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2019 AFL New Zealand Heritage Team
The AFL New Zealand Heritage Team has been selected for 2019, showing the depth of involvement New Zealanders have in AFL at the highest level.
The 2019 Heritage team boasts an exciting mix of established AFL stars such as Max Gawn from the Melbourne Football Club, Richmond Tigers star Dustin Martin, youthful talent and home grown New Zealand players.
Shane Savage, who has been selected in all seven Heritage teams believes a team representing the land of the silver fern is “not out of the question”. “One day down the track. There is a lot more work to do now. If the AFL can keep doing what it’s doing and gain more awareness with the people then it’s definitely a possibility,” Savage said.
To meet the criteria to be selected in the AFLNZ heritage team, each player must either have been born in New Zealand or have New Zealand parentage.
The 2019 team consists of 16 players currently playing in the AFL week in, week out for their clubs.
The development programmes run by AFL New Zealand have a vision of AFL as a New Zealand sport. At every level of the game, from teaching schoolchildren the fundamentals through the AFL KiwiKick programme, to high performance training for athletes looking for a pathway in sport, to regional leagues played around the country, AFL in New Zealand is on a roll. The introduction of the AFLNZ Youth Competition in 2015 was a major success in placing High School aged students on the pathway to AFL.
This is great news for the future of the sport in both countries. New Zealanders moving to Australia will have an understanding and enjoyment of the game, and Australian clubs will have a bigger pool of talented players to select from. The New Zealand Heritage Team is a reflection of the strong links that already exist between the two countries. A passion for AFL is one of those links that is growing stronger every year.
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February 2, 2009 by: Bargain Babe
The end of mall love?
For 50 years Americans have been shopping at malls, but in these troubled times many are re-thinking their relationship to spending centers, says a story in the Sunday NY Times business section.
“Fiscal health isn’t possible until money is again sloshing into cash registers,” the story says. “In other words, shopping was part of the problem and now it’s part of the cure. And once we’re cured, economists report, we really need to learn how to save, which suggests that we will need to quit shopping again.”
Reporter David Segal, who wrote the story, goes to the behemoth Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn. to meet a young couple that gets married in the mall’s chapel, to talk to shoppers who brag about the prices they paid, and hear stories from retailers burdened by waves of returns and stingy customers.
The story is told through Americans’ love-hate relationship with the mall. “If we were actually in couples therapy with the mall, we’d have to confess to something: We have changed, not the mall. The economic crisis has caused shoppers to go into an essentials-only mode. But the mall has never trafficked in essentials.”
How does a mall survive when its bread and butter is vanilla-scented candles, buttered lobster bites, and virtual submarine rides? Read the whole story.
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Causes and Symptoms: One of the most insidious disorders of the metabolism, diabetes is a serious condition if it is not properly diagnosed and treated in the earlier stages. It is one of the hereditary disorders which run in the families and people with a defective diet and sedentary habits are more susceptible to it than others.
Diabetes is of two types: (i) diabetes insipidus; and (ii) diabetes mellitus. The first is characterised by excessive thirst and large volume of urine which has a low specific gravity, but which contains no abnormal constituents. Its cause is the lack or dimunition of the anti-diuretic hormone manufactured by the pituitary gland.
But the more common disorder is diabetes mellitus. A constitutional disorder, it is caused by the malfunctioning of the pancreas which produces insulin. Insulin, which is now being manufactured chemically, is the agent which helps assimilate sugar into the system when the pancreas stops its function or slows down, no insulin is injected into the system with the result that the sugar does not get assimilated and remains in the blood or is ejected through the urine of the sufferer.
The first symptoms of diabetes are failure of strength and loss of weight. The amount of urine increases to thrice its normal quantity. A troublesome symptom is the intense thirst to quench which the patient drinks more water and passes more and more urine, leading to the loss of sugar which should have been assimilated into the system. There is also a voracious appetite, but in spite of hearty meals the sufferer goes on losing strength and weight. The lack of absorption of sugar leaves the tissues weak and skin eruptions appear. There is an intense itch in the groins and also eczema. Sometimes, there is a tendency towards gangrene in the feet and any injury sustained by the patient is difficult to heal.
Diabetes, generally, advances slowly and unless the sufferer is very perceptive, it may remain undiagnosed for some time. In young people, unfortunately, the course of the disease is very swift. The younger the patient, the more swift is the onset of the malady. The advance of the disease brings along other disorders like dimness of vision, cataract, weakness and pain in the limbs, inflammatory chest infections, of which pulmonary tuberculosis is the most serious, and extreme exhaustion.
Diabetes is a disease in the cure of which diet plays more important a part than drugs. It is vital, therefore, that after the disease has been diagnosed and its severity estimated from an examination of blood and urine, the diet of the patient should be controlled. All sugary substances and those containing any percentage of carbohydrates should be banned. Sugar in any form, rice, potatoes, sweet fruits (except Rose Apple or Jamun) should be given up. Fat intake should be reduced. Vegetables like Karela (Bitter Gourd), Drumstick and Bimbi are particularly recommended. Recent researches by a team of British doctors have confirmed the anti-diabetic properties of Bitter Gourd which has been recommended by practitioners of Ayurveda in India for past many thousands of years. An age-old nostrum of taking two tender leaves of neem and Bilva each on an empty stomach in the morning has been found helpful in reducing the amount of sugar in the blood.
The second step before medication starts for a diabetic is to control the amount of food that he takes. If he is obese, a strict regimen of diet should be initiated to bring down his body weight. Juiced of the leaves of the Bitter Gourd creeper and its fruit should be administered in dose of one ounce twice daily. The seeds of Karela can be added to food in a powdered form.
Remedies: The other home remedies useful in cases of diabetes are: Seven leaves of Kanduri should be ground with seven grains of Pepper, strained and drunk. Or, one tola of Sankhaholi should be ground with seven grains of Pepper strained and drunk to reduce the amount of blood sugar. Another useful remedy is two tolas of the kernel of the stone of jamun and two tolas of the rind of poppy Capsule ground together and taken in three masha doses with whey or water in the morning and evening. Alternatively, four mashas of the dried powder of Kanghi Booti (Mellow) taken twice with Whey also helps control the amount of sugar in the blood. Six mashas of powder of dried Gilo and dried leaves of Jamun taken in equal quantities also helps.
Regimen: A yogic exercise Matsyendraasana is particularly recommended for diabetics. Diabetics should be careful to avoid injuries because the wounds have a tendency to take a long time to heal.
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April 16, 2009 By David Dickinson 1 Comment
Astronomy is often a solitary, contemplative activity. Sure, our passion for the night sky can have some communal facets, such as star parties and the like, but ultimately, we all find ourselves at one time or another alone under the skies. I believe this type of outward reflection is vital to a well rounded perspective, and necessary in today’s fast paced world. For this reason some astronomers I know abhor the idea of bringing any background music at all into the field, preferring instead to let the “music of the spheres” do the talking.
Others like the enhancement that music can bring for the very same reason. We here at Astroguyz would contend that you can indeed have both, at one time or another. Of course, music, like politics and bad movies, is very much a matter of taste; we probably wouldn’t blast Metallica at a busy star party or at a crowded campground. Still, when astronomy takes you out to the remote wilds, you can convince yourself that you’re the only soul in the universe. Music can add another dimension to that. Don’t worry, we won’t rehash the tired old choices of 2001: A Space Odyssey, or Dark Side of the Moon; our intent is to reveal some progressive, hidden musical gems to stargaze by. Nor will we jump on the “What’s on our Ipod” bandwagon. Of course, classical music is always a natural choice, and could well be a post of its own.
What follows is a short list of some of our star gazing faves (play list tested in the field!) that are worth digging up;
Björk: Icelandic diva Björk Guðmundsdóttir has a voice and arcane style of her own. I have fond memories of watching a circumpolar Hale-Bopp from my apartment living room window in North Pole, Alaska, lights out and Björk playing in the background. Any of her albums are good, but I would especially recommend Telegram, which is her effort at her earlier album, Post, re-envisioned.
Nine Inch Nails: Say what? That earache of a group my teenager melted his brain on in the ‘90′s? Believe it or not, a careful selection of NIN can prove to be very spacey in an ominous sort of way. Give the album The Downward Spiral a listen through.
Evanescence :Very haunting music, to say the least. Play the first two albums the next time you’re out in the field. Your kids will be amazed that you could be so hip…can their minds successfully contain both concepts at once?
Pink Floyd: OK, I know we said we wouldn’t be predictable. But did you know that there’s more to Pink Floyd than Dark Side of the Moon? Wish You Were Here, Animals, and UmmaGumma are all suitably cosmic. Of honorable note is Echoes, a 20 minute plus opus which once occupied the entire flip side of the LP (remember actual records?) Meddle back in days of yore.
Rush: Every techno geek was first exposed to rock via Canadian icons Rush. The early to middle era prog-rock albums are the most suited to astronomy; start at Caress of Steel & 2112 and work your way forward to about Power Windows. Of special note: Cygnus X-1 off of A Farewell to Kings.
Tool: Progressive Metal lives! Tool is a thinking man’s metal. I’ve heard them blasting from the car stereo of more than one amateur astronomer… their companion band, A Perfect Circle, is of the same vein. Triad off of Lateralus is classic Tool.
Sonic Youth: Ultra-hip New York City rockers Sonic Youth are also given to producing a soaring, 20 minute opus or two. Again, mix all of their trippiest stuff for best results. Sonic Youth can range from extremely melodic to radical dissonance, so consider yourself warned. Some highlights are; The Diamond Sea (off of Washing Machine) and the entire albums of Sonic Nurse and the Destroyed Room. Real Mars Volta stuff. Listen if you dare!
Gregorian chant: Are your ears bleeding yet? Some Gregorian chant would definitely sooth the cosmic soul. The first album by the Benedictine monks of Santo Domingo de Silos is a definite star gazing staple.
Star Wars Soundtracks: So hokey, they’re just plain fun! People sometimes forget that the music really made the films… Darth Vader’s movement from the Empire Strikes Back is one of our faves. Lucas wisely stuck with John Williams to score the prequels, as well!
Apocalyptica: A Finnish cello quartet, this foursome moved from covering Metallica tunes on their first album to their own full length originals. And your kids thought cellos weren’t cool!
Requiem for the Americas: I bought this largely unknown album way back in the early 90′s, and its periodically made it on my stargazing play list ever since! Worth digging up in used music stores or Amazon, it features tributes to Native American culture from, among others, Suzanna Hoffs, Jim Morrison, and more!
Hamza El Adin: One of the few Arabic albums in our stash that isn’t kiosk dance music. Hamza is the master of the Oud. The music is as forlorn and spare as the desert…a perfect accompaniment for a night of astro-imaging!
Johnny Cash: One of the country western greats. Johnny makes the cut because of the expansiveness of his work. The poetry of his music sings true to the soul. I was especially glad that Rick Rubin managed to get American Recordings I-V out of him right before he passed on. Hey, Johnny even does a NIN song!
Hendrix: Of course, everyone knows that Hendrix was an alien anyway. Were else could he have come up with such out of this world riffs? Electric Ladyland was one of his best.
The Doors: I almost forgot one of the quintessential best; every teenager diagnosed with angst goes through a Jim Morrison phase. I listened to nothing but the Doors all of 1992. Ok, at 24, I was a late bloomer. But The End off of the self titled first album is a great star gazing tune!
…And the number one thing NOT to play at any astronomical gathering? How about the aptly named Spaced Out, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy’s ill fated journey into musical career-dom? This also works well to keep your house free of vermin!
So there you have it; feel free to experiment with these tunes on your next run out, and mention any of your own. Of course, some of you may prefer to simply observe in silence; we do the same from time to time. We promise not to park next to you in the dark and blast out Tool. But if used properly, we feel music can sometimes enhance the viewing experience. And hey, it’s better than listening to WWV time signal broadcast into the wee hours!
Tool + A Rising Moon…
Filed Under: Astronomy: a Philosophy, Observational Astronomy Tagged With: astronomy, bjork, music, observing, pink floyd, rush, the doors, tool, tunes
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Imagining Our Digital Futures: MUTEK_IMG 2019—August 20-22
Douglas Rushkoff Delivers Opening Keynote; Extraordinary A/V Artist Presentations; New Festival Headquarters Les 7 Doigts
The 5th edition of MUTEK_IMG, the festival’s professional forum on current practices in digital creation is thrilled to announce its 3 days of discursive activities and workshops will take place at the newly christened, multi-room venue Les 7 Doigts. A storied complex once occupied by the Just For Laughs Museum, the Cabaret performance hall, and back in 2003 the 4th edition of MUTEK—it has been reborn as a creation and production centre for Les Studios des 7 Doigts collective and configured into various research and state-of-the-art spaces.
Fueled by a wide variety of partners; private and public, local and international, forum programming reflects expertise that cuts a wide path through technological innovations and contemporary artistic practices. Covering mixed realities, artificial intelligence, and new iterations in audiovisual spectacle—from theory, to creative applications—the first contours of the conference program promise a stimulating range of fantastical and pragmatic contents.
Opening Keynote by Douglas Rushkoff
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Named one of the world’s 10 most influential intellectuals by MIT, acclaimed author, broadcaster and academic Douglas Rushkoff opens the conference with his recent manifesto based on his latest book Team Human, which examines the anti-human agenda embedded in our markets and technologies. A leading voice for applying digital media toward social and economic justice he proposes strategies for crafting humanity’s best future.
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As with previous editions of Forum IMG, HOLO Magazine/CreativeApplications.Net will curate discussions and workshops injected with a healthy dose of criticality into the program, focused on topics with sweeping ethical and social implications. Revelatory work involving Montréal’s Jason Edward Lewis and Suzanne Kite (Initiative for Indigenous Futures - Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace) considers Indigenous epistemologies applied to new technologies, in particular artificial intelligence. British artists Bill Posters (aka Barnaby Francis) and Daniel C. Howe open space for interrogating computational forms of propaganda and what they call the wider digital influence industry. They present Spectre, an interactive installation that invites audiences to “pray at the altar of dataism”. The artists were just announced as winners of Sheffield Doc/Fest’s Alternate Realities Commission, supported by Arts Council England, Site Gallery, the British Council, and MUTEK.
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Even more artists whose work travels the cutting-edges of audiovisual creation confirmed to present their visionary projects include: German A/V artist Robert Henke, who will share his inventive, often bespoke art practice; Lawrence Lek (appearing in partnership with the William Dawson Scholar of Cinema and Media History/McGill), whose recent virtual realities and simulations take on narrative forms that explore Sino-futurist worlds and alien AIs; and Iranian composer and filmmaker Ash Koosha who created the world’s first virtual reality album in 2015, and has since continued to employ algorithms and custom software, notably in his new holographic AI live performance YONA. Presented with support from the Consulate General of France in Québec, veteran audiovisualist Joanie Lemercier has been investigating all manner of installation, projection and screen work over his illustrious career and will be joined by long-time producer and curator Juliette Bibasse.
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The familiar VR Salon becomes XR Salon inside this edition of Forum IMG, reflecting the full spectrum of mixed realities. Taking place under the banner of Common Codes, it will link with the freshly founded Québec/Canada XR initiative, a project by Xn Québec, MUTEK, the Phi Centre, Montréal Festival du nouveau cinéma (FNC), and the Montréal International Documentary Festival (RIDM), with support by the Government of Québec and the Canada Council for the Arts. This network of actors also joins the AFXR - Association francophone de XR, based in Paris.
This year also underlines one of the forum’s integral missions: to build bridges between the fields of education and research—and practitioners of digital arts and industry. Tapping into the rich milieu of local academic institutions, Forum IMG connects with the internationally engaged Hexagram network, dedicated to research-creation in the fields of media arts, design, technology and digital culture—as well as SYNTHÈSE - Pôle Image Québec, an initiative of Québec’s ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur (MEES), in order to integrate university content and facilitate access for students.
