 | "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel Ravel's "Bolero" played to scenes of ancient Egypt. A construction management study (testing) carried out by the firm Daniel, Mann, Johnson, & Mendenhall in association with Mark Lehner and other Egyptologists, estimates that the total project required an average workforce of 14,567 people and a peak workforce of 40,000. Without the use of pulleys, wheels, or iron tools, they surmise the Great Pyramid was completed from start to finish in approximately 10 years. Their critical path analysis study reveals estimates that the number of blocks used in construction was between 2-2.8 million (an average of 2.4 million), but settles on a reduced finished total of 2 million after subtracting the estimated area of the hollow spaces of the chambers and galleries. Most sources agree on this number of blocks somewhere above 2.3 million. The Egyptologists' calculations suggest the workforce could have sustained a rate of 180 blocks per hour (3 blocks/minute) with ten hour work days for putting each individual block in place. They derived these estimates from construction projects that did not use modern machinery. This study fails to take into account however, especially when compared to modern third world construction projects, the logistics and craftsmanship time inherent in constructing a building of nearly unparalleled magnitude with such precision, or among other things, the use of up to 60-80 ton stones being quarried and transported a distance of over 500 miles. Average core blocks of the pyramid weigh about 1.5 tons each, and the granite blocks used to roof the burial chambers are estimated to weigh up to 80 tons each. Average core blocks of the pyramid weigh about 1.5 tons each, and the granite blocks used to roof the burial chambers are estimated to weigh up to 80 tons each. In contrast, a Great Pyramid feasibility study relating to the quarrying of the stone was performed in 1978 by Technical Director Merle Booker of the Indiana Limestone Institute of America. Consisting of 33 quarries, the Institute is considered by many architects to be one of the world's leading authorities on limestone. Using modern equipment, the study concludes: "Utilizing the entire Indiana Limestone industry's facilities as they now stand [for 33 quarries], and figuring on tripling present average production, it would take approximately 27 years to quarry, fabricate and ship the total requirements." Booker points out the time study assumes sufficient quantities of railroad cars would be available without delay or downtime during this 27 year period and does not factor in the increasing costs of completing the work. The entire Giza Plateau is believed to have been constructed over the reign of five pharaohs in less than a hundred years. In the hundred years prior to Giza, beginning with Djoser who ruled from 2687-2667 BC, three other massive pyramids were built - the Step pyramid of Saqqara (believed to be the first Egyptian pyramid), the Bent Pyramid, and the Red Pyramid. Also during this period (between 2686 and 2498 BC) the Wadi Al-Garawi dam which used an estimated 100,000 cubic meters of rock and rubble was built. The accepted values by Egyptologists bear out the following result: 2,400,000 stones used ÷ 20 years ÷ 365 days per year ÷ 10 work hours per day ÷ 60 minutes per hour = 0.55 stones laid per minute. Thus no matter how many workers were used or in what configuration, 1.1 blocks on average would have to be put in place every 2 minutes, ten hours a day, 365 days a year for twenty years to complete the Great Pyramid within this time frame. This equation, however, does not take into account among other things the designing, planning, surveying, and leveling the 13 acre site the Great Pyramid sits on. As Egyptologist Dr. I.E.S. Edwards, former Keeper of Antiquities in the British Museum, said in his book The Pyramids of Egypt; " Cheops, who may have been a megalomaniac, could never, during a reign of about twenty-three years, have erected a building of the size and durability of the Great Pyramid, if technical advances had not enabled his masons to handle stones of very considerable weight and dimensions." . |
 | Ravel's "Bolero" in ancient Egypt "Bolero" by French composer Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), played to scenes of ancient Egypt. A construction management study (testing) carried out by the firm Daniel, Mann, Johnson, & Mendenhall in association with Mark Lehner and other Egyptologists, estimates that the total project required an average workforce of 14,567 people and a peak workforce of 40,000. Without the use of pulleys, wheels, or iron tools, they surmise the Great Pyramid was completed from start to finish in approximately 10 years. Their critical path analysis study reveals estimates that the number of blocks used in construction was between 2-2.8 million (an average of 2.4 million), but settles on a reduced finished total of 2 million after subtracting the estimated area of the hollow spaces of the chambers and galleries. Most sources agree on this number of blocks somewhere above 2.3 million. The Egyptologists' calculations suggest the workforce could have sustained a rate of 180 blocks per hour (3 blocks/minute) with ten hour work days for putting each individual block