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India’s Coming Revival

The Indian sub-continent is, I believe, on the edge of a giant revival which will dramatically influence the restoration of Israel and the global church – potentially the biggest revival in human history, apart from the coming great global revival just before the return of the Lord (Amos 9:13). Here are some of the reasons for drawing this conclusion:

Firstly, God is interested in numbers, because he wishes to populate heaven and depopulate hell. India’s population is projected to overtake China’s 1.42 billion by 2027, according to the UN’s 2019 World Population Prospects report. God revealed his heart for the lost city of Nineveh in Jonah 4:11, and his heart towards population centres has not changed:

And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left-and also many animals?

Secondly, for centuries there has been a great westwards movement of the Holy Spirit around the world, starting when the Apostle Paul was prevented by the Holy Spirit from travelling eastwards into the Roman province of Asia, but was called westwards into Europe (Macedonia) through a dream of a man crying out to him to come (Acts 16:6-10). After Europe, the gospel spread rapidly in the Americas. That flood of Holy Spirit revival and church growth crossed the Pacific and hit South Korea between 1977 and 1997. China now has by far the largest church in the world, somewhere between 100 and 200 million people, due to recent growth. India is located directly west of China.

From the west, men will fear the name of the Lord, and from the rising of the sun [the east], they will revere his glory. When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will raise up a standard against him. “The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their sins”.

Thirdly, India will likely benefit from the Back to Jerusalem movement, which aims to send 100,000 missionaries from China along the ancient “silk roads” (historic trading routes) to Jerusalem (Zion). India is directly on those silk roads, although growing conflict between the two giant nations may disrupt this movement.

Fourthly, India has by far the most unreached people groups in the world, according to Joshua Project research. God will not leave the unreached in that situation. Matthew 24:14 prophesies:

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

Fifthly, Indian churches and mission agencies engage in large scale radical evangelisation. Teams of Indian missionaries go out, often bare foot and without money, from village to village, boldly declaring the gospel. Galatians 6:7 says “A man reaps what he sows”.

One influential pastor in North India wrote to me:

“The harvest is plenteous but the laborers are few”. In this land some parts of our country are without any Gospel witness whatsoever, such as north India. So, we concentrate on north India because this part of India is strategically important in completing the un-finished task of world evangelization.

Sixthly, India is activating the Genesis 12:3 clause concerning Israel:

I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse.

India is now an established major trading partner of Israel, with large scale technological, agricultural, space and intelligence collaboration. In 2017, Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime minister to visit Israel, while Binyamin Netanyahu returned the visit in 2018, the second Israeli prime minister to visit.

Seventh, persecution is often a key factor in church growth. India’s Christians are coming under increasing persecution from the Hindu majority, especially in the towns and villages. Official census figures say there are 28 million Christians (2.3% of the population), although I spoke to another church leader who says the reality is more like 10%, or 140 million. The nation has just moved up to tenth place on Open Doors’ global watch list for persecuted countries. Tertullian famously said, “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church”.  Yeshua said in John 12:24:

Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.

Finally, revival is already hitting the Indian sub-continent and will continue to spread. Thirty years ago, Nepal had almost no believers, and the nation was entirely closed to missionaries. Today there is a Christian population of somewhere between 400,000 and three million, depending whether you refer to official statistics or other sources. Currently, Afghanistan has the second fastest growing church in the world at 16.7% annual growth according to Operation World research, as well as being the second most persecuted country in the world, according to Open Doors.

Where God wants to bring revival, he calls his people to pray – let’s pray!


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I was absolutely devastated today, to earn that the wilderness areas in Tasmania that I  spent a lot of time in, in my youth, are now being decimated by the bushfires that have been burning there since early January, 2016. This World Heritage area is home to unique alpine flora including pencil pines, king billy pines […]

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    1. Back up your entire system first.
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    2. Windows 10 (consumer edition), version 1809 (Updated Sept 2018) (x64) - DVD (English)

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    Nov 26 2018 Update

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We at Tipping Point, through our work on our From Pink to Prevention campaign, are proud to be marking the birthday of an extraordinary woman –the citizen/scientist Rachel Carson.

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Read more: The Power of Words – why a book from 1962 inspires our work today; and Rachel Carson: in print, in film and why her legacy is of such scale.

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Edo guber: No strong opponent against Obaseki – Wike

Nyesom Wike, Rivers State governor and chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign for Edo State gubernatorial election, says Godwin Obaseki, his counterpart seeking re-election, has no strong opponent.

Mr Wike, according to Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, made the remarks on a live television programme in Port Harcourt, yesterday.

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TODAY IN MUSIC: On June 6, 2017, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the site of the 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, was officially placed on the State and National Register of Historic Places. The National Register is a program of the National Park Service and U.S. Department of the Interior which recognizes the significance of buldings, structures and sites throughout the country. “Woodstock was a pivotal moment in both New York and American history, bringing together unique art and music in an event that changed this nation’s cultural and political landscape,” Governor Cuomo said. “This prestigious recognition will help preserve a priceless New York landmark for current and future generation of New Yorkers.” In August 1969, more that 400,000 people traveled to Max Yasgur’s dairy farm for the now famous three-day music festival, featuring some of the most iconic musicians of all-time. Today, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, located at the Woodstock site, inspires and educates students and visitors through the arts and humanities. The Museum at Bethel Woods explores the social, political, cultural and musical transformations of the sixties while drawing connections to the issues that continue to affect our world today. It features an award-winning permanent collection, evolving exhibits and engaging programs. This summer marks the 50 anniversary of Woodstock. A celebration event called Woodstock50 is schedule for August 2019. #woodstock #bethelwoodscenterforthearts #andrewcuomo #governorcuomo #nys #newyorkstate #woodstockmusicandartfair #historicplaces #nationalregistry #nationalparkservice #usdepartmenoftheinterior #americanhistory #landmarks #maxyasgur #dairyfarm #iconic #1960s #60s #hippies #ageofaquarius #summeroflove

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The Shape of Water is a fantasy tale about a mute janitor who falls in love with an imprisoned sea creature.

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The nemesis is disguised as Richard Strickland, who is in charge of the government project.

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The most important among these characters is Elisa, a member of the laboratory’s nighttime cleaning staff, who plays jazz records for the captive beast, feeds him hard-boiled eggs and before long falls in love with him.

Elisa’s interest in the strange being is stirred less by curiosity than by recognition and so visits the creature in secret. Because of her muteness, she is often looked at by others as “incomplete”. Her two best friends are Zelda, an African-American woman who works with her, and Giles, a gay man who lives next door.

