence. Finally, because of his overall lack of reliability as a witness.
Even if I had accepted Mr Patel's explanation for the decision, I would not have accepted there was a real or substantial chance that the Phase 2 work would have continued but for the Basement Trespass (see paragraph 103 above). That conclusion is reached by asking what would have happened without the Basement Trespass. The parties would still have been litigating over whether Phase 1 was permitted, whether there had been an infringement of the right of way, whether there was trespass on the "green land" by Mr and Mrs Patel and whether their claim of trespass against CBG would succeed. I have heard no evidence to suggest that those claims would not have been pursued had there been no Basement Trespass. There is no evidence to suggest a real or substantial chance that the cost of litigation would have been reduced to an extent that would have altered Mr and Mrs Patel's decision to stop Phase 2 had the Basement Trespass not existed and, therefore, not been litigated.
The consequential loss claimed by Mr and Mrs Patel results first from their non-compliance with the Phase 1 Planning Conditions and the Act and then from their decision to stop the Phase 2 works. The planned, new business could not exist without Phase 2. In my judgment Mr and Mrs Patel have not established that their decision to stop Phase 2 was caused by the Basement Trespass whether as a matter of fact on the balance of probability or as a real and substantial chance (see paragraph 91 above). No causative link to the Basement Trespass has been established either for the periods before or after 8 October 2018.
In all those circumstances I need not decide whether to award compensation in accordance with paragraphs 104-110 above. Any award would have had to have been extremely broad brush for the reasons addressed and would have had to brush over many of the deficiencies of Mr and Mrs Patel's evidence. A fair assessment would not have been possible on that evidence. This is illustrated by the issue of mitigation. Whilst it was not for Mr and Mrs Patel to prove the steps they took to mitigate their loss were reasonable, they have not dealt with the circumstances in which or the reasons why the decision to stop Phase 2 was taken. Nor have they presented evidence which addresses the financial consequences if they had not made that decision. A fair assessment could not have been made when those potentially important factors could not be the subject of submissions or determination.
M) Conclusion
The decisions above produce the conclusion that the claim for consequential loss fails. In many ways I reach that decision with regret because it is derived in part from Mr Patel's lack of reliability and the failure of Mr and Mrs Patel to present the evidence required to address the issues. On the other hand, that was their choice and it was also their choice to proceed with the works on 8 October 2018 in the manner expressed within their letter dated 4 October 2018 when they should not have done so.
Returning to the introduction, the course that ought to have been taken would have been to explain to CBG at the time that the Phase 1 Planning Conditions needed to be fulfilled and that they would like to discuss Phase 1 and Phase 2 using the procedures required by the Act. This does not mean CBG should conclude that it behaved in a satisfactory manner. The Basement Trespass should not have occurred and its existence should also have been a matter for open discussion and resolution. Instead both neighbours became embroiled in dispute also involving other trespasses and rights of way and failed to act as neighbours should.
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August 16, 2012 (Hollywood and San Jose, CA) – To better serve the growing global theatrical, television, video game, and mobile 3D marketplace and professional community, the International 3D Society (I3DS) and the 3D@Home Consortium today announced plans to merge operations and activities. With members in 20 countries and chapters in China, Japan, Korea, Europe, the UK and North America, the new organization will be known as the International 3D Society & 3D@Home.
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Critical Issue: Religion on Campus
Critical Issue December 2, 2015December 8, 2015 Michigan Review
How do current University of Michigan students view the role of religion on the modern college campus? And what are their own experiences in that regard?
The Art Lounge on the first floor at the University of Michigan Student Union on the central campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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Constantine Nolan
Some of the adults from my church worried that their children's faith would be broken once they come to college, what with all the rampant faith shattering atheistic professors that apparently burned icons in class while sodomizing men. But if a Christian college student is worth their salt, like myself, there is no way their faith can be broken by such individuals. Because honestly, we've gone way too far down the rabbit hole for logic to change to our minds.
This became all too apparent to me when I tried to explain Christianity to a muslim friend of mine. "So basically, Christians believe that God is three different parts but is also one part at the same time. God is beyond space, time, dimension, and existence itself. Now, after creating the world, he eventually impregnated a virgin who gave birth to Christ, who is a part of God… but also all of God… but also 100% man… but also entirely God. At the same time."
"After about thirty years Christ is murdered via crucifixion. But it's okay because he got brought back to life by himself… but also God… at the same time… after about three days. He then went up to heaven, and humanity learned an important lesson about being merciful and loving to our fellow man."
"Also we eat him and drink his blood every Sunday. That's a thing we do too."
He seemed taken aback by this but, then again, his prophet rode up into the sky using a magical horse to talk to God.