in place. They derived these estimates from construction projects that did not use modern machinery. This study fails to take into account however, especially when compared to modern third world construction projects, the logistics and craftsmanship time inherent in constructing a building of nearly unparalleled magnitude with such precision, or among other things, the use of up to 60-80 ton stones being quarried and transported a distance of over 500 miles. Average core blocks of the pyramid weigh about 1.5 tons each, and the granite blocks used to roof the burial chambers are estimated to weigh up to 80 tons each. Average core blocks of the pyramid weigh about 1.5 tons each, and the granite blocks used to roof the burial chambers are estimated to weigh up to 80 tons each. In contrast, a Great Pyramid feasibility study relating to the quarrying of the stone was performed in 1978 by Technical Director Merle Booker of the Indiana Limestone Institute of America. Consisting of 33 quarries, the Institute is considered by many architects to be one of the world's leading authorities on limestone. Using modern equipment, the study concludes: "Utilizing the entire Indiana Limestone industry's facilities as they now stand [for 33 quarries], and figuring on tripling present average production, it would take approximately 27 years to quarry, fabricate and ship the total requirements." Booker points out the time study assumes sufficient quantities of railroad cars would be available without delay or downtime during this 27 year period and does not factor in the increasing costs of completing the work. The entire Giza Plateau is believed to have been constructed over the reign of five pharaohs in less than a hundred years. In the hundred years prior to Giza, beginning with Djoser who ruled from 2687-2667 BC, three other massive pyramids were built - the Step pyramid of Saqqara (believed to be the first Egyptian pyramid), the Bent Pyramid, and the Red Pyramid. Also during this period (between 2686 and 2498 BC) the Wadi Al-Garawi dam which used an estimated 100,000 cubic meters of rock and rubble was built. The accepted values by Egyptologists bear out the following result: 2,400,000 stones used ÷ 20 years ÷ 365 days per year ÷ 10 work hours per day ÷ 60 minutes per hour = 0.55 stones laid per minute. Thus no matter how many workers were used or in what configuration, 1.1 blocks on average would have to be put in place every 2 minutes, ten hours a day, 365 days a year for twenty years to complete the Great Pyramid within this time frame. This equation, however, does not take into account among other things the designing, planning, surveying, and leveling the 13 acre site the Great Pyramid sits on. As Egyptologist Dr. I.E.S. Edwards, former Keeper of Antiquities in the British Museum, said in his book The Pyramids of Egypt; " Cheops, who may have been a megalomaniac, could never, during a reign of about twenty-three years, have erected a building of the size and durability of the Great Pyramid, if technical advances had not enabled his masons to handle stones of very considerable weight and dimensions." . |
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 | In Search of Ancient Elvis Rumors of a surviving Elvis Presley send a guerilla film crew into the heart of mysterious South West Philadelphia to investigate the possibility that the superstar is still alive and well and living a secret life. There the crew meets with many crazy characters, who claim to have had dealings with the iconic Elvis. As the clues pointing to a conspiracy escalate, the heroic crew must risk life and limb to bring the truth to light. Staring: Norman Macera Dennis Ronin Catherine Macera Douglas Johnson Josh Cooke Mark Moorehead Jennifer Bates Dan Sigmund Harve Mann |
 | Menahan Street Band - Tired of Fighting (♫) The Menahan Street Band is a collaboration of musicians from Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings (Dave Guy, Homer Steinweiss, Fernando Velez, Bosco Mann), El Michels Affair (Leon Michels, Toby Pazner), Antibalas (Nick Movshon, Aaron Johnson) and the Budos Band (Mike Deller, Daniel Foder), brought together by musician/producer Thomas Brenneck (Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Budos Band, Amy Winehouse) to record hits in the bedroom of his Menahan St. apartment in Bushwick, Brooklyn. With influences reaching beyond the funk/soul/afrobeat architecture of their other projects into the more ethereal realms of Curtis Mayfield and Mulatu Astatke, the Menahan Street Band creates a unique new instrumental soul sound that is as raw as it is lush. Make the Road by Walking is marked by eerily quirky arrangements, featuring vibes, horns, piano, organ, percussion and even a strange bling sound that Brenneck creates by tuning and plucking the strings of his guitar on the wrong side of the bridge. However, it is not the textures themselves that make the new sound of Menahan Street so exciting, but rather the way the sounds are incorporated into the heavy rhythms and bold melodies of the compositions. There must be something in the water in Brooklyn these days that has kept this family of musicians going. Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Kanye West, Ghostface Killah, The Hitmen, Wu-Tang Clan, Al Green, Nas, and now Jay-Z all coming to the same bunch of guys in their homemade studios in Brooklyn to get the stuff that todays biggest records are made of. However, this is far from a pop record. Make the Road by Walking is a soulful exploration by a talented young group of musicians into the possibilities of instrumental music; an original, personal, and uncompromised creation that embodies the sound of a select group of musicians in one distinct place, at one particular moment in time. This album is kind of a window into our world on Menahan Street, says Brenneck. In a way, were simply the streets unofficial house band. LIKE WHAT U HEARD? SUBSCRIBE IF YOU WILL FOR MORE EXCELLENT MUSIC |