Long-time collaborators of the festival, Toronto-based company Derivative, creators of the visual design tool TouchDesigner, hold their own Summit in Montréal the weekend preceding Forum IMG, creating a dovetailing opportunity for those interested in attending both. Summit participants will have access to preferential prices on the IMG and Festival Passports, more information will be available at the TD Summit box office in early May.
And there’s still much more to come!
The IMG Passport, IMG Conference Pass, and combined IMG + Festival Passport are currently available through the MUTEK box office at Early Bird prices for a limited time.
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KUT's O’Dark 30 features the very best from the world of independent radio that we can find here on PRX and elsewhere. Sunday nights at 10 on Austin's KUT 90.5 we present 3 hours of a bit of everything from the big wide world of independent radio production.
Episode 180 (4-24) includes Clever Apes: Breaking the fossil record...Five Second Rule...Stories of Transformation...99% Invisible #65- Razzle Dazzle (Director's Cut)...The Mikie Show #49, Sheril...WTF Episode 204 with Todd Hanson...My First Travel Partner...Letter to My Mom: You Haven't Lost Me
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Clever Apes: Breaking the fossil record
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In this installment, Gabriel Spitzer discovers how an ancient specimen might rewrite prehistory, and maybe medical books, too.
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Dinosaurs loom large in our imaginations not just because they were in fact enormous, but also they are so ridiculously old. There has always been a big, impenetrable curtain separating us from prehistoric life. Sure, we have some ancient bones, but those had long since turned to stone. Any actual tissue, the stuff of flesh-and-blood creatures, is irrevocably lost, lasting only a few tens of thousands of years in most cases. Maybe a few stray organic molecules could persist for a few million if, say, they were frozen deep within primeval ice.
So, needless to say, it came as something of a shock when Mary Schweitzer discovered that she had some 68-million-year-old dinosaur tissue on her hands.
The find was and is controversial. Many scientists are skeptical or outright dismissive of the idea that tissue could have persisted inside the partially fossilized thigh bone of a T. rex. But since then Schweitzer and her collaborators have gradually built up evidence that the find is real. And most recently, Joseph Orgel of the Illinois Institute of Technology has begun to understand how mummified dino-flesh could possibly have survived a thousand times longer than was thought possible.
Orgel used x-ray diffraction, a kind of molecular imaging technique, to understand how the dinosaur tissue is structured in detail. The particular stuff they have in hand is collagen, a material found in our bones, tendons, blood vessels and skin. It is itself a hardy molecule, and Orgel found that the protein sequences preserved in their fossils came from the innermost, protected part of the collagen fiber. So it’s possible that collagen’s tough, ropelike structure preserved a tender bit of dinosaur jerky inside.
Keep in mind, this is not DNA. We will not be cloning Barney from this stuff. But understanding how these proteins can be shielded from decay for so long could hold practical lessons for modern medicine. If you’re repairing, say, a bone or cartilage, you might be able to leverage or mimic nature’s ability to make durable organic materials that don’t degrade, in effect, forever.
Also in today’s episode, we consider another example of design inspired by biology. Dr. Phillip Messersmith’s muse is the blue mussel – a bivalve that secretes a unique adhesive to stick itself to rocks or boat hulls or wherever it feels like sticking. This stuff turns out to have some key qualities that a surgeon would envy. It starts as a liquid and solidifies quickly, it functions well under water and it’s sticky as hell.
That’s a big advantage over the medical glues out there that doctors use to attach or repair tissues. The safest ones are too weak. The strongest ones (basically, super glue) are toxic. Messersmith and his lab-mates at Northwestern University are using the fundamentals of the mussel glue to design their own version, which they demonstrated for us on some sausage casing.
So someday, maybe they’ll be able to install a dino-inspired bone patch in your body, and lock it down with some mussel glue.
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Five Second Rule
From Ruth Eddy | 02:09
Most of us have heard of the five second rule, but how strictly is it followed and is there any truth to the bacteria defense of time.
Ruth Eddy
Five Second Rule | 02:09
From Atlantic Public Media | Part of the The Transom Radio Specials series | 54:00
Two audio diaries: a street kid who decides to wise-up and a person born in the wrong body
Atlantic Public Media
Two people talk about their own personal transformation. Finding Miles is the story of a person named Megan who began a slow and difficult transition into manhood. Running from Myself is the story of of boy who used to rob people and decided to stop.
Stories of Transformation | 54:00
99% Invisible #65- Razzle Dazzle (Director's Cut)
From Roman Mars | Part of the 99% Invisible (Director's Cut) series | 10:15
This is probably not what you think of when you think of camouflage.
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Becoming invisible with your surroundings is only one type of camouflage. Camofleurs call this high similarity or blending camouflage. But camouflage can also take the opposite approach.
Think about zebras: it's hypothesized that their stripes make it difficult for a predator to distinguish one from another when the zebras are in a large herd. The stripes also might make zebras less attractive to blood sucking horseflies. This is called disruptive camouflage.
When it comes to humans, the greatest, most jaw-droppingly spectacular application of disruptive camouflage was called Dazzle.
Dazzle painting emerged in the 1910s as design solution to a very dire problem: American and British ships were being sunk left and right by German U-Boats. England needed to import supplies to fight the Central Powers, and these ships were sitting ducks in the Atlantic Ocean. They needed a way to fend of the torpedoes.
Conventional high-similarity camouflage just doesn't work in the open sea. Conditions like the color of the sky, cloud cover, and wave height change all the time, not to mention the fact that there's no way to hid all the smoke left by the ships' smoke stacks.
The strategy of this high-difference, dazzle camouflage was not about invisibility. It was about disruption. Confusion.
Torpedoes in the Great War could only be fired line-of-sight, so instead of firing at where they saw the ship was at that moment, torpedo gunners would have to chart out where the ship would be by the time the torpedo got there. They had to determine the target ship's speed and direction with just a brief look through the periscope.
The torpedo gunner's margin of error for hitting a ship was quite low. Dazzle painting could throw off an experienced submariner by as much as 55 degrees.
A journalist at the time referred to these dazzling ships as "a flock of sea-going Easter eggs."
An American "Women's Reserve Camouflage Corps" did some of the painting.
Our expert this week is Roy Behrens, a professor graphic design at the University of Northern Iowa. He's published several books about camouflaue, and also runs the Camoupedia blog.
99% Invisible #65- Razzle Dazzle (Director's Cut) | 10:15
The Mikie Show #49, Sheril
From Michael Carroll | Part of the The Mikie Show series | 28:03
If you click the little play arrow down there you’ll be able to join us as we speak with Sheril Kirshenbaum, author and science writer. Besides being Director of The University of Texas at Austin’s Project on Energy Communication, she has written or co-written three books about science, has given a TED talk and is a science advisor to NPR’s Science Fridays program. I asked her how to boil an egg.
Just kidding. We talk about the future of energy and women in science, many things. Plus, a few more guests come by, but they asked that I don’t reveal their names at this time. And there’s a quiz and some news, all the things you need to know if you know what to need!
A translation of that previous sentence would be appreciated.
The Mikie Show #49, Sheril | 28:03
WTF Episode 204 with Todd Hanson
From WTF with Marc Maron | Part of the WTF with Marc Maron series | 58:59
Marc sits down with Todd Hanson, one of the original writers for The Onion. Todd is responsible for some of the smartest, funniest satire of the past two decades. But something goes unspoken during this conversation, and prompts a second discussion about a major event in Todd’s life.
WTF Episode 204 with Todd Hanson | 58:59
My First Travel Partner
From Travel with Rick Steves | Part of the Mother's Day Features - Travel with Rick Steves series | 05:39
In honor of the first Mother's Day since the death of his own mother last year, the host of the public radio show "Travel with Rick Steves" talks about his first travel partner: His mother.
Travel with Rick Steves
My First Travel Partner | 05:39
Letter to My Mom: You Haven't Lost Me
From Curie Youth Radio | 02:21
A letter from daughter to mom about love, hope, and Chuck E. Cheese
Curie Youth Radio
Curie Youth Radio is a writing and radio production class at Curie High School on Chicago's Southwest side. Here, students create their own stories: fresh takes on everything from snowball fights to gang warfare. They see their stories as a way for teenagers in one Chicago high school to reach out to the rest of the world.
Letter to My Mom: You Haven't Lost Me | 02:21
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MONEY & SPENDING
Banks As a general guide, banks across the city are open for business Monday to Friday 9.30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Some banks in local shopping centres are also open Saturday and Sunday (with varying opening hours).
Automatic teller machines (ATMs) are located throughout the city and will recognise cards issued by most banks.
Credit cards MasterCard, Visa, American Express, and Diners Club are accepted across the city by most outlets with an increasing number accepting China Union Pay.
Currency exchange Licensed money change services are available at the Brisbane Airport and at numerous Bureaux de Change located throughout the city. Most banks also offer currency exchange services.
Notes $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100
Coins 5¢, 10¢, 20¢, 50¢, $1 and $2
Pricing Australian prices occasionally end in a variant of 1¢ or 2¢. Where this occurs, at the cash register the price is rounded to the nearest 5¢ with a cash transaction.
A 10 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST) applies to most purchases and is included in the final price. The Tourist Refund Scheme allows international travellers to claim a GST refund (subject to certain conditions) on some goods purchased in Australia. The refund applies only to items worn or goods taken on board as hand luggage when leaving the country. More information available through the The Tourist Refund Scheme allows international travellers to claim a GST refund (subject to certain conditions) on some goods purchased in Australia. The refund applies only to items worn or goods taken on board as hand luggage when leaving the country. More information available through the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Security.
Tipping is your choice. Hotels and restaurants don’t add a service charge to your bill. It is common to tip up to 10 per cent in upmarket restaurants. It is not custom to bargain in Australia.
Trading hours vary but most shops in tourist and city areas are open seven days until 6pm, with late-night shopping on Thursdays in suburban areas and Fridays in Brisbane City
Brisbane has an ideal subtropical climate and at least eight hours of sun per day. Wear a hat, sunglasses and SPF 30+ sunscreen (which you should re-apply regularly) and drink plenty of water if you’re in the sun all day.
Summer runs from December to February and temperatures range from 21–30˚C. Autumn goes from March to May and temperatures range from 16–26˚C. Winter is from June to August and temperatures range from 10–21˚C and spring is from September to November with temperatures from 16–26˚C
Mains supply in Australia is 220/240 volts AC, 50Hz with three-pin plugs used across the country. The Australian three-pin electrical socket differs from those found in most countries, and international travellers may require an adaptor socket. Standard outlets for 100-volt small appliances can be found in most hotel rooms.
Adaptors can be bought from the Brisbane Visitor Information and Booking Centre in the Queen Street Mall and from all good travel stores, chemists, and department stores.
Post offices are open from 9am–5pm Monday to Friday, with some open on Saturday mornings. Travellers can collect mail at post offices throughout Australia.
If you have a disability, there is a variety of disability services in Brisbane to meet your needs. nican.com.au
During a life-threatening or time-critical emergency contact police, ambulance and/or fire brigade by calling Triple Zero (000). The Triple Zero service is an operator-assisted service that connects callers to the most relevant emergency service organisation (police, fire brigade, or ambulance). Calls to Triple Zero are free and can be made from all telephones (landline, mobile devices, and payphones). When you dial Triple Zero services, the most important thing to remember is to stay focused, stay relevant, and stay on the line. Additionally, mobile users can dial 112 while the 106 emergency number connects to a text-based relay service for people who have a hearing or speech impairment.
Australia has a high-standard healthcare system offering a mix of public and private services. Several public hospitals with accident, emergency, and outpatient services are located close to inner-city Brisbane, while private medical practitioners can be easily located through the Yellow Pages website. Some international travellers will find their country has reciprocal healthcare agreements with Australia. As a general guide, these agreements provide for any ill-health episode requiring prompt medical attention. Comprehensive travel insurance is always recommended.
Smoking is banned in all enclosed places and outdoor public spaces including all bars, restaurants and The City’s Queen Street Mall.
The legal drinking age is 18 and identification is required to enter licensed premises or to purchase alcohol. It is an offence to drink alcohol or possess an opened alcoholic drink in a public place.
With Airtrain's fast and reliable service, delegates can reach Brisbane City in just 20 minutes. The express service runs every 15 minutes from the international and domestic terminals during peak hours stopping at five inner-city stations. Tickets can be purchased online, at the Brisbane Airport customer service counter (domestic terminal) and at Airtrain, city, and suburban train stations. For further information visit the Airtrain website.
Operating seven days a week, Con-X-ion Airport Transfers offers airport travellers a door-to-door bus shuttle service from the airport covering all major city-based accommodation. Con-X-ion services both the international and domestic terminals to meet all flights. Services should be pre-booked. Tickets can be purchased online or through the customer service counters located onsite at the international and domestic terminals. For further information visit the Con-X-ion website.
Brisbane Airport offers a complimentary Inter-terminal Transfer Bus that can transfer delegates between the Domestic and International Terminals.
Various vehicle rental companies, chauffeured cars, and charter services operate in and around Brisbane. Click here to search for a Brisbane transport operator.
Want to know the easiest way to get around town? Pick up a TransLink go card to travel seamlessly on bus, rail and ferry services across South East Queensland. They are available from Queensland Rail stations, over the phone or selected retailers. 13 12 30 | gocard.translink.com.au
The free City Loop and Spring Hill Loop bus services circle the city every 10 minutes, stopping at various locations in the CBD and Spring Hill precincts between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. weekdays. The CityHopper ferry service is also free and it travels along the river from North Quay to Sydney Street, New Farm.
CityCats glide along the Brisbane River and are perfect for sightseeing and to access key city spots. Buy your tickets on board, at newsagents or selected retailers, or use your go card.
A comprehensive bus service runs throughout the city, connecting the outer and inner suburbs, major shopping centres, railway stations and ferry terminals. Take advantage of special NightLink services run until late on Fridays and Saturdays. Plan your trip now on TRANSLink’s journey planner or call 13 12 30.
Brisbane’s train network provides direct access from Greater Brisbane region covered and provides direct access to the city, quirky neighbourhood precincts, and outer suburbs. The Airtrain service is completely integrated into the Queensland Rail suburban network, with regular trains running from Brisbane Airport directly to Brisbane City and the Gold Coast. Travel on a single ticket from any station in southeast Queensland to Brisbane Airport. Click here to search for a train or call 13 12 30.
Taxi ranks are located throughout the city and at the domestic and international airports. A standard taxi will cater for four passengers or less. For wheel-chair access or to transport five to 10 passengers, it’s best to order a multi-passenger taxi. There are two taxi providers: Black and White Cabs | 13 32 22 or Yellow Cabs | 13 19 24
Uber is a fast way to get around, ordered through the Uber App, for more information or to sign up go to https://www.uber.com/en-AU/cities/brisbane/
If you wish to drive in Australia you must hold a valid international driving permit and the licence issued in the country you live in. Please note Australians drive on the left side of two-way roads.
Make the most of Brisbane’s wonderful outdoor climate by biking around town. There is an extensive network of cycle paths throughout Brisbane offering a healthy and inexpensive way of getting around.. You can hire a Brisbane City Council CityCycle bike at inner-city destinations. 1300 229 253 | citycycle.com.au
English is the official language of Australia but many foreign languages are used by local communities, including Arabic, Italian, Greek, Vietnamese, and Chinese dialects. Translation and interpreter services can be accessed 24 hours a day by calling 13 14 50.
PASSPORTS & VISA
All international travellers must present a valid and approved travel document (generally a passport) as evidence of their identity and nationality to allow entry into Australia. In addition, all international travellers (with the exception of most New Zealand passport holders) must also obtain a valid visa before travelling to Australia.