My point, however, is that religion isn't something I feel the need to defend on campus. None of it makes any sense and I recognize that. That's why religion is based on faith and not science. The key word of religion is believing in God, not knowing God. So I'm honest about my religion, and if anyone asking any obvious questions like, "Why do you eat Jesus?" I simply give the classic Greek response of "Mysterion!" Which translates roughly to, "It is a mystery." And what a mystery it is.
Ryan Shinkel
Before college students proclaimed in 1969 the slogan, "The Personal is Political," the late Christopher Hitchens recounts, the old left required a "claim to speak and intervene by right of experience and sacrifice and work." When identity replaced action, "Speaking as an X…" was enough "to qualify as a revolutionary."
Mainline Protestantism's collapse – when 60s theological, social liberalism declined their membership from 50% of Americans in 1960 to 10% today – explains this standard subsisting among student radicals now. Nature abhors a moral vacuum, so a post-Protestant culture with inherited sentiments, beliefs, and mores desire new contexts. "I was raised as a Protestant," author Jonathan Franzen admits, "and became an environmentalist." Left-wing issues pursued with religious zeal at colleges provide homes for the concepts that Protestant religion contained.
Religious beliefs survive after the passing of their original the context, institutional churches, that grounded and moderated these values. Shattering "a religious scheme," G.K. Chesterton pines, "not merely" lets loose "the vices" to "wander and do damage." The "virtues are let loose also" to "wander more wildly" and "do more terrible damage. The modern world is full of the old Christian virtues gone mad" when "isolated from each other." Left "wandering alone," the individual values grow singularly wild and wasted.
Consider the "sustainability" movement at American colleges: its protests functions like a religious revival, while climate science truth seems inconsequential. "Thus some scientists care for truth; and their truth is pitiless," Chesterton continues, while "some humanitarians only care for pity; and their pity" regrettably "is often untruthful." He wrote that one hundred years ago, and it still seems accurate today.
A "set of spiritual concerns" (like original sin, salvation, and atonement) now "let loose" were "once contained and channeled by the churches," Joseph Bottom says. But with the collapse of mainline Protestantism, these concerns have found "new homes in our public conflicts." White guilt is an original sin, personal political belief assures salvation, and humans are sinners in the hands of an angry Atmosphere. To rephrase the slogan, the political is spiritual.
Excesses of liberalism and Protestantism feel, Franzen describes, that "simply to be human is to be guilty." How can anyone be saved? If salvation is not to be sought in the world-to-come, then it is to be found in this one. The result is that the politics of the personal, like feeling pity and believing in the progressive truth, save.
Aayushi Madani
I am one of those million students who have fallen prey to the first line of this question: I identify as not having any religious affiliation whatsoever from before I came here. Which made me wonder, is there anything that I really have to say about this critical issue? The answer was pretty simple: I most definitely do. Although I do not have any sort of a religious affiliation, I most definitely do have a very strongly built cultural affiliation. Being an Indian brought up in the Middle East, I have always been inclined to celebrating a multitude of festivities with very less significance to my religious affiliation. I have been exposed to the Hindu and Jain cultures because of my family, to the Gujarati culture because that's where in India I'm from, and to the Arab culture because that's where I've lived all my life. And I have wholeheartedly celebrated each of the associated religious festivals to these cultures. Coming here, my association with each and any of these cultures has reduced to basically zero. As much as the University celebrates diversity, there's not much I can see that is being done to celebrate and revere any of these cultures, and by extension, the religions. While I may not have directly navigated my personal religion on campus in any manner, I sure have navigated my cultural identity on campus.
Deion Kathawa
The fun thing about being Catholic is that you never fit in. (Continue reading at your own risk.)
The Protestants think you're totally off base with the whole pope thing, not to mention Mary and the saints.
The Democrats want you to get on board with their environmentalism and socially conscious, compassionate agenda … but to also ignore their horrid ethic and track record on life and the family.
The Republicans want you on board with their, admittedly, less-than-stellar ethic and track record on life and the family (but many times better than that of the Democrats') … but to ignore the ways in which their economic vision is in many ways deeply flawed and insufficiently humane for large swathes of people.
Even within our own Church, there is divide between theological liberals/progressives and conservatives and traditionalists on critically important issues: the dispensation of Holy communion, the status of so-called "divorced-and-remarried," and ecumenism (i.e., how the Church ought to relate to other faiths).
With respect to the culture, you are completely hung out to dry, though this is not wholly unexpected: Christ promised, after all, that the world would hate us because it hated Him first. The hook-up culture, drugs, the selfish pursuit of pleasure to the exclusion of most other things, a destructive libertarian "hands off" outlook on moral issues, a coarsening and savage diminishment of bonds of fraternal communal love, deadening libertinism, a denial of anything transcendent, and the list goes on. All of these are entirely antithetical to the Catholic tradition.