“The Shape of Water” is made of vivid colors and heavy shadows. It is sometimes as bright as a cartoon and murky as a noir film.

Since neither Elisa nor “the Asset” possesses the power of speech, they communicate through gestures and,  both can hear, through music.

Elisa, played by Sally Hawkins, gives sound to a silent performance through her body movements and facial features. Weaving through acting and dancing, her physical performance is like poetry.

“The Shape of Water” is an entrancing modern day fairytale, but more than that, a lesson to anyone who has ever felt unworthy of love. Finding beauty in our scars, in what we believe makes us inferior, is what brings us to life; quite literally in Elisa’s case. We all deserve the freedom to be who we are, flaws and all, and be loved for it.

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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

How in the world does Buddy Guy do it?  Ya, I know Mick Jagger turned 70 this week, and runs, like, 10 kilometers a show, but Buddy Guy plays all year long still, and is still making some of the best music out there in the blues world at 77. This new double album is not just the work of an old legend, it sounds like a guy half his age at the top of his game.  The voice is definitely still there, it's full of incendiary guitar licks, and the energy can't be beat.  In short, he's making the best new blues music out there.

Disc one is the rhythm set, aimed more at modern songs, while the second CD has the rawer, basic blues cuts.  Guy does a bit of songwriting, but mostly these are well-chosen tracks by outside writers, including Canada's David Gogo, and several by his drummer and producer, Tom Hambridge  No old classic covers here, which I'm glad of, Guy's proving he's got the drive to make contemporary stuff.  There are a handful of guest stars, which is really a distraction more than anything else.  Kid Rock, Keith Urban and the guys from Aerosmith might be there to add star power, but really they can't match the power coming from Guy, with his truly soulful voice.  More importantly, the players here, from swinging horns to accomplished vets like Reese Wynans on organ are laying down a big, juicy exciting sound.

Wailing away on his collection of custom and vintage Strats, Buddy Guy refuses to give up on the grand blues tradition of Chicago, which he learned on the stages with all the giants.  B.B. King was always separate from that scene, so really Guy is the only one still carrying the mantle, and amazingly, he's still moving forward rather than trading on past glories.

Monday, July 29, 2013

Smart, very smart electro pop from this new Vancouver duo, featuring Hot Hot Heat's Steve Bays and co-conspirator Parker Bosley.  This is intricately produced, with lots of bits, from 70's smooth top 40 to funky grooves to plenty of synth stabs.  Interestingly, there's always a core of a great little pop song in there, and then on come the studio tricks.

If you stripped away everything, you'd have a cool little retro duo, and the vocals are a big part of that.  Same Temptation, with its chunky, fat rhythm guitar and actual sax, is pure soul at heart, and the boys sing sweetly.  But really, it's more fun this way, because we've already heard lots of great 70's pop/soul, and Bays and Bosley have lots of wonderful ideas to make each track big and beefy.  There are cool breakdowns in the middle of tracks, such as In Between Dreams, with a major tempo change, when things get nice and spacey.  Still though, these are for the most part organic instruments and voices, it's just that Fur Trade manipulate them into brand-new sounds.   There's even a staccato guitar line in Praying To The Lottery Ticket God that will thrill all the six-string fans.  It would take a team of studio engineers and Daft Punk collectors hours to dissect each track, but the end result is an awesome listen.

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Oh that rascally Van Dyke Parks.  His fame comes from the rock world, but he's no part of it.  The legendary lyricist for Brian Wilson's SMiLE sessions has been a go-to guy for dozens of folks looking for his idiosyncratic style over the decades, but almost always as an arranger.  From Harry Nillson and Loudon Wainwright III to Rufus Wainwright, Joanna Newsom and Grizzly Bear, if you want something unique and intricate, with orchestration, Parks is a worthy and complicated presence.  Along with several movie scores, his own albums have featured calypso, Japanese, orchestral, Gershwin-esque and modern classical sounds, as well as a connections to kooky cartoon music.  There's a lot going on in that boy's brain.

Over the past couple of years, Parks has been recording again, this time in a series of 45 rpm releases, which are now collected here.  It's a mix of new and old themes, some of which date back to his first, infamous 1968 solo album, Song Cycle. That's the failed project that showed, despite his pop associates, he'd never be close to the mainstream, and he still isn't.  Instead these are richly orchestrated numbers complete with his own fun voice, sort of what I imagine Mark Twain might have sounded if he sang.  There's a grand theatrical feel to each number, and certainly something from classic Disney scoring as well.  Parks has neatly wrapped up much of his career in these dozen cuts, from his beloved steel drum ensembles to his bouncy accordion South Seas melodies.  And surprise, he even gets political, raking oil companies, Wall Street and any who value money first.  With such a wide palette, this is now the best Parks album, and the one that may finally get him considered as fine a composer as his reputation has long suggested he should be.

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Well, I just don't know.  Artists love to play around in other genres, expanding their creativity, challenging themselves.  There are lots of examples of musicians who are also painters (Tony Bennett comes to mind), or songwriters who try their hand at prose (lest we forget Dylan's Tarantula or Lennon's In His Own Write).  Mr. Bennett aside, those who manage to become two-sport all-stars are few and far between.  There aren't many Bo Jackson's among musicians.

In this case, we have a team trying that stretch.  And they've been at it for awhile.  It started 13 years ago, when John Mellencamp phoned up Stephen King to suggest they turn a true story that happened in his hometown into a play.  King was up for it, and slowly the work took shape.  King wrote the play (performed first last year), Mellencamp the songs, and T-Bone Burnett was brought in to produce a soundtrack of the songs, so it works as an audio piece as well.  It's certainly a unique work, actors, singers and musicians all part of the play.

It's the tale of two sets of brothers, one pair long-dead, appearing as ghosts, the other their nephews.  Both take sibling rivalry to the extreme, with a deadly fight consuming the first, and the younger ones seemingly headed that way.  Stuck in the middle is the brother of the dead pair, and the father of the younger fighters, played (and sung) by Kris Kristofferson.  The album features some dialogue before each track, followed by a song that fits the story-line.  The bulk of the play isn't here, we get just enough to follow the story to compliment the music.  However, the full script has been included on the enhanced CD for those interested.

