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Ford Motor Company's restructuring plan, made public in 2006, was known as The Way Forward. Ford was attempting to reduce fixed capital costs while maintaining a special focus on cars and car-based crossover vehicles. Over time, it hoped to make more of its product line profitable instead of relying on a limited portion of the products for profit. Making good profits across the product line required that the company reduce the costs of development and production while introducing new products that connect with consumers.

In the latter half of 2005, Chairman Bill Ford asked newly appointed Ford Americas Division President Mark Fields to develop a plan to return the company to profitability. Fields previewed the Plan, dubbed "The Way Forward", at the December 7, 2005 board meeting of the company; and it was unveiled to the public on January 23, 2006.  The plan was revised on September 15, 2006 to accelerate plant closings.

"The Way Forward" included resizing the company to match then current market realities, dropping some unprofitable and inefficient models, consolidating production lines, and shutting down seven vehicle assembly plants and seven parts factories. Among these were St. Louis Assembly (near St. Louis), Atlanta Assembly (near Atlanta), Batavia Transmission (Batavia, Ohio), Windsor Casting (Windsor, Ontario, Canada), and Wixom Assembly (Wixom, Michigan). Up to 30,000 hourly and salaried jobs (28% of the total workforce) in North America over the next six years were expected to be eliminated, which is comparable to similar cutbacks previously announced at General Motors. These cutbacks were consistent with Ford's roughly 25% decline in U.S. automotive market share since the mid-late 1990s.

New cars were developed faster using the new Global Product Development System (GPDS). This brought Ford's cycle time closer to its Japanese rivals. Ford also announced that it would have every vehicle in the Ford and Lincoln line up built on one of its nine new global platforms, cutting costs significantly. A new style for all Ford and Lincoln vehicles was introduced and Ford wanted "An unmistakable Ford or Lincoln look".

A joint venture with Mahindra and Mahindra Limited of India ended with the sale of Ford's 15 percent stake in 2005. Ford's realignment also included the sale of its wholly owned subsidiary, Hertz Rent-a-Car to a private equity group for $15 billion in cash and debt acquisition. The sale was completed on December 22, 2005. Some 15 years later, Hertz was declared bankrupt.

While Ford had projected returning to profitability sometime after 2010, they beat this goal, and returned their first profit in 2009.

Plant closings
Ford planned to close 14 manufacturing plants by 2012 including 7 that assembled cars. Short-term results (by 2008) reduced Ford's assembly capacity by 26%.

The first closures were announced on January 23, 2006.  Ford announced on April 13, 2006 that two more plants would close as well.  The plan was accelerated with a mid-September announcement which accelerated the closure of the Norfolk plant and added the Essex engine and Maumee stamping plants to the list.

Ford has kept the Essex Engine plant open to produce the 5.0 V8.

Product replacements
The following products were assembled at the Wixom (Michigan) Assembly plant, which was closed. In June 2006, Ford announced that it will not move production to St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada (where its body-on-frame platform-mates Ford Crown Victoria and Mercury Grand Marquis are produced), likely meaning that Town Car production would end permanently.  Ford eventually changed its mind, announcing in September that it would move the Town Car after all.  As of 2011, production of the Town Car has been cancelled, with the MKT crossover intended as its replacement for livery fleets.

Staff reductions
Up to 30,000 factory jobs would be eliminated with the downsizing envisioned in The Way Forward. The company also eliminated 4,000 salaried, contract, and agency jobs during the first quarter of 2006, and the company eliminated six or seven corporate officer positions out of 53 immediately.

Ford reportedly offered severance packages of up to $100,000 for workers who are willing to give up all future benefits except their pension. The company would also pay up to $15,000 in tuition for workers returning to school. Workers over 55 were reportedly offered a $35,000 bonus to retire early, provided they had 30 years of service with the company, and those with 28 years can get leave and 85% pay for two years.

Divestment
Ford's plan called for divesting, selling, and closing some businesses in order to raise cash.
 Jaguar Cars and Land Rover — On 2 June 2008, Ford sold both of its British operations to Tata Motors of India for a cost of £1.7 billion.
 Aston Martin — On 12 March 2007, a British consortium led by Dave Richards of Prodrive purchased the iconic automaker for £479 million.
 Automobile Protection Corporation — Extended warranty company APCO will also be sold
 Mazda — On November 18, 2008, Ford announced that it would be selling a 20% stake in Mazda, bringing its stake to 13.4%, and surrendering control of the company.
 Mercury — On June 2, 2010, Ford officially announced the closure of Mercury by the end of Q4 of 2010.

New products
Product plans reportedly called for more crossover SUVs, compact cars, and hybrid vehicles.