Knowing that so many around you fundamentally disagree with you makes persisting more difficult, sure. But, anything ever worth pursuing is never pursued along a rosy path, nor was anything worth possessing secured without a hard fought, bitter the struggle.
In any case, our job is to struggle with and challenge the world to rise above its sin and turn back to God. This begins with each of us personally recognizing our own need for radical conversion and dying of self to Christ. The call to deny oneself, take up one's cross, and follow Christ extends even to the teens and twenty-somethings on this campus. We are not excused from this spiritual war, even if the world sees us as immature and feeble. Our God has great plans for us, and His ways are not those of bureaucrats. (Thank, well, God!)
It is a task I accept with great joy.
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List of Opioids Strongest To Weakest
An increasing number of those who are addicted to opioids are encountering more potent and lethal drugs. Therefore, the resulting death rates related to overdoses continue to rise despite years of warnings and attempts by health professionals and experts to intervene.
For this reason, we have compiled a list of opioids strongest to weakest in an effort to help people understand which drugs are the riskiest and have the highest potential for life-threatening complications when abused.
#1. Carfentanil
Carfentanil is an extremely powerful analgesic 10,000 times stronger than morphine that is only indicated for use on large animals such as horses and elephants. Just two milligrams is enough to sedate an animal of this size. As such, it is not intended for humans, and there is no known safe dosage.
In recent years, illicitly produced carfentanil has been found as a buffering agent in heroin and other drugs. As a result, hundreds of deaths in the state of Ohio alone have been related to its unintentional use. It is believed that if bare skin touches even a small amount of carfentanil, severe complications can occur, including death.
#2. Dsuvia
In 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Dsuvia, a relatively new prescription painkiller. The drug comes in the form of a sublingual (under the tongue) tablet that is used to rapidly relieve pain in those who have experienced profound trauma, such as particularly painful broken bones, severe burns, or gunshot wounds.
Dsuvia contains the fully synthetic opioid sufentanil, which is 5-10 times stronger than Fentanyl itself, and 1,000 times more powerful than morphine. Critics of this medication state that an opioid of this strength is unnecessary and will only serve to further the ongoing opioid overdose epidemic in the U.S.
#3. Fentanyl
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that may be up to 50 times stronger than heroin. Legally, Fentanyl can be found as a prescription drug (e.g., Duragesic) that is sometimes used to manage severe pain related to surgery or injury. It may also be prescribed to individuals who suffer from chronic pain who do not respond well to weaker opioids or have developed a tolerance to them.
Due to its high potency and potential for dependence and addiction, Fentanyl is classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as a schedule II drug and is considered to be extremely dangerous and lethal. A mere two-milligram dose of Fentanyl may be enough to kill a full-grown human.
#4. Heroin
Heroin is an illicit, schedule I semi-synthetic opiate derived from morphine, an opium alkaloid, and as such, is not considered to have any legitimate medical purpose. Heroin's potency may also be profoundly affected by other adulterants, which may include Fentanyl, carfentanil, or other opioids.
Heroin has an exceptionally high potential for abuse, dependence, and addiction and can be delivered into the body by injecting, smoking, or snorting. It is most often found as a whitish powder or sometimes as a black tacky substance known as black tar heroin. When injected, heroin reaches the brain and bloodstream more rapidly than many other opioids where it converts back to morphine and induces near-immediate effects, including a rush of euphoria.
#5. Buprenorphine
Buprenorphine (e.g., Suboxone) is a drug that is most commonly used to treat opioid addiction, and some may be surprised to discover that it is forty times more potent than morphine. For these reasons, among others, it is highly controlled. However, as a partial opioid agonist, buprenorphine does not produce the powerful analgesic or euphoric effects that other opioids can. For this reason, it is sometimes used for the treatment of pain as a safer alternative to oxycodone and other more potent opioids.
#6. U-47700 or Pink
U-47700 (also known as Pink) is an illegal synthetic opioid about 7-8 times stronger than morphine. In recent years, this drug has become widely available on the black market, and due to its high potency and lack of government regulation, it has concerned health officials as overdoses have steadily continued to increase.
#7. Hydromorphone
Hydromorphone (e.g., Dilaudid) is another prescription opioid roughly four times more powerful than morphine. Due to its high potential for abuse and physical dependence, hydromorphone is classified by the DEA as a schedule II drug. It has been frequently used as a heroin substitute because it can be readily diluted in liquid and injected directly into the bloodstream, a method of administration that helps the user to feel its effects more rapidly.