As a general guide, travellers are encouraged to apply for their Australian visa well in advance of their planned departure date.
Visit the Australian Government Department of Immigration and Border Protection website for further information: http://www.border.gov.au/
A population of 2.2 million calls Brisbane home, making it the third-largest city in Australia, with a median age of 35, and more than a quarter of Brisbane residents born overseas.
THINGS TO DO IN BRISBANE
Brisbane’s abuzz with creative ways to spend your days. Get to know where the locals eat, drink and play in the inner-city and nearby urban villages. Soak up our subtropical climate, explore the river, parks and outdoor spaces, or delve into a calendar of internationally acclaimed arts, cultural and sporting events. It’s a great place to entertain the kids, or spend time without them! You’ll discover some of the best restaurants in the country as well as a vibrant live music, contemporary art and gallery scene. You can mix with the locals at weekend markets, shop for international brands and cutting-edge local designer fashion, or scour antique shops for just the right memento of your stay. Whatever your pleasure, Brisbane will inspire. Click here for more information.
Common country codes
0011 + 852
0011 + 1
Directory assistance: 1223
Emergency calls in Australia: 000
Brisbane operates on Australian Eastern Standard Time: GMT +10 hours. Daylight savings times do not apply in Queensland.
Stop by for local advice on what’s on, what to see and where to stay. Use the free booking service to purchase discounted tickets to a variety of tourist attractions, book accommodation and tours in Brisbane and beyond, plus find out information about events happening around Brisbane.
Brisbane Visitor Information Centre
Regent Theatre, 167 Queen Street Mall
Mon–Thu 9am–5.30pm, Fri 9am–7pm,
Sat 9am–5pm, Sun 10am–5pm
E: visit@brisbanemarketing.com.au
South Bank Visitor Information Centre
South Bank Parklands,
Stanley Street Plaza | 07 3156 6366
E: vicsouthbank@brisbanemarketing.com.au
Mon–Sun 9am–5pm
Brisbane Airport Ambassadors & Visitor Information
Visitor Information centres are also located at the Brisbane Airport in the arrivals hall of the international terminal and on the ground floor of the domestic terminal. Both centres offer a range of information and booking services for travellers.
International Terminal: Open for all arriving and departing flights.
Domestic Terminal: Lost Property: Monday to Friday from 9:00am - 2:00pm
Brisbane Airport Ambassadors: Monday to Sunday from 7:00am - 2:45pm
For more information on where to eat, drink, shop, play, and stay in Brisbane, go to www.visitbrisbane.com.au or click here for an insider’s guide to Brisbane
BCEC on Grey Street, the boutique expansion of the Centre’s convention space is one of Australia’s most flexible meeting and events venues. BCEC was recently voted the "Worlds Best Convention Centre" in 2016 from the International Association of Congress Centres (AIPC).
Located in picturesque South Bank, Brisbane’s unique riverside cultural, entertainment and dining precinct in the heart of the city of Brisbane. Set in lush subtropical riverfront parkland, it is a dynamic urban lifestyle and retail precinct that showcases Queensland's art and culture and is home to Brisbane's newest dining destination. Located on a one kilometre stretch of the Brisbane River, South Bank is home to the only sand and swimming beach in the heart of an Australian city. You'll be surprised at the diversity of attractions, with rainforest walks, more than 50 restaurants, cafes and bars, stylish shops, symphony orchestras, state opera companies, performing arts theatres and art culture including Australia's most celebrated Gallery of Modern Art.
Rydges South Bank
Rydges South Bank is ideally situated next door to the Brisbane Convention Centre.
Spacious rooms with one queen bed and large picture window. Many offer views overlooking Mt Coot-tha and the cosmopolitan village of West End. Each room has been recently refurbished and offers Free Wi-Fi; Refrigerator & Minibar; HD LED Television; Work Desk; Tea & Coffee Makin Facilities plus much more.
Room Only $249/night
Next Hotel
NEXT Hotel Brisbane is located in the Queen Street mall, with shopping at the door steps and short walk across to South Bank.
NEXT Hotel’s Standard Queen Rooms are located on floors 5 – 16 with city views. Each room has a DreamWeave Sleep System Queen Bed, Espresso Coffee Machine, Free Wi-Fi, 4 Free Mini Bar items per night, Free local calls, Free NEXT Lounge access. All NEXT Hotel’s Standard Queen Rooms have a 48′ TV.
Mercure Brisbane
Set in the heart of Brisbane CBD, Mercure Brisbane is among the leading hotels for business and holiday travel in the bustling capital of Queensland. It is a short 15 minute work across the river to the Convention Centre.
City View Room
Spacious rooms with one queen bed (twin available) with stunning City Views. Each room offers Refrigerator & Minibar; Television with internet access; High speed wired/wireless internet access; Te and coffee making facilities plus much more.
Ibis Brisbane
Ibis Brisbane is conveniently located in the city center, within easy walking distance of the Queen Street Mall shopping precinct, Treasury Casino, South Bank Parklands, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Queensland Performing Arts Centre and Roma Street Transit Centre.
Equipped with the new Sweet Bed by ibis bedding, the generous sized rooms offer everything you need for a comfortable stay: queen size beds, large desk area, internet, LCD TV. No rollaway. Twin Rooms are also available.
Mantra South Bank
Mantra South Bank is located on the southern bank of the Brisbane River and is right in the middle of everything you come to Brisbane for. Mantra South Bank is adjacent to the Brisbane Convention Centre.
Your gallery style kitchenette features sleek granite bench tops and gives you the convenience of a microwave and sink. Keep in touch with in-room internet access and direct dial ISDN phone. The Studio Apartment will suit your needs perfectly with mini bar, climate controlled air-conditioning and in-house movies.
The One Bedroom Apartments feature modern furnishings and boast spacious living areas to relax in. These apartments are air-conditioned and self-contained with a full kitchen, private balcony, internet access and LCD TV. There is one King or one Queen and two Single beds, a Sofa bed is available by request.
If there's a few of you, we recommend Mantra South Bank's Two Bedroom Apartments with full kitchen featuring cook-top, microwave, refrigerator, dishwasher, stainless steel appliances and an additional touch of glamour with stylish stone bench tops.Relax in the modern and spacious surrounds with room to spread out and take it easy. Your private balcony is a great place for a pre-dinner drink. Inside you'll be most comfortable with two bathrooms, climate controlled air-conditioning, in-house movies, laundry facilities, Wi-Fi internet access, mini bar, and CD system.
Oaks Casino Towers
Occupying a coveted position opposite the Treasury Casino lies the 4.5 star Oaks Casino Towers, one of Brisbane’s most sought after hotels, offering a unique combination of luxury, serviced apartment accommodation and stellar leisure facilities. Oaks Casino Towers is perfectly complemented by a central CBD location on George Street. Standing at a statuesque 39 levels, Oaks Casino Towers fuses stylishly appointed 1 and 2 bedroom apartments with sleek designs, full kitchens complete with modern appliances, in-room conveniences including Internet access, spacious living and dining areas and sizeable balconies overlooking the city and Brisbane River below. Oaks Casino Towers is a short walk across the Victoria Bridge to the Convention Centre.
The 1 Bedroom Apartment offers a spacious balcony and living area accompanied by a full, European-style kitchen and laundry facilities.
Room Only - $153/night
Featuring modern European style finishes, the 2 Bedroom Apartments offer comfort and convenience with a full kitchen and a spacious balcony.
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Make Holidays (and every day) Brighter
So many holiday memories are created around the dinner table -- sharing and enjoying special meals with friends and family.
Unfortunately, not all Hoosiers are able to afford a nutritious meal this holiday season or throughout the year. One in four Hoosier children is at risk for hunger. "Eating and enjoying good food should not be a right of only those who can afford it," says Amanda Nickey, president and CEO of Mother Hubbard's Cupboard, one of the United Way member agencies striving to eliminate hunger in our community.
United Way member agencies work hard to ensure everyone has sufficient food. At Community Kitchen, staff and volunteers provide meals to children and seniors struggling with hunger. Mother Hubbard's Cupboard sees around 400 new patrons each month, many of whom are working families having trouble making ends meet. At Hoosier Hills Food Bank, volunteers help make sure 3.2 million pounds of food is distributed annually. Vicki Pierce, Executive Director of Community Kitchen says, "We have seen continual increases in the need for food assistance and a decrease in food donations."
This year, please ensure all of our neighbors have access to nutritious food. Consider making a donation to United Way today. You make an impact. Today, tomorrow, and throughout the year.
Bloom Front Page Challenge: Winners Announced!
Local businesses and organizations taking part in Bloom Magazine's Front Page Challenge competition raised more than $42,000 for United Way, our initiatives, and our member agencies. Hats off to all who participated!
Partnering with United Way, Bloom issued a challenge to small, medium, and large local businesses and organizations to see who could raise the most money for United Way initiatives and member agencies.
The prize: The winner in each category would appear on the cover of the December/January Bloom.
So from June - October, businesses and organizations took the challenge, stepped up for their community, and creatively raised money and awareness.
Want to see the winners for yourself? Click Here >>
Happenings on the Campaign Trail
Workplaces throughout Monroe County are choosing to make an impact by hosting their own United Way fundraising campaigns. Thanks to the workplaces below for hosting fun activities to raise awareness about United Way.
IU Credit Union
The IU Credit Union is creating a stronger community with generous corporate and employee contributions! Your donations will help individuals and families meet their basic needs, while continuing to build job and life skills. Thank you to IUCU for making an impact!
A big THANKS to BKD for finishing up a successful United Way fundraising campaign! Thanks for helping to strengthen your community!
Hillard Lyons
Hilliard Lyons' employees made an investment in the community by increasing their contributions 12%. What a great way to support your neighbors!
LIFEDesigns, Inc.
LifeDesigns staff increased their giving 275%! Fun activities like Penny Wars and Jeans for a Cause helped lead to this increase. Thanks to all the great employees -- your contributions help improve our community!
It's easy! Just visit monroeunitedway.org and donate securely via credit card or download a pledge card and return it to our office. You can make a contribution with cash, check, credit card, automatic bank withdrawal, stocks and securities, or can choose to be billed.
Want to see your workplace in our next newsletter? Want to hold a campaign in your workplace? Contact Resource Development Director Lori Garraghty by email or call her at (812) 334-8370.
Forbes Magazine names United Way as one of its charity "All-Stars"
Forbes Magazine has named United Way one of the top five "All-Star" charities in the U.S. We couldn't agree more!
Thanks to our community for partnering, donating, and supporting initiatives that make us all stronger.
Financial Stability is always in season!
United Way team members met with residents at Stepping Stones, one of our member agencies, to talk about holiday saving and spending. We discussed holiday shopping tips, money-saving smartphone apps, and plenty of do-it-yourself gift ideas. Each Stepping Stones resident even made their own magnet board to give a friend as a gift this holiday season! Thanks to Stepping Stones for inviting us!
You help ensure our neighbors have employment support
Cheryl lights up any room she enters.
Her cheerful smile, strong work ethic, and positive attitude deeply touches the officers and staff at the IU Police Department - and earn her a spot as a valuable team member. Working at the IUPD has expanded Cheryl's world, developed her skills, and increased her independence.
A client of Stone Belt Community Employment, Cheryl works three days a week at IUPD shredding, cleaning, and lightening the load of her co-workers. Stone Belt provides educational, residential, employment, and clinical resources to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. This support prepares and empowers clients to experience self-determination while participating fully in the life of the community.
Your Impact: Making Holidays Brighter
Workplace Campaign Update
United Way is Recognized by Forbes Magazine
FSA/Stepping Stones Holiday Savings
Your Impact: Employment Support
Working to improve the lives of community members tomorrow begins with action today. Your donations make an impact. Every day.
Education... Of the high school seniors enrolled in mentoring programs at United Way member agencies, 100% graduated.
$1/wk can provide basic school supplies for one teen at risk of homelessness.
Earnings... 100% of participants in the Bank on Bloomington "Get on the Path to Financial Success" workshops reported that they are now better able to manage a bank account and maintain a budget.
$2/wk can provide assistance for an individual with disabilities in setting up and balancing a household budget.
Essentials... 88% of women at Middle Way House The Rise have developed a long-term housing plan for their future.
$5/wk can provide an at-risk child with a food-filled backpack each weekend.
Calendar of Upcoming Events:
It's Your Money: Talk To an Expert
Monroe County Public Library, Room 2C
Free and confidential one-on-one sessions with a financial expert.
It's Your Money: Saving & Paying for College
Monroe County Public Library, Room 2B
Find out how to fit paying for college into your financial plans. Aimed at ages 15-29. Please register here.
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United Way of Monroe County is a nonprofit organization that improves people's lives by addressing critical needs today and working to reduce those needs tomorrow. Through our Community Action Fund, Priority Funds, and grant initiatives, we work with 24 member agencies and community partners to focus resources on the building blocks for a better life: education, earnings, and the essentials.