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NEW YORK, Sept. 18, 2012 – The all-new Ford Fusion is the most fuel-efficient midsize sedan in America with an EPA-certified 47 mpg city, 47 mpg highway and 47 mpg combined fuel economy rating for its hybrid model.
Fusion Hybrid tops the Toyota Camry Hybrid by 8 mpg highway and 4 mpg city, and delivers the highest-ever fuel economy numbers in city and highway driving for a midsize sedan.
The all-new Fusion brings the widest range of powertrain options to the U.S. midsize segment.
Fusion offers hybrid and plug-in hybrid variants and two fuel-efficient EcoBoost® four-cylinder engines for customers. In addition, Fusion is available with Ford's patented Auto Start-Stop system, which automatically shuts off the engine at stationary idle to help save customers even more fuel in stop-and-go city driving. Fusion is available in front-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive configurations with both six-speed automatic and six-speed manual transmissions.
The Fusion equipped with the 1.6-liter EcoBoost engine is available with Ford's patented, fuel-saving Auto Start-Stop system, which smoothly shuts off engine power when the car is stopped and seamlessly restarts as the driver releases the brake pedal. This feature, available for just $295, improves fuel efficiency by 3.5 percent and reduces emissions.
Fusion Hybrid features two additional innovations to help deliver industry-best fuel efficiency: Ford's patented SmartGauge® with EcoGuide that coaches drivers for top fuel efficiency; and ECO Cruise, a greener cruise control functionality that helps optimize powertrain elements for convenient yet economical highway travel.
Fusion Hybrid achieves a top speed of 62 mph in electric or EV mode and also has Active Grille Shutters, which make the car more aerodynamic at highway speeds to improve fuel efficiency. An underbody with aerodynamically designed panels provides even better fuel efficiency.
The full Fusion range delivers visual quality through improved materials, elevated levels of craftsmanship and attention to detail. To deliver its world-class driving dynamics, Ford engineers equipped Fusion with a specially tuned electric power-assisted steering system, MacPherson strut front suspension and all-new multilink rear suspension that is comparable to the setups found in more expensive Audis and BMWs.
Ford's quietest midsize sedan ever, Fusion Hybrid models are equipped with Active Noise Cancellation, which uses the audio system to mitigate powertrain noise.
The all-new Fusion offers an unprecedented portfolio of driver assistance and convenience technologies using sensors, cameras and radar to enable the car to "see" and respond.
The all-new Fusion also offers the newest version of Ford's award-winning SYNC® communications and entertainment system, which enables voice-activated communication through a driver's mobile phone and interaction with the car's audio system.
Fusion is available with the latest version of MyFord Touch®, allowing a driver to interact with vehicle systems through voice control, a touch screen tap or a conventional button.
The midsize car segment is the fastest-growing segment in America this year. Overall U.S. industry sales are up 15 percent in 2012, while midsize car sales have grown 26 percent.
To meet expected demand for the new Fusion, Ford is adding 1,200 hourly jobs and investing $555 million at its Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Flat Rock, Mich.
New Fusion models begin arriving at dealers nationwide this fall.
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The Tunisian Drag Queen Fighting For LGBTQ+ Rights With Art
Niveen Ghoneim
Tunisian drag artist Khookha McQueer (photo: Instagram)
"We are all born naked and the rest is drag," American drag icon Rupaul Charles invariably responds when asked to explain the art form's newfound mainstream appeal, but in the Middle East and North Africa, the opposite is just as true. Throughout the years, the region's drag tradition has been stripped of its cultural, social, and political substance.
The origins of cross-dressing and gender impersonation in the now Arab and Muslim world can be traced back to ancient times, but it wasn't until the rise of Islamic civilization through expansion and conquests by successive caliphates and empires that drag began to take shape. Under Ottoman rule, gender bending became an art form through köçek dance, where male youths would perform in feminine attire, effecting what is traditionally considered feminine mannerisms.
This tradition quickly spread to Egypt and other vassal states, becoming a popular form of entertainment in the 17th and 18th centuries with widespread appeal across the gender and sexual spectra. In the 1920s, male impersonation flourished among Egyptian women as an act of self-expression through fashion. In fact, it is said that legendary Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum once performed in boy drag, dressed as a Bedouin man, in the early days of her career.
Since then, gender impersonation in the Arab and Muslim world has been employed strictly as fodder for comedy in big blockbuster movies and on TV shows, betraying the art form's mission of inclusivity. One artist putting politics back in drag is Tunisian activist, designer, writer and performer Khookha McQueer.
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"I think I was labelled more often and referred to as a drag queen, which is totally fine since it is easier for people to present me as something already known and has a name: Drag Queen," they tell Egyptian Streets. "Nevertheless, I would describe myself as an experience, someone who is constantly playing with gender and aesthetic parameters to deliver the most authentic expression of my thoughts and feelings and the ways I experience my body, my identity and the way I navigate society."
The 31-year-old has an interdisciplinary approach to drag and queer art, infusing their performances with socio-political commentary and musings on gender, drawing inspiration from Tunisia's diverse heritage. Today, they are one of Tunisia's most popular drag queens, a stalwart of the country's LGBTQ+ community, and an icon of Tunis' nightlife scene.
"For me, queer art is all about [visibility], representation and resistance. Art has the ability to reach people's feelings and speak louder than words. Queer art is important across the region because it draws attention to queerness and its place in our societies and raise[s] questions and debates around it, making our surroundings more aware and familiar with queer expressions and issues," Khookha explains.
Their style combines elements of gender bending and dramatic, full glam drag. But there is an authenticity to Khookha that transcends the very art form, a vulnerability, a solemness, and a sense of brokenness they aren't afraid to bare for all to see. "I fight with my naked body, with my face, with my clothes and makeup, and my gender expressions," they once wrote about their LGBTQ+ activism and art.
Dans toute ma vie je n'étais photographiée que 4 fois par ce que je pourrais appeler "photographes", c'est rare de me poser devant un objectif autre que le mien. J'ai pris l'habitude de me prendre en autoportrait, car ainsi que je me présente le plus authentiquement possible. Il y a une grande partie de moi qui se perd dans l'objectif de l'autre; mon âme qu'aucun.e photographe n'a su capturer, sauf la grande Sophia Baraket dans cette prise que j'aime le plus. Paix à son âme 🧡 Yüka – Mars 2017
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There is also an element of cultural reclamation in their art that spans Tunisia's diverse heritage and drag's Arab and Muslim history. "I am heavily inspired by Arabian, Ottoman, Andalusian, Middle Eastern, [and] Mediterranean aesthetics. My greatest inspirations are 80s and 90s Middle Eastern and Latinx divas, such as Sherihan, Thalia, [and] Nawal Al Zoghbi, [as well as] the art of Pierre et Gilles, Alexander McQueen, and some Soviet aesthetics," they explain.
Like most alter egos, Khookha was born out of adversity. Raised in a conservative religious family, Khookha didn't just have to overcome their family's and society's prejudices against them, they also had to get past their own transgressions against themself as well.
"I was bullied since I was kid, on a daily basis—wherever I went, whatever I did. I was convinced for the longest time that I was less than human, people made me think so. I tried to fit in and meet people's expectations but I always failed," they recount.
After a long depressive episode, during which they dropped out of university, Khookha joined Tunisia's growing LGBTQ+ rights movement. "I reflected a lot about my identity and all the violence that I had to go through…When I started [my] activism, I wasn't taken seriously by older activists, they had their own traditional and conventional ways of doing things," they explain. "I had to struggle a lot, and suffer once again from rejection, violence and erasure. In a gay-men-dominated scene, I was one of the very first and very few non-binary activists in [Tunisia], I had to fight for my own path and pave the road for a new diverse queer scene."
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But even now, as a prominent figure in Tunis' queer nightlife scene and the country's politically progressive circles, Khookha is often the target of cyber bullying and harassment. This is only compounded by the challenges the LGBTQ+ community sill faces in the Muslim-majority country, such as disproportionate unemployment and inequality before the law.
"The overall political, cultural and legal climate in Tunisia doesn't help queer individuals get access to basic human rights. Queer individuals are still rejected from family, society and workspaces, being subject[ed] to all kinds of violence and discrimination," they explain. "Homosexuality is still criminalized despite the new legal reforms. The new[ly] elected president maintain[s] a hostile position towards queer rights."
For the queer art scene, these sociocultural and political limitations result in drag artists being more economically vulnerable. Tunisia's LGBTQ+ individuals, like many marginalized groups around the world, look inward for a sense of connection and representation, which makes drag and other forms of queer art vital for the community's welfare.
"Queer [entertainment] activities have a great potential to attract the queer community. Queer individuals enjoy having good times around drag queens and drag shows. For the longest time, drag queens were perceived as synonymous with emancipation, pride and resistance. Drag shows are community moments," they say.
In her book Imitation and Gender Insubordination, American philosopher and gender theorist Judith Butler writes, "Gender is a kind of imitation for which there is no original; in fact, it is a kind of imitation that produces the very notion of the original as an effect and consequence of the imitation itself."
Gender as a social construct is a relatively new concept, but drag has existed since time immemorial. Artists like Khookha challenge our notions about gender and identity and by doing that, she embodies Butler's immortal words, "It may be only by risking the incoherence of identity that connection is possible."
Drag queens are the chroniclers of our histories through the ages. From Marsha P. Johnson to Lady Bunny, queer artists have been instrumental to gay liberation, and in emancipating society's sexual and gender minorities, they sought to deliver all of humanity from the evil that is hatred. And like Khookha, they have done it by making us uncomfortable.
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Edinburgh's progressive smart city transformation
Published: September 08, 2020 by Karim Husami
More countries are embracing digital transformation and turning their cities "smart" to improve the efficiency of urban services, for a better quality of life. This requires the adoption of advanced technologies that can facilitate better data-driven decision-making, citizen and government engagement and transport systems.
Edinburgh Council, said in an announcement, that "It will extend its digital services contract with global information and communications technology services provider CGI."