#8. Oxymorphone
Oxymorphone is also a Schedule II substance and prescription painkiller around three times stronger than morphine. It used to be manufactured by Endo International under the brand name Opana and was indicated to treat moderate-severe pain. It was usually found in tablet form but also sometimes as an injectable solution.
Currently, oxymorphone's presence in the legal or illicit drug market appears to be scant, as Opana's maker announced in the summer of 2017 that it would remove Opana ER from the drug market, following the FDA's request to do such.
#9. Methadone
Methadone is a fully-synthetic opioid with a similar potency as oxymorphone. It is primarily used under strict medical supervision to treat addiction and withdrawal symptoms related to other opioids such as heroin, and non-medical use is illegal. Although methadone is chemically dissimilar to heroin and morphine in some ways, it still can produce similar effects such as euphoria, especially when abused.
#10. Oxycodone
Oxycodone (e.g., OxyContin, Percocet) is only about 50% stronger than morphine but is still classified by the DEA as Schedule II substance with a high potential for abuse and dependence. It is commonly prescribed to relieve moderate to severe pain and has been abused since the 1960s for its euphoric and sedating effects.
#11. Morphine
An alkaloid derived from the opium poppy, morphine is a natural opiate that, like its human-made counterparts, is classified as a schedule II controlled substance. It is most commonly used and abused in the United States in the forms that include injectable and oral solutions and ingestible tablets.
#12. Hydrocodone
Hydrocodone (e.g., Norco, Vicodin) is nearly as powerful as morphine and is indicated for the treatment of moderate pain. It is currently the most frequently prescribed painkiller in the U.S. Hydrocodone is also a schedule II substance and an excellent example of how a relatively weak opioid can still be misused and pose significant risks to one's health.
#13. Codeine
Like morphine, codeine (e.g., Tylenol 3) is a natural opium alkaloid that has relatively low potency. It is sometimes used to treat mild-moderate pain and can also be found in prescription cough and cold formulations. It still has a potential for misuse and overdose, however. In recent years, it's become increasingly popular in the rap hip hop community as "Lean" or "Sizzurp," a drug cocktail that also includes soda, such as Sprite, and hard candy like Jolly Ranchers.
#14. Meperidine
Meperidine (e.g., Demerol) was the first opioid to be synthesized. Meperidine is not as strong as most other opioids but is still classified by the DEA as a Schedule II drug due to having some potential for abuse. Meperidine is now widely considered to be ineffective when compared to other opioids but is sometimes prescribed nonetheless.
#15. Tramadol
Tramadol (e.g., Ultram) has a potency is similar to that of meperidine. Unlike other opioids, it is classified as a schedule IV drug, however, and is therefore considered to have less potential for abuse and physical dependence. Despite this, tramadol can still be misused by those who suffer chronic pain.
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My GSD drinks his water so aggressively. It's almost as if he is trying to "eat" the water.
He doesn't really even "lap" it up with his tongue, he literally "chomps" at it, thus soaking his entire face and neck, as well as the floor around him.
He gets plenty of water throughout the day, and constantly has it available. So, I don't believe lack of water is at all a problem.
Why does he do this, and are there any suggestions on how to "train" him to drink more appropriately, or is that even possible?


Having been drawn back to C and C++ by Ruby, I find it very interesting to notice that a lot of GNU and Open Source projects use C or C++ as their language of choice. (Indeed, Ruby itself is written in C, and hence can run on practically every platform that has a C compiler.) One of the first GNU projects was GCC, probably the most widely ported of the C and C++ compilers. (GCC now supports other languages than just C and C++.) C is also the systems programming language for most variants of the UNIX operating system.
What this means for developers is that the future of C and C++ is secure for a long time. Other languages might have nicer development environments and be marginally more productive, but for the core business logic of mission-critical applications I still prefer C and C++. I'd choose other languages for the rapidly evolving parts of the application such as the user interface and the web front-end, but for the core of the application I have nothing but praise for C and C++.


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The awareness center of brain is located on the top of the back head in Chinese medical chart named"Baihui" (百會- the hundred gatherings, which is a place to receive information and processing.) and the western's indication is an "Antenna". Raising the alertness in the brain from spinal cord without muscle tension (虛靈頂勁) in the movements is elevating the feeling of Yi to animate the Qi in the fingers and toes into a desire action. At same time, it raises the oxygen and blood in the brain cells to keep them healthy and to perfect their functioning.