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<p>15-year-old Kurosaki Ichigo is not your everyday high school student. He has from as far he can remember always had the ability to see ghosts and spirits. A fateful day arrives as Ichigo encounters the shinigami Kuchiki Rukia, who saves him and his family from a Hollow at the cost of injuring herself. During this encounter, with Rukia unable to defeat the hollow she transfers her shinigami powers into Ichigo. In the aftermath, unable to continue with her job, Rukia allows Ichigo to take on the role of a shinigami in her place as they together defeat the Hollows plaguing Ichigo's town. </p>
#action #comedy #fantasy #shounen
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Ring ni Kakero 1
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#action #shounen #sports
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#comedy #romance #school #shounen
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#action #adventure #comedy #ecchi #shounen #sci-fi
<p>Yakitate means "fresh baked", but the word "Japan" is actually a pun - pan means bread in Japanese, so Kazuma is out to make Japan, a unique Japanese bread to compete with the best bread from around the world!</p><p> Azuma became obsessed with bread when he was six years old. His sister yelled that their family should start having bread for breakfast sometimes, but their grandfather refused to even consider it, as he would only eat natto, miso soup, and rice for breakfast. Kazuma agreed, saying he didn`t like bread, but his sister kidnaps him and takes him to a bread store to show him the wonders of fresh-baked bread. Not only is Kazuma converted, but the owner discovers that Kazuma has the magical "Hands of the Sun" whose warmth makes them particularly suited to making bread. The owner packs up shop and goes to Tokyo to fulfill his dream of making Japan, but Kazuma continues his bread-baking dream as well, and ends up going to Tokyo himself when he`s sixteen, to compete for a spot at the foremost bread store in Japan - Pantasia!</p>
#comedy #shounen
<p>Mirai, an improved Kongou-class Aegis guided missile destroyer, is one of the newest and most advanced ships in the entire Japanese Self Defense Force (SDF). Her crew, also one of the newest, is lead by Capt. Umezu Saburo and Executive Officer Kadomatsu Yosuke. While running scheduled training exercises one day, Mirai encounters a fierce storm that throws their navigation systems into temporary disarray. After a few minutes of recovery, the crew is shocked to discover that they've been transported back in time to June 4, 1942—The Battle of Midway, during World War II. Letting history take its course for this battle, they manage to avoid the conflict firsthand and make a vow to remain annonymous, changing history as little as possible. However, when the crew comes across the dying Lt. Commander Kusaka Takumi, XO. Kadomatsu's instincts to save lives takes over, changing the course of history more than he could've imagined.</p><p> (Source: ANN)</p>
#action #drama #historical #military #seinen #sci-fi
<p>Tanaka Yukio, better known by his nickname Koyuki, is a 14-year-old who feels disconnected from life in general. Through the act of saving a mismatched dog, he meets guitarist Minami Ryuusuke, and becomes involved in Ryuusuke's new band BECK. Koyuki's life starts to change as the band struggles toward fame. </p>
#comedy #drama #music #shounen #slice of life
<p>Sakurada Jun spends his days online, ordering whatever he takes a liking to, only to return it before the payment is due. Due to psychological trauma from school, Jun generally keeps contact with people as little as possible. One day he finds instructions online that tell him to put his order into his desk drawer. Rubbing it off as a joke, Jun mindlessly does so only to find that his order instantly disappears from his drawer. A package suddenly appears, containing a beautiful antique doll. When wound up, this doll comes to life. Sadly for Jun, this doll Shinku views Jun as an equivalent for a servant. Despite the constant demands Jun now receives from Shinku, she slowly helps him overcome his fears of human contact as well as protect him from the deadly battles that come into his life due to her appearance. Based on the manga by PEACH-PIT.</p>
#action #comedy #drama #magic #seinen
<p>Sakura Mikan and Imai Hotaru are best friends, and Mikan is shocked to find that Hotaru is transferring to a school in Tokyo for gifted students like her—Alice Academy. Mikan hears rumors that the students are like prisoners there, and worried what would happen to Hotaru, she runs away to head to the school herself. She finds out all the wonderful things about this school. And she heads into a great adventure!!</p>
<p>Third grader Takamachi Nanoha stumbled upon an injured talking ferret after hearing his telepathic cries for help. The ferret turned out to be Yuuno, an archeologist and mage from another world who had accidentally scattered the dangerous Jewel Seeds throughout Earth. Without the strength to collect the Jewel Seeds, Yuuno had resumed a ferret form and needed someone else to take on the task for him. He gave a red jewel to Nanoha explaining to her with this she could transform and use magic to combat the monsters that threatened them due to the Jewel Seeds. But the monsters are the least of their worries, as Yuuno and Nanoha are not the only ones out to collect the Jewel Seeds.</p>
#action #comedy #drama #magic
<p>C.E. 73: While the second battle of Yachin Due brought the war between the Naturals and Coordinators to a close, tensions between the two races are at an all-time high. During a meeting between PLANT Chairman Gilbert Dullindal and Orb Representative Cagalli Yula Athha, a unit of soldiers hijack ZAFT's newly developed Gundams. ZAFT soldier Shinn Asuka along with his friends at the ZAFT ship Minerva sortie in attempt to deter this hijacking. With the assistance of Cagalli's bodyguard, Athrun Zala, the Minerva chases after the unknown ship that hijacked the Gundams until an even greater problem occurs leading to the start of the second Bloody Valentine war.</p>
#action #drama #mecha #romance #military #sci-fi
<p>Thirteen girls, each with the ability to materialize "Elements" and summon metallic guardians called "Childs" have been brought to Fuuka Academy to battle mysterious creatures called Orphans. Each with a different personality and background, they must decide who they truly care about and why they fight. </p>
#action #comedy #drama #fantasy #mecha #romance #school #magic
<p>Ever since their parents died a few years ago, Ryo and his sister Akane have been living alone together. Despite their difficult situation, they are still living reasonably happy and normal lives. However, everything is about to be flipped upside-down due to a secret government project. Due to increasingly low birth rates in Japan, the Japanese government is testing a program in which two young people are forced to marry. Ryo wants no part of it, but he is given little choice in the matter; his new fiancée, Shizuka, comes to his home late one night with several dozen government issued bodyguards, who are there to ensure the success of the new couple. Unlike Ryo, Shizuka couldn’t be more willing to go along with this new program, and eagerly goes about her wifely duties, despite his objections. With meddling friends, pushy bodyguards, and an overenthusiastic new fiancée, Ryo’s life has taken a turn in a direction the young man certainly didn’t expect.</p><p> (Source: ANN)</p>
#comedy #drama #romance #slice of life
Futakoi
With his mother dead and his father working abroad, Futami Nozomu returns to the town where he lived as a child, to attend high school and work part-time at a local shrine. He soon finds himself caught up in a local legend of twin girls loving the same man. And there are many twin girls in this town....
<p>The highborn Himemiya Chikane is cool and aloof, the perfect young lady of good breeding. Kurusegawa Himeko is devoted to her, and secretly her friend. Their lives are undisturbed in their school, until an ancient evil suddenly rears its head. To combat it, Chikane and Himeko must take on the roles of shrine maidens of the Moon and Sun. </p>
#drama #mecha #romance #shounen #magic
<p>Ichinomiya Kantarou grew up with the ability to see demons, but was isolated and bullied by others who did not share the same gift. Instead, he became being friends with the demons, gaining a great attachment to their existence. One day, Kantarou was told about the strongest demon, the one known as the ogre-eating Tengu. Amazed by the news of his strength, Kantarou vowed to find this demon who was far stronger then any other, deciding to call him Haruka when he did so. Since this time, Kantarou searched far and wide for the ogre-eating Tengu with no luck, making his living by becoming a folklore writer and demon-buster. On a particularly job, Kantarou had finally found news of a nearby shrine supposedly the place where the ogre-eating Tengu was sealed.</p>
#comedy #mystery #drama #fantasy #shounen
<p>Gankutsuou is an anime loosely based on the novel </p><p> by Alexandre Dumas. It tells the story of Albert Morcerf, a young aristocrat who happens to befriend a wealthy nobleman, The Count of Monte Cristo, through a series of bizarre events. Fascinated by the Count's charm, Albert invites him to meet his friends and family, all of whom happen to be part of the upper class society of Paris, France. Unfortunately, little does Albert realize that the Count has ulterior motives in mind.</p><p> [Written by MAL Rewrite]</p>
#mystery #drama #thriller #sci-fi
<p>Sasahara Kanji is a college freshman who decides to join a student society to share his hidden thoughts on manga, anime and gaming.</p><p> When he first visited Genshiken, short for "Gendai Shikaku Bunka Kenkyuu Kai" (Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture), his groundless pride was destroyed by the plotting of Madarame, a sophomore student in Genshiken, but he still couldn't admit that he is an otaku.</p><p> However, as he participates in society activities such as visiting dojin (private publishing) shops and anime festivals, and hangs out with other society members Kosaka (a hardcore otaku despite his extreme eccentricities and good looks), Kosaka's girlfriend Kasukabe Saki (who isn't really an otaku), Ohno (a cosplayer) and the others, he opens his mind and resolves that he will make his way into the otaku world. With their help, Sasahara slowly adjusts to otaku life in Genshiken.</p><p> (Source: AnimeNfo)</p>
Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Hachiyou Shou
<p>Akane Motomiya and her friends Tenma and Shimon are pulled by a demon into another world, where Akane becomes the Priestess of the Dragon God. The people of this world tell her that she is the only one who can stop the demons from taking over; meanwhile, the demons want to use her power for their own ends. Luckily, Akane has the Hachiyou, eight men with powers of their own who are sworn to protect the Dragon Priestess.</p><p> (Source: ANN)</p>
#fantasy #historical #shoujo #demons #magic
<p>* Based on a game by CAPCOM</p><p> “Movie Land” is a world where movie characters were real. There was en evil syndicate, Jado, they altered the movie contents at their own will, and they tried to rule the people in the real world by showing the modified movie to them.</p><p> One day, Joe went to the theater with his lover Silvia to watch a hero movie, “Captain Blue”. However, the movie ended with a tragedy no one expected. “Captain Blue” was helplessly beaten by the evil syndicate Jado. Then, the leader of Jado declared that they would conquer the real world, and they took Silvia into the screen.</p><p> To take her back, Joe turns into a super hero to battle against them. In the world of “Movie Land”, now begins the beautiful battle of Viewtiful Joe.</p><p> (Source: AniDB)</p>
#action #comedy #shounen #sci-fi
<p>Jouji Gouda is a new transfer student at Hakuryo High. He fell in love at first sight and boldly proposed to Akane Suzumiya, representative of his class, on his first day at the new school. Although Akane finds him very annoying, hot-blooded and simple-minded Jouji never gives up and would do anything to express his love towards Akane. </p>
#comedy #mecha #romance
Grenadier: Hohoemi no Senshi
<p>Rushuna is a blonde and very beautiful Senshi (gun expert) that travels through the world with one purpose. Which is to make the world a peaceful place by, instead of fighting with weapons, taking away the people's will to fight by giving them a smile. Although she doesn't want to fight, she is forced to, and shows amazing gun skills. In this journey she meets Yajirou, a mercenary that uses a sword to fight and joins her on her journey. </p><p> (Source: ANN)</p>
#action #adventure #comedy #ecchi #shounen
Ginyuu Mokushiroku Meine Liebe
<p>The first season begins with introducing the characters, their past and their ambitions. Orpherus, Eduard, Camus, Lui and Naoji are five noblemen who attend the prestigious Rozenstolz academy, and who are a part of the Strahl class – a class for potential candidates for the advisory positions in the royal palace in the small European country of Kuchen. Isaac is an English writer who visits Kuchen. While still students, the five noblemen are forced to deal with corrupted politicians, secret agents, attempted murder and ambitious individuals from both inside and outside of school who threatens to break the fragile peace in their country, and even assassinate the king.</p>
Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase
<p>Morioka Kouhei wants to become a photographer. Unfortunately, he has the tendency to unintentionally capture the images of ghosts on film.</p><p> One day, he visits an old castle in Germany where he meets a vampire girl, Hazuki. It turns out that Hazuki is confined in the castle against her will. She tries to turn Kouhei into her slave by sucking his blood, with the intent to have him break the device sealing her in the castle. Although Kouhei proves to be immune to the vampire's curse, he is eventually forced to help her. Hazuki successfully escapes from the castle and leaves for Japan to look for her mother.</p><p> When she arrives in Japan, she goes to Kohei's house where he lives with his grandfather, who agrees to take in the girl. Due to his own childhood experiences, the sympathetic Kouhei agrees to aid Hazuki in her quest.</p><p> However, other vampires, including Elfried and Count Kinkell, manage to track Hazuki to Japan. They will stop at nothing to retrieve her.</p><p> (Source: AnimeNfo)</p>
#comedy #fantasy #romance #shounen #vampire #seinen
W: Wish
<p>Based on a game by Princess Soft</p><p> The main character, Junna has a twin sister Senna. He is an ordinal student of an elite school. However, in the past, a traffic accident deprived him of his parents and his memory. Junna survived the accident, and he has lived only with his sister though he has been looked after by his relatives.</p><p> And present...</p><p> The life with Senna in the same high school is so pleasant that he can forget the severe past. Because he has been in the world where there is only Senna, his lives in this town, such as the beginning of a new life, new environments, and the meetings, are so refreshing.</p><p> However, he begins to recall the memories he lost in the accident. Though he enjoys happy and pleasant days, he is tossed by the past, the present, and the future. What is the truth hidden in his memory?</p><p> (Source: AniDB)</p>
#drama #romance #school #harem #slice of life
Tales of Phantasia: The Animation
<p>Cless Alvein, a young swordsman from the town of Totus, along with his friend Mint Adnade, a healer with the talent of Mana, are sent back in time to defeat Dhaos, a sorcerer imprisoned by their parents decades ago. Along with the help of the archer Chester Barklight, the summoner Klarth F. Lester and the half-elf Arche Klaine, they seek to right the wrongs of Dhaos and return peace to the land. Based on the 1995 Super Famicom Game by NAMCO, "Tales of Phantasia."</p><p> (Source: ANN)</p>
Howl no Ugoku Shiro
That jumbled piece of architecture, that cacophony of hissing steam and creaking joints, with smoke billowing from it as it moves on its own... That castle is home to the magnificent wizard Howl, infamous for both his magical prowess and for being a womanizer—or so the rumor goes in Sophie Hatter's small town. Sophie, as the plain daughter of a hatmaker, does not expect much from her future and is content with working hard in the shop.
However, Sophie's simple life takes a turn for the exciting when she is ensnared in a disturbing situation, and the mysterious wizard appears to rescue her. Unfortunately, this encounter, brief as it may be, spurs the vain and vengeful Witch of the Waste—in a fit of jealousy caused by a past discord with Howl—to put a curse on the maiden, turning her into an old woman.
In an endeavor to return to normal, Sophie must accompany Howl and a myriad of eccentric companions—ranging from a powerful fire demon to a hopping scarecrow—in his living castle, on a dangerous adventure as a raging war tears their kingdom apart.