The five-year relationship will be extended until 2029, rather than the initial expiry date of 2023. It will provide stability for the council's ICT services and enabling the Scottish capital to further digitally transform its services.
A £186 million deal with CGI was originally signed by the Council in August 2015, to outsource its ICT services and help the council introduce integrated digital services.
The deal, according to the announcement, aims to create a smart city operations centre to deliver transformative digital services using the likes of AI, the 'Internet of Things' (IoT) and Advanced Analytics.
Edinburgh's plans include responding to the needs of a post-Covid city by driving forward digital transformation, along with connecting the digital divide between Edinburgh's most and least affluent areas.
Furthermore, ICT provides digital services for Edinburgh's citizens to facilitate online transactions, while improving bandwidth speeds available to primary and secondary schools, according to the Council. As well as using 'smart city' systems like intelligent traffic signals, smart streetlights that can control their own luminosity, street bins that can signal when they are full and smart sensors in council homes to predict, manage and prevent damage to properties such as damp.
The city also has plans to increase digital security to protect the council's network data and bring down the council's carbon footprint by reducing paper and print, reducing waste, and introducing recycling equipment.
"Becoming a smart city will make Edinburgh a more sustainable and fair city so I'm pleased we've secured CGI's long-term support to help us with our vision," Cammy Day, leader on the City of Edinburgh Council's Smart Cities, said.
CGI President for the UK and Australia Tara McGeehan said: "CGI, as the primary provider of transformational ICT services to the City of Edinburgh Council, has helped make the process of living and working in Edinburgh more transparent, more collaborative and more dynamic, delivering significant benefits to the city.
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Our Crazy Dierks Bentley "5-1-5-0" Loco Weekend!
Dude, Inc takes their bow. Photo by Carrie Srebro
It is a well known fact that hardcore Dierks Bentley fans will follow him anywhere. And last weekend was no exception. Eleven DB Congress reps from five states (FL, SC, NC, IN, DE) convened in Beaufort, South Carolina Saturday, to show our support for Dierks and his new single, "5-1-5-0," that's chugging up the charts like a Chesney song!
The 'Throwdown at Fightertown' concert was in the middle of "the woods," at the Marine Corps Air Station. According to Hannah Morris, "not only is the air station responsible for our daily and nightly Sounds of Freedom, it provides a large amount of local jobs in the area, helping our small town thrive."
LtCol Gray walked on stage to thank everyone who had a part in making the event possible, and told us he had spoken with Dierks backstage and that he knew Dierks had a special place in his heart for the men and women who keep our country safe, and that it was evident, as he quoted the lyrics from Dierks' recent number one single, Home, "This is still the place that we all call home." The mostly military crowd went wild!
"Special lighting and effects made concert goers feel like this event was larger than life; easily comparable to big city efforts," Hanna continued. "With both his father and grandfather serving in the Army, Dierks continuously mentioned the special place in his heart for Service Members and their families; making the crowd feel sincerely blessed."
Photo credit eatsleepplaybeaufort.com; lighting by Chris Reade
One military wife in the audience is also our newest member of the DB Congress! Meredith (SC) and her daughter enjoyed their first Dierks concert and her first fan club meet and greet! She wore her new DBC T-Shirt proudly and he autographed it for her and asked her about her tattoos. Her husband is stationed in Afghanistan and will be home for two weeks in June but then has to go back until September. What a sacrifice our military families make to be without their loved ones so we all can be safe and free! Thank you! And welcome to the Dierks family!
Meredith tweeted this pic of herself to Dierks
"@dierksbentley was great meeting you! Had a fab time! My inauguration into @dbcongress The show rocked!"
Since the show was on base, concert-goers also has an opportunity to see various military vehicles on display. Later Dierks told the crowd he had explored one of the cockpits and admitted to having his own pilot license (although he knew he didn't compare to the air force pilots).
Will Hoge opened for Dierks, and for those of you who had the honor of attending the February 2nd Ryman show, you know how powerful his voice is--and Saturday night was "blow-me-away" perfect. He told the audience as a performing artist you try to come on stage and "look cool," but being in the middle of all those military heroes it was nearly impossible. His set included many of the songs from his newest album, "Number Seven," including "When I Get My Wings." He introduced the song by telling a story of a couple who had been married 60 years and the husband had served his country, and the wife died. Heartwrenching performance. If you ever get the opportunity to hear Will live--GO! In the meantime, buy the CD on itunes! We each took photos with him afterward and he was so appreciative.
Later, a tweet from @WillHoge: "just so we are clear: marines are bad ass. Semper Fi......and thank you!"
Will Hoge, Beaufort, SC, 4-28-12; Photo by Carrie Srebro
Kathy and Will
As soon as the sun went down, the temperature went up as Dierks and the guys hit the stage! We had been waiting front row for hours, with our 'painted toes and our flip-flops' and our "5150" little white tank tops.
Notice the "Country & Cold Cans" coozie
L to R: Kathy (IN), Ronna (FL), Carrie (NC), Amy (DE), Sandra (NC)
The first song in the set was "Country and Cold Cans" followed by "Feel That Fire." We didn't expect it so soon so we were scrambling to get our prank ready. We each held up 8 x 10 photos of bass player, Cassady Feasby, from his "beach scene" in the Australia DBTV episode. Dierks and the guys were squinting to see what we were holding and then started laughing. Dierks grabbed Sandra's photo and set it up on Dr. Feasby's mic stand. Ryan, the camera guy, was on the other side of the rail snapping away photos of our craziness.
As always, Dierks found a way to connect with all areas of the audience--even in the back. But all throughout the concert, the DBC got lots of love from our president--nearly every song. Such as: "How Am I Doin'?" (I keep my friends with me...) when he gestured a circle around us; "Sideways," (I can see you came to rock in your blue jeans and white tank tops) and of course the LWTT reference in "What Was I Thinkin'."
But the highlight for us was "5-1-5-0." We were singing at the top of our lungs and a certain pair of pink fuzzy handcuffs (5150 is police code for criminally insane) found their way on stage, along with a leopard bra, which Dierks picked up gingerly with his guitar.
There was not an inch of the stage that Dierks didn't stand, jump, sit, kneel, lay or take a bow on.
All photos by Carrie Srebro
For Settle For A Slowdown, Dierks added a verse of "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," which fit perfectly with the song's rhythm and melody--a nice tip of the hat to Hank Williams. At one point he sang a tribute to his dad, with "Your Cheatin' Heart," featuring the talented Tim Sergent on steel guitar. It was nice to have "Trying To Stop Your Leaving" back in the set list--yet no red guitar this time. Instead Dierks used his trusty Martin with the hole in it to start the song. Sounded sweet!
The crowd was really into every song, but none more than Carolina stars in a purple night, during "Every Mile A Memory," and of course, "Home" got a huge roar of approval with its strong USA theme.
Once the encore (Tip It On Back, Sideways and Thinkin') was over, we stood our ground and picks were thrown and landing in the grass out of our reach over the rail. It was funny to see marines in uniform crawling on the ground to grab all the pics and hand them to all of us hanging over the barricade. I even ended up with a drumstick--first one ever in 8 years of DB shows!
After the show, the po-po (police) kept telling us to go to our cars, but we were told by the stage manager, Jay, to wait, so we did, and then Dierks' manager Tom came out and said, "If you're wearing a 5-1-5-0 tank top come with me, Dierks wants to see you. ONLY if you have a 5-1-5-0 tank top on." I forgot to mention not one of us got a meet and greet through the fan club, so this was a nice surprise that Dierks requested it!
We were escorted behind the stage and Dierks said hi to us, then said, "I'll be back in a few minutes." We thought he was talking to us, but he meant for us to follow him--so we did! He lead us around to Big White (his truck), which was up on a flat bed, ready for the 5-1-5-0 video shoot the next day (more on that in the next blog!). He kept saying he couldn't believe we were all there--together--from 5 different states, and couldn't thank us enough. He got the biggest kick out of our shirts and we explained we each had a different line from the lyrics on the back so he wanted Ryan to get a picture of that, too. We asked if we could take pictures with our own cameras and he said, "of course, that's the idea!" and kept making sure Ryan took picture with our lone camera (Carrie smuggled hers in) and iPhones. He also mentioned that he loved the prank on Cassady.
Kathy, Ronna, Dierks, Sandra, Amy, Carrie
After all the picture taking and hugs, Dierks told us to tweet him copies of the pics, and Tom escorted us back (referring to us as the "5-1-5-0 girls.") We saw Tim and Cassady and they said hi to us. We stopped to talk but Tom kept us moving, so Cassady came out with us and took pictures and chatted. Cassady asked Carrie for the rest of the pictures from his prank, too, which she happily turned over! He said he was sure we'd see them turn up somewhere in the future.
After that, the po-po insisted that we leave, so we reluctantly said goodbye to Cassady and headed out to grab a bite to eat. Pretty much all of Beaufort had been at the concert, and pretty much all of the concert-goers were at IHOP--there were Dierks Bentley t-shirts everywhere! The hostess and our waitress asked us all about the show, and we gave the kids at the next table DB Congress wrist bands. After an impromptu "5-1-5-0" sing-along in the parking lot at midnight, it was time to part ways. Sandra and Kathy had to head back to Charlotte so Kathy could catch her morning flight out - so sad to say goodbye to our friends!
But the comment we kept coming back to was "yeah ... that just happened." As always, every mile was truly a memory, and we made a lot of 'good remember-whens, right up to the end.'
- Ronna
(with contributing photos and memories from Carrie, NC.)
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BentleyGirl2 Represents DB Congress Well in Missoula
BentleyGirl2, aka Lara Hatch, was "super excited" about getting her DB Congress T-shirt . "Just wanted to let you know that I received my shirt and it's just as awesome as I thought it would be. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!"
When the Montana DB Congress rep wore her new Dierks Bentley Congress (fan club) shirt to the Missoula show last Thursday at the University of Montana, she had no clue it would land her an interview.
"I just wanted to inform you that there is an awesome article about our president, Dierks Bentley, at Missoula up on their web site . It mentions how awesome he was (oh and a little about me sporting my DB Congress T-shirt!)"
She was being a little modest, because the article did a little more than mention her:
"Lara Hatch proudly sported a "DB Congress" shirt to the concert. Hatch holds the title as the first Montana "representative" in Bentley's official fanclub – the "DB Congress" – and was one of a few lucky fans who got to meet Bentley backstage Thursday night.
She wasn't sure what she'd ask him – "This is a fly by the seat of your pants thing," she said – but she did have a poster for him to sign. When Hatch met Bentley before his last concert in Missoula, he told her he had hiked the "M" in flip-flops and looked around the Montana Harley-Davidson shop."