These are the objective of martial artists to have the ability of quick central nervous system reactions. Their punches and kicks are undertaken directly by the brain awareness. When this awareness awakens, action is delivered by the remote nervous system components of fingers and toes. Synchronizing the awareness of the brain, fingers and toes is the central purpose of this Tai Chi Chuan practice.
The slow-motion of Tai Chi Chuan practice is like Bluetooth, pairing the connection of the fingers and the toes with the control center of the nervous system. Once it's paired, the practitioner's brain, fingers and toes work as an inseparable unit: any emotion and intention in the conscious brain is instantly transmitted into the physical action of the fingers and toes without any delay. This is of extreme importance for martial artists when they are engaged in fighting.
The quick transmission of a neuro-reflex into physical action is essential for the martial artist, with the implication that he or she can deliver the punches and kicks within a split second. It is like the specialized ability of the courtroom stenographer; whose fingers type as people speak. This neural and physical connection is a necessary function of all human beings, which enables them to accomplish our daily activities more effectively and quickly, whether we work at home or have a job in an office.
In today's rapidly changing world, left hemisphere brain functioning is no longer enough. Today's invention is tomorrow's history, and by the day after tomorrow, it's ancient history. The work of future Tai Chi Chuan players will require creative and intuitive thinking as well as physical action. Any successful individual can and must learn how to use a fully functional brain integrated with the power of emotional and physical cooperation.
For the past 60's of my teaching, learning and sharing this slow motion of the movements, I began with body mechanics principles, then moved into bio-mechanics and now I am involved with neurophysiology. The connections of the three elements of brain, fingers and toes are crucial to our daily activities. It is like the computer that requires the software of human a brilliant mind to enhance the system. The system must be updated monthly, weekly even daily. The bus is not going to stop here, the learning and perfecting is never ending, which is similar to our computer's software being updated every so often.
These unhurried and relaxed movements help to regulate the nervous system, lubricate the joints and eliminate stiff muscle contractions. They facilitate full cooperation with brain function, circumventing physical interference from the muscles. This enables our fingers and toes to reach the highest level in the work of art.
For health, the soft movements of the practice ease body tension, promote the flow of vital energy Qi and replaces muscle rigidity with flexibility and excellent body coordination. They boost one's mental tranquility, improve physical fitness, increase blood circulation to its full capacity, and provide the tissues of the various organs with the maximum amount of oxygen.
These silent meditative movements of Tai Chi Chuan is an art of Tao 道 which incorporates the brain workout, setting up a solid state communication between the neurons in the brain and the distant limbs of the fingers and toes. On top of this, an elevated oxygenate-blood flow in the brain cells helps to keep this utmost important central organ alive, like new. It is an essential to the martial artists, as well as the greatest contributions to the well-being of humanity. (寧靜的太極拳動作帶給人類最佳的貢獻).


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A Disinvitation
Posted on 8 August, 2015 by wjjhoge
Erick Erickson, one of my codefendants in a couple of the Kimberlin LOLsuits, has disinvited Donald Trump to the RedState Gathering. He says that there are some lines that amateur politicians shouldn't cross.
Decency is one of those lines.
Certainly, some of Trump's remarks have been indecent, but that is the basis of his appeal to his supporters. He's saying things they wish they could say, or, at least, he's punching back at folks his supporters … ummm … dislike.
There is a certain uncouth honesty in Trump's indecency, but it's still indecent.
Bravo, Mr. Erickson!
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41 thoughts on "A Disinvitation"
Roy Schmalfeldt (formerly Leroy Oddswatch) on 8 August, 2015 at 08:19 said:
Demagogue. Trump.
Synonyms.
WarEagle82 on 8 August, 2015 at 09:19 said:
I am not a big fan of Trump but excluding a candidate, the leading candidate, because you think he said something crass makes little sense. It would have been far better to have him at your forum and challenge him on his statements. I thought that is what forums and debates were all about.
A Reader #1 on 8 August, 2015 at 09:46 said:
Agreed. A suspicious mind might think that inside pressure was brought to bear to start marginalizing Trump.
AJ Fornicarius Hoc on 8 August, 2015 at 11:09 said:
I agree as well. I'd rather see Trump challenged than excluded. I am strongly opposed to his candidacy, but he is leading the polls.
Tao on 8 August, 2015 at 12:10 said:
I agree also. He does need to be challenged.
gmhowell on 8 August, 2015 at 12:11 said:
Another Team Themis operation?
Scoob on 8 August, 2015 at 09:46 said:
Sorry, gotta disagree here. Trump shows how not to be a wuss, like most of the GOP. He fights like a democrat. Our guys should try it once in awhile. I listened to his comment–there is no violation of decency unless the listener wants to twist it that way.
