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The important thing is that the party is now led by a competent team of movement conservatives working overtime to unite the party so we can defeat the Socialist-Communist Democrats. The past is the past.
Somehow the swamp has the ability to spend millions of taxpayer dollars in ways that are of no public benefit to advance the personal interests of the swamp dwellers. How many elected officials, both major parties, have financial ties to George Soros?
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It’s been 1.5 month and still silence on the other hand….
So Steve still has been silent and ignoring me, not replying to messages and emails for him to acknowledge and resolve this situation with me…He has taken down pictures from his FB page, removed identifying information from his work website (ZamyGo) and taken other steps to protect his identity and more to save himself, it seems like, than anything else. He has not even made an attempt — not in the slightest — to apologize to me. It’s been 1.5 month since the realization dropped that two guys from my alma mater violated me without my consent and months of my Life!
Me: How could you NOT reply to me these last 10 years? How could you NOT even say hI? How could you do this (the sexual misconduct) to me?!
Me: but at least you responded…that’s a start..
Me: how are you feeling today?
Me: Well, i for you?
Me: I’ll try to do that…what are you feeling right now?
Now comes the hard part of healing and processing and holding the perpetrators accountable in the midst of this nebulous situation and the unresolved feelings. I’m seeing glimpses of myself and I’ve taken up ballet dancing and yoga again. This past week, Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez (AOC), the junior Congresswoman from Queens, shared her own story of sexual assault, inspiring other readers and feminist allies. For now, I will use writing as a platform to share my story and like this. Furthermore, I’ve invested more time into self-care and self-love which is a good thing for me! I am sure there will be days when I will feel angry again and feel insulted by the lack of a response or acknowledgment or apology from Steve — it makes resolution that much more difficult. In this way, Steve doesn’t really seem to care about my well-being or how I am doing or resolving this situation in an ethical way. It is more about him, evidently.


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When I'm sitting in my cubicle at work listening to my iPod, I spend a majority of my time listening to the most brutal heavy metal known to man. Lamb of God, Cannibal Corpse, Threat Signal, Death, Amon Amarth, and the list goes on. Surprisingly though, I'm not one of those closed-minded idiots that throws their fists up in the air, and claims that if it isn't heavy, then it isn't music. No, I have a fairly diverse taste in music, listening to pretty much every other genre that's out there... except for country. A man has to draw the line somewhere. Being only 28 years old and heavily influenced by the music of today, it may surprise many of you that my favorite recording artist of all time is none other than the blue eyed crooner himself, Frank Sinatra. I own the complete Columbia, Capitol, and Reprise collections, and I simply can't get enough of The Rat Pack. Now, this may not exactly make me the most qualified person to give an informative write-up of a Sinatra DVD to you lifelong fans, but I feel my opinions are relevant for one very important reason - I'm living proof that the man and his legacy will effortlessly entertain the world for generations to come. It doesn't matter how extreme or experimental 'the scene' has become over the years, because music like Frank's transcends and will continue to transcend whatever fads may come along. A little band music and a little rhythm from a bass will always make peoples feet tap, and Sinatra's lyrics are going to remain undeniably catchy until the end of time. So, it was a great pleasure for me to receive the opportunity to review the Frank Sinatra - A Man and His Music Collection on DVD. The question is, is this release worthy enough to claim a spot in any Sinatra fan's collection? The short and thick of it is, yes and no.
Each of these 50 minute performances are some of the best live concerts of Sinatra you can get your hands on, so as far as your bang for the buck is concerned, you're getting what you pay for and then some. Each performance stands as a testament to a time when singers weren't just singing behind a microphone on stage. No, Frank Sinatra, among others, was a charismatic entertainer. It's a shame that in order to get that experience nowadays, at least live, you have to go see something like the Broadway smash hit, The Rat Pack - Live at the Sands. That showmanship is preserved on this two disc set, and Sinatra fans old and new alike should find his stage presence to be just as impressive today, as it was years ago.
Yet, despite all the praise for the content provided on this two disc set, it's hard for me to recommend to Sinatra fans. Sure, the performances are absolutely fantastic, and the Chairman should absolutely be remembered in the way he's portrayed himself in each of these specials. With that being said however, these two discs have already seen the light of day in the Frank Sinatra: Concert Collection boxed set that was released November 2, 2010, by Shout Factory. Normally when it comes to boxed sets,t may not want to own every single disc in any given collection. There's always something that stands as the exception to the rule though, and the Frank Sinatra: Concert Collection is that very exception. There are 7 discs in that set that can easily be purchased for a $50-$60 price point. The two disc set I'm reviewing here however, is around $20-$25. By spending a little more than half of what you're getting here, you'll be treated to concerts that are more rare than these, and you'll be bumping the runtime up by about 600 minutes. Considering the two disc A Man and His Music set were the first two discs in the Concert Collection it's probably safe to assume that Shout Factory will be releasing the other discs (minus perhaps the 7th bonus disc) separately as well. In fact, you can count on it, as this is already being advertised inside the included booklet. May as well save yourself the heartache and your hard earned coin now, and spring for the ultimate set that's already been available for months.
Unsurprisingly, these televised specials are in their original 4:3 aspect ratio, and considering the source... they look gooood. These specials made their rounds years and years ago on DVD, each sold separately (hard to imagine now, I know). The transfers at the time looked horrid though, hardly better than the VHS tapes that preceded them. This time? It's still blatantly obvious that these are old televised specials of course, but the upgrade here isn't subtle. It's impressive for what it is, and I doubt they could ever look any better than they do now. Shout Factory deserves a round of applause for taking the time, effort, and money to preserve these classic performances, and ensuring they'll be enjoyed for many more generations to come. Speaking from a technical standpoint though, you can expect there to be some interlacing, a random assortment of shots that look softer than others, as well as some muted colors on occasion to boot. Again though, the source has been treated with care and it shows. Sinatra fans should be very pleased with the video presentation on these discs. A fair warning though, those with unrealistic expectations of these specials are probably going to think this looks closer to a VHS than anything, but again, the source needs to be considered. Audio
Unfortunately, there are no extras available on these two discs. That much was expected though, as the Concert Collection boxed set includes a disc that's dedicated solely to special features.


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While I’m learning and growing in many areas (patience, planning, time management, multitasking), the central issue that God is working on with me is control. While I can’t say that I am always in control of things, I certainly like to feel that I am. I am a planner, a list maker, a spreadsheet-thought-organizer. I like to sort, label, and rearrange. When I found out that I was pregnant, I started planning. Planning the nursery, planning how I would feed my son, what kinds of diapers he would wear, how I would get him to sleep through the night, how I would discipline him once he got older. I researched online, read every book I could get my hands on, spent hours sipping tea with my mommy friends picking their brains. I was ready to have control of the parenting situation.
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EmbToolkit eases setup of necessary tools for embedded linux system development, including the root filesystem generation.
EmbToolkit is known to work and generate toolchain, build root filesystem under the following host development machines OS:
FreeBSD (other BSD may work, but not tested)
Most of prerequisites listed here are likely already installed in your distribution. This is a check list before reporting issue.
In order to configure EmbToolkit and build your toolchain, you will need the following softwares (among others) installed on your host computer:
gcc or clang (or any other gcc compatible): C and C++ compilers
QT3 or QT4: development libraries and headers (if you want to use make xconfig for QT based configuration GUI)
ncurses: development libraries and headers (if you want to use make menuconfig for ncurses based configuration GUI)
gawk (not nawk: if you already have nawk installed, you must also install gawk)
Subversion (if you want to build eglibc based toolchain)
git (if you want to build git version of some packages)
gnu make (GNU Make 3.81 or later)
And finally you must have enough free disk space in your host development machine (not the target).