And there's the problem.  It seems like a pretty good story, and may be a fine play, but the snippets of dialogue on the disc sound wooden for the most part.  You can't argue with the quality of the musical cast, which includes Elvis Costello, Rosanne Cash, Neko Case, Sheryl Crow, Taj Mahal, and real-life feuding brothers, Dave and Phil Alvin, once of The Blasters.  Costello has fun being the devil character, Kristofferson is perfectly cast as the grizzled dad trying to calm down his fighting kids, and Cash knows how to sing the sorrow of a mother with trouble in the house.  I just kept hoping for better songs.  Writing roots-rock songs, whether honky-tonkers for Sheryl Crow's rowdy bar girl, or nasty back-and-forth arguments for the Alvin's, is such a tricky business.  You're trying to move the story along, but still keep the listener in mind.  I like the slower, thoughtful numbers here, Cash's You Don't Know Me and Kristofferson's two cuts, but I really can't see repeated listening.  It's a better idea than it is a finished project.

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Kingsway isn't a band so much as a collective, a group of musicians from the Vancouver area who make records around the songwriting of one RC Joseph.  They/he are mainstays on the indie front there, with five albums now over ten years.  RC himself handles the vocals, and is this case, the Van City bunch has teamed up with one of the country's best roots-rock groups, The Weber Brothers from Ontario.  That alone makes the album worth checking out, as the Weber bunch made one of my favourite discs of last year.

The good news is the band brings its full efforts to the project, providing a grand sound steeped in classic soul grooves, living up to the drama in Joseph's writing.  More good news is that RC's the real deal, a guy who puts together big productions, with some epics that make you move, and make you think, too.  A story-teller, he has that Springsteen street-opera thing, where even a love song has tension and plot.  "Drawbridge" matches call-and-response vocals with Pam Woodall, linking the highest art (Venus d'Milo), water images and the beauty inside a lover.  There are a few of these boy-girl songs, before Joseph gets down to business with the centerpiece cut, "Xmas Song", slower, darker, and eight minutes of excitement. The cuts builds as the Weber guys go slowly crazy, putting everything into a claustrophobic powerhouse of intense guitar lines and drums.

There's nothing particularly alternative here, it's more retro and roots than anything else.  But that's kind of the new indie, isn't it?  All those old-fashioned ideas of songs adding up to something, finding sympathetic players and making a joyful rock sound seem quaint on the surface, but hold a lot more to discover than whatever the post-post-post crowd are up to these days.

Monday, July 22, 2013

This is a themed double-disc collection from the 50's and early 60's, that skirts (pun intended) around the rock and roll era, presenting the safest tracks of those radio days, from the dreamboat vocalists of the era.  The closest we get to the great rhythm and blues of the day is Chuck Berry, but mostly this is the sanitized version of pop and rock 'n' roll, the white singers with syrupy strings.  SO it's Pat Boone, Bobby Vee, Connie Francis and the like.  Yes, the real raw stuff was better, but there's room now for these original teen idols too, and some of them did pretty good renditions.

It's also an interesting collection of 52 tracks, because the set was produced in England, and features many of their singers of the day, most of whom didn't reach our shores in the pre-Beatles era.  They were doing the same thing there as here, turning out safe cover versions of r'n'b, so that the parents would let their kids listen.  British hit maker Marty Wilde (Kim's dad) covers Teenager In Love.  Craig Douglas topped the U.K. charts with Only Sixteen, and sold more copies there than the Sam Cooke original.  Mark Wynter raced Steve Lawrence with his cover of Go Away Little Girl in 1962.

There's a lot of syrup here, but there's also some strong early rock and roll, including a couple from Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison's Only The Lonely, and a great sequence with Dion's Runaround Sue, Gene Vincent's Be-Bop-A-Lula, and Del Shannon's Runaway.  There's some doo-wop, skiffle, and that long-neglected staple, the instrumental, with Duane Eddy, The Shadows and The Tornados' Telstar all included.  The set is patchy, with the inexcusable Bobby Vee number Rubber Ball ("bouncy-bouncy") a horrible choice, with this many classics available cheap, most fans will find a few things worth having on a clean digital copy.

Friday, July 19, 2013

One of the great accidental discovery stories in rock and soul, Redding had actually shown up at Stax Records in 1962 as the driver for wanna-be signee Johnny Jenkins.  With time left on the session, Redding was allowed to perform a couple, and it was the second, his composition These Arms Of Mine, that blew away the Stax crew, including guitarist Steve Cropper.  That song became his first hit, and one of the great voices and writers in soul was launched.

His time was remarkably short, ended with his tragic plane crash in 1967, at the pinnacle of his success.  Redding's performance at the Monteray Pop Festival had opening the door to a huge white audience, and his newly-written song with Cropper, (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay had hit written all over it.  Sadly, it went to number one in the wake of this death.  But as this stunning three-disc set shows, there was already a rich legacy recorded in just those five years.

Luckily, it was a time when 45's still ruled, and Redding and Stax stuck them out like clockwork every two months.  Then there were the duets with his female foil, Stax soul sister #1, Carla Thomas.  Add in a Christmas single and posthumous releases, and you get 70 cuts here, almost all (even the b-sides) tremendous tracks.  This is the way to hear them too, the a-side to the b-side, in their order of release, a career revealed over four hours.

The hits remain milestones in soul, including his original of Respect (Aretha arguably bettered it, but she's about the only person who could), I Can't Turn You Loose, Hard To Handle (no, it's not a Black Crowes song), Tramp with Thomas, and his brilliant interpretation of the Stones' Satisfaction.  But you could just get a best-of for those, the joy here is the complete b-sides collection.  Just One More Day, found on the flip of I Can't Turn You Loose, is Otis at his pleading best, the desperation in his voice almost unbearable.  The b-sides are consistently of high quality, Redding pouring it all into every performance, with the lone exception a very early and regrettable reworking of Mary Had A Little Lamb.

Then there are the rarer a-sides, non-hits that arrived in the flurry of releases.  A live version of Papa's Got A Brand New Bag shows how amazing he was on stage, and equals James Brown's original.  Even as the vault ran dry in Stax's desperation to keep the hits coming after his death, Redding still delivered on a cover of The Temptations' My Girl, his last official single.

The only quibble here is the lack of a booklet, with virtually no notes at all in the box.  However, it's attractive packaging features reproductions of every 45 label, a-side and b-side, so just head to the 'net for any info you need.  This is a feast for the ears.

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Austra is ...  well, where to start?  The group is plugged full of seemingly endless musical ideas and quite a few contradictions as well.  As much as this is 21st century dance music, there's a surprising amount of organic, and real instrument sounds behind it.  Lead singer/writer Katie Stelmanis straddles a fine line between robotic vocals and ethereal, Celtic sounds, again ancient and modern.  The classically-trained vocalist is just as passionate about the beats.