#adventure #drama #fantasy #romance
Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho
<p>In an alternate timeline, Japan was divided after losing World War II: Hokkaido was annexed by "Union" while Honshu and other southern islands were under US sovereignty. A gigantic yet mysterious tower was constructed at Hokkaido and could be seen clearly from Aomori (the northernmost prefecture of Honshu) across Tsugaru Strait. In the summer of 1996, three 9th-graders had made a promise that one day they'll build an aircraft and unravel the tower's mystery, but their project was abandoned after the girl, Sayuri Sawatari, began experiencing sleeping sickness and transferred to Tokyo for better treatment. Three years later, Hiroki Fujisawa accidentally found out that Sayuri had been in a coma since then, and he asked Takuya Shirakawa to help him finding a way to revive her. What they don't know yet is that Sayuri's unconsciousness is somehow linked with secrets of the tower and the world.</p><p> (Source: ANN)</p>
#drama #romance #military #sci-fi
Phantom: The Animation
<p>Zwei was an ordinary person, until one day, while walking the streets a night, he witnessed a brutal assassination. He managed to avoid the sniper, a young girl named Ein, but was soon captured, and had the memories of his former life erased. He is spared death only by accepting a condition: to train to become an assassin alongside Ein. Now, he must find a way to free himself from this shady world and reclaim his life once again.</p><p> (Source: ANN)</p>
#action #drama #shounen
InuYasha: Guren no Houraijima
<p>The mysterious island of Houraijima has reappeared after 50 years, and with its reappearance has brought the attack of four gods, the Shitoushin, who have their eyes set on the powers that protect and sustain the island. Now it's up to Inuyasha and his friends, along with Sesshoumaru, to find a way to defeat the powerful Shitoushin. </p><p> (Source: ANN) </p>
#adventure #comedy #drama #historical #romance #shounen #demons
<p>A group of enigmatic white-haired children has been spotted at different times and places in Europe for over 500 years. Always with the appearance of 11-year-olds, they behave far more mature than they should be, never grow old, and seem to have supernatural power. What they have been seeking is a girl, and the only clue they have is a picture with a crescent moon. Now, in the year of 2012, an athletic boy named Tohma is about to be involved in this centuries-long mystery.</p><p> (Source: ANN)</p>
#adventure #mystery #fantasy #romance #sci-fi
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX
<p>Duel Academy, one of the most prestigious schools in Duel Monster's history. There students learn the fundamentals of becoming not just duelists, but large business owners.</p><p> Yuki Judai is a new student with only one thing on his mind, to become the next King Of Games. Judai meets several friends, teachers, and even enemies at the large Dueling school. There he'll have to face off against several different Dorms to become number one duelist. Slifer Red, Ra Yellow, and Obelisk Blue are the three dorms. Will Judai be able to pass all of them?</p><p> Based on Kazuki Takahashi's world famous anime and manga Yu-Gi-Oh!.</p><p> (Source: Otakufreakmk2)</p>
#action #comedy #fantasy #game #shounen
Kakyuusei 2: Hitomi no Naka no Shoujotachi
<p> Many people have fond memories of meeting a certain teenage boy in their younger years. However, their ages vary widely, and each remembers him as a teen. This story follows the intricate intertwining of their various stories and how this young man, who apparently lives outside of time, has affected each of them. </p>
#comedy #drama #romance #school #harem
Sakura Taisen: Le Nouveau Paris
<p>After Ichiro Ogami's departure, the girls of the Paris Flower Defense Force are left debating who will be the next captain, while a centuries-old threat surfaces. </p><p> (Source: ANN)</p>
#adventure #mecha #shounen #sci-fi
Onmyou Taisenki
<p>All his life, Riku Tachibana has been raised by his grandfather. For some reason, the old man has always been fond of strange hand gestures, and they've rubbed off on Riku, who performs them almost subconsciously, to his classmates' great amusement. One day, however, it suddenly becomes clear to Riku what his grandfather has been surreptitiously teaching him. And the teachings could mean the difference between life and death for Riku. </p><p> (Source: ANN)</p>
<p>Honda Shigeharu is a Major League batter on the rise. His son Goro is a Little League pitcher who one day hopes to follow in his father's footsteps. Hoshino Momoko is Goro's schoolteacher, and the first woman Shigeharu has been interested in since the death of Goro's mother. The destines of these three individuals will become intertwined as father and son experience both heartbreak and triumph on the baseball diamond. But when an unspeakable tragedy visits the family, it will take everything they have to pick up the pieces and reclaim their dreams.</p><p> (Source: ANN)</p>
#comedy #drama #shounen #sports
<p>Chihiro Enomoto is a freshman that just got to a new school called Rikkyoin High School. He lost his parents in a traffic accident when he was 10. Since then, he has been living only with his elder sister Shinobu. He is good at cooking and cleaning, and does all the housekeeping jobs. He fell in love with Tokino at first sight when he met her in the school library on the first day of school. Another girl named Ritsuko, a childhood friend of Chihiro and the chair of student council, falls in the love with the boy instantly after this long-awaited reunion. But she is not the only one who is in love with him. This is the story about a one-year campaign among the candidates for the next students government leaders, who are also chosen by the lot (kujibiki), in order to gain the position.</p><p> (Source: ANN)</p>
To Heart: Remember My Memories
<p>Time flies by; Hiroyuki and Akari are 12th-graders now. Both of them and their friends have grown up gradually in someway, physically or mentally, but one of their best friends is missing: the lifelike android Multi. To their surprise, Multi is brought to their campus again without notice, yet she is no longer the same Multi they have known. </p><p> (Source: ANN)</p>
#drama #romance #school #harem #sci-fi #slice of life
Uta Kata
<p>On the last day of the school year, 14-year-old Ichika Tachibana comes across an old, busted mirror in an unused campus building. When Manatsu, a mysterious girl from inside the mirror, steps out and offers her friendship for the summer, she also offers Ichika magical powers. Now, Manatsu must help Ichika unlock the powers of the 12 Djinn in order to complete her magic training... but perhaps this is something that will prove too difficult a task. Some offers may appear to be too good to be true and this one just may turn out to do more harm than good. </p><p> (Source: ANN) </p>
#drama #fantasy #school #magic
Nanami-chan
<p>Michi and her family have just moved into the Happiness House, a huge tree with all sorts of little buildings and houses built on and inside of it. Upon exploring what is to be her new bedroom, Michi finds an odd nut-like object. Before long, a strange creature, Nanami-chan, hatches out of it. The two become fast friends. Together, Michi and Nanami-chan learn all kind of new things, and everyday they meet more eccentric residents of the Happiness House. </p><p> (Source: ANN)</p>
<p>After wandering through the desert for days, a bitter warrior named Munsu is lost and unable to continue. His life is unexpectedly saved by Mon-ryon, a young man who dreams of becoming a secret agent for Jushin, a once-great country that was recently destroyed. Mon-ryon's goal is to save his girlfriend, Chunhyan, a born fighter who is held captive by the evil Lord Byonand. Then, from out of nowhere, blood begins trickling from his chest. He has been fatally wounded by the Sarinjas, a cannibalistic breed of desert goblin. The quick-thinking Munsu convinces these beasts to spare his life, in exchange for the peaceful handover of Mon-ryon's appetizing corpse. Although skeptical of Mon-ryon's motives, Munsu sets out to continue the mission that the young idealist described. Accompanied by an army of ghost troops, unleashed using the powers of Angyo Onshi, Munsu liberates Chunhyan. After visiting her boyfriend's final resting place, she declares herself Munsu's bodyguard and, together, they set out on a mission to punish those who stripped Jushin of its original glory. </p><p> (Source: AniDB)</p>
#action #fantasy
Top wo Nerae 2! Diebuster
While Gunbuster's final mission destroyed the space monsters' star system, the intergalactic war still continues. Earth's only hope lies in the hands of "TOPLESS," an elite mecha group with children possessing supernatural powers and new Buster Machines. Among their ranks is a rookie named Nono and the ace pilot Lal'C—whom Nono looks at as a "big sister." Together with their teammates Nicholas and Chiko, they must aim for the top and protect all of mankind from the wrath of the space monsters.
#action #comedy #mecha #sci-fi
Netrun-mon the Movie
<p>"Netrun-mon THE MOVIE #1" is an original animation DVD convceived by Netrunner Magazine to celebrate their 5th birthday. This 30-min OVA is directed by Poyoyon Rock (of "Popotan" fame) and stars cute Netrunner characters Nin'i-tan and friends. </p><p> (Source: AniDB)</p>
Samurai Gun
<p>It is the beginning of the industrial revolution, and feudal Japan is in turmoil. The ruling Shogun are wielding their abusive powers to instill fear and dominance over their oppressed subjects. Beatings, imprisonment, rape and even murder are the adopted tactics chosen to maintain their reign. The bloodshed must end. A group of Samurai have banded together, and, with the development of new weapons and new technology, they have both the will and the hardware to stand up and fight. Ichimatsu is one of these fighters. By day, he works incognito at a local tavern, in the evenings he frequents the brothels, and by the dark of night, he doles out some big-time, gun-barrel justice. He is here to help. He is Samurai Gun. </p><p> (Source: ANN)</p>
#action #historical #seinen
Fuujin Monogatari
<p>Nao, an 8th grader, is one of the only two members of a Digital Camera Club, where she also serves as the manager. It's a mystery that she shoots nothing else but the skies and clouds. One day, she finds a cat on a rooftop where she usually shoots her camera. It's a cat that knows how to manipulate the flow of a wind. Shocked to find a strange animal, Nao loses her footing and falls off from the rooftop!</p><p> Miki is the other member of the club, and also Nao's best friend. Mr. Taiki is the teacher who's taught the cat how to manipulate the flow of a wind. Ryoko is a girl who has a huge crush on Mr. Taiki. And there's Jun, who helps Nao and Miki look for a cat that can fly. Then, there's Yukio, who is the widow of Mr. Taiki's deceased brother.</p><p> On the outskirts of this big city, a town off the "Wind Handlers," has been formed—and a mysterious Wind Festival is about to begin...</p><p> (Source: Production I.G)</p>
#drama #fantasy #school #slice of life
PostPet Momobin
<p>Momo and Komomo can deliver mail from anyone, to anyone. To anywhere in the world, the galaxy, or the universe. Under the sea, high up in the clouds, and around the corner. To the past, the present, or the future. They both work tirelessly to insure that the important letters of people are delivered, while Komomo also works hard to keep the ever distracted Momo on task.</p><p> (Source: ANN)</p>
Ryuusei Sentai Musumet
<p>One day, seven shooting stars fell on to the ground. The shooting stars were colored by seven colors, and they had terrible powers. Those who took the shooting star were tuned into monsters by embodying their desires.</p><p> Dr. Mishina and Dr. Kishiwada obtained the red, green, and blue stars secretly, and they studied the stars. Finally, they could successfully control their power by putting a special helmet on.</p><p> The newly developed helmet, "Musumet", was as large as an automobile helmet. Putting Musumet on the head, it turned a person's body into the strongest one on the earth. Furthermore, it received the signal from the brain and amplified the inherent power and ability unlimitedly.</p><p> To utilize the power of "Musumet", to keep the world peace, and to protect from the disasters caused by the remaining shooting stars, Dr. Mishima and Dr. Kishida founded a secret organization "MET". However, he died before he accomplished his aim.</p><p> The bereaved daughters, Aoi, Midori, and Kurenai, made up their minds to become Musmet in order to execute the father's will.</p><p> Even if they turned into Musumet, their wearing wouldn't change except helmets, gloves, and boots. Therefore, they had to go to the scenes wearing their own clothes. The girls had to go to the incident spots occasionally wearing school uniforms, occasionally gymnasium suits, occasionally swimming suits, depending the case, they had to go there even if they were naked, and they would do great jobs. On the other hand, at other times, they were ordinal adolescent girls who were dreaming of lovely meetings with boyfriends.</p><p> Whether would they cope with the world peace and boyfriends at the same time? </p><p> (Source: AnimeNfo)</p>
#adventure #comedy #ecchi #romance #sci-fi
<p>R.D. is a delivery boy who works for a company called Mach Storm in order to earn money to search for the legendary Alpha Zoid. A Zoid that he heard rumours about from his dad that he passionately believes in. Mach Storm also doubles as a Zoid Battling team. In R.D.'s first Coliseum Zoid Battle, he encounters a team that can fuse Zoids. R.D. soon discovers that he has a Zoid that can computably fuse with his Zoid, Liger Zero. After this happens R.D.'s adventure to discover the truth about the Alpha Zoid begins.</p><p> (Source: ANN)</p>
<p>A young man passes a pet shop on his way home, and seeing a kappa in the window, decides to buy it on a whim. He brings the creature home, and names him Kaatan. He's never owned a kappa before, so he relies heavily on a book he purchased on the subject of raising and training kappa. The books gives several good tips for bringing up a smart and well behaved kappa, and it all seems very simple. Unfortunately, putting these techniques into practice and actually making them work is not quite as easy as the book implies. Kaatan seems to understand things at first, but usually ends up either forgetting what he's learned, or isn't interested in learning in the first place. However, this particular young man has a lot of patience, and continues his possibly fruitless effort to raise Kaatan into a pet he can be proud of.</p><p> (Source: ANN)</p>
Kimagure Robot
<p>A brilliant, slightly crazy, and extremely eccentric scientist toils away his days in his lab, creating robots to carry out different tasks. A robot to grant three wishes, a robot to help you write your diary, a robot that intentionally misbehaves in order to keep its master from becoming bored… the robots are each built for a very specific purpose, and can’t really do much of anything else. Luckily for mankind, however, these robots are much more useful than they appear to be at first glance… most of the time, anyway. </p><p> (Source: ANN)</p>
#comedy #fantasy #sci-fi
Wind: A Breath of Heart Specials
<p>Four 13 minute episodes that came with the DVDs. Episodes 9.5, 10.4, 10.8 and 12.5.</p>
Rockman.EXE Stream
<p>A comet burns in the sky, its brilliant light shining down upon the people of Earth. At that time, a giant army of viruses invade the real world, crushing everything in their path. Netto and Enzan use cross fusion to intervene, but are whisked away to an unknown location, only to be confronted by the one responsible for the attack - Duo! </p><p> (Source: Official Site)</p>
#action #adventure #game #mecha #school #shounen #sci-fi
Black Jack (TV)
<p>Black Jack is an "unregistered" doctor with a clouded, mysterious past. He works with his little assistant Pinoko (who has a massive crush on the doctor), dealing with medical cases not very well known, which can be strange, dangerous, or not known at all. But he is a genius, and can save almost any of his patients' life (as long as they have the money for it, that is), and is known to many around the world, especially to those of medicine and science. He's a man of science himself, and does not believe much until he has seen it, yet it is many times he is surprised by love and nature often overpowering the science he bases his life in. </p><p> (Source: ANN)</p>
B-Densetsu! Battle Bedaman
<p>Raised by cats until he was five, Yamato Delgato's only dream was to play B'Daman-the official sport of the B'DaWorld. However, his dream comes true when he's chosen to wield the most powerful B'Daman ever; the legendary Cobalt Blade. Only he has skills to harness its power. This is his journey into the world of B'Daman as he learns valuable lessons and also tries to save the B'DaWorld from the evil clutches of the Shadow Alliance. </p><p> (Source: ANN)</p>
#adventure #fantasy #kids #shounen
Tenkuu Danzai Skelter+Heaven
<p>In the distant future, a mysterious floating object appears suddenly in the center of the city. The top secret mission unit "Alta Mira Agency" or AA is commissioned by the Defense Agency to deal with this mysterious invader. In charge of the robot training is Hunagai Otsuya. He must choose one of the girls to receive special training which she will receive in secret. They must use the "Battle Soles" to push back the enemy even at the cost of their lives.</p><p> (Source: ANN)</p>
#mecha #sci-fi
Maria-sama ga Miteru: Haru Specials
<p>Specials of Maria-sama ga Miteru: Haru released on the DVDs only.</p>
#drama #romance #school #shoujo #slice of life
MazeâBakunetsu Jikuu: Hot Springs
<p>This is the missing Hot Springs episode included in the unrated boxset of Maze: Mega-Burst Space.</p>
#action #comedy #ecchi #fantasy
Kagami no Genon
<p>A short amateur movie by Kojiro Shishido. Winner at the 10th annual Student CG Contest held in 2005.</p><p> It shows great sensitivity towards the delicate gradations of light and shadow in the natural world, with a matching delicate soundtrack by Shishido himself.</p><p> (Source: AniDB)</p>
Pororo Daemoheom
<p>It's a freezing winter morning and Christmas is just around the corner.</p><p> Pororo the penguin and his beloved friends return from the woods where they have cut a Christmas tree, ready to celebrate the festivity. They’ve just finished decorating the tree, when they receive a shocking message directly from Santa Claus!</p><p> Santa caught a bad cold, and he can’t bring his special Xmas glaze to the Candy Castle, where under the oversight of King Cream Puff the cookies for children all over the world are made. A Christmas without cookies will be quite sad!</p><p> Pororo and his friends decide to protect the Christmas spirit, and they leave for Santa Claus village to pick up the Christmas glaze and carry it to the Candy Castle.</p><p> But along the way, they met their old acquaintance: the wicked Witch of Winter who aims to steal the precious glaze and use it for her nasty schemes....</p><p> Will our heroes be able to carry out their important missions and save Christmas?</p><p> Follow with us the adventurous journey of Pororo and his friends to the magical Candy Castle!</p><p> (Source: theanimationband.com)</p>
Tottoko Hamtarou Movie 4: Hamtaro to Fushigi no Oni no Emon Tou
<p>Ayayam is a pretty hamster who excelled at everything–as a child-prodigy in school, sports and even drawing and writing. One day, however, she overhears her friends making fun of a picture book she loved and had given to one of them. She is so devastated that she decides she doesn’t need friends anymore, locks herself into the library and hasn’t taken a single step outside ever since. The God of Books sympathizes with her and gives her a Magic Quill with which she can effortlessly draw any picture and write any story she wants. Meanwhile, Hamtaro learns that Laura and her fellow students will put on "Sunflower Taro" as their next school play. Hamtaro and friends decide that they, too, want to try their hand at acting and prepare their own version of "Sunflower Taro". In the course of preparing for the play, they are suddenly sucked into a strange Picture Book Tower, where Ayayam tells them that they will be characters in her new book – a new and exciting version of the well-known fairy tale "Sunflower Taro". You can tell that things are getting off to an interesting start – as they always do when the Ham-Hams are involved!!</p><p>(Source: tms-e.com)</p>
Tottoko Hamtarou OVA 4: Hamuchanzu no Mezase! Hamuhamu Kin Medal - Hashire! Hashire! Daisakusen
<p>Considered the prequel to the fourth Hamtaro game (fifth in Japan). In this tribute to the 2004 Olympics, Hamtaro and the Ham-Hams are tasked by Prince Bo with lighting the everlasting torch to Hamcropolis. However, the Rainbow Girls will not allow this and pursue the Ham-Hams.</p><p>(Source: Wikipedia)</p>
Transformers Superlink Special
<p>Episode 43.5, "Distribution", is a comedic special show which commemorates 500 episodes of Transformers in Japan (however, since that total includes assorted Japanese series, the west is still some distance away from this number). When aired in Japan, it did not air in the usual timeslot for Superlink, and is not in any sort of chronological order - It features the Autobots playing a video game training simulator, which they certainly do not have time to do between episodes 42 and 44.</p><p>(Source: Wikipedia)</p>
#adventure #kids #mecha #sci-fi #shounen
Ton-Ton Atta to Niigata no Mukashibanashi
Pants Pankurou
<p>A series of minute-long animated shorts that aired on Japanese public television. Aimed at toddlers and young children, the comedic series is mostly about toilet training.</p>
Zettai Zetsumei Dangerous Jiisan (2004)
<p>Grandpa Danger is a world where the great protector is Grandpa Danger! He's an expert at falling off of cliffs, dealing with a principal who suffers from a severe inferiority complex, and escaping the hidden dangers of sleep! He's a nonsensical, utterly disgusting, relentless prankster. Grandpa Danger's excessive phlegm and farts frustrate Grandson to hilarious extremes, and make you laugh until your stomach splits!</p><p>(Source: AniDB)</p>
Tsuki wa Higashi ni Hi wa Nishi ni: Operation Sanctuary OVA
<p>Episodes based on Mikoto scenario.</p>
#comedy #drama #romance #sci-fi #harem
The Green Wind
<p>Promotion video for 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa.</p><p>(Source: aokijun.net)</p>
Sore Ike! Anpanman: Anpanman to Christmas no Hoshi
<p>A special Christmas episode.</p>
Genki Genki Non-tan: Utaou! Christmas
<p>A Christmas OVA of Non-tan that features eight classic Christmas songs sung and acted out by the characters.</p>
#kids #music
Akuei to Gacchinpo
<p>Surreal gag-packed story about curious kid and his companions.</p>
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo Recap
<p>Recap episode aired between episodes 32 and 33.</p>
#action #comedy #parody #sci-fi #shounen
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Prized Pins Star London Olympic Mascots
(ATR) London pin specialist Paul McGill points the spotlight onto some of the 2012 Games mascot pins starring Wenlock and Mandeville. On your marks – get set – collect!