At the moment of writing a full install of EmbToolkit (build of all packages, all supported programming
languages and eglibc used as C library) requires 5 GB of free disk space.
Please report any other prerequisites not listed here
Beside the above prerequisites, under Fedora, you also need the following packages not installed by default:
libxi development package (library and headers).
Under FreeBSD make sure you have installed:
EmbToolkit can be used under Mac OS X with the following requirements:
EmbToolkit should be used in a case sensitive disk partition
Beside the above prerequisites, under Ubuntu as of 12.04 LTS, you also need the following packages not installed by default:
Shell: bash is recommended but not mandatory
Do not run EmbToolkit as root on your host development machine.
Make sure you have all [prerequisites] installed prior trying to use EmbToolkit
To download EmbToolkit, you have two options:
Download the latest Embtoolkit stable version here.
Clone the git repository (you need to install git before of course):
Two options to achieve the same goal
$ make xconfig or $ make menuconfig
Qt based configuration GUI: see [prerequisites].
This will start a long build process (so be patient) and will generate, depending on what was configured:
3.4. Root filesystem rebuild after config change
EmbToolkit is versatile enough to allow generation of toolchain based on various components combination.
You can configure it, for example, to generate toolchain based on a one of supported C libraries associated
The configuration of the toolchain takes place in Toolchain Configuration in the main GUI window.
4.1. How to use the toolchain
sysroot- : This directory contains SDK parts that will end up in your target root filesystem (C library, binaries, etc.) and development files (headers, static libraries, etc.)
tools- : This directory contains the toolchain components intended to run in your host development machine (compilers, static linker, etc.)
4.2. Components of the toolchain
EmbToolkit gives you the ability to choose to generate GCC or CLANG/LLVM based toolchain (cross compiler), or both.
This is a major change in cross compilation area and EmbToolkit is the first OpenSource build system allowing this.
gcc compiler infrastructure is the classical one supported by EmbToolkit.
Each version of gcc comes with patch set applied to the vanilla version, to ensure that the generated
toolchain has latest bug fixes available and that your are working with the best gcc toolchain available
for a given version.
The clang/llvm compiler infrastructure generated by EmbToolkit comes with some useful tools to help developers
to instrument the code they write, on ne example of such tools is the clang static analyzer.
If you use EmbToolkit build system you can instrument your packages at build time as follow:
In the package .kconfig file:
config EMBTK_EMBTK_FOO_USE_SCANBUILD bool "build with clang static analyzer" default y
Or on command line while building the package:
$ make foo_install CONFIG_EMBTK_FOO_USE_SCANBUILD=y
replace FOO and foo with your package name
EmbToolkit gives you the ability to generate toolchain based on one of the following standard C libraries:
libc++ (only available for llvm/clang based toolchain)
Add debugging tools in the generated toolchain
strace: trace system calls and signals
ltrace: library call tracer
EmbToolkit does not support build of multilib toolchain.
5. Generate a root filesystem
EmbToolkit does not cover all types of root filesystem or partitioning on a flash device you may want.
Therefore the root filesystem generated must be considered to be there for testing purpose only.
However, nothing prevent you to customize how EmbToolkit generates root filesystem to fulfill your needs.
The whole root filesystem generation process is in core/mk/rootfs/rootfs.mk Makefile (see rootfs_build target).
Currently EmbToolkit supports build of the following root filesystem:
tar.bz2: for NFS root filesystem
5.1. Components of the root filesystem
The root filesystem generated by EmbToolkit mainly contains runtime libraries and other libraries and applications from packages.
Runtime libraries come from the toolchain C library and compiler runtime interface (libgcc, compiler-rt components, etc.). These libraries are needed for any binaries dynamically linked by the toolchain compiler from EmbToolkit. The build system will unconditionally include runtime libraries into the generated root filesystem. These files are mainly in sysroot- /lib/ and will be stored of course in /lib/ in the root filesystem
Libraries applications configuration file and scripts from packages
EmbToolkit build system also unconditionally includes, in the generated root filesystem, any binaries, sctipts and configuration files installed by packages in sysroot- / hierarchy.
EmbToolkit build system follows Filesystem Hierarchy Standard as much as possible.
5.2. NFS root filesystem
NFS root filesystem is extremely useful in application and library development phase. Indeed, no need to flash new firmware in the target device after only few changes on the code being developed. Just copy the new library/application in NFS server directory mounted and it is available in the target device.
Mount NFS root filesystem from EmbToolkit .tar.bz2 file
Assuming you have your NFS serveur top level directory in /nfsroot, you have board named wonderful-board and EmbToolkit located at /home/me/embtoolkit-xxx (where xxx is the version of EmbToolkit). Setting up NFS root filesystem can be done as follow:
$ cd /nfsroot # mkdir wonderful-board # cd wonderful-board # tar xjvf /home/me/embtoolkit-xxx/generated/rootfs-yyy.tar.bz2
#: indicates that you need to issue this command as root
yyy: depends on the architecture/cpu/variant used
EmbToolkit .tar.bz2 contains exactly what need to be in / (the top level directory) of your target root filesystem. It contains /bin, /dev, /etc, /home, /lib, /mnt, /opt, /proc, /root, /sbin, /sys, /tmp, /usr, /var directories. DO NOT decompress it from your host development machine / (top level) directory.
Kernel command line example
root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=192.168.1.100:/nfsroot/wonderful-board ip=dhcp console=ttyS0 init=/sbin/init
Where 192.168.1.100 is the NFS server ip address
6. Expand EmbToolkit with a new package
To quickly get started
You can take a look in EmbToolkit packages/ directory, to see the shape of packages already included and especially this template.
In EmbToolkit, there are two kinds of packages:
Packages intended to run on targeted embedded system: they will be named simply package in this documentation.
Packages intended to run on the host development machine: usually required to build the former or generate the root filesystem. They will be named host package in this documentation.
These two kinds of packages can be autotools, waf, or Makefile based or a custom package with special build steps requirements.
Package sources can be:
tarball (with the ability to patch it)
EmbToolkit build system is designed in a way that, for each built package, it needs two files.
Imagine we want to add a package named foo, we need to create two files:
foo.kconfig: a configuration file which uses the simple linux kernel kconfig language
foo.mk: a Makefile which will be included in the EmbToolkit build system
All packages in EmbToolkit are based on this scheme, from the toolchain components (GCC, Binutils, eglibc, uClibc etc.),
to busybox and other highly configurable packages (such as Gtk+ and xorg-server).
This shows the robustness and versatility of EmbToolkit build system, without a high level of complexity (the goal being to be as simple as possible).
6.1. First step for new package inclusion
Determinate your package category/class
The first step before starting to write .mk and .kconfig files for a new package is to determinate your package class/category.
Each subdirectory in EmbToolkit packages/ corresponds to a so called package class (for example net, database, etc.).
For example if you want to add a new package named foo among net packages, you must:
Create the two needed files
Include these two in EmbToolkit build system
Add the following line in packages/net/net.kconfig
Add the following line in packages/net/net.mk, in case of target package
And in case of host package
Replace references to foo with the actual name of the package and net with the actual package class.
6.2. Writing a .kconfig config file
The .kconfig file is a configuration file, It gives details about the package displayed in EmbToolkit confuguration GUI.
This file syntax is the same as linux kconfig, see here for more details.
It is also used to enable, disable or set default options for a given package.