As much as her echoed vocals seemed to be coming across some distant moors sung to either Heathcliff or Frodo, these are actually modern stories, Stelmanis singing about personal relationships with friends and such.  It's largely postive too:  "You changed my life for the best" one of the direct messages.  All this makes it cathartic and smarter-than-the-average-bear for dance, but it's the beats and riffs that win out.  Nicely though, even the construction is way smarter than normal, with all the little touches of layered backing vocals, actual bass, heavy strings and pretty textures making these more songs than grooves.  This answers the question, can dance music be serious composition?

Friday, July 12, 2013

I have not seen this movie, and judging by the reviews, I am the lucky one.  So I'm not sure how the music is used, or even if much of it is used, since it's billed as "inspired by the film."  However, I can tell you that it's a pretty fine soundtrack, oddly enough.  The musicians and producers clearly took the job seriously enough to come up with properly-themed, and in several cases, darn good songs.

The topics include trains (I've seen a lot of train footage in the trailers), the West (duh), outlaws (double-duh), and 19th century vintage tunes.  That last one is behind Iggy Pop's choice of Sweet Betsy From Pike, a number I learned as a little shaver, and the Popster does a fine job sounding grizzled on the old tale, which has a slight edge to it in the original verses, kind of Nick Cave-like without the swearing.  Same goes for Pogue-on-his-own Shane MacGowan, sticking up for the Irish on Poor Paddy On The Railway.  And Dave Alvin, one of the finest Americana interpreters, scores with his Hank Williams cover, Lonesome Whistle.

The rest are new compositions, and the inspiration continues to work for Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, who contribute a spooky Devil's Train.  Lucinda Williams blessed the disc with a brand-new song, which is enough to get me excited, and on this one she breaks the mold.  Everything But The Truth sounds like her channeling the Outlaw movement, as a Waylon Jennings sidekick.  Another exclusive comes from Iron & Wine, the equally strong Rattling Bone, a kind-of-eerie number that could easily be on the most recent Sam Beam release.  The rest of the material, from the likes of Ben Kweller, Pete Molinari, and The Aggrolites isn't quite as pleasing, but with the above-listed strengths, this is the rare soundtrack that deserves purchase consideration.

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Vancouver Island's Gogo is hands-down one of the very best Canadians at getting the big, groove-fueled blues sound, whether it's the flat-out rockers or smooth mid-tempo sounds.  His expert guitar playing always slices through, and there's a joy and a party vibe to his sound, especially on this new album, his 13th.

A savvy interpreter as well as a high quality writer, Gogo splits the difference here, with six of each.  The covers give you a good insight into where he's coming from, covering Fleetwood Mac twice, once from the earlier blues incarnation ("Spare Me A Little Of Your Love") and again from the LIndsay Buckingham time ("World Turning").  His ear for sophistication brought him to Robert Palmer's funky Looking For Clues, and the classic rock sound is heard on a strong version of The Faces' "Bad 'n' Ruin".  It takes some guts to lay down a Ray Charles classic, but Gogo does "Lets Go Get Stoned" justice by adding his slick guitar licks. The only let-down is a rote "So Into You", which needs a broader interpretation since its so hard to better the vocals on the Atlanta Rhythm Section original.

The big applause should be saved for the originals, as Gogo delivers strong numbers equal to the task of matching the prime covers.  The title cut has a dark Gospel blues feel, vintage and right.  "Call Your Name" is a big, fun cut, what would have been a hit single back when this kind of classic groove was allowed on radio.  This is the one that will get the hands waving at outdoor festivals this summer.

Oh yeah, luckily Gogo's playing a bunch of them, as well as club dates:
July 14 – St. Catharines, ON – Blues in the Vineyard – Henry of Pelham Winery
July 15 Toronto, ON – Hugh’s Room
July 19 – Peterborough, ON – Holiday Inn – Blues Series
July 20 – Ottawa, ON – Rainbow Bistro
July 26 – Stevensville, ON – Safari Niagara (w/ Colin James)
July 27 – Arnprior, ON – John Street Pub
August 2 – Tahsis, BC – Rock The Dock – Westview Marina
August 10 – Burnaby, BC – Deer Lake Park – Burnaby Roots & Blues Festival
August 23/24 – Nanaimo, BC – Nanaimo Blues Festival

Monday, July 8, 2013

Such was the success of their first album together, the Grammy-winning You Are Not Alone, it's no surprise that Staples wants to continue the partnership with Wilco's Jeff Tweedy as her producer.  Of course, he's more than that, crafting the warm sound on these albums, and even writing some of the most inspirational material on the disc.  As unlikely as it might seem, Tweedy embraces her Gospel background and his three original tunes are as religious as the public domain hymns they sit beside on the disc.

It's one of those discs where everything is done right.  The mood is sanctified, searching rather than preaching.  The songs are built around simple accompaniment, mostly acoustic guitar, soft bass and simple drums, played by Tweedy's 17-year old son, Spencer.  That leaves the bulk of what you hear from the vocals.  Staples' controlled alto remains a magnificent moan, and the call-and-responce with the backing singers is classic Gospel, exactly the way she always did it with The Staple Singers.  The only nod to anything modern is a very rare atmospheric guitar part in behind, and once, Tweedy lets a short, strange-sounding lead break into a track.  But the focus is firmly on the the singing, as Staples shows us what soul is all about.

It's not just Tweedy's material that shines.  Other inspired choices come from the group Low (Holy Ghost), a chugging little number from Tweedy and Staples' touring pal Nick Lowe, with Far Celestial Shore, and a cover of a funky Funkadelic number, Can You Get To That.  Mavis goes back to her family roots with an old song from her dad Pop Staples, I Like The Things About Me, and digs into three old spirituals, the best of them the beloved What Are They Doing In Heaven Today.  Those classics come toward the end of the disc, as it builds from questioning to a positive celebration of faith.  It's not even a particularly dogmatic statement, but more of a relaxed, personal knowledge that the good in the world is there, if you embrace it.  The final word is left to Tweedy's verses in the title cut; "Life had ceased, I was lost and tired, you set me free from this mighty mighty fire, just in time to be my one true vine."  Love song or hymn, it doesn't matter, the point is salvation and peace is out there in some form, for everyone.