Mascot Launch
London 2012 has two mascots. Wenlock is the Olympic mascot and is named after the village of Much Wenlock where Pierre de Coubertin had the inspiration for the modern Olympic Games. Mandeville is the Paralympic mascot and is named after Stoke Mandeville, the hospital where the first Paralympic Games were held. The story goes that both mascots were made from the final drops of steel made for the construction of the Olympic Stadium.
The mascots were launched in May 2010 and alongside the publicity and promotional video came a boxed set of two pins – one of each mascot ‘riding’ on a rainbow. These sets were limited to 2,012 pieces and, helped by the publicity, sold out within a couple of weeks. The sets appear on auction sites every so often.
Moveable and Loveable Mascots
The next mascot pins to be released during the autumn of 2010 were animated pins that used sliders, springs and dangling elements to create more interest. None of these pins are particularly rare having issue sizes of 10,000 or 20,000.
In February 2011, a further boxed pair of mascot pins was released to celebrate Valentine’s Day. These pins saw both Wenlock and Mandeville standing in front of a Union Flag heart in the ‘welcome’ pose and ‘waving’ pose respectively. Although these sets were limited to 2,012 pieces, they are still available from select retailers.
Iconic Outfits
The spring and summer of 2011 saw the release of a range of pins that used both the Union flag and some of the iconic uniforms associated with London and the United Kingdom. Wenlock appeared in a policeman’s uniform complete with police hat and also as a Queen’s guard with bearskin. Mandeville was decked out in a policewoman’s costume and also as a Beefeater guard. Both mascots were available as pins completely coloured in the Union flag. Like most of the pins that use the flag design, sales have been brisk. The new designs of these pins were complemented by a range of redesigned backing cards and the mascot guards were featured in the second mascot video.
Each of these designs are available as enamel and printed pins and the enamel varieties available as individual pins or in a larger size as a boxed set. I presume that the boxed sets are designed to appeal primarily to visitors as they combine a great souvenir of both London and the Olympics. Issue sizes range from 10,000 to 500,000 depending on the design and production method.
Mascot Sports
By far the biggest range of mascot pins so far, and possibly the most popular with collectors and Olympic fans, have been the mascot sports pins. These show Wenlock and Mandeville trying out all of the Olympic and Paralympic sports respectively. Think of them as the pictograms brought to life by the mascots! In my experience, fans of particular sports are choosing the pictogram and corresponding mascot sport pins as a pair in order to celebrate their sport. Others are choosing to buy the mascot pins to wear as they have tickets for a particular sport. Each pin is limited to 10,000 pieces and whilst there are no sell-outs at the moment, I can foresee that some of the popular sports may be hard to find by the time the Games close.
Get-Set
The ‘Get-Set’ program is designed to engage school children from across the UK with the Olympics. As a part for this program, London 2012 ran a competition last year for children to design a mascot that represented their region. The winning designs were made into pin badges – 12 in all, one for each of the regions of the UK. The pins are printed to allow the fine detail to be reproduced and are each limited to 50,000 pieces.
London Scenes
A familiar theme running through the retail pins is the icons of London, be they streets, buildings or letter boxes. It’s no surprise then to see a range of pins with Wenlock and Mandeville pictured in some of these familiar London scenes. The design of these pins uses the ‘Landlines’ styling seen on several London 2012 pins. They are available in blue (printed) and white (enamel) and are limited to 50,000 pieces each.
At the end of 2011, London 2012 issued a pair of pins that showed both mascots enjoying the festive season. Wenlock is shown slam-dunking a present into a basketball hoop while Mandeville, dressed in a Santa hat, is carrying a large snowball. Both pins were issued in enamel and printed versions with issue sizes of 2,012 and 100,000 respectively.
In September 2011, to mark the return to school for children everywhere, a set of six pins were launched showing Wenlock and Mandeville going to school. Given their appeal of the mascots to children, these pins should be popular. They show the mascots with a blackboard, school books, a backpack and as a school crossing patrol. They are all enamel pins and limited to 2,012 pieces each.
Countdown Mascots
The final large set of mascot pins has been those that countdown to both the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Since the 500 days to go mark, Wenlock has made an appearance at each 100 days to celebrate the fact we are getting closer to the Opening Ceremony. Each time he is seen in a familiar pose such as running, as a flag-bearer or peeping out from behind the pin. Mandeville joined him on the countdown pins from 400 days and each time takes up the same pose as Wenlock. On the latest pins – the 100 days to go due out this month, the mascots are breaking the finishing tape in their ‘winning’ pose.
The most recent mascot pins return Wenlock and Mandeville to their familiar ‘core’ poses, but rather than using the silver base and colored features as in the previous pins, these are completely silver or gold. They are a stylish alternative to the familiar mascot pins and will probably appeal to a different market from the original issues. All four pins in this range are limited to 100,000 pieces.
As always, this article provides only a high level overview of the pins available. If you would like to see more, then take a look at the mascot pins page on the London Pins website.
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Reviews of Welcome to Death Valley! A Guided Tour Through California's Death Valley National Park, written and illustrated by Janet Morgan
"Death Valley has many faces, but this is one deeply thought and profound!"
- Kurt Diemberger, Mountaineer
Forevermore The Raven
It's All About The Raven... with some horses and travel thrown in
Welcome to Death Valley - Book Review by Merri Melde
Artist and writer Janet Morgan, of Art & Adventures kindly sent The Raven her latest children's book, "Welcome to Death Valley!"
The book is near and dear to The Raven's heart, not only because he's hiked and flown around Death Valley National Park, and ridden through parts of it on horseback, but Janet's story is told by Ravenna and Ramón, two Ravens who live in the park and who know all its secrets!
Through observant and clever Raven eyes, Ravenna and Ramón give us a guided tour, from the lowest point in Death Valley, Badwater Basin, the salty playa 282 feet below sea level, to the highest point, Telescope Peak, at 11,043 feet; past Zabriskie Point and Gower Gulch, over the spectacular Sand Dunes, through Desolation Canyon, Mosaic Canyon, and Ubehebe Crater.
The Ravens also share other things not as well known: the secrets of the night life in the sand dunes; the special colors of Death Valley in different light; the geology of the mountains and alluvial fans and valleys and ancient waterfalls and lakes, now dry; and, in one of the hottest and driest places on earth, hidden oases with precious water.
Janet has created art around the world and spent much time exploring Death Valley and visiting with Ravens. Her bright and colorful illustrations demonstrate the beauty of Death Valley that the Ravens live in and see every day.
It's not just a children's book. It's also a Raven book, and it's a collector's work of art!
See Janet's website, or order her book, "Welcome to Death Valley!" at
www.artandadventure.com
Death Valley Children’s Book Animates the Arroyos
By Ann Japenga
On April 3rd 2012, at Furnace Creek Visitor Center in Death Valley, artist Janet Morgan unveils her new book on the park, along with a month-long exhibition of paintings by Janet and her husband, Gregory Frux.
Morgan was already on the leading edge of landscape art in her role—shared with Greg—as an adventure artist. Together the two have traipsed Peru, Patagonia, Antarctica and remote California deserts in the style of early expedition artists. Now the three-time Death Valley artist-in-residence leads the way again in her children’s book Welcome to Death Valley.
As two ravens, Ravenna and Ramón, explore the desert from on high, we learn about alluvial fans, virga (rain that doesn’t touch the ground) and Panamint daisies. But that is only the surface plot. Underneath the facts expected by parents and teachers is a landscape animated by a mystic’s consciousness. This is Agnes Pelton style transcendence disguised as a children’s book.
The raven duo tumbles in and out of Badwater Basin (“shiny blackness against the white salt”) and explores Telescope Peak. Meanwhile the mountains shift. The sky flares. Everything is in motion.
A belly dancer and former arts therapist who worked with cancer patients, Morgan has a feel for the forces just under the surface of the natural world. Ravenna and Ramón–and the reader by extension–become part of the swirling, exploding colorful desert. “It hums and rattles and caws,” Janet says of Death Valley. The same could be said of her book.
Along with the book launch, Janet Morgan and Greg Frux present paintings made over seven years of visits to the park, three times as artists-in-residence. Gregory Frux, too, delves deep into geology and natural forces in paintings informed by his close contact with the rock as a climber.
At the April 3rd opening, at 7 pm, the couple will present a slide show on their explorations as visiting artists. In addition to Welcome to Death Valley, a 48-page full-color catalogue of the exhibit will be available for $20. Death Valley: An Ongoing Exploration includes essays by James McElhinney, artist, scholar and instructor at Pratt Institute and The Art Students League, and Rowland Russell PhD., environmental educator.
Here in California, we’ll keep looking east to Brooklyn (where Janet and Greg live) for the latest in desert art.
"Your paintings are beautiful and offer a quality of imagery rarely found in children's books. The time, effort, and thought that you have invested in this project are readily apparent." - Tim Hopkins, Editorial Asssistant, Heyday Books.
"What a pretty book and your explanations and activities are enjoyable." - Karen Fisk, Children's Books, Tilbury House Publishers.
"I just went through it. You blew me of my socks! The idea of Ravenna and Ramone is great and your paintings and drawings are just superb. Incredible colours! What a feeling! And I knew you were just a fun story teller, bringing a good mix of fun and facts and history."
- the writer Ireen Houben"
"Death Valley has many faces, but this is one deeply thought and profound! “ - Kurt Diemberger, Author and Mountaineer
Joint Resume
Greg's Resume
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Gregory Frux Website
Janet Morgan Website
California Desert Art
Greg Frux Wikipedia
Janet Morgan Wikipedia
Janet Morgan Video
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All contents © 2011 Greg Frux & Janet Morgan
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United Foundation Agency Relations Department Records
Identifier: UR002532
Walter P. Reuther Library
The United Foundation Agency Relations Department Records consists of correspondence, reports, minutes, and proposals reflecting the operations of the department, including the United Foundation’s relationship with participating agencies and the processes by which agencies requested and received funding from the United Foundation.
Important Subjects: Detroit (Mich.) Public welfare United Foundation
Important Names: Cousin, Jacques Howell, H. Clay Huegli, Richard F. Laidlaw, Walter Liner, Myron L. Ridge, James A.
Series Description: Series 1: Priorities Committee, 1951-1992 Series 2: Allocations, 1949-1992 Series 3: Agency Fundraising, 1969-1988 Series 4: UCS Central Budget Committee, 1971-1987 Series 5: Program Reviews, 1971-1978 Series 6: Subject Files, 1949-1989 Series 7: Agency Files, 1948-1993
United Foundation (Detroit, Mich.) (Organization)
Material entirely in English.
Collection is open for research.
Refer to the Walter P. Reuther Library Rules for Use of Archival Materials. Restrictions: Researchers may encounter records of a sensitive nature – personnel files, case records and those involving investigations, legal and other private matters. Privacy laws and restrictions imposed by the Library prohibit the use of names and other personal information which might identify an individual, except with written permission from the Director and/or the donor.
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Walter Laidlaw established the United Foundation in 1948 through the merger of the Detroit Community Chest and other Detroit charitable organizations. The goal of the United Foundation was to centralize fund raising efforts and generate mass fund raising campaigns, such as the Torch Drive, which was first held in 1949. The United Foundation was closely affiliated with the United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit, and became affiliated with the national United Way organization beginning with the United Way’s conception in 1970. The organization retained the name United Foundation until 1989, at which time it changed its name to the United Way for Southeastern Michigan to better reflect its associated with the national United Way. It was known as such until its merger with the United Community Services in 1995, at which point it became known as the United Way Community Services. The United Foundation’s Agency Relations Department was responsible for organizational functions related to funding and communicating with participating United Foundation agencies, including determining United Foundation funding priorities, receiving and assessing agency budget proposals, allocating funds to agencies, and maintaining relationships with participating agencies.
Arranged in 7 series - Series 1 (Boxes 1-16), Series 2 (Boxes 16-21), Series 3 (Boxes 21-23), Series 4 (Boxes 23-24), Series 5 (Boxes 24-25), Series 6 (Boxes 25-28), Series 7 (Boxes 29-59). Folders in each series are simply listed by their location within each box. They are not arranged, so any given subject may be dispersed throughout several boxes within each series.
Records deposited by the United Foundation/United Way Community Services in 1991, 1992, 1994 and 1997.
United Community Services, United Foundation, United Way Community Services, and United Way for Southeastern Michigan collections.
[List and location of collection materials not stored with manuscript materials i.e., AV, microfilm, etc.]
Processed and finding aid written by Dallas Pillen on December 22, 2014. Modified by Kris Kniffen on October 29, 2015.
Guide to the United Foundation Agency Relations Department Records
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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Home » Weekly Torah Portion » The Weekly Aliyot of the Parsha - Vayishlach
The Weekly Aliyot of the Parsha - Vayishlach
With this parsha, Yakov is on his way home to his father Yitzchak's house after 22 years of being away. While he was away, he married four women, had 11 sons and a daughter, and acquired great wealth. Remember that he was away in the first place to escape the hatred of his brother Esav, and now he was heading back to face Esav.
In this first aliyah, Yakov sends messengers ahead to Esav, and they return to say that Esav has 400 men with him, which greatly distresses Yakov. As we'll see, Yakov prepares for meeting with Esav in three ways: prayer, sending gifts of appeasement, and readiness for war.
In the second aliyah Yakov sends lavish gifts to Esav. There are commentaries that say that on the way to Lavan's house 22 years earlier Yakov promised to give 10% of his income to tzeduka, but he delayed doing so, so he winds up having to give it away in this way. Other commentaries say specifically that he did already give 10% to tzeduka, and these gifts were from his remaining 90%. Also in this aliyah, is an all night wrestling match between Yakov and Esav's guardian angel. In this aliyah Yakov's name is changed to Israel.