Here is an example of .kconfig file for a package named foo (foo.kconfig):
config EMBTK_HAVE_FOO bool "Have foo" help foo description. choice prompt "foo version you wish" depends on EMBTK_HAVE_FOO help Here you can choose which version of foo you want to use. config EMBTK_FOO_VERSION_0_16_4 bool "foo-0.16.4" config EMBTK_FOO_VERSION_0_14_2 bool "foo-0.14.2" endchoice config EMBTK_FOO_VERSION_STRING string default "0.16.4" if EMBTK_FOO_VERSION_0_16_4 default "0.14.2" if EMBTK_FOO_VERSION_0_14_2 config EMBTK_FOO_NEED_PATCH bool
Allow user to enable or disable foo package in EmbToolkit configuration GUI.
Give user the ability to choose between two versions (0.16.4 and 0.14.2) of foo package
Make EmbToolkit build system aware of the version string selected.
Selected when a given version of the packahe needs to be patched.
Replace references to foo and FOO with the actual name of the package.
All packages .kconfig should have at least these four configuration entries.
Add configuration options in a package
A configuration option may be used to enable or disable a feature in a package.
This is achieved usually by adding bool kconfig entry.
For example a foo package may implement option1, disabled by default. To add a configuration entry allowing to enable it,
you could add (just under EMBTK_HAVE_FOO bool entry):
config EMBTK_HAVE_FOO_OPTION1 bool "Enable option1" help If you say Y here you will have option1 enabled in foo.
When a package has a strong dependency on some other packages (already included in EmbToolkit), these other packages
For example if package foo depends on package bar, with package bar OPTION1 enabled, you could insert the following outlined kconfig entries in foo.kconfig:
config EMBTK_HAVE_FOO bool "Have foo" select EMBTK_HAVE_BAR select EMBTK_HAVE_BAR_OPTION1 help foo description.
Instruct EmbToolkit to build bar as it is needed by foo
Instruct EmbToolkit to build bar with bar OPTION1 enabled as it is needed by foo
Configure a waf based package
The following kconfig entry is needed to configure a package named foo as waf based package.
config EMBTK_FOO_USE_WAF bool default y
Configure a package needing a patch
If package foo needs to be patched, just enable the bool kconfig indicating it needs it as follow
in the version kconfig entry:
.... .... config EMBTK_FOO_VERSION_0_14_2 bool "foo-0.14.2" select EMBTK_FOO_NEED_PATCH
Configure autotools based package needing configure script (re)generation
Add ability to use GIT repository
Here is the same example as the previous foo package, with this time GIT configuration options added:
config EMBTK_HAVE_FOO bool "Have foo" help foo description. choice prompt "foo version you wish" depends on EMBTK_HAVE_FOO help Here you can choose which version of foo you want to use. config EMBTK_FOO_VERSION_0_16_4 bool "foo-0.16.4" config EMBTK_FOO_VERSION_0_14_2 bool "foo-0.14.2" config EMBTK_FOO_VERSION_GIT bool "Use foo git repository" help Say Y here to use foo development version from its git repository. endchoice # # FOO repository options # config EMBTK_FOO_GIT_BRANCH string "Branch to use" default "master" depends on EMBTK_FOO_VERSION_GIT help The branch of the git repository to use, the default is master. config EMBTK_FOO_GIT_REVISION string "Checkout a specific revision instead of the latest" depends on EMBTK_FOO_VERSION_GIT help Chechout a specific revision instead of the latest. config EMBTK_FOO_REFSPEC string default "net" config EMBTK_FOO_VERSION_STRING string default "0.16.4" if EMBTK_FOO_VERSION_0_16_4 default "0.14.2" if EMBTK_FOO_VERSION_0_14_2 default "git" if EMBTK_FOO_VERSION_GIT
Create enrty in the configuration GUI giving ability to choose GIT
Create enrty in the configuration GUI giving ability to set GIT branch to use, instead of master
Create enrty in the configuration GUI giving ability to set GIT revision to checkout, instead of HEAD
Define the package class
Add ability to use SVN repository
Here is the same example as the previous foo package, with this time SVN configuration options added:
config EMBTK_HAVE_FOO bool "Have foo" help foo description. choice prompt "foo version you wish" depends on EMBTK_HAVE_FOO help Here you can choose which version of foo you want to use. config EMBTK_FOO_VERSION_0_16_4 bool "foo-0.16.4" config EMBTK_FOO_VERSION_0_14_2 bool "foo-0.14.2" config EMBTK_FOO_VERSION_SVN bool "Use foo svn repository" help Say Y here to use foo development version from its svn repository. endchoice # # FOO repository options # config EMBTK_FOO_SVN_BRANCH string "Branch to use" default "trunk" depends on EMBTK_FOO_VERSION_SVN help The branch of the svn repository to use, the default is trunk. config EMBTK_FOO_SVN_REVISION int "svn revision to checkout" depends on EMBTK_FOO_VERSION_SVN help Chechout specified svn revision config EMBTK_FOO_REFSPEC string default "net" config EMBTK_FOO_VERSION_STRING string default "0.16.4" if EMBTK_FOO_VERSION_0_16_4 default "0.14.2" if EMBTK_FOO_VERSION_0_14_2 default "svn" if EMBTK_FOO_VERSION_SVN
Create enrty in the configuration GUI giving ability to choose SVN
Create enrty in the configuration GUI giving ability to set SVN branch to use, instead of trunk
Create enrty in the configuration GUI giving ability to set SVN revision to checkout
6.3. Writing a .mk Makefile
The .mk file is a regular GNU Makefile, it is used to instruct EmbToolkit build system how to
download, build, install and clean a package.
EmbToolkit build system defines some useful variables/macros that may/must be used in a package .mk file, espacially in case of
Makefile based packages or custom packages.
Here is some of them outlined:
$(embtk_pkgb)/ : working directory where EmbToolkit decompresses packages intended to run on the target
$(embtk_toolsb) : working directory where EmbToolkit decompresses host development packages
$(embtk_sysroot)/ : directory where EmbToolkit installs target libraries, binaries, development files etc
$(embtk_tools)/ : directory where EmbToolkit installs the toolchain (compilers, static linker etc.).
$(embtk_htools)/ : directory where EmbToolkit installs host development packages.
$(embtk_generated)/ : directory where EmbToolkit places useful outputs (root filesystem, packaged toolchain, etc.)
$(embtk_dldir)/ : directory where EmbToolkit places downloaded files (patch, tarball, etc.)
$(call embtk_get_pkgversion,xxx) : retrieve version string of package xxx, defined in its .kconfig file
Here is an example of .mk file for a package named foo (foo.mk):
FOO_NAME := foo FOO_VERSION := $(call embtk_get_pkgversion,foo) FOO_SITE := http://www.foo.org/download FOO_PACKAGE := foo-$(FOO_VERSION).tar.gz FOO_SRC_DIR := $(embtk_pkgb)/foo-$(FOO_VERSION) FOO_BUILD_DIR := $(embtk_pkgb)/foo-$(FOO_VERSION)
Set the package name. It is used internally in EmbToolkit build system
Set the package version. It is used internally in EmbToolkit build system (required for a tarball based package)
Set the package root URL. It is used to download the package tarball (if needed)
Set the package tarball file name (required for a tarball based package) to download from the root URL.
Set the package source directory name, after decompression of the package tarball (required for a tarball based package)
Set the build directory of the package (optional)
The above variables are all you need, in a .mk file, to make EmbToolkit build system download compile and install
an autotools based package using a tarball as source. In the following sections we will see what may/should be
added to build for example from GIT repository and more.
Additional variables for Makefile based package
EmbToolit supports build of external Makefile based package that has an install target.