"The highlight for me," Lara admitted, "was the fact that I haven't seen Dierks in a meet and greet since 2008 and he actually remembered who I was and said he was glad to see me! It was an awesome concert and the crowd even gave him a standing ovation! I'm just happy to share ( as well as other fan club members) the love we share for our president Dierks."
Thanks for sharing, Lara! You represented DB and the DBC well in Montana!
Labels: BentleyGirl2, DB Congress, DB Congress T-Shirt, Dierks Bentley, fan club, Lara, Meet and Greet, Missoula, Montana, University of Montana
Dierks on Easy Street - Record Store Day
Vinyl album sales are up 20% over last year to date, and Dierks Bentley was a guest of honor, performing in the fifth annual Record Store Day today at Easy Street Records in Seattle, Washington.
Although he was only one of hundreds of bands performing in record stores across the nation, Dierks featured special guests such as Mike McCready from the legendary band, Pearl Jam. Many of you will remember McCready's guitar riff at the beginning of Life On The Run, on DB's Feel That Fire album, sounding so much like a motorcycle, you almost forgot it was a guitar--that's talent!
Dierks, bassist Cassidy Feasby and fiddle player Dan Hochhalter could not contain their excitement on Twitter about getting to play music with their idols.
Below are two videos from You Tube of the cover performances.. Before "Just Breathe" be sure to listen to DB talking about the song and what it means to him. Dierks and Team Dude also sang Feel That Fire, Am I The Only One, and Home.
Just Breathe (Pearl Jam cover):
Special guest Mike McCready!! Easy Street Records, Seattle, Washington - April 21, 2012 - Record Store Day - 100.7 WOLF
Dead Flowers (The Rolling Stones cover) Special guest Mike McCready!! Easy Street Records, Seattle, Washington - April 21, 2012 - Record Store Day - 100.7 WOLF
Labels: Cassady Feasby, Dan Hochhalter, Dead Flowers, Dierks Bentley, Easy Street Records, Just Breathe, Life On The Run, Mike McCready, Pearl Jam, Record Store Day, Seattle
Life Finds A Way For The Grascals & Dierks Bentley
Bluegrass greats, The Grascals, posted on their facebook wall on Wednesday that they were, "tickled to learn that the song "Life Finds A Way" (the title cut from our new CD on Mountain Home) is the #1 song on the Bluegrass Today chart. Thanks to everyone that is playing it!"
Dierks Bentley fans will find the song especially sweet since he helped write it. Country Standard Time confirms, "the album still finds the band is digging its collective teeth into composing as they co-wrote 5 of the 13 songs including the title cut with help from Dierks Bentley."
Long time friends, Dierks and The Grascals have been featured on each others albums over the last several years, such as Prodigal Son's Prayer on DB's Long Trip Alone Album, and Folsom Prison Blues on The Grascals Cracker Barrell project--The Grascals & Friends – Country Classics With A Bluegrass Spin.
Don't miss the CD release party for "Life Finds A Way," airing on GACTV Saturday, 4/21 at 9:30 am central.
Listen here.
Labels: bluegrass, Dierks Bentley, GACTV, Life Finds A Way, The Grascals, The Grascals and Friends
Girl don't lie, you know you cry...
DB Congress rep, Tara Toro, from New York, is our DBC "link-finder" for DBC on Facebook! She had the good fortune to fly to California (on a plane bound west) for two back-to-back Dierks Bentley shows. Did he really make her cry? Find out how and why...
I have been a member of DB Congress for only three years, but in that time I have kind of made it my goal to attend every Dierks show I possibly can (which can be challenging with kids). I wanted a DBC shirt, but they were always unavailable. So when I saw recently that they had arrived, I was super excited because I knew a concert was right around the corner!
Happily, a work trip in California for my husband came up and we realized we had airline tickets that were going to expire. I did not have to ask twice about coming along for two shows-LA and Pozo, April 13-14. My husband said yes and we were on our way (with kids in tow). Thankfully, I have a very supportive hubby!
So off I went solo to the Nokia on Friday the 13th. I met some really nice fans near me and we chatted until the show started. Will Hoge (he's really good!!) and Eli Young Band got everyone's energy up as the openers. Dierks and the guys came out and did an absolutely terrific set. They played five songs off of "HOME" and all of the hits. He also had two special guests, Chris Shiflett from the Foo Fighters and Garrett Hedlund, from the movie, Country Strong.
Everyone around me was out of their seats and totally enjoying themselves. He has such a rapport with the audience and succeeds in connecting with so many people. He and the guys never disappoint and always give more than 100%.
Then it came time for "How Am I Doin'." I know this is the song where he goes to a gal and chats with her. I had the crazy pleasure of it happening to me two months ago in NYC during HOME release week. When it came time for that part, and he walked over to me, honestly the first thought in my head was "what the?!" I mean, once is a once in a lifetime thing, but twice?
He slipped a bit on the way over, so I braced his leg, then literally he sat on the stage in front of me, held my hand, asked my name then the usual "where's the after party?" To which I replied, "on your bus," and he laughed. Got up, inserted my name into the "Tara, don't lie you know you cry, cos you know how good it used to be...," looked over at me and pointed, and I pointed back.
Seriously, what a thrill! I cannot believe it happened. The guys next to me were so happy for me, they high-fived me. No photo though, their camera had died.
The show ended with "What Was I Thinkin'." I know I will be thinkin' about this night for a long time.
Day #2: This is not a 'Dierks held my hand' story for Pozo but simply what a gal will do to get to a DB concert--set off alone on a beautiful sunny day, ready to pop the Dierks cd in the player for the 4-hour drive in the rental car. After driving through Chevron land, I should have had a clue the poor GPS was not leading me in the right direction.
Then I saw "Pozo 20 miles" and was psyched. The joke was on me. It took me on Forest Mountain Road (I believe), a dirt road about 20 miles long up and down the mountain cliffs, one lane if you can call it that, no railing, small boulders in the middle of the road, me crying and thinking, "this cannot be the right road, there is no way Goldie (Dierks' tour bus) could have gotten through this!" Lots of prayers, and then seeing cars/RVs/buses and thinking I have reached the land!
Pozo was a totally different venue than the previous night in LA, but Dierks and the guys are so versatile that the shows come off so well no matter if it's outside, a 500 capacity dive, or the 5,000 seat Nokia Theater.
He opened the show with "Country and Cold Cans," and did four other songs off of HOME: "Tip It On Back," which he said he hopes to have as the fourth single in the fall, "Home," which was almost magical as he sang it against the beautiful Pozo sunset, "5-1-5-0," and "Am I The Only One," along with his hits and some Buck Owens "Act Naturally" in a nod to the Bakersfield sound. The crowd loved it and went a little 5150 (crazy) with their very interesting dancing on the grass, (I wish I had captured Dierks' face as he watched that) and weed smoking, to which Dierks inhaled deeply a few times to laughter and applause.
The nice thing at Pozo is, I got to meet David and his wife Jamie. It is true that through the DBC you get to meet so many nice people who become your friends! There may not have been any personal moments at Pozo, but it was another fantastic show that was totally worth the cross country plane ride. And it took me a lot less time to get back to our friends' house on a much safer road!
Tara Toro
DB Congress Rep, NY
Labels: California, DB Congress, Dierks Bentley, foo fighters, Garett Hedlund, How Am I Doin?, Los Angeles, New York, Nokia, Pozo, Tara Toro
Dierks Road Trip 2012: LA to Pozo
DB Congress reps, Dave and Jamie Watts, promoting our president in California, set off on a DRT (Dierks Road Trip) to Los Angeles and Pozo last weekend. Come along with them on their journey...
Dierks Road Trip 2012
By Dave Watts (aka @DistantShore19 on Twitter)
Hey y'all (dbcongress),
If all I had to do was tell you about how awesome the first weekend of the new "Country and Cold Cans Tour" went, that would be easy. With four hours of concerts over two days, there are many memories.
Dierks was in top form playing all the number one's, along with five off the new album, mixed in with covers from artists as diverse as Buck Owens to The Foo-Fighters. The sound was great, and the new light show was top notch [thank you Chris Reade!] (In LA; lights blew out in Pozo). But no matter what kind of fan you are, Dierks did not disappoint! Duh! Selling out Nokia (4,300) and Pozo--wow! Bigger, better, with a new album in tow, Dierks was incredible.
But sitting here reflecting on the weekend, all I can think about is Dierks Bentley--the person--and the Band of Brothers he has surrounded himself with.
Some of my most special moments were more personal. They include my wife (@jkonthecoast) and Tim Sergent (steel guitar) discussing his "warm hands" and where he bought his gloves--how real is that? Another was Cassady Feasby (bassist, aka @drfeasby) and Dan Hochhalter (aka @fiddlinDan) taking time to shake our hands and say hi. By the way, they were NOT part of the Meet and Greet (M&G)! Dan was talking to my wife about her life and her profession.
Cassady asked how our kids were and how the drive was from LA to Pozo. This was NOT acting. These were real questions, real conversations, with real people. Simply genuine is how I would describe Team Dude.
And of course, there is Dierks. During Home in LA, thanking the fans, he points to my wife (we were 28th row) and says,
"I see you, I see you DB Congress. I've got the best fans in the world!"
Everyone was looking at us with our DB Congress shirts on and cheering. It was crazy. By the way, dbcongress, when DB points at you, he really sees you. When he says, "I see you up top, with that lil' white tank top," he really does. When Dierks says, "I love you guys," he means it!
And then of course there was show #2--Pozo, CA, where we had a M&G with our President, Mr. Dierks Bentley! Needless to say we were jacked up to finally get to meet Dierks after so many shows (our first was in 2006). Once DB came out and started to chat with the group, I knew this was gonna be special. DB talked about the LCB8 and told us about his solo drive through the "woods." Very cool getting into Dierks' head.
When it was time for the individual M&G, I was standing in line watching my wife chat with DB. I had it all planned out. I knew exactly what I wanted to say! Ha! What a waste of time because as I walked up to Dierks he turned, looked at me and said, "Dave...DistantShore19, right? It's a pleasure to finally meet you!" I was floored! A pleasure to meet ME? He thanked me for all my tweets and constant support.
I realized at that moment, I didn't have to tell him about all the shows I've been to, or all the TV performances (Leno, Ferguson, etc.) because Dierks remembered. He sees you on Twitter/Facebook supporting him. He sees you in the front and in the last row. Dierks is watching us, too! Dierks is a Fan of US (HIS CONGRESS). He genuinely appreciates his fans. I truly believe this is what separates Dierks from other artists.
And now he has a group of musicians ("dudes") who feel the same way about the fans. It was simply one of the best days of our lives.
Eight years ago when I first heard Dierks, I knew I was connecting with his music on a much deeper level than with other artists (of any genre of music). It was touching my soul. I always believed in DB, his music and his message. It always felt personal with Dierks, And finally getting that once in a life-time chance to meet him only affirmed what I already knew: Dierks, "the human being," is what makes Dierks, "the artist/musician," so damn special.
Thank you, Dierks. We love you, Brother!