Thursday, July 4, 2013

Reggae legend Cliff had a well-received comeback album, Rebirth, released last year.  As part of the promotion, he played this live set for beloved L.A. independent radio station KCRW.  Arriving with just  a second acoustic guitar player, Cliff did a nine-song, 37-minute set of his iconic hits, as well as taste of the new release.  The guitar playing is a little loose, and the tuning is suspect, but as for the man's voice, and the power of the songs, this is brilliant.

Rock fans may know the first song better from Bruce Springsteen, who first introduced his take on Cliff's Trapped on the Born In The USA tour.  Here, stripped of the live bombast, the power of the words comes through, a pledge of freedom.  Next up is a surprise, as Cliff turns the tables on those punkers who took great influence from his music, as he covers The Clash's Guns Of Brixton (as found on the new studio album), immediately identifying with the isolation of young people in 1970's England.

Cliff remains best-known as the actor and musician who did nearly as much to spread reggae around the world as Bob Marley did, chiefly with the film The Harder They Come.  While sadly the title track isn't performed here, two more included on the soundtrack are, You Can Get It If You Really Want and Many Rivers To Cross.  If you're not completely familiar with Cliff's catalogue, the several well-known tracks here start to make his influence clear.  Other hits include Wonderful World, Beautiful People, and the song that Johnny Rivers covered and made an international hit, I Can See Clearly Now.  But the best part of the disc is the warmth exuding from this man in the simplest of formats, two guitars and one voice, and how much power and emotion reside in his still-vibrant voice.


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  • Private full day tour of Innsbruck and Swarovski Kristallwelten
  • Private official tour guide during your visit
  • Admire Swarovski Kristallwelten’s most emblematic attractions and Innsbruck historical sights
  • Private luxury vehicle with separate chauffeur for your tour
  • Professional team creating your perfect a la carte tour

Enjoy the rich history and great architecture of Innsburg and the wonderful monuments, sculptures and sights of Swarovski Kristallwelten museum during this private tour with your own private official tour guide, comfortably in your private luxury vehicle with chauffeur.
To top off your experience, we will meet you at your hotel or place of choice in Munich and you won’t have to worry about the starting point of your tour. Your official tour guide will be waiting for you at your hotel lobby or in front of your apartment building to make this experience easier and more comfortable.

Like all our tours, this private city tour of Innsbruck and Swarovski Kristallwelten is a completely personalized tour. We are able to arrange it to fit your own personal needs and desires. If there is something you have in mind, please let us know and we will do our best to arrange it during your private tour.
The exact tour duration is completely flexible. This city tour of Innsbruck and Swarovski is for 8 hours, but we can arrange the tour duration exactly as you wish. We recommend enjoying this tour with a separate official tour guide and a private vehicle with chauffeur. This give you the chance to have the official guide’s full attention during the tour.

Most important sites & Monuments in this private tour

You are able to enjoy this private tour of Innsbruck and Swarovski Kristallwelten next to your official tour guide. We can add or eliminate any monument or site you might not want to see or have already seen. Upon arrival at Innsbruck you will testify the intersting mix between the modern and its oldest imperial architecture. Among the sites you can visit at Innsbruck, we also offer you to know:

  • Hofkirche and the Emperor’s Tomb
  • Golden Roof
  • Ambras Palace
  • Bergisel’s Olympic Legacy
  • Old Town Innsbruck
  • Cathedral of St. James
  • Wilten Parish Church and Basilica
  • Nordkettenbahnen
  • Hofburg District
  • Tyrolean State Museums
  •  Maria-Theresien Strasse
  • The Christmas Markets

After we finished the tour throughout Innsbruck, you private luxury vehicle will lead you to the famous museum of Swarovski Kristallwelten. The museum is shaped as a giant, where you can get to know within its 17 show rooms many crystal glass sculptures and monuments, such as:

  • Eden
  • Into Lattice Sun
  • Ice Passage
  • Crystal Dome
  • Swarovski Store

Like we said before, we can organize the exact duration for the tour to fit into your own personal needs. We can offer extra hours or even make it a full day experience. Please let us know how long you would like the private tour.
Each guide is an official tour guide of Innsbruck or Munich with great knowledge of each city and its history. Your private vehicle is a private luxury vehicle, a Mercedes Benz E Class, Viano or Vito, each with a separate chauffeur to ensure your official tour guides attention during the whole tour.
When the tour is finished, your private official tour guide & chauffeur with vehicle will take you back to your hotel or place of choice in Munich.

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Munich is one of the largest federal states of Germany. The city is located in the south of Germany. Is the third largest city in inhabitants in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. You can find the river Isar on the north of the Bavarian Alps. The olympic games were held in Munich is 1972.

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  • Official Tour guide for your 4 hour tour
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Avila from Madrid

Once you are in Madrid, you have to take a day and get to know Avila, a beautiful and historical city. During this 8-hour private tour, enjoy with your private official tour guide a complete and exhaustive visit of Avila comfortably in your private vehicle with chauffeur. See attractions like its roman Wall and Cathedral amongst others.

  • 8 hour private tour of Avila
  • Private official tour guide in Avila
  • Private luxury vehicle with chauffeur
  • Admire a great view of the city of Avila and get to know its most emblematic sights
  • See attractions like the roman Wall and the Cathedral

Take a day out of visiting Madrid to enjoy this private Avila tour from Madrid.

First, this private tour will start from your hotel or place of choice inside the city of Madrid. Your chauffeur will take you to Avila. Secondly your private official tour guide is at your disposition for 2 hours once you arrive to Avila. You will enjoy a private 2 hour guided tour of the best sites of Avila.

Avila is known for its Medieval Walls and it is a World Heritage city.

Avila is a beautiful city only 1.5 hours away from the city center of Madrid.

Points of Interest and Landmarks

This private tour will start off by picking you up from your hotel or place of choice in central Madrid and then travel comfortably to Avila. Avila is located approximately 120 km from Madrid, just across the Guadarrama mountain range. Its most emblematic site is the Roman Wall.
Your tour is completely personalised to fit your own needs. The tour will be organised taking into account what you want. An example of what some of the sites that the tour can include is the following amongst other options available:

  • Cathedral: 1100s Cathedral that is located inside in the city walls
  • Muralla de Avila: Medieval city walls. UNESCO listed walls. It was one of the best defences for a city in the World.
  • Basilique of San Vicente
  • Convent of Santa Teresa: Birthplace of Teresa of Avila’s
  • Monastery of Santo Tomas
  • Cuatro Postes in Avila
  • Convent of Encarnación
  • Much more!