 | Menahan Street Band - Home Again! (♫) The Menahan Street Band is a collaboration of musicians from Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings (Dave Guy, Homer Steinweiss, Fernando Velez, Bosco Mann), El Michels Affair (Leon Michels, Toby Pazner), Antibalas (Nick Movshon, Aaron Johnson) and the Budos Band (Mike Deller, Daniel Foder), brought together by musician/producer Thomas Brenneck (Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Budos Band, Amy Winehouse) to record hits in the bedroom of his Menahan St. apartment in Bushwick, Brooklyn. With influences reaching beyond the funk/soul/afrobeat architecture of their other projects into the more ethereal realms of Curtis Mayfield and Mulatu Astatke, the Menahan Street Band creates a unique new instrumental soul sound that is as raw as it is lush. Make the Road by Walking is marked by eerily quirky arrangements, featuring vibes, horns, piano, organ, percussion and even a strange bling sound that Brenneck creates by tuning and plucking the strings of his guitar on the wrong side of the bridge. However, it is not the textures themselves that make the new sound of Menahan Street so exciting, but rather the way the sounds are incorporated into the heavy rhythms and bold melodies of the compositions. There must be something in the water in Brooklyn these days that has kept this family of musicians going. Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Kanye West, Ghostface Killah, The Hitmen, Wu-Tang Clan, Al Green, Nas, and now Jay-Z all coming to the same bunch of guys in their homemade studios in Brooklyn to get the stuff that todays biggest records are made of. However, this is far from a pop record. Make the Road by Walking is a soulful exploration by a talented young group of musicians into the possibilities of instrumental music; an original, personal, and uncompromised creation that embodies the sound of a select group of musicians in one distinct place, at one particular moment in time. This album is kind of a window into our world on Menahan Street, says Brenneck. In a way, were simply the streets unofficial house band. LIKE WHAT U HEARD? SUBSCRIBE IF YOU WILL FOR MORE EXCELLENT MUSIC |
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 | Dirt on NYSDEC Casella Conditions and events from January 8, 2008 The regulation's logical conclusion is that the material----waste, liquid, cover soil, road mud or whatever else that exits the landfill on the undercarriage of the truck, or the truck tires or the "mud" flaps, hoses or other apparatus under the truck is -(according to DEC definitions) Solid waste must be confined to an area that can be effectively maintained, operated and controlled. Solid Waste that is being abandoned, discarded and disposed of on our public roads in violation of NYSDEC regulations and Hyland's own permit condition #48., which states: "The facility must prevent the tracking of waste, BUD materials and/or cover material off-site. All landfill waste shall be removed from the exterior of all vehicles via washing, brushing, vacuuming, blowing and/or any other means necessary, prior to the vehicles leaving the landfill cell. In addition, a tire cleaning facility must remain operational at the facility to remove waste from the tires of trucks leaving the landfill. All waste trucks leaving the landfill cells must pass through the tire cleaning facility before leaving the site. The tire cleaning facility shall be operational during all hours when the landfill is receiving waste and the temperature is above freezing, unless otherwise approved by the Department. Failure to adequately control the off-site tracking of waste will require the permittee to immediately correct the problem and/or upgrade the tire cleaning facility." Waste haulers should not be allowed to pull their "empty" trucks to the side of the road in Angelica (off Hyland's property) and kick or brush or otherwise remove the remaining waste, leachate mud or contaminated soils onto our roads at their convenience. It is in no one's best interest to have our streets, driveways and homes contaminated with solid waste Region 9 contacts Daniel David Abby Snyder NYS Senators Adams, Eric Alesi, James S. Bonacic, John J. Breslin, Neil D. Bruno, Joseph L. Connor, Martin DeFrancisco, John A. Diaz, Ruben , Sr. Dilan, Martin Malave Duane, Thomas K. Farley, Hugh T. Flanagan, John J. Fuschillo, Charles J., Jr. Golden, Martin J. Gonzalez, Efrain , Jr. Griffo, Joseph A. Hannon, Kemp Hassell-Thompson, Ruth Huntley, Shirley L. Johnson, Craig M. Johnson, Owen H. Klein, Jeffrey D. Krueger, Liz Kruger, Carl Lanza, Andrew J. Larkin, William J., Jr.LaValle, Kenneth P. Leibell, Vincent L., III Libous, Thomas W. Little, Elizabeth O'C. Maltese, Serphin R. Marcellino, Carl L. Maziarz, George D. Montgomery, Velmanette Morahan, Thomas P. Nozzolio, Michael F. Onorato, George Oppenheimer, Suzi Padavan, Frank Parker, Kevin S. Perkins, Bill Rath, Mary Lou Robach, Joseph E. Sabini, John D. Saland, Stephen M. Sampson, John L. Savino, Diane J. Schneiderman, Eric T. Serrano, José M. Seward, James L. Skelos, Dean G. Smith, Malcolm A. Stachowski, William T. Stavisky, Toby Ann Stewart-Cousins, Andrea Thompson, Antoine M. Trunzo, Caesar Valesky, David J. Volker, Dale M. Winner, George H., Jr. Young, Catharine M. McMahon & Mann Consulting. 