To build a such package, named foo for example, you need to define the following variable (in foo.mk):
define embtk_install_foo $(call embtk_makeinstall_pkg,foo) endef
Replace references to foo with the actual name of the package.
Additional variables for other types of packages
EmbToolkit supports build of packages that are neither autotools based nor Makefile based, nor waf based
as long as you define steps to download, build and install them.
To build a such package, named foo for example, you need to define the embtk_install_foo macro and add all needed steps within.
EmbToolkit .mk files are GNU Makefile, you can do the same things you would do in a regular GNU Makefile.
define embtk_install_foo $(call embtk_download_pkg,foo) $(call embtk_decompress_pkg,foo) ... ... ... endef
To download the package
You can make use of $(call embtk_download_pkg,foo) if the package sources are in a tarball, GIT repository, or SVN repository.
To decompress the package
You can make use of $(call embtk_decompress_pkg,foo) if the package sources are in a tarball.
To compile/build the package
As said earlier, .mk files are regular GNU Makefile so you can use any shell command and variables already defined by EmbToolkit build system (such as $(embtk_pkgb), $(embtk_toolsb), etc.).
You can use any shell command (usually install or cp) with EmbToolkit build system defined variables:
$(embtk_sysroot)/: for a target package, postfix usr/bin or usr/lib, etc… to this variable to install its components.
$(embtk_htools)/ : for a host package, postfix usr/bin or usr/lib, etc… to this variable to install its components.
Variables you may/should define in .mk file
Installed libraries, binaries and other files linsting:
In the following variables you should list file names (name only, not absolute path name) installed by a package
in various $(embtk_sysroot)/ subdirectories.
FOO_BINS : list of files installed in $(embtk_sysroot)/usr/bin by foo package
FOO_SBINS : list of files installed in $(embtk_sysroot)/usr/sbin by foo package
FOO_ETC : list of files installed in $(embtk_sysroot)/etc by foo package
FOO_INCLUDES : list of files installed in $(embtk_sysroot)/usr/include by foo package
FOO_LIBS : list of files installed in $(embtk_sysroot)/usr/lib by foo package
FOO_LIBEXECS : list of files installed in $(embtk_sysroot)/usr/libexec by foo package
FOO_PKGCONFIGS : list of files installed in $(embtk_sysroot)/usr/lib/pkconfig and $(embtk_sysroot)/usr/share/pkconfig by foo package
FOO_SHARES : list of files installed in $(embtk_sysroot)/usr/share by foo package
Package build options variables:
The following variables instruct EmbToolkit build system how to configure, compile, install a package.
FOO_CFLAGS : additional C compiler flags for foo package
FOO_CXXFLAGS : additional C++ compiler flags for foo package
FOO_CPPFLAGS : additional C preprocessor flags for foo package
FOO_LDFLAGS : additional linker flags for foo package
FOO_SET_RPATH : set this variable to y if you want rpath set in a foo host package binaries
FOO_CONFIGURE_DIR : name of the directory where to find autotools or waf configure script (when not in standard location)
FOO_CONFIGURE_ENV : additional autotools or waf configure script env for foo package
FOO_CONFIGURE_OPTS : autotools or waf configure script options for foo package (ie. --enable-xxx --disable-yyy --with-zzz)
FOO_MAKE_ENV : additional env to set while invoking make for foo package
FOO_MAKE_OPTS : additional command line variables to set while invoking make for foo package
FOO_MAKE_DIRS : directories, within foo package, where EmbToolkit build system should invoke make (seldom needed)
FOO_DEPS : list here foo package dependencies. if foo depends on bar, you should set here bar_install
Replace references to FOO with the actual name of the external package.
6.4. Host packages special case
In EmbToolkit there is a convention, with some exceptions, where all host packages are named
PACKAGENAME_HOST and packagename_host, in .kconfig and .mk files.
So in the above examples, in case of host package, replace all references to FOO with FOO_HOST, and While invoking
EmbToolkit build system macros, such as $(call embtk_download_pkg,foo), $(call embtk_get_pkgversion,foo) replace references to foo with foo_host
Replace references to FOO and foo with the actual name of the package.
6.5. Build the package just added
Each package in EmbToolkit can be built separately from other build processes.
For example to build the new package named foo, issue the following command in EmbToolkit root directory:


SympliFi Launches Strategic Partnership with UNCDF to Increase Access to Finance for Migrants and Their Families
[1], the United Nations agency charg-developed countries.
The COVID-19 crisis has heightened the need for value-added financial products that build long-term financial health and protection for migrants and their families. SympliFi's innovative solution presents a transformative dual opportunity to increase access to finance for individuals in developing countries, while alleviating the financial burdens faced by migrants.
"We are proud to be at the forefront of expanding the migrant and diaspora financial ecosystem beyond remittances, to enable greater financial inclusion," said Maurice Iwunze, co-founder of SympliFi. "This partnership allows us to enter new markets, starting with Sénégal, expanding our footprint to francophone Africa. Our goal is to provide our solutions to support migrants' families living on the whole continent," added Gregoire Lecomte, co-founder of SympliFi.
The partnership with SympliFi in Africa, is one of several that UNCDF is pursuing globally as part of its migration and remittances portfolio of work. "Worldwide, more than 270 million people, or roughly four percent of global population, live and work outside their home countries," explained Amil Aneja, UNCDF's lead specialist on migration. "Increasing the value,, must be a priority. UNCDF is honored to partner with SympliFi, and we look forward to delivering innovation that will create genuine, positive impact for African families."
SympliFi currently operates in the UK and EU to Nigeria corridor, and will be expanding to additional Africa corridors with the support of UNCDF.
https://www.newbusiness.co.uk/articles/symplifi-launches-strategic-partnership-with-uncdf-increase-access-finance-migrants-and-the
[1] https://www.uncdf.org/


internetowej Battlecruisers.co.uk
 HMS C3Okręty zbudowane w stoczni Vickers </s> Most nad Sundem (tytuły oryginalne: duń. Broen; szw. Bron) – duńsko-szwedzki telewizyjny serial kryminalny, emitowany od 21 września 2011 do 18 lutego 2018, wspólnie produkowany przez Danmarks Radio i Sveriges Television. W Polsce serial wyemitował kanał Ale Kino+.
 Sofia Helin, jako Saga Norén – detektyw wydziału kryminalnego policji w Malmö (serie 1–4);
 Puk Scharbau, jako Mette Rohde – żona Martina Rohde;
 Lars Simonsen, jako Jens Hansen/Sebastian Sandstrod – były policjant i przyjaciel Martina Rohde.
W wersji oryginalnej każda seria liczy po dziesięć 60-minutowych odcinków. W Polsce serial emitowany był w seriach, w których każdy epizod liczy 120 minut i zawiera po dwa oryginalne odcinki.
Tytułową muzykę stanowi utwór Hollow Talk z albumu This Is for the White in Your Eyes, nagrany w 2008 przez kopenhaski zespół Choir of Young Believers.
 Oficjalna strona serialu na dr.dk
Seriale telewizyjne zakończone w 2018 </s> Julio César Ceja Ochoa (ur. 2 czerwcTecos UAG.
Cej do której zapisał się w wieku czternastu lat. Nigdy nie potrafił jednak przebić się do pierwszej drużyny, krótko trenując z nią tylko wiosną 2007 za kadencji szkoleniowca Isaaca Mizrahiego. W połowie 2008 roku odszedł do drugoligowego Club León, gdzie jednak przez pierwsze sześć miesięcy występował w trzecioligowych rezerwach, po czym trafił do seniorskiej ekipyw wiosennym sezonie Bicentenario 2010, podczas którego jego zespół dotarł do finału drugiej ligi, lecz po roku ponownie został z powodu kontuzji relegowany do funkcji rezerwowego. W tej roli po rozgrywkach 2011/2012 awansował z Leónem do najwyższej klasy rozgrywkowej, gdzie jednak nie rozegrał ani jednego meczu i w styczniu 2013 został wypożyczony do drugoligowego Tecos UAG z Guadalajary.