Again, I agree.
wjjhoge on 8 August, 2015 at 09:56 said:
Trump may not be a wuss, but courage is only one of the qualifications for the Presidency. Good judgment is another, and I believe he lacks that.
brainpimp on 8 August, 2015 at 10:05 said:
If that's what you believe, then you let him show up and expose it to everyone. Denying him access makes him a martyr.
Frankly, why I read and donate (albeit small sums) to Aaron's, Stacy's, and your site is your willingness to fight. We need more that in the GOP.
I listened to a video of Trump and O'Reilly discussing Trump's response to Rosie O'Donnell. O'Reilly told Trump that he was being impolite, but Trump responded by explaining that calling Rosie a "fat pig" after she used similar language got folks to pay attention. Otherwise, the audience would only hear Rosie's insults and ignore Trump's retort.
I can't argue that point when you have 24 million folks tune into the GOP debate with Trump as the headliner.
By the way, keep up the great work!!
His willingness to say what is on his mind (immediately and with little consideration) is both his bane and his boon. He's like Chris Christie with a bigger personality and less statist baggage.
Obviously, lack of judgment excluded virtually all democrats and most republicans. Obama is the proof that you need neither judgement, integrity, honesty or courage to get elected. Obama is the end of qualifications for higher office. Trump could not possibly be worse than Obama in any way. It is at least possible that he won't be much better in some ways though.
And I do suspect an organized effort to discredit and marginalize Trump. Fox is simply the latest and least discrete member of the effort.
I am not sure I would vote for Trump, but once the establishment gets rid of him, you can bet they will focus on the rest of the pack until there is only Jeb and Kassich left.
Incidentally, beat Trump on the issues. He is vulnerable, e.g., past support for single payer. Beat Trump on the issues so we can get Walker, Cruz, or Carson, as an example.
But beat him on PC, and as soon as he drops out, the media and Establishment will use these same PC tactics against the conservatives (and not the moderates) until another moderate is the GOP nominee. You can say hello to Jeb! as the nominee and then President Clinton. I have seen this theater played too much already.
Pablo on 8 August, 2015 at 11:11 said:
Trump is acting like a sniveling crybaby. If we wanted a thin skinned narcissist POTUS who starts lashing out and making an enemies list every time he gets his tushy hurt, and whose favorite word is "I"…wait, we've already got one of those.
BigSkyBob on 8 August, 2015 at 13:11 said:
I am under the impression that the expression is that one is so mad that blood comes out of one's ears, as in having a stroke. Whether his remarks were indecent, or not, rests in the eye of the beholder, One possible interpretation is that Trump realized he had mangled a metaphor, but, didn't know how to correct himself.
The politics of personal destruction depends largely on systematically assigning the least charitable interpretation to what are ambiguous statements. That seems to be what is happening here.
One reaction could be to say that Donald Trump isn't up to prime time and exclude him as a result. If we do that, what we will have is more of the same. How has that been working out for you?
Exactly, and the right complains constantly about the left doing this to them. Moreover, the irony that some of the parties involved in this are being targeted for shutuppery via lawfare, is not lost on me.
The RedState Gathering is Erick's event. He can use it to support or oppose whatever candidates and causes he chooses. Similarly, i run Hogewash!, and pick and choose how I will waste my bandwidth.
FWIW, I don't support Donald Trump. I see him as a distraction, and look forward to his crashing and burning as a candidate.
I'm not backing any one candidate yet. While I like what she has to say and how she says it, I'm not sure that Carly Fiorina has enough of the right kind of experience. Scott Walker has experience running a major city and a state and a good track record on several issue that concern me. There are couple of other Republicans that might interest me. When they do, I'll waste some bandwidth.
You got us talking about it, which is good in my book. I, too, am observing at the moment.
That Trump is in possession of a massively overblown ego and a parchment thin/fragile epidermis is not a matter of interpretation, but rather an obvious conclusion drawn from simple observation.
You can see his self regard from space.
John, This isn't about whether you are for, or against, Donald Trump. This is about a tactic. You position about the desirability of Donald Trump should be completely orthaganol to your position on the tactic. The question is whether you believe that Donald Trump said something that was offensive, something that others interpreted as offensive, or non-offensive, but wrongly claimed to be offensive by some people, perhaps with an axe to grind.
Erik Erickson is free to believe that it was former, and, act on that belief. But, I am also free to note that I both think that Erik Erickson was dead wrong, and acting as an enabler to those that use the politics of personal destruction [AKA Erik Erickson is acting like a Democrat/SJW.] If you produced Donald Trump's Communist Party card, and photos of him vacationing with Robert Menendez in the Carribean, it wouldn't change my opinion of the rights and wrongs of this situation one iota.