In the previous aliyah the angel touched Yakov's sciatic nerve and caused Yakov to limp. In this third aliyah the Torah tells us that we don't eat that same area of otherwise kosher animals (like sirloin steak).
Yakov meets Esav, and Esav kisses him and they weep. The Midrash says that Esav actually tried to bite Yakov's neck, but it miraculously turned to marble and Esav's teeth cracked so he cried, and the bite hurt Yakov somewhat also, so he also cried.
In the fourth aliyah the meeting of Yakov's family with Esav continues. Three of Yakov's wives, the handmaids and Leah, approach Esav with their children following them. But in Rachel's case, her son Yosef knew his mother to be beautiful, so he went in front of her to avoid the evil Esav from seeing her. Rashi says that this is how Yosef earned the blessing that no evil eye can harm him. After the meeting Esav departs in peace. Yakov plans to someday meet Esav in mount Seir, which will be when Moshiach comes, may it be speedily in our days, Amen.
In the fifth aliyah, Yakov and his family are camped in front of the city of Shechem when Leah's daughter Dina ventures out by herself to look around. She is abducted by Shechem, the prince of the city, and raped. He subsequently wants to marry her, so he and his father approach Yakov to ask that Yakov's family and the people of Shechem become one people. Yakov's sons answer that it will be possible only if all the men of Shechem circumcise themselves. The people of Shechem agree and circumcise themselves.
On the third day following, when the pain of the circumcism is at its worst, Yakov's sons, Shimon and Levi, go into town and kill all the men, and retrieve Dina. The Torah says that despite this provocative act, Yakov's family moved on in peace because CHITAS [dread] of G-d was on the nations. "CHITAS" is an acronym for Chumash, Tehillim, and Tanya, three things that we study on a daily basis that bring us blessing.
In the sixth aliyah, Rachel, daughter of Lavan, who was Yakov's wife and the mother of Yoseph, passes away during the birth of a second son, named Binyamin. She is buried in what in now called Bethlehem. Yakov wanted to bury her in the cave of Machpella, but buried her here instead, so that when the Jews would eventually be marched away to Bavel passing by this spot, she could pray on their behalf, which she did.
At the end of the previous aliyah, and continuing with the seventh aliyah, the descendants of Esav are enumerated. It once happened, that at a Torah reading of this portion a mistake was found in the Torah. A Taf in the word "Bat", when naming a daughter of Esav, was misspelled. The Torah was put away and a new one taken out, and the reading was completed. Later, the rabbi (Rabbi Schochet of Los Angeles) spoke and said that even when the mistake in the Torah is in the names of the most evil people mentioned in the Torah, the Torah cannot be used without it, and the whole Torah is considered unkosher. Similarly, the Jewish people, who are often compared to the letters of the Torah, are considered complete only if all its members are accepted and loved, no matter whom they are.
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Nolan Arenado drops agent Scott Boras; what’s it mean for Rockies?
By Patrick Saunders
Nolan Arenado. (AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post)
When Rockies all-star third baseman Nolan Arenado recently confirmed to me that he was dropping Scott Boras as his agent and hooking up with Joel Wolfe of the Wasserman Media Group, I immediately began thinking about what it meant for Arenado’s future with the Rockies.
Could the elimination of the powerful Boras mean a more favorable climate for a long-term deal between the Rockies and Arenado?
Arenado is first-time arbitration eligible this winter as a super-two, and he’s under the Rockies’ control through the 2019 season. I’m estimating that he will be looking at a $6-$6.5 million salary for the 2016 season.
While teaming with a new agency is no guarantee that the Rockies will sign Arenado to a long-term extension, it certainly won’t make it less likely. With the Boras in the picture, I thought there was no chance at all.
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Lothar Neethling deur Annette Jordaan is die storie van die polisie se slim en gewilde forensiese deskundige wat sy naam verdedig teen beweringe dat hy middels voorsien het om mense aan die slaap te maak of te vermoor. Hy wen uiteindelik die saak oor “die ergste naamskending denkbaar”, maar sy openbare beeld kry 'n skadu, en vrae en wanopvattings bly tot ná sy dood spook, met pynlike gevolge vir sy naasbestaandes.
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Black Mass by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill is an epic story of violence, double-cross, and corruption at the center of which are the black hearts of two old friends whose lives unfolded in the darkness of permanent midnight. James "Whitey" Bulger became one of the most ruthless gangsters in US history, and all because of an unholy deal he made with a childhood friend. John Connolly a rising star in the Boston FBI office, offered Bulger protection in return for helping the Feds eliminate Boston's Italian mafia. But no one offered Boston protection from Whitey Bulger.
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Tigress of Forli by Elizabeth Lev shows how between her birth in 1463 as the illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Milan, to her death in 1509 as a member of the powerful Medici family, Caterina Sforza's life crossed the firmament of Italy's High Renaissance like a shooting star.
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Lives in Writing by David Lodge is a collection of essays on writers and writing by the Booker-shortlisted novelist and critic. Writing about real lives takes various forms, which overlap and may be combined with each other: biography, autobiography, biographical criticism, biographical fiction, memoir, confession, diary. In these thoughtful and enlightening essays David Lodge considers some particularly interesting examples of life-writing, and contributes several of his own.
Wilfred Thesiger - Alexander Maitland
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Galley Slave - Jean Marteilhe
Galley Slave by Jean Marteilhe is a remarkable memoir which tells of the miseries of Jean Marteilhe of Bergerac, a Protestant condemned to the Galleys of France for his Religion, who, after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, attempted, like so many French Huguenots, to escape to the more sympathetic Protestant countries bordering France. In 1700, heading through the Ardennes towards Charleroi, he was captured by French Dragoons and thrown into gaol. In 1707 he then found himself, like so many Huguenots, condemned to serve in the French Mediterranean galleys.
The Prince of Medicine - Susan P Mattern
The Prince of Medicine by Susan P Mattern offers the first authoritative biography in English of this brilliant, audacious, and profoundly influential figure. Galen of Pergamum (A.D. 129 - ca. 216) began his remarkable career tending to wounded gladiators in provincial Asia Minor. Later in life he achieved great distinction as one of a small circle of court physicians to the family of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, at the very heart of Roman society.
The Winter of Our Disconnect - Susan Maushart
The Winter of Our Disconnect by Susan Maushart asks the question if Thoreau could last two years in the woods without the mod-cons of the early nineteenth century (running water), then surely Susan Maushart can survive six months without the technology of the twenty-first century?
The Millionaire and the Bard - Andrea Mays
The Millionaire and the Bard by Andrea Mays tells the miraculous and romantic story of the making of the First Folio, and of the American industrialist whose thrilling pursuit of the book became a lifelong obsession. When Shakespeare died in 1616 half of his plays died with him. No one-not even their author-believed that his writings would last, that he was a genius, or that future generations would celebrate him as the greatest author in the history of the English language.
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Mandela by Martin Meredith details the life of Nelson Mandela, one of the most admired political figures of the twentieth century. It was his leadership and moral courage above all that helped to deliver a peaceful end to apartheid in South Africa after years of racial division and violence and to establish a fledgling democracy there.
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Helen Suzman - Robin Renwick
Helen Suzman by Robin Renwick is a short but concise volume on the veteran anti-apartheid campaigner and parliamentarian. Suzman devoted, in Lord Renwick’s words, ‘her political career to the pursuit of high principles’, never lacking in energy, resourcefulness, intellectual rigour, and sharp-tongued humour in her decades of campaigning against apartheid and its manifestations, grand, petty and brutal, from forced removals to her support for Winnie Mandela during her banishment to Brandfort and over the inquest into the murder of Steve Biko.
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On the Wild West by Mark Twain concentrates on his journey through America's Wild West, tapping into the perennial interest in this period in history. From 1861 to 1867, a young Mark Twain travelled through the Wild West. Following an abortive foray into a career as a Confederate Cavalry man he opted instead to head off on a stagecoach road trip with his brother Orion, who had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory. Twain sets out on an epic voyage from Missouri to Sacramento.
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Michelangelo by Miles J Unger is the life of one of the most revolutionary artists in history, told through the story of six of his greatest masterpieces. Among the immortals--Leonardo, Rembrandt, Picasso--Michelangelo stands alone as a master of painting, sculpture, and architecture. He was not only the greatest artist in an age of giants, but a man who reinvented the practice of art itself.
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Diageo converts premiumisation into cash
Around four years have passed since our last teasing story on Diageo, when we were broadly negative following a succession of unprofitable reported results. That hangover seems to be well behind with a healthy recovery since mid 2016. While the competition rages on between the group and Pernod Ricard (to a lesser extent, Remy Cointreau too), Diageo clearly leads the European spirits industry and confirms it is by far the most shareholder friendly. This comes with a price, i.e. a modest 7% upside potential.
Innovate relentlessly
Its global presence, both in developed and emerging markets, is Diageo’s strength. It implies continuously adapting its strategy to consumer trends, which obviously vary from one country to another. Innovation and portfolio reshaping are essential planks of Diageo’s strategy to keep its margin premium over rivals. It works as can be inferred from the following chart.
Compared EBIT margins. Diageo in pink
Raising the mix through the launch of premium spirits is expected to combine with volume growth at c.2%. The H2 operating margin nevertheless is seen as muted due to rising operating costs across the board especially marketing costs (9% in H1). We are still confident that Diageo will hit its goal to increase margin by 175bp by year-end.
Acquired top-line growth will be funded by two-thirds of its current £700m cost savings programme, i.e. will be modest. Discussing with management about future opportunities, it said that it is “happy” with the portfolio at the moment but is still on the lookout for attractive and complementary small brands. Ergo, this is not quite the time for industry reshaping big acquisitions. Floated ideas like going for Pernod are likely to remain investment bankers toying about. The ideal course of action would be to buy from LVMH (Add, France) its 66% in Moet Hennessy but this is a three decades old ideal that would come with a c.€20bn price tag.
Premiumisation driving North America and Asia Pacific
Diageo’s North American sales growth will henceforth be driven by a premium and above brands portfolio, in a clear shift away from the low end of the market. Diageo has shown its hand last November with the sale of nineteen low range brands for an aggregate consideration of $500m. Accounting for a third of Diageo’s sales and nearly half of its operating profit, North America remains the biggest market for premium drinks. With net sales growing by 8% over last H1 results, it seems that going further upmarket is paying off.
Asia Pacific also reported significant sales growth of +13%, pushed by the Indian market, with a strong start of the year. Indian net sales were up +12%, thanks to significant performances from the “prestige and above brands”, which grew by +17%. A slowdown is, however, expected in H2 due to the 2019 Indian general elections.
Forgotten but useful beer
Diageo’s beer segment accounts only for 8% of global volume, but nevertheless generates 15% of the group’s net sales. This activity has continued to grow in H1 by 5%, obviously driven by the iconic Guinness brand, whose net sales were up 4% with a strong performance in Europe. Beer is Diageo’s beach-head to African markets with Africa accounting for more than half of beer revenues. The group’s spirit brands are expected to piggy-back on beer penetration.
Will pay
The group now expects mid single-digit organic sales growth in FY19 and a 175bp organic EBIT margin expansion in the three years ending FY19 (implying 60bp expansion in FY19). This means only an 7% upside potential left on AlphaValue’s valuation metrics but this is not the point. The point is about the group’s capacity to deliver high total shareholder returns which does not seem to be remotely at risk. The chart below plugs Diageo’s superior pay-outs (in €m) and financial performance (ROCE ) vs. Pernod’s.
Diageo vs. Pernod: dividends payments and ROCE – 2013-20
With a £600m buy-back in progress and a 2.7% yield, Diageo is good to pay another £3.0bn. Cash in the pocket speaks for itself, while it is hard to find a weakness in what Diageo does. Buy to hold obviously.
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Killian Dane and Nikki Cross got engaged
I remember hearing they were an item before but didn’t realize they’ve been together ten and a half years
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Brother they got married
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My name's not fucking Warren
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Dane looks like a completely different person
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Married makes more sense - just saw a little blurb somewhere - sorry for the fake news
I would not recognize Dain in that picture at all
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I had no idea. Makes her riding on his back to the ring when they were in Sanity even more adorable.
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I love Nikki and Sanity is a great act. No clue why they're wasting them on SD (aka doing jack and shit with them when they could totally get over huge) and no idea why Nikki isn't with them.
I liked her RAW debut because she's great, and it didn't seem like the crowd knew her/how to respond but she got over during the course of it. I didn't watch SD yet but she randomly shows up "shaking the USO PEN' wtf.
Sanity's NXT run and the stuff with AOP and Undisputed Era, plus Nikki's solo stuff, was some of my favorite NXT shit in the last few years
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Sanity could never get over.
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damn i thought you guys were good little cucks who would shit themselfs so a POC could peacefully protest
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Sanity was always just a lower card filler tag act. Think the Bolsheviks from 30 years ago. AOP was a lot better so it is far more of a shame they are wasting them.
Quote from: Firmino of the 909 on January 17, 2019, 12:06:16 PM
Why the hell not? An oddball group of misfits who are presented seriously as crazy hardcore and badass? Yea, that's never gotten over in wrestling
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They aren't good enough in the ring to get over.
I had typed out a response about how they fuck up all the time but I decided to delete it. But, yeah, they aren't good enough.
I also don't think they have much of a personality (aside from maybe Cross). They are just dull. Say what you will about a team like the Nasty Boys, but they at least acted like insane lunatics even if they weren't great in the ring either.
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We already had the wyatts go on for years and years which were basically a different version of the theme too.
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WTF? I don't know how much much of Sanity in NXT you guys watched but Dane and Wolfe can both go for bigger guys, and Eric Young is a good "Michael Hayes" of the group who can work, bump and talk. They were a great Freebirds style trio, with a great chick added to the mix
The WarGames with them and Undisputed Era and AOP is one of my favorite NXT matches ever.
The idea that "they couldn't get over on the main roster" is absolute horseshit to me, but to each their own
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Dolph Ziggler, who has not appeared on WWE television since his steel cage match with Drew McIntyre on New Year’s Eve, is another name that is rumored to be leaving the company soon. Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com noted that Ziggler had reportedly turned down an offer to become a producer for WWE. Johnson added that ”sources claim he remains under a WWE deal (and some there have denied he is exiting at all) but others have been some pointing to 1/31 as an exit date.”
Nick Nemeth/Kenny Omega AEW invasion on Feb 1! Actually those two in a match would be pretty dope.
Adding fuel to the fire - he just opened a ProWrestlingTees store including merch with his real name.
Granted, Sami and KO still pop back up there and sell when they do angles about quitting and the Cruiserweights were maintaining shops on there but not as common for someone in Ziggler's spot.
Now looking at this Ziggler stuff, I just saw he is doing a stand up show at the venue across the street from the Rumble immediately after the Rumble. Bruce Prichard is doing a live show there that morning so I can only imagine the unique smells that venue will have.
I hope Ziggler goes, he's been incredibly stale and boring forever and ever. There are so many guys who deserve a main roster spot and he's just taking up space. I can't imagine ever wanting to see him doing a different gimmick or anything but anythings possible.
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Quote from: cobainwasmurdered on January 15, 2019, 11:38:26 AM
bah gawd a hotel key and he DONT KNOW. That was a ton of mini-segments in just a few minutes and they all forwarded the storylines. I don't think Becky looked like a punk. She also cut a really good promo at the start about how everyone is trying to copy her and the difference between her and asuka.
Oh, the promo was great. Which is a testament to how over Becky is, since I usually skip those things. I'm talking about how long it took her to dispatch Peyton Royce, compared to how Asuka made short work of Billie Kay.
Yeah but Billie Kay sucks.
Agree to disagree.