W 2003 roku CejaHumberto GrondonęFinlandiiw niej wszystkie cztery spotkania od pierwszej minuty, wpisując się ponadto na listę strzelców grupowym meczu z Finlandią (2:0). Jego kadra odpadła natomiast z rozgrywek w ćwierćfinale. W 2005 rie wystąpił we wszystkich trzech meczach, a jego zespół z bilansem zwycięstwa i dwóch porażek zajął trzec HMS C37 stycznia 1910 roku i rozpoczął służbę w Royal Navy 31 marca 1910 roku.
W 1911 roku razem z HMS C36 i HMS C38 ostatnimi wyprodukowanymi okrętami podwodnymi typu C został przetransportowany do Hongkongu, gdzie działały w Royal Navy's China Squadron.
W 1914 roku C37 sLt. John A. Gaimesa.


“SickKids was buzzing with #StanleyCup fever today! Thx for visiting our patients & families @PKessel81 #NHL.”
If the translation escapes you, former Toronto Maple Leaf pro hockey player Phil Kessel traded a year ago to the Penguins, fulfilled a promise and brought the Stanley Cup (during the customary two-day privilege to take the Cup personally wherever each of the winning players choose) to Sick Kids Hospital. But if the tweet hadn’t given it away, Kessel’s visit would have been completely missed by the media.
And that’s exactly the way Kessel intended it. He gave his time and celebrity to a cause that meant the world the kids, but which the world didn’t need to know about.
That’s the kind of celebrity I admire. Not, I hasten to point out, the kind of celebrity we saw during the Toronto International Film Festival nor that which accompanies most fan feeding frenzies around the visits of movie stars, music headliners, sports heroes or royalty. As far as I’m concerned, having a reporter stand on a red carpet just to see who’s arriving and who’s leaving a movie theatre is little better than dead air. Neither is filling media space and time – such as on TMZ – of any redeeming value. It’s following celebrities for celebrity’s sake. Much ado about nothing.
I do, as my first anecdote suggests, admire those who use their celebrity to a valuable end. I can think of such prominent examples as movie stars Audrey Hepburn, Peter Ustinov and Liv Ullman using their fame and reputations to support global assistance for children through UNICEF. And, while they were front-and-centre in such charitable events, Bono and Bryan Adams eagerly supported such causes as Amnesty International, Band Aid and Live Aid, while Neil Young did the same for rural North America with Farm Aid.
Paul Robeson made the Showboat tune “Ol’ Man River” a showstopper.
But I think my greatest admiration goes to the likes of Paul Robeson, the African-American athlete, actor, baritone singer and advocate.Born in 1898, in New Jersey, Robeson won a four-year scholarship to Rutgers University, and – despite racism from some of his teammates – won 15 varsity letters and was twice named an All-American in the 1920s. He turned to law for his first profession, but abandoned that career when a white secretary refused to take dictation from a Black man. As a stage performer his leading role in Othello earned him international fame.
In his show-stopping performance of the song “Old Man River” in the musical Showboat, he changed the lines to make a point.
“I’m tired of livin’ and ‘feared of dyin’” became, “I must keep fightin’ until I’m dyin’.”
But Robeson didn’t hide behind the freedom of stage performance. He promoted Black spirituals when they weren’t popular. He sang about justice in more than 20 different languages. He called himself a citizen of the world, befriending other outspoken celebrities of the day, such as anarchist Emma Goldman, and authors James Joyce and Ernest Hemingway.
In 1933, a published biography pointed out that Robeson donated proceeds of his release “All God’s Chillun” to Jewish refugees fleeing Hitler’s Germany. And in 1937 he openly supported the Republican government against the fascists in the Spanish Civil War.
“The artist must elect to fight for freedom or for slavery,” Robeson said. “I have made my choice. I had no alternative.”
For his support of Blacks and labour in America, the House Un-American Activities Committee labelled him a Communist. The accusations ended his singing career because no one would hire him and his passport was revoked. He died nearly broke and broken in 1976 at age 77.
“As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence me in this,” he said.
Despite his farewell summer concert series, Gord Downie had more to give.
This week, half a century after Robeson, another singer from another era used his celebrity to make an equally powerful statement. Tragically Hip’s frontman Gord Downie announced Sept. 20 that he’ll perform two concerts in Ottawa and Toronto in support of the Secret Path project. His shows will honour Chanie Wenjack, an Ojibway boy who died of hunger and exposure attempting to flee a residential school 50 years ago.
“Chanie haunts me,” Downie told CBC News. “His story is Canada’s story.”
And given that Downie has told us he has terminal brain cancer, these shows are clearly not about Gord. They’re about a gift, a cause and celebrity worth applauding.
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U.S. Stalag Luft III PoW group honours Ted


Home Why Is A Global Influencer Agency The Need Of The Hour?
A global influencer agency is the best way to opt for hitting the target audience of any company. They help build the brand in the online market and raise awareness among the company’s audience.
The need for an influencer agency has risen rapidly in this modern generation. The companies seek the support of such agencies for faster growth via rapid circulation and branding of their product. Selecting a good agency and promoting the theme and message of the company is very important.
by using many strategies. One of them is by using well-known social media influencers who collaborate with the influencer agency. The agency chooses an influencer who can influence the target audience of the company and then further execute the content given by the agency.
As a general human tendency, the customers tend to trust the influencers who are third parties. The customers believe them as they feel unbiased and rely on the product because they see some well-known faces using it. Promoting the brand through these agencies helps in constructing the bond between the customers and the company. Also, it strengthens the brand reputation of the company.
Brand awareness stands as a grave matter of concern for anygoing to any global influencer agency. These agencies appoint influencers who have great power to reach out to many people through their social accounts. If the influencers have legitimate followers and have a high engagement rate, there are high chances for recommendations of the product and popularising of the brand. When any company collaborates with any influencer agency, the agency helps them stand out by implementing their unique strategies and building up new followers, keeping the existing ones satisfied.
When a company joins hands with a global influencer agency, the collaborated influencers help boost the company’s search engine rankings. The influencers on their social accounts post a direct link to the company’s website or blog, which eventually hikes up the search engine ranking online of the company.
Understanding the vitality of a global influencer agency is important. The agency strategizes, plans, executes, and manages the campaign all over. These agencies also monitor the influencers who raise awareness of the brand among the prospective audience of the company. Hence, the role of an influencer agency remains unmatched. They take off the load of the marketing of the brand for the company. Moreover, through them, the companys.


At the time, when I was debating a true believer in this brave new world of retail electricity competition, I tried to trip him up by asking: "OK, what's in this for my mother?
she'll be able to hedge her own fuel price risks."
Wholesale power prices soared at the end of 2000 and into 2001, and blackouts of several hours' duration struck parts of California for seven days from June 2000 to May 2001. Then they stopped. The catastrophic breakdowns predicted for the summer of 2001 never materialized and electricity prices were in free fall by June. What on Earth finally went right?


I was diagnosed with shingles.  The doctor told me that if you had chicken pox as a child, the virus lives in you.  As you get older your immune system sometimes weakens and the virus can flare up and become shingles.  Blah, blah, blah...