Sorry Hoge, this is a mistake.
Every time the establishment attacks Trump, his poll numbers go up. We don't like the Dems but we are furious at the establishment sellout after sellout.
Megyn Kelly lost over 80,000 followers just yesterday over her sandbagging gotcha questions.
We are tired of the liberal media trying to pick our candidate, we damn sure aren't going to substitute the GOPe in their place.
Oh, I don't think that there will be a broad lack of coverage of the Trump campaign. He is, after all, the mainstream media's preferred Republican nominee because he's the only person running less qualified than Hillary.
The Democrat's best bet is to find a more attractive candidate than Clinton, but if they get stuck with her, they either need a weak Republican nominee or Trump in as a third party spoiler (a la Perot).
Slip Slopes on 8 August, 2015 at 10:52 said:
I agree the liberal media's wall to wall coverage of Trump has been for ratings and they would love him to win the Republican nomination because Hillary can beat him and will have trouble beating the other candidates.
When RedState at this point in the game does this, it makes Trump a martyr and a huge slice of Republican grassroots is so anti-establishment it helps not hurts him. Invite him and ask him specific hard hitting questions like Megan did. Trump will complain it's a conspiracy, but after a couple weeks of hard questions people will wake up and realize that if Trump can't answer the hard questions he has no business sitting in the Oval Office.
You are making a false choice. I don't think there is any way Trump makes it through the next 12 + months. Personally I think Cruz is the guy. I like Fiorina. I might be able to live with Walker very concerned about his immigration position. Carson, nice guy not ready. The rest can go, but this is a process and to want to exclude someone from the process is inherently wrong.
Onlooker on 8 August, 2015 at 10:25 said:
I'm having a hard time caring either way.
Dave Alexander (formerly ukuleledave) on 8 August, 2015 at 10:28 said:
Simply put, Trump has no experience running an organization which he does not own. Hold him to the standards of a manager at any company, and he'd be fired. Who mentions Rosie O'Donnell at a presidential debate? How does that make him a good leader.
As for disinviting him. Meh. He'll be invited somewhere else. He's the flavor of the week.
hocuspocus13 on 8 August, 2015 at 11:01 said:
Kelly just does what she's programmed and paid to do
I have indeed lost all respect for Kelly as most other women have also
Very good. It's fun when I can't tell if your self-parody is deliberate.
aposemat on 8 August, 2015 at 11:12 said:
Sooner or later it becomes apparent that they're ALL cogs in a wheel, ALL intent on pushing the SAE agenda, only varying the message to suit their target audience, which seems to react as programmed.
SAE=SAME (can't blame auto-corrupt or fat fingers for that typo!)
Howard D. Earl on 8 August, 2015 at 11:24 said:
Trump would make a fine Democrat.
Wait. He is.
Jimi on 8 August, 2015 at 12:32 said:
Every single day I see Trump in the press. I often wonder if there has been a systemic drugging of the nation's water supply.
This farce needs to come to a quick conclusion. Anyone who thinks Trump has the answers, needs to seriously examine the questions they are asking. I can think of Democrats I would mark on a ballot before Trump's name.
egd on 8 August, 2015 at 13:03 said:
I don't think Trump's comments were that much out of line, but his comments do reflect poorly on him. Trump just doesn't know how to play the political game. He probably thinks Republicans are treated the same as Democrats by the media.
If you're going to be a presidential candidate, you can't attack the press every time they give you hard questions (fairly or not). This is especially true for Republicans. The press will roll over for a Democrat when criticized, but will ruthlessly attack a Republican for the slightest negativity.
Note I said "attack." There's a difference between attacks and criticisms. Fiorina knows how to criticize the press without attacks.
Fiorina has piqued my interest in the last few weeks.
I'm also giving some time to Carson's campaign as of late, as well as Walker's.
Got a long road ahead of us.
mrpaulrevere on 8 August, 2015 at 13:55 said:
I am a big fan of focus and discipline in a candidate. If you want to "tell it like it is" by all means do so with focus and discipline. If you lack those two qualities, I cannot support you.
That applies to a LOT of things I consider on a daily basis.
Being bombastic for the sake of attention is not a virtue.
bradoplata on 8 August, 2015 at 14:04 said:
What's funny about this is Erickson's own misogyny.
Also funny is all the people who think Kelly is some kind of conservative. She's a leftist hack like everyone in her position, with the only difference being she's able to hide it except when it slips for people like Trymp.
I think there are clear differences between MK and other female anchors.
I probably should have dropped "female" from the above comment. Although one should consider her gender in addressing past comments from Trump's piehole.
Yes, there is. She's smart enough to hide it so she gets on a network with a bigger audience.