You will have some free time to walk around Avila once you private guide has finished the guided private walking tour.

In conclusion, enjoy the best of Avila in this private full day tour from Madrid. Get to know a unique city in Castile and Leon.

Have a view at our other day trips from Madrid; Toledo & Segovia.

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  • Official tour guide for 3 hours in Avila
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Tovanot B'Hinuch is currently operating – during the 2012-2016 school year – in 20 schools in Israel's urban and geographic periphery, with a total of 11,500 students. The schools include 9 elementary schools, 10 secondary schools (middle schools and high schools) and a K-13 campus.

The schools included in the project benefit from the help of human capital – professional accompaniment of the project's headquarters combined with volunteers from different sectors, and of financial capital – $50,000 of support per year for three years. This support is provided on the basis of needs and the work plan defined by the school principal.

Fundamentals of the programming and activities

Tovanot B'Hinuch focuses on field work and routine accompaniment of the schools:

Extending the limits of the definition of the school principal's role to that of a social and pedagogical leader, taking initiatives, such as creating a treatment continuum by  lengthening the school day and conducting informal programs in the after-school hours and lengthening the school year with diversified summer programs and activities.

Empowering the school principals and their staffs, by creating a supportive organizational structure which makes it possible to promote the realization of the vision. This included appointing knowledge and knowhow coordinators and volunteers simultaneously with the functions of Tovanot B'Hinuch

Creating a supporting mantle for each school, including the establishment of an action committee, creating strategic partnerships and bringing volunteers in to the picture to provide responses to the needs of the schools. Notably, among the most striking programs are extended hours to the school day, programs for encouraging academic excellence, study centers established with the help of volunteers and mentors, developing programming and activities for the summer vacation and holidays.

Assistance in designing school work plans by pooling resources, constructing a vision and mapping objectives, needs and responses needed.

Close accompaniment of principals and coordinators of subject areas – routine meetings, counseling and guidance, support and assistance in promoting their programming and in changing the organization culture in the schools.

Developing a system of knowledge and information in the schools, including multidimensional and individual mapping, feedback and documentation.

Simultaneously and as an integral part of its programming, Tovanot B'Hinuch headquarters focuses on conceptualization of the operational model, its development and cohesiveness so that it can be turned into a model that is applicable on a national level. Development of the model is done by forming a learning community among the schools participating in the project, conducting interrelations which allow for insights to be drawn and for an educational model to be developed from a broad span of vision.

  Circles of change

Tovanot B'Hinuch aims to generate change on three levels:

Improving the schools in relation to themselves – based on quantitative and qualitative indexes, in accordance with the principles of Tovanot B'Hinuch

Overall improvement beyond the improvement in each school, by conceptualizing the model of action and by its cohesive implementation

Changing the public discourse about the public education system – building the community bottom-up, acknowledging and respecting educators in the system


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S.C. Automobile Dacia S.A.
Type Subsidiary of Renault S.A.
Founded 1966 as Uzina de Autoturisme Piteşti
Headquarters Mioveni, Argeş, Romania
Key people Luc-Alexandre Menard, President
Industry Automotive
Products Automobiles
Revenue (turnover) increase US$ 3.1 bln (2007)[1]
Net income increase US$ 200 mln(2007)
Employees 12,532 [2]
Parent Renault

Automobile Dacia S.A.[3] (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈdat͡ʃi.a]) is a Romanian car manufacturer, named for the historic region that constitutes much of present-day Romania. It is now a subsidiary of the French carmaker Renault. The company is the main exporter from Romania with a market share of 10% of total exports.[4]

The beginningsEdit

Automobile Dacia company was founded in 1966 under the name Uzina de Autoturisme Pitești (UAP). The main Dacia factory was built in 1968, in Colibaşi (now called Mioveni), near Piteşti. Dacia acquired the tooling and basic designs of the Renault 12. However, until the tooling was ready it was decided to produce the Renault 8 under licence; it was known as the Dacia 1100.[5] From 1968 to 1972, some 44,000 were produced, with a very minor cosmetic change to the front in early 1970. Also produced in very limited numbers was the 1100S, with twin headlamps and a more powerful engine, used by the police and in motor racing.

Dacia1100 (3)

Dacia 1100

Dacia 1100S

Dacia 1300 1

A vintage photo of a Dacia 1300

Dacia 1300

1975 Dacia 1300

The first Dacia 1300 left the assembly line ready for the 23 August parade in 1969, and was exhibited at the Paris and Bucharest shows of that year. Romanians were delighted with the modernity and reliability of the car, and waiting lists were always lengthy. As early as 1970, there were several variants: the standard 1300, the 1300L (for Lux) and the 1301 Lux Super, which had novelties such as a heated rear screen, a radio, windscreen mirrors on both sides and a more luxurious trim. This was reserved for the Communist Party nomenklatura.
Changes soon followed as export markets opened up. In 1973, the estate variant, 1300 Break, was produced. There were 1300F (estate with no rear seats, for carrying goods) and 1300S (ambulance) variants, and in 1975 the Dacia 1302 pick-up was developed. 2000 examples were made until 1982. Dacia also produced the D6, a CKD version of the Renault Estafette van, in limited numbers, but given the competition of the Bucharest-made T.V. van, numbers were very limited. In the very early 1980s, the Renault 20 was also assembled as the Dacia 2000; because of the exclusivity of this model numbers were always very limited. The 2000 was only available in dark blue or black, and was reserved for the Party elite.
At the Bucharest show in 1979, the restyled 1310 models were presented. These had quad lamps at the front, larger lamps at the rear, re-profiled bumpers, and a new interior. The changes were heavily inspired by Renault's own restyling of its 12 in 1975. After a brief series of "crossover" cars in 1979 (for example, there were no more rectangular headlights available for the 1300, so the last models used the quad lamps of the 1310), the 1310 finally hit the Romanian market in late 1979. In the UK, where it was known as the Dacia Denem, the top of the range model included such luxuries as a five-speed gearbox, alloy wheels and electric windows. The advertising slogan used for the car was "The Very Acceptable Dacia Denem", but this proved not to be the case with the British buyers, who increasingly opted for the more reliable Japanese, South Korean and Malaysian models. Sales were very limited, and the number surviving are not thought to exceed single figures, although the Romanian Embassy in South Kensington kept a fleet running until the mid-1990s. Sales of the pick-up version, known as the Shifter, continued until about 1990, and the Aro 10 was also sold as the Dacia Duster. The plug was pulled on the Denem, however, in late 1982.
At the same time the Sport model was produced.[6] At the 1980 show, crowds admired the Braşovia, a prototype of a sports coupé based on the 1310 and developed at a service station in Braşov. The go-ahead was given for a prestige model, and so from 1981 the two-door Dacia 1310 Sport (1410 Sport from 1983), was available for the gilded youth of the period. These were very popular for rallies, and racing drivers such as Nicu Grigoraş tuned them to extract extraordinary power from the old Renault engine.