If you know anything about me you know that I believe everything happens for a reason and there are almost always lessons involved.  So obviously I wasn't going to settle for the doctor's explanation.  That was only one small part of what was going on.
The other day my husband asked me if I was doing Reiki on myself.  Of course I wasn't.  If anyone needs me, I'm always there...ready and willing to help them out.  I love people and always make myself available for their highest and best good.  So I guess one of my shingles lessons is to  learn to love and take care of myself as much as I love and take care of others.
As I was speaking with a friend of mine the other day, she reminded me about my PTSD.  I was in an automobile accident 4 years ago.  I still have flashes of that which is how my PTSD manifests.  As we talked, I realized that my immune system has been under attack for 4 years now because of this.  It could be why I was a candidate for shingles.
I'm sure as I go along, there will be more lessons to add to these, but for now, I just wanted to share what I have so far.  I wanted to hopefully help YOU look for the lessons that are going on in YOUR life.  Don't always accept things as they look on the surface.  Dig a little.  See if there is something more to it.  It helps to make the things that happen to you and your whole life make much more sense.
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Cellphone Companies Retain Your Text messages And Call Records
With more and more information coming out about customer privacy concerns, you might want to know how long your cell phone company keeps your information. If concern over privacy is not enough lets also remember that even when police request this information the carrier makes money off of fulfilling their requests.
Wired lists the retention periods of other carriers’ data, such as who keeps call detail records the longest (AT&T: up to seven years) and post-paid bill copies the longest (AT&T and Sprint: up to seven years).
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I really like Goin On and it deserved something better than #83 or whatever it reached. I think it's also one of the better produced tracks from KTSA. The vocals are great, too, as is the sax solo. The band seemed to enjoy playing the song live, too, back when they released the album. I guess I have a soft spot for Brian's Goin On vocal.
There won't be a sequel, but the biggest flaw, in my view, of L&M, was that it still perpetuated the myth of Brian retreating immediately after Smile; only for him to finally show up 20+ years later. Brian went through a lot of sh*t in the 1970s that probably wouldn't make for a great story, but it's essential to telling the life of Brian. As mentioned earlier, a documentary would be a better look than a film on these years. Rocky and Stan were essentially bullies to Brian. For much of the 1970s Brian was forced to do things he did not want in order for the band to profit. I kind of understand why Brian wanted to just disappear and be a bum. Another aspect that's been forgotten about is how Brian got back to Landy, the band's behind the scenes work to get Landy back (including Carl), and the way Carolyn Williams was treated.
It'd be interesting to know the reception Where I Belong or California Calling would have had if they were singles. California is catchy, but Where I Belong is pure art, 80s sound and all.
Also, we are missing the real, hidden #1 - Male Ego.
Holland. I love Love You and Adult/Child, but that period in general is such a low point for the band. Endless Summer ruined them, making them a corporation, in which each member is different, but they stick together because of the money.
I believe Mike does love Brian. It's just Mike's love for Brian is different. One, there is the familial love that pre-exists fame. The way Mike discussed it in his autobiography, he and Brian were best friends in high school. I think Mike is stick in the past, waiting for the Brian he knew really well, to re-emerge one day. Brian and Mike haven't been close in a long time. I personally don't think Mike ever got over Brian leaving the touring band and working with outside lyricists; that must have made Mike feel really rejected. Seeing the life Brian has gone through since their co-writing heyday, it's easy for Mike to blame it all on Murry, drugs, Landy, Melinda, etc. Mike has had a fixation of just being with Brian at a piano like it's 1965, when they were recording the Party album on the heels of California Girls. Mike's love for Brian is cemented in the past.
Had To Phone Ya is a great track and made for a good B-side. Both this and It's OK do a good job showing off the different voices of the band and also the different styles of a Brian production. One of the problems with 15 Big Ones is that no one had veto power over Brian's vocals. The group should have worked to hide rough Brian; using his voice more in the harmony and background. Blend it in with the band. You only get a small portion of a Brian lead during the first 3 tracks, at the end of Had to Phone Ya. Then we get another Brian lead and this time it's a cover of Chapel of Love and this is where the album gets uninteresting. I can appreciate Chapel of Love and Brian's voice during this time period, but it's not something that should have been issued out as part of a Brian's Back campaign. (That goes for really all of the covers; except Just Once In My Life.) Then we get Everyone's In Love With You, which is easily one of the worst Beach Boys songs released from the 1962-1977 period. (I've at least listened to it more than Bull Session With Big Daddy and Denny's Drums.) I like Mike's stuff usually, I even like Sumahama (which I will get to later).
LA is a decent album. It starts off sounding very fresh but appropriate; what you except a good sounding Beach Boys in 1979. I feel like you can almost pick out Brian in Good Timin' and Lady Lynda even though he's not vocally present for them. Bruce or someone did a good job of getting the group sound and even mimic Brian circa MIU. There first two tracks are not masterpieces, but, in terms of general public's expectations, it sounds like The Beach Boys. Lady Lynda doesn't need the Bach intro; but after that, Al kills it and the vocals at the end (starting with Mike's "Come along with me") are fantastic. I don't think much of 15 Big Ones sounded like The Beach Boys or the public's perception of what they should sound like.
I see the point, but I don't think it's necessarily an abusive relationship. I think it's written from a similar perspective of the Brian tracks on the B-side of Today. Insecurity. The insecurity of thinking you're not being good enough to your partner. You don't deserve them and think they'll leave. I'm not sure if this was written before or after the infamous telegram Brian sent Marilyn mid-flight at of his fear of Marilyn leaving him while on tour. Brian, though, was attracted to other women. Maybe someone can help please this anecdote, but I believe in 1964, Brian struck up a conversation in a bar with a woman and I believe she wrote him a letter and Marilyn found it and was not happy. I don't think Brian did anything beyond flirting, but She Knows Me Too Well really plays out these insecurities and contradictions Brian was facing. Brian was still attracted to other women, but I think he also recognized the value of staying loyal. Brian was not a womanizer like Mike or Dennis. He had these feelings that he put out into the music; Mike would flesh out the ideas, but Mike was coming from a different background than Brian. So maybe that's why the lyrics to some of this songs seem a bit weird because it's incorporating both Brian and Mike's thoughts. The theme is simple; I really love her, so I won't cheat and she knows that. And I know she won't cheat either, but I'm still jealous due to insecurity.
As for Brian's solo stuff, I really don't think the rest of the band ever listened to it. Brian said they gave him a quick congrats on his 1988 album before starting a business meeting. I think this meeting might also be the same one that's transcribed in Mike's book. I'm guessing they knew a few songs; the ones promoted and played live. Mike trashed the album in Goldmine; saying that Brian sounded like sh*t, compared to what Brian is capable of sounding like. Mike also was aware of Sweet Insanity, but it might be he only knew the name of the project. I wonder what Carl thought of the 1988 album. It must have been hard for the guys in some sense; seeing Brian create again, but it doesn't sound like Brian of old and it's under Landy, the guy they forced Brian to go back to in 1982. They saw how Landy had his grips on Brian by 1988; I bet some of them felt some guilt at getting Brian into that situation.