2495 Main Street Buffalo, N.Y. 14086. ... Engineering Management/Business Practices. William M. Hayden Jr. 688-0766 Jeffery Deitz Joe Sciascia Connie Laport |
 | Hotel - You'll Love Again (1977) The band Hotel from Birmingham Alabama with the single "You'll Love Again". This was the first of 4 singles for Hotel to hit the Billboard top 100 and it reached #71 in 1978. The band Hotel was a power pop group formed in Birmingham, AL in 1973 and disbanded in 1982. Although they had a strong regional following and were loaded top to bottom with highly-talented musicians, due to changing musical tastes and lackluster promotion, they failed to achieve stardom. Early History After various personnel changes marked their early formative years, the group solidified their lineup in 1976 with original members Marc Phillips on lead vocals/piano and Tommy Calton on guitar/vocals. Rounding out the most-popular formation of this group were Lee Bargeron on keyboards/acoustic guitar/vocals, Mike Reid on guitar/vocals, George Creasman on bass/vocals, and Michael Cadenhead on drums/vocals, which is the lineup that recorded their 2 MCA studio albums. Hotel was a popular favorite on the southeastern USA Rock-n-Roll club scene and played in all the best and largest clubs, as well as fronting concerts for many national acts who toured through the area in the mid-to-late `70's. Their original songs were highly-laced with pop hooks & heavy vocal harmonies, sometimes 6-part. Their sound was relative to power pop groups such as The Rascals and The Raspberries but with a more-polished sound & much-higher musicianship; they routinely peppered their sets with tunes that showed off their musical prowess by covering difficult-to-play songs note-for-note by acts such as Steely Dan. Phillips' lead vocal also gave the group an identifiable trademark that combined a good range with exceptional quality. Recordings In 1977, Hotel recorded a single for Mercury Records, "You'll Love Again", which barely charted nationally, but was very popular in its regional area where the band toured constantly and built a solid following as a highly-polished act with excellent musicianship. In a forboding sign of things to come, Mercury failed to provide the support needed to push the record, and the group and label mutually agreed to part ways. In 1979, they signed with MCA Records and released their debut album. Simply entitled "Hotel", the album was a fine collection of power-pop tunes with a meticulous detail given to musicianship & vocals. MCA released the songs "You've Got Another Thing Coming" (not to be confused with the 1982 Judas Priest song of the same name), and "Hold On To The Night", penned by Phillips & prolific `60's songwriter Barry Mann (co-writer of "On Broadway", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" and many more). Those songs failed to pierce the chart very well, but Hotel soldiered on and worked on their follow-up album. It appeared that by 1980, with popular music moving away from Power pop, not to mention Progressive rock, Punk & Disco, these elements would eventually meld themselves into New Wave, which combined elements of all these styles using a combination synthesizor and guitar-based sound. Although Rock purists saw it as a soulless & fleeting style, it became nevertheless a new marketable formula for pop radio success at that time. This style was first captured by acts such as Elvis Costello, The Cars & Blondie in the late `70's, and was the norm for pop-rock artists by the 1980's who were weren't hardcore enough to slip into the Post punk genre or the few true rock artists who followed Van Halen into hair band pop metal a few years later. Seeing this change in the music environment taking place, Hotel began work on their second album, "Half-Moon Silver", which was released by MCA in 1980. Though this 2nd album contained some strong Power pop tunes and was quite a bit edgier than the debut album, it also lacked proper promotion and sold even less than the debut album, which led MCA to drop the act. Subsequently, the group languished for a while as the perennial star of the club circuit, finally disbanding in 1982. Later Formations Not fazed by their failure to land firmly on the national scene, founding members Marc Phillips & Tommy Calton promptly created the aptly-named "Calton-Phillips Group", then after a few incidents in which their name was misspelled on club marquees, the band changed its name to "Split The Dark". This latter formation created a video which won the highly acclaimed "MTV Basement Tapes" competition in 1986, but still no record company was interested in signing the group. With the prospect of playing once again on the club circuit with no promising future in sight, Split The Dark eventually disbanded in 1988. Notably, one of the final members of Split The Dark was guitarist/vocalist Damon Johnson, who later formed the rock group Brother Cane, which had some national success in the `90's with 3 albums, including their biggest hit "I Lie In The Bed I Make". |