The 1980sEdit

The designers were still coming up with fresh ideas, many of them shrouded in secrecy. Prototypes such as the 500cc Mini-Dacia, as well as Dacia 1310 variants, were designed; some, such as the Dacia 1310 Limousine, are still on the road. These cars are eagerly prized by Dacia enthusiasts, and Dacia web forums are full of evidence about the rarities and oddities produced by Dacia during the 1980s. In 1982, after the 1302 was dropped, the Dacia 1304 Pick-up and 1305 Drop-side models were introduced. Actually, they had been launched from 1981. These were a commercial success and remained in production, gradually being modified along with the rest of the range, until December 2006. From 1985, also, the 1410 was available as a larger-engined variant, while the relatively short-lived 1210 was the economy variant until about 1992.

1986 Dacia 1310

In 1983, there were more slight modifications, with a new horizontal rear vent and chunkier, rubber mouldings around the front grille. Work was developing on the 1320 CN1 model, which was a hatchback based on the 1310. The new front end seen on the 1320 also appeared on the top-of-the-range models (known under Dacia brand nomenclature as MLS) from about 1989; these cars were distinguishable by two large headlights, a much plusher interior clad in blue plastic and known as the CN1 dashboard, and often a proliferation of aerials to indicate the owner's status. Most were owned by senior officials in the Communist Central Committee. While the 1320 was the most expensive model in the Dacia range when it appeared in 1987, most were used as taxis until the mid-1990s. The 1320 did not last long, however; as early as 1989 there were prototypes using the front of the 1320 and a new rear, with wrap-around tail lights and other modern features.

The 1990sEdit

The 1320 model emerged in 1991 as the Dacia 1325 Liberta (after the 1989 revolution, themes of liberty were very much in fashion) and stayed in production until 1996.
The last of the quad-lamped models were produced in 1989, and all the Dacia range received the new front end of the 1320, called CN1. An effort was made to rejuvenate the model range: the Sport was dropped, due to lack of sales, and new commercial vehicles were introduced. The 1307 was a double-cabbed pick-up; the 1309 was an estate with a tarpaulin instead of a boot; the car was a cross-over between estate and pick-up and sold very well on the Chinese market. There were also several prototypes:

  • the 1610 diesel estate, powered by Volkswagen, with about 150 units sold
  • the Dacia Star, with curved side windows
  • the 1308 Jumbo, a camper-van, and several attempts to give the 1310 a more modern look by grafting the front of contemporary cars such as the Nissan Primera onto it.

The cars of 1992–1994 are curiosities: although efforts were obviously being made to renew the model range, there were numerous stylistic hangovers from the quad-lamped models. Thus, the last of the 1983-designed dashboards were seen in 1994 although a new dashboard had been seen on some model ranges since 1987. Similarly, although the CN1 restyling eliminated anachronisms such as a kink upwards at the C-pillar and a rubber rear spoiler, it was not applied consistently. One wonders about the techniques used on the production lines of the era.

The 1993 facelift was known within the industry as CN2. A reprojected front end was distinguished by a horizontal metal line in the grille. There were new headlamps, front and rear bumpers, and the shape of the front wings was accordingly different. Inside, there was a new dashboard for the base models, while the top-of-the-range cars had luxuries such as body-coloured bumpers, rear head restraints, a radio-cassette, hubcaps, and the ever-present CN1 dashboard, this time in black plastic. This model was not to stay in production for very long; in 1995 the CN3 type was introduced on the European market, followed by the Latin American market in 1996. Practically the only differences were those of trim level and the radiator grille.

Dacia Super Nova

Dacia Nova and Dacia SupeRNova share the same body

From late 1994 little attention was paid to the improvement of the 1310 range, as Dacia launched a new model, the Dacia Nova. This was a saloon or hatchback with a three-box design. The design was rather outdated, because development work had started in 1983. Urban myth in Romania suggests that it was a version of the Renault 11 or the Peugeot 309; this is incorrect, as the Nova is a 100% Romanian design, started after the end of any French involvement in Dacia. The model was initially unpopular, due to reliability and rustproofing issues, one rumour suggesting that when it rained outside, it also rained inside. However, after improvements in 1996, the Nova became more often seen on Romanian roads. In 1998 a seven-seater prototype was produced using the panels and windows from the standard Nova saloon.

Dacia 1410

2000 Dacia 1410 (CN4)

In 1998, the anniversary year of three decades of production since the first Dacia rolled off the assembly line, vehicle number 2,000,000 emerged from the plant; this year saw the last restyling of the 1310. It was known as CN4 and involved a comprehensive restyling of the front end, as well as new door handles and a lightly restyled rear view mirror. The estate version was fitted with larger tail lights. The load-carrying models followed suit in 1999. It must be stressed that, even though the model was over thirty years old, it still sold exceptionally well due to a starting price of about 4200 Euros and high availability of parts. "Goodies" such as a fuel-injection also helped keep the model relatively modern.

In 2000, a special edition was produced for the first time; it was known as Dacia Dedicaţie.[7] This luxury version of the saloon and estate had alloy wheels, body-coloured bumpers, power steering, electric windows, and a far better level of finish. The models were all painted two-tone silver, and sold at a significantly higher price. From 2002, also, the cars became known as Berlina[8] and Break,[9] with the 1310 lettering being relegated to an insignificant position underneath the side light.[10]

On 21 July 2004 the last models of the 1300 series rolled out the gates of the Mioveni production facility, just one month before their 35th anniversary. The very last Dacia 1310 (saloon version), number 1,979,730, will be kept in the Dacia museum.

Dacia Pick-Up Double Cab

On 8 December 2006, the utility Dacia Pick-Up suffered the same fate. Although many improvements had been made in recent years, such as four-wheel drive, the introduction of a 1.9 diesel engine, the dashboard from the Dacia Solenza (also seen on the very last 1310s) and wheels fastened by five studs as opposed the archaic three, Romania's entry in the European Union effectively prevented the continued production of the old models. The assembly lines will be remodelled and expanded to increase production of the Dacia Logan.