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The Drugstore's Rockin' - I'm A Man
Fabian was billed as a cross between Elvis Presley and Rick Nelson. He was a bit of a manufactured act. He was an actor who was pushed into rock and roll because of his looks. The thing is, he could sing, and he did some good music. This collection gathers a wide range of tunes from the 50s artists. Personally, I think it might have been a better set if they'd left maybe three or four of the weaker tunes off (there are 37 tracks here). That said, there are plenty of shining moments. I always expect quality packaging from Bear Family, and we definitely get that here. This comes with a massive booklet along with the digipack.
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I'm A Man
This as a solid energy and a tasty groove to it. The hooks are catchy. It's a solid 1950s rock and roller and has a tasty guitar solo in the midst of it.
Tongue-Tied
There is a more energized and almost raw groove to this. It works well to elevate it even past the opener.
Ooh, What You Do!
I'm not overly crazy about the doo wop aspect of this tune.
I dig the overall groove of this quite a bit. The doo wop vocals detract a little for me, though.
I've Got Nobody
Although this also features doo wop vocals, the tune works better for me than some of the others do. It's a good-time romp.
Gonna Get You
I love the guitar soloing on this number. This isn't a big change in general, but it's an effective piece.
Stop Thief!
Cut from much the same cloth as the rest here, this feels a bit like an "also ran."
Little Meanie Jeanie
The energy and hooks on this are both great. This is an exciting and entertaining tune.
This tune hasn't aged well. The stereotypical elements are pretty offensive in this day and age. It's not that great of a tune, anyway. I think maybe this would be better if this tune had been left off of the disc.
Everything Is Just Right
This rocker feels like something Elvis Presley would do. It's solid, but not a standout.
Old-school rock and is merged with musical theater elements on this tune. It's not a bad song, but the arrangement is a little over-the-top for me.
Lilly Lou
I like this bouncy rocker quite a bit. It's a lot of fun. The horn solo is all class, too.
Be My Steady Date
While not a big change, this rock and roller is particularly effective.
String Along
I dig the energy and groove on this one a lot. It's a fun romp.
Tiger Rag
This is a particularly short (just over half-a-minute) tune. It's somewhat fun, but nothing all that special, really.
With plenty of energy and some solid hooks, this is a winner.
Learnin'
I dig the guitar sound on this. The tune has a good energy and works well.
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
This has more of a jazz meets crooner music groove. It's a fun number and a nice bit of variety. I like this one quite a bit.
I love the guitar sound on this smoking hot rock and roller. This is a highlight.
Wild Party
More of a doo wop number, this is fairly effective and fun.
Mighty Cold (To A Warm Warm Heart)
A pretty standard rock and roller, I really dig the guitar work on this.
While this has a good energy and groove, it's not one of my favorites here. The doo wop vocals hurt it a bit for me. That said, the guitar solo is on fire.
Kissin' And Twistin'
The female backing vocals and the rather jazzy over-layers serve this track well. It's perhaps not one of my favorites, but it's definitely in the top half of the album.
Long Before
While I'm not enthused about this tune overall, I do like the guitar solo a lot.
I find the female doo wop backing vocals on this to be a bit annoying. The cut doesn't work that well for me.
Break Down And Cry
There is a meaty, lower-register angle to this. I dig the guitar sound a lot, but the overall arrangement is a bit much.
Hound Dog Man
I dig the hooks and the energy on this, but I wouldn't consider it to be a standout.
A 50s pop rock groove, this isn't quite what I'd call rock and roll. The backing vocals bring some of that doo wop angle, but work better than they do on some of the rest.
Hey Little Girl
This is fun stuff. I has a Bo Diddley beat and represents some change.
Got The Feeling
A fun and energetic rock and roller, I really like this tune a lot.
Come On And Get Me
Another strong piece, this has more of a blues rock and roll groove to it.
About This Thing Called Love
I really like just about everything about this song. It has some tasty guitar fills. The overall vibe is packed with drama and style. This just oozes class and charm. It's one of the highlights of this set.
Gonna Make You Mine
There is a rockabilly edge to this tune. It's a fun one. It also represents some variety.
A bouncy tune, this one doesn't work as well for me. The backing vocals and overall arrangement are a bit over-done for my tastes.
An up-tempo doo wop number, this lands sort of in the neighborhood of "also ran."
This almost feels like a variant on the song that preceded it. Again, it's not bad, but it just doesn't stand all that tall.
Please Don't Stop
I like the groove and the vocal performance on this a lot. It is a fun tune. While not necessarily a favorite, this is one that lands in the better half. It's also a step up from the last couple, and a good choice to close the set.
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