 | Hotel - You've Got Another Thing Coming (1979) The band Hotel from Birmingham Alabama with "You've Got Another Thing Coming". This was one of 4 singles for Hotel to hit the Billboard top 100 and it reached #54 in 1979. The band Hotel was a power pop group formed in Birmingham, AL in 1973 and disbanded in 1982. Although they had a strong regional following and were loaded top to bottom with highly-talented musicians, due to changing musical tastes and lackluster promotion, they failed to achieve stardom. Early History After various personnel changes marked their early formative years, the group solidified their lineup in 1976 with original members Marc Phillips on lead vocals/piano and Tommy Calton on guitar/vocals. Rounding out the most-popular formation of this group were Lee Bargeron on keyboards/acoustic guitar/vocals, Mike Reid on guitar/vocals, George Creasman on bass/vocals, and Michael Cadenhead on drums/vocals, which is the lineup that recorded their 2 MCA studio albums. Hotel was a popular favorite on the southeastern USA Rock-n-Roll club scene and played in all the best and largest clubs, as well as fronting concerts for many national acts who toured through the area in the mid-to-late `70's. Their original songs were highly-laced with pop hooks & heavy vocal harmonies, sometimes 6-part. Their sound was relative to power pop groups such as The Rascals and The Raspberries but with a more-polished sound & much-higher musicianship; they routinely peppered their sets with tunes that showed off their musical prowess by covering difficult-to-play songs note-for-note by acts such as Steely Dan. Phillips' lead vocal also gave the group an identifiable trademark that combined a good range with exceptional quality. Recordings In 1977, Hotel recorded a single for Mercury Records, "You'll Love Again", which barely charted nationally, but was very popular in its regional area where the band toured constantly and built a solid following as a highly-polished act with excellent musicianship. In a forboding sign of things to come, Mercury failed to provide the support needed to push the record, and the group and label mutually agreed to part ways. In 1979, they signed with MCA Records and released their debut album. Simply entitled "Hotel", the album was a fine collection of power-pop tunes with a meticulous detail given to musicianship & vocals. MCA released the songs "You've Got Another Thing Coming" (not to be confused with the 1982 Judas Priest song of the same name), and "Hold On To The Night", penned by Phillips & prolific `60's songwriter Barry Mann (co-writer of "On Broadway", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" and many more). Those songs failed to pierce the chart very well, but Hotel soldiered on and worked on their follow-up album. It appeared that by 1980, with popular music moving away from Power pop, not to mention Progressive rock, Punk & Disco, these elements would eventually meld themselves into New Wave, which combined elements of all these styles using a combination synthesizor and guitar-based sound. Although Rock purists saw it as a soulless & fleeting style, it became nevertheless a new marketable formula for pop radio success at that time. This style was first captured by acts such as Elvis Costello, The Cars & Blondie in the late `70's, and was the norm for pop-rock artists by the 1980's who were weren't hardcore enough to slip into the Post punk genre or the few true rock artists who followed Van Halen into hair band pop metal a few years later. Seeing this change in the music environment taking place, Hotel began work on their second album, "Half-Moon Silver", which was released by MCA in 1980. Though this 2nd album contained some strong Power pop tunes and was quite a bit edgier than the debut album, it also lacked proper promotion and sold even less than the debut album, which led MCA to drop the act. Subsequently, the group languished for a while as the perennial star of the club circuit, finally disbanding in 1982. Later Formations Not fazed by their failure to land firmly on the national scene, founding members Marc Phillips & Tommy Calton promptly created the aptly-named "Calton-Phillips Group", then after a few incidents in which their name was misspelled on club marquees, the band changed its name to "Split The Dark". This latter formation created a video which won the highly acclaimed "MTV Basement Tapes" competition in 1986, but still no record company was interested in signing the group. With the prospect of playing once again on the club circuit with no promising future in sight, Split The Dark eventually disbanded in 1988. Notably, one of the final members of Split The Dark was guitarist/vocalist Damon Johnson, who later formed the rock group Brother Cane, which had some national success in the `90's with 3 albums, including their biggest hit "I Lie In The Bed I Make". |
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