In over thirty-four years of production, and more than 2.5 million units produced, the Dacia 1300/1310 easily became the most common car on Romanian roads. Almost everybody owned one and became adept at carrying out repairs or home-made modifications. For example, many older cars had newer front ends grafted onto them to make them seem more modern, or purely because newer parts were easier to get. Consequently, original early 1300s are quite rare, with prices steadily increasing for the best-preserved models. Tuning of Dacias is also a popular pastime, although the home-made nature of much of the work casts doubt on the level of quality, safety and reliability of the finished product.

During the Communist era, in the plant where Dacias were made, there were two assembly lines: one line producing Dacias intended for sale in Romania and the other line producing the same car (albeit from superior parts, and assembled with greater care) for export. Romanians living near the border would commonly purchase their Dacia in neighbouring countries expecting a higher level of quality.

Acquisition by RenaultEdit

Meanwhile, work was continuing on the other Dacia models. In September 1999, Dacia was bought by the Renault group, with a view to making Romania its hub of automobile development in both Central Europe and Eastern Europe, and investment was consequently increased. The first sign of this came in 2000, with the introduction of the SupeRNova, an improved version of the Nova with engine and transmission from Renault. The top-of-the range version had air conditioning, electric windows, and a CD player. Sales were very good, although the outdatedness of the concept was striking. Dacia sold 53,000 vehicles in 2002, and it holds an almost 50 per cent market share in Romania. In 2003, a restyled version replaced the SupeRNova with Dacia Solenza, featuring a new interior, the options for an airbag. This was, however, only meant to be a stopgap model filling the need for a saloon model before the introduction of the all-important Dacia Logan, as well as to familiarise workers with the demands of manufacturing a model acceptable to Western European markets. Production was stopped in 2005.

Logan projectEdit

Dacia Logan front 20071025

2007 Dacia Logan MCV

Dacia Sandero 1.5 dCi

The Logan is the most successful model since the original 1300. It was introduced after considerable media interest in August 2004, and despite design-related criticism, it became one of the top-selling cars in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as Russia. The Logan is sold in a large number of countries, occasionally under the Renault brand. It was awarded 3 (out of 5) stars in NCAP crash testing.[11] It is by far the best-selling car in Romania, with a market share of 27% in February 2008.[12] A diesel version was also introduced in 2005. Before its launch, it was known as the 5000-Euro car due to its projected launch price. This was never quite the case, although it is one of the cheapest cars for its size on the market.

In 2006, the prototype Logan Steppe was exhibited. This shows a speculative 4x4 estate version of the Logan. The estate version was launched in late 2006. The van, basically an estate with the rear windows filled in and a separate cabin for the driver, was launched in February 2007 after the stopping of utility vehicle production (Dacia Pick-Up).

Dacia Duster Ambiance 1.6 16V 4x2 Artiksweiß

Dacia Duster

A pick-up model and the Logan-based hatchback, Sandero were launched in 2008. Dacia has chosen the 2008 Geneva Motor Show to unveil a five-door hatchback: Sandero.[13]

In 2009 a new concept called Duster was unveiled at Geneva Motor Show.

The Dacia Duster, is the second crossover SUV built by Dacia (after the collaboration at ARO 10) both in 4x2 and 4x4 versions. Officially revealed on 8 December 2009, it became available in Europe from 18 March 2010.[14]

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Dacia Pick-Up  ? 21,165 11,733 - - - -
Dacia Solenza 31,431 8,354 - - - - -
Dacia Logan 20,274 134,887 184,975 230,473 218,666 158,251 127,164
Dacia Sandero - - - - 38,928 151,206 154,559
Dacia Duster - - - - - - 67,000
Total +51,705 164,406 196,708 230,473 257,594 309,457 348,723

See Automobile Romanesti for photos
  • Dacia Duster, 2009
  • Dacia Braşovia coupè (prototype only), 1980
  • Mini-Dacia prototype of an economy car made from cut-down Dacia 1310 panels, and easily changeable from hatchback to pick-up to convertible according to removable panels, (prototype only) 1980s
  • Dacia Jumbo Highrise van (prototype only), 1990
  • Dacia Nova Minivan (prototype only), 1998
  • Several prototypes of the 1310 with diesel, LPG, or smaller engines, throughout the model history
  • Dacia Star (prototype only), 1991
  • Dacia 1310 convertible (three produced), 1987
  • Dacia 1306 (saloon-derived pick-up, very small series), 1994/5
  • Dacia 1310 Break Limousine (stretched estate with seven seats, several produced in normal-roofed and high-roofed variants), late 1980s
  • Dacia D33 (prototype made by IDEA design house in Turin, one model), 1997
  • Dacia 1310 4x4 / Aro 12 (estate-derived 4x4, very small series, late 1980s)

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  3. "Automobile Dacia Official Site". Dacia Group. Retrieved on 2010-10-12.
  4. "Jos Palaria pentru cel mai mare exportator roman - uzinele Dacia!" (in Romanian). PRO TV (2009-07-28). Retrieved on 2009-09-04.
  5. "Background". Retrieved on 2010-12-06.
  6. The history of Dacia Sport (Romanian)
  7. "Dacia Dedicaţie". DaciaClub. Retrieved on 2010-10-14.
  8. "Dacia Berlina rear view". 4Tuning. Retrieved on 2010-11-26. Note the "DACIA Berlina" writing.
  9. "Dacia Break rear view". 4Tuning. Retrieved on 2010-11-26. Note the "DACIA Break" writing.
  10. "Dacia Berlina side view". 4Tuning. Retrieved on 2010-11-26. Note the small "1310" writing underneath the side light.
  11. "For safer cars | Dacia Logan". Euro NCAP. Retrieved on 2010-02-20.
  12. "Dacia Logan, cea mai vanduta masina din Romania in februarie". Retrieved on 2010-02-20.
  13. "2008 Dacia Sandero". Taume News. Retrieved on 2008-03-05.
  14. "Dacia Launches its Off-Roader Dacia Duster at 2010 Geneva Motor Show". (2 March 2010). Retrieved on 2010-03-02.
  15. "Sales". Dacia Group. Retrieved on 2010-10-03.
  16. "2010 Geneva Motor Show - Dacia Duster, the low-emission off-roader from 11,900 euros". (2 March 2010). Retrieved on 2010-03-02.
  17. "Sales". BestSellingCars. Retrieved on 2011-04-21.

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