Lol, hard for you to know since I don't think I've ever opined on the subject but Billie Kay is my favorite wrestler. I was joking at how the WWE treats her, she's only had 1 singles win since being called up, two tag wins but Peyton got the pin in both of those. Even in nxt Peyton would always get the pin if they won (which was even rare there) and Billie would eat the pin if they lost. They book her like she's the literal worst wrestler ever even though in SHIMMER she was fantastic and really over with the crowd no matter who she was in there with. It's pretty sad.
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Same. Ziggler leaving is better for all of us.
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https://www.gerweck.net/2019/01/17/ziggler-turns-down-an-offer-to-become-a-wwe-producer/
Dolph Ziggler has removed his WWE name from his social media accounts, fueling speculation he may be leaving the company after January 31st. Ziggler last appeared on the December 31st episode of Raw, losing to Drew McIntyre in a steel cage match.
According to Mike Johnson, Ziggler turned down WWE’s offer to become a producer.
Ziggler announced in December that he would be touring the country doing a stand up comedy events.
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Right? Like, I know that my feelings about these two women are complicated by my memories of them on the indies, but I don't know how anybody can look at KC Cassidy and Jessie McKay, and think that KC is the better prospect, so I feel like the only reason why Peyton Royce is considered better than Billie Kay is because... Triple H decided. I stipulate to being super-biased in that regard.
I'm not super familiar with Billie outside of NXT but she's always been my favourite of the Iconic Duo. Her big boot delivery is on point to the level where I feel like she's actually kicking the face off of her opponent.
I don't like either one.
Peyton is like 5 years younger. That's the only logical reason that I can think of.
The boot is fantastic, I agree. When she hits it on girls of a certain height it's just brutal looking. On the indies she used a sitout uranage as a finisher that she executed really well. She also regularly hit hurricanranas which looked good because of her relative height. She had some great indie matches with people like Del Rey, Asuka, Ember Moon, Madison Eagles and most every other indie girl from the late-00s. I remember a really enjoyable 15-20 minute SHIMMER match with Nicole Matthews. And she was super over as a babyface for her whole run there.
Having said all that, she's in a different body now and I'm not sure how much of that she could even do anymore. I also think she has struggled with silent injuries for most of her time in nxt/wwe. She's had multiple concussions just that I'm aware of, and a few times she's just not wrestled for months.
I just Googled her pre-WWE name and I didn't even recognize her at first..
Yeah, you should definitely watch some of those pre-wwe matches, if you're at all into women's wrestling. If all you know is "Billie Kay" you're in for a real treat, imo.
That nickname didn't do her any favors, though: "Everybody's Favorite Girlfriend" is wild problematic. I'm sure that it was meant to intone "The Girl Next Door," but the unfortunate implications... man.
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Yeah, that's a terrible nickname and am shocked it wasn't meant with any implications.
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Jessie McKay was my first SHIMMER crush and I remembered she disappeared for a year and then somehow got signed. I thought she retired. But yeah, its clear they see more in Peyton than they do her.
https://www.gerweck.net/2019/01/18/wwe-allegedly-asked-the-revival-for-three-months-to-change-after-release-request/
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If this went down as described here, that’s pretty shitty on Maria’s part. I get that wrestlers can’t be expected to address every rumor out there, but if you think Ryan Satin is big enough that you have to shoot down his reporting after his story comes out, maybe he was big enough that you should have given more than a “no comment” when he gave you the chance to set the record straight before the article was published.
Hmm I wonder who is more trustworthy in this situation: the person who broke countless major entertainment and wrestling news stories for the past decade or the scammer who went on leave almost immediately after getting signed? 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
— Erica Steiner (@SendARavenPlz) January 19, 2019
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Ummmm.....
Jesus..
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Maria Kanellis did scam WWE though. I don't see the problem in that statement.
Unless you have direct insight into their lives, and whether or not this was planned, and if it was planned whether WWE knew ahead of time and still signed them (they'd do it).. it's kind of shitty to call someone getting pregnant and going on mat leave a "scammer" just because it happened a few months after getting their new job. This happens in the "real world" all the time. Are those women "scammers" too?
I don't necessarily believe it was a scam but, it does indeed seem as though WWE was willing to work with Maria about her pregnancy. So, if it is true that she asked for her release, I am curious as to what would have changed between then and now that would make her decide to leave?
She didn’t like how she and her husband were being used or didn’t get along with other talent or many possible scenarios. Revival allegedly does the same and people react with a “good! I hope they go to AEW”. Maria potentially does the same thing and she’s a scammer because....?
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All hail Gritty!
Ryan Satin's an idiot. Nothing to see here.
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Quote from: Hawk 34 on January 19, 2019, 04:46:02 AM
Because she's a woman, duh.
These wrestlers don't owe whatever company they work for a goddamn thing.
She didn’t like how she and her husband were being used or didn’t get along with other talent or many possible scenarios.
Hasn't she been on maternity leave, while her husband was in rehab? How were they supposed to have been used?
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It's a "scam" because if you're a woman in WWE you're expected not to get pregnant. You're letting your personal life interfere with their plans, or something. They fired Dawn Marie for it many years ago and while they wouldn't do that now I'm sure their attitudes haven't changed.
I knew Mike and Maria were a dead act when they weren't even on the Smackdown right after the PPV where they debuted.
Or you can be a Bella or Maryse and having a kid on your various reality show platforms where they can get something out of it and then they come back basically to do the same act they were doing before and while those acts aren’t full time because they have other interests and obligations they fulfill for the company, it shows the company largely doesn’t see it as a scarlet letter as it once did. In fact, Maria was used essentially the same post pregnancy, which is to say, barely at all.
The old guard within the company certainly see female talent having pregnancies as a negative while the newer element of the company with how they’ve treated it at least publicly shows they have changed their perspective of it, mostly because they are more brand and socially aware with these things for the most part.
More importantly, WWE announced that Rey and Andrade will have 2/3 Falls Match on smackdown.
When you put it that way, it is surprising that WWE never integrated Maria into Total Divas. You'd have to think that, had they thought to create that show during her first run, it would have been built around her.
Allegedly and this has been debated by all parties but at one point, Maria as well as Maryse once claimed the Bellas played against them and kept them from appearing on Total Divas. Maryse obviously has since joined the show and got her own spin off, so either Maria wasn’t interested or she wasn’t asked.
Supposing, for the sake of argument, that there was any truth to those rumors, what would you reckon the chances are that renewed friction between Maria and the Bellas could have contributed to any potential dissatisfaction?
Let's focus on the REAL NEWS
MONGO outs OBAMA as a wrestling fan
https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2019/01/steve-mongo-mcmichael-on-being-a-wcw-commentator-649990/
The Chicago Bears won the Super Bowl after the 1985 season, but they didn't get to visit the White House due to the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. So when Barack Obama became President, he invited the team to the White House some 25 years after their victory.
"You know what [Obama] said to me," Mongo asked. "We're standing in line and he's shaking our hands and he said to me, 'You cut your ponytail off!' That's when I knew he was a wrestling fan. He knew me, he's from Chicago!"
Wrestling fans become presidents. Good news for President Tye Dye Guy in 2024!
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Childish Gambino @ Central Park Summerstage 06/25/12
June 26, 2012 / Jay Porks / 2 Comments
Childish Gambino – 6/25/12
Central Park Summerstage – New York City
Words/Photos/Video By Jay Porks
Damn, I wish I could keep this streak going of hitting epic shows every freaking night. What goes on people , welcome yourselves to the 73rd episode of the Jay Porks Never Ending Concert Series. After two days in Atlantic City at the Orion Music + More festival, it was time to get back in the New York groove as they say with a visit to Central Park, for Childish Gambino. Since this is Concert Confessions, I have a small confession to come clean with right now: I introduced ALL my peers at CC to this guy over a year ago! Then all of sudden Reverend Justito gets him at Coachella, then the entire NW chapter got him at Sasquatch in WA, even a confession from Mr Sparkly from a show in Moscow, ID on thenaturalstoner‘s birthday. Then Jakob got him at Bonarroo. I’ve read way too much about my new favorite rapper on this site not from me, it’s about damn time this Central Park show came around. Openers are Schoolboy Q and Danny Brown- “doors” at 6, show at 7 at the Summerstage, as a killer storm was just cleared up upon our arrival.
I don’t know if my head isn’t on straight or what, me and my buddy Chach got to the city at 6:30 and I took us all sorts of out of the way missing a bunch of trains. I’m the one who’s been to shows here after all. So we got in at like 7:30 and we heard Danny Brown on stage as we were entering. I thought it was going to be reversed and Schoolboy Q would be on first but it wasn’t the case. Danny Brown is a little too weird for my taste anyway. I can take him in small doses, and I’m sure he’ll be out here sometime later on tonight.
Schoolboy Q hit the stage at like 7:45 and was spitting lyrics to a hyped, packed out crowd who didn’t seem only into the headliner. During his set Danny Brown was walking around like the front of the stage by the crowd, taking pictures with people and stuff- like right when Schoolboy Q is up there trying to do his thing. I’d be pissed if someone was kinda stealing my thunder. His last song was “Hands on the Wheel”. He was off by 8:13PM
At about 8:32PM the stage was filled with smoke as Childish Gambino came out to a roaring ovation. Most of the crowd was chanting “Gam-Bino Gam-Bino”, just like they scream for Jay Z with the “HOVA” chants . Unreal. I never thought I’d see this many people as excited as me. Then like the 2nd song up was “Firefly”, which is a sick song. This guy is such a pro at what he’s doing. “Freaks and Geeks” hit us up next, the song containing such epic lines like “I’m in the back of the bush like Gaven Rossdale’s drummer”(get it? The female anatomy + 90’s Alternative rock band? Awesome). They’re was a video screen that I couldn’t see do to the fact I went far right to be as close to the stage as I could. He did a song or two off ‘Culdesac’, his first record (or mixtape). Besides a few people cutting in front of us and pissing me the hell off before they moved I was genuinely have such an awesome time. Even though I’m cramped in with a bunch of people being bumped from all sides-I feel like this is family.
Everywhere we looked there was weed being smoked..and not the typical “let me duck down and use this one hitter” type smoking. Everyone was smoking right in front of the event staff, they were watching and really could care less. There’s this couple in front of us (who earlier I was pissed at the dude for being in front of me, but he has since moved over) turns around and I see him talking to Chach and then he hands him half a joint, and it’s fat as hell. Chach goes “I don’t know, he said he was done smoking or something”. Sweet. Myself, not the type to shy away from the recreational use of the herbal, enhanced the night a little more by joining in with the rest of Central Park’s Marijuana Bonfire. People never share at shows, these are some good times right here.
The thing different about Childish Gambino, besides the way his punchlines emphasize the punch, is that he plays with a full band. These guys rock out. At one point during the set he says “Listen guys, this isn’t a Rap concert-This is a black rock concert!”. And tearing through “All The Shine” (tearing through it to epic proportions) and the “Rolling in the Deep” remix he does, with the two guitar players, two violinists, drummer and all of the above with one drum in front of them at all times creating all sorts of cool elements. Like, the guitar player bangs the drum for a little, hits the keyboard on another part of the song. All these guys are full with as much energy as Gambino. “L.E.S.”…….
“Heartbeat” and “Bonfire”(which was, like many tonight, full crowd sing-alongs as we all know the every single lyric) were all played before 9:27 when he said goodnight and headed off stage. I thought it was over before I looked at the time, because it felt like he played it all.
Comes back out like 3 minutes later, and says “I said it was a black rock concert, well now it’s time we turn this to a rap concert!”, then kicked a freestyle over the beat for a song called “Rack City” by Tyga.
Then he said “Ya wanna hear some new shit?” before jumping into songs recently released like “Eat Your Vegetables” and “Unnecessary Roughness” which Schoolboy Q was called out to perform his verse he has on the track.
One problem for Schoolboy Q, his mic seemed to be low or totally out. So Gambino, so aware of the situation, goes from just ad libbing the line to outright rapping Q’s entire verse for him. What a save. Now it’s Danny Brown time, I knew that weirdo would be out sooner or later. They drop a beat and Danny Brown ripped a freestyle, followed by Gambino ripping one of his own and then Schoolboy Q’s mic was fixed in time for him to rock one out too before the night was closed out with “Lights Turned On”. 9:55PM, right on time for the Summerstage curfew.
Wow. Seriously, wow. Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino comes home to destroy this place. Left it all on stage like he does in every town every time. I can’t wait til July 4th for the new mixtape to drop! This was some fun times tonight, so much fun had. If you’ve been keeping score at home, that’s two nights of Metallica followed by a barn burner by Childish Gambino. I’m wiped. Thanks for taking the time. Leave some comments! We have a new comment thing down there as of a few weeks ago. It’s cool tits.
Jay Porks here.. I used to be a contributor on here. I\'m a little more than that now. This used to be the place I\'d go spill my rants and raves about artists and music I love and loathe. I still do that. But now I host a weekly podcast to get things off my chest, and since I have you here I\'m gonna tell you about it: Used to talk about fun things like music and pop culture, but these days it\'s all flushing the fascist crime syndicate from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave and taking back our country. A hostile foreign nation installed a corrupt racist rapist fake rich criminal to power and now he holds the nuclear codes. We have a lot of work to do to fix this nation and it starts with VOTING. Sometimes we go through the music headlines of the week along with other things I feel strongly about. Like ending Cannabis Prohibition, the sad state of affairs with the tri-state area sports teams, The struggles of an anti-social mess attempting to live in a social media world.
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Coldplay have today announced a run of Asian stadium shows for the acclaimed A Head Full Of Dreams Tour, including the band’s first-ever concerts in Taiwan, the Philippines and South Korea. They last played Japan in 2014 and Singapore in 2009.
1 Apr, Sat – National Stadium, Singapore, SINGAPORE
4 Apr, Tue – MOA Concert Grounds, Manila, PHILIPPINES 12 Apr, Wed- Taoyuan HSR, Taipei, TAIWAN
15 Apr, Sat – Olympic Stadium, Seoul, KOREA
19 Apr, Wed – Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, JAPAN
Tickets from $78 will go on sale to the public via all Sportshubtix channels on 21 November 2016 (Mon) at 10am. Limited VIP tickets at $298 also available. Standing tickets are available only to those aged 12 and above.
As the official pre-sale credit card, Citi® card customers will have access to purchase presale tickets beginning 17 November (Thu), 10am through to 19 November (Sat), 11.59pm. For more information please visit sportshubtix.sg.
Live Nation Lushington mailing list subscribers will also have one-day access to purchase pre-sale tickets beginning 20 November (Sun), 10am to 11:59pm.
Since March of this year, the A Head Full Of Dreams Tour has played to 2.5 million people across Latin America, the US and Europe. The show was created by the band alongside celebrated production designers Misty Buckley and Paul Normandale. The tour reaches Australia and New Zealand in December.
A Head Full Of Dreams has sold more than 5 million copies since its December 2015 release, spawning the hit singles Adventure Of A Lifetime, Hymn For The Weekend and Up&Up, with more than a billion YouTube video views between them.
COLDPLAY – A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS TOUR
Date/Time: 1 April 2017 (Saturday), 8pm
Venue: Singapore National Stadium
Seated S$78, S$128, S$168, S$268
Standing* S$128, S$228
VIP Standing* (limited availability) S$298 includes priority entry, laminate/lanyard and official merchandise.
+S$4 booking fee applies
*Standing tickets only available to those aged 12 and above.
Citibank pre-sale: 17 November (Thurs), 10am to 19 November (Sat), 11.59pm
Live Nation Lushington pre-sale: 20 November (Sun), 10am to 11.59pm
Public on-sale: 21 November 2016 (Mon) 10am
Tickets available from www.sportshubtix.sg, hotline (65) 63158-7888, Indoor Stadium
Sportshub Box Office and all Singapore Post outlets.
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