Dave and Jamie Watts
DB Congress Reps, CA
Labels: California, Cassady Feasby, Dan Hochhalter, Dave Watts, DB Congress, Dierks Bentley, Jamie Watts, Los Angeles, Meet and Greet, Pozo, Tim Sergent
Last Call Ball 8 Announced!
Who's ready for the biggest party of the year?! Last Call Ball 8 has officially been announced!
From Dierks.com :
DB Congress, you're invited! Join us for Dierks' Last Call Ball 8 during CMA Fest in Nashville!
Date: Wednesday, June 6
Time: 9 p.m. doors - 10 p.m. show
Venue: Cannery Ballroom
One Cannery Row
(walking distance from CMA Fest)
Get Tickets: On sale Friday, April 20 at 10 a.m. central time through Dierks.com
Ticket Prices: $35 / DB Congress Member - $40 / Guest*
*You must be a member to purchase guest tickets. Limit 1 member ticket and 3 guest tickets per member.
See you all in Nashville! :-)
~Amy
Radio Spins 5-1-5-0 Like a Yo-yo
In its 4th week on the charts, Dierks Bentley's latest single "5-1-5-0" is starting to storm up the charts. On Billboard, it moved up 8 spots to #37, and on Mediabase it moved a whopping 11 spots, from #50 where it debuted last week all the way up to #39 this week! Last week, it officially went for adds, and picked up 30 first-week Mediabase panel adds (Billboard's are not publicly available); this week it snagged 27 more adds. In total, "5-1-5-0" has been added at 72 of the 139 stations that make up the Mediabase panel - little more than halfway in just two full official weeks! Radio is already starting to go loco!
Thus far, the song is garnering fairly strong, positive reviews. Bobby Peacock of Roughstock reviewed the song today, giving it 4 stars and saying the song is "fun to listen to" and while noting it's not the deepest of songs, points out that not all uptempos need to be meaningful and concludes by calling it a "silly little piece of ear candy." He went on to say that it's ear candy he won't get sick of after a few listens.
It appears radio echoes these sentiments as "5-1-5-0" becomes one of Dierks' fastest-rising non-lead singles. "5-1-5-0" is certainly making a lot of noise, and seems like it should deliver our Prez's 10th #1 single and be a perfect warm-weather jam.
If your radio station hasn't added it just yet, don't get frustrated: many stations will add the song now that it's Top 40, but some stations won't add it until it's Top 30 (it's just how they program their songs). And the Top 30 is just around the corner: if it doesn't hit Top 30 this coming week, it definitely will the following week. But keep calling, emailing, tweeting, and requesting the song on Facebook so radio knows you're "just this side of loco!"
~ Carrie Srebro (DBC Rep/Chart Reporter ~ NC)
Labels: 5-1-5-0, Billboard, Dierks Bentley, Mediabase
Arizona's Own Country Star, Dierks Bentley
Simply titled, "west...", Dierks Bentley tweeted this picture of himself shortly after landing in Arizona to kick off his North American leg of the Country and Cold Cans tour. And what better state to start in than his own "home" state of Arizona!
Thursday, April 12 marked the date for Country Thunder 2012 in Florence, AZ. Check out this video from the Tuscon News Station, KVOA.
Here's an excerpt of an interview with azcentral.com:
Question: How does it feel to get back to the country mainstream a bit after diving into bluegrass on your previous release?
Answer: It feels great. I like big shows, a lot of volume and a lot of energy. I love electric instruments. But I do love mixing those with bluegrass instruments and cranking those up, too, with a little bit of that rock energy.
Q: Could you talk about the writing of the title track?
A: I was writing with Dan Wilson and Brett Beavers, thinking about Gabby Giffords because that had just happened four days earlier. And all the info-entertainers on the 24-hour news channels were constantly barking, trying to divide people. The politics were just so bad at that point. Dan said something about "America." Brett said something about "home." And I was like "This place is all called home. America."
We have so much more in common than we have differences. I travel the country more than any politician. I play small towns no one's ever heard of. I hang out with military families. I think I have my fingers on the pulse of this country pretty well, and what I hear on the news just doesn't seem like what I see in real life. So we captured it all in the song. And what I love about the song is that it's something anyone can relate to, and, hopefully, it helps somebody get through a tough time in their lives with the recession or having a family member in the military.
Q: Are you surprised that country radio has embraced the song?
A: Totally. Oh yeah. And I'm the biggest country fan there is, but I'm always a little cautious of a slower song or just a song with subject matter. ... This song is a little bit less of a chest-beating type of patriotic song. So yeah, I was definitely worried.
Q: It's complex.
A: It is. But Capitol Records, they wanted to make it a single, and I was like, "All right. We'll see how it works out."
I'd say it worked out pretty well, landing DB his ninth number one single!
Labels: arizona, Country Thunder, Dierks Bentley, KVOA
Dierks to Participate in Record Store Day
Dierks Bentley has been added to the list of artists who will be taking part in the 5th Annual Record Store Day on April 21st with a special acoustic performance at Easy Street Records' Queen Anne location in downtown Seattle, WA at 1:00 PM PT.
"Record Store Day is such a great event that has hardly had any attention in country music," said Dierks. "Some of the coolest exclusive product comes out on this day at indy retailers, and I wanted country fans to be able to get in on the action. I may have a few surprise special guests up my sleeve too. I'm really excited to take over Easy Street for an hour that afternoon…Seattle is such a great music town."
Artists like Coldplay, Foster the People, Ryan Adams and The Black Keys will also be taking part by releasing exclusives, making special appearances or performing at brick and mortar record stores to celebrate music.
Don't forget, Dierks will be in Alaska tomorrow continuing the Country & Cold Cans Tour. Click here for all upcoming tour dates.
Labels: Coldplay, Country and Cold Cans Tour, Dierks Bentley, Easy Street, Record Store Day, Seattle, The Black Keys
Happy Easter from DB Congress!
Happy Easter to all our dedicated Dierks Bentley peeps (reps) and your families! Happy Easter to Dierks, Cassidy, Evie and Jordan, too! And to all the Team Dude, Inc. and your families...Cassady, Brian, Dan, Jay, Chris, Brit, Tim, Steve...we'll see you real soon on the spring tour!
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Labels: DB Congress, Dierks Bentley, Happy Easter
Dierks' Night at the ACM Awards: Inspirational
Dierks Bentley's evening at the Academy of Country Music Awards last night started out with a walk on the red carpet with wife, Cassidy and an interview with GACTV's Storme Warren:
One of the first awards of the night was Song of the Year, and DB Congress collectively held our breath hoping to hear our president's name called. And the song of the year goes to....."Crazy Girl," by The Eli Young Band. Sighs of disappointment from the at-home audience, but Dierks was the first one to jump up out of his chair to genuinely congratulate his tour mates. It was just a few months ago that DB surprised EYB with a congratulatory cake on stage to celebrate Crazy Girl going to #1--their first ever.
I'm guessing the highlight of the evening for DB was his introduction by his idol, Bono, from the legendary U2. Bono said this about his '"friend" Dierks,
"Dierks Bentley's music reaches all the way from Nashville to my kitchen in Dublin. When he sings 'Home,' I feel patriotic about America. And I'm not even American. I think anyone who hears it understands that America is not just a geography. It's not just a country. It's an idea. I think country fans get that deeper than most."
Watch the intro here:
The poignant and patriotic performance resulted in a standing ovation! What an inspirational moment. We are so proud!
Twitter was buzzing with kudos from fans and industry alike:
Like Little Big Town: @DierksBentley what a great and authentic performance! #ACMs
Tony Thomas: @DierksBentley did such a heartfelt performance of "Home" on the #ACMs. And had an unexpectedly patriotic intro from Bono, completely cool.
GAC: @DierksBentley is gonna be walking around at all the after parties asking the other performers who introduced them on the #ACMs? #Bono
New York Veteran Music Journalist, Jim Bessman: Dierks Bentley unquestionably the best country artist of the current crop, far and away. #ACMs
CMT's Cody Alan: I thought @DierksBentley gave the performance of lifetime with 'Home' introduced by Bono at #ACMs -Who was your favorite? #fb
Country Music Is Love named Dierks' performance as one of the top ten moments of the night:
"Keith Urban and Dierks Bentley Pay Homage to America- Labelmates Keith Urban and Dierks Bentley undoubtedly delivered two of the best performances of the night. Urban honored the troops when he sang the self-penned "For You" from the Act of Valor soundtrack and Bentley delivered a heartfelt performance of his patriotic No.1 single "Home." Both performers received a standing ovation."
When Blake Shelton accepted his Male Vocalist award, he quoted the lyrics from "Home:"
"...I was sitting back there...repeating the lines to Dierks' song [Home], been a long hard ride, got a ways to go...that's still how I still feel, but I'm proud to take this home tonight..."
Today, Dierks tweeted:
"w/ friends catching up on last night. humbled and honored by bono's introduction to our performance of HOME. equally so by your tweets."
Later the Eli Young Band tweeted: "Thank you to everyone who believed in Crazy Girl and us! I can't believe we won an ACM! Holy cow!" to which Dierks replied:
@EliYoungBand hell yeah! bring that hardware out everynight on our #countryandcoldcans tour! happy for you dudes.
Even without the win, Dierks was so humble and inspirational. He's a class act. That's why we'll always be fans for life--award or not. As the song says, "I won't lose hope" that someday he'll get the industry recognition he deserves.
Labels: 2012 ACM Awards, Blake Shelton, BONO, country music, Dierks Bentley, Home, U2
Pre-ACM Awards Interviews with Dierks Bentley
In case you missed it, Dierks will perform at the 47th annual ACM Awards tonight at 8 p.m. ET on CBS. He's also nominated for Song of the Year for his number one single, "Home." Check out a few of the interviews behind the scenes. The first is a video from ramcountrymusic.com and the second one is audio from ACM Award winners for Major Market Station of the Year,WQYK in Tampa, FL.
"Picture Dierks Bentley onstage performing his single "Home" with "really cool footage behind on the screens of soldiers and families" and you have the makings for an incredible, possibly tear-jerking moment ...that you definitely don't want to miss."
"Dierks Bentley stopped by to talk with Dave and Veronica, they talked about his new single, "Home" and how it got a slow start, performing on the ACM awards show tonight, oh and his property up on the ridge in Nashville. Click here and then scroll down to listen to the Dierks interview.
Labels: 2012 ACM Awards, Dierks Bentley, Home, Interviews, WQYK
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This Stuffed Jumbo Shrimp recipe is perfect for a holiday gathering or special weeknight meal. One online reviewer says, " Excellent! I used the entire crab cake recipe and wrapped them around 8 jumbo shrimp. So good!" This recipe can be easily multiplied to feed 6.
Peel shrimp, leaving tails on; devein shrimp, if desired. Butterfly shrimp by making a deep slit down the back of each from the large end to the tail, cutting to, but not through, the inside curve of shrimp.
Divide each crab cake evenly into 4 portions. Shape 1 portion evenly around each shrimp, forming a ball (leave tail exposed). Repeat procedure with remaining crab cake portions and shrimp. Divide shrimp evenly between 2 large ramekins. Sprinkle evenly with breadcrumbs; spoon Butter Sauce over shrimp.
Bake at 400° for 15 minutes or until golden. Garnish, if desired.
Excellent! I used the entire crab cake recipe and wrapped them around 8 jumbo shrimp. So good!