The whole Brian's Back campaign can be blamed on Stephen Love (and to the lesser extent the guys in the band) and Landy. It's clear there was no unity anymore in the band, but they were making bank and wanted the good times to continue. Brian started therapy fall 1975 and it only takes a few months for Brian to be suddenly back and ready to record, tour, promote, and interview! Love was the manager at the time and he hired a PR campaign for Brian's Back. It was a cash grab to follow up on the 74/75 revival. Landy got his hooks into the group process throughout the year and I think that's how he was able to finagle Brian only onto SNL. Dennis had the idea for the TV special. I am sure there was spite from within the group; and Brian wanted nothing to do with any of it. I just cannot imagine how no one ever stopped and said, "Hmm, this guy doesn't sound like he use to. In fact, he sounds terrible. You sure we should release this? Or have him tour?" At the end of the day, it was all about getting more money, no matter what. It would have been much better for the group had they performed SNL, with Brian just in the back on a keyboard. Could have promoted It's OK with Good Vibrations and God Only Knows; a performance like that would have been better for posterity than the one we got from Brian solo.
From what I've read, mostly by fans, Bruce can be hot and cold with people. Somewhere on this board, there's an anecdote of Bruce getting really pissed at a fan who mentioned Bruce's production on LA and KTSA. He seems like a very affable man, but he's also a businessman at the end of the day. If I recall, didn't he tell Carlin in an e-mail interview for CAW something along the lines of, "You fans really take this seriously, it's just a business to me."
I've never met him though, so again, most of what I know is what fans post along. I'm sure others can shed some light on that.
Questions I have about Murry...
... Especially with the collapse of Smile and the lawsuit; just weird timing.
...What was Murry's thoughts on stuff like Sunflower and Surf's Up?
...What did Murry think about the addition of Blondie and Ricky?
...What relationship did Murry and Carl have?
...What was Brian and Murry's relationship like post-Breakaway/SOT?
...Did Murry ever meet Van Dyke and if so, what would that conversation have sound like?
"I built all my goals around you that some day my love would surround you/You'll never know what we've been through for so long I thought about it and now I just can't live without it/This beautiful image I have of you"
That's not even bringing in all the joyous songs that bring me sheer joy, like Hushabye or Cool, Cool Water or the last 40 seconds of Wind Chimes. but back to the point; money really ruined the guys. I believe it turned Mike into what he is today; a relentless business/brand promoter. I have always tried to be fair to Mike; I admit to reading and enjoying his autobiography. With that being said, Mike has ALWAYS been wanting a way to make a buck. I wonder how much of that dates back to his father's business going under and his parents having to move out of their mansion. Is Mike still worrying something like that will befall him? He had bankruptcy once before. Maybe Mike is just a workaholic, but if you go back to wanting to connect with your audience ($)vs Cabinessence, there's Mike. Endless Summer; that's Mike. All of the Brian's Back campaign was the Loves. Stephen the "brains," Mike the showman, Stan (and Rocky) the muscle to intimidate Brian. All the songs in Hollywood movies, Mike. Club Kokomo, Mike. I'm sure Mike was on board with Steve Levine because Levine said that's the main reason the band hired him, because of Culture Club's success, and we know who in the band is always focused on success.
But money also ruined Dennis; even though he was a spendthrift, I think it opened up many indulgences that Dennis should have been cut off from. Dennis really started to fall apart after the Brian's Back campaign/POB; that's when the money was coming in like crazy from the tours. Bruce has always been about the business. Carl seemed to accept that mindset by the 1980s; though he did mention to Levine that the BB had an entourage problem. Al seems okay with making a buck, but isn't going to be out there self-promoting like Mike. Brian is Brian.
Very interesting interview from Bruce about his departure not too long after it happened. I was actually reading some old posts about Bruce leaving during this time yesterday and the various stories given over the years. It really comes down to wanting different things, but not wanting to be enemies. He still spoke fondly of them and was knowledge of the Caribou sessions and was talking about Battle Hymn of the Republic. He definitely had some kind of connection with the guys during this time. Their does seem to be some indication of Bruce and Jack Rieley not liking one another, but the Beach Boys seemed to still like Bruce during his hiatus from the band. Bruce's relationship with the band is very interesting. I am pretty sure he has always viewed the Beach Boys as a business venture but he is very knowledgeable of the band's history and sometimes can be a very strong supporter of Brian's deeper stuff, like Til I Die. Bruce seemed to vibe with Brian when they were in the studio together. Brian definitely respected Bruce as a producer. Brian's role in California Music is interesting. Was he trying to use California Music as an outlet to leave the Beach Boys? Wasn't he signed to produce a decent amount of singles for them only until his family/the band terminated Brian's contract because he'd spend it on drugs? Squeaky clean Bruce Johnston in the middle of the Beach Boys drug world. Bruce has indicated to a fan, voluntarily, that he left the Beach Boys over drugs. I assume Bruce could somehow look past the cocaine usage and still be friends with the guys. Interesting time and interesting perspectives I'd love to have.
I was wondering about this tonight on my walk when listening to some tracks from Love You. How much did Carl contribute in the final production of Love You and 15 Big Ones. I think it might have been trying to sweeten up the rough side of Brian's return. I am a fan of Brian's material during this time, but I also recognize why it wasn't popular. I find it hard how Holland pre-Sail On, Sailor was rejected but 15 Big Ones and Love You were accepted. I don't know if it was screw what the product actually is, as long as we can market a Brian Wilson production while the time is hot. I think Carl and Dennis went along with it because they loved Brian. Al was just there because Al was always there. I don't know what Mike felt during this time. 15 Big Ones seems like an album Mike would like; both he and Brian playing oldies again. I give credit to It's OK because it sounds the best like a classic Beach Boys song, classic as in All Summer Long grown up. It hides Brian's rough voice, it's quick, short, commercial, and features a good counter play of their voices. Brian's voice shouldn't be that prominent because it was so rough and sometimes it's weird to hear gruff Brian sing songs like Chapel of Love. I really wonder what was Brian's thought process during this time. He basically was being force to make music during this time and how much of what he contributed as incomplete or bizarre; as a possible passive aggressive way of manipulation. You're putting me back out here against my will so I'm just going to write, record whatever, and call it a day. Brian has given praise for Love You as his favorite Beach Boys album. Contemporary interviews indicate that Brian was really proud of these songs. So then why does Carl came in and contribute so much? Was it a last ditch effort to fix the raw Brian no one was expecting? I have no idea what Carl thought of Love You. Did he ever talk about that time/those songs? Mike referred to it in his autobiography something in the vain of that thing Brian did. Did the guys have a naive belief that putting Brian into a studio would generate big hits? A lot I don't know.
We all know Brian won't talk about stuff he doesn't want to talk about and that talking about Dennis is not easy for him. I think that's why he doesn't like Forever because he gets sad. Brian has also said during this time period that he doesn't remember much; he claims he doesn't even remember anything from M.I.U. I'm not sure if that's a cop out answer from Brian because that time brings back bad memories or that he really can not forget this time period due to substance abuse.
They should have broke up before Brian's Back; in terms of keeping the legacy of the band near perfect. What we have gotten since Brian's Back is very hit or miss, to say the least. The tarmac incident should have been the last straw, but there was all that money on the table. Greed killed the band; the return to the top for several years in the 1970s corrupted them. It solidified the Beach Boys entourage problem. Obviously Landy gets the most publicity for leeches on the Beach Boys/Brian; but the late 1970s with Brian being guarded by Stan and Rocky is just terrible to think about. Brian was bullied by them for years all in the name of love. It's no wonder Brian relapsed in 1978. So many pressures were put on him with Brian's Back. So many careers depended on Brian magically turning back the clock to sound like 1964. The fact we get 3 Brian heavy albums (not to mention Adult/Child and other bootlegs) from 76-78 is kind of a miracle. Brian was also touring during these years until his relapse in August of 78. Just so much pressure put on him; from Mike, from Landy then Rocky/Stan, from the band, from the labels, etc. So if the Beach Boys ended after Holland, their legacy would be pretty impeccable.