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Has your internet search for photos of Noah brought you to this page? 6'6" 350 lb. Noah Steere has muscles in places most people don't even have places! Everyone wants to see pictures of him. But he is like bigfoot, huge and elusive. He has no web pages. No email. He owns a health food store down south, or maybe not. Does he even own a computer?
He has not competed in some time even though he is huger than ever. The photos in the two galleries below are constantly traded around like baseball cards by Noah's fans (me being one of them). But that is all we have of him.The one place he is guaranteed to show up is at the booth for IDS Sports, a bodybuilding supplement maker. They sponsor him. That's why lots of photos below show him at trade shows in front of the IDS booth. Precious IDS booth! It's the only thing that can lure Noah into the limelight.
I was at a bodybuilding show in the Los Angeles area once with a 6'6" friend and we spotted Noah in the flesh outside in his posing trunks. And me without my camera! We said "Wow you're huge!" (of course). He smiled and was very friendly. I realized that my super tall friend was the same height as Noah and my supertall friend looked awful small and flabby for the first time! The one group that has captured Noah on video are the Repetrope Muscle Video guys. They have a gallery and videos for sale with lots of Noah. Repetrope is the best site in the world for Noah watching. Noah watching is like whale watching ... except whales are smaller.
USAMuscle.com/Repetrope.com is just about the only place you can find Noah Steere on video. The have a Noah-opoloy!


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London's Number One Dog-Walking Agency: A Memoir (Compact Disc)
By Kate Macdougall, Anna Popplewell (Read by)
Paperback (July 5th, 2022): $15.29
Hardcover (July 6th, 2021): $23.79
The irresistibly charming memoir of a young woman who started her own business as a dog walker for London's busy, well-heeled dog lovers. A true love letter to London, dogs, and growing up. Aside from the odd biter or growler, the occasional bolter and the one dog who didn't want to walk, the canines were the easy part. They were a muddy, messy joy in all shapes, sizes and breeds, from greedy Labradors to pampered pugs and everything in between. It was the owners who were the real challenge, a giddy mix of the over-protective, the clueless, the eccentrics and the perfectionists. There is no rule book on how to navigate the obsessions of the London dog owner. A degree in human psychology would have been far preferable to any sort of animal qualification. Not that I had either...
In 2006, Kate MacDougall was working a safe but dull job at the venerable auction house Sotheby's in London. After a clumsy accident nearly destroyed a precious piece of art, she quit Sotheby's and set up her own dog-walking company. Kate knew little about dogs and nothing about business, and no one thought being a professional dog walker was a good use of her university degree. Nevertheless, Kate embarked upon an entirely new and very much improvised career walking some of the city's many pampered pooches, branding her company "London's Number One Dog Walking Agency."
With sharp wit, delightful observations, and plenty of canine affection, Kate reveals her unique and unconventional coming-of-age story, as told through the dogs, and the London homes and neighborhoods they inhabit. One walk at a time, she journeys from a haphazard twentysomething to a happily--and surprisingly--settled adult, with love, relationships, drama, and home ownership along the way. But, as Kate says, "It's all down to the dogs" and what they taught her about London--and life.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Dogs - General
Library Binding, Large Print (December 22nd, 2021): $38.39
Compact Disc (July 6th, 2021): $69.99
MP3 CD (July 6th, 2021): $37.99