I have a lot to say about this era but as to "It's O.K."; I think it's an a terrific single and should have been the 1st single released. Ride the momentum of Endless Summer by leading with the best ORIGINAL song. (I will contend "Had to Phone Ya" can be considered a better song, but in terms of A-side, "It's O.K." would win out.)  The first single from them during their comeback should have been an original song.
The Beach Boys could have had a comeback album without the Brian's Back campaign. Brian could have been involved minimally, but more than previous years. The idea of him touring was another horrible decision in the Beach Boys history. Brian didn't want to be there and again, it seems like he is forced to do tour just how he was forced into the studio. It's all "therapy" even though the pressures on Brian were immense and Brian just didn't want to deal with the spotlight again. He just burned himself out and I think the industry itself really took a toll on him. Brian snapping around 1978 was unfortunately going to happen because his mental health issues had not yet been solved. Add in the pressure of a huge new contract with CBS and touring and writing and therapy and drugs and divorce and the band almost breaking up and alcohol - I can sadly see why Brian relapsed. Then in 1982, the Beach Boys inner circle again forces Brian into seeing Landy. I do feel like Brian had a lot of resentment towards the Beach Boys during all of this. I think that's one reason why the music he wrote during this time is so unrefined. Brian didn't care what the product was; he was just amusing himself regardless of its' hit potential.  Let's take Brian away from the temptations of LA to the middle-of-nowhere Iowa and then Cousin Brian can start making the hits again! (In fairness, I really like about half of M.I.U.) Brian could still make great melodies regardless the production. I do wonder how much of his weird songs are out of spite to the guys. An attitude of, "Yeah, you want me to write again so you can avoid bankruptcy? Fine, here's Hey Little Tomboy and you're taking the lead, Mike!" Or maybe the guys and Brian didn't care either. Maybe it was just, let's get more BB on the market while we make money touring. But I do wonder how passive aggressive Brian was during these years. I've read about Brian being a very manipulative person in his own way and I am sure he was trying to manipulate the situation of Brian's Back in some capacity. I think Landy exploited Brian's resentment and then tried to turn it into pure hatred toward his family in the late 1980s so he could fully own Brian.
Anyway, I like It's O.K. and it should have been in the Top 10.
Trying to own someone's political stances on a Beach Boys forum by playing what about-ism. Seems kinda counterproductive to the purpose of this site; we should be talking about why Adult/Child and Sweet Insanity aren't officially available.
Very hard to defend these actions from Mike in 2020. It reminds me of George Harrison's quote about how Mike never really listened to what the Maharishi was teaching. Mike could have easily gone into the sunset and enjoy life, but here we are...


When I bought my first Gunpla, I think it wasn’t because I had any interest with any of the Mobile Suit Gundam series. It was more because my brother had it. I think my first was SD Shenlong of Mobile Suit Gundam Wing. Then I abandoned them until the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed series. Since then I’ve tried to follow the universe of Gundam. Unfortunately, the series is going down, and because of that I haven’t watched any of them for the time being.
The first season is all about two races: Natural(Human), who reside on Earth and Coordinator, the enhanced version of human, who live in colonies in orbit on the brink of war. Like any of the traditional Gundam stories, this one starts off with ZAFT, the Coordinators military, attacking one of the colonies to steals the Earth Federation’s 5 Gundams. All of them were successfully stolen, except for the Strike Gundam, which is piloted by one of the Coordinators, named Kira Yamato. The story is told from various perspectives, especially dealing with Kira’s relationship with Athrun Zala (I prefer to call him Zara), Kira’s long lost friend. For the majority of the season, they battle with each other until Zara nearly manages to kill Kira. Thanks to Lacus Clyne, they join forces to stop the war from brewing by piloting Freedom Gundam and Justice Gundam, respectively.  Years later, Gundam Seed’s successor, Mobile Suit Gundam Destiny, came out. This time around, the roles are switched as the Naturals declare war with the Coordinators, primarily ZAFT. After a group of Naturals, calling themselves Blue Cosmos, attack and steal 3 of ZAFT’s Gundams, forcing Athrun Zara to team up with Shinn Asuka. Under the leadership of Gilbert Durandal, ZAFT is ordered to bring an end to Blue Cosmos and any in their way, among them Archangel. Archangel and Kira, with Lacus now acting as the neutral party, stop the war. This is somewhat of a re-run of the first season, with the parties now switching roles until the insurgents of Archangel appear, which makes the story more interesting. Not to spoil anything but the final battle seemed lazy to me and the twist at the end was somewhat predictable.
I love how everything is mirrored in GSD.
When I first watched the episodes of Gundam Seed, it seemed to be an evolution of the Gundam universe, especially with the drama. I would say the episode titled “With Freedom and Justice” is my favorite, essentially because that was the episode where both Kira and Athrun teamed up to do what’s right. For the second season, Destiny was a roller-coaster ride for me. At first, it seems like Shinn is the protagonist of the story but his antagonistic characterization dumb-founded me, especially the episode of where he mercilessly destroys the Earth’s group of navies. But then I loved how the series related to Zeta Gundam, like the appearance of Athrun which mirrored the Char, or Quattro Bageena in the series, the romantic relationship of Shinn and Stella, and the appearances of the Hyaku Shiki clones (I really don’t remember the name, guys). It’s said that the ending of Destiny is weak, but it’s OVA, which retells the version the ending episode, tries to fix the issues, but ends up at the same level of quality. The ending has Kira joining Shinn, which I guess represents the good side. Before I end my thoughts, both Seed and Seed themes are really good. I ended up downloading most of them to my playlist. If I had to choose one, I would say “Find The Way” by Mika Nakashima would be my favorite. Speaking of that, I remembered how most of the OP and ED was mirrored or replicated in the original series.


When you’ru’ve.ks every F&F title into a giant taco supreme-like feature topped with slapstick humor, overly acted scenes and sadly written comedy. The bad part is; you may end up quoting this movie for years to come.
Based from a Japanese manga series, turned animation, turned live action movie, this film takes place in the Gunma Prefecture of Japan. Following a delivery boy driving the local mountain for Tofu runs, he develops serious drifting skills. Meanwhile, the local mountain racers push to challenge those skills. The race action is good, story line is well written, and the film ends on sad but inspirational note.
Steve McQueen originally turned down this role, leaving it open for actor James Garner. McQueen’s mistake. This film won three academy awards for it’s technical achievements and you’ll see why when you watch it. With cameras attached to the Grand Prix F1 cars, the race scenes are visually epic. Although the story line is slow, the sites and sounds are worth the downtime in-between.
Search Netflix and you should be able to find this movie. Staged around a rebellious, but talented young teenage race car driver who crashes during an impromptu street race, is forced to relocate and stay in a desert valley with his distant father. All in all, the two mend a broken family relationship meanwhile confronting local race thugs.


The Season of Summer
 “season of sacrifice.” …there are two other seasons that come to mind for me, there is the season of harvest and the season of play.
Whenever I am jealous of the circumstances of someone else, I know my season needs to change. I would go on social media and see friends having such fun, or strangers running along the beach as I drove home from work, both sights would make me enraged, I would ask myself, “ how do they get to have so much fun when I am having to sit and do this, or do that” - at the time I was agitated, now I am grateful. That jealousy was life giving me the greatest indicator that I was living in a season I no longer should be in. I was complaining not because of mandated responsibilities of my job, but because of volunteer experiences that I had signed myself up for. We all have seasons, and if you find yourself like me, and jealous of the position of someone else, don’t sit and stew in that energy, allow it to be the necessary fuel to find the courage to do something new.


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