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All good comedians are barking mad and, when alone, howl at the moon and eat their own egos.
(This blog appeared on Chortle, the UK comedy industry website)
Yesterday I had lunch with a comedian in her twenties – not inexperienced but not yet fully supporting herself on her comedy performing. She is having an early career crisis. She's no fool. Very sensible of her.
She thinks maybe she may be wrong giving up pretty-much everything in her private life to pursue her might-never-happen career.
She has little social life outside the one-night-stand Open Spot comedy circuit and (as she is from North West England) she is away from all the people she really knows and loves; she is alone on Planet Transient; she no longer has a boyfriend and she is struggling to make ends meet, working in a day job that bores and frustrates her. She does well, is playing lots of gigs but gets to bed late after her comedy work and has to get up very early to commute to her busy day job which allows no time to think about or arrange anything in her more-important-to-her comedy world.
This is the reality of one of the most glamorous jobs in Britain: being a comedian in your twenties.
"Perhaps I'm just wasting my time," she said to me over lunch. (Obviously I was paying). "What if I never succeed and don't get anywhere within sight of success? I'll have wasted years of my life for no reason. I don't even like London. I wouldn't be here if I didn't have to be. Maybe I should just go back up North, get a job where I can have a life, find someone to marry and settle down and have children and I know I'd be happy watching them grow up."
I told her, if she did that, life would be less stressful but she would never know if she might have succeeded.
"If you try and fail, at least you will know what the outcome is." I told her. "If you go home and have a happy life in tranquility with a husband and children – and that's assuming you can find a good relationship – it will always be gnawing away inside you What would have happened if… You WANT to do comedy. It's a vocation, an urge inside you…
"More than being a nurse or anything else. If you don't play it out as far as you can, you will never know for certain what might have happened. On your deathbed, in sixty years, you will still be looking back on your life thinking What might have happened if… If you do not try, you have the certainty of not succeeding. If you do try, you risk failure – but you could succeed. It's a toss-up between the certainty of failure and the possibility of success."
If there is a safe option with an almost certain outcome and a riskier option, my advice is always to take the riskier option. Not knowing if you might have succeeded is infinitely worse than having failed. Taking the risk will at least bring closure.
Mind you, this may not be good advice because it is what I have done throughout my life. Once, in a rare job interview (I have usually not gone through application processes), the prospective employer sitting across the desk from me said:
"John, you seem to have an unfocussed CV."
He took this as a negative factor; I have always taken it as a positive factor.
There is a Charles Dickens book (I can't remember which – possibly David Copperfield) in which the central character, as a young man, stands outside a building and the narrative goes:
"I looked at the premises which, for the next 50 years, would be my work place."
Times have changed, of course. But the 'safe option' can drive a truly creative person potty with frustration. You'll end up walking through Tesco shooting random people with an AK-47. Figuratively if not in reality – and don't be too sure it won't be in reality. Uncertainty and adrenaline are attractive, provided you can eat and (in rainy Britain) have a roof over your head.
"But when will I know for certain if I have failed and when to give up?" my twenty-something chum asked me.
"Ah," I said, "I haven't got the foggiest. I am making this up as I go along."
There are no right decisions.
When nerds in the mists of time first tried to program a computer which could play chess, they found it was impossible because the computer was unable to make the first move. The number of potential ramifications of the first move were and are virtually limitless. The computer would have sat there calculating potential first moves for longer than Ken Dodd's career.
You can't tell the outcome of any move early-on in chess. Nor in showbusiness. Nor in life. The butterfly theory comes into play.
No choice is simply between Path A and Path B because each of those paths then has literally hundreds of potential avenues which may lead off them. And every one of those hundreds of avenues each has itself hundreds of other sidetracks leading off them which may lead to a dead end or to a sparkling idyllic end result. It's not a single path you choose; it's a spider's web spanning the rest of your life.
The way they eventually programmed computers to play chess was to limit the number of moves ahead which the computer took into consideration. In effect, the computer makes the best bet it can on the limited evidence available.
Choosing a 'safe' option may lead unexpectedly to awful consequences. Choosing a 'risky' option may lead unexpectedly to unforeseen opportunities which then lead on to a sparkling idyllic outcome which you had never thought of aiming for.
Comedy and successful creative careers generally have a terrifyingly high percentage of luck about them; they are about being in the right place at the right time. You can't know where/when that place/time might be. So keeping as many options as possible open is the wisest move. Being in as many places at as many times as possible is the best option.
"Put yourself about a lot, love" is the best – indeed, only sensible – advice.
A risky proposition with an uncertain outcome may turn out to be a good idea further down the spider's web of life.
So, if you are a girl in her twenties and I make a dodgy-sounding proposition to you, look on me kindly.
If you are an aspiring comedian, take my experienced opinion into consideration. You are almost certainly not as funny as you and your friends think you are. You will probably screw up your personal life and your mind by attempting to do comedy. And you will make no money out of it.
But I could be wrong.
To quote the often-misunderstood mantra of the great Hollywood scriptwriter William Goldman in his essential-to-read book Adventures in the Screen Trade:
NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING
He does not mean that people are equally ignorant. He means that no-one, however experienced, can know for certain the outcome of a creative work – or, for that matter, a creative career. Because movies, writing – and, yes, comedy – are creative arts, not a science.
The other factor I think you have to take into consideration is that, if you want to be a successful comedian, your mind is probably screwed-up anyway. One of the dullest of all mainstream quotes is:
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE MAD TO WORK HERE, BUT IT HELPS
To be a stand-up comedian, madness does not help.
It is essential.
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Jan 19, 2011 · 12:19 am
Gags, foreplay, punchlines and the theory of male and female orgasms in British comedy
Yesterday, I went to a comedy conference at the British Library in London and learned a few things.
Lucy Greeves who, with comedian Jimmy Carr, wrote the book The Naked Jape: Uncovering the Hidden World of Jokes, used the interesting simile that a joke is like a knight's move on a chess board – it goes forward, then there's an unexpected sideways move. That's the punchline.
And Chris C.P. Lee (now a Senior Lecturer in Film at the University of Salford, but previously a performer in cult musical comedy group Alberto Y Los Trios Paranoias) claimed there were no comedy double acts until the 1920s for legal reasons – because two people performing on stage in the UK were legally defined as being part of a theatrical "play" and music halls were not licensed for theatrical performances at that time.
The most jaw-dropping claim, though, came from Professor Richard Wiseman of the University of Hertfordshire who said research showed that, when a man tells a joke, 70% of the women in an audience laugh. But, when a woman tells a joke, only 30% of the men in the audience laugh.
There was no explanation of this.
But maybe it really is true that men and women laugh at different things.
Long-time comedy scriptwriter and performer Barry Cryer suggested that women laugh at life, whereas men laugh at gags.
And comedian Arthur Smith suggested, perhaps rather mischievously, that jokes are appreciated like an orgasm: men like an exciting build-up and a sudden release of tension – a gag with a quick punchline – whereas women prefer stories to gags – a slower, longer build-up.
But, as the old saying goes, to get a hit record you need a song AND a singer.
Back in the showbiz mists of the last century, I remember being at the Edinburgh Fringe and every night for three weeks standing in the balcony of the original Gilded Balloon – before the venue got burnt down – watching the end of comedian Sean Lock's act. He used to try out a different new gag every night and, if I worked, he would add the gag into future shows and remove an old one.
There was one gag he tried – involving a fork and doggie style sex – which I was fascinated by because it was a very good gag but, as far as I could see from my very good vantage point looking down on the audience from the balcony, all the men laughed at it but none of the women did.
Unusually, Sean persisted with this gag fo three or possibly four nights – with no laughs from the women – until all the men AND all the women laughed. After that, ever night, everyone laughed. As far as I could hear, he had changed none of the words and had not changed the delivery. I asked him what he had done.
"I changed the way I said it," he told me. "I made myself slightly more innocent. So it's less threatening."
I tried to spot this in future performances but, even after he told me, I couldn't see what he had changed.
The successful result, though, was clearly there to see and the difference was dramatic.
The sign of a great comic. Which Sean is.
You need a song AND a singer to have a hit record.
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Squeefinity: A Casual Guide to Anime and Manga
Billy Bat - Naoki Urasawa & Takashi Nagasaki
I started out my storied career of loving graphic stories by reading American comics.
When I was a kid, my dad and brother and I would go to a comic shop in Ann Arbor, Michigan called Eye of Agamotto, and we would spend hours sifting through the comics books bins. The place, in my memory, was a geek's paradise, all full up of comics and image. It was up a flight of stairs and hidden away like in another world. I loved that I was just eye level with the glass cases, the way the wooden floors creaked and noted the shuffle of our shoes, the way it smelled on warm summer afternoons, like paper and books, something mysterious.
My brother and I were going through a GI Joe phase, which was just okay with my dad, a Vietnam Vet who could connect to us through war stories. I think the owner of the place was a vet, too. I wonder, now, if they talked about the war while we wandered through the place.
I was in third grade and my brother in fifth. My brother wanted to go every day because he coveted GI Joe #2, which had a small, shitty run after the first, much touted issue, pretty much flopped. The comic was super expensive and sealed in plastic, and my brother would just stand and stare at it, then whinge about it forever.
I wanted to read it, sure, but it was way out of our price range. So, while my brother oggled his dream comic, I searched the bins. I was, for some reason, really into Howard The Duck, an "existential comic" about a duck from outer space. These were cheap, and my dad bought them for me without much of a fuss. Maybe he was relieved, because I wasn't asking for a pony or dance lessons or GI Joe #2.
Yup, I cut my comic teeth on Howard the Duck. What of it? Thus began my lifelong fascination with comics, geeks, and things you can find in bins. For a long time, I read American comics. Then I switched over primarily to manga, which I've been reading almost exclusively for the last few years. Lately, I've been really in love with manga that feels reflective of my early love of comics, a bit dark, a bit super, a bit human, not all flash lines and giant hearts and eyes, but smart, literary, and fantastic.
Right now, I'm almost finished reading Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys which has so blown me away, that I don't rightly know how to write about it. Last night, in an Urasawa mood, I started reading scanlations of Billy Bat. I usually read licensed comics, but the art just drew me in with it's slightly American sensibility, and there I was thinking about the stories that started me on comics.
I particularly like the concept of this comic, the story of an American comic book artist, Kevin Yamagata, who is half-Japanese. His comic Billy Bat, the hard boiled story of an anthropomorphized bat detective, is as popular as any other super hero comic out there. Kevin's success is colored, however, by the fact that he may have accidentally copied the Billy Bat character from another artist in Japan, and he must go to Japan to investigate and prove to himself that he has not stolen the story or character designs.
The story alternates between the Billy Bat story line and Kevin's life and involves mystery on all levels.
I've not yet seen any information about when this comic will be licensed in the United States, but I really hope it is because I'd like to read more.
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Only Yesterday - Studio Ghibli
Hands down, one of the best things about living in a city is access to good films.
This week, California Theater in Berkeley played host to the full catalog of Studio Ghibli films. I skeeved off work early to go see my favorite, "Only Yesterday," which, next to "Rushmore,"(a Wes Anderson, not Studio Ghibli movie) is my second favorite film. Okay, maybe they both vie for first.
"Only Yesterday," is the story of salary woman Taeko, who, at the age of 27, works in an office in Tokyo and is not yet married. Although, "marriage" as it is, is not the end goal of this film. But, why do I like it. Hmmm, I'm a salary girl working my butwaing off and dreaming of a more pastoral and creative life. Easy. Taeko and I are kindred. She's a sweet, sensitive weirdo. So am I. Her ten-year-old self follows her around. My eight-year-old self follows me around. She's single. I'm single. She's bad at math. Holy Crucifixes! I AM SO BAD AT MATH, especially dividing fractions, which Taeko is really, really bad at.
People who can divide fractions, Taeko says, seem to end up normal. People who cannot, struggle.
YES! Girl, I feel you. What else? Taeko loves farming. She's had her share of city life. Me too. Taeko's family does not understand her. My family does not understand me! Little things affect her lastingly. Really, honestly, want to understand me? Study Taeko.
That aside, what a lovely film. It's done not in a typical "anime" style but more with an eye toward realism. Only in fantasy are the characters stylized. It's a masterpiece of animation and also the kind of narrative I could imagine in live action.
Dear Hollywood, you will never make this movie as awesomely as the anime, but something in me dares you to try.
It's the kind of movie that would easily translate into a popular plot, rom/dram or com/dram: sweet, smart, single career woman going nowhere but straight to the middle, and not particularly interested in clawing her way to the top, spends a couple of weeks straightening out her city brain on an organic farm. She works through her past while falling in love with an earnest and enthusiastic farmer who only recently left the city to grow organic rice and fruit. The small community falls in love with her, too. Antics/dramas ensue.
Today someone told me that the reason it was not licensed here in the US is because it mentioned menstruation. Yup. Girls get periods, and since this is a coming of age film about a girl, that takes up a large portion of the film, and you know what: it's great. Also: Girls Get Periods!!!! Okay, cool. Now that's out there, see this film. SEE IT. SEE IT. SEE IT.
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Highschool of the Dead (Anime): First Impressions
Highschool of the Dead (Yes, one word...I know, I know.)
Writer: Daisuke Soto
Illustrator: Shonji Sato
Sentai Filmworks, 2011.
I love a zombie apocalypse. No really. I love a zombie apocalypse. So much so that if you knew a little bit more about me you'd know that I've been paid to do a lecture on zombie apocalypses and its effects on social order.
Yes, I am a nerd...so?
Here's two reasons the zombie apocalypse is a great idea:
1. It makes everything simple. For example, who cares if your bills are past due? People are dying, man. And Oh, you're having a bad hair day? I'm having a zombie-ate-my-family day. Perspective is a good thing, and the ZA will provide some much needed perspective. Say goodbye to your First-World-Problems, and hello to survival mode.
2. In simplifying the world, including our relationships to one another, the arbitrary social conventions that create friction between groups based on race, culture, gender, etc. fall away...there is no more backwards, binary us v. us confusion! There is only Living and Undead. In establishing a common enemy we more easily recognize our HUMANITY...theoretically. (People are still bad sometimes, and they still cling to the old social orders when it benefits them.)
The effects of the ZA above are clearly illustrated in the animated series Highschool of the Dead, based on the manga series of the same name by Daisuke Soto and Shonji Sato. The setting of a highschool, a place rife with cliques and social stratum, only further emphasizes the message. As with all the best ZA situations, we as viewers are introduced to a group of dissimilar survivors who are thrust together by circumstance: geek and jock, egg-headed perfectionist and clueless bimbo, bad-girl kendo club captain and ridiculously busty assistant librarian, creepy totalitarian teacher and (obligatory) red-shirt-esque zombie fodder. They have to band together to survive...maybe? I'm still early in and that creepy totalitarian teacher, is really, really creepy.
Creepier than zombie hordes!
I have a feeling he will be the antagonist, and a villainous antagonist at that!
Dr. Shido's character seems power-hungry and opportunistic already. I expect his character may very well be representative of the worst humanity has to offer in a ZA situation. There's clear set up for him as adversary and complicating factor in later episodes.
Creepiness aside, this anime is surprisingly beautiful...there's a powerful juxtaposition between the beautiful and bloodthirsty: gorgeous skies and scenery is the backdrop to unflinching depictions of death. The fight scenes are brutal. This is one violent anime. But, it is also deeply emotional in a way that makes more than a few of the characters multi-dimensional from the start. The emotional angst of a few of the characters, and the genuine feel of their reactions was surprising.
I have only one complaint about the series so far: the random upskirt shots and excessive amounts of bouncing breasts are gratuitous, numerous and annoying to no end. Show me the fight scene; I don't care about wobbling fun-bags.
HOTD Trailer
(Note the sheer amount of panties and breast shots.)
All in all, I think I might keep with this anime, despite my irritation at the T&A (it doesn't make everything better). The second season of Highschool of the Dead was announced in April 2012, and although rumors were that the announcement was an April Fool's Day joke, there has been information out that one is in the works with no release date confirmed yet.
Random Bonus Factoid:
While looking at the closing credits for HOTD for the Japanese cast and crew, I noticed that there was a position listed as "Art and Literature Support." What is that? And why don't American production companies have such a position? And if they do, why can't I find a job doing that? Because I would be really, really good at it (if I knew what it was).
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Foreclosure is a legal process allowing mortgage lenders to take ownership and/or possession of the debtor's real estate (which was used to secure the loan) in the event of nonpayment in New York, New York. When a house is foreclosed, it is normally sold at auction shortly thereafter. This is because banks normally want to get rid of the property as soon as possible, even if it means losing some money, and an auction is an easy way to do this.
In every state, including New York, there is an option to go through foreclosure by a judicial sale, which is a procedure in which a court supervises the sale of the property, and makes sure that the proceeds first go the to the holder of the mortgage, then to anyone else who may have a lien on the property, and finally to the debtor if anything is left. In many states, original mortgages (as opposed to refinanced loans) are "non-recourse" loans, meaning that the most the lender can collect is whatever the foreclosed property sells for. The bank cannot go after the borrower for the balance, if the sale nets less than the amount due. You should consult a lawyer in New York, New York to learn the details of the law here. You should also know that this rarely applies to loans which have been refinanced.
How Can I Avoid Foreclosure in New York?
First and foremost, you should not ignore the possibility of foreclosure. Failing to respond to collection calls from your lender will not make the problem go away. As unpleasant as this might seem, you should stay in contact with your creditor, and be straightforward with them. You should keep in mind that banks normally don't want to take your New York home. They aren't in the real estate business, and expect to make money through interest on the loan, not by selling your house. If you are up-front with them early on, they will probably make a reasonable effort to accommodate your financial system if it will keep you from defaulting.
If you believe that foreclosure is imminent, there are some other options. For example, you might be able to engage in a "short sale," which sometimes allows you to sell your house for whatever amount you can get, give the proceeds to the lender, and walk away free of your mortgage debt, even if the sale netted less than the balance of the mortgage. You might also consider a "short refinance" which allows a portion of the debt to be forgiven, while refinancing the rest, hopefully under better terms.
How Can A New York, New York Attorney Help?
If you are faced with the possibility of foreclosure in New York, New York, an attorney might be able to help. At the very least, he or she can advise you of your legal options.
Enough cannot be written about New York City. New York City is filled with great night life, wonderful tourist attractions, history, great fashion, and exquisite food. Tourists often love to visit the Empire State Building, Statute of Liberty, Grand Central Terminal, Rockefeller Center, Ellis Island, Staten Island, the American Museum of Natural History, the Museum of Modern Art, and Central Park.
New York is also filled with many great attractions that are not so well known. For a bit of fun, tourists can go Madame Tussaud's to hang out and take pictures with some of the world's most famous celebrities. To experience New York with some speed, people can ride the New York Skyride. To see some breathtaking views, the spot to visit is Top of the Rock. Lastly, New York City is home to the largest Cathedral in the world-The Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
With so much to offer, New York City has not left the legal industry behind. In fact, New York City is home to some of the largest, multinational firms in the world. These firms are filled with ivy-league law graduates, expected to be some of the brightest legal minds in the country. Therefore, it is likely that no legal matter will remain unsolved by the legal